What happened to the one he had?
Did the dog eat the one he talked about in his book?
Did he simply lose it?
I wish a reporter would ask Obama why he ordered a new long form birth certificate.
A reporter should have quickly asked Obama and his staff at the April 27, 2011 press conference the obvious question as to why Obama ordered a new long form birth certificate in the first place.
I don't think Joe gets how lawyers operate (or he does but conceals it).
A lawyer's first gambit is to deny that his client has to produce evidence.
If the lawyer gets away with that he wins a battle. If he doesn't he moves to his next line of defense.
It's understood that the opening gambit is only the lawyer's first move, not an admission of the final truth in the matter.
If Joe were a defendant his lawyer would behave in the same way. It's the way the game is played (and for lawyers it very much is a game).