#1 “The CoLB could easily have been forged. “
How likely is that? The original claim was that the forgery was online manipulation of images. Factcheck punctured that bubble with a picture of a real paper CoLB. It *might* have been forged, but it would have had to be a forgery of a paper document, not easy at all, and the likelihood of Obama, mid-campaign, doing something like that? doubtful, and the evidence for it? None. And then the followup from Hawaii state officials to confirm that Obama has birth records in Hawaii and they have his birth certificate on file. Seriously, how likely is forgery given all that?
“Instead, he’s spent hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars fighting lawsuits. Why does this make sense to anyone?” I’ve answered this already. It doesnt hurt Obama at all to have some fringers chase this dead-end rabbit trail. Keeps us away from the real issues (eg GOV Blago, Rezko, etc!)
#5 is interesting (school records) but a separate topic.
Last, there will never be enough ‘concrete proof’ for some. That is why courts speak of ‘reasonable doubt’. We may have doubts, but are they reasonable? That’s the question. I’m not trying to convince people to certainty, but just to get the real evidence on the table. For me, the conclusion is pretty clear - the evidence points to him being born in Honolulu just like the official story says. People can talk of unanswered questions all day long, but if there are reasonable and obvious answers and evidence backs it up ... why assume the very unlikely scenario is true?
If you're trying to hide something, then very likely.
"Keeps us away from the real issues ..."
I/we can pursue more than one issue at a time. I doubt this will keep anyone away from other items and issues of interest. Again, why spend millions when you can spend $30 on a FedEx pack and be done?
"#5 is interesting (school records) but a separate topic"
Not separate in the context in which I raised it: to corroborate his supporters' version, or to refute it with info that corroborates the "he's ineligible" version.
Again, I'm not sure what to believe. But the longer this goes in with Obama maintaining a shroud of secrecy of his past, the more suspicious it appears.