By Gorman Gorman

Jul 29, 2009 10:02am

Robert Gibbs Is The Zodiac Killer.com

On Monday, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, seemingly frustrated with the continued media coverage of the false claim that the president wasn't born in the United States, referred to the the story as "made-up fictional nonsense of whether or not the president was born in this country."

"If I had some DNA it wouldn't assuage those who don’t believe he was born here," Gibbs said, talking about how he posted the president's birth certificate on-line last year to make the story go away, to no avail.

Why does it keep coming up? Gibbs was asked.

"Because for $15 you can get an internet address and say whatever you want," Gibbs said.

In response, Stephen Colbert on Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, introduced his own $15 website: RobertGibbsIsTheZodiacKiller.com. He also took on the birther movement in general with an interview with Orly Taitz, leader of the movement.

-jpt

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Stranger and stranger — Gates’ celebrity DNA mission to China was on Inkwell.
“Inkwell was started by Gates in 2005 … It reported no activities until 2007, when it raised $205,543 and spent $27,600, state and federal filings show. The payments to Kendall and Wolf were among the foundation’s largest — only four of 23 Inkwell grants exceeded $500.”

Posted by: Bet Noir | July 29, 2009, 10:36 am 10:36 am

Better off, Obama could stop this if he just will show his natural birth certificate, the rest of us will never believe him.
Pretty simple to do that and you won’t have to keeping answering that question over and over again, Gibbs.
Maybe Michelle Obama could go over and get his natural birth certificate.

Posted by: elainekramer | July 29, 2009, 10:41 am 10:41 am

I agree…..just show the full length birth certificate, your pass port documents and your college transcripts and be done with it.
This story would rest, except for the small % of die hard people who just refuse to get it.
The more he keeps hiding this information the more “guilty” he looks. Just show the information so this story can move on. You are giving people to much ammunition to use against you by purposly refusing to show it.

Posted by: KMDay | July 29, 2009, 10:54 am 10:54 am

Jon Stewart pretty well punctured the pomposity of Imminent Skip, but he seems to have missed a Boston Globe reporter’s claim that Inkwell is a “bogus charity”, and Gates’ early “prison record” whine:
“Because of the capricious whim of one disturbed person . . . I am now a black man with a prison record,’ Gates said.
– Gates, Boston Globe, 22 July

Posted by: Bet Noir | July 29, 2009, 10:55 am 10:55 am

This is an example more of Obama’s slickness than his arrogance.
He’s very slick to use his own arrogance to let there be another distraction just like pulling the race card and cause a stir to take away attention to his healthcare agenda that in his head will make him remembered as making history. He doesn’t care about race relations or anyone’s health. He only cares about him.

Posted by: Beer Belly | July 29, 2009, 11:01 am 11:01 am

Colbert is awesome.

Posted by: Huh | July 29, 2009, 11:02 am 11:02 am

I like how even though the news has shown his birth certificate on several occasion nobody believes he is still a natural citizen. Tell me how he can prove he citizenship?

Posted by: dejuan | July 29, 2009, 11:11 am 11:11 am

All of this guffawing and mockery is a bit annoying. There is a reason why the Democrat appointees in Hawaii refuse to trot out the original birth certifcate for examination. This is reminiscent of the Vatican refusing for years to allow scientific examination of the Shroud of Turin. And we all know how that ended up. Havecno you ever tried to dig up from public records an original document concerning your grandfather born at the turn of the century? Good luck. The explanation of the refusal to produce Obama’s original typewritten and signed birth certificate may be something innocuous such as the document has gone missing and is only known in the records as information that was once transcribed from the original. Or… there could be embarassing information on the birth certificate such as daddy ain’t who we’ve been saying he is. (Imagine how Obama’s publisher would react to that.) Or…fill in the blanks.

Posted by: jcarob | July 29, 2009, 11:18 am 11:18 am

Made up fictional nonsense.
A perfect description of Obama’s campaign.
He promised everything and has delivered nothing.
Officer Crowley deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for indirectly exposing Obama for who he really is–Rev Wright’s
star student.

Posted by: max | July 29, 2009, 11:19 am 11:19 am

“(S)how the full length birth certificate, your passport documents and your college transcripts and be done with it.”
That is the rub, isn’t it?
On one hand, this seems like it would be a headache and a needless distraction to his presidency, on the other, he appears to like that the story can be twisted to his political advantage (with the help of GE and most of the MSM). Those crazy birthers…

Posted by: WhereWasThePress? | July 29, 2009, 11:19 am 11:19 am

that’s hilarious…but gibbs isn’t smart enough to have been the zodiac killer.

Posted by: stdntDrvr | July 29, 2009, 11:20 am 11:20 am

It’s not a stretch to say that the media and Obama’s friends will go to any length to protect him.
And he certainly has no credibility.
Maybe that’s why many believe he is a Muslim and not a US citizen.

Posted by: tyler | July 29, 2009, 11:25 am 11:25 am

When Obama came out here to visit his Grandmother before she died, the Governor Linda Lingle was busy sealing all his records. Why?

Posted by: Robin | July 29, 2009, 11:25 am 11:25 am

Americans are beginning to question all kinds of things about Obama.
And it is his own fault.

Posted by: larry | July 29, 2009, 11:27 am 11:27 am

How did Obama got to Pakistan on a US Passport? When he went you could not travel to Pakistan with a US passport. How did he do it?

Posted by: dsimms | July 29, 2009, 11:29 am 11:29 am

“It’s not a stretch to say that the media and Obama’s friends will go to any length to protect him.”
Indeed. The situation is again becoming as it was under Cheney/Bush — with critical info appearing on blogs days before snippets make it into the msm.
Speaking OF critical info, though, Jon Stewart’s main deal — he’s the most respected news person in the US, remember — was a send-up of Imminent Skip.

Posted by: Bet Noir | July 29, 2009, 11:46 am 11:46 am

Obama doesn’t need to show anything! Stop the insanity people. If you don’t like it then move to another country. You are wasting valuable time!! This is utter nonsense. Go back to hiding under your beds!
Or, keep it coming and show the world just how stupidly Americans act. It’s no wonder you cling to your guns and bibles.

Posted by: JV | July 29, 2009, 11:48 am 11:48 am

Stop reporting on this Jake. Let these naysayers drown in their stupor!

Posted by: Lori | July 29, 2009, 11:56 am 11:56 am

As far as I can tell, the GOP has reduced itself to insanity and utter nonsense. We need an alternative party that talks sense and raises real and sensible, not fictitious issues and arguments. But clearly, a party that is dominated by folks like Limbaugh, Palin, Boener, and Gingrich is doomed.

Posted by: teddymaniac | July 29, 2009, 12:02 pm 12:02 pm

There is a reason why the Democrat appointees in Hawaii refuse to trot out the original birth certifcate for examination”
What Democratic appointees?
The Governor is a Republican.
The lesson as always? Right wingers lie.

Posted by: Ryan C | July 29, 2009, 12:19 pm 12:19 pm

How did he get an Indonesian passport?

Posted by: Ferd Berfle | July 29, 2009, 12:21 pm 12:21 pm

How did Obama got to Pakistan on a US Passport? When he went you could not travel to Pakistan with a US passport. How did he do it?”
There wasn’t any travel ban to Pakistan.
“We have no record of any travel ban between America and Pakistan during that period or since,” said Noel Clay, a spokesman for the State Department.
The lesson as always? Right wingers lie.

Posted by: Ryan C | July 29, 2009, 12:21 pm 12:21 pm

“When Obama came out here to visit his Grandmother before she died, the Governor Linda Lingle was busy sealing all his records. Why?”
Nope.
Those are privacy laws that protect anyone’s records including Obama’s.
The Republican Governor had nothing to do with it.
The lesson as always? Right wingers lie.

Posted by: Ryan C | July 29, 2009, 12:24 pm 12:24 pm

More Gibbs-speak, revealing that Obama’s “acting stupidly” pronouncement was no mistake:
“Bret Baier, filling in for regular host Chris Wallace, asked Gibbs, “Before Wednesday’s news conference, did you prepare [the president] for a question about Henry Gates’s arrest in Cambridge?”
“Well, look,” said Gibbs, “Let’s just say it’s safe to say we went over a whole lot of topics that we thought might come up, and certainly this was a topic that was, has been in the news . . .”

Posted by: Bet Noir | July 29, 2009, 12:26 pm 12:26 pm

“Or… there could be embarassing information on the birth certificate such as daddy ain’t who we’ve been saying he is. (Imagine how Obama’s publisher would react to that.”
ROFLMAO!
The COLB validated by the State has Obama’s father’s name on it!

Posted by: Ryan C | July 29, 2009, 12:26 pm 12:26 pm

Hey Jake, $15 should cover the cost of the Hawaii Department of Health releasing ALL of Obama’s ‘vital statistics.’ Why don’t you do the right thing and spring for the cost? However, you like the rest of us, would need to prove a ‘tangible interest’ in obtaining such privileged information. Perhaps you could get Obama’s permission at the next presidential sham news conference. (You might even submit your question in advance!)

Posted by: Douglas | July 29, 2009, 12:27 pm 12:27 pm

The idiots talk about a birth certificate, while families are homeless, people are losing their jobs, kids are hungry, all right here in America. Go do something constructive! President Obama is the real deal, get over it.
Your hate and racism are getting on the nation’s last nerve!

Posted by: lp | July 29, 2009, 12:30 pm 12:30 pm

“Therefore, if a judge requests that Obama put forth his FULL LEGAL LENGTH COPY of his Birth, Hawaii can print this out.”
What possible reason would a judge request that when the COLB is recognized as the legal birth certificate issued by Hawaii and is prima facie evidence of fact of birth in any court proceeding?

