What Now?

This one's for you, Donald!

This article by Rachel Rose Hartman is posted on today's Yahoo News:

The president had released his certificate of live birth in 2008, but many "birthers" said the absence of a long form birth certificate prompted questions about Obama's birthplace of Hawaii. In recent weeks potential GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump has brought birther questions into the forefront of the media.

"At a time of great consequence for this country--when we should be debating how we win the future, reduce our deficit, deal with high gas prices, and bring stability to the Middle East, Washington, DC, was once again distracted by a fake issue," Pfeiffer said. "The President's hope is that with this step, we can move on to debating the bigger issues that matter to the American people and the future of the country."

So now, all you "Birthers," what now? Can we now get on with the affairs of state and get out the Birther controversy?  Not yet, for one, Donald Trump is going to take credit.

Trump on Wednesday took full credit for the release.

"I feel I've accomplished something really really important and I'm honored by it," Trump said at a press conference held during his pre-scheduled visit today to New Hampshire. Trump noted that people have long been requesting the document, but Trump was the only one who got the president to release it. Trump suggested Wednesday this development will boost his own potential presidential candidacy.

Yes Donald, you've done something important, you've distracted a nation, you've gotten Sarah Palin's support, and you've made Bill O'Reilly sound reasonable to lefties nationwide and that's truly something. Of course, he's not done yet.

Trump said he and others are still going to have to assess the document's authenticity. We're "going to look at it. We have to see if it's real, if it's proper," Trump said. But he added that he's "sure it's the right deal" and is looking forward to moving on to more important issues such as OPEC and China. 

"He and others are still going to assess the document's authenticity." It just goes to show that we are a nation of voyeurs, we aren't going to believe anything unless we see it ourselves. This doesn't make us leery of politicians and their words, it makes us selfish because only our opinions matter. "It's not a fact unless I say it is." It also goes to show he and "Birthers" everywhere are never going to be happy until Barack Obama is out of office. So it goes...

In the meantime, smoke screens everywhere are blowing around distracting the nation from what are important affairs of state. We the people need to hold the feet of elected officials everywhere to the fire to govern to benefit the lives of all Americans.

On the other hand, I want to see the birth certificate for The Donald's hair, that thing can't be American made.