After two and halfs years of refusing to address the matter and more than 2 million dollars in legal fees, the White House produced a copy of what it calls Barack Obama's long-form birth certificate.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/04/27/white-house-releases-obamas-long-form-birth-certificate/ "White House Releases Obama's Long-Form Birth Certificate", '''Fox News''']</ref> In attempting to ameliorate the question from the odium f the White House press breifing room, Obama descended into ''[[ad hominem]]'' attacks against his rivals.<ref>http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201104270015</ref><ref>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/28/carnival-barkers-slam-obama_n_854702.html</ref> Obama told the journists gathered that he had more important things to do and immediately flew to [[Chicago]] for a taping of the [[Oprah Winfrey]] show. | After two and halfs years of refusing to address the matter and more than 2 million dollars in legal fees, the White House produced a copy of what it calls Barack Obama's long-form birth certificate.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/04/27/white-house-releases-obamas-long-form-birth-certificate/ "White House Releases Obama's Long-Form Birth Certificate", '''Fox News''']</ref> In attempting to ameliorate the question from the odium f the White House press breifing room, Obama descended into ''[[ad hominem]]'' attacks against his rivals.<ref>http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201104270015</ref><ref>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/28/carnival-barkers-slam-obama_n_854702.html</ref> Obama told the journists gathered that he had more important things to do and immediately flew to [[Chicago]] for a taping of the [[Oprah Winfrey]] show. |