Quote from fhl:
Is this just a conspiracy theory on the right?
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"Now, wait a minute. What defines a conspiracy? Obama has only released a COPY or ABSTRACT, his short-form version of his certificate of birth, not the actual long-form document. When faced with the challenge in court by Mr. Berg, Obama's legal team instead blocked discovery and argued that Mr. Berg did not have standing to bring about the suit.
However. Mr. Berg has until Dec. 1 to provide a Writ of Certiorari to SCOTUS. So although the case was thrown out based on standing in the lower courts, Mr. Berg appealed and SCOTUS will hear what he has to say on Dec. 1. Some responsible reporting, please.
Now, for the fundamental questions I have for Mr. Obama. Let's suppose that Obama has a long form, vault copy of his birth certificate (which has not been seen yet). If, IF he has it, why is he wasting thousands, even millions of dollars to not show it? If he just wants to piss off the right and not show it on principle, he is blowing a lot of money to make his point. At the moment there are at least a dozen lawsuits in multiple states on this very issue. Each time, regardless of the outcome, Obama will have to pay for a white-shoe legal team to represent him in court (at least on the first day). That will add up to millions of dollars. At best, this is arrogant,irresponsible and wasteful on his part. Why not just show the document?
And BTW, the birth certificate is a gateway doc to other issues that have not been resolved. Did Obama have dual British/American citizenship at birth? Did he ever have Indonesian citizenship? Obama also went to Pakistan with two Pakistani friends while in college, when Americans were officially barred from visiting the country. Obama never mentioned his trip to Pakistan during the debates, when he was seen as being weaker on foreign policy. Surely a three-week trip to Pakistan would merit some sort of mention, at least to show he is well-schooled on the subject. But no. He mentioned it one time during a speech at a fundraiser in San Francisco. Not in his books or otherwise. What is going on there? Did he use an Indonesian passport to enter the country? Why do his school documents have him marked as an Indonesian citizen? These are the questions -- and there are more -- that question whether he is qualified as POTUS.
This is not a conspiracy at the moment. A conspiracy is something you see with your own eyes and still do not believe it (hence the moon landing). No one in the mainstream press or otherwise has seen Obama's long-form document. Until the courts rule that he is a citizen and his birth certificate materializes and passes muster, these are normal, healthy questions our next POTUS should answer. " ----bbatson wrote on the 'internet'