So President Obama released his long-form birth certificate and proved once and for all that he is "made in America." Except that the so-called "birthers" will think this has been faked as well. In fact there are many faked Obama birth certificates online. What a bizarre episode in U.S. history. The way I figure it, many Americans including, sadly, a fair number of conservative Christians can't come out and make blatantly racist comments about Obama, and don't want to be revealed as Islamaphobic, so this Trumped Up issue has taken wings. How could a quarter of the population, according to some polls, doubt the president's birthplace despite constant reassurances from officials in Hawaii and elsewhere that he was born there?
I find this deeply disturbing but I was entertained by President Obama's recent send-up of himself and Donald Trump at the Annual White House Correspondents dinner. The Donald has been questioning his president's birthplace, academic record and so much more. He has expressed shock that some consider him a racist. Really. After watching the video I felt much better.
Thoughts on this folks?
His speech at the dinner was CLASSIC. I loved how he called out Fox News after the "Lion King" footage and made it clear that it was "a children's cartoon," and not real footage of his birth.
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It was delightful and truly remarkable given that the president was aware that the action to storm Bin Laden's lair was about to unfold and had just returned from addressing the tornado disasters in the midwest. Thanks Ian.
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