I came of age in the Clinton era, and I am ashamed to say that I bought into a fair number of the baser conspiracy theories out there about X42 and his administration. It was quite the growth experience for me to then live through the Bush II administration and watch the pendulum swing the other way.
It has made for what I hope is a more sober outlook on what we now are facing. Maybe. Time will tell.
I like to think that I now have a better grasp of how to oppose a Presidential administration without buying into the hyperbole or latching on to emotionally satisfying but logically unsupported ideas.
That's how I have come to see this whole birth certificate flap. It seems emotionally satisfying in the same way that a person can take comfort in the idea that they should not have to take up a fight. There will always be those who take sanctuary there and think that if only this one thing could be true, the problem set would change to their advantage.
But that is just how it looks to me today.
Should be interesting to see how this pans out.
It certainly will be interesting.