That pesky birth certificate.

Larry Johnson has a post up on the birth certificate controversy that I find satisfying. Read it here. He states that the long form BC proves he was born in Hawaii and most likely contains embarrassing, but explainable, information. Information Obama would have had no control over as a child - but would have damaged him last year regardless. Release of the long form BC now would still do political harm to Obama -as it would contradict certain elements of his life narrative during the campaign. Or at least raise a cornucopia of questions about honesty - but not legality.

What has always bothered me about this issue is the insistence that we stupidly accept the computer generated abstract as the actual birth certificate. The Daily Kos waved that document around like it was an original copy of the Magna Carta they'd found in the attic...refusing to answer the simple question: Where is the original? There is nothing odd about that question.

This was another example of the screaming ignorance so many of us were subjected to by the Obots. I hate being told to accept anything with out questioning. Questions about BHO's long form BC are reasonable -not "nutty". As are questions about his academic records. It is our DUTY to ask them. This is still America, for God's sake.

The other beneficial element the "birthers' have brought to the table is in forcing the legitimacy oversight question into the open. No one vets our Presidential candidates' constitutional qualifications. This is remarkable.

Johnson's explanation makes the most sense of any I've seen. From a campaign tactics point of view I can't honestly say I'd have handled this differently if I had been in Axelrod's shoes - in the heat of the battle.