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Obama Exclusive: I Was Born in Hawaii and I Don’t 'Have Horns'
ABC News ^ | April 14, 2011 | George Stephanopoulos

Posted on 04/14/2011 4:47:28 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

I thought the president would take a pass when I asked him about Donald Trump’s rise to the top of the Republican field in my exclusive interview today.

Far from it.

He grabbed at the chance with a big smile – saying he thinks the whole issue will be a problem for Republicans.

“I think that over the last two and a half years there's been an effort to go at me in a way that is politically expedient in the short-term for Republicans. But [it] creates, I think a problem for them when they want to actually run in a general election where most people feel pretty confident the President was born where he says he was, in Hawaii. He-- he doesn't have horns…we're not really worrying about conspiracy theories or-- or birth certificates,” President Obama told me.

And in all my talks with Obama I think it was the first time he was one the same page as Karl Rove who thinks the “birther” controversy is hurting the GOP.

“The truth of the matter is that I think that the vast majority of Americans across the country – Democratic or Republican – really want this election to be about growing the economy, getting control of the deficit, preparing the future for our kids. And my suspicion is that anybody who is not addressing those questions…Is going to be in trouble. I think they may get a quick pop in the news. They may get a lot of attention. But ultimately, the American people understand this is a serious, sober time,” he told me....

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 666; apocalypse; birthcertificate; certifigate; demonology; naturalborncitizen; obama; revelation; trump
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To: wintertime

Indeed


141 posted on 04/14/2011 8:32:36 PM PDT by MileHi ( "It's coming down to patriots vs the politicians." - ovrtaxt)
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Dear, dear Mr. President: Are you even remotely aware of how most people now see you? You have become an effeminate joke. We, the American people, now see you for who you are, and we now revile you. Do not embarrass yourself by running again for president. Just go away and take your birth certificate with you.


142 posted on 04/14/2011 8:34:54 PM PDT by worriedinoregon
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To: wintertime; MileHi

“He uses the third person so that legally he can say he was talking about those people ( in general) who occupy this governmental position. If he use the word, I, then he would be lying. By using the third person he is not.”

I thought his use of third person was interesting too but he has said he was born in Hawaii before using first person. See the quote and link below. I also recall that he told a young student that he was born in Hawaii during some question/answer session. So he has verbally and in the first person committed himself to being born in Hawaii at least twice.

“I was born in Hawaii, what can I say?” Obama told Democratic donors in Boston. “I can’t change those facts.”

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2011/03/obama-i-was-born-in-hawaii—i-cant-change-those-facts/1


143 posted on 04/14/2011 8:35:17 PM PDT by Smokeyblue
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To: Balata

http://beforeitsnews.com/story/134/924/Lia_Obamas_Adopted_Sister_Died_Suddenly.html


144 posted on 04/14/2011 8:35:27 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: DefeatCorruption

Trump cave?

Doubt it.


145 posted on 04/14/2011 8:36:21 PM PDT by RockinRight (I didn't see Swedish people knocking down the World Trade Center - The Donald)
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To: seekthetruth

Cliff Notes version please.


146 posted on 04/14/2011 8:38:48 PM PDT by RockinRight (I didn't see Swedish people knocking down the World Trade Center - The Donald)
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To: exist
so where should obama be imprisoned if he's impeached? guantanamo or illinois or hawaii or...kenya?

Can't impeach him until we know for sure where he is from.:-)

147 posted on 04/14/2011 8:41:46 PM PDT by cruise_missile (Sarah Palin: More woman than Michelle. More man than Barack..)
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To: Smokeyblue
Well taken, but he seems to be sort of passive/aggressive as he pretends to dismiss what he keeps addressing.
148 posted on 04/14/2011 8:43:12 PM PDT by MileHi ( "It's coming down to patriots vs the politicians." - ovrtaxt)
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To: MileHi

“but he seems to be sort of passive/aggressive as he pretends to dismiss what he keeps addressing.”

Oh, absolutely!


149 posted on 04/14/2011 8:47:02 PM PDT by Smokeyblue
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To: kabar

I believe Trump has been very discreet about this birth question.He might be criticized for getting into the question but he is very careful not to step out of bounds as to facts. This irritates the obamanites to no end. To their dismay he has the manhood and the money to keep going.


150 posted on 04/14/2011 8:52:44 PM PDT by noinfringers2
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To: kabar

I believe Trump has been very discreet about this birth question.He might be criticized for getting into the question but he is very careful not to step out of bounds as to facts. This irritates the obamanites to no end. To their dismay he has the manhood and the money to keep going.


