OBAMA'S BIRTHPLACE

There's ruckus anew over where Obama was born and whether or not he is a natural-born U.S. citizen as defined by the Constitution as being a requirement for becoming President of the United States.  I'm going to borrow a quite from Hillary Clinton at this point and ask, "What difference at this point does it make?" 

If he was actually born in Kenya or in Indonesia, he's not a U.S. citizen within the strict confines of Constitutional language and is, therefore, not legally the president.  So, what are we going to do about it?  Remove him from office?  Early on in his term, that would make sense to try it, but now... when he's just about out the door?  It would take us until the end of 2018 to get through the legal hurdle to remove him from office, and then what? 

Still, we might wonder whether or not he is legally entitled to be there, but that question had been posed to us way back in the first part of his first term.  In the interim, we reelected him, essentially ratifying his right and capacity to be there. 

Personally, I have to wonder why it is not required for any candidate to submit proof of all of his qualifications to office.  I also have to agree with anyone and everyone who says that the "certified" evidence of his birth in Hawaii is by no means compelling; as a legal document, it's impeachable. 

But, at this stage of the game, what is... is.  So, forget about it.  We have many more important things to tackle.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.