“officials in Hawaii declared last October that there was no doubt Obama was born in the state.”
Could someone cut and paste where they said that?
“Officials verified that the health department holds the commander in chief’s original birth certificate.”
Yes, that is what they verified. The followup question never asked though is: When a child is born overseas, and then the mother registers his birth in Hawaii when she returns, are their original birth certificates held by Hawaii as well. Its a simple question, and could either shut up all the “birthers” or make it not so “kooky” to ask some questions.
Keeping in mind we are living in an era of what the meaning of “is” is...
Then is it really “kooky” to ask what the meaning of “his original birth certificate is on file” means?
Could someone cut and paste where they said that?<
This is an outright lie by the media. Not one Hawaiian official said this.
Here's the official press release:
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
News Release
LINDA LINGLE
GOVERNOR
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
CHIYOME LEINAALA FUKINO M.D.
DIRECTOR
Phone: (808) 586-4410
Fax: (808) 586-4444
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release: October 31, 2008 08-93
STATEMENT BY DR. CHIYOME FUKINO
There have been numerous requests for Sen. Barack Hussein Obamas official birth certificate. State law (Hawaii Revised Statutes §338-18) prohibits the release of a certified birth certificate to persons who do not have a tangible interest in the vital record.
Therefore, I as Director of Health for the State of Hawaii, 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 Hawaii State Department of Health has Sen. Obamas original birth certificate on record in accordance with state policies and procedures.
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 Hawaii.
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For more information, contact:
Janice Okubo
Communications Office
Phone: (808) 586-4442
Clearly, the purpose of these repeated stories is to slowly ratchet up the languange in the denials. Nobody ever said anything about "doubt" before.
It's not about sheeple anymore.. it's about lobsters in a slow boil of rhetoric, not knowing that they're being cooked by slowly changing history.
-PJ