151 posted on 04/14/2011 8:53:13 PM PDT by noinfringers2
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Thanks to Freeper "Doctor Bulldog" for the photoshop.

Cheers!

152 posted on 04/14/2011 8:53:53 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

In Revelation 13, the second beast acts in authority of the first beast. If SCOTUS made a secret ruling where Biden is the real Acting President, this would fit in with Obama-Biden being the two beasts. So this is where the horns would come in.


153 posted on 04/14/2011 9:05:17 PM PDT by Plummz (pro-constitution, anti-corruption)
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To: patlin
Photobucket

The man who isn't there (and shouldn't be).

154 posted on 04/14/2011 9:06:29 PM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: Smokeyblue

good point


155 posted on 04/14/2011 9:07:51 PM PDT by wintertime
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To: SharpRightTurn

The first beast arose form the ocean... Hawaii?


156 posted on 04/14/2011 9:12:27 PM PDT by Plummz (pro-constitution, anti-corruption)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Of course he still isn’t offering to show his birth certificate. You can’t show something you don’t have.


157 posted on 04/14/2011 9:13:01 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Nasher
The first thing I noticed. For someone who reads “I,I,I” constantly from his trusted teleprompter, his careful 3rd person response is curious.

“...the President was born where he says he was, in Hawaii. He— he doesn’t have horns…” sounds pretty sheepish to me.

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And then President Obama suddenly took out his Hawaii long form birth certificate out of his pocket and held it up to the tv camera so that all America could see, and then he said: "See, I told everybody that I was born in Hawaii, but those damn birthers did not believe me. Take that Donald Trump, and slide back into the hole you crawled out of, because, Donald, this long form birth certificate that I hold in my hand clearly shows that I was born in Hawaii at Kapiolani Hospital as I have always said."

And then I woke up and turned the tv off.

158 posted on 04/14/2011 9:45:00 PM PDT by john mirse
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To: jennings2004
Jennings2204, there is no proof necessary. The Constitution was interpreted by at least ten justices, all providing the same definition: A natural born citizen is a child born on our soil to citizen parents. The issue is, remarkably, deliberate illiteracy - citizens who find some satisfaction in the mystery deliberately created by the concealment of Obama’s records, and seemingly deliberately ignoring the clear, though not so simple truth.

You will note that not one birth certificate conspirator has questioned the quotations I posted earlier. There is no doubt, as both Morrison Waite and John Bingham told us. Some part of the public does not want to discuss truth.

How likely do you think it is that should Obama continue to campaign - he may not - he will bring out the birth certificate he told us about in one of his books? Chester Arthur used the same ploy, hiding his birth records, to distract the inquisitive from looking into the naturalization of Arthur's Irish father (which didn't occur until Arthur was fourteen).

If Trump doesn't clearly address the real issue, natural born citizenship, his purpose will have been to separate those with real concern for our Constitution, those who understand why our framers required that our president be a natural and not a naturalized citizen, from the radical fringe preoccupied with manufactured mystery around Obama’s documents. He will be playing Ross Perot.

Obamaprobably was a mediocre student, may have falsified Illinois Bar documents, probably has falsified his military registration. But he has told us he ia not a natural born citizen, and never told us he was. That fact, repeated and repeated, invalidates his presidency. It is the determining issue, which is being obscured by completely unnecessary conjecture about birth certificates.

I believe he has a birth certificate, and when he produces it the embarrassment will silence the public about the real and important issue, the real concern which caused John Jay to ask Washington to be sure natural born citizenship was in the Constitution, about which Jay wrote in the first four Federalist Papers - allegiance to our republic and our Constitution. Barack did not inherit allegiance for our republic - jus sanguinis - from his parents. He inherited hatred for individual freedom. He inherited a belief in forced redistribution - From each according to his ability and to each according to his needs. Our framers tried to protect us and we are being destroyed, most likely by the half of society which depends upon redistribution for survival. Our governemt workers and beneficiaries of transfer payments want Obama to stay. It doesn't matter that he is intentionally destoying what is left of the private sector.

159 posted on 04/14/2011 9:46:17 PM PDT by Spaulding
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Obama does it again. He just thinks he’s soooo funny.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iuz_3SgqqMNzYOXB4k4t3YMvYGrQ?docId=6571762

“The president joked about the “birther” issue at a fundraiser Thursday night in his hometown of Chicago. As he described his deep roots in the city, he noted, “I wasn’t born here” — referring to Chicago. Then the president paused and chuckled as the crowd at Navy Pier broke into knowing laughter.

“Just want to be clear — I was born in Hawaii,” the president said to more laughter.”


160 posted on 04/14/2011 9:47:01 PM PDT by Smokeyblue
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