First of, I don't care if Obama is or is not a "real" citizen. He's already in office, and at this point in the game, there is nothing we could go to remedy that, until 2012...
But I am a professional graphic designer with over 20 years experience. I've had Adobe certification in PhotoShop, Illustrator, and Acrobat. I've been doing scanning, photo editing and image manipulation for over 2 decades, and am an expert in these areas. I am currently a Graduate student pursuing my Master degree in the field at a major university.
Ican say, without hesitation (after closely examining this "birth certificate") using PhotoShop, Acrobat, Illustrator, and a few other pieces of software that are specialized tools used by designers, that not only is this document NOT a scan of a real paper document, but it a shoddy fake at that.
And I am willing to testify under oath to that, based on my experience, expertise, and analysis.
The question isn't IF this is a fake. That much is obvious. I've actually seen better fake "pocket litter" produced by undergrads, so they could get into bars underage...
And he question isn't WHY they gave us a fake. At this point, it doesn't matter. My guess is though, is that it's just a sort of "inside joke" that they can laugh at the American people over...
The REAL question is why is is such an OBVIOUSLY BAD fake...