Sadly Obligatory
Irradiated by LabRat
…Or really, it’s not, but I’ve hit that point in my “looking for something to post” process where the part of my brain that knows dinner is soon has more sway over the next link I click on (foodblog! foodblog! foodblog!) than the part that says “nah, let’s post about ANYTHING but this”.
So Obama’s ensured that we could be conquered by the Mole People today and the only thing the media will be talking about is his OMG RELEASING THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE!!!
This has got to be the single most pointless political controversy I can remember from my entire life to date. I’m sure at some point it will be topped, but right now the precise details of that man’s birth certificate are so far from what I can imagine to be interesting that I would quite happily rather spend the rest of my immersed in soil geology rather than read another word of analysis.
Not only do I not care about the details of his birth certificate, I also do not care that HE WAITED SO LONG. I wouldn’t appreciate having a significant portion of the population that I considered to be unhinged demanding every last document of mine, either. I thought the same when Andrew Sullivan wanted Sarah Palin to PROVE Trig was her child or else WHY HIDE IT? WHERE’S THE EVIDENCE? None of your fucking business, nutbag. Go find a new hobby, maybe model trains.
Lastly, I really and honestly don’t care that much whether he WAS actually born in the US or not. I think he’s the same lousy leader whether he was born in Hawaii or Timbuktu, and that a really effective way to suck all the light and oxygen out of all credible opposition to his policies is to have some yahoo constantly popping up in the discussion to ask whether he was born Muslim or something equally retarded.
Oh, but if he wasn’t then he’s NOT LEGITIMATELY THE PRESIDENT? How much other crap have past presidents pulled that really wasn’t kosher and got away with not even the slightest threat of impeachment, or actual impeachment resulting in nothing much? Impeaching the sitting president on some sort of legal technicality has been the pipe dream of every party probably dating back to Founders, and it has never ever worked.
If you want to be rid of him, you’re going to have to do it at the polls, not in a basement with a magnifying glass. Take a cue from Rathergate: that wasn’t done in an attempt to get Bush impeached, it was done in an attempt to influence an election. The magnifying glass crowd defused a manufactured conspiracy, not created one, and let Bush win or lose on his own dubious merits.
And if you want to convince a population that does NOT reflexively hate Obama or really think the citizenship technicality is all that big of a deal? Continuing to chase documents is not going to cut it. Papers aren’t policy, and to the extent the public votes for anything outside of “because the moon people told me to”, it voes for policy.
April 27th, 2011 at 8:25 pm
It’d be cool if he’d released the real BC…but he didn’t. It’s a complete and obvious fake. Now the only question is whether this is a distraction or just simple incompetence.
April 27th, 2011 at 9:57 pm
*FACEPALM* *HEADDESK*
April 27th, 2011 at 10:02 pm
But enough about that. I get seriously annoyed at the folks that think Obama is some sort of Machiavellian super genus who’s every move is part of some Master plan.
No, just plain No. N period O. No. What’s happening here is when the guy waaay over his head flails about trying to find something, anything to get himself out of trouble.
In other words, he’s Von Bulow to Bill Clinton’s Bismark.
April 27th, 2011 at 10:16 pm
Amusing. He’s reacting now. Poke him and he has to respond … I want to see his University transcripts and papers … the ones under seal.
We’ll come up with something else after that. Any good rumor will do.
( and I’m sure the conspiracy buffs will continue beat this horse for a several more decades … heh )
President Post Turtle brought this on himself by playing secrecy games instead of just accepting the fact that anyone running for that office goes under the microscope.
April 27th, 2011 at 10:37 pm
I’m also not really convinced that the birth certificate is valid. Until I hear him say the words “ka nama kaa lajerama”, I will remain sceptical.
April 27th, 2011 at 10:53 pm
The Mole People line made me sporfle, and then read it to my roommate, who agreed with you and then pointed out that she would vote to a president from Betelgeuse if it meant that someone would fix the economy.
April 27th, 2011 at 11:37 pm
I am going to borrow this, I will not Post it, I would need permission for that, so I willl just E-Mail it to a few and send the addy as well. Thanks for that, it succenctly put into words something I have tried to express.
I am a reader, daily it seems, but I seldom comment so I think I should at least say; Thanks, I appreciate your blog and views.
Brians.
DAV
April 28th, 2011 at 12:35 am
That, and even if they successfully impeached Obama, we’d be stuck with…Joe Biden. Talk about out of the frying pan and into the fire.
April 28th, 2011 at 7:25 am
Please don’t tarnish a fine art like pedology by comparing it to the work of mindless political hacks.
Soil is fascinating and useful!
April 28th, 2011 at 10:15 am
Wait. So he released his birth certificate? I hadn’t noticed because ZOMG!!!ROYAL WEDDING!!!
April 28th, 2011 at 10:36 am
I’m thinking it’s a joke. It’s a bad one, for sure, but still a joke. Nobody is that stupid….well, I might be wrong.
April 28th, 2011 at 11:17 am
And on the day of the historic first-ever FOMC press conference, Obama manages to turn Bernanke’s day into another Obama Day.
Was Big Ben pissed off, or relieved?
April 28th, 2011 at 4:15 pm
Just vote the bastard out… period… stop the bullshit!