FAR MORE THAN ITS AUTHENTICITY, WHICH WILL BE CHALLENGED AND EITHER UPHELD OR DENIED. I AM MORE INTERESTED ANTHROPOLOGICALLY IN HIS RACIAL IDENTIFICATION

I HAVE YET TO SEE THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE IN QUESTION, THO I SUSPECT IT WILL BECOME A FAMOUS DOCUMENT ALL OVER THE WEB VERY SOON

MCCAIN'S ALSO, AS THEY WILL BE LAID SIDE BY SIDE FOR AUTHENTICITY

I AM ASSUMING HE IS LISTED AS 'BLACK' AS HIS RACE? OR 'OTHER'? IF THIS WAS A HAWAIIAN BIRTH CERTIFICATE? WITH A 'WHITE' MOTHER?

I NOTE ALSO, AND THIS IS KEY, AS AN ADULT, HE CHOSE NOT TO PURSUE THE PATH OF HIS OWN WHITE MOTHER AND MARRY A WHITE WOMAN

HE INSTEAD SELECTED A PROGRESSIVE, SUCCESSFUL AND WELL EDUCATED BLACK WOMAN AS HIS MATE. AND HIS DAUGHTERS BOTH IDENTIFY THEMSELVES STAUNCHLY AS 'AFRICAN AMERICAN'. WITH NO APOLOGIES. THEY DO NOT REFER TO THEMSELVES AS 'QUADROON' GRANDKIDS.

REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY HAVE A WHITE GRANNY IN THEIR ANCESTRY OR NOT. THEY ARE QUITE OBVIOUSLY AND PROUDLY 'BLACK'

THE VAST MARJORITY OF LIVING BLACK AMERICANS HAVE A QUARTER WHITE PATERNAL GREAT GREAT OR GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER IN THEIR ANCESTRY. THIS IS SIMPLY A GENETIC 'FACT'. NOT A SUPPOSITION. DNA BEARS IT OUT ALSO. WE HAD WHOLE SUBCATEGORIES OF RACIAL DESIGNATION/PROFILING MULATTO, QUADROON, OCTOROON, QUINTEROON. ALSO FRENCH TERMS SUCH AS GRIFFE & MESTIZE. CAJUN'S ARE HYBRID TOO

FAR LESS LIVING BLACKS HAVE A ~WHITE~ 'FEMALE' ANCESTOR WHO WILLINGLY CROSSED THE RACIAL DIVIDE TO FACE ACCUSATIONS OF MISCEGENATION BACK IN THE 40'S, 50'S AND 60'S. IT WOULD BE MORE COMMON TO HAVE A BLACK DADDY/WHITE MOTHER IF YOU ARE MULATTO

NOTE THE 'GEN' ROOT THERE IN MISCE GEN ATION. BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT GENETICS, AND DON'T YOU FORGET IT EITHER.

PERHAPS INSTEAD WE SHOULD BE HEARTENED THAT OBAMA CHOSE TO ESCHEW RACIAL MIXING IN HIS OWN LIFE AND PREFERRED RATHER THE MORE TRADITIONAL ROUTE OF HIS ENTHNICITY AND HIS HERITAGE.

WHAT DOES THAT SAY TO YOU ABOUT THE CHOICES OF THE 60'S GENERATION. ABOUT EXCESSIVE NUDITY. COMMUNAL LIVING. HAIR/WOODSTOCK?

IT SAYS TO ME, THAT THOSE OF US WHO WERE RAISED IN THE JOHNSON/NIXON YEARS, REJECTED THEIR LIBERAL VALUES FOR THE MOST PART

OBAMA IS PERFECTLY IN KEEPING WITH THAT PHILOSOPHY. NOT EVERYTHING THE IKE ERA BABYBOOMERS DID WAS RIGHT OR PROPER

NOT TO SAY THAT HIS MOTHER WAS 'BAD' AND HE'S UNFIT. BUT RATHER, THE CHILDREN CHOSE NOT TO MAKE THE SAME CHOICES AS THE PARENTS

WHICH IN THE END, SHOWS HIS SUPERIOR BREEDING. WISE MAN. HIS WIFE IS A DECENT WOMAN AND DESERVES OUR RESPECT.

HE COULD HAVE BEEN LIKE MARIAH CAREY, ANOTHER MULATTO AND MARRIED AN ITALIAN AMERICAN RECORD BOSS. HE STUCK WITH HIS OWN TRIBE.