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>The burden of proof rests on the one who makes the assertion. If Obama is the one asserting that he was born in the U.S., then it is up to him to prove it, and no one is obliged to believe it >just on his say-so. (Of course, we then get to the question of *standards* of proof...)
>By the same token, of course, if anyone was asserting that Obama was born in a specific >place that was *not* the U.S., then the burden of proof would be on them to prove *that* >assertion, too. And I guess Obama had to be born *somewhere*, so maybe *everyone* had a >burden of proof to meet.
The birthers were the ones manking the initial assertion, he was responding to the accusation. So, the burden of proof was on them, not him.
Thom
http://thomwade.wordpress.com/
http://www.cafepress.com/Thomwade
http://www.in-one-ear.com
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