While I am loathe to wade into this argument, I do so because I loathe even more the word games being played, by Carney, the media, and now Jason Linkins.
I'm going to play deviI's advocate in order to move this conversation forward: How do you know Obama was born in Hawaii?
What Obama's released is a 'Certificate of Live Birth', which is NOT the same thing as a 'birth certificate'. What Trump, et al, are talking about is a long form document from which a 'Certificate of Live Birth' is created.
Having a 'Certificate of Live Birth' doesn't necessarily follow that there then is a 'long form' from which it was created.
Now just stay with that. Don't let your mind run off in a million directions. As an observer to this argument, it's really about how we vet candidates for the presidency and other elected offices.
Until Obama, the last president not to have parents born in the US was about two hundred years ago. Presidents were multi-generational American and came through the ranks of 'aristocracy', screened and anointed by the aristocracy. They or their families were famous or well known politically, financially, etc. Interestingly enough, the only side of Obama's family that was politically connected was paternal.
This is a valuable opportunity for Americans to discuss an issue which should inform and empower citizens, but instead it's being met with hostility and outrage, which prevents reasoned discussion and resolution
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
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