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SuperKenyan
Apr. 27th, 2011 12:00 pmhttp://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2011/04/why-did-obama-wait-so-long.html
So, the White House finally released US President Obama's long form birth certificate today, with reality television favourite Donald Trump taking credit for it. Andrew Sullivan, who at one point was a decent writer, has now fully transitioned into his role as apologist and faux 'objective' columnist, added his own 'tut-tut'ting response to the release, predictably blaming the entire thing on the President since he should have done this months ago.
Really?
I mean, isn't the response to a blatently racist question to invalidate it as a question, as opposed to giving it legitimacy? The subject of Obama's citizenship is entirely due to his race. Not a single white candidate was charged with proving their nationality during the campaign. My knowledge is by no means comprehensive, but I can't think of a single time in the last five US Presidential elections that a candidate was accused of not being an American, and the onus of proof was on them. This is ignoring the fact that the Obama campaign, with no lack of eyerolling and silently exchanged WTF? looks, provided a copy of his birth certificate during the election.
Short answer is that this is not a credible news story, that has somehow been obfuscated and stonewalled by the White House, despite the plucky media's honest attempts to find the truth. It's a push back against a racist driven agenda with no validity, that has been given credence in return for ratings. That's why the White House shouldn't have released it even now, because only mentally deficent fuckwits think this is a legitimate issue.
Of course, the conspiracy theorists have already gone into overdrive, talking about the release as a two and a half year photoshop job and already pointing out 'inaccuracies' in the document that disqualify Obama from holding office.
Personally, I think they should have released this brilliant birth certificate instead:
So, the White House finally released US President Obama's long form birth certificate today, with reality television favourite Donald Trump taking credit for it. Andrew Sullivan, who at one point was a decent writer, has now fully transitioned into his role as apologist and faux 'objective' columnist, added his own 'tut-tut'ting response to the release, predictably blaming the entire thing on the President since he should have done this months ago.
Really?
I mean, isn't the response to a blatently racist question to invalidate it as a question, as opposed to giving it legitimacy? The subject of Obama's citizenship is entirely due to his race. Not a single white candidate was charged with proving their nationality during the campaign. My knowledge is by no means comprehensive, but I can't think of a single time in the last five US Presidential elections that a candidate was accused of not being an American, and the onus of proof was on them. This is ignoring the fact that the Obama campaign, with no lack of eyerolling and silently exchanged WTF? looks, provided a copy of his birth certificate during the election.
Short answer is that this is not a credible news story, that has somehow been obfuscated and stonewalled by the White House, despite the plucky media's honest attempts to find the truth. It's a push back against a racist driven agenda with no validity, that has been given credence in return for ratings. That's why the White House shouldn't have released it even now, because only mentally deficent fuckwits think this is a legitimate issue.
Of course, the conspiracy theorists have already gone into overdrive, talking about the release as a two and a half year photoshop job and already pointing out 'inaccuracies' in the document that disqualify Obama from holding office.
Personally, I think they should have released this brilliant birth certificate instead:
