This has always been about how we vet candidates for the presidency and other elected offices -- Not through primaries, with the People choosing, but before then, the pre-select
ion vetting by the powers-tha
t-be working through the political parties.
Until Obama, the last president not to have parents born in the US was about two hundred years ago. Presidents were multi-gene
rational American and came through the ranks of 'aristocra
cy', screened and anointed by the aristocrac
y. They or their families were famous or well known politicall
y, financiall
y, etc. Interestin
gly enough, the only side of Obama's family that was politicall
y connected was paternal.
This is a valuable opportunit
y 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
.
About BirthersRead the Article at HuffingtonPost
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