Jesus. Does anyone actually read what I’ve written, with comprehension?
I have zero issue with Obama’s birth certificate. Zero. At this point I don’t care whether he’s a US citizen or even human.
However, who are the “third parties” who have verified the authenticity of any presidential candidates’ birth certificates or other bona fides? The New York Times? I doubt their impartiality, frankly. As much as I love “private enterprise” over most government operations, when it comes to the composition of the government itself, nothing will do but another arm of the government to check and oversee.
I doubt the impartiality of most current “verifiers” – as much as anyone here doubts the good faith of any so-called “birthers”. What I have said and what I reiterate now is that “the Constitutional process” is lacking. That’s all that I’ve ever said on this; I cannot say it plainer. For the Constitution to say “thou shalt be and do this and that and thus and such” ... and provide for no official and sanctioned verification is a huge, gaping “process hole”.
It’s as if a manufacturer had an internal process requirement to be certain that a metal was a certain composition or had been treated in a certain way… and then never checked to see that it actually happened.
I don’t care about this president’s birth certificate one way or another, at this point. That ship has sailed, which is why I say that the President should not even respond – should never have responded – to questions from any quarter, once he was in office. The process is lacking; that’s been my point from day one. My grievances with particular presidents and policies is not at issue here: we have a procedural flaw in the Constitution. That flaw should be remedied.