Word from the White House–I suppose–via Robert Gibbs, The Zero’s mouthpiece,
“I think rational people have — have long ago, many when they first heard and saw the president, come to the conclusion of his citizenship.”
What’s not rational about asking The Zero to simply release his records like other politicians have? It’d cost him maybe $25 to, oh, perhaps $50 tops, to obtain a certified copy of his official birth certificate and then release it for public view. Less to release records of his college years, more than likely, by just sending his colleges permission to release records.
Instead, he and his minions have spent millions of dollars fighting to prevent release of his records. What in the world is rational about that?
Unless, of course, he has something devastating to hide.
UPDATE: on the fundamental irrationality of Gibbs’ argument, Nicole has this to say in comments:
What in hearing and seeing Obama would offer any proof that he was born in the US?
What proof indeed. The question is rhetorical, of course. Simply seeing and hearing a person is no proof of nationality or native birth. I have friends who sound like they might have been foreign-born and others who certainly look different to the great majority of Americans, but I wouldn’t adjudge them as foreigners based on appearance. OTOH, I know some Canadians who sound for all the world like North Dakotans an d look as “American” (whatever that means) as you or I.
Gibbs’ argument is not only irrational; it is stupid. And it seems no one at the presser called him on it. Is it any wonder I view the Mass MEdia Podpeople Hivemind as completely unworthy of my attention save as a class to mock?
Oh, and that derogatory “birthers” term so bruited about by the Mass MEdia Podpeople Hivemind? Simply a way of diverting attention from the real question: if there’s nothing to hide, why not release records at least as comprehensive as were demanded by that same Hivemind–and then lied about–of Bush II or even that his opponent in the 2008 election freely released? Why?
Rational people deserve a clear answer, not irrational derogation.
The Hivemind just cannot keep its narrative straight. Last week, Mike Evans said this:
Now, he says,
“Only this I can you tell you is 100 percent fact: that Neil never told me there was no birth certificate… I never talked to him.”
Is it any wonder that reasonable people have questions? Only the insane (or those who are highly invested in The Zero’s agenda) wouldn’t.