Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Yay! Didn't have to go back

So I've been spending the day working on MILs afghan. My hands are tired of knitting so I'm going to type for a while.
I am finally getting excited about Christmas. It's nice to finish some projects and be able to relax. DH wants to go to Borders tonight. They're having some wingding, 50% off or somesuch. May be able to score some little Christmas presents. Last on my list of things to do this week will be to get some stuff in the mail by Friday so we won't have to lug it up to Alabama. Then it's off to the Dolphins game Sat.
I sent an email to the Boortz show this am. He has expressed on several occasions that he thinks people should give up this Obama birth certificate thing. I kinda disagree until I think about it.
Here's what I wrote:
Dear Mr. Boortz,I'm puzzled by your stance (and others) on the Obama birth certificate controversy. I've listened to you for many years now and have heard you say on many occasions that we are a nation of laws. If the document considered to be the supreme law of the land has stipulations as to who may become president then shouldn't all the candidates, prior to making their run, submit the required documentation? If Mr. Obama had done this a year ago there would be no controversy, no lawsuits. But he has not. Why? That is at the heart of the problem. I for one am sick of hearing about this personally but I have to wonder why the cloak of secrecy or what appears to be a tacit refusal to produce the document? I remember when Schwarzenegger became governor of California some were saying it was a pity he couldn't run for president because he was not a natural born citizen so obviously the requirement is well-known. Furthermore, didn't Mr. Obama disqualify his opponents during his first foray in to politics by sending his campaign workers to find problems or reasons why his opponents couldn't run for that office? He has set a precedent for disqualification based on legal criteria but the same doesn't apply to him? I think the matter of his birth should have been resolved months ago. The fact that he has not been forthcoming and has let deadlines pass to submit the information doesn't pass the smell test. What it does smack of is a man that will thumb his nose at a document that is at the very core of the founding of this country. That speaks volumes about his integrity.
I don't expect a reply but there is a profound problem with a candidate that either can not or will not answer a simple question. More change we can believe it?

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