Obama's Long-Form Birth Certificate Released - NYTimes.com

Why on God's green earth would Barack Obama accede to the utter stupidity surrounding his birth by releasing his birth certificate? Does he really believe that anyone who is stupid enough to buy into the conspiracy theories surrounding his birth would be satisfied by his releasing this information? The only thing that the release of this document has done is make Donald Trump actually look important. Instead of keeping Trump and the lunatic fringe at arm's length and simply paint them as detached from reality and not interested in the Country's well-being and the difficult issues we are facing. the release of the document actually legitimizes the discussion. To see the Times' coverage of the release click on the link that follows. Obama's Long-Form Birth Certificate Released - NYTimes.com.

This is a real head scratcher. Nothing gained but much lost.