.Cantor: I believe Obama is a US citizen (MSM in FULL cover mode for Barry!)

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[milwguy]

The new Republican House majority leader says he doesn't think questions about President Barack Obama's citizenship should play a role in the discussion of policy matters.

Two years into the Obama administration, so-called birthers continue to argue that Obama isn't a natural-born citizen and that he hasn't proved he's constitutionally qualified to be president. Birth records in Hawaii haven't dissuaded them.

[harpu]

Being a citizen of the U.S. does not automatically make ØBozo eligible to be President!

[Starboard]

Good post, and agree with you about the college records. There is a key to the mystery there. His past is a house of cards; if just one card is pulled out the whole thing falls. Which is why he can’t release ANY piece of information.

[jersey117]

Is he a citizen is not the question. The question is — is he a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN.

[Lancey Howard]

Cantor says he believes that Obama wants what's best for the country and that there are honest disagreements over how to achieve that

Hopefully, this coward Cantor is just being diplomatic here. But still, what an idiot for appearing on some Democrat network's dying program where the objective is to make Republicans look bad.

[mjp]

Cantor says he believes that Obama wants what's best for the country

How is the irrational wasting of two million tax dollars in a cover up good for the country? Why doesn't Cantor say something about that?

[cowtowney]

Maybe Cantor has the long form birth certificate. Otherwise, he should just shut up. He can’t prove Obama is eligible, so why state that he is.

[Texas Fossil]

There is NO long form Birth Certificate for BHO in HI. None... Look at the dance the authorities have been doing to avoid admitting it.

Here is the statement by Dr. Chiyome Fukino, Director of the Health Department of the State of Hawaii:

"I ... have seen the original vital records maintained on file by the Hawaii State Department of Health verifying Barack Hussein Obama was born in Hawaii and is a natural-born American citizen," Health Director Dr. Chiyome Fukino said in a brief statement. "I have nothing further to add to this statement or my original statement issued in October 2008 over eight months ago."

(note- she said a "natural-born American citizen, NOT natural born United States Citizen.)

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Dr. Chiyome Fukino, Hawaii State Health Director, has issued a second statement Monday, July 27th confirming President Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, HI.

“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.

(Note- she said American citizen, not a United States Citizen)

I have nothing further to add to this statement or my original statement issued in October 2008 over eight months ago,” Fukino said, in hopes of ending the controversy surrounding Obama’s citizenship.

Nowhere did she say that she had seen the original "birth certificate"

[SevenMinusOne]

Thomas Sowell nailed the pathetic GOP (Cantor included) last week. The art of articulation! Why Cantor goes on this show and does not take everyone of these loaded/bias MSM question and turn them around!

First when asked about Obama's BC. You simply say something along the lines of .....This nation has close to 10% unemployment, This President as spent 2 years learning on the job. This President just had to reverse course and admit his own economic policies have failed (via extension of the GWB tax cuts and now a new order to reduce regulations...many of which HIS Administration put forth)..

You then backhand the BC issue by closing with something like, it is clear this President has more than he can handle and this Nation has paid a stiff price for his learning on the job, his economic incompetence...the last thing he needs is further distractions about his citizenship. He can easily provide his BC information and then get back to working with the Republican Leadership on moving this economy forward.

This makes the GOP leadership in a position of strength. It sets the premise that Obama has been a disaster on the economy. That he wasn't prepared for the job and that this BC issue is a non-issue (and is ONLY an issue because of HIM).

[PhiloBedo]

I believe he is a US citizen, also.

However, Obama is not a NATURAL BORN US citizen, as required by the Constitution.

By his own admission, his father was a British Citizen.

Obfuscations for $500, Alex.

[TheThinker]

It doesn't matter if Obama is a citizen. Just Obama's reluctance to produce the documents sets a dangerous precedent.

Now, any candidate for federal office can refuse to show their birth documents to prove their citizenship status. And perhaps that was Obama's plan all along.

[Nip]

A quick reality check on Rep Cantor's comment.

If he truly believed that Obama wasn't born in America he would be legally bound to start immediate impeachment actions against Obama.

Remember, Cantor swore an oath to protect and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Having an imposture sitting in the White House as President would be a threat to the Constitution unlike any other the republic as ever seen.

The real impact will hit the nation when Obama’s true birth place is confirmed. If he isn't Constitutionally qualified to be President what happens to the Democratic party, all media outlets - MSM and Fox, all of his appointments, all of the regulatory rulings passed by the appointees, the Supreme Court, International Treaties, and domestic laws?

I for one wouldn't accept a do over, reset, or any other politically based decision that would legitimize any and all of these illegal acts! To do so would only encourage another such problem - “Well you didn't punish the Obama Administration so why are you punishing me?” would be the hard to answer in response to any future such act.

[Starboard]

“Signing treaties with an alias will render them null and void, right?”

Since a treaty is approved by the Senate, I’m not sure if that would be the case or not. I’m not a lawyer, but I can’t imagine that you could sign any official document using an alias. If you could do that, you could use any name you wanted on any document.

[philman_36]

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor says he believes Obama is a citizen and that most Americans are beyond that question.
Disclaimer: I haven't seen the show.

That being said I don't know how the question was framed.

And having said that the reply is as if Cantor had been asked if he believes in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy.

So I ask you...what vote hungry pol would go on national TV and smash the entrenched belief system of millions of voters children?

Besides, it's not like he was asked what he knows about the issue, only what he believes!

[sport]

The people who are raising the point are not disputing that he is a citizen. They are arguing that he did not meet the Constitutional requirement to be eligible to hold the office of President of the United States.

Cantor is deflecting and trying to spread false information.

[Hotlanta Mike]

My point is that going after Clinton didn’t get us anywhere - only got Clinton sympathy and made us look petty.

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How much was that sympathy worth? If I am not mistaken BJ Clintoon still got less than 50% of the popular vote in 1996 against, let’s be honest here, a less than attractive candidate in an aged Bob Dole.

I say bring it on. There is a civil war going on over at the dem party, and the independents certainly aren’t going to re-up for 4 more years of 9.6% unemployment and stagflation.

[Starboard]

“This makes the GOP leadership in a position of strength.”

Excellent post. The GOP still has a minority mentality. They gotta get over it and start framing arguments to reflect their newfound strength. The Dems and their allies in the media view Republicans as a political punching bag. Tine for Pubbies to get off the canvas and start throwing punches back. (Am I being uncivil here? LOL)

[Raster Man]

The big assumption that you are making is that his parents are whom 0bama says they are. Does he at all resemble Barack 0bama Sr? Did his supposed father ever show any attachment to Junior? Did his supposed mother, for that matter? Why did the family give up a nice life and good job in Washington and move to Hawaii at the time of Junior’s birth? Why was his supposed mother physically back in Washington two weeks after the birth enrolling for college classes? When his mother was dying of cancer, why didn’t Barry rush back to see her one more time? Take a look at the pictures...Barry is the splitting image of his paternal grandfather.

[Hotlanta Mike]

[anoldafvet]

What would happen if several states passed laws requiring proof of natural born citizenship before your name could be placed on the ballot for president? I believe several are considering this move.

[Revolutionary]

I think Hillbuzz hit upon a key item but then ran the wrong way with it. I bet when the adoption paperwork was received by the state records, there was no birth certificate to be changed. And that is what the notation in the records is about. The odds favor that the grandparents wanted citizenship and a Hawaii identity, so they posted the birth announcement in the papers (or caused it to happen).