Matthews: Naive To Think Obama Releasing Birth Certificate Would Satisfy Critics
Chris Matthews wondered whether after the release of President Obama’s birth certificate, is “birther talk” now officially over or will it continue to be a factor in the 2012 presidential campaign? His panel of guests agreed it was a good idea for Obama to release the birth certificate, but worried about racial undertones that were starting to plague the campaign rhetoric, especially as a result of Donald Trump‘s continued musings.
Matthews admitted:
“I did think – call me naive, because I am on some things – I thought once he put out that crystalline birth certificate . . . doing everything the critics wanted, I thought that would stop them.”
However, Clarence Page and Howard Fineman laughed at how wrong Matthews turned out to be. Fineman summed up many reasons, besides just Obama’s race, why some people “won’t accept his legitimacy.” Whereas Page suggested the subtle theory behind Trump’s endless questioning about Obama’s background and acceptance to prestigious schools, is basically Trump asking “did he take the place of a more deserving white kid?” Matthews said that although Trump does everything in a “cartoon-fashion,” he does agree that Trump’s questions are “so racially tinted.”
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