Now that we have the whole birth certificate thing out of the way, we can concentrate on more important issues. I guess that's why the president waited so long to come out with the forgery. What, you think that thing is real? The more that people like Trump were playing up the fact that our president was really born in Kenya, the less they were talking about the economy, foreign policy, and the other missteps, mistakes, and misconceptions of the present administration.


Look, I don't care that Obama is a Kenyan-born muslim who hates America. He was elected by a majority of the country, so he's in charge. I'm more concerned with what he's done since his inauguration.


I think that it's instructive to look at the positions he has taken on all these issues, and what his goals are. Normally I don't like to assign motivations to people I've never met, but in this case, his actions can only lead to one conclusion.


Let's take the so-called "Birther" controversy. The president could have produced documentation of his birth at any time. Why did he wait so long? I believe he enjoyed the controversy. Not only because it took the focus off of what may go down in history as the worst presidency since Jimmy Carter, but also because it allowed him and his people to paint a segment of the American public as racist loons. The press insisted that if you believed the president wasn't a citizen, you were a racist. I don't know what one has to do with the other, but that was the story line.


It should be a familiar refrain. That particular slur describes anyone that disagrees with the president's stance on pretty much anything. You would think with all the overeducated snobs in the White House, they could have come up with something else. Maybe a little bit of variety. But I guess if it ain't broke, don't fix it. But then a funny thing happened on the way to Trump's dalliance with presidential politics. People, normal people, started to question the president. Too many people, that had earned too much respect in the public theater were suddenly wondering why the president didn't just produce his birth certificate. Obama could see the writing on the wall, could tell that his usual tactic of continuing to smear all those against him was not going to work anymore in this case. He did the right thing. He caved. He gave up his attempt to divide the nation on yet another issue. Casting some of his fellow citizen's, yes that first part was a joke, as misguided loons wasn't working anymore, so he did what he had to do to slow Trump's momentum. It must have killed him to do it.


I don't think I'm the only one that has noticed that this has been the most polarizing administration in recent memory. They seem to be attempting to create issues that will divide the nation on several different levels. Rich vs. poor. Black vs. white. Latino vs. everyone. They attempt to bully their detractor's by waiving around the "Racist" label at the slightest hint of disgreement. If you are against building a mosque at ground zero you are a racist. If you want to secure the border you are a racist. If you want lower taxes and more freedom from regulation for business you are a racist. If you don't support cap and trade legislation you are a racist. If you don't believe in global warming you are a racist. Apparently, if you eat, sleep, breath, or make any attempt to form your own opinion on any subject that may cast even the smallest semblance of doubt on anything that the president has said, thought, or done, you are also a racist.


This is, of course, all politics. Obama is a creature of his condition. He was raised in the stormy seas of Chicago politics. Pay to play. All's fair in love and war. Cut their throat before they cut yours. These are the edicts he was trained on. This is his environment. This is his real birth certificate. Every thing he does, has done, and will ever do is nothing but a calculated effort to preserve, maintain, and increase his own political power. It's the Chicago Way. It's become the Washington way. But it's the wrong way.