Posted by: Ryan C | July 29, 2009, 12:45 pm 12:45 pm

Let me ask the nitwits on here that think this is a real story… If you mother was on vacation in Europe, South America…where ever she might have been when she gave birth to you…would you not be a natural born citizen of the US? YES YOU WOULD. Hence John McCain was considered a citizen and he was born in Panama. How do I know this? I was born in Germany to American parents and held two passports and birth certificates. The US birth certificate was only a “Souvenir” and not official because the hospital issued a German certificate. To this day my German certificate is my primary certificate but I’m still a natural born American. I served in the Marine Corps for over 10 years as an American citizen and had a DOD passport issued to me with my German birth certificate being used as proof I was American. I have two friends that are now living in London. They had a child two years ago. Is she not American because they were over there at the time of birth? No…she is. Regardless of where Obama was born, his mother was a US citizen and hence he is by proxy.

Posted by: Devil Mutt | July 29, 2009, 12:50 pm 12:50 pm

This is a non-issue to me, but when signing my kids up for a Social Security number and later, Little League and Soccer, a “Certificate of Live Birth” was not allowed – only a “Birth Certificate”. Don’t know if this state (Nevada) makes an exception for someone born in the state of Hawaii, though. By the way, in Nevada, a Certificate of Live Birth is issued by the hospital, Birth Certificate by the state.

Posted by: Rican | July 29, 2009, 12:54 pm 12:54 pm

Wonder if the “idiots” who talk about a birth certificate are doing so while an unvetted, possibly illegitimate, “president” rushes through policies and legislation that contribute to families losing their homes, people losing their jobs, and kids going hungry, all right here in America?
This president and his aides are all about taking political advantage of crises.

Posted by: Hmmm... | July 29, 2009, 12:56 pm 12:56 pm

From Adoption Information website:
Birth certificates are usually kept at your state’s Vital Records Department.
An original birth certificate will be issued after when the appropriate forms are sent in by the hospital where the baby was born.
If a child is adopted and an amended birth certificate is issued, the original birth certificate is stored in an inaccessible location unless a court orders the birth certificate be retrieved.

Posted by: Interesting... | July 29, 2009, 1:01 pm 1:01 pm

Devil Mutt – but the key distinction is this: only one of Obama’s parents was a citizen — if he was born in his father’s homeland, that would give him dual citizenship – that’s a bit different from automatic natural born citizen status. Dual citizen children usually have to claim a country of citizenship by the time they turn 18 (but rules vary by country). If he had been born in Kenya, Obama would have been a citizen of both the US and Kenya during his childhood.
Growing up in Maine, near the Canadian border – I knew a lot of dual citizen kids who had one parent who was a Candian citizen and another who was a US citizen. Usually these kids were born in the US but retained their Canadian citizenship (which entitled them to certain benefits) throughout their childhood.
I agree that Obama was most likely born in Hawaii and is a natural born citizen, but using the analogy of an American being born on a military base is not appropriate in this case – it’s like comparing peanuts to mangoes.

Posted by: Smug | July 29, 2009, 1:02 pm 1:02 pm

Rican…….Texas too requires a birth certificate, NOT a certificate of live birth.
When I enrolled both of my children in school, soccer, football and softball they REQUIRED a birth certificate with ALL information on it!
On our birth certificates from the STATE here in Texas, they include:
childs full name, date of birth, sex, place of birth (city, town, county), time of birth, if it was a single or multiple birth, place of birth (was the child born in a hospital, doctors office, residence or licensed birthing center), Name of Hospital or birthing center where the child was born, name of doctor who delivered the child and his office address, certifiers signature of live birth, mothers full name (maiden), date of her birth, where she was born, fathers full name, his date of birth, where he was born, registrars file number, date received by the local registry and the registrars signature.
EVERY STATE HAS THIS INFORMATION ON FILE.

Posted by: KMDay | July 29, 2009, 1:07 pm 1:07 pm

Gibbs says for $15. you can get a site and say anything you want…like he is disgusted or detests it…I guess freedom of speech is only relevant when he spews his propoganda

Posted by: phillysmart | July 29, 2009, 1:07 pm 1:07 pm

I cannot believe that this is being brought up yet another day!!! BTW, Ryan C., BEFORE you attack again, I am NOT ‘anonymous’…my name is HOPE! People ACTUALLY name their kids that!
This matter is never going to be settled. Quite frankly, just use the timer and move on. We all counted down how long Bush was in there for and breathed a sigh of relief when he and his VP left. We can start the timer on Obama and his VP. NOTHING good will come of talking about this REGARDLESS of what the truth is so just hold your breath and count it down. Focus on the things thatACTUALLY matter! Don’t let this joke of a health care pass, don’t let cap & trade happen. Don’t let China own us more than they already do…Focus on what you can change!

Posted by: Hope | July 29, 2009, 1:08 pm 1:08 pm

“This is a non-issue to me, but when signing my kids up for a Social Security number and later, Little League and Soccer, a “Certificate of Live Birth” was not allowed – only a “Birth Certificate”. Don’t know if this state (Nevada) makes an exception for someone born in the state of Hawaii, though”
Hmmm that is quite odd.
From the Little League website regarding tournament play (which they take even more seriously)
“All tournament participants are required to provide a government-issued birth document certifying the participant’s date of birth. The issue date (or record date, registration date, file date, etc.) of the original birth registration document must be within 30 days of the date of birth”
From the Social Security Administration:
“We can accept only certain documents as proof of U.S. citizenship. These include a U.S. birth certificate, U.S. consular report of birth, U.S. passport, Certificate of Naturalization or Certificate of Citizenship.”
The COLB issued by Hawaii is the only birth certificate issued by Hawaii since 2001.
Are you really trying to claim that no one from Hawaii has signed up for Social Security since then?
The lesson as always? Right wingers lie.

Posted by: Ryan C | July 29, 2009, 1:09 pm 1:09 pm

Regardless of where Obama was born, his mother was a US citizen and hence he is by proxy.Posted by: Devil Mutt | Jul 29, 2009 12:50:04 PM====================Devil Mutt…..it is not a matter of “regardless of where Obama was born” issues.
The issue is that BOTH of Obama’s parents were NOT American Citizens. Only one of his parents were and she was not in the country long enough, according to LAW at the time of his birth to qualify as giving birth in another country thus having her son a natural born citizen.
Both of McCain’s parents were in fact American Citizens and in the law at the time of his birth, there were laws that were incorporated to extend this right to children born to military parents while stationed OUTSIDE of the US.
Neither of Obama’s parents were American Military Personel either.
Your key words were, BOTH parents-both of his were not.

Posted by: KMDay | July 29, 2009, 1:11 pm 1:11 pm

Well Gibbs said it and posted some fake birth certificate so we should just listen and accept it…Folks he is the Manchurian candidate and if you watch him carefully every now and then he slips up and the true Obama comes out unscripted…everyone is having buyers remorse believe me he is in over his head here

Posted by: phillysmart | July 29, 2009, 1:14 pm 1:14 pm

“Texas too requires a birth certificate, NOT a certificate of live birth.”
Why would Texas issue a short form birth certificate then if they do not accept it.

Posted by: Ryan C | July 29, 2009, 1:16 pm 1:16 pm

Anyone see the gallup polls? The widely poll toted by Gibbs and WH? It’s six points off Rasmussen but still 54% approval rating. People are beginning to wake up and see reality. Through all of this, the end result remains to be seen and taht will be when he runs for re-election. It may be a Carter era and one term if he continues down the path he is. If he does great, well, we all somehow must have benefitted, right? We can TRY to have a little faith w/ our eyes wide open. I’m SOOO tired of hate and anger. It solves nothing…

Posted by: Hope | July 29, 2009, 1:23 pm 1:23 pm

Obama’s half sister, who was born in Indonesia, has a Hawaiian “certificate of Live Birth”. There is no question she was not born here, yet she has the same certificate. What’s up with that?

Posted by: nomomoney | July 29, 2009, 1:27 pm 1:27 pm

“Obama’s half sister, who was born in Indonesia, has a Hawaiian “certificate of Live Birth”. There is no question she was not born here, yet she has the same certificate. What’s up with that?”
Nope that was a photoshop job posted by TechDude to supposedly prove Obama forged his COLB.
Birthers lie so much even their photshopped COLBs are being passed around as evidence.

Posted by: Ryan C | July 29, 2009, 1:38 pm 1:38 pm

I don’t believe any of this, I do not believe he is a US citizen, he’s paid too much money to hide the facts, anyway he’s a racists and no birth certificate can change that fact.

Posted by: Animouse | July 29, 2009, 1:42 pm 1:42 pm

why does obama’s sister, who was born in Indonesia, have a Hawaiian “certificate of live birth”?

Posted by: nomomoney | July 29, 2009, 1:43 pm 1:43 pm

Imminent Skip and 2 Live Crew:
“Gates’s courtroom appearance some time back on behalf of the rap group 2 Live Crew, in which the professor testified that one of the group’s lyrics was similar to Shakespeare’s “My love is like a red, red rose.” “As it happens,” noted Steyn, “‘My luv’s like a red, red rose’ was written by Robbie Burns, a couple of centuries after Shakespeare. Oh, well. Sixteenth-century English playwright, 18th-century Scottish poet: What’s the diff?”

Posted by: Bet Noir | July 29, 2009, 1:43 pm 1:43 pm

“why does obama’s sister, who was born in Indonesia, have a Hawaiian “certificate of live birth”?”
–> Don’t ask, don’t tell . . .
Maybe it was Obama’s Mama’s Ford Foundation connection?

Posted by: Bet Noir | July 29, 2009, 1:48 pm 1:48 pm

why does obama’s sister, who was born in Indonesia, have a Hawaiian “certificate of live birth”?”
She doesn’t.
That was a photoshop by a guy calling himself TechDude.

