Obama releases birth certificate

[BAC]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/04/27/white-house-releases-obamas-long-form-birth-certificate/

White House Releases Obama's Long-Form Birth Certificate

Published April 27, 2011

| FoxNews.com

The White House has released President Obama's long-form birth certificate, saying the document is "proof positive" the president was born in Hawaii.

White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer said the administration decided to release the full document in response to mounting questions about the president's birth. He noted that what started as Internet chatter had moved into the national political debate and ended up being discussed regularly on mainstream news outlets.

He said the president believed the matter was becoming a "distraction" from major issues.

Obama plans to discuss the release of the document Wednesday morning at the White House.

The document lists Obama's birthplace as Honolulu, Hawaii, and his birth date as Aug. 4, 1961. The hospital listed is Kapiolani Maternity & Gynecological Hospital. The name on the birth certificate is Barack Hussein Obama II.

Obama's presidential campaign, in response to questions raised in 2008, at the time posted a short-form version of the document on the Internet. But conspiracy theories continued to fester. They gained legs in recent weeks as Donald Trump, who is toying with the possibility of running as a presidential candidate in 2012, repeatedly and publicly questioned Obama's origin.

Pfeiffer, on the White House blog, said the president thought the attention was "bad for the American people" and directed his counsel to request access to the long-form document from the Hawaii State Department of Health. The department granted an exception to release the long-form document "because of the tremendous volume of requests they had been getting," the White House said.

"At a time of great consequence for this country -- when we should be debating how we win the future, reduce our deficit, deal with high gas prices, and bring stability to the Middle East, Washington, DC, was once again distracted by a fake issue," Pfeiffer said on the blog. "The President's hope is that with this step, we can move on to debating the bigger issues that matter to the American people and the future of the country."

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/04/27/white-house-releases-obamas-long-form-birth-certificate/#ixzz1KjQ5Y8Mn

[wtr100]

is the ink dry?

[Solus]

Oh, come on, wrt100.  He has probably had this in a desk drawer all the time.

He just kept forgetting to get it to show anyone.

He just now had the thought to interrupt network TV programs to show it to everyone after over 2 years of forgetting.

[PegLeg45]

          





PDF:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/rss_viewer/birth-certificate-long-form.pdf

[Pathfinder]

The Donald is taking the credit for forcing bho to cough it up.

And yes, the ink was properly dried. Doubtful it was 50 years dry, but it was dry! 

[Sponsor]

[GASPASSERDELUXE]

THIS IS A COPY OF THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE. IN THE NEWS ARTICLE YOU CAN SCROLL DOWN TO THE BOTTOM AND IT SAYS IT IS A CERTIFIED COPY WITH A SIGNATURE AND THE DATE.

[Solus]

THIS IS A COPY OF THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE. IN THE NEWS ARTICLE YOU CAN SCROLL DOWN TO THE BOTTOM AND IT SAYS IT IS A CERTIFIED COPY WITH A SIGNATURE AND THE DATE.

Of course it is a copy. 

No agency will just send the only original that is available. 

Every word, letter, and smudge on this will be analyzed by anyone with the talent and a magnifying glass.

Only thing I spotted, in my inexpert viewing, was the use of the word African for race.  Have no idea what was the general usage back then. 

But African seems like using North American as race, but that does not mean that term was not a correct usage at the time
 

[Ichiban]

Since I don't think you can stand the suspense any longer, here's my thoughts on this.   

There are two paper trails that BHO has been hiding; one that has real potential for upsetting the apple cart and one that is a red herring. 

The longer the he could keep the "birthers" baying for his long form birth certificate the better.  Not only did it make them seem like illogical loons, but it gave him power over them as well.  I think he was planning on releasing this birth certificate anyway, but closer to the election.  Unfortunately "The Donald" was able to make it a real news story and forced his hand a little early.

Now, the ones that may have some merit are his school records - transcripts and financial aid records.  For now he can just roll his eyes and say "Not this again."  Fortunately we may be far enough away from the election that if it reaches the same status as the birth certificate fiasco it might have an impact in 2012.  It will be interesting to see how a poor student without the means managed to get into the schools he did.  Maybe Bill Ayers wrote his school papers as well.

[TAB]

If I was him I never would have coughed it up, just to keep the people that really wanted to see it pissed off.

[Solus]

Guys, just had it pointed out to me that this is, again, just the Certificate of Live Birth and NOT the long form birth certificate that is needed to confirm  his birth.

Not sure if there is a difference, but this might be nothing more than another version of the dubious document that was posted way back during the campaign.