Why Did Obama Wait So Long

Sullivan puts it well, I think.


http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2011/04/why-did-obama-wait-so-long.html

27 Apr 2011 10:45 AM  
Why Did Obama Wait So Long?
So he had the power to get this into the public eye and yet  resisted until the 
country's polity was almost paralyzed with  distraction. I know this was an 
ethically legitimate position after  releasing the short-form document proving 
that he was indeed born in the  US. I know it was politically savvy because, by 
the rules of jujitsu,  Obama allowed the nutty right (is there any other variety 
with influence  now?) to make fools of themselves.
Nonetheless, I think this should have been done long ago.
Because a president has to put his public responsibilities before his  pride and 
his privacy. That's the price of the job - to defuse or  debunk conspiracy 
theorists or just skeptics with all the relevant  information you have.
It's also the job of the media always to press for more  information, not less. 
But so many spent their energy arguing that Obama  need do no more and piling on 
the Birthers. They still seem to think  they are gatekeepers, possessors of the 
power to decide what is or is  not legitimate for citizens to ask of their 
public officials.
Get over yourselves, MSM. And do your job - not defending the right  of people 
in power to protect themselves, but scrutinizing them  relentlessly, with every 
fact and document you can get. You don't defuse  conspiracy theories or end 
legitimate doubts by telling public  officials they need not provide clear and 
available evidence to rebut  them. Yes, some will still suspect. But many will 
walk away. That's  worth doing.
Do you know what I am saying?

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