“Farah was advising Trump. It was the billboard campaign by WND that got everyone worked up over the birth certificate.”
You are right, but don’t go back far enough. I believe that Obama gamed this issue years ago when he set his sights on the Presidency despite his known (to him) ineligibility.
I don’t believe Obama is more than average intelligent, but he does know how to play chess, which puts him head and shoulders over the checkers crowd.
“Birther” is an Obama construct.......from the way back get go.....he was just intelligent enough to let the oposition do his work for him.
I think you are correct on two parts. 1. He probably knew that there was an argument to be made about two citizen parents and if anything, he would have spent a lot fighting it instead of campaigning. 2. He knew that if you get the opponents focusing on that, especially the more outrageous parts, he can use it to marginalize them and keep them from fighting him on issues people actually vote on.