Re: Ding, Ding, Ding, Ding...

>So while I, personally, wouldn't opine that most birthers are racists,

I can *certainly* understand how some people might reach that
conclusion.

(For Mike, that's what I meant when I said the idea was "beyond the
pale." For anyone who's genuinely interested, there's at least enough
circumstantial evidence to consider the possibility, that's all.)<


And that was my point you would understand how some might reach that conclusion 
without having evidence to support it, (you not having evidence, not those 
reaching the conclusion since you aren't interested enough to investigate 
whether there is any evidence).  But you refuse to entertain/understand any 
doubt someone else might have about Obama's birthplace.  


And has been pointed out previously your insistence that it was never questioned 
in his earlier life is irrelevant.  He wasn't seeking the presidency then.  It 
was questioned when he sought the presidency and until yesterday he had refused 
to present the best evidence of his claim that he was/is a US citizen.  The 
second clause of that previous sentence is unassailable fact.  You can say all 
you want about how he shouldn't have had to and whatever, quite frankly lame 
reason, he shouldn't have had to release it but the unassailable fact still 
remains.  He refused to release the best evidence of his citizenship.  Why he 
didn't is really rather irrelevant.  He didn't and here we are.  


The refusal to release the best evidence is "at least enough  circumstantial 
evidence to consider the possibility" that one of the  reasons he wouldn't 
release it was because it didn't exist and/or there  was a genuine issue as to 
his citizenship.

I never gave the matter much thought, so it never even rose the level of 
doubt/trust for me.  I really didn't care.  I was much more disappointed that 
the U.S. electorate fell for his hopeychangey hooey than the possibility that 
someone not technically a citizen got elected.  But, other people were concerned 
with it and most likely on a partisan basis, but so what.  Politics and 
elections are partisan things and both sides do whatever they can to elect their 
guy and prevent the other's guy from getting elected.  


However with his continued refusal to release the document I can understand why 
some might wonder what he was trying to hide or what the big deal was that he 
couldn't just put it out there, even those that never were birthers or gave much 
thought to this issue.  I didn't wonder that because I was and continue to be 
convinced that he believed not releasing the document was advantageous to him 
politically.  


Back to the point, that you can understand the accusations of birther's being 
racist but not understand why people might wonder about his refusal to release 
the best evidence exposes a double standard, which I am lead to believe is based 
on partisanship.

For the record I can understand both accusations, or at least the rationale.    

Mike F.    

Mike F.

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