White House releases Obama birth certificate

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(CNN) – The White House released President Obama's original birth certificate Wednesday.

The surprise release follows recent and sustained remarks by businessman Donald Trump, among others, that raised doubts as to whether the president was born in the United States.

In an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper Monday, Trump repeated his doubts and said he had been told the certificate was "missing."

A new CNN investigation revealed earlier this week what most analysts have been saying since the "birther" controversy erupted during the 2008 presidential campaign: Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961.

While the president has made light of the controversy, the question remained political red meat for some of his critics. A recent CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll showed that nearly 75% of Americans believe Obama was definitely or probably born in the United States. More than four in 10 Republicans, however, believe he probably or definitely was not born in America.

The U.S. Constitution says only "natural born" citizens can become president - a vague clause that some members of the birther movement contend disqualifies Obama because, they insist, he was born outside the United States.

Skeptics contend, among other things, that Obama was born in his father's home country of Kenya.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/27/white-house-releases-obama-birth-certificate/?hpt=T1&iref=BN1

Ridiculous story that was never deserving of the ampunt of hype it received in the first place. I heared yesterday on the radio that not only is Obama's proof of birth, legally admissable in court, in a binder in Hawaii where everyone's birth records are kept, but that the only person to request access to the binder in the past month was an AP reporter. Apparently those investigators that Trump sent down there didn't have the sense to go to the office of records, wonder why?

I find it a little funny that all the people that for the past year had been shouting "he already released his birth certificate" now have egg on their faces. :)

I find it a little funny that all the people that for the past year had been shouting "he already released his birth certificate" now have egg on their faces. :)

YellowOneKinobi

[QUOTE="YellowOneKinobi"]

I find it a little funny that all the people that for the past year had been shouting "he already released his birth certificate" now have egg on their faces. :)

Ring_of_fire

I can't be the only one here who wouldn't give a damn if it turned out the birther's were right.

I'm also sure that this one quiet the skeptics.

Hopefully morons like Trump can STFU now.XilePrincess

Actually, I was kinda hoping this would go on at least through the next election. Only Republicans tend to believe birther stories, and even then not all of them. The more a Republican candidate focuses on the birther issue the more they polarize their constituents and drive away moderate voters.

I can't be the only one here who wouldn't give a damn if it turned out the birther's were right.

I'm also sure that this one quiet the skeptics.

Serraph105

[QUOTE="Ring_of_fire"][QUOTE="YellowOneKinobi"]

I find it a little funny that all the people that for the past year had been shouting "he already released his birth certificate" now have egg on their faces. :)

YellowOneKinobi

I have to admit, the little devil on my shoulder is saying, "Lets see what the bloggers who discovered the Bush National Guard Memo was fake have to say about this."

They couldn't have done this like 2 years ago?

I guess they just wanted to make a lot of people look bad. Politics sucks.

[QUOTE="YellowOneKinobi"]

[QUOTE="Ring_of_fire"] Actually, for all intents and purposes, he did. Hawaii, for official proceedings, uses the certificate of live birth. Furthermore, anyone who requests a birth certificate in Hawaii gets the certificate of live birth, not the birth certificate. This has been a pointless story all alongRing_of_fire

Now those "birther" fools have nothing to hide behind. They should just come out and admit they've been racist against the President this whole time.

[QUOTE="XilePrincess"]Hopefully morons like Trump can STFU now.theone86

Actually, I was kinda hoping this would go on at least through the next election. Only Republicans tend to believe birther stories, and even then not all of them. The more a Republican candidate focuses on the birther issue the more they polarize their constituents and drive away moderate voters.

They couldn't have done this like 2 years ago?

I guess they just wanted to make a lot of people look bad. Politics sucks.

Wasdie

The people looked bad by ignoring the tons and tons of evidence against them. That wasn't the White House's fault.

[QUOTE="Ring_of_fire"][QUOTE="YellowOneKinobi"] "For all intents and purposes" my behind. I never claimed that Obama wasn't a citizen, but I always pointed out that he did NOT provide a birth certificate. Yet the zombies were out in full force claiming that he had released his BIRTH CERTIFICATE. Once again, I am vindicated!....... on an on-line forum which is pretty meaningless.........but still.

YellowOneKinobi

[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

They couldn't have done this like 2 years ago?

I guess they just wanted to make a lot of people look bad. Politics sucks.

JML897

The people looked bad by ignoring the tons and tons of evidence against them. That wasn't the White House's fault.

Finally... can we move on now?

