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11 Political Myths: 11) Barack Obama wasn't born in the U.S.
CNN ^ | April 20, 2011 | Ed Hornick

Posted on 04/20/2011 5:41:33 PM PDT by Plutarch

11) The myth: Barack Obama wasn't born in the U.S.

The facts: CNN has investigated these claims by "birthers" who say the nation's 44th president was not born in America and thus is not eligible to be president.

The Obama team and the state of Hawaii released a certification of live birth that documents the president's birth on August 4, 1961, in Honolulu. This is not the original birth certificate but is a valid legal document. In Hawaii and other states, original birth certificates are not released when requested later.

The certificate, officials say, allows a person born in Hawaii to get a driver's license, purchase land and obtain a U.S. passport.

The "birthers" claim that Obama doesn't want to show the birth certificate because it may claim that he wasn't born in America....

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KEYWORDS: certifigate; eligibility; kenya; kenyan; muslim
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If the 'birthers' arguments are so ridiculous, why cannot CNN dispel this 'myth' without slanting the question, and getting all sorts of 'facts' wrong?
1 posted on 04/20/2011 5:41:38 PM PDT by Plutarch
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Hmmmmmm ...and what kind of a birth certificate is issued to Kenyan orphans who are adopted by Hawaiians?


2 posted on 04/20/2011 5:45:00 PM PDT by Sooth2222 ("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
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To: Plutarch

CNN has no credibility, they pretend to be relevant.


3 posted on 04/20/2011 5:46:39 PM PDT by boomop1
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7) The myth: The Clintons were responsible for the death of Vince Foster.

The question was always "How did the body get to Ft. Marcy Park?" Why did Foster do it? And if the body was moved there, is it possible that Foster didn't kill himself?

4 posted on 04/20/2011 5:51:14 PM PDT by x
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“The Obama team and the state of Hawaii released a certification of live birth that documents the president’s birth on August 4, 1961, in Honolulu.”

They did? I guess they wouldn’t mind showing it again.


6 posted on 04/20/2011 6:15:55 PM PDT by CodeToad (Islam needs to be banned in the US and treated as a criminal enterprise.)
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“The certificate, officials say, allows a person born in Hawaii to get a driver’s license, purchase land and obtain a U.S. passport.”
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Can anyone confirm if the abbreviated COLB is OK for
a passport?
I used a certified copy of my REAL birth certificate, so I do not know.
Until Obozo came around, I had never heard of an abbreviated “COLB”. Mine says “Certificate of Live Birth”, but it originated in the hospital, and recorded by the county.(TN)


7 posted on 04/20/2011 6:23:24 PM PDT by AlexW (Proud eligibility skeptic)
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Zero may very well have been born in Hawaii. But it is the status of his father, and mother and the law in effect at the time, as to whether he meets the Natural Born Citizen criteria.

In my reading of it, he clearly does not IFF Barack Hussein Obama Sr is his father.


8 posted on 04/20/2011 6:26:56 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (Democrats...the party of Slavery, Segregation, Sodomy, and Sedition)
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Remember the fuss all these msm types put up about Bush’s NG records. Even after he had them released they pursued it like he was hiding something. Now they are offended at the thought of even asking for obumbers records of anything. I guess GW should have written a book before he ran for president, but who know that was all the press needed. Someone should tell Sarah Palin.


9 posted on 04/20/2011 6:29:59 PM PDT by JoSixChip (Top 10% of wage earners pay 70% of total income taxes collected. Bottom 50% pay less then 3%, fair?)
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To: AlexW

I have a county-issued “Certificate of Birth Registration” with the raised stamp seal. It is not accepted. It is shorter than the original.

I have a state-issued “Certificate of Live Birth”. It is marked “Certification of Vital Record”. It is a photocopy from the hand-written hospital original. It is acceptable.


10 posted on 04/20/2011 6:36:26 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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Well i guess we can all sleep well tonight knowing that CNN has just solved all of our most coveted conspiracy myths. Thank you CNN!!! aka commie - news - network.


11 posted on 04/20/2011 6:41:26 PM PDT by rwoodward ("god, guns and more ammo")
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Barack Hussein Obama II was not born in Hawaii....perhaps a Steve Dunham was though (free the long form)!!!


12 posted on 04/20/2011 6:55:25 PM PDT by Hotlanta Mike (TeaNami)
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Prove it CNN show BC. Ya cant. Even the Hawaiian Governor can't find it. So prove it liberals.
13 posted on 04/20/2011 6:59:07 PM PDT by Nuc 1.1 (Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
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Prove it CNN show the BC. Ya cant. Even the Hawaiian Governor can't find it. So prove it liberals.
14 posted on 04/20/2011 6:59:29 PM PDT by Nuc 1.1 (Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
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I used a 1993-printed COLB to get a passport that year.

I plan to use it again for the same purpose, soon.

If it doesn’t work, I’ll have something to say about it.


15 posted on 04/20/2011 7:13:58 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (Freedom is saying "No!" to the Feds, and getting away with it. "Speak 'NO' to Power!")
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Their own words say that it allows a person born in Hawaii trouble get a passport, etc...but it does not state that a person not born in Hawaii can legally use it for that. However, isn’t it done?


16 posted on 04/20/2011 7:16:12 PM PDT by ReagansShinyHair
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17 posted on 04/20/2011 7:16:28 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are at your door! How will you answer the knock?)
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“I used a 1993-printed COLB to get a passport that year.”

I have no idea what that means.
Did it not have the hospital name, other confirming info, and signatures?
Was it the same type that Obama used?

Others have claimed that the Obama type of COLB was not acceptable for passport.

By the way, you do not need it when RENEWING your passport.


18 posted on 04/20/2011 7:35:43 PM PDT by AlexW (Proud eligibility skeptic)
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...”CNN has investigated these claims by “birthers”...

CNN investigates nothing... It is mouthpiece for a corrupt Obama administration.

FCNN and FUBO!


19 posted on 04/20/2011 7:54:05 PM PDT by wetgundog (" Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is no Vice")
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Even if he was born an American, he certainly wasn’t raised an American.

If his BC does in fact confirm he was born an American, why won’t he release it? What’s he hiding?


20 posted on 04/20/2011 7:57:36 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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