Statick Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Hawaii Again Declares Obama Birth Certificate RealTuesday, July 28, 2009 HONOLULU (AP) -- State officials in Hawaii on Monday said they have once again checked and confirmed that President Barack Obama was born in Hawaii and is a natural-born American citizen, and therefore meets a key constitutional requirement for being president.They hoped to stem a recent surge in the number of inquiries about Obama's birthplace."I ... have seen the original vital records maintained on file by the Hawaii State Department of Health verifying Barack Hussein Obama was born in Hawaii and is a natural-born American citizen," Health Director Dr. Chiyome Fukino said in a brief statement. "I have nothing further to add to this statement or my original statement issued in October 2008 over eight months ago."So-called "birthers" -- who claim Obama is ineligible to be president because, they argue, he was actually born outside the United States -- have grown more vocal recently on blogs and television news shows.Fukino issued a similar press release Oct. 31, but was prompted to speak out again because of the renewed attention on Obama's beginnings. Hawaii's Health Department has been flooded in recent weeks with questions from individuals and several national TV news networks asking for proof that Obama was indeed born in Hawaii."They just keep asking over and over and over again," Health Department spokeswoman Janice Okubo said.The Constitution states that a person must be a "natural-born citizen" to be eligible for the presidency. Birthers contend that Obama's birth certificate is a fake, and many say he was actually born in Kenya, his father's homeland. They've challenged his citizenship in court.One widely circulated YouTube clip of a town hall meeting showed a Republican congressman getting booed for saying Obama is a citizen. Talk show host Rush Limbaugh and CNN's Lou Dobbs have also raised the issue, and 10 Republican members of Congress co-sponsored a bill that would require future presidential candidates to provide a copy of their original birth certificate.However, it appears Congress has moved on and has accepted Obama's island birthplace. The U.S. House on Monday unanimously approved a resolution recognizing and celebrating the 50th anniversary of Hawaii becoming the 50th state. A clause was included that reads: "Whereas the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961."State law bars the release of a certified birth certificate to anyone who does not have a tangible interest.However, Obama's birth certificate along with birth notices from the two Honolulu newspapers were brought forward even before he took office. But that's done nothing to shake the belief by many Obama critics that the president was born abroad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEORGIAfan Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 alright i got a question for the birthers. If he was born in kenya, like yall say, then shouldnt the mother's passport or airplane records show she was in kenya? The mother is the one that gave birth to him, so she would have to be in kenya at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sourdiesal Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Good. Now hopefully we can move on to more important things....Like accusing him of being a secret muslim... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great American Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Good. Now hopefully we can move on to more important things....Like accusing him of being a secret muslim... Most of you know I'm about as far right as you can get without falling off the page but Obama's birth is no big deal to me. America has voted ... let the man serve his country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetsujin-28 Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 House passes resolution that states Obama was born in Hawaii, 378-0.This evening, the House passed a resolution sponsored by Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI) that commemorates Hawaii’s 50th anniversary as a U.S. state by a vote of 378-0. The resolution also contains this provision: “Whereas the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, was born in Hawaii,” a measure that some GOP members may have had trouble supporting. However, many of the Republican representatives who at expressed at least subtle doubt that Obama was not born in the U.S. voted for the resolution. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), who had earlier in the day prevented the resolution from coming to a voice vote on the House floor, and Rep. Bill Posey (R-FL), who sponsored a bill requiring presidential candidates to prove natural-born citizenship, both voted for the resolution. Rep. John Campbell (R-CA), a co-sponsor of Posey’s bill who expressed doubt about Obama’s citizenship last week on MSNBC, did not vote.Link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Statick Posted July 28, 2009 Author Share Posted July 28, 2009 LinkI still find it hard to believe that this issue has gone this far to warrant all of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetsujin-28 Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 I still find it hard to believe that this issue has gone this far to warrant all of that.I agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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