“There seems to be an inordinate number of stories warning Birthers that they are wasting their time. Sounds like the media is getting worried about something. So much for concept of investigative reporting.”
No. They are trying to keep the whole birther thing in the spotlight to make conservatives look kooky. Look how they keep asking our potential candidates if they believe Obama was born in the USA.
You are correct about the media. However, weak kneed republicans fail to call them on it. They should say, “You’re only asking this question because of a political bias against my party.” We should be putting the reporters on the defensive. By making the point you made - what’s wrong with republicans?
I don’t know where he was born - but he’s hiding information. Personally, I would be glad to have a Socratic discussion on this topic with anyone - as opposed to a typical short sound-bight, gotcha, MSM interview.
You are correct about the media. However, weak kneed republicans fail to call them on it. They should say, “You’re only asking this question because of a political bias against my party.” We should be putting the reporters on the defensive. By making the point you made - what’s wrong with republicans?
I don’t know where he was born - but he’s hiding information. Personally, I would be glad to have a Socratic discussion on this topic with anyone - as opposed to a typical short sound-bight, gotcha, MSM interview.
That's just my opinion and I could be wrong.
For those who just tuned in, that is only part of the issue. The real issue is over his Constitutional eligibility, as in his status as a Natural Born Citizen, a term with specific meaning.
His father (mother's husband, presumably his father) was a Kenyan, and Obama would have been either born with dual citizenship regardless of where he was born, or a British Subject if not born in the USA. After his mother and Father divorced, little Barack was allegedly adopted by an Indonesian, one Lolo Soetoro, and his name changed according to the only school record available to Barack Soetoro. If so, he would have had Indonesian citizenship, and that document also lists his religion as "Muslim".
The plot thickens when neither Birth Certificate, nor Selective Service Registration, nor admissions records, nor financial aid statements, nor college transcripts, nor any other documentation of Obama's past are available, and in fact were sealed by Executive Order as one of his first acts in the Office of the President.
In an era in which children are required to present their birth certificate in order to be enrolled in kindergarden, I don' think it is too much to require the person who controls the nuclear arsenal of the US to prove he is Constitutionally qualified to hold the office.
YMMV, but far fewer people think this is "kooky" than the press would have you believe, and the actions of this administration taken at the behest of or with the blessings of Obama convince more people daily that he does not have the interests of America foremost.
Those actions speak louder than the press on this issue to many, and cause more to question Obama than ever.
If, as many have simply pointed out, he was in fact born in the US, then producing the BC should be a simple matter, and one which would eliminate a nagging issue for the administration.