Re: Ding, Ding, Ding, Ding...

> 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.

Perhaps. The thing is, Obama's citizenship had never been called into
question throughout his entire academic, professional, and political
career, and then suddenly certain parties, who had a vested interest
in him *not* being a natural-born citizen, and for whom and for whom
standard legal documentation isn't good enough, started claiming that
he *wasn't* a citizen -- based on nothing more than speculation. While
I appreciate your ability to see both sides of the argument, I think
it's fair to say the burden of proof rested with them. :)

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