if it were me I'd say "fine, show it, I got nothing to hide, lets get this trivial crap behind us" ..... and I'd assume he doesnt either, so I dont see the problem.......after all, how many times do we have to show our id to "them"?
Trivial crap, Stretch? Surely you jest. There is no way to get this ‘trivial crap’ behind, the birthers hate Obama with a passion, they will use any means, fair or foul to get him out of the office (you may be familiar with Facebook poll asking if Obama should be assassinated).
Suppose he produced the long birth certificate, what do you think will happen? The moment it is produced, it will be declared a forgery. Many birth certificates have tiny, slight inconsistencies, those will be magnified out of all proportion, claims will be made that the certificate is false.
Suppose there are no inconsistencies, the certificate is perfect, showing that Obama was born in Hawaii. That in itself will be a cause for suspicion. Why is the certificate so perfect, why not even a single tiny inconsistency? That will be the case for declaring the certificate a forgery.
Either way, it will be declared a forgery, birthers will claim that by now it has been established beyond any doubt that Obama is not a US citizen. They will call for release of more information (much more), there will be calls for arrest and deportation of Obama.
Birthers are not in it to find out if Obama is a US citizen, they are in it to get Obama out of office, by fair means or foul.
Birther movement is racist at heart, they cannot stand the thought of a black man being in the White House. No amount of information released by Obama, no mater how convincing, will convince the birthers.
Obama is handling it just right. He released his birth certificate, most reasonable people were satisfied with it. Now he has hired a bunch of high priced attorneys and they are dealing effectively with the birther hate mongers, these nut cases.
Since birthers belong to the Republican base, they are an embarrassment to the Republican Party.