# Has Obama spent a million dollars to hide his birth certificate?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-obama-spent-a-million-dollars-to-hide-his-birth-certificate/505877>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [August 9, 2009, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-obama-spent-a-million-dollars-to-hide-his-birth-certificate/505877 "2009-08-09T22:44:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-obama-spent-a-million-dollars-to-hide-his-birth-certificate/505877/601 "2010-08-05T17:14:55Z")

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> [@ivan\_astikov](#):
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> > [@Lobohan](#):
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> > You need to understand this before people will take you seriously.
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> This is just mental gymnastics to me. I don’t take anything that seriously, unless it’s a matter of life and death for me or my loved ones.

The problem is you aren’t doing gymnastics. You’re stumbling around drunkely with pants full of dookie.

Falling flat on your face time after time after time isn’t the kind of floor show that will wow the Russian judge.

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**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-obama-spent-a-million-dollars-to-hide-his-birth-certificate/505877/602 "2010-08-05T17:19:44Z")

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> [@ivan\_astikov](#):
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> > [@Lobohan](#):
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> > You need to understand this before people will take you seriously.
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> This is just mental gymnastics to me.

Then I think you’ve pulled a hamstring.

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**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-obama-spent-a-million-dollars-to-hide-his-birth-certificate/505877/603 "2010-08-05T17:21:14Z")

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I’ll keep throwing them to you, you keep trying to knock them out of the park. 😉

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-obama-spent-a-million-dollars-to-hide-his-birth-certificate/505877/604 "2010-08-05T17:22:30Z")

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Since there is apparently nothing left of this conversation except insults and arguments about how bad the arguments are, this thread is closed.

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