>> “I was a common sense suspicious Birther (but not a Vattle Birther) until April when Obama finally coughed up the long form” <<
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You mean the one that was proven to be a fraud soon thereafter?
The one that was proven to be MANIPULATED. You can prove something is manipulated without it necessarily being phony. Which I think Obama did to keep the issue alive while satisfying the Main Stream Press that he had coughed it up. You have to get the original documents to prove it is phony, which probably isn’t going to happen any time soon, if ever.
Sooo, it is a matter of opinion and speculation whether it is a forgery or not. My OPINION is that it isn’t a forgery, just manipulated. If it ever gets proved to be a forgery, I will happily change my opinion.