Boehner: “The State Of Hawaii Has Said President Obama Was Born There. That’s Good Enough For Me”

mediaite.com ^ | Jan.6, 2011 | Mark Joyella

[Free ThinkerNY]

In his first interview since being sworn in as Speaker of the House, John Boehner makes it clear he has no questions about President Obama’s birth, saying “the State of Hawaii has said President Obama was born there. That’s good enough for me.”

In the exclusive interview with NBC’s Brian Williams–set to air tonight on NBC Nightly News–Boehner does not say he’ll tell members of Congress to simply put the matter of the president’s birth aside:

WILLIAMS: I’m curious as to how much responsibility you feel specifically because of something that happened this morning. During the reading of the Constitution, Congressman Frank Pallone of New Jersey was reading a portion of the document, interrupted by someone who heckled from within the chamber. It was to express doubt over the President’s American citizenship. Provided you believe the President is an American citizen, you’ve got 12 members co-sponsoring legislation that does about the same thing, it expresses doubt. Would you be willing to say, “This is a distraction, I’ve looked at it to my satisfaction. Let’s move on.”

BOEHNER: The state of Hawaii has said that President Obama was born there. That’s good enough for me.

[Fantasywriter]

I loved your answer. I would have modified it a bit:

“My opinion of where Obama was born matters less that of the consituent. Many good, honest Americans—I’ve heard from quite a few of them—have questions. Fortunately Gov. Abercrombie has promised to clear that up shortly, by releasing the relevant information.

“Meanwhile, the more important issue is the need for a process that satisfies the public, and ensures our Presidents and officials meet the requirements specified in the Constitution. There are countless times when private citizens have to produce birth certificates to prove their eligibility. We should ask no less of our Presidents. The fact that Obama has not offered a long form birth certificate to clear up this issue is puzzling to me. But I am more concerned about precedent and the overall process.”

Maybe no real improvement, but I get a kick out of goosing Abercrombie. ;)

[plain talk]

yep - your adds were great. If schmucks like us can think of obvious things he could have said without any real political fallout then why couldn’t Boehner?

I think the answer is a lack of principles on his part. Notice what we focused on - not politics, not Obama, nothing personal, just the basic principle that politicians have to be held accountable like the rest of us. Our system is no loose a Russian plant could get in if he hasn’t already.

[BigGuy22]

“I don’t think the State of Hawaii ever officially said Obama was actually born in Hawaii.”
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By issuing an official document saying he was born in Honolulu, that’s exactly what they’re doing. That’s the way we establish place of birth in this country — we trust our states to tell us who was born there, and they do it by means of official documents.

[ct_libertarian]

At the risk of being flamed, I don't blame Boehner one bit for his answer.

SCOTUS is about to hear Orly Taiz, if they find for her, Bamster is gone.
Biden is also probably impeached for collusion.
Then guess who's President?... Boehnor.

In the extreme circumstance that this happens, if Boehnor answered any differently the Marxist Media would frame it that he was gunning for Obama's job.
The Leftist Zombie Ground Troops will be incensed enough without that too.

And I'm not so sure that Cao was a Leftist plant.
What happened is now in the Congressional Record:
the Marxists shunning the reading of The Constitution,
Cao questioning the Bamter's eligibility.

It is now part of US History.
May the Marxists go down in the shame they deserve.

[danamco]

She, Abercommie and the usurper ALL tree were in Hawaii last week at the same time, hmmm!!!

[danamco]

You just sound as a broken record!!!

[danamco]

I do think that the Speaker side-stepped the trap wisely like saying: I’ll wait to see what Abercommie can come up with and let him deal with it”!!!

[jamese777]

The July 27, 2009 statement and her original statement of October 2008 don’t match up. Go back and look at her official statement of October 2008. She said she saw Obama’s birth certificate and verified it was officially filed in Hawaii. She misspoke or lied in her July 2009 statement.

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I think that the two media releases match up perfectly. The first statement confirmed that the birth certificate was on file and that no one had asked The Director of Health to handle the Obama birth certificate in any way differently than any other birth certificate.

The second statement was an elaboration on the first statement, officially authenticating that the data on the certificate confirmed that Barack Hussein Obama was “born in Hawai’i and is a “natural born American citizen.”

The July, 2009 statement was further confirmed by the Governor of Hawaii, Linda Lingle, last May in a radio interview. The Governor said, “You know, during the campaign of 2008, I was actually in the mainland campaigning for Sen. McCain. This issue kept coming up so much in the campaign, and again I think it’s one of those issues that is simply a distraction from the more critical issues that are facing the country. And so I had my health director, who is a physician by background, go personally view the birth certificate in the birth records of the Department of Health, and we issued a news release at that time saying that the president was, in fact, born at Kapi’olani Hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii. And that’s just a fact. And yet people continue to call up and e-mail and want to make it an issue. And I think it’s, again, a horrible distraction for the country by those people who continue this. ... It’s been established. He was born here.”— Governor Linda Lingle, May 2, 2010
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/right-now/2010/05/hawaii_gov_lingle_answers_the.html

[jamese777]

It still hasn’t been officially established where Obama was born. Hawaiian officials are either misspeaking or lying. This needs to be settled in court.

