[Mariebl]

Surely you agree that if the Hawaii birth announcement is legit that means that this story about Obama being born in Kenya must be false, yes?

Maybe, maybe not. The way I understood the birth announcement, it announced the birth of a child to Mr. and Mr. Obama, with no mention of where the child was born. So, all it really implied was that a child had been born to parents with ties to Hawaii, which we already knew.

For the record, I don't believe there's any evidence that Obama was born outside the U. S. But it seems fairly clear that there's something about his birth certificate that he'd like to keep secret.

[AHerald]

The way I understood the birth announcement, it announced the birth of a child to Mr. and Mr. Obama, with no mention of where the child was born. So, all it really implied was that a child had been born to parents with ties to Hawaii, which we already knew.

You're right, of course. In subsequent posts I noted the same possibility. So my use of the word "must" overstates the case for concluding the birth notice alone proves Obama had to have been born in Hawaii. It is conceivable that a notice for a child born in another country could have been placed. Still, a contemporaneous birth notice combined with a commonsense understanding of public birth notices offers a pretty compelling bit of evidence.

For the record, I don't believe there's any evidence that Obama was born outside the U. S. But it seems fairly clear that there's something about his birth certificate that he'd like to keep secret.

Same here. Commonsense would seem to say release the darn original and avoid any hassle.