The Winkest Link

By Wink

Sometimes I am really naïve. I thought my July 22 article about Barack Obama’s U.S. citizenship would not be controversial. Let me synopsize:

1) Obama is a U.S. citizen
2) Anyone who says he isn’t is an idiot

Some of the responses were fun, but not Matt’s. Matt is a very serious person, and he is serious about Obama’s citizenship and our Constitution!

In Matt’s response he said I should “try addressing the real issues involved with this topic instead of using the Al Sharpton approach.” I guess by the “Al Sharpton approach” he means blaming racism for everything.

You know, I have never really been a big fan of Al Sharpton. More than once he has yelled ‘fire’ (racism) in a crowded theater before he knew all the facts.

Know this though, Sharpton’s main motivation seems to be to represent the powerless and voiceless among us, and he is not always wrong. Because of his missteps he has paid a price in credibility so that, even when he is right, some people will not listen to him.

But Matt, aren’t you being just as judgmental? You imply that I think everyone who expresses doubts about Obama’s birth is a racist.

Nothing could be further from the truth. I am just looking for facts. When ALL THE FACTS point one way, and you point the other, I begin to question your motivation.

As I said previously, your search doesn’t appear to be for truth, because truth has already been established: Obama was born in the U.S.

You simply choose to deny his citizenship in spite of all the evidence.

- Anyone can see the birth certificate. It is on-line.
- The hospital says it is valid.
- The Republican governor of Hawaii says it is valid.
- There is an August 1961 birth announcement in the Honolulu paper saying his mom and dad had a baby boy.

None of what I just wrote matters to you, does it…

Why, Matt, do you deny the obvious evidence? Admit it, NO AMOUNT of evidence will satisfy you.

Matt opines: “Oh, anybody who wants to exercise their Constitutional Rights is a racist?”

Golly Matt, NO! All of us here at Winkest Link are delighted that you care so deeply for the Constitution. I presume you were equally concerned when Bush and Cheney were using it as a floor mat.

In fact, I have the constitutional right to imply that you are gay. I would never say that, because I don’t know you, but I appreciate your granting that I have that right. That doesn’t bother you, does it?

Likewise, you have the right to question whether Obama was born in the U.S.

Same deal, right?

Look Matt, my article wasn’t about ‘rights,’ it was about motivation. What is your purpose in denying the evidence, on its face, that President Obama was born in the United States?

Well, I don’t know you Matt. I have no idea if you are a racist or not. Maybe you are just a conservative shill who hates Obama for political reasons and will do and say ANYTHING to try to destroy him. (Okay, I am really confident that this is true.)

C’mon Matt, even if you are not racist you have to admit the obvious: At least some, and maybe most, of those who are making an issue of the birth certificate, are not TOTALLY comfortable with the idea that a ‘black guy’ is president.

I don’t know if you are a racist Matt, but I know one thing for sure: If you think Obama was not born in the United States, you are an idiot.
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