Posted by: Ryan C | July 29, 2009, 1:48 pm 1:48 pm

“Folks he is the Manchurian candidate and if you watch him carefully every now and then he slips up and the true Obama comes out unscripted”
_________________________________
Oh those EVIL Democrats! How insidious! How corrupt! How evil!
And Obama – the devil’s spawn!
Taking over the country!
Evil!

Posted by: danita | July 29, 2009, 1:52 pm 1:52 pm

Texas too requires a birth certificate, NOT a certificate of live birth.”
Why would Texas issue a short form birth certificate then if they do not accept it. Posted by: Ryan C | Jul 29, 2009 1:16:42 PM======================
Ryan…. I am looking at my children’s birth certificates from the state of Texas in 2004 (they were born in ’99 & ’99), which was the last time I purchased their birth certificates.
I am also looking at the one I purchase for myself in 1992 (I was born in ’74):
All three of them have the following: childs full name, date of birth, sex, place of birth (city, town, county), time of birth, if it was a single or multiple birth, place of birth (was the child born in a hospital, doctors office, residence or licensed birthing center), Name of Hospital or birthing center where the child was born, name of doctor who delivered the child and his office address, certifiers signature of live birth, mothers full name (maiden), date of her birth, where she was born, fathers full name, his date of birth, where he was born, registrars file number, date received by the local registry and the registrars signature.
From Texas’ Vital Stats ordering page:
Short form birth certificates can usually be produced in 30 minutes to 2 hours.
If you need a long form birth certificate, it may take several days to process.
You see where it says IF YOU NEED A LONG FORM BIRTH CERTIFICATE???
Public schools and sports leagues REQUIRE LONG FORM BIRTH CERTIFICATES!!!!!!
I have no clue why they issue short form birth certificates seeing as most places here require long form.
My point: The long forms are AVAILABLE and most entities require them!!!! Hawaii can produce a long form if requested/required to do so!

Posted by: KMDay | July 29, 2009, 2:02 pm 2:02 pm

Here’s an idea for all you “birthers” out there–order a copy of your own birth certificate and see what you get. You’ll get a Certificate of Live Birth. I’m 50, born in Maryland, and last year I had to order a copy of mine–I received a Certificate of Live Birth. I had to order a copy of my daughter’s–28 and born in Texas. I received a Certificate of Live Birth. Try it yourself and see.

Posted by: Kathleen | July 29, 2009, 2:08 pm 2:08 pm

km – Did they have “long form” Birth certificates in 1962? Not every state requires a “long form” birthcertificate for school/drivers license and the like. Must be a Texas quirk. I do not know. But you know as well as I do that there is not enough room to store all origional birth certificates. The are all computerized or microfilmed. I know all I have is a microfilm of my birth certificate. I was born in 1962 not long after the President. So I imagine all birth records from that time are microfilmed, computerized or something. Get off it.

Posted by: jenny | July 29, 2009, 2:09 pm 2:09 pm

“Ryan…. I am looking at my children’s birth certificates from the state of Texas in 2004 (they were born in ’99 & ’99), which was the last time I purchased their birth certificates.”
I am looking on line and Texas says they offer a short form birth certificate and a long form one.
You claimed Texas only accepts the long form.
If so, why would they even offer a short form?
“Public schools and sports leagues REQUIRE LONG FORM BIRTH CERTIFICATES!!!!!!”
Little league only requires a government issued birth certificate.
According to Texas Education Association on their official website, this is what is acceptable for proof of age to attend kindergarten.
The documents considered acceptable for proof of identification and age are:
1. Birth certificate;
2. Passport;
3. School ID card, records, or report card;
4. Military ID;
5. Hospital birth record;
6. Adoption records;
7. Church baptismal record; or
8. Any other legal document that establishes identity.
Nothing there about long vs short form.

Posted by: Ryan C | July 29, 2009, 2:16 pm 2:16 pm

Fact: Texas and California, I know first hand, require a Certified Birth Certificate (long form)or a Certification of Report of Birth of a United States Citizen issued by the Department of State with raised seal as legal proof of citizenship….Short form is just that a quick link if you will of a long form, not good enough to get you a passport nor SS benefits nor other government benefits, gotta have a certified copy of your original to get a California drivers license..US Passport requires a Certified copy or the original Birth Certificate..won’t take anything less…States have gone electronics…YES; however, they scanned the original long form before shredding the paper form…So with that in mind, anyone born in the United States can request a Certified Copy Birth Certificate (long form) from their Department of Health scanned from the original….I assume that who ever conducted the vetting process of possible Presidential candidates verified citizenship of all including Obama…If not then if Obama needs to step up and demonstrate he is in fact a legal citizen to someone in the government who will then verify to the public he’s good to go….NO THE PUBLIC DOES NOT NEED TO BE A WITNESS TO THIS PROCESS BUT THEY DO NEED TO BE REASSURED…

Posted by: Parallex View | July 29, 2009, 2:19 pm 2:19 pm

Jake….hot news flash….both Ann Coulter and the new leader of the GOP….gosh…forgot his name….you know, the guy on the radio…convinced me! Obama came down to earth on a cloud…when the GOP speaks, a few listen.

Posted by: justj joey | July 29, 2009, 2:24 pm 2:24 pm

KM – “The issue is that BOTH of Obama’s parents were NOT American Citizens. Only one of his parents were and she was not in the country long enough, according to LAW at the time of his birth to qualify as giving birth in another country thus having her son a natural born citizen. “Well heck I am sure Senator Robert Dole of KANSAS (retired) would be real interested to know that the state he represented so long and so well is not a part of the United States. You are obviously of the Sarah Palin persuasionPosted by: jenny | Jul 29, 2009 2:14:32 PM============================Jenny, learn to read please. I did not say his mother was not an American citizen and I am NOT of the Sarah Palin persuasion.
I believe what I said was that BOTH of his parents were not American Citizens, meaning only his mother was and that according to the LAW AT THE TIME OF HIS BIRTH, she had to me an American citizen for X amount of years before traveling abroad and giving birth to have her child an automatic AMERICAN CITIZEN.
Let us look at it this way to help you out Jenny:
McCain had to go through and ENTIRE CONGRESSIONAL process to prove he was a natural born citizen even though he was born to TWO American Citizens while his Admiral Navy Father served in Panama Canal.
Obama mother was the only American Citizen here, not both parents and his birth place is questionable to say the least. According to the law at the time, his mother could not have concieved Obama in Kenya and still claimed he is a natural born American citizen. Period.

Posted by: KMDay | July 29, 2009, 2:25 pm 2:25 pm

All’s he or anyone else need do to read real investigative detail on The Great 0′s ineligibility is to visit the World Net Daily website. Not only will he not produce any real BC, he won’t produce even school or medical records – Nothing that would validate his eligibility.
If she takes stock in the Hono Advertiser’s birth posts, let me add that we lived there many years and HI is much more corrupt than NJ or Chicago. They are very Asian, and very anti-white, too. I remember when they were discussing the legislation on the COLB process, some thought it a good idea because fellow, poor, cheaply-paid immigrant Filipino sugar cane workers could thusly avail themselves of social services & entitlements. But then when it was brought up that such could potentially allow some foreign & hostile agent to become President, they all passed it in a rush.
To post ads in a newspaper is as old as espionage craft gets. That such is being touted merely shows the length that has been gone to to create this “Legend” for his supposed past. That hordes of ACORN types are on the net humiliating and harassing conservatives who want to know should tell you something. (They ALWAYS attack a person’s “Mental State,” and use buzz words like “Birther.” Pure PSYOPS like the CHICOMS pay similar hordes to do so on their internet.)
But for me, personally, I’m burdened with knowing what I know about some high-ranking corrupt & that I was ordered to ground with. And yet nothing keeps happening. Again, signifying how successful the CHICOMS have been in infiltrating at the top, and controlling open speech and media.
Yet, I can tell you the CIA knew in ’77 that the young Barry Soetono was being groomed for this position, and this agenda, as an “Economic Manchurian Candidate.” That they would be waging economic and every other kind of war on us in then coming decades, and have. That they would decimate our military’s ability to defend our borders by bleeding our economy to death in 1000 small cuts, exactly as Congress has done.
Then, again, that’s why the CIA let him in, for in that it’ll be so easy to take him out: Ineligibility. What the Dir. told me back then, was, “How do you lure ALL the moles out?” In your usual pre-war spy ring clean-ups?
“Simple,” he said with a smile. “Just hoist a Barry Soetono up the flagpole & see who salutes.”
And the way to flush Congress out is equally easy and immanent: Bring me forth as witness to Gary Condit’s 33-year-long “Sexual Political Disposal Service” he’s provided to the high-ranking corrupt, and infiltrated Congress, himself that way.
I’ve got to rewrite My Life In Espionage to read more well, but the gems of truth still glitter in the haystack for any competent investigator to find at
“Telling the truth during times of universal deceit will be a revolutionary act.” George Orwell, “1984″

Posted by: Rick A Hyatt | July 29, 2009, 2:26 pm 2:26 pm

ryan c…DUH half the state of Texas and California are illegal, students,….However, if you want to WORK within a Governemnt facility..gotta have the docs to show legal status…If you want to show legal citizenship gotta have the legal docs

Posted by: Parallex View | July 29, 2009, 2:30 pm 2:30 pm

Ryand and Jenny. I was born in Texas in 1974. I retrieve my birth certificate in 1992 and it has all of the iformation on it that my childrens have, they were born in 1998 and 1999. I retrieve their birth certificates again in 2004 so that I could enroll them in public schools and what I got was the long length version.
Again, there are two you can get: the short version or the long version. If you get the short it takes about 2 hours the long version takes 1-3 days.
Do not feed people the BS that the long versions cannot be produced, because they can.
1962 documents are NOT destroyed. If they are sent to microfilm, I would imagine the information of what doctor deliverd you, what hospital you were born in, your date of birth, time of birth, city, state, etc..etc.. is still on there!

