[Fee]

When I first heard about the allegations, I thought it was tin foil hat stuff, until I found out that Obama spent up to one million in lawyer fees fighting the release of his birth certificate. For 12 bucks and a signature he could release his birth certificate and end the birther movement in one stroke. Instead he produces a COLB which also covers foreign born American babies when a regular BC could end this once and for all. Even my friends who voted for Obama, and are honest about it wonders why also. Americans produce their own BC for various reasons all the time, why is it so hard for Obama to do the same??!!!

[MarkT]

You are absolutely right - I know I have been screaming “Occam’s Razor” since before the election. Also, for the record, we should have certified copies of the original applications to his several universitites: Occidental (HA), Columbia College (NY) and Harvard Law. I graduated from Columbia and Harvard Business after working, Marine Corps, etc. Those schools wanted to know everything about my deceased father, my mother and me - hell, they wanted my blood type. Anyway, my point is that he probably applied as a foreign-born student for admission purposes as well as scholarships (I worked and paid my own way - of course it was much cheaper in those days.)

[WOSG]

“When I first heard about the allegations, I thought it was tin foil hat stuff”

Scientists have affirmed that our initial gut reactions are the most reliable indicators of truth.

[varon]

Americans produce their own BC for various reasons all the time, why is it so hard for Obama to do the same??!!!

The operative word is Americans.

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

It is easy to call this lady nuts.

But what was up with this?

The 0bama,Clinton,McCain Passport file case during the POTUS campaign.(NOTE:We all know where Clinton and McCain were born)

April 19, 2008

Key witness in passport fraud case fatally shot

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/apr/19/key-witness-in-passport-fraud-case-fatally-shot/

[your local physicist]

If he was born in Kenya, the Senate probably could have voted him to be a “natural born citizen” because his mother is an American citizen, in the same way they did for McCain who was born in Panama. The issue now is Obama’s honesty and whether he has committed fraud by trying to cover up the location of his birth. It looks like he may have made a major effort to cover up his true birthplace.

[LibertarianAdam]

When I first heard about the allegations, I thought it was tin foil hat stuff, until I found out that Obama spent up to one million in lawyer fees fighting the release of his birth certificate. Now I am admittedly not a birther, but I have a question about this, and would love to see it substantiated. I have seen a lot of references to this figure (or $1.5 million), but the only links I have ever seen go to the totality of 0bama's legal defense, not specifically the birth certificate issue. Is there a good reference someone can link me to that clarifies this? No doubt any Presidential candidate has tons of legal bills, and I haven't seen anything that says that this much was specifically spent on this one issue. Of the roughly half-dozen cases that have arisen, I cannot see how $1 million could possibly be spent. #1, as a named dependent 0bama HAS to respond. #2, it seems that pretty much every case has been dismissed immediately after a motion by 0bama. How could $1 million possibly be spent on a handful of 5-10 page motions for dismissal that were likely carbon copies of each other? I'm as cynical as anyone about the legal profession, and have hired top-tier very expensive counsel myself, but I have a hard time believing this total can be real. I mean, his legal defense has pretty much won on the first filing every time...it's hard to imagine what is so expensive about that, or that it substantiates the claim he is using every resource possible. All he is doing is properly responding as a dependent and winning when he asks to dismiss the case. Can anybody help show me where the bills and/or intense effort is?