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Obama is a natural born citizen...again confirmed.

dnuggs40 · 2009-07-28 07:37:38

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090728/ap_on_re_us/us_obama_birth_certificateHONOLULU - State officials in Hawaii on Monday said they have once again checked and confirmed that President Barack Obama was born in Hawaii and is a natural-born American citizen, and therefore meets a key constitutional requirement for being president.They hoped to stem a recent surge in the number of inquiries about Obama's birthplace.'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.'So-called 'birthers' - who claim Obama is ineligible to be president because, they argue, he was actually born outside the United States - have grown more vocal recently on blogs and television news shows.Fukino issued a similar press release Oct. 31, but was prompted to speak out again because of the renewed attention on Obama's beginnings. Hawaii's Health Department has been flooded in recent weeks with questions from individuals and several national TV news networks asking for proof that Obama was indeed born in Hawaii.'They just keep asking over and over and over again,' Health Department spokeswoman Janice Okubo said.The Constitution states that a person must be a 'natural-born citizen' to be eligible for the presidency. Birthers contend that Obama's birth certificate is a fake, and many say he was actually born in Kenya, his father's homeland. They've challenged his citizenship in court.One widely circulated YouTube clip of a town hall meeting showed a Republican congressman getting booed for saying Obama is a citizen. Talk show host Rush Limbaugh and CNN's Lou Dobbs have also raised the issue, and 10 Republican members of Congress co-sponsored a bill that would require future presidential candidates to provide a copy of their original birth certificate.However, it appears Congress has moved on and has accepted Obama's island birthplace. The U.S. House on Monday unanimously approved a resolution recognizing and celebrating the 50th anniversary of Hawaii becoming the 50th state. A clause was included that reads: 'Whereas the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961.'State law bars the release of a certified birth certificate to anyone who does not have a tangible interest.However, Obama's birth certificate along with birth notices from the two Honolulu newspapers were brought forward even before he took office. But that's done nothing to shake the belief by many Obama critics that the president was born abroad.ArticleIs it possible to put this to rest yet?

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#51 ChiliDragon

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I realize that, the point is it's an absurd thing to believe considering he is a proclaimed Christian who has been going to church for like two decades (or more?). The only reason people actually believe that is because all the talking heads on the right were putting that out there...and because his middle name is Hussien lol.
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And I fully agree with you on that. I have to say though, that to use "he's a muslim!" as a negative, whether it is true or not, is fairly insulting towards muslims. Which does not in any way change the fact that it's an absolutely absurd thing to try and prove, and even more absurd to actually believe.

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#52 zeorshadow19

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This is never going to appease the birthers, and it'll only make their party as a whole look worse in the long run.

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#53 tocklestein2005

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[QUOTE="fiscope"]

No proof is enough for the anti-obama extremists.

they aren't making these claims because they are intelligent, worried people looking for answers. They are looney toons. Their candidate lost, and they can't accept it.

Amen.

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