Posted on 03/03/2010 2:11:25 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
The Hawaii Department of Health claims to have an original copy of Barack Obama's birth certificate, right?
In fact, it is this established "fact" that has persuaded so many people there is nothing to the question of eligibility.
After all, an official in Hawaii has made a public pronouncement that she has inspected the document and declared on her own authority that Obama is a "natural born American" and thus eligible to serve as president.
For many Americans, that settles the question.
However, now a new version of the story is emerging.
The United Kingdom's Sky News reported Saturday: "Authorities in Hawaii have provided an electronic record of Obama's birth because the paper copy was destroyed in a fire which wiped out much of the state's archives."
Which is it?
Does Hawaii actually have an original long-form, paper birth certificate for Obama, or was it destroyed in a fire?
It seems the story is ever-changing.
And that's why it's time for Obama to come clean.
There is little question the heavily Democratic state of Hawaii has no interest in providing any information that would disqualify the first president claiming to be from that state.
If indeed the state has a copy of the original birth certificate, as Director of Health Dr. Chiyome Fukino claims, it should be no problem for Obama to give her permission to release it publicly – and, once and for all, settle the controversy that has resulted in that state being inundated with inquiries from curious American citizens.
Fukino has released two public statements on this matter.(continued)
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
Show me where she verified the COLB.
The state of Hawaii has confirmed Obama’s birth records.
Show me where ANY of them verify the COLB on Factcheck.
Have a busy day!
Show me a statement by Hawaiian officials declaring the COLB is valid.
Show me where she verified the COLB.
And here’s the direct quote: “When the birth certificate arrived from the Obama campaign it confirmed his name as the other documents already showed it. Still, we took an extra step: We e-mailed it to the Hawaii Department of Health, which maintains such records, to ask if it was real.
“It’s a valid Hawaii state birth certificate,” spokesman Janice Okubo told us.”
Have a nice day.
Now that’s what I call furious backpedaling!!!
LOL
So all you have is 2 lefty sites making claims but no direct statement from Hawaii’s DOH? Oh and Factcheck claims Fukino said Bam was born in Honolulu. No. She didn’t. Look at the statement that you posted. Neither of the statements made have mentioned Honolulu. And you believe them?
Have a nice day.
So all you have is 2 lefty sites making claims but no direct statement from Hawaii’s DOH? Oh and Factcheck claims Fukino said Bam was born in Honolulu. No. She didn’t. Look at the statement that you posted. Neither of the statements made have mentioned Honolulu. And you believe them?
Have a nice day.
Have a busy day!”
The St. Petersburg Times is not a “lefty” newspaper and not a “lefty” web site.
“Show me where ANY of them verify the COLB on Factcheck.
All you have is a lefty Politico site making claims. There is NO official verification.
It’s pretty limited evidence since it doesn’t say where the baby was born.
Sorry, but there are severe problems with the so-called confirmation. She failed to specify which vital record allegedly verified Obama’s birth in Hawaii. Since it’s not on the original birth certificate, there’s no way to determine how reliable the statement is. Second, there are no vital records maintained by the HI DOH that declare ANYONE to be a “natural born American citizen” ... IOW, her credibility is undermined by an outright false statement. We don’t know where Obama was born. Nobody has officially confirmed it.
Later when pressed to explain the lack of a state seal or registrar’s signature, Okubo had to back off her statement, saying she couldn’t say for sure what the jpg of the alleged COLB represented.
Sorry, but there are severe problems with the so-called confirmation. She failed to specify which vital record allegedly verified Obama’s birth in Hawaii. Since it’s not on the original birth certificate, there’s no way to determine how reliable the statement is. Second, there are no vital records maintained by the HI DOH that declare ANYONE to be a “natural born American citizen” ... IOW, her credibility is undermined by an outright false statement. We don’t know where Obama was born. Nobody has officially confirmed it.
It’s pretty limited evidence since it doesn’t say where the baby was born.
Hard to tell if they are lefties, but they are seriously incompetent when it comes to fact-checking. Okubo admitted she couldn't confirm that the alleged COLB was real. Her only standard for authentification was to say it looked like her own birth certificate. That's not exactly a scientific examination nor even a formal government procedure. The Times sent her a jpg, not the hard copy of the document. Yet, despite the non-affirmation of the COLB, the Times simply accepted it as real ... perhaps only on wishful think or misguided faith. Real journalists demand more proof than a jpg and a confused DOH spokesbabe.
It says Obama has a birth record. It doesn’t say what’s on the record other than name or gender. It also fails to say that the alleged COLB is real. What they could do is tell us if the certificate number on the flunkchicks.org certificate is real. So far, they refuse, in spite of having full statutory authority to say so. IOW, the DOH could legally tell the whole truth. For some reason they don’t want to.
Honolulu isn’t listed in the birth announcement.
Honolulu isn’t listed in the birth announcement.
The Certification of Live Birth for Obama also lists the birthplace as City of Honolulu, County of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, state of Hawaii.
“Obama’s Hawaii Boyhood Homes Drawing Gawkers”
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20081109/NEWS01/811090361/Obama%5C-s-Hawaii-boyhood-homes-drawing-gawkers
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