The Statement Today:
I, Dr. Chiyome Fukino, director of the Hawai'i State Department of Health, have seen the original vital records maintained on file by the Hawai'i State Department of Health verifying Barrack Hussein Obama was born in Hawai'i and is a natural-born American citizen. I have nothing further to add to this statement or my original statement issued in October 2008 over eight months ago....
She doesn't say which vital birth records. Could be a self-sworn affidavit, by Barrack, his mom, his grandmom or someone else. Could be a hospital birth record -- that would resolve the "which hospital controversy" -- a controversy confused because Obama has claimed at different times to have been born in two different hospitals. She doesn't give the date of his birth, or the date the birth records were filed with her office.
In other words she could well be speaking of document she knows to be suspect, and just reporting ONE THING of what it claims. Hawaiian birth. Why didn't she say Honolulu? Why didn't she say the date? Or confirm any of the specific information that was already made public by Obama on the digital image of a COLB his campaign released to two friendly websites last year?
Instead she makes a finding of fact she has no more authority than any other citizen to make -- for the meaning of "natural born citizen" as a Presidential requirement for office has never been determined by a court, and only raely touched on.
Very strange!
And also follows in a pattern of making overly brief statements bound to mislead, when a longer statement would clarify.
In September 2008, Doctor Fukino issued the following statement:
"Therefore, I as Director of Health for the State of Hawai‘i, along with the Registrar of Vital Statistics who has statutory authority to oversee and maintain these type of vital records, have personally seen and verified that the Hawai‘i State Department of Health has Sen. Obama’s original birth certificate on record in accordance with state policies and procedures," Fukino said. (http://www.kitv.com/politics/17860890/detail.html)
I don't think any doubt can be entertained that her subsequent statement is meant to embrace the original longform birth certificate.
