This bit is pure gold:
“The release of the obsolete birth certificate would not “resolve the issue” to those for whom it is not already resolved. They claim without basis that today’s birth certificate is a fake; there is nothing to stop them from claiming without basis that yesterday’s is as well.
The president would gain nothing politically for his trouble. By acknowledging the birthers’ demands, he would lend them a modicum of credibility. By ignoring them, he actually reaps political benefits from their efforts. His critics, even those who are not birthers, end up looking like cranks by association. His supporters use the birthers to paint Obama foes as racist—which is probably unfair even to the birthers, as we argued Tuesday, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t effective.
Pure nonsense. Obama is in a flop sweat. This thing is picking up more steam and it will steamroll the marxist, much to the horror of your delicate sensibilities.
You said — The president would gain nothing politically for his trouble.
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You’re right...
I had to laugh at another FReeper who had an open letter to Obama that he posted here on a FReeper thread.
One of his points in the letter was that if Obama didn’t release his birth certificate in order to clear up this mess of confusion about his birth, then Obama could not expect to have his vote in 2012.
I almost died laughing. I mean, I don’t think Obama is that dumb... LOL...
So, a guy that didn’t vote for Obama, says that unless Obama releases his birth certificate he’s not going to vote for him in 2012 — and Obama is supposed to think that if he does release it, this guy *is* going to vote for him in 2012? :-)
That’s the kind of “thinking” that passes for logic sometimes...
Pure leftist excrement!
There is no such thing as an ‘obsolete’ birth cirtificate. - What a convoluted logical siezure!
Completely true. But he was going out of his way to hide all of his documents long before this statement was valid. I don't pretend regarding this issue. I would like to see him either damaged politically or tossed out of office due to what he has spent a lot of money to hide.
I don't think we have reached the point of this being counterproductive. You disagree. That's fine. As long as he's sinking like a rock in the polls we have the latitute. When that changes or it has dragged on too long to have a realistic chance I will not even bother posting on these threads.