Birth Certificates & Strategy, a.k.a. Born This Way

Just a reminder, but Barack Obama HAS released his birth certificate. Here's a picture. It's everywhere. Republicans are so good at just trumpeting lies that they even convince liberals that he hasn't. Even some of my liberal pals who know Obama was born here still say "Why doesn't he just release his birth certificate?" Well, he has.

Still, I really think Obama has intentionally kept the issue somewhat alive. He released the birth certificate way back in 2008 and has said it's a moot point since then. That's smart! Even though a lot of conservatives don't think Obama was born here, they are, not to mince words, nuts. They represent a long line of relatively deranged conspiracy theorists on the right -- the same people that thought Bill Clinton killed Vince Foster and was brainwashed by the KGB.

Obama and his people know this -- and they know that most Americans think this line of questioning the validity of Obama as a person is relatively radioactive to Republicans. Most Americans either think that's crazytalk or just don't care -- and the ones who believe he isn't an American wouldn't vote for him anyway. I doubt there's a single person who would've voted for Obama but now isn't because they think he is not a citizen.

Obama's strategy going into the reelection campaign is that he is the serious, mature figure and that the Republicans are crazy nincompoops. Exhibit A will be that they don't even believe he's a citizen. It's a good strategy!