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Thanks for the link. It is interesting to see what spin the MSM is peddling, and the six links provided at the bottom of the Chicago Tribune piece (the "Nutburgerbliography") give samples.

Here is what I look for in any article on this subject:

(1) Does it distinguish between the long form Birth Certificate and short form Certification of Live Birth?

(2) Does it acknowledge that Obama has not released his long form certificate?

(3) Does it explain why Obama has not released his long form certificate?

(4) Does it acknowledge that Hawaii grants Hawaiian birth certificates to children of Hawaiian mothers who give birth outside Hawaii?

(5) Does it address whether or not Obama could have a perfectly legitimate Certification of Live Birth, exactly like the form Obama released on the Internet, even if he had been born outside the USA?

The MSM coverage only occasionally gets to (2) before degenerating into insults. The linked factcheck.org piece makes a stab at (3), but misses:

The document is a "certification of birth," also known as a short-form birth certificate. The long form is drawn up by the hospital and includes additional information such as birth weight and parents' hometowns. The short form is printed by the state and draws from a database with fewer details. The Hawaii Department of Health's birth record request form does not give the option to request a photocopy of your long-form birth certificate, but their short form has enough information to be acceptable to the State Department.We tried to ask the Hawaii DOH why they only offer the short form, among other questions, but they have not given a response. (emphasis added)

Would real journalists have accepted that lack of response to such a critical question? How pathetic. Actually, the question they should have asked is "If President Barack Obama directed you to release to the public a copy of his long form certificate, would you do so?" Would that have risked an answer they weren't looking for?

For lurkers, this is the best FR thread I have seen on Certifigate:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2139603/posts

For the record, I think it is more likely that Obama was born in Hawaii than elsewhere, and I think that the widely released COLB is probably legitimate. But those are just guesses. A lot more certainty is easily available.

It is reasonable to insist that Obama provide the best available documentation of his birth, but he has not done so. Why?