Suppose it’s true? There is not earthly reason why it detracts.
Unless of course you want his actual citizenship status to remain hidden.
Of course it detracts. Why did the CA GOP just shoot down Orly Taitz three to one. She and the birthers are viewed as fringe. You can make a tight legal argument on the NBC issue without ever having to make a claim that 40 some years ago someone planted a birth announcement in the Honolulu paper.