Posted by: KMDay | July 29, 2009, 2:31 pm 2:31 pm

KM – I am not an attorney but they way I undersdtand it is if your mother is an American citizen, no matter where you are born you are an American citizen. And I do know how to read. Perhaps you should learn how to write.” only his mother was and that according to the LAW AT THE TIME OF HIS BIRTH, she had to me an American citizen for X amount of years before traveling abroad and giving birth to have her child an automatic AMERICAN CITIZEN” The lady was born in Kansas and moved to Hawaii. which became a state in 1959 I believe. So how many years does one have live in the United States to become a citizen if you were born and raised here by two American citizens?

Posted by: jenny | July 29, 2009, 2:33 pm 2:33 pm

Ryan, you should not assume I am a right winger. Just because I do not agree with Obama and his shady politics does not mean I am a ” right winger”.
I began questioning his legitimacy because he is REFUSING to show the full length form (Yes, even Hawaii can produce this info if necessary), when he refused to release his pass port info and refused to release hi college transcripts.
Again, because one does not agree with Obama does not make them a right winger or a racist.
There are many who are Independents and Democrats who do not care for or believe in Obama!

Posted by: KMDay | July 29, 2009, 2:34 pm 2:34 pm

Just got a passport issued by Department of State with a Cook County birth certificate which I picked up at the County Building in person. The Birth certificate has my name, Date and Time of birth, Parents’ names, gender, and the fact that I was born in Chicago in Cook County. There is no seal, but there is a watermark. There is a signature printed as part of the form. Took this to the Passport office where I paid a fee and got a passport. My birth certificate has less data on it than Obama’s and it is perfectly legal. Did I mention that my hospital birth certificate issued at birth is not even written in English? I decided to get a county certified copy because I doubted that the passport office people would read and write Polish.
I guess for the people who can’t grasp complex issues like healthcare and employment ramifications, quibbling about a birth certificate makes you look smart (for three or four minutes at elast).
The birthers are so obsessed by the fact that a black man is in charge of them they are practically foaming at the mouth and absolutely nothing will break through their fog of hatred.

Posted by: ChiDem | July 29, 2009, 2:35 pm 2:35 pm

“Fact: Texas and California, I know first hand, require a Certified Birth Certificate (long form)or a Certification of Report of Birth of a United States Citizen issued by the Department of State with raised seal as legal proof of citizenship….Short form is just that a quick link if you will of a long form, not good enough to get you a passport nor SS benefits nor other government benefits, gotta have a certified copy of your original to get a California drivers license.”
California does not offer a long or short form.
They offer an official copy or an informational copy.
“If you cannot obtain an authorized copy under California law(they are referring to who is qualified to request an official copy), you can obtain an informational copy. An informational copy contains the same information as an authorized copy, but will have a legend across the face with the statement “INFORMATIONAL, NOT A VALID DOCUMENT TO ESTABLISH IDENTITY.” Authorized and informational copies are both “certified copies.”
For a driver’s license, CA requires
Only the original or a certified copy of one of the following documents is acceptable:
* US Birth Certificate
So if one was from Hawaii and had their COLB issued by Hawaii, they could get a CA driver’s license.
The site even has each state’s record office numbers to assist one in ordering the paperwork.

Posted by: Ryan C | July 29, 2009, 2:36 pm 2:36 pm

“US Passport requires a Certified copy or the original Birth Certificate..won’t take anything less…”
US passport applications accept COLBs.
Otherwise people born post 2001 in Hawaii could not get a passport.

Posted by: Ryan C | July 29, 2009, 2:39 pm 2:39 pm

“McCain had to go through and ENTIRE CONGRESSIONAL process to prove he was a natural born citizen even though he was born to TWO American Citizens while his Admiral Navy Father served in Panama Canal.”
What Congressional process?
There was a single question by Leahy to the Homeland Security chief then they passed a resolution.

Posted by: Ryan C | July 29, 2009, 2:41 pm 2:41 pm

“Ryan, you should not assume I am a right winger. Just because I do not agree with Obama and his shady politics does not mean I am a ” right winger”.”
Talks like a duck, walks like a duck.

Posted by: Ryan C | July 29, 2009, 2:45 pm 2:45 pm

“ryan c…DUH half the state of Texas and California are illegal, students,….However, if you want to WORK within a Governemnt facility..gotta have the docs to show legal status…If you want to show legal citizenship gotta have the legal docs”
And the short form issued by Texas is a legal document. The “informational” copy of one’s CA BC is not.
The claim one needs a long form BC for Little League is blown up by a quick visit to their official website.
The claim that one needs to long form for public school in TX is blown up by their own website.
All of which denies the fact that the COLB issued by Hawaii is acceptable to their government and is acceptable for passport use by the Feds.
Since Hawaii has only been issuing COLB since 2001, are you really saying that no Hawaiian has gotten a passport since then?

Posted by: Ryan C | July 29, 2009, 2:48 pm 2:48 pm

“As for your information from the 2 websites – while that may be what is posted on their website, as I said earlier when I went to get a Social Security number for my kids and register them for Little League, a Certificate of Live Birth was not accepted!”
So they are lying on their official websites?
Are you really claiming they would not accept a COLB from Hawaii when that is the only birth certificate document issued by Hawaii?

Posted by: Ryan C | July 29, 2009, 3:03 pm 3:03 pm

“Ryan, you should not assume I am a right winger. Just because I do not agree with Obama and his shady politics does not mean I am a ” right winger”.”
Talks like a duck, walks like a duck.
Posted by: Ryan C | Jul 29, 2009 2:45:07 PM==============================not that I owe you an explanation, but I am a registered Independent! I do not believe in big government, i do not care if gays get married and I think abortion should be legal up to 16 weeks. Late term abortion is cruel and abortion should not be used as a means of BIRTH CONTROL.
I also do not believe tax payers should foot the bill for abortion either-the person requesting an abortion should pay for this 100% unless a doctor orders it for health reasons-then isurance should cover it.
I do not believe illegal aliens should be allowed to stay in our country and milk the system they pay little into-but again, this is not a Republican issue as a good amount of Americans regardless of party affiliation feel the same way.
I think wars are awful, but also believe that they are unfortunatly necessary because most TERRORIST do not understand anything else-little talks over tea do NOT WORK!
I believe in helping those who cannot help themselves, but I do not believe we should be giving to those unwilling to help themselves when they can.
Welfare should be offered in all states and maxed out in 5 years total. Meaning, you can only recieve government assistance for a total of five years of your entire life.
Now, I am pretty sure that at least half of what I have said would make most die hard Republicans think I am a Democrat and the other half of what I said would make Democrats think I am a Republican.
The one thing I am die hard about: The Goverment already has too much control, they DO NOT NEED ANYMORE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: KMDay | July 29, 2009, 3:05 pm 3:05 pm

ryan ryan ryan…. as the old saying goes “GOOD ENOUGH FOR GOVERNMENT WORK OR IN THIS CASE…NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR GOVERNMENT WORK.” Look, the COLA may be good enough to get your kid into K-12 in most states but you gotta have the long form, as everyone seems to be calling the Certified Copy of the Original Birth Certificate to get a job that requires a security clearance…of to be President
From what I have gathered, this all started with a videotaped eyewitness testimony by Obama’s African relatives that Obama, The President of the United States, was born at the Coast Provincial Hospital in Mombasa Kenya and mom immedately flew Junior home to the States and got him a Certificate of Live Birth?????Sounds unbelievable YES..but WHY NOT PUT DOUBT TO REST AND VERIFY WITH YOUR CERTIFIED BIRTH CERTIFICATE IF IT EXISTS…From what I gather you are saying it does not???

Posted by: Parallex View | July 29, 2009, 3:06 pm 3:06 pm

Ryan C.: “So they are lying on their official websites?
Are you really claiming they would not accept a COLB from Hawaii when that is the only birth certificate document issued by Hawaii?”
No, I don’t think they are lying on their official website (although I don’t believe everything I read, either.) What I think, now that you finally bothered to ask, is that many agencies (Little League, Social Security, etc.) are run by people who don’t know the rules, people who are told by their supervisors what they can and can’t except and pass on that misinformation to you and I. I never once said Long Forms were the only thing accepted everywhere – I said in Nevada, my experience has been that they were the only form accepted. You put words into my mouth (or onto my post) that weren’t mine, they were yours so you could blast me as a right winger. Read the original post and you will see what I’m talking about.

Posted by: Rican | July 29, 2009, 3:21 pm 3:21 pm

If he has nothing to hide then why does he hid all records. That is plain simple common sense. I bet he even went to college with financial aid because he was a foreign student. In his own words he associated with the communists and radical students. If he loved this country then he wouldn’t have done that.I would like to know how he has bought everybody off to be complacent with him in hiding the records. Have they threatened people or paid cash.

Posted by: Pat Smith | July 29, 2009, 3:22 pm 3:22 pm

“From what I have gathered, this all started with a videotaped eyewitness testimony by Obama’s African relatives that Obama, The President of the United States, was born at the Coast Provincial Hospital in Mombasa Kenya and mom immedately flew Junior home to the States and got him a Certificate of Live Birth?????”
ROFLMAO!
You can’t even quote the birth’s supposed evidence without hugely embellishing.
The audio recording (not video) cuts off after Obama’s grandmother is tricked into saying Obama was born in Kenya (note his father has the same name), the transcript of that recording has the same grandmother immediately after that statement stating repeatedly that Obama was born in Hawaii.
The audio recording says nothing about Obama’s mom flying back to Hawaii to get a COLB.
But I know where you are going with this because I am obviously familiar with many of the birth lies.
The law birthers cite as making the registration of a birth taking place elsewhere and for one to get a COLB (which would state where they were born and it would not be Hawaii) was not even enacted until 1982.

