“And the fact that no other president or presidential candidate in history has been asked to “prove” they are citizens is a personal insult to Obama.”

is incorrect. McCain went through the exact same thing in early 2008 - lawsuits over his eligibility to serve as president due to his birth in the (then) Panama Canal Zone, demands to see his birth certificate (because there was no record of his birth in the Panama Canal Zone Health Department’s bound birth registers), etc. All of this was carried by the MSM including the WaPo, and the NY Times.

Had McCain won the presidency rather than Obama, I have no doubt that the Birthers would still exist. They would simply be associated with the other party.

I hope you will reconsider your “ban the book” mentality. Birthers may be wrong but I don’t think they are not idiots, idealogues, or nutcases (I happen to live with one and she is an intelligent, thoughtful person). They are, for the most part, people looking for a way off this Obama-nation of a train. They see Obama as illegitimate and thus cannot hold the office of POTUS. They may not be right, but they are definitely scared. To shut them off, is kind of like sticking your head in the sand and humming at the same time. See no evil, hear no evil, there must not be evil.

Should you desire an intelligent discussion on this topic I would be most willing to oblige.

And which of those magic 23 pieces of information can birthers not claim to be forged in the event that he does produce it?

Seriously, don’t half-ass this stuff.

It’s not like he’s going to hand you the actual certificate in person. Anything you will see is going to be, at best, a reproduced copy. In reality, the best you personally will ever get is a digital picture of a reproduced copy. You still won’t have “proof” that the picture, or the underlying reproduced copy, hasn’t been tampered with.

If you already believe his parents (handlers?) can fake announcements from across the Atlantic, destroy all documentary evidence of his supposed Kenyan birth, forge a certificate of live birth that lists his birthplace as Honolulu, and get Hawaiian officials to vouch for having seen the actual, long-form, certificate, then you can also believe that he faked whatever long-form certificate you actually get to see.

While I am not convinced either way, I see no reason why Obama himself can’t ask for the long form release of the birth certificate and his extended package of college and school records that have NEVER been revealed.

At best, he is playing a game with your so-called “birthers” to humiliate them….at worst, he is not qualified to lead our country constitutionally because his birth is not in line with the requirements of our Constitution.

And when you factor Obama’s history of radicalism, anti-Americanism, and lack of respect for the Constitution, it is hardly fair to label as nutjobs those who simply want extra proof from a man who clearly hasn’t shown immense respect for our Constitution.