An NRO reader notes the Nixonian secrecy of the Obama Administration:
The real problem, however, is not the president’s place of birth (it is highly unlikely that he was born anywhere but where he claims) but the Nixonian secrecy with which he has chosen to surround himself. Has Obama released his transcripts from Occidental College and Harvard? (we know all about Bush’s mediocre grades at Yale). Has he given permission for his theses and publications to be released? If not, why not? Michelle got into hot water when her thesis was publicized. Maybe Barack learned a lesson from that episode. And why the secrecy about the grades of such a smart guy as Obama? Might they reveal some kind of favoritism along the way?
We do know that there are things Obama tried to hide, such as his association with Jeremiah Wright and Father Pfleger as well as William Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn. Do his records reveal other questionable associations or statements? Where is the transparency we expect of public officials? Why is Obama getting a pass when other presidents do not?
Secrecy is the mother’s milk of kooks – while the “birther” issue is, as I’ve stated, a non-issue in my book, the fact that Obama simply does not come clean on his past – all of it, from start to finish – just feeds the frenzy of speculation. The American people are tolerant and forgiving, so Obama’s unwillingness to relax and let us get to know him is mystifying. He’s admitted to drug use and it was a huge “big deal” from all of us…what is he hiding about his past and his associations? Its hard to imagine there’s something worse than Wright in there … unless, of course, it is Obama, himself, making Wright-like statements?
What could it be? Speculation will continue, as long as we don’t know.
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