Far from brilliant. The Obama camp perpetuated a LIE ( if proven and it seems likely now) by releasing a FAKE document.
Was Dan Rather brilliant?
This is not a fake document.
Obama filed with the FEC to run for president months ago. The FEC, which explicitly employes lawyers from both major parties (and maybe smaller ones, I’m not sure) then verified that he met all the requirements for office.
Here’s where you can find out all about the requirements.
http://www.fec.gov/pages/brochures/candregis.shtml
If anyone thinks that there is a question of validity, they should complain to the FEC and they will be happy to follow up.
The only evidence that I’ve seen is that Hawaii changed the style of paper that they use to print birth certificates. Since every birth certificate that I’ve ever gotten has been different (and I’ve had to get a few copys for both myself and my son over the years), this surprises me not at all.