Plouffe chimed in to say that the president wanted to go into the White House briefing room and release it himself. “Well, that’s fucking crazy,” I said. Plouffe explained that the president wanted to use this opportunity to take the conversation to a bigger idea beyond the birth certificate. He wanted to talk about the danger of the political conversation getting diverted by these side issues. This was a better idea than simply going before the nation and saying, “Hey, look, I am American. Deal with it.” But I was still horrified by the thought of the president being forced to go before the
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