Experience has taught me that there is a third reason; no amount of evidence will be enough for those who are convinced of the rightness of their cause. No matter how many times the bar is met, there will always be a reason to raise it yet again.
Believe me, I would have checked presidential candidate birth certificates just as a matter of routine. No big deal would be made of it, it was just doing the job.
You you would have overcome the fact that you had no legal right to a candidates birth certificate to check, how?
I simply would have asked to see the candidate’s birth certificate. A candidate with nothing to hide would be happy to show it to me. If the candidate failed to produce it, I would simply state that in my story and let readers draw their own conclusions.
We keep going back and forth here. Have you ever asked yourself why this situation has not happened ever in any other presidential election? I would appreciate it if you would try to work out the answer before you throw the question back to me.