Bye, bye, birthers; don't let the door hit you on the way out. President Obama finally releases his "long form" birth certificate, and:
The new document doesn't seem to reveal anything to contradict Obama's claims, but the very fact that the president will have to answer Trump must be very galling. Remember, the longtime argument offered by the administration against releasing the document was that it would still not satisfy conspiracy theorists and doing so would only encourage them to make further demands.
Galling? Maybe. But I'm cynical enough to think the White House stalled on this so long because the whole birther thing helped the administration politically by dividing Republicans and turning off independents. And it was released now because Trumpt's ravings were starting to get enough traction that there was a political advantage in putting the document out there.
Can we now please get back to arguing why Obama is unfit for the office because of the terrible decisions he's made?
