Tarnsman, I’m with you there. I’ve never spent much time following the intricacies of the birth certificate arguments because I find such discussions dull. But I’ve seen enough to feel the answer is both not-that-simple, and that it hasn’t been answered satisfactorily. I agree with you that if there were a definitive response to the question, the O would long ago have flashed it for all to see.

The question then is why hasn’t he? If it exists? Despite the dismissive “birther” term tossed by the Left (as soon as they start trying to marginalize an argument with ridicule, you know you’re on to something), it’s not a trivial question. Quite the contrary. It’s a game changing, earth shattering question, if one assumes the answer might, just might, be that he was never eligible to be President. It’s a Constitutional crisis waiting to happen, and for all intents and purposes every action Obama has taken suggests he can’t satisfy the requirement. Why on earth is he hiding the proof, if proof there be? That’s a question I never hear answered by those who dismiss the issue as crazy birther nonsense.