Having just returned home from a free viewing of the 1922
classic Nosferatu at the State Theatre, it is time to sit back and work on the
blog. While Halloween is my favorite holiday, it is a masquerade of another
sort that has caught my attention over the past year and one that I believe
could be the biggest costume party ever experienced by United States citizens.
No, it will not be a ball if proven true, but it could be
reality. This masquerade is the one that is being perpetrated by President
Obama, and one that Donald Trump gone out on a limb to bring some light on the
subject with his $5 million charity offer to the president to do what is right
and release some information on his background.
Now, I do not consider myself a birther, as I actually
served under Obama as the Commander-in-Chief over the last three years of
service, as I retired last year after 21-years of service. Even though I could
have stayed in the military, some ask why did I retire? The answer is simple,
too many good young Sailors were being separated from service due to the
extreme drawdown policies that were being enacted by the President, and I felt
it was my job to stand aside and allow others to grow and experience what it
meant to serve their country.
I loved the Navy, and I love my country, but it was an
experience recently that made me start to question the transparent nature of
the president. When my daughters dependant ID expired recently, I was told I
needed her birth certificate to receive her ID. This was a hard rule,
regardless of the fact she was on my DEERS certification or on my retirement
DD214, I needed her birth certificate. When I heard that, I said, amazing! He
can become president without it, but I cannot get her ID unless I have her
birth certificate. This is absolutely amazing.
That is why when I heard about Mr. Trump’s offer, I was
fascinated. I was fascinated by the idea of finally being able to learn
something about the man who is butchering our military, and the man who left
soldiers and Americans behind in Benghazi.
Of course, within two hours of Mr. Trumps’ announcement, I knew that President
Obama would not release the documents or even speak about the offer. The offer
we know he saw because of his actions trumpeting YouTube after Benghazi and the inflammatory video story
that was apparently created to cover-up another failure of the government. He
was a big fan of that website, so much so that his entire cabinet mentioned it
for two weeks.
Of course, you could ask, how did I know this? Think about
it, he is theoretically the most powerful man in the world; he could have had
something manufactured in that time and said, here you go. To me, this lack of immediate
action spoke volumes about President Obama. If a man holds onto documents and
his past like this, it makes one think that he has something to hide. Sure, a
quick search of the internet will show a variety of things. There are questions
about his citizenship, his political views, his upbringing, his religious
ideologies, and more. With all of that out there, one would think that the man,
or his family, would want the truth out there. That is, unless there is
something to hide.
The crazy thing is, the items that Mr. Trump asked for are
relatively minor in the grand scheme, his college applications and records, and
his passport documents. All of these are items that every president or
candidate have released in the past. More importantly, they are a lot of the
same items you the citizen will be asked for when applying for a job, or
unemployment, or anything. The ladder is a fact that should make everyone out
there stand up and say wait, why didn’t the President do this before he took
office, just as I did with my daughters ID card.
As yesterday passed and the announcement was made that Mr. Trump
extended the deadline by 18-hours, I had to laugh. I was with five friends when
this came out, including one person who converted from an Obama supporter due
to the lack of transparency on his background once it was explained in depth.
Ironically, he too was formerly in the military and did not recognize the
invisible history of the Commander-in-Chief.
As the six of us talked, we discussed what, if anything Mr.
Trump had that could possibly dispel a manufactured document if one was so provided.
Could it be transcripts with poor grades, different places of birth on the
different applications, what was it? Or was it nothing at all, and like many he
just wants to see the truth or a fabricated version of the truth? It does not
matter, we will see nothing, we never were.
The extension means little, as Mr. Obama was never going to
take Mr. Trump up on his offer. I knew it, my friends knew it, and I believe
Mr. Trump knew it, when he made the offer. President Obama was not going to
respond to his offer. In fact, the only thing the delay may have done is delay
the heckling that Mr. Trump will receive from the Kool Aid drinking blind
supporters of Obama, which inevitably will happen. As always, they will make excuses like he was busy campaigning, Hurricane Sandy or the altitude got to him.
Of course, while we all want
this transparency to end, for a man who parades around for photo ops when it is
convenient, like when the Navy Seals got Osama Bin Laden, or when Hurricane
Sandy wrecked havoc on America, he seems to disappear when the pressure is
directly on him. That is what happened with Benghazi, and that is what happened with this
$5 million offer. The pressure was placed solely upon his shoulders, and he
cannot react. That’s right, Candy Crowley will not bust through the door and
save the day like she did during the debate and at some point the president
will have to answer for his actions or inactions.
If you are reading this, think about it, why is the
president hiding his past, what is he afraid of? As I said earlier in this
post, these are items other presidents, candidates and citizens have produced
for items much smaller than the position of leader of the free world. All items
that the government has no problem demanding when applying for benefits. Honestly
think about it, as was stated in the video, this was a challenge the president could
not refuse, yet, he did, and he is a man that has more at stake than anyone else,
re-election. Something that is especially true in an election that could come
down to a handful of votes in any one of the few swing states.
At this point, the only frustrating thing is I have to wait
until noon for the Mr. Trump announcement and yet another disappointment from
the Commander-in-Chief.
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