[philled]

He doesn’t need to have a legal eligibility fraud in order to have problems: if his birth certificate says either that his father was “unknown,” or that his birth name is not Barack 0bama, it betrays him as a poseur.

I agree. I've thought ever since the Obambi campaign said there was "something embarassinig" on his birth certificate that it wasn't his birthplace. Its something with his name "Che Fidel Marx Dunham" perhaps or that Frank Marshall Davis is the name listed as the father. Not a big deal because you can't pick your parents (and can only change your name after the fact) but it certainly damages the mythology he has so carefully crafted. He may be an incompetent huckster, but he's an eligible incompetent huckster.

[BuckeyeTexan]

He may be an incompetent huckster, but he's an eligible incompetent huckster.

There is absolutely no way to prove or disprove that statement with the information currently in the public record. Therein lies the basis of most birther claims.

[FredZarguna]

I've thought this since the beginning, too, for the same reason. What could possibly be embarrassing on a birth certificate? Mom, we already know. His weight, height, thumbprint, footprint or place of birth (if actually in the US) can't be it either. It only really leaves his name or his father's name.

Whatever you think of the ineligibility claims, there is a smoking gun here, as Hurricane Camille agrees: Why was a clearly fraudulent BC offered in the first place? What adult cannot go to a desk or filing cabinet in his house and produce a birth certificate in a few minutes? Despite attempts to equate birthers (I am not one, BTW) with so-called "truthers," the simple fact is that the birthers whole conspiracy could be brought down by producing a single, entirely trivial piece of evidence.

Why isn't it?

[Smokin' Joe]

He may be an incompetent huckster, but he's an eligible incompetent huckster.

I'm not so sure.

Granted, the BC could only damage or destroy the Obamythology he has crafted, but there is likely more because nothing, no school records, no articles, no admissions records nor transcripts, nothing has been released.

Whether it is disqualifying, "embarassing" (in that it belies the myths), or simply criminal, we won't know until we see the information, if ever.