Posted by: Ryan C | July 29, 2009, 3:25 pm 3:25 pm

I thought I would give it a shot since it has been 5 years since I enrolled my kids in school.
I called their school and enquired as to what I would need to registar my daughter for school as a kindergartner.
Ready………………..wait for it….
Your HAVE TO HAVE A BIRTH CERTIFICATE for your child, shot records must be up to date, electric/water/gas bill proving YOU live in the zoned area and a vaild id proving you are who you say you are.

Posted by: KMDay | July 29, 2009, 3:26 pm 3:26 pm

Sorry Ryan C..Upon request, Hawaii will issue a Certified Copy of your original Birth Certificate via scanned image of original before destroyed in later part of 1990′s…
This is not going away, no matter how much the Obama administration jokes or makes fun of people, birthers I guess…I was not even remotely interested in this until Army Maj. Cook got himself a lawyer refused his deployment orders to Afghanistan based upon Obama’s legitiment status as President…His deployment orders were rescinded without explanation…Now I am from a military family proud and true, but when I read that knowing that the military just does not rescind deployment orders during war time…will…I WANT THIS TO GO AWAY IN THE WORST POSSIBLE WAY..SATISFY THOSE RIGHT WING WEIRDOS AND PRODUCE YOUR CBC…AND LET’S GET ON WITH BUILDING THIS COUNTRY……

Posted by: Parallex View | July 29, 2009, 3:26 pm 3:26 pm

“Your HAVE TO HAVE A BIRTH CERTIFICATE for your child, shot records must be up to date, electric/water/gas bill proving YOU live in the zoned area and a vaild id proving you are who you say you are.”
So the person you spoke with echoed the website which makes no distinction between long or short form BC.

Posted by: Ryan C | July 29, 2009, 3:27 pm 3:27 pm

Football is coming up and fall softball. Called both organizations and claimed I was enrolling both kids for the first time.
Ready……wait for it…………….
Both stated I had to HAVE A BIRTH CERTIFICATE for the kids and proof of where I live because they only allow kids in certain zip codes to play in their leagues.
WOW…….Ryan, guess your accusation of me lying is….WRONG!!!!!

Posted by: KMDay | July 29, 2009, 3:28 pm 3:28 pm

OK Kim “I also do not believe tax payers should foot the bill for abortion either-the person requesting an abortion should pay for this 100% unless a doctor orders it for health reasons-then isurance should cover it.”
Who is more than likely gonna support the kid for the rest of its life in some form? You my friend the taxpayer. Congrats.

Posted by: jenny | July 29, 2009, 3:32 pm 3:32 pm

Again Ryan from “What I gathered.” I don’t know…I really don’t know what the true facts are, but I do know that this could be put to rest with just a call to the Hawaii State Dept of Health with a request for release of a CBC to someone in the Government who will then verify it to the American public…He Won’t…Curious indeed…

Posted by: Parallex View | July 29, 2009, 3:33 pm 3:33 pm

“I was not even remotely interested in this until Army Maj. Cook got himself a lawyer refused his deployment orders to Afghanistan based upon Obama’s legitiment status as President…His deployment orders were rescinded without explanation…Now I am from a military family proud and true, but when I read that knowing that the military just does not rescind deployment orders during war time”
The guy is a reservist signed onto Orly’ Tatiz BC crusade in Feb.
He asked for active duty in May.
Sued two days before he was to report.
The whole thing was a set up, he has acknowledged as much on Free Republic where he posts.
The General where he was to be stationed decided he did not want this jerk anywhere near his base.
So now his unit deploys short handed or some other officer got called on short notice to be deployed.
As someone who has military in my family I am outraged at his cowardice and hosing a fellow officer.
How about you?

Posted by: Ryan C | July 29, 2009, 3:37 pm 3:37 pm

“Your HAVE TO HAVE A BIRTH CERTIFICATE for your child, shot records must be up to date, electric/water/gas bill proving YOU live in the zoned area and a vaild id proving you are who you say you are.”
So the person you spoke with echoed the website which makes no distinction between long or short form BC. Posted by: Ryan C | Jul 29, 2009 3:27:36 PM===========================She echoed the website huh? She did not say I could bring in the hospital copy of the birth certificate, she did not say I could use a passport, she did not say I could use a church christianing certificate, she did not say I could use military ID. She said I HAD TO bring in her birth certificate.
So no, she did not echo the website you were citing.

Posted by: KMDay | July 29, 2009, 3:40 pm 3:40 pm

Ryan C If what you state is the truth and not opinion or rumor placed out there by some left-wing weirdos( goes both ways), I would agree..He needs to be sitting in a stockade somewhere awaiting formal court marshall…I had not heard of it and will look it up….

Posted by: Parallex View | July 29, 2009, 3:44 pm 3:44 pm

OK Kim “I also do not believe tax payers should foot the bill for abortion either-the person requesting an abortion should pay for this 100% unless a doctor orders it for health reasons-then isurance should cover it.”
Who is more than likely gonna support the kid for the rest of its life in some form? You my friend the taxpayer. Congrats.Posted by: jenny | Jul 29, 2009 3:32:30 PM========================= Jenny, that is not a vaild argumen. You cannot tell me I should pay for someones abortion because I might have to pay out in welfare.
You cannot say for an exact certainty that all abortions if not provided will end in a welfare state. If you can prove this, I want to be your new best friend MS See into the Future with your bad self!
Abortions are elective, for the most part, and should be paid for by the person wishing to have the abortion-period!

Posted by: KMDay | July 29, 2009, 3:45 pm 3:45 pm

“She echoed the website huh? She did not say I could bring in the hospital copy of the birth certificate, she did not say I could use a passport, she did not say I could use a church christianing certificate, she did not say I could use military ID. She said I HAD TO bring in her birth certificate”
Did you even mention the website or the other methods stating that they were listed on their website?
Also the woman did not say long form so it would appear the short form of the birth certificate which Texas issues (even though you claim its not accepted anywhere) would be acceptable.

Posted by: Ryan C | July 29, 2009, 3:49 pm 3:49 pm

“Ryan C If what you state is the truth and not opinion or rumor placed out there by some left-wing weirdos( goes both ways), I would agree”
He prob won’t go to the stockade.
I would say its far likely he just gets pushed out of the reserves in a forced retirement.
Apparently he got his security clearance yanked and that caused him to lose his defense contractor job.

Posted by: Ryan C | July 29, 2009, 3:51 pm 3:51 pm

Ryan C..As I repeat to my students…You NEVER look like a fool when looking for answers to questions of subjective nature or opinions….Get involved, no matter what your political leanings are, for the good our Country…QUESTION AUTHORITY WHEN NEED BE…Seems you need to go back to school…..Have a nice day Ryan..

Posted by: Parallex View | July 29, 2009, 3:56 pm 3:56 pm

Gibbs: “If I had some DNA it wouldn’t assuage those who don’t believe he was born here”
Right . . . because DNA doesn’t tell anyone anything about where someone was born. Good one, Gibbs. You really showed those wacky conservatives.
“Why does it keep coming up?”
If Obama really wanted to put this to rest, he would remove the primary argument of his critics and just order the release of the long-form birth certificate. You know, the one that lists the hospital he was born in and the doctor that delivered him. The one Hawaiian officials continue to claim exists and could be released if Obama simply requested it.
Obama hypocritically enables this conspiracy by withholding his original, long-form birth certificate. Maybe that’s the point — keep the conspiracy alive and stir the conspiratorial pot whenever Obama would like a distraction from his other failures (failing economy and stimulus, failing health care reform, his and Biden’s continuous gaffes, etc.). Not only that, then they can attempt to portray conservatives as wacky conspiracy theorist when all they want is what’s afforded to them in the constitution — proof their President is a US citizen. At the end of the day, Obama’s long-form birth certificate is worth more to him sealed away than available for all to see.

Posted by: Anonymous | July 29, 2009, 4:41 pm 4:41 pm

“If Obama really wanted to put this to rest, he would remove the primary argument of his critics and just order the release of the long-form birth certificate.”
Sorry that would not stop these lunatic right wingers.
He posted a copy of his COLB which is the only thing Hawaii has issued since 2001, birthers called it a fake.
Its verified by two different fact check organization, birthers claim they were lying for partisan purposes.
It was verified by the State, birthers claim they were intimidated.
Bithers have already made posts about Obama working on a long form forgery.

Posted by: Ryan C | July 29, 2009, 4:45 pm 4:45 pm

Sorry that would not stop these lunatic right wingers.
He posted a copy of his COLB which is the only thing Hawaii has issued since 2001, birthers called it a fake.
Posted by: Ryan C | Jul 29, 2009 4:45:02 PM===============================
Ryan, again, it will not stop the people who are conspiracy theorist or who are he$$ bent on believing Obama is illegitimate.
But it will put the issue to rest for the VAST MAJORITY of people who question a person that is refusing to produce and is doing everything he can to keep from producing a long form copy of his birth certificate, his pass port information and his college transcripts.
All he has to do is show them and be done with it, but by refusing to show ANY of the information, he is leaving nothing but room for speculation and accusations.
In principle it is like the Gates issue and the refusal to show proper id. After the third request to show his ID, he gave them his Harvard ID. Cambridge Police had to call in Harvard PD to validate the Harvard ID. Gates ended up showing his drivers license.
My point: just show the information and be done with it. You will still have some who will question whether or not the info is legit, but for the most part the issue will be dead.
I draw my skeptism not because I am a “birther” or a “right wingnut”, but rather because of his down right refusal and at any cost of showing the documents in question.

Posted by: KMDay | July 29, 2009, 5:04 pm 5:04 pm

“But it will put the issue to rest for the VAST MAJORITY of people who question a person that is refusing to produce and is doing everything he can to keep from producing a long form copy of his birth certificate, his pass port information and his college transcripts.”
So you continue to deny that the COLB is a legitimate birth certificate acceptable for passports, Little League etc even though all evidence is to the contrary?

