Barack Obama brings back the “birther” issue

  With the exception of some Facebook, and other social media posts, the birther issue seems to have fallen by the wayside. When the whole birth certificate controversy first came to light while Barack Obama was still a candidate for the presidency all those years ago I wrote a couple of posts on it because America’s Watchtower writes about the political issues which are in the news and this was in the news. However I realized what this was really all about and stopped writing about it.

  Once Barack Obama became president this issue was null and void and nobody can claim that America’s Watchtower was in the “birther camp”  for while I have attacked Barack Obama on a number of issues I have never challenged the legitimacy of his presidency based on where he might have been born.

  Even if Barack Obama announced tomorrow that he was in fact born in Kenya as the birthers claim it would still be a null and void issue because there is no way in hell the Congress would ever seek to remove him from office.

  Even if the cause to remove him from office was legitimate just think of the havoc which would be wrought on the United States if he were removed; we would then have to revisit and nullify all laws passed by him as president and that would cause years of trials and tribulations, chaos and legal battles, which would divide the nation and send the United States toward anarchy. (And what form of government usually rises from such chaos?) Nobody in the Congress will be willing to put the country through that and for good reason.

  While I would like to see much of what has been passed under Barack Obama repealed, it should be done through the Congress and the next president, and not through the chaos which would ensue.

  Barack Obama has always been coy when dealing with this issue, adding fuel to the fire among birthers who considered this to be proof that he was not born in the United States, for why else wouldn’t he have put this controversy to rest early on?

  I have a different take on his reasoning and it is two-fold. First; he welcomed the controversy because it was a diversion from the true issues. While the birthers were focused on this one issue he could use the diversion to pass his agenda. And second; he realized that this could be used to attack the whole opposition as racists, in an attempt to divide the country, for the actions of a few. This was a win-win issue for Barack Obama with the majority of the American people and he knew it.

  But with the birther issue out of the mainstream and out of the minds of most Americans, Barack Obama suddenly decided to revive it earlier today when he spoke at Al Sharpton’s conference.

  Here is part of what he said:

“Just to be clear, I know where my birth certificate is, but a lot of people don’t,” he quipped to a cheering audience.

“You remember that? That was crazy,” the president laughed. “That was some crazy stuff — I hadn’t thought about that in a while.”

  So, with the birther issue behind him, and with this out of the minds of the majority of the American people, why would Barack Obama suddenly revisit it?

  I think this proves my theory is true; Barack Obama wants to use this controversy as a distraction to further divide the American people. There is an election coming up at the end of the year and it is clear from the rhetoric coming from the left in recent weeks that the Democratic party wants to use the same strategy in 2014 they used to great success in 2012. And that strategy is to divide the American people between race, class, gender, and sexual orientation. This is part of that plan, he did not bring this up for no good reason–he once again sees this as a win-win. He is seeking to delegitimize his entire opposition by linking them to the words of the few. He wants to put us all in the same category.

  But I think there is one other reason for bringing this issue back up today and that can be summed up in two words: Ted Cruz.

  It is no secret that Ted Cruz is seriously considering a run for the presidency in 2016, and it should be no secret to all of those who pay attention to politics that Ted Cruz was born in Canada and not in the United States, bringing into question his legitimacy to run for president.

  Surely those who opposed Barack Obama solely on his legitimacy can not support Ted Cruz for the same reason lest they be branded hypocrites. And he can once again paint the entire opposition as racists at the same time.

  Are you beginning to get the picture? Are you going to fall into the trap by helping Barack Obama to revive an issue which for all intents and purposes is dead? There are more pressing issues which the country is facing, which is why Barack Obama is once again trying to divert the attention of the American people before the next election.