"::::No, Sceptre, that's nonsense. This isn't about transparency and never has been. Bear in mind that Obama has already released his short-form birth certificate in the name of transparency. The law requires that it be an accurate summary of his long-form certificate and treats it as its equivalent for official purposes - you can use it to get a passport, for instance. This whole business is driven by the unsubstantiated belief that the long-form certificate contracts the short-form version and that Obama is refusing to release it because it will show him to be ineligible for the presidency. It's just another version of the right-wing meme that Obama's background makes him un-American, just like the ""secret Muslim"" rumour. You can bet that if the long-form certificate was ever released it would immediately be declared a forgery by the conspiracy theorists, just as they did with the short-form certificate.     

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