This statement establishes that there *IS* some sort of birth certificate. It does not establish that is a normal ordinary one.
From July 27, 2009: “STATEMENT BY HEALTH DIRECTOR CHIYOME FUKINO, M.D.” “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 Barack Hussein Obama was born in Hawai‘i and is a natural-born American citizen.
1."Original vital records" is an interesting choice of words. The plural form of the word "record" might be a slip of the tongue, but if not it seems odd to me that there would be more than one record. The plural form implies something is not as it should be. I would think that most people have ONE birth record. Why would there be two or more?
2.Her statement that he was "born in Hawaii and is a natural-born American citizen." is a non sequitur. It presumes that a Person trained in Medicine would have competence regarding Constitutional law, which she very likely does not. It is just "mouthing off."
3. Nothing in her statement precludes the possibility that his original record is a "born at home" affidavit. It also doesn't establish if she will intentionally call a court ordered replacement birth certificate "original" or not. Clarification is needed on these points.
From May 2, 2010 “Statement from Governor Linda Lingle (R-HI):” “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.”
Yes, we have proof he was born here but we can't show it to anybody, but you can rely on our word for it. Such a dodge should not be TOLERATED regarding a question of eligibility for the President of the United States. It is a case of the tail wagging the dog. At least one state needs to do due diligence in this matter on the next election.
“This statement establishes that there *IS* some sort of birth certificate. It does not establish that is a normal ordinary one.
1.”Original vital records” is an interesting choice of words. The plural form of the word “record” might be a slip of the tongue, but if not it seems odd to me that there would be more than one record. The plural form implies something is not as it should be. I would think that most people have ONE birth record. Why would there be two or more?
2.Her statement that he was “born in Hawaii and is a natural-born American citizen.” is a non sequitur. It presumes that a Person trained in Medicine would have competence regarding Constitutional law, which she very likely does not. It is just “mouthing off.”
3. Nothing in her statement precludes the possibility that his original record is a “born at home” affidavit. It also doesn’t establish if she will intentionally call a court ordered replacement birth certificate “original” or not. Clarification is needed on these points.
Yes, we have proof he was born here but we can’t show it to anybody, but you can rely on our word for it. Such a dodge should not be TOLERATED regarding a question of eligibility for the President of the United States. It is a case of the tail wagging the dog. At least one state needs to do due diligence in this matter on the next election.”
The current Hawaii Health Department Director was a bit more explicit: “The Hawai’i State Health Department recently complied with a request by President Barack Obama for certified copies of his original Certificate of Live Birth, which is sometimes referred to in the media as a “long form” birth certificate.
“We hope that issuing certified copies of the original Certificate of Live Birth to President Obama will end the numerous inquiries related to his birth in Hawai’i,” Hawai’i Health Director Loretta Fuddy said. “I have seen the original records filed at the Department of Health and attest to the authenticity of the certified copies the department provided to the President that further prove the fact that he was born in Hawai’i.”
Either a grand jury investigation or a congressional investigation along with a judge’s court order for release of any and all original birth records might well provide answers to your questions and doubts, however no one seems very interested in either of those approaches to final resolution.
From what I can tell, the judiciary and the legislative branch have taken the comments of Hawaii officials at literal face value.
For example: “The state of Hawaii has said that he was born there. That’s good enough for me.”—Speaker John Boehner
“I don’t think it’s 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.”—Majority Leader Cantor