“Here’s something else the MSM never explained. If the released long form is legit, the most probable explanation for the Health Department’s failure to release copies to the media is that Obama refused to consent. If that was the case, it would have put Health Department Director Chiyome Fukino in an impossible situation. It would have been illegal for her to release any of Obama’s documents without his consent, and it would have been political dynamite for her to state that Obama had directly refused to provide that consent. That might explain her ridiculous press statement, in which she said that she had seen “the original vital records” without specifying which documents she had seen, and without explaining why she had not released them.”
When Obama held his April 27, 2011 news conference to announce the release of the long form birth certificate, each member of the Washington Press Corps who attended the news conference received a press packet that contained photocopies of both the short form Certification of Live Birth and the long form Certificate of Live Birth and also in the press packet were copies of the correspondence about the birth certificate between the White House and Hawaii’s Department of Health.
From the Huffington Post:
“Last Friday, the president himself wrote Loretta J. Fuddy, the director of health at the State of Hawaii, requesting “two certified copies of my original certificate of live birth.” Fuddy complied. Shortly thereafter, the president’s counsel, Judith Corley of the firm Perkins Coie, flew to Hawaii to pick up two copies of the form. The trip was not taxpayer funded but, rather, paid out of the president’s personal account. Corley returned on Tuesday at roughly 4 p.m. with the copies. The White House announced a “morning gaggle” for reporters shortly thereafter. One aide explained that they did not want to “hold” on to the documents for release on a later date.
Many members of the press confessed to being “stunned” as it became clear what was about to be discussed. White House press assistants handed out a six-page stapled packet of photocopies showing the new and old birth certificates as well as the White House’s legal correspondence with Hawaii’s Department of Health.
And yet it was the press that played a large role in forcing the administration’s hand. CNN’s Ed Henry had pressed White House Press Secretary Jay Carney on the issue just one day earlier, despite the fact that his own network had done a thorough investigation debunking the claims of the conspiracy theorists.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/27/obama-birth-certificate-r_n_854248.html
Savannah Guthrie of NBC News and Scott Applewhite, a photographer for the Associated Press took photos of the long form copy that was released to Obama. Guthrie used her cell phone camera to take a picture.
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/04/white_house_releases_obama_bir.html
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/42779923/ns/politics-white_house/t/obama-releases-detailed-us-birth-certificate/#.VbPBkH-COrU
There was no good reason for anyone to have to guess which "original" form Fukino was referring to in 2008.
There was also no good reason (in 2008) to require America to trust the word of one Hawaii Health Department worker as to whether or not Obama was born in Hawaii, without the release of the corroborating document that she claimed to have seen. Yet that was exactly what Fukino did, and exactly what Obama permitted to happen.
Had Obama ordered that a copy of his long form be released to the media in 2007 or 2008, it would have been instantly released. He decided NOT to order the release of the long form. Now, why would he make that choice?
In 2010, Army Lieutenant Colonel Dr. Terry Lakin refused to deploy to Afghanistan unless Obama produced a valid copy of his long form. Lakin's court-martial received plenty of publicity. For a few minutes and a few dollars, Obama could have saved a dedicated flight surgeon from prosecution. Obama could have at least started the process of resolving persistent questions about his legitimacy to hold office. Yet once again, Obama decided NOT to order the release of the form.
And yet it was the press that played a large role in forcing the administration’s hand.
You give credit where almost none is due. By 2011 Obama was worried that the issue might affect his 2012 campaign.
A press worthy of the name would have tried to force Obama's hand in 2007. When Obama's computer-generated short form was released in 2008, the press should have screamed, "This is at best a SECONDARY DOCUMENT, based on a PRIMARY DOCUMENT, your long-form Certificate of Live Birth! You aren't applying for a driver's learner's permit, you are asking to be trusted with the position of the most powerful man on earth! We DEMAND that you expend the trivial amount of effort required for you to provide the BEST AVAILABLE DOCUMENTATION that you were born in Hawaii: your long form Certificate of Live Birth!"
By 2011, and probably long before, the leftist press understood that Obama's refusal to release his long form was a deliberate, cynical, political rope-a-dope. They were more than happy to help.
Obama: "I'll pretend I don't even know that I have an original birth certificate, and my pals in the press won't question me about it, and will label anyone who objects as a birther nutcase! Big political upside for me, and screw those who get hurt!"
The scam worked, but at one hell of a price for the country, and especially for Dr. Lakin.