She (Palin) said it was unwise for Republicans to keep doubts alive about the authenticity of President Obama’s birth certificate and citizenship, saying: “It’s distracting. It gets annoying. Let’s stick with what really matters.”
I have been a fan of Sarah Palin from the beginning, but I am very disappointed with this statement from her.
Just as the Bible is the written WORD and the authority for Christians, so is the Constitution the written word and the authority for our civic life in these United States. It is the very foundation of this land. We are a nation of laws protected by our Constitution. When the Constitution is ignored for the sake of money (the economy as Palin called it), we are in deep trouble. Without our Constitution, we are at the mercy of the world’s moneychangers.
My family survived and flourished during the great depression. Not with money, but with hard work, gardens, making their own clothing, etc. My great grandparents had 13 children.
Without the Constitution, the economy will be the least of the worries of we the people.
Where Obama was born is of little concern to me. He is not eligible for President because he is not a natural born citizen. He has told us over and over that his father was a Kenyan student visiting the US for school. Why have none of our so called leaders shown concern about this FACT?
In light of our Constitution, does that make sense?
Accepting their position means that anyone from anywhere (with any kind of world view) can seduce a teenager and provide the means for that child to became the President of our country. Many have described our President as the most powerful leader in the world. America is the light to the world because of what she stands for...Freedom of THE PEOPLE. Without the words of our Constitution, we are not a free people. This very “distraction”, as they call it, proves it. We are not free to legitimately question our leaders without fear of ridicule.
Words are VERY important.
I actually believe it is because he was so open about his Kenyan father—and the GOP were so unwilling to address the natural born definition in light of that—that makes the issue a nonstarter at this point.
But either way, I thought she handled it perfectly: she rather pointedly didn’t dismiss or contradict the claims of the birthers; instead, she steered the conversation to and said the focus should be on the pressing issues of the country (and what Obama was imposing on us).
Even if you were to believe the birther issue is a winner for our side, I don’t believe we should expect our presidential candidates to do the heavy lifting on it: that is a classically losing approach. Had Palin spoken differently, I believe she would have been at risk of eliminating herself from presidential viability, which would be a real loss.