# Whitehouse releases Obama long form birth-certificate **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [April 27, 2011, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitehouse-releases-obama-long-form-birth-certificate/579889 "2011-04-27T13:47:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 10
**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:** [May 2, 2011, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitehouse-releases-obama-long-form-birth-certificate/579889/181 "2011-05-02T02:04:07Z")
Whoops, I missed that Baracus said what I said first. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitehouse-releases-obama-long-form-birth-certificate/579889/182 "2011-05-02T02:19:00Z")
> [@Baracus](#): > > I don’t see any big mystery here. The original form was likely plain black and white and they either scanned or photocopied it with a white mask around Obama’s form (or it was cropped). The resulting scan/copy was then printed onto the patterned paper. That is why there are no interruptions, bends, etc, in the pattern. Well that would be the layering part of the discussion. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitehouse-releases-obama-long-form-birth-certificate/579889/183 "2011-05-02T02:29:29Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > well I never understood how Jesse Ventura got elected. I mean seriously, WTH? I thought he’d get 5% of the vote. But then Fred Phelp’s got 31% of the Democratic Primary vote for US Senate in 1992. That 31%–by far Fred’s best electoral showing–still left him 38% behind an essentially no-name candidate in a contest for who was going to lose big to Bob Dole. Jesse Ventura (previously a mayor) won with 37% in a three-way general election including Norm Coleman, who had then only recently rediscovered himself as a particularly mealy-mouthed Republican. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitehouse-releases-obama-long-form-birth-certificate/579889/184 "2011-05-02T03:13:03Z")
> [@spark240](#): > > Jesse Ventura (previously a mayor) won with 37% in a three-way general election including Norm Coleman, who had then only recently rediscovered himself as a particularly mealy-mouthed Republican. I had forgotten about the 3 way mess. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitehouse-releases-obama-long-form-birth-certificate/579889/185 "2011-05-02T04:02:20Z")
I think we have an answer for “why now?” > [@Daddypants](#): > > Trump is taking credit for the reveal. From the article on [cnn.com](http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/27/white-house-releases-obama-birth-certificate/?hpt=T1&iref=BN1), “Speaking to reporters Wednesday, Trump said, “I have accomplished something nobody else has accomplished.”” Obama couldn’t have _asked_ for a better response: Trump: “I have accomplished something nobody else has accomplished.” Obama: “So have I.” [cue dead OBL] 😛 Either that, or Trump was taking the credit for Obama being in a good mood and throwing the birthers a bone. ---
**Author:** ![Ocardowin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ccd318/32.png) [@Ocardowin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ocardowin)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitehouse-releases-obama-long-form-birth-certificate/579889/186 "2011-05-02T04:46:40Z")
> [@BigBadWolf](#): > > [http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog\_theticket/20110427/ts\_yblog\_theticket/white-house-releases-obama-birth-certificate](http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_theticket/20110427/ts_yblog_theticket/white-house-releases-obama-birth-certificate) > > There does not seem to be any surprising or incriminating information on the long form birth certificate. Why was this done now and why did he wait so long? I personally thought it was good thing to have the birthers wasting so much time on what was essentially a non-issue. [![](https://i.imgur.com/KDssc.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/KDssc.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitehouse-releases-obama-long-form-birth-certificate/579889/187 "2011-05-04T03:33:09Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > If he was really Machivellian, he would’ve waited till the WH was about to have a bad news cycle and then release it, as I imagine silliness regarding his Birth Certificate will now dominate the news for the next 24 hours. He _knew_ the next news cycle. That’s beyond Machivellian. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitehouse-releases-obama-long-form-birth-certificate/579889.md?page=9)