Thread: Hawaii: Obama birth certificate is real

Hawaii: Obama birth certificate is real

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By Dan Nakaso, The Honolulu Advertiser

In an attempt to quash persistent rumors that President Obama was not born in Honolulu on Aug. 4, 1961, Hawaii's health director reiterated this afternoon that she has personally seen Obama's birth certificate in the Health Department's archives.

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

On Oct. 31, Fukino originally tried to put an end to the belief among so-called "birthers" that Obama was not born in the United States and thus was ineligible to run for the office of president.

Despite Fukino's statement today, the issue continued to resonate from Capitol Hill to the national airwaves to the blogosphere.

CNN's Lou Dobbs reported that Hawaii officials had destroyed Obama's original 1961 birth certificate without citing a source.

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A congressional resolution introduced by Hawaii Rep. Neil Abercrombie commemorating the 50th anniversary of Island statehood was postponed today apparently because of a "whereas" clause noting Obama's Hawaii birthplace.

The line "Whereas the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961;" has been construed by some who believe Obama is not a U.S.-born citizen as a thinly veiled attempt to get Congress to affirm Obama's U.S. Citizenship," Abercrombie spokesman Dave Helfert said.

So-called "birthers" denounce the notion that Obama was born in Kapiolani Maternity & Gynecological Hospital in Honolulu on Aug. 4, 1961, despite court rulings and statements by Fukino and Hawaii's Republican governor, Linda Lingle.

Abercrombie's office had already issued a statement today announcing the House's unanimous approval of Abercrombie's resolution when Minnesota Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann rose today to object to the vote, saying there was not a quorum present.

Before Bachman's objection, Abercrombie spokesman Helfert had said some birthers believe the resolution "means the House of Representatives is on the record that Hawaii is the birthplace of the president of the United States."
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Okay, so where's the birth certificate? I don't care what someone says about it's authenticity. I want to see a copy. I have mine from the hospital and a state certified copy. I have to show those to get a DL, SS card, CD at the bank, passport, etc.

Where's Obama's originals? Just asking. I deserve to know who he is and how much he weighed at birth, who delivered him, what time, how long was he, who witnessed his birth?

Questions I want answered since he's the first president to come under this scrutiny, I want him to step up and be a fearless, honest leader. No problem with his BC, then show it.

Where is the medical history, where are the college and pre-college transcripts? Where are his passport and travel records? What is his real SS#? Where is his criminal background checks?

forget the birth cert, WHO IS PRESIDENT OBAMA AND WHAT HAS HE DONE IN HIS LIFE?!!!

IF YOUR AN AMERICAN YOU SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW THIS!!

DOESN'T IT BOTHER ANYONE THAT THE MAN THAT SENDS OUR TROOPS TO DIE PROBABLY COULDN'T EVEN BE GIVEN A LOW LEVEL SECURITY CLEARANCE?

DOESN'T IT BOTHER ANYONE THAT THE MAN WHO MAKES THE RULES AND TELLS US WHAT TO DO, WE KNOW NOTHING OF?!!!

TOO BAD WE KNOW MORE ABOUT JOE THE PLUMMER THAN THE PRES.