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Who cares, it's not like they're going to kick him out now hell he's already served half his term. I do agree though that I hope they have a real candidate to go against him in 2012 so we don't get stuck with him again.
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Obamas birth certificate is the biggest scandal since bush "won" Florida.....bro....Comment
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The old copy of mine from the late 70's looks the same. Mine also looks like a negative image (printed from microfiche probably).Originally posted by GhostTX View PostI like how the new certificate is a copy of a copy with a scanned image.
Notice the left side, where the paper is folded over...
I'm suprised it isn't just an abstract (reprinted certificate). The last time I had to get a copy and went to the county records office that is what they gave me.Comment
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He's the president...I'm sure if he cannot produce one he can get one made.Comment
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He looks Ethiopian, not Kenyan. Maybe he was switched with the other African born in Hawaii that day.Comment
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Trump is cracking me up with this shit. He's goofy, has terrible hair, he's a pompous self-promoter, but what I like is that he does not give a FUCK. He'll call anyone out for any reason anytime. I admire that. Now, when it comes to running for POTUS, I think he's nuts, but he definitely has what it takes to stir everyone up and throw a wrench in the whole process, thus potentially weeding out the terrible candidates for us.Comment
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Obama releases birth form, decries 'silliness'
WASHINGTON – Responding to critics' relentless claims, President Barack Obama on Wednesday produced a detailed Hawaii birth certificate in an extraordinary attempt to bury the issue of where he was born and confirm his legitimacy to hold office. He declared, "We do not have time for this kind of silliness."
By going on national TV from the White House, Obama portrayed himself as a voice of reason amid a loud, lingering debate on his birth status. Though his personal attention to the issue elevated it as never before, Obama said to Republican detractors and the media, it is time to move on to bigger issues.
Citing huge budget decisions in Washington, Obama said, "I am confident that the American people and America's political leaders can come together in a bipartisan way and solve these problems. We always have. But we're not going to be able to do it if we are distracted."
Obama spoke shortly after the White House released a copy of the long form of his birth certificate, which contains more extensive data than a version released earlier.
The certificate says Obama was born to an American mother and Kenyan father, in Hawaii, which makes him eligible to hold the office of president. Obama released a standard short form before he was elected in 2008 but requested copies of his original birth certificate from Hawaii officials this week in hopes of quieting the lingering controversy.
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White House officials have said the issue was settled long ago. But so-called "birthers" opposed to Obama have kept it alive. Potential Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump recently began questioning why Obama hadn't ensured the long form was released.
From New Hampshire, Trump took credit for getting Obama to act.
"He should have done it a long time ago. I am really honored to play such a big role in hopefully, hopefully getting rid of this issue," Trump said.
Polls show large numbers of Republicans have continued to doubt Obama is a natural born citizen eligible to be president. Trump, the bombastic real estate mogul, has seized on the issue as he weighs a GOP candidacy.
While Obama and White House officials avoided mentioning Trump by name, officials said they released the birth certificate partially because the issue had moved beyond fringe discussion, and Obama criticized a media culture that had not let the story go.
"This issue has been going on for two, two and a half years now. I think it started during the campaign," Obama said. "I have watched with bemusement, I've been puzzled at the degree at which this thing just kept on going."
"We're not going to be able to solve our problems if we get distracted by sideshows and carnival barkers," the president said.
He did not take any questions and did not say why the document had not been released earlier.
Many Republican leaders have sought to distance themselves from the "birther" theory as a discredited notion not worthy of national public debate.
In a statement after Obama spoke, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus called the issue a distraction — and yet blamed Obama for playing campaign politics by addressing it.
"The president ought to spend his time getting serious about repairing our economy," Priebus said. "Unfortunately his campaign politics and talk about birth certificates is distracting him from our number one priority — our economy."
The newly released certificate is signed by the delivery doctor, Obama's mother and the local registrar. His mother, then 18, signed her name (Stanley) Ann Dunham Obama.
The form says Barack Hussein Obama II was born at 7:24 p.m. on Aug. 4, 1961, at Kapiolani Maternity and Gynecological Hospital, within the city limits of Honolulu.
There's no mention of religion. It says his father, Barack Hussein Obama, age 25, was African and born in Kenya and his mother was Caucasian and born in Wichita, Kan. Obama's mother and the doctor signed the certificate on Aug. 7 and 8.
Hawaii's registrar certified the new photocopy of the document provided to the White House on April 25, 2011.
The White House also released a letter from the president on April 22 requesting two certified copies of his original certificate of live birth. Also released was a letter from Loretta Fuddy, Hawaii's director of health, approving the request.
The president's personal counsel, Judith Corley, traveled to Hawaii to pick up the documents and carried them back to Washington on a plane. The documents arrived at the White House around 5 p.m. Tuesday.
Fraud, it's just silly talk with sideshows and carnival barkers.Originally posted by Obummer2 Chronicles 7:14
If My people, which are called by My name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.Comment
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Agreed. He's a selfless self promoter and I'm liking he's stirring everything and putting it on the national spot light AND he's obviously making Obama nervous, otherwise, Obama wouldn't be reacting.Originally posted by Tyrone Biggums View Post
I definitely don't want Trump to run for POTUS, as I fear it'd split the vote like when Perot ran."Self-government won't work without self-discipline." - Paul HarveyComment
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Trump will never be the POTUS, but he'll be my favorite entertainer for this month.Originally posted by GhostTX View PostComment
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A lot of people said that about another actor turned president and he turned out to be one of the best IMO.Originally posted by Denny View PostG'Day MateComment
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Reagan had something more to bring to the table other than Obama's birth certificate.Originally posted by Grimpala View PostComment
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However, Trump has run a few businesses into the ground and still come out on top making money.
He knows how to take a fuck up and make it profitable at least for a little while.G'Day MateComment
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