Finally... can we move on now?

heysharpshooter

[QUOTE="YellowOneKinobi"]

I find it a little funny that all the people that for the past year had been shouting "he already released his birth certificate" now have egg on their faces. :)

Ring_of_fire

Yeah, the only people with egg on their faces are the people who have been making this an issue. :/

Confirms what all sane Americans knew. CycleOfViolence

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well at least we can have some fun with this. check the massively different styles of writing the same thing from our two most beloved (hated) new sources. Foxand MSNBC

well at least we can have some fun with this. check the massively different styles of writing the same thing from our two most beloved (hated) new sources. Foxand MSNBC

Serraph105

never thought he was from another nation, would have been nice though, but it was great seeing all of his loyalists get a little egg on their faces for not understanding what a birth certificate is.

never thought he was from another nation, would have been nice though, but it was great seeing all of his loyalists get a little egg on their faces for not understanding what a birth certificate is.

surrealnumber5

Doesn't matter, you could have all the proof in the world that he was born here and birthers will still think of some stupid new excuse. I'm guessing they'll just say this was faked or something. JML897

[QUOTE="surrealnumber5"]

never thought he was from another nation, would have been nice though, but it was great seeing all of his loyalists get a little egg on their faces for not understanding what a birth certificate is.

YellowOneKinobi

I find it a little funny that all the people that for the past year had been shouting "he already released his birth certificate" now have egg on their faces. :)

YellowOneKinobi

I love your spin:lol:. Forget the galring issue that the people who doubted him have more egg on their faces.

Obama did issue his birth certificate. It was the official copy that you get when you request a birth certificate in Hawaii. But I guess details aren't really important when you're trying to shoehorn a point.

[QUOTE="YellowOneKinobi"]

I find it a little funny that all the people that for the past year had been shouting "he already released his birth certificate" now have egg on their faces. :)

EsYuGee

I love your spin:lol:. Forget the galring issue that the people who doubted him have more egg on their faces.

Obama did issue his birth certificate. It was the official copy that you get when you request a birth certificate in Hawaii. But I guess details aren't really important when you're trying to shoehorn a point.

[QUOTE="EsYuGee"]

[QUOTE="YellowOneKinobi"]

I find it a little funny that all the people that for the past year had been shouting "he already released his birth certificate" now have egg on their faces. :)

YellowOneKinobi

I love your spin:lol:. Forget the galring issue that the people who doubted him have more egg on their faces.

Obama did issue his birth certificate. It was the official copy that you get when you request a birth certificate in Hawaii. But I guess details aren't really important when you're trying to shoehorn a point.

...now Trump is trying to question Obama's grades, and how well he actually did at Harvard. The guy is such a joke, I mean really, anyone who would even consider supporting the clown needs to get their heads checked.SaintLeonidas

...now Trump is trying to question Obama's grades, and how well he actually did at Harvard. The guy is such a joke, I mean really, anyone who would even consider supporting the clown needs to get their heads checked.SaintLeonidas

[QUOTE="surrealnumber5"]

never thought he was from another nation, would have been nice though, but it was great seeing all of his loyalists get a little egg on their faces for not understanding what a birth certificate is.

YellowOneKinobi

Believe it or not, some of them are STILL saying that he released it previously. Both funny and scary at the same time.

It's even funnier that people cared. If he wasn't born here, it shouldn't matter.ZumaJones07

[QUOTE="Ring_of_fire"][QUOTE="YellowOneKinobi"]

I find it a little funny that all the people that for the past year had been shouting "he already released his birth certificate" now have egg on their faces. :)

YellowOneKinobi

No, for all intents and purposes it is his birth certificate. It holds up in any court and any legal challenge as a birth certificate. When you request your birth certificate from Hawaii that is what you get. When you request your birth certificate from the state of Kentucky you get a document mush like that one. No one has "egg on their faces" because legall, yes, it is a birth certificate.

[QUOTE="SaintLeonidas"]...now Trump is trying to question Obama's grades, and how well he actually did at Harvard. The guy is such a joke, I mean really, anyone who would even consider supporting the clown needs to get their heads checked.Omni-Slash

[QUOTE="EsYuGee"]

[QUOTE="YellowOneKinobi"]

I find it a little funny that all the people that for the past year had been shouting "he already released his birth certificate" now have egg on their faces. :)

I love your spin:lol:. Forget the galring issue that the people who doubted him have more egg on their faces.

Obama did issue his birth certificate. It was the official copy that you get when you request a birth certificate in Hawaii. But I guess details aren't really important when you're trying to shoehorn a point.

It's even funnier that people cared. If he wasn't born here, it shouldn't matter.

ZumaJones07

Yes, it should...