Why Obama's Birth Certificate Matters, Especially Now

There
was a time when someone could perhaps justify sitting on the fence on
the matter of Barack Obama's birth certificate. There were those on the
left who could chalk doubts about its authenticity up to conspiratorial
internet paranoia. As for the right, there was every reason to worry
about being the victims of an Alinsky-style setup designed to
marginalize opponents. In other words, let the other side double down
on an incredible claim, and then, at the most opportune time (October
surprise?), provide irrefutable evidence to the contrary and make them
look like deluded wackos. So, for a long time, there might have been
reason to watch, wait, and let the wheels of investigation render their
judgment.

That judgment is in, and the time for waiting is over.

With the results
of Maricopa County, AZ sheriff Joe Arpaio's "Cold Case Posse," an
incredible claim has become an incredible situation: a team of
professional investigators, commissioned by a major law-enforcement
agency, has determined that the alleged birth certificate produced by
the president of the United States is a probable forgery.

Process
that for a moment. The regime of the world's most powerful nation -- a
republic that prides itself on adherence to the rule of law -- is
likely peddling a forged document. What say you, citizen?

Note
that I didn't claim that the president isn't natural-born. Rather, I
claim nothing but am only stating a fact: there is now no denying that
the birth-certificate matter warrants further investigation, and it is
time for other law-enforcement agencies and the media to show due
diligence. And I will spell out the possibilities here:

1. The Arizona investigators are correct.
2. They are mistaken.
3. They are lying.

For
the record, I don't believe the last for a moment, but I do want to
cover all the bases. And home plate is this: the answer may be number
one or two, and it's incumbent upon us to find out through further
investigation. And, for those who dislike Sheriff Arpaio, what if the
answer is three? Well, if a major law-enforcement agency is producing
fraudulent evidence for the purposes of damaging a sitting president,
wouldn't that warrant investigation, too? The undeniable, irrefutable
fact here is that there is smoke. And we need to find out who started
the fire.

In
response to these facts, the left will sometimes mount an argument for
why Obama is, in fact, natural-born. But this issue is at the moment
secondary. And about it I will merely state that there are only two
possibilities. First, if the allegedly forged birth
certificate relates to the president's natural-born status, then it's
clear that the Obama administration is concerned about that status. And
what if it doesn't relate to whether the president is natural-born?

Then it relates to something else.

You
don't present a forged a document for no reason. Again, the
undeniable, irrefutable fact here is that there is smoke. And we need
to find out what is feeding the fire.

Remember,
too, that document forgery is a crime. If you were found benefiting
yourself through it, you'd be prosecuted. Should the president be held
to a lower standard?

In
point of fact, on the part of the media and citizenry, he must be held
to a higher one. We're not talking here about some kid who forged an ID
so he could drink at 18 in a bar. This is the most powerful man in the
world, who, it appears, is passing off a forgery for some mysterious --
or not so mysterious -- reason. This mystery needs to be solved.

Also consider the consequences of allowing this alleged high crime to go unanswered. If
Obama is willing to fob off a forgery on the American people, what else
is he capable of? If he gets away with it, what else will he do?
Remember that in every case in history in which a leader amassed more
power for himself by gradually undermining his nation's democratic
system, he had millions of enablers. These were the crowds Cicero spoke
of that cheered "ambitious scoundrel" Julius Caesar as he paved his way
to dictator. These are the "good men" Edmund Burke referred to who do
nothing in the face of evil. Sometimes, of course, they're simply
scared. Other times they may not want to seem like a nutty Chicken
Little saying the sky is falling. Or they may not want to accept that
the sky actually is falling, so they rationalize and dress the naked
emperor with their eyes. After all, when a problem is daunting or
scary, the self-delusion that allows one to ignore it can be appealing.

Most
people also don't want conflict; they may fear a constitutional
crisis. But know that if Obama is peddling a forged document, it may
simply be another example of how we already are in a constitutional crisis. The only question now is whether we're going to fight the fire or continue to fiddle while the Constitution burns.