And one day, years later, your ex releases the sought after documents.  You scratch your head in wonderment.  Why did this person hide them in the first place?

You consider the possibilities: maybe it's a power trip -- your former mate trying to yank your chain and control you.  Perhaps your ex is being passive aggressive and punishing you.  Or maybe your former spouse is trying to make you look bad and stupid.  And it's also a possibility that even though your ex  released paperwork,  the documents aren't the real deal.

But whatever the reasons, the whole scenario wouldn't make logical sense.  And this is the case with the long and strange saga of Obama's withholding his official birth certificate.  He spent a huge chunk of change on attorneys to hide it.  He enlisted people all over the country to help.  He left a military officer to languish in a prison.  And yet, after years of stalling and hiding, Obama has released his purported long form birth certificate.

What are the possibilities here?  In withholding the document to begin with, perhaps Obama was manipulating the opposition, trying to divide and conquer us.  He may have been stirring the fans of racial resentment, knowing that blacks would assume racist overtones.

Maybe Obama was creating an elaborate smokescreen, a distraction while he dismantles the country.  Or perhaps the document he produced is a counterfeit.  Who knows?

There are plenty of other enigmas about the mysterious Mr. O.  And these may not be resolved so easily: the questions about his Social Security number; the trip to Pakistan as a college student; the missing college and law school transcripts and client roster in private practice.  And why exactly are Barack and Michelle no longer licensed to practice law?

But the biggest riddle about Obama isn't his lack of a paper trail; it's the man himself.   He's been the most prominent person in the world for over four years now.  But the longer he's around, the less we know about him.

Personally, I've thought long and hard about whether I've ever known anyone like him before.  I've had contact with sociopaths, malignant narcissists, and felons.  And yet I've rarely beheld anyone as slippery as Obama.

When I think of Obama, my mind drifts to a physician I once knew, a smooth-talking pillar of the community.  And yet the most disturbing things were happening behind closed doors.

Each one of his five children, one by one, tried to commit suicide.  Even as the children descended into madness, the doctor was cool as a cucumber.  In some horrifyingly sadistic way, he seemed to enjoy his children's collapse.

In some ways, Obama reminds me of this physician because both are masters of disguise.  While presenting pristine public images, they keep their real selves behind lock and key. 

Obama is adept at saying a great deal but imparting little.  Although Obama has traveled in various social circles, very few people remember anything about him.  One lone person, on the Harvard Law Review, recalled Obama slinking in and out of meetings, virtually unnoticed.  Although Obama  was the President of the Law Review, he was mostly mute,  and he wrote almost nothing.

Who is Obama then?  Who is this man who hid his birth certificate only to suddenly present it?  Is he a chameleon, someone who can change his stripes depending on the circumstances?  Is he a con man, selling us a treacherous type of snake oil?  Is he the ultimate passive aggressive man, maneuvering and manipulating in order to create confusion, frustration, and disorder?

Is Obama sadistic, like the upstanding doctor, merrily presiding over the country's collapse?  Or is Obama simply the consummate community organizer, willing to win through any means necessary?

The reason to shudder at the prospect of Obama's reelection is not what we know about the man.  It's all of the things we do not know.