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The Supreme Court has already rejected hearing any of nine attempts to have them settle the issue. Two more appeals will reach the US Supreme Court over the next several weeks:
Hollister v Soetoro and Rhodes v MacDonald.
There have now been 89 different attempts to challenge Obama’s eligibility in state and federal courts, none of them have succeeded.
One federal judge (appointed by George W. Bush) put it this way: “The Court observes that the President defeated seven opponents in a grueling primary campaign for his party’s nomination that lasted more than eighteen months and cost those opponents well over $300 million. Then the President faced a formidible opponent in the general election who received $84 million to conduct his general election campaign against the President.
It would appear that ample opportunity existed for discovery of evidence that would support any contention that the President was not eligible for the office he sought.
Furthermore, Congress is apparently satisfied that the President is qualified to serve. Congress has not initiated impeachment proceedings, and in fact, the House of Representatives in a broad bipartisan manner has rejected the suggestion that the President is not eligible for office (see H.R. Res. 593, 111th Congress(2009) commemorating, by a vote of 378-0 the 50th Anniversary of Hawai’i statehood and stating “the 44th President of the United States was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961.”)

“A spurious claim questioning the President’s constitutional legitimacy may be protected by the First Amendment, but a Court’s placement of its imprimatur upon a claim that is so lacking in factual support that it is frivolous would undoubtedly disserve the public interest.”—US District Court Judge for the Middle District of Georgia, Clay R. Land, “Rhodes v MacDonald” September 16, 2009

[jamese777]

You just sound as a broken record!!!

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Pardon me? [skip] pardon me?[skip]pardon me?[skip]pardon me? [skip] pardon me? [skip] pardon me? [skip] pardon me? [skip]

[jamese777]

I do think that the Speaker side-stepped the trap wisely like saying: I’ll wait to see what Abercommie can come up with and let him deal with it”!!!

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“The state of Hawai’i has said that President Obama was born there. That’s good enough for me.”

That’s no “side-step” that’s a definitive statement that actually takes Abercrombie OFF the hook since Boehner is saying confirmation of Obama’s Hawaii birth is a done deal and “good enough for me.”

[jamese777]

At the risk of being flamed, I don’t blame Boehner one bit for his answer.

SCOTUS is about to hear Orly Taiz, if they find for her, Bamster is gone.
Biden is also probably impeached for collusion.
Then guess who’s President?... Boehnor.

In the extreme circumstance that this happens, if Boehnor answered any differently the Marxist Media would frame it that he was gunning for Obama’s job.
The Leftist Zombie Ground Troops will be incensed enough without that too.

And I’m not so sure that Cao was a Leftist plant.
What happened is now in the Congressional Record:
the Marxists shunning the reading of The Constitution,
Cao questioning the Bamter’s eligibility.

It is now part of US History.
May the Marxists go down in the shame they deserve.

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Which 20 Democrat Senators are going to join with every Republican (including the RINOs) to remove Joe Biden for collusion and put a Republican in the White House?
It takes 67 votes in the Senate to remove a federal official via impeachment.

[danamco]

You still sound like a broken record, over and over and over and over again’ like a paid enabler that you really are!!!

[Kenny Bunk]

I have had the misfortune of speaking with a number of elected Republicans on the subject, asking "Is Obama a "Natural Born Citizen?"

In the only instance ever recorded of members of the Stupid Party sticking to the script, they all answer the big question by repeating a mantra, the exact same thing. "He was born in Hawaii."

Although that has not been proven, it IS possible, of course. What is impossible (if Obama has told the truth) is that he is a "Natural Born Citizen," that is, born of TWO, (that's 2) American citizens.

On the Federal level, that appears to have become a non-issue. Let's see what the 700 new Republican state legislators do about it. Before this man stands for re-election we need to know (1) What a Natural Born Citizen is, exactly. (2) Does Obama fit the bill? The courts having failed, Obama must be forced to sue a state to remain on its ballot. In turn that will force the case to the SCOTUS.

All that is needed to bring the question to resolution is one (that's 1) brave governor.

[ViLaLuz]

“You just sound as a broken record!!!

What do you mean? There are doubts that should be cleared up ASAP, but instead there is obfuscation. Even if he was born in Hawaii, what happened with his status later in life?

[ct_libertarian]

Which 20 Democrat Senators are going to join with every Republican (including the RINOs) to remove Joe Biden for collusion and put a Republican in the White House?

None of them, but that's not the point.

In the extreme circumstance that SCOTUS finds for Taiz, how many of those Democrat Senators wouldn't themselves be under investigation for collusion or some other related corruption?
Who knows, but again that's not the point either.

What is the point is that Boehnor is in a direct line of succession to the office of POTUS, so he knows he can't appear like he's eager for Bamster to bite it.

[ViLaLuz]

Good info on both replies, which is very much appreciated. I still have doubts, though, which could be cleared up but probably won’t be anytime soon.

[phockthis]

sfl

[Hotlanta Mike]

"Hey, John! They said Sun Yat Sen was born there, too." If you are ever in Guangzhou (Canton) China and have some time, you may visit the Sun Yat-Sen Memorial. More photos here http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/china/guangzhou/sunyatsen.php

[danamco]

Your sound is like the old traitor QUISLING! [skip] QUISLING! [skip] QUISLING! [skip] etc., ‘nuf said!!!