Posted by: Ryan C | July 29, 2009, 5:11 pm 5:11 pm

Thia whole birth certificate thing is such a stupid non-issue. Give it up folks. I am one of Obama’s biggest critics as Ryan, Danita, and jhw539 can tell you, but this is just plain stupid. His mom was born in Kansas and was a U.S. citizen, so even if he was born in Kenya or somewhere else, I think there would be a good argument that he was still deserving of U.S. citizenship at birth. Either way, all evidence says he was born in Honolulu, there are two newspaper announcements regarding his birth which would be awfully hard to explain away.

Posted by: Jason | July 29, 2009, 5:12 pm 5:12 pm

Anonymous: “If Obama really wanted to put this to rest, he would remove the primary argument of his critics and just order the release of the long-form birth certificate.”
Ryan C: “Sorry that would not stop these lunatic right wingers”
That’s what all the anti-birthers say — it won’t stop the conspiracies. Even if true, that’s not a reason to not release the long-form. This is the President of the United States we’re talking about, not some minimum wage job at your local grocery store. Like I said, not releasing the long-form is what primarily keeps this conspiracy alive. The longer Obama withholds his full birth records, the longer he enables the conspiracy.

Posted by: Anonymous | July 29, 2009, 5:15 pm 5:15 pm

For Jenny as I did not see your post to the legal question earlier:
“Birth Abroad to One Citizen and One Alien Parent in Wedlock: A child born abroad to one U.S. citizen parent and one alien parent acquires U.S. citizenship at birth under Section 301(g) INA provided the citizen parent was physically present in the U.S. for the time period required by the law applicable at the time of the child’s birth. (For birth on or after November 14, 1986, a period of five years physical presence, two after the age of fourteen is required. For birth between December 24, 1952 and November 13, 1986, a period of ten years, five after the age of fourteen are required for physical presence in the U.S. to transmit U.S. citizenship to the child”
Key words are One Us Citizen and One Alien Parent in “wedlock”.
“For birth between December 24, 1952 and November 13, 1986, a period of ten years, five after the age of fourteen are required for physical presence in the U.S. to transmit U.S. citizenship to the child”
If Obama was born in Kenya (I am playing devils advocate here), Obama’s father and mother were NOT married, Obama’s father was NOT an American Citizen and Obama’s mother did NOT give birth to Obama when she was at least 19 years of age or older.
Therefore LEGALLY he can NOT be a natural born citizen IF he was born in Kenya.

Posted by: KMDay | July 29, 2009, 5:19 pm 5:19 pm

“But it will put the issue to rest for the VAST MAJORITY of people who question a person that is refusing to produce and is doing everything he can to keep from producing a long form copy of his birth certificate, his pass port information and his college transcripts.”
So you continue to deny that the COLB is a legitimate birth certificate acceptable for passports, Little League etc even though all evidence is to the contrary?
Posted by: Ryan C | Jul 29, 2009 5:11:10 PM=============================
Ryan, stop skirting the issue. By Obama REFUSING to show any of the information and instead doing everything in his power to KEEP IN UNDER WRAPS, he is doing nothing more than continuing the sagga of “Is he or Isn’t He a Natural Born Citizen”.
Again, just show the documents and be done with it.

Posted by: KMDay | July 29, 2009, 5:21 pm 5:21 pm

To Ryan and others who are “rolling on the floor” in laughter, the problem with the evidence that has been put forth so far as proof of Obama’s mysterious birth certificate is that (1) the ORIGINAL typed, signed, stamped birth certificate, the piece of paper that was allegedly created a few days after Obama’s birth, has not been disclosed; (2) the few people who are saying they have seen the original certificate are people with a big conflict of interest problem, thus many do not trust them as witnesses. In case you don’t know, the pictures of birth certificates that Gibbs and others point to as “being on the internet” are printouts of records stored in a computer. They are transcriptions of some alphanumeric data plunked down on a form that was designed long after Obama’s birth. They are not images… they are not photocopies… of the original. All of this “evidence” referred to mockingly by Gibbs and others is obfuscation. In the Obama administration when you don’t have good answers you mock, you demean, you demonize and dissemble and then leave it to the sycophants to continue the charade. Welcome to the world of Obama. Isn’t it strange that no one will come forward with the original document to put an end to all the speculation? Isn’t it strange that this has been festering for at least a year?

Posted by: jcarob | July 29, 2009, 5:23 pm 5:23 pm

When is everyone going to understand that you canNOT argue w/ the extremes in this country. They are all deaf. As much as I DON’T like the fact that he refuses to release the original and the authorities in Hawaii say they have seen the ‘orginal’, it becomes more of a distraction and I think frankly Obama is enjoying making the ‘birthers’ be a laughing stock. For whatever reason, they see fit not to show what the Hawaii officials claim they have seen. FINE!!! Take another road and stop this presidents other agendas. Again, focus on where YOU can make a difference vs. this issue that the SUPREME COURT refuses to look at! Do you understand what that means? NOTHING will come of obsessing over this except keep all the hardcore Lefties fighting the hardcore Right. Get over it already and make a difference where it matters!

Posted by: Hope | July 29, 2009, 5:25 pm 5:25 pm

“That’s what all the anti-birthers say — it won’t stop the conspiracies.”
He released his COLB and birthers called it a fake.
Fact Check reviews it. Politifact reviews it.
Birthers claim they are partisan.
The head of the Dept of Health states they have his BC and he is a natural born citizen.
Birther ignore it.
” Like I said, not releasing the long-form is what primarily keeps this conspiracy alive.”
No what keeps this alive is the unhinged nature of people who hate Obama so much that they are willing to accept any scenario painting him in a negative light.
Now I will agree that there will be hardcore crazies regardless but to say releasing the long form will end this is not likely based on past experience.

Posted by: Ryan C | July 29, 2009, 5:28 pm 5:28 pm

“(1) the ORIGINAL typed, signed, stamped birth certificate, the piece of paper that was allegedly created a few days after Obama’s birth, has not been disclosed;”
No, because Hawaii went to electronic records in 2001.
If you request your birth certificate from Hawaii they send you a COLB.
“(2) the few people who are saying they have seen the original certificate are people with a big conflict of interest problem, thus many do not trust them as witnesses.”
So Hawaiian officials are lying. But anonymous internet people can be trusted?
“In case you don’t know, the pictures of birth certificates that Gibbs and others point to as “being on the internet” are printouts of records stored in a computer. They are transcriptions of some alphanumeric data plunked down on a form that was designed long after Obama’s birth. They are not images… they are not photocopies… of the original”
On the COLB is says clearly that it is considered prima facie evidence of fact of birth in any court proceeding.
Are you arguing the COLB is not a legal or valid document?

Posted by: Ryan C | July 29, 2009, 5:33 pm 5:33 pm

Yep, Ryan, all those truth seekers are racists.

Posted by: jcarob | July 29, 2009, 5:33 pm 5:33 pm

If Obama does not ever produce the COLB that was signed on the day of his birth, do you really think he will be impeached? Alternatively, even if it could be shown that a COLB produced by Obama was forged, would he be impeached? The likely answer is no. So why the hell are you wasting your time on this non-issue? He is proving himself to be one of the worst presidents since Carter, maybe even of all time, and you want to attack him on this? How about focusing on his “progressive” policies that are very unpopular? Give it up!

Posted by: Jason | July 29, 2009, 5:34 pm 5:34 pm

“By Obama REFUSING to show any of the information and instead doing everything in his power to KEEP IN UNDER WRAPS, he is doing nothing more than continuing the sagga of “Is he or Isn’t He a Natural Born Citizen”.”
Obama posted his COLB.
Are you now denying he did that?
By the way I love how the birthers are now blaming Obama for the conspiracy they keep alive.

Posted by: Ryan C | July 29, 2009, 5:34 pm 5:34 pm

“Yep, Ryan, all those truth seekers are racists.”
Birthers are seeking the truth?
They have a strange way of doing so.
And yes I believe the motive behind the birthers has more to do with Obama’s skin color than his paperwork.

Posted by: Ryan C | July 29, 2009, 5:37 pm 5:37 pm

I have a question. How many hardcore “birthers” are there? Next Question. How many hardcore “truthers” are there? The insanely large number of fools who think there is a 9/11 conspiracy far outweighs the fools who are making an issue of the COLB. Most conservatives are like myself, reasonable and not prone to hysterics or conspiracy theories. I don’t think the same can be said about liberals.

Posted by: Jason | July 29, 2009, 5:38 pm 5:38 pm

Ryan…..everyone keeps saying they have seen the longform birth certificate and he is a natural born citizen.
My question to you is: then why is there an issue with releasing it? Is there something on there that will prove something else?
I am more curious as to why he is hiding everything.
Is Obama COB is legitimate? That is a good question.
He is doing everything in his power to hide all other documents, why?
Ryan, that is the million dollar question and i would love to see our answer.
Why is Obama trying harder than anything to keep the long form BC hidden from public view, his pass port documents hidden from public view and his college transcripts hidden from public view?

Posted by: KMDay | July 29, 2009, 5:39 pm 5:39 pm

Out of curiosity, how many of you voted for him and are disappointed and will not do so again or know how many others who are regretting their vote? Let’s get to this guys agenda and put that in front of others. This distraction is helping push this horrible health care bill through and Emanual WANTS ALL OF YOU FOCUSED ON THIS INSTEAD OF THAT!!!

Posted by: Hope | July 29, 2009, 5:39 pm 5:39 pm

Ryan, what many are saying is that the thing you call the COLB is NOT the original birth certificate. Many hands stand between the original certificate and what is being represented as fact. It’s the problem of chain of custody. Many a prosecutor’s case has run afoul of problems with the chain of custody. But in this case no one is willing to put the original evidence on the table for all to see. Now if you want to argue about the circumstances that lead anyone to care about where Obama was born, that is something else. But if you just focus on the singular issue here… the failure to disclose the original… surely even you can see that this is nothing more than people seeking the truth amid controversy.

