You are seeing what you want to see. There was a direct question, with a direct answer.
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The Swamp: "Therefore, I as Director of Health for the State of Hawai'i, along with the Registrar of Vital Statistics who has statutory authority to oversee and maintain these type of vital records, have personally seen and verified that the Hawai'i State Department of Health has Sen. Obama's original birth certificate on record in accordance with state policies and procedures," Fukino said in the three paragraph statement.
"No state official, including Governor Linda Lingle, has ever instructed that this vital record be handled in a manner different from any other vital record in the possession of the State of Hawai'i," the statement concludes.
Does this mean Obama was born in Hawaii?
"Yes," said Hawaii Health Department spokeswoman Janice Okubo, in both email and telephone interviews with the Tribune. "That's what Dr. Fukino is saying."
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Either 'The Swamp' is playing word games or Okubo is putting words into mouth of Fukino:
Where above does Fukino say Obama was born in Hawaii in the statement above? She doesn't say it nowhere in her statement. Not a thing about Obama's origin.
And again: Does this mean Obama was born in Hawaii?
It means that Hawaii has a birth certificate on record for Obama. May I point out again for the dense Fukino is not telling you any details to where Obama was born. Okubo is either being misquoted or she's putting false words into Fukino's mouth. How anyone can conclude Obama being born in Hawaii from Fukino's statement is playing you.