Can we let this one die?
This is our president, Barack Hussein Obama's birth certificates.
The state of Hawaii calls that certificates a "Certification of Live Birth." That it is now not labeled a "birth certificates" has given the feeble-minded a interest for the last 3 years. As we equipment up for the 2012 General Election, I want to realize:
Why does this idiot,
or this fool,
or any other idiot who can't deal with that get a national audience to spread their irrational lunacy?
Is having a black man, an Other, in the Oval Office so frightening that there has to be a conspiracy to explain it? Once again, here's a dismissal of the whole make-believe issue from Snopes and from the Anneneberg Foundation . Even the folks at Fox News have to admit that there's no there there even as they leave the door open for more there.
If you have an issue with the President (and I have more than a few), isn't it enough to present a counter argument? After you present a counter argument, it's incumbent on you to sell that counter argument to your fellow citizens and then to you representatives in congress. Proclaiming your opposition's illegitimacy in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary doesn't make you smart or more involved, it makes you an idiot.
The United States' political system can't paintings without dissent and if you have a problem with the President then by means of all method dissent! It's now not best your proper, it is your obligation. Dissent would not make you a traitor, it makes you a player. That's genuine no matter who's in office. Neither side has a lock on political truth and notwithstanding what the pundits say, compromise and consensus building are what makes our gadget work.
However, once your dissent leaves the realm of reason you lose your credibility. As much as I hated the Bush administration, my disagreements remained intellectual. George Bush and his administration represented a vision of the country I disagreed with. Period. End of story. Barack Obama presented an argument that most of the country agreed with and he won the presidency in 2008. Period. End of story. Maybe he'll present another convincing argument in 2012 and maybe a member of the opposition party will. In any case, we'll figure that out next year.
In the intervening time though, we've a duly-elected, legitimate President. Deal with it.
The US is in serious trouble. Making up stuff against the party or politician whose views run counter to yours does nothing more than make that trouble worse.
Get worried, stay rational and by all way vote. And prevent listening to the idiots.