You said — “The other problem is that gum-flapping about this looks like conspiracy-theory crackpottery — and also creates the impression that this nonsense is being dredged up because nobody can find real grounds to attack Obama.”
Yep, as this is *all* directed at Obama not being qualified to serve as President of the United States, under the Constitution’s requirements — it definitely does tend to look that way.
What people should realize is that none of this is going to have any effect on Obama being President. What should be done is that people should be working to change things so that it *does not* happen again. I’m pretty fairly sure that everyone can forget about Obama being affected.
Work for the future (i.e., change the vetting process)... and forget about Obama... It’s going nowhere...