[cynwoody]

It's hard to draw any firm conclusions based on such a low-quality image. The image is a low-quality scan of a Xerox in poor condition of an original document that was probably typed on a form with a light-green security pattern similar to that of Obama's certificate. The ghosting is probably an after-image from an earlier document copied on the copier. The ghosting phenomenon used to be fairly common on poorly maintained copiers.

Also, if the document is forged, why does it not place McCain's birth clearly on base? There are those who think that matters, you know, even though they are wrong.

[Polarik]

The ghosting is probably an after-image from an earlier document copied on the copier. The ghosting phenomenon used to be fairly common on poorly maintained copiers.

No. I've been working with copy machines going back to thermal copiers. Ghosting occurs when parts of the top of a document is carried over to the bottom. Ghosting does not create unique words that are different from the words already there.

This is entirely different. This is a graphically altered image, and the age of the original has no bearing on how it was forged, but the need to make an additional copy will lower the quality a bit.

Anyone can see that the long one has had several generations of copying. Not so for the short, first one.

These are names typed across the exact, same lines as where names would be placed, and the floating lines clearly indicates that parts of the underlying document had not been completely covered electronically.

Please don't engage in fishing for all kinds of excuses to find one that changes the conclusion. We don't make changes to fit preconceived notions.

This forgery was used against McCain, not for him. How else do you think the issue of McCain's birthplace arose if not with a forgery to document the charge?