Progressives, much has been said about Obama's birth certificate over the past few months and years. Frankly, I'm pretty tired of it as I'm sure you are too. However, I just wanted to take a quick second to share the most thoughtful piece of work I've read to date:
David Frum: "Even for the small band that sustained the phony controversy until now, the birth certificate so-called issue ends today.
Any last lingering doubts that maybe, perhaps, a pregnant Stanley Anne Dunham in the summer of 1961 boarded a propeller plane from Honolulu to Los Angeles, then from Los Angeles to New York City, then from New York City to Gander, then from Gander to London, then from London to Nairobi – and then repeated the trip backward a few weeks later – all so that her baby could acquire Kenyan nationality – those doubts are definitively squelched, as they should have been three years ago.
Now the more haunting question: How did this poisonous and not very subtly racist allegation get such a grip on our conservative movement and our Republican party?"
I was also shocked to read that he called out republican office holders who subtly practiced racism with their "I take him at his word" nod and wink statements. However, I was most surprised that he went after conservative media including Drudge and Fox by slamming their role in this most sorted affair.
Check out the rest of it here: http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/...