Ok then, if after all this you now conclude that he was in fact born in Hawaii and later claimed his Kenyan birth to gain educational funding as a foreign student or some ivy league admission advantage, why would he later spend such a massive amount of money to prevent the release of his genuine long form Hawaiian birth certificate? AND then when forced, disclosed such a poorly forged document? My hunch is this..... He was first truthful about his birth place in Kenya and then years later, in order to appear eligible as a candidate for president, created a lie about being born Hawaii. But I could be wrong.... It is only a hunch.
Occam’s Razor: In my opinion you’re asking the relevant questions and pointing out the most likely “explanation”. So one would think that Mark Steyn’s Occan Razor approach would go with what you’re suggesting.
But, basically, what just about everyone (including “mainstream” conservatives [e.g., Mark Steyn] who want not to stray beyond the outer limits of the politically correct reservation) WANTS TO BELIEVE is that Obama (in the present) tells the truth about “things”. Any discrepancy with things he said in the past MUST BE that he was LYING PREVIOUSLY. There can be no other accepted explanation.
Oh my, the madness of crowds.