Posted by: jcarob | July 29, 2009, 5:42 pm 5:42 pm

“Ryan…..everyone keeps saying they have seen the longform birth certificate and he is a natural born citizen.”
I’ve seen his COLB not his long form. Thought Hawaiian officials have repeatedly stated they have viewed his BC and that the COLB he posted is valid.
Based on that he is a natural born citizen because he was a citizen at birth.
“Is Obama COB is legitimate? That is a good question.”
Why is it a good question?
Do you you not believe the Dept of Health, Fact Check, or Poltiifact?
Do you instead believe Ron Poalrik anonymous freeper with made up credentials?
“He is doing everything in his power to hide all other documents, why?”
Let’s see privacy laws protect virtually everything he is supposedly going out of his way to hide.
So why do people accuse him of sealing his records?

Posted by: Ryan C | July 29, 2009, 5:43 pm 5:43 pm

“Ryan, what many are saying is that the thing you call the COLB is NOT the original birth certificate. Many hands stand between the original certificate and what is being represented as fact. It’s the problem of chain of custody.”
Hawaii went to electronic records in 2001.
When you ask them for your birth certificate they print out the COLB.
It is the only birth record that Hawaii will give you.
Right on the COLB it states that the COLB is prima facie evidence of fact of birth in any court proceeding.
Fact Check and Politifact physically inspected and photographed the actual COLB that Obama originally posted on his own website.
The Dept of Health has verified that they do have his BC and that he is a natural born citizen.
So what is your evidence to the contrary?

Posted by: Ryan C | July 29, 2009, 5:47 pm 5:47 pm

To ALL the LEFTIES, it’s NOT always about race! Only you w/ MASSIVE guilt issues would think that. My closest friend is black and one of the biggest Obama supporters and sees this is NOT a race issue. Was it a race issue when all the Lefties said Bush was behind the 9/11 attacks? Get over it already. Go volunteer yourselves as a doormat and be done w/ it!

Posted by: Hope | July 29, 2009, 5:47 pm 5:47 pm

“I have a question. How many hardcore “birthers” are there?”
Who knows? WND claims to have a petition with 400K signatures. Its probably much less than that but its a very vocal group
“Next Question. How many hardcore “truthers” are there? The insanely large number of fools who think there is a 9/11 conspiracy far outweighs the fools who are making an issue of the COLB.”
No idea. 9/11 troofers took some time gain steam.
“Most conservatives are like myself, reasonable and not prone to hysterics or conspiracy theories. I don’t think the same can be said about liberals.”
I hate to tell you Jason but by looking at websites like HotAir, Hannity, Rush, Free Republic and the comments section there is a very large contingent of birthers.
On comments on this board alone, moderate, maybee and you are the only regular posters from the right who called this silly and did not echo the claims of the birthers.

Posted by: Ryan C | July 29, 2009, 6:01 pm 6:01 pm

Ryan C: “He released his COLB and birthers called it a fake.”
Wrong. I’m in favor of seeing Obama’s long-form birth certificate, yet I accept the COLB as real.

Posted by: Anonymous | July 29, 2009, 6:24 pm 6:24 pm

jacrob: “(1) the ORIGINAL typed, signed, stamped birth certificate, the piece of paper that was allegedly created a few days after Obama’s birth, has not been disclosed;”
Ryan C: “No, because Hawaii went to electronic records in 2001.
If you request your birth certificate from Hawaii they send you a COLB.”
The fact that Hawaii went electronic in 2001 is irrelevant, Ryan. Hawaiian officials have already confirmed they would release his original, long-form birth certificate, if Obama requested it.
Ryan C: “But anonymous internet people can be trusted?”
No, but the original, signed, stamped, long-form birth certificate can be. Is that too much to ask? The answer is apparent.

Posted by: Anonymous | July 29, 2009, 6:33 pm 6:33 pm

“The fact that Hawaii went electronic in 2001 is irrelevant, Ryan. Hawaiian officials have already confirmed they would release his original, long-form birth certificate, if Obama requested it.”
Provide a quote for that because Hawaiian officials have said otherwise.
The state Department of Health no longer issues copies of paper birth certificates as was done in the past, said spokeswoman Janice Okubo.
The department only issues “certifications” of live births, and that is the “official birth certificate” issued by the state of Hawaii, she said.
And, it’s only available in electronic form.
Okubo explained that the Health Department went paperless in 2001.
“At that time, all information for births from 1908 (on) was put into electronic files for consistent reporting,” she said.
Information about births is transferred electronically from hospitals to the department.
“The electronic record of the birth is what (the Health Department) now keeps on file in order to provide same-day certified copies at our help window for most requests,” Okubo said.
Asked for more information about the short-form versus long-form birth documents, Okubo said the Health Department “does not have a short-form or long-form certificate.”
“The birth certificate form has been modified over the years and decades to conform to national standards and models,” she said.
Okubo also emphasized the certification form “contains all the information needed by all federal government agencies for transactions requiring a birth certificate.”
She added that the U.S. Supreme Court has recognized the state’s current certification of live birth “as an official birth certificate meeting all federal and other requirements.”

Posted by: Ryan C | July 29, 2009, 6:35 pm 6:35 pm

“Wrong. I’m in favor of seeing Obama’s long-form birth certificate, yet I accept the COLB as real.”
I am curious as to why?

Posted by: Ryan C | July 29, 2009, 6:36 pm 6:36 pm

Ryan C: “And yes I believe the motive behind the birthers has more to do with Obama’s skin color than his paperwork.”
If there’s one constant that I’ve observed here, it’s that Ryan C finds race to be a motive in anyone that would disagree with him or his beloved Obama. It’s kind of like the little boy that cried wolf . . .

Posted by: Anonymous | July 29, 2009, 6:39 pm 6:39 pm

Obama has no answer,Gibbs has no answer, the Libs. have no answer.

Posted by: Rasputin3.14 | July 29, 2009, 6:41 pm 6:41 pm

“If there’s one constant that I’ve observed here, it’s that Ryan C finds race to be a motive in anyone that would disagree with him or his beloved Obama. It’s kind of like the little boy that cried wolf .”
If there’s one constant to the birther drum beat its “Obama is not one of us”.
That’s the heart of racism.

Posted by: Ryan C | July 29, 2009, 6:42 pm 6:42 pm

Ryan C: “When you ask them for your birth certificate they print out the COLB.
It is the only birth record that Hawaii will give you . . .
The state Department of Health no longer issues copies of paper birth certificates as was done in the past, said spokeswoman Janice Okubo.”
That’s just your biased and baseless assumption. And, your assumption was wrong.
Ryan C: “Provide a quote for that because Hawaiian officials have said otherwise.
How does the actual law work for you? All Obama has to do is request his vital records. I think eligibility for President of the United States is a more than noble enough of a reason regardless.
§338-18 Disclosure of records. (a) To protect the integrity of vital statistics records, to ensure their proper use, and to ensure the efficient and proper administration of the vital statistics system, it shall be unlawful for any person to permit inspection of, or to disclose information contained in vital statistics records, or to copy or issue a copy of all or part of any such record, except as authorized by this part or by rules adopted by the department of health.
(b) The department shall not permit inspection of public health statistics records, or issue a certified copy of any such record or part thereof, unless it is satisfied that the applicant has a direct and tangible interest in the record. The following persons shall be considered to have a direct and tangible interest in a public health statistics record:
(1) The registrant;
(2) The spouse of the registrant;
(3) A parent of the registrant;
(4) A descendant of the registrant;
(5) A person having a common ancestor with the registrant;
(6) A legal guardian of the registrant;
(7) A person or agency acting on behalf of the registrant;
(8) A personal representative of the registrant’s estate;
. . .

Posted by: Anonymous | July 29, 2009, 7:19 pm 7:19 pm

Ryan C: “If there’s one constant to the birther drum beat its “Obama is not one of us”.
That’s the heart of racism.”
The heart of the so-called “birther” movement is the release of Obama’s original, long-form birth certificate. Evidence of eligibility for President of the United States isn’t racist, it’s a piece of paper. Again, you’ve lost your credibility to judge racism long ago.

Posted by: Anonymous | July 29, 2009, 7:27 pm 7:27 pm

“That’s just your biased and baseless assumption. And, your assumption was wrong.”
My assumption? That was the spokeperson for the Dept of Health.
Is she lying when she says Hawaii went to electronic records in 2001?
“How does the actual law work for you?”
Where does that law state they provide long form copiues of records?
“All Obama has to do is request his vital records. I think eligibility for President of the United States is a more than noble enough of a reason regardless.”
He did. In 2007 he requested his birth certificate and Hawaii gave him a COLB.

Posted by: Ryan C | July 29, 2009, 7:33 pm 7:33 pm

Anonymous: “Wrong. I’m in favor of seeing Obama’s long-form birth certificate, yet I accept the COLB as real.”
Ryan C: “I am curious as to why?”
Now that questions have been raised, why not? He’s President of the United States. Citizens have every right to satisfy whatever curiosities or insecurities they may have regarding the eligibility of any President.

Posted by: Anonymous | July 29, 2009, 7:33 pm 7:33 pm

“The heart of the so-called “birther” movement is the release of Obama’s original, long-form birth certificate.”
I would think you argue eligibility as the heart of the matter. Not a longer form of a document, Obama has already issued.
“Evidence of eligibility for President of the United States isn’t racist, it’s a piece of paper.”
So if eligibility is the real issue and you believe the COLB to be genuine, what is the problem?
What is missing from the COLB that is pertinent to Obama’s eligibility?

