[Fred Nerks]

...But we knew that requirements to get a HI birth certificate were unbelievably liberal well before the Arpaio investigation. So that part of the press conference shouldn't have shocked anyone who had been following the Obama BC issue diligently beforehand...

You don't think that maybe their motivation was to get that information out to a wider audience, and not just preach to the choir here on FR?

[justiceseeker93]

You don't think that maybe their motivation was to get that information out to a wider audience, and not just preach to the choir here on FR?

I would agree with you on that - the wider the audience the better, generally speaking. I did acknowledge in my earlier post here (#142) that the Arpaio investigation, although not coming up with much astonishing when viewed in the light of previous investigations, gives findings the official imprimatur of a law enforcement agency, which is likely to influence some people who previously were unsure about the birth certificate issue.