“Even if each and every one of those unlikely claims were true”
The birth certificates are demonstrated to be forgeries. That’s not an “unlikely claim;” it’s just a fact.
“they would not compel the equally unlikely conclusion that an American president was born in Kenya. That takes faith - a desire to believe.”
That’s circular logic. You’re saying it’s unlikely that a president could commit fraud because he’s the president.
A president who is a scoundrel would be quite likely to commit fraud.
The fact that he has presented no true birth certificate does not prove that he was born in Kenya, but it does prove that something is rotten in Denmark.
That's not something that I would ever say. However, I think that the birther delusions will evaporate just as soon (next January) as the need for them evaporates.