Hawaii became a state in 1959. Only two years later Obama is born there (supposedly). Hawaii is still in transition from “a remote, multicultural, migratory island hub way out in the Pacific ocean”, to a state, with goofy laws that allow anyone, no matter where they were born, to become a citizen of Hawaii, thus a citizen of the United States. Obama may have obtained his Hawaiian birth certificate (if he even has one) in this manner.
Wait, is this the new birther line of attack? That Hawaii somehow wasn't a "real" state but some kind of semi-state that hadn't really earned its statehood yet? People have been joking for years that birthers would eventually start demanding Hawaii's statehood certificate--has that day come?
But seriously: do you guys accept that Hawaii qualified as one of the United States for Article II purposes, or not? If so, why even bring up its remoteness or its multiculturalness--isn't that irrelevant?
My current working theory is that Stanley Ann Dunham was sent to live with Aunt Eleanor Birkebeile, or Uncle Ralph Dunham in NorthWest Washington, (as was the custom for embarrassing pregnant girls of that era) and when her due date arrived, she took advantage of a Free Canadian Hospital, then called mom who filled out an "at home birth" affidavit to initiate paperwork in Hawaii. (Which by the way, allows a Hawaiian resident to get a birth certificate from Hawaii, regardless of where the child is born.)
I consider the theory to be quite plausible, and until evidence emerges which renders it implausible, I will continue to use it as my working theory. Had Obama an actual ordinary Hawaiian birth certificate, we would not have seen all these peculiar leaps, dodges, twists and gyrations.