Bauer thought no, the short form was his BC and was all the law required, and they'd long since posted that.
David Plouffe reasoned that, on the one hand, most voters think Obama was born in Hawaii and think the birthers are nuts, and, therefore, that the more oxygen Trump got, the better. On the other hand, if the birther cause were to gain traction among normal voters, it could spell trouble ...
Obama reportedly was getting tired of it, saying "I understand that politically this is probably good for us, since it makes their party look crazy. But let's pop the balloon and shut down this foolishness once and for all."
In the event, Bauer got the job of getting the HDoH to cough up the certificate. Which they did. Obama's lawyer Judith Corley journied to Honolulu and hand-carried two certified copies back to the White House. How much did that cost? How much would FedEx have charged?
Of course, we know what happened next. As soon as the scan was posted, the birfers started counting PDF layers ....
Honestly, I could care less what Double Down claims. The short passage I posted was nauseatingly pro-Obama. By which, I mean they probably went through three pairs of knee-pads just writing that one brief section.
What I am asking for is an independent quotation from one of the *many* people Obama claims to have shown the souvenir ‘birth certificate’ to. I.e.: a quote independent of Double Down.
If this booklet was worth warm spit, why didn’t one of those *many* people ever mention it? Why on *no* occasion has not even one of those *many* people commented, ‘Well, I personally saw the souvenir birth certificate. It was real, and very interesting,’ or similar.
I await the quote. And again, NOT from Double Down. I’ve seen enough Double Down Drivel for one night, thank you.