Obama Birth Certificate Fuss "Ridiculous"
Anti-Obama and right-wing bloggers have been throwing more and more criticism against the wall to see what sticks. One of their more fanciful charges is that the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, born in Hawaii in 1961, is not a U.S. citizen and therefore cannot be elected president.
In the face of Internet insinuations that the Illinois Senator was actually born somewhere outside the U.S. and therefore does not fall within Article II of the Constitution ("A natural born Citizen") and the 14th Amendment, Barack Obama's campaign has posted a copy of his birth certificate on its rumor-discrediting Web site, www.fightthesmears.com. But that still isn’t good enough for some skeptics.
Some Web chatterers question the authenticity of the document, pointing to the lack of a state seal on the online copy. Some also suggest a black rectangle (a redacted identification number, obscured by the state for security reasons) hides something more revealing.
Earlier this week The Honolulu Advertiser reported that Hawaii's Department of Health receives requests weekly for a copy of Obama's birth certificate. [It was their concern about the unending requests that prompted the Obama campaign to take action.]
Officials said that under the law only people with a "tangible interest" (parents, spouses or other relatives, or the subjects themselves) could obtain a copy.
"Our state law is very firm on information on vital records," Health Department spokeswoman Janice Okubo told the Advertiser. "You cannot receive someone else's birth certificate — to protect the person's confidential information."
As for the persistent accusations that Obama is not a U.S. citizen, Okubo replied, "It's pretty ridiculous."
The ruckus recalls a similar controversy during the GOP primaries when the fact that John McCain was born in the Panama Canal Zone — when his father was serving at a U.S. military base there — caused some to claim he was ineligible to serve as president, not having been "natural born" on U.S. soil.
A bipartisan team of lawyers declared earlier this year that McCain's 1936 birth to U.S. citizens outside the continental United States did not disqualify him from being president.
In the face of Internet insinuations that the Illinois Senator was actually born somewhere outside the U.S. and therefore does not fall within Article II of the Constitution ("A natural born Citizen") and the 14th Amendment, Barack Obama's campaign has posted a copy of his birth certificate on its rumor-discrediting Web site, www.fightthesmears.com. But that still isn’t good enough for some skeptics.
Some Web chatterers question the authenticity of the document, pointing to the lack of a state seal on the online copy. Some also suggest a black rectangle (a redacted identification number, obscured by the state for security reasons) hides something more revealing.
Earlier this week The Honolulu Advertiser reported that Hawaii's Department of Health receives requests weekly for a copy of Obama's birth certificate. [It was their concern about the unending requests that prompted the Obama campaign to take action.]
Officials said that under the law only people with a "tangible interest" (parents, spouses or other relatives, or the subjects themselves) could obtain a copy.
"Our state law is very firm on information on vital records," Health Department spokeswoman Janice Okubo told the Advertiser. "You cannot receive someone else's birth certificate — to protect the person's confidential information."
As for the persistent accusations that Obama is not a U.S. citizen, Okubo replied, "It's pretty ridiculous."
The ruckus recalls a similar controversy during the GOP primaries when the fact that John McCain was born in the Panama Canal Zone — when his father was serving at a U.S. military base there — caused some to claim he was ineligible to serve as president, not having been "natural born" on U.S. soil.
A bipartisan team of lawyers declared earlier this year that McCain's 1936 birth to U.S. citizens outside the continental United States did not disqualify him from being president.
Best-selling author Mitch Albom on his first nonfiction work since "Tuesdays with Morrie."
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See all 85 CommentsAnd the US does limit certain subjects from US citizens. One subject US filters is vaccines, information on what is in these shots US requires us to give our children. If you can get out of US interent without a trace you can find what I am talking about. You better sit down when you read about it, or view videos.
So with that said, everyone remember the guy who had on ebay.com the Obama Birth Cert. For Sale for 1 mil? I got this email from him the other day below, and I am fueling the fire. The only reason this will not post is if the US stops him or stops video from playing in US.
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Yes (and still have), and thank you for writing. You'll see the BC this month (August, 2009). Stay tuned to my youtube channel, youtube.com/inspectorsmith. Also you can take a look at an article I've written, you can find it by searching LUCAS SMITH on google. My article will be on the first page of search results at the bottom. You?ll see a picture of me standing adjacent to a cow. Or you use this link, http://www.google.com/profiles/110044766822103526426
Wacky 9/11-conspiracy grade nonsense.
Move along, nothing here for you to see.
It''s alot easier for ''cons like jongood to win an arguement if they get to redefine what and who they''ve been told to rail against. You have to let go the concept that they actually think about what they say.
I listened to oreilly one day interviewing a history professor and PhD about a book he''d written, and billo refused to accept his definition of "fascism". Pretty damm funny, until you realize the idiots listening would only hear billo.
webofdeception.com/obamamother''sssapplication.html
There is no way he''ll ever enter a townhall style debate. This 50%-Amerifrican knows he can''t take on a real American in a non-scripted forum.
Heck, one slip up and Sen. NObama could destroy all the effort the fascist leadership of the DNC put in disenfranchising enough votes so their "Super Delegates" could install this Amerifrican puppet.
Yes! An important point is that Americans recognized our need and demanded change and sought a President who could lead again, and drafted Obama to run. Obama is not calling for change, he is answering the call.
Posted by andor3
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Let''s get one thing absolutely clear....For zero debate about this:
America did not "draft[] Obama to run."
The fascist who run the DNC disenfranchised the votes of sufficient numbers of you DemoTard lemmings during the primary so their secret "Super Delegate" network could install Sen. NObama as their puppet.
We''ve seen this exact tactic used every time a dictator has ever come to power.
I''ve told you folks time and again, we are witnessing Libtards doing exactly what they do best.....
Working to destroy America as built, so they can implement the "CHANGE" as they rebuild it into the NEW AMERICA....
A MARXIST AMERICA that all DemoTards dream of.
Boo Hoo, I am such a little wussie. This is why I have been such a scaredy cat to face this feeble old dim wit in a townhall format.
To which I respond:
It''s okay Sen. NObama, we real Americans all know the true reason is, a 50%-American like you couldn''t hold up in a real time, non-prescripted style debate against John McCain.
You would likely soil yourself in front of millions.
Posted by johnpotus at 03:56 AM : Aug 18, 2008
Your racism and ignorance astonishes me. It is laughable that you used yourself as a source? LMAO
"He was registered as a Muslim. The documentation -- I thoroughly researched it from the Indonesian newspapers and Indonesian television. He attended mosque with his stepfather," he said on CNN''s Larry King Live on Wednesday night. "The friends who were in school with him attest that he was then considered a Muslim. And that''''s the testimony of the people in Indonesia who grew up in those six years."
Posted by popstom1 at 12:17 AM : Aug 18, 2008
I don''t want a monkey for President.
He did put it up on his web site but this does not make it possible to determine if it is a forgery. This is one "smear" that Obama could quickly end. This should be done befor the convention.
How goofy can you possibly get?
You mean to tell me the Obama got to his Senate seat and no body, not the CIA or FBI checked his birth records?
There is a well known picture of Obama standing next to Richard Cheney, (yes the VP of the US)while holding a bible in his hands getting sworn in to his seat.
You would think that Richard Cheney would have leaned over and said something to Obama if his birth certificate was fake
If you are going to run a Swiftboat, put some gas in your engine.
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