[JohnKinAK]

I’ve never understood why people put so much weight on the newspaper announcement. It means nothing. The paper verifies nada, perhaps circumstantial at best. Only a long form certificate, a hospital generated certificate or an affidavit from a witness have any weight. I suspect he has a BC, but his real name is Barry Soetoro.

[RobinOfKingston]

I’ve never understood why people put so much weight on the newspaper announcement. It means nothing.

The very essence of "smoke and mirrors."

[john mirse]

I’ve never understood why people put so much weight on the newspaper announcement. It means nothing. The paper verifies nada, perhaps circumstantial at best. Only a long form certificate, a hospital generated certificate or an affidavit from a witness have any weight. I suspect he has a BC, but his real name is Barry Soetoro.

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As far as I know, a person CANNOT use a copy of a one's birth announcement in the United States as proof that the person was born in the United States in order to get a driver's license, a passport, or even food stamps.

But it seems to me that to many pro-Obama news people and tv commentators, a birth announcement is positive proof that a presidential candidate was born in the United States and thus is eligible to run for President of the United States. Amazing. And Sad, too.