[Red Steel]

What Zullo said about AZ SoS Ken Bennett looking for a way out.

“We have developed incontrovertible proof that the verification provided by the Hawaii Department of Health to Arizona’s secretary of state on May 22 really doesn’t verify anything of significance.”

and

“I knew when I met with Mr. Bennett last week in Phoenix, before we left for Hawaii, that he was desperately trying to get out of the political corner he had painted himself into.”

And again Zullo.

“Bennett obviously believed Obama was telling the truth. He was shocked when Hawaii didn’t immediately issue the verification. As it dragged on into weeks, Bennett became desperate to do whatever Hawaii asked to get what amounts to even this meaningless letter.”

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As we see here, Bennett would have accepted any legalese BS or silly mumbo jumbo to show.

[Ray76]

Bennett was definitely looking for a way out. He was being ridiculed as "a birther" and "an embarrassment" etc.

Bennett hadn't even seen Hawaii's response before announcing he had what he wanted. Wisch told him he sent the "verification letter". Bennett had his fig leaf which is all he cared about.

Secretary of State Ken Bennett said Tuesday evening that he has received an e-mail from officials in Hawaii, which he believes contains the information he sought to verify President Barack Obama's birth certificate.

Bennett said he had not actually opened the email as of 7 p.m. Tuesday, but was confident it contained the information he asked for.

http://www.azfamily.com/news/politics/Latest-on-bennett-152793135.html

The cesspit of lies, corruption, and cowardice is incredible.

[butterdezillion]

And Hawaii ultimately only gave him a document after Bennett said publicly that he would put Obama’s name on the ballot as long as Hawaii sent him SOMETHING. So they sent him a document with mismatched signature and seal, verifying that Obama has a legally non-valid HI BC. And true to his word (but not his oath), Bennett put Obama on the ballot.

Bennett promised to put Obama on the ballot even if Hawaii said Obama was a total fraud. And that’s exactly what Hawaii legally said in that verification. We have our legal answers already, but because TPM Muckraker is a piss-colored journalist, it got reported as the exact opposite of what it legally said.