So what do you make of Fukino’s statement that Obama “is a natural-born American citizen”?
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That is easy.
A carefully constructed sound-bite designed for media consumption. And that did work as planned! The media ate it like pigs.
But it was carefully and specifically crafted to avoid making an actual claim against the actual constitutional language. This is another example of Hawaii officials being careful not to cross the line and actually declare Obama Article II eligible.
Neither Ms. Okubo or Fukino claim to PERSONALLY backup the fact the Obama was born in Hawaii. They reference ‘the records’ and use ‘the records’ as cover. I am sure ‘the records’ may say that.
Remember that Brian Schatz also did not provide written confirmation that Obama was Article II eligible in his OCON. That OCON is legally worthless since it did not meet the legal criteria. It was included in the documents released by the CEO Cronin but that document was not needed or used to put Obama on the ballot in Hawaii. It was the National Party (i.e. DNC’s) document that DID meet legal standards in Hawaii that allowed Obama to be on the ballot in his ‘home’ state.
Simply - those that would know the fact have shown behavior that indicate they are not willing to go to jail for Obama.
That is easy.
A carefully constructed sound-bite designed for media consumption. And that did work as planned! The media ate it like pigs.
But it was carefully and specifically crafted to avoid making an actual claim against the actual constitutional language. This is another example of Hawaii officials being careful not to cross the line and actually declare Obama Article II eligible.
Neither Ms. Okubo or Fukino claim to PERSONALLY backup the fact the Obama was born in Hawaii. They reference ‘the records’ and use ‘the records’ as cover. I am sure ‘the records’ may say that.
Remember that Brian Schatz also did not provide written confirmation that Obama was Article II eligible in his OCON. That OCON is legally worthless since it did not meet the legal criteria. It was included in the documents released by the CEO Cronin but that document was not needed or used to put Obama on the ballot in Hawaii. It was the National Party (i.e. DNC’s) document that DID meet legal standards in Hawaii that allowed Obama to be on the ballot in his ‘home’ state.
Simply - those that would know the fact have shown behavior that indicate they are not willing to go to jail for Obama.
Governor Lingle 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.”
It was the Governor’s statement that has prompted Speaker of the House John Boehner to say: “The state of Hawaii says that the President was born there. That’s good enough for me.” And for the House Majority Leader, Congressman Eric Cantor to say on Meet the Press: I don’t think it’s[the Obama eligiblity issue] an issue that we need to address at all. It is not an issue that even needs to be on the policy-making table right now whatsoever.”