CNN just reported that the White House has released the long-form birth certificate for President Obama. Hawaii made an exception to their standard policy and provide two certified copies of the long-form from their records.
Story here: http://www.northjersey.com/...
Certificate here: http://dng.northjersey.com/...
Already there are claims that it is a forgery which caused a friend of mine to say that "he really can't win on this."
I think he not only wins on this issue, but the old-school Republicans do too. Sure there will be screams of "fake" but they are going to look even more ridiculous than before.
What I do think is interesting is the timing. Obama could have gotten Hawaii to make this exception right after he was elected. Why didn't he? Before now, I just assumed he was taking the attitude that the "birther movement" was so ridiculous to all of the sane people in both parties that he didn't want to waste time with it.
But now I think he was taking his time to wait for the right moment. And the lead up to the 2012 elections - especially with Trump being so vocal about it - is perfect timing.
I do predict that Trump will take credit for forcing Obama to release it. And the tinfoil hat part of me wonders if Trump's involvement wasn't somehow part of an organized plan between top level Dems and old-school Republicans to knock the stuffing out of this particular lunatic fringe of the Republican party, and kill Michele Bachmann's chances (among others) at even running for the presidency. Trump steps in as a potential candidate for President. He has the name recognition and the popularity, and he immediately latches on to the birthers rhetoric, which forces Michele Bachmann to declare the birther issue dead. The one thing that has bugged me from the start is that Trump is just not that stupid. He's an opportunist, but other than creating some short term buzz for himself, I could not understand how Trump expected to actually run for President while looking like a complete lunatic.
So now I wonder if the plan is/was for Trump to kick up media attention and make it a really big issue again so that Hawaii (with White House approval) could release the long form for maximum impact. Trump gets to claim victory in solving the mystery while he renews his contract for next season's Apprentice and exits stage left from the presidential playing field. Bachmann and other birthers no longer have a platform to run on leaving more room for more sane Republicans. And Obama has one less distraction during his campaign.
What do you think? Is my headband on too tight?