you said > That information was given in one of the news reports this evening...
Which news report was that? The one where the Hawaii Democratic Party Chair Brian Schatz said 0bama was born at Kapiolani Hospital?
I would have to find it again... I’ll look because I didn’t pay too much attention to it...
Okay, found it... apparently it’s from the birth certificate...
Obama Hawaii Born, Says Health Director
Reported by: Andrew Pereira
Email: apereira@khon2.com
Last Update: 7/27 6:58 pm
Hawaii State Health Director Dr. Chiyome Fukino issued a statement Monday saying President Barack Obama was born in Honolulu and she had seen the vital records first hand.
“I, Dr. Chiyome Fukino, Director of the Hawaii State Department of Health, have seen the original vital records maintained on file by the Hawaii State Department of Health verifying Barrack Hussein Obama was born in Hawaii and is a natural-born American citizen,” the statement read.
It was the second time in nearly nine months Dr. Fukino was forced to dispel rumors that Obama, the nation’s 44th president, was actually born in Kenya.
Resurgence of the debate over Mr. Obama’s birthplace came after a resolution honoring the fiftieth anniversary of Hawaii’s statehood was about to be approved on the floor of the U.S. House.
Rep. Michelle Bachmann, Minnesota republican, temporarily blocked the resolution when she objected by saying the House did not have the required quorum.
Moments earlier Bachmann had stood in support of the resolution. However a “whereas” clause provided fodder for those who believe Mr. Obama was actually born in Kenya. The resolution states that President Obama was born in Hawaii.
“If this were a conspiracy,” Hawaii Democratic Party Chair Brian Schatz told Khon2, “this would have had to start in 1961. And so it’s a little outlandish to imagine how this conspiracy would have occurred.”
During the presidential campaign Mr. Obama placed his Hawaii birth certificate on the website fightthesmears.com in response to claims he wasn’t a natural born American citizen.
The birth certificate lists Obama’s place of birth as Kapiolani Hospital in Honolulu on August 4, 1961 at 7:24 p.m.
Schatz believes most Americans don’t place any credibility on claims President Obama was actually born in Kenya, but he says some members of Congress have done little to dispel the myth.
“I think this would’ve stayed outside of the mainstream were it not for elected members of Congress who want to sort of gin up this part of their base,” he said.
Khon2 was unable to reach Rep. Bachmann or one of her aides. The Hawaii statehood resolution eventually passed the House by a vote of 378-0, with Rep. Bachmann voting in favor.
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