Posted by: Ryan C | July 29, 2009, 7:35 pm 7:35 pm

Gotta ask ryan c just who pays your salary to sit nearly 12 hours out of the day to defend Obama…curious..btw…cert. of live birth and a dime will get you a cup of coffee…not good for any government benefit programs such as passports, driver’s license, soc sec benefits, etc… but keep those denials coming pays the rent right…

Posted by: Parallex View | July 29, 2009, 7:50 pm 7:50 pm

Anonymous, stop the copy and paste tactics from your favorite Daddy Limbaugh website and go back to your finger painting.
This “birther” movement is starting to creep my out. It’s as if you’re a Branch Davidian/Manson Family adopted stepchild running wild during a full moon.

Posted by: JV | July 29, 2009, 8:36 pm 8:36 pm

JV: “Anonymous, stop the copy and paste tactics from your favorite Daddy Limbaugh website and go back to your finger painting.”
All of my comments are 100% original. Search for yourself. That you thought I would plagiarize others to express my opinion here speaks more to your standards than mine.

Posted by: Anonymous | July 29, 2009, 8:59 pm 8:59 pm

No MSM reporter or commentator anywhere on the poltical spectrum is looking at the law on this issue. As Dr. Taitz said to Colbert, it does not matter if Obama was actually born in Hawaii. Given what we know now, Obama’s biggest problem is that his father was not a U.S. citizen.
The Constitution requires that the President be a “natural born” citizen, but does not define natural born. The only time the definition has been addressed since was in Minor v. Happersett. In that case the U.S. Supreme Court wrote that a person born in the U.S. to U.S. citizens was natural born. The court stated that it had doubts about persons born under any other circumstances, which would include Obama’s situation. It will be up to our highest court again to address this question.
Given that he has a law degree and taught Constitutional law, you know that Obama was aware of his questionable eligibility. He made the calculation to challenge the Constitution and the existing case law.

Posted by: James T. | July 29, 2009, 11:39 pm 11:39 pm

both my parents are US citizens and both were born in joisey. but they were over in italy visiting relatives (my grandparents etc) for a few years when i popped out.
under current law i would be an american regardless, but in 1961 (same as BHO) i was considered an italian national and had to be “naturalized” at age 16!
i do not advertize this fact. i’m a yank, my parents are yanks, we are all “from” jersey, more or less. it almost feels like a technicality to me that i lost my birthright while my mother’s womb was over scoping the vineyards of palermo.
my passport even has “Birthplace: Trenton” on it, due to the sloppiness of record-keeping in those days.
so while i suspect barry-boy WAS born in honolulu, the idea that he WASN’T is not so preposterous as some would have u believe. it is exactly my case!

Posted by: cathy | July 30, 2009, 4:29 am 4:29 am

If there is nothing to hide, why the major effort to keep his birth certificate secret? Or his college records? Or anything else pertaining to his qualifications or background?

Posted by: Sigmonde | July 30, 2009, 8:02 am 8:02 am

I believe that Obama was born in Hawaii but is it moot “…children of citizens (NB: plural, i.e. two parents) of the United States…shall be considered as natural born citizens of the United States; Provided That the right of citizenship shall not descend to persons, whose fathers have never been resident in the United States…” (FIRST CONGRESS Sess. II Ch.4 1790, Approved March 26, 1790, pp. 103-104. Document margin note: “Their children residing here, deemed citizens.” Document margin note: “Also, children of citizens born beyond sea, & c. Exceptions.”) See Attachment B.

Posted by: Hiram Abiff | July 30, 2009, 12:11 pm 12:11 pm

Most USA citizens do not give a care about his birth certificate. We may disagree with some of his positions – but his status as a citizen? Come on. Why are we giving the crazy fringe so much attention? They’re crazy – let them go sit a in corner and be crazy. Gibbs shouldn’t even bother to respond to those idiotic questions. We’ve got bigger fish to fry. My two cents…

Posted by: Nichole | July 30, 2009, 12:14 pm 12:14 pm

We had 8 years of a pompous arrogant frat boy and now someone else is in office and it upsets the Hell out of you.
Who’s the “Decider” now?
He’s the President… get over yourselves.

Posted by: David | July 30, 2009, 12:29 pm 12:29 pm

“btw…cert. of live birth and a dime will get you a cup of coffee…not good for any government benefit programs such as passports, driver’s license, soc sec benefits, et”
Wrong
Hawaii Star Bulletin:
“”The birth certificate form has been modified over the years and decades to conform to national standards and models,” she said.
Okubo also emphasized the certification form “contains all the information needed by all federal government agencies for transactions requiring a birth certificate.”
She added that the U.S. Supreme Court has recognized the state’s current certification of live birth “as an official birth certificate meeting all federal and other requirements.”

Posted by: Ryan C | July 30, 2009, 1:15 pm 1:15 pm

If obama would have just produced the birth certificate from the beginning none of this would have happened. He fans the flames of division. He has no personal history, no relatives, he was educated outside the US during childhood, he has relatives all over the world and has illegal alien relatives. The whole thing makes one wonder if the guy is really an American Then you have him running all over the world talking like a foreigner blaming the USA for everything. Never once giving us credit for letting his dad come here and get educated and then go off and hate the country.

Posted by: Gregory | July 30, 2009, 1:17 pm 1:17 pm

“If obama would have just produced the birth certificate from the beginning none of this would have happened.”
He did.
He posted it on the internet.
Two different fact check organizations reviewed it.
Hawaiian officials confirmed its authenticity.

Posted by: Ryan C | July 30, 2009, 1:19 pm 1:19 pm

If you guys held it in your hands you would say it was a fake. You are into this because you want to have that out there flapping and making some folks afraid that he really isn’t an American. I think I would have liked this type of thing to have come up on Bush JR. I would have riden it right into the ground. All I had was his lack of smarts and no proof he ever really did go to University or get out of the guard with honor. I really do get why this keeps going on I wish so much I had had it to use against Bush.

Posted by: Bonnie Kimberly | July 30, 2009, 1:25 pm 1:25 pm

In 2001, Hawai’i's paper documents were reproduced in electronic format but “any paper data prior to that still exists,” Health Department spokeswoman Okubo said.
Okubo would not say where Obama’s original birth certificate is, but said “we have backups for all of our backups.”
It does not matter what I alone think, but this matter is becoming a blemish on Obama and there are 100′s of thousands that are becoming disenfranchised by being ignored and ridiculed for disagreeing with Obama (change is all I got left after he spent my money) and that does matter. Similar to those that accused our last president of lying and/or fraudulently being elected certainly affected his ability to rule and as many is now accusing our current president of fraud and deceit this will affect Obama’s ability to rule (before he completely messes up our reputation and gets more Americans killed). Thank God and the Armed Forces that have died for the free speech that we have.
Hopefully someday this gets to court and an impartial judge can decide!

Posted by: David Smith | July 30, 2009, 1:33 pm 1:33 pm

“If he would just show us the proof.”
“I did.”
“But if he would just show us the documentation.”
“I posted it online.”
“But if he would just get an ‘official’ statement.”
“I did.”
“But if he would just have in impartial judge…”
NOTHING… I mean NOTHING will convince those who simply WANT to disbelieve. Perhaps the silver lining here is that having this fantasy to defend is sapping energy from the Morris-Gish-DeYoung-Vardiman-Austin young-Earth creationist camp – and even the anti-Global-Warming camp: there seems to be a sort of limit on just how many things people can willfully disbelieve all at once!

Posted by: Jordan | July 30, 2009, 2:19 pm 2:19 pm

Gibbs has once again shown his stupidity with his DNA remark. He could have all the DNA in the world but it would have nothing to do with where Obama was born. It would only show who his parents were if his DNA could be matched with that of his parents.
Smoke and Mirrors, Smoke and Mirrors.

Posted by: R. D. Cook | July 30, 2009, 2:40 pm 2:40 pm

“Gibbs has once again shown his stupidity with his DNA remark. He could have all the DNA in the world but it would have nothing to do with where Obama was born”
Gibbs’ quip had to do with the certainty of DNA in “solving” cases.
Of course birthers being the geniuses they are take him literally.

Posted by: Ryan C | July 30, 2009, 2:49 pm 2:49 pm

ryan c…Supreme Court decision of the Wong Kim case, where it states that the CLB meets all requirements of Federal…….Would that be the requirements in 1898 or present day???? LOL

Posted by: Parallex View | July 30, 2009, 3:05 pm 3:05 pm

“ryan c…Supreme Court decision of the Wong Kim case, where it states that the CLB meets all requirements of Federal…….Would that be the requirements in 1898 or present day???? LOL”
Here’s your hero Parallex.
From those noted liberals at Stars & Stripes
“Army Maj. Stefan Cook sought out a notorious lawyer in February, formally volunteered for an Afghan deployment in May and was granted orders to deploy in June.
But the Army reservist’s intention appeared not so much to fight for America as to fight against President Barack Obama, in furtherance of a bizarre conspiracy theory.”
Lt. Col. Holly Silkman, a spokeswoman for SOCCENT, said the Army couldn’t let Cook’s critical engineer billet be hijacked by further legal wrangling. Cook was scheduled to deploy on July 15, and his position cannot sit empty.
The officer Cook was supposed to replace “is going to have to remain in Afghanistan a while longer,” Silkman said, noting the Army is seeking a replacement. “No one has been identified yet, but it is a priority fill, so we’re working on it and expect to fill it soon. Engineers are in high demand.””

Posted by: Ryan C | July 30, 2009, 3:08 pm 3:08 pm

Two points. 1. Stop acting like “citizen” is the same as “Natural Born American”. & 2. Remember that 222 years ago we had a bunch of British Citizens, born of British patents, and born outside of the borders of America put a requirement for the office of POTUS into our Constitution that they could not fulfill themselves, being they were not Natural Born Americans. Our founding fathers knowing they could not be considered Natural Born because they like Obama were born to British parents and born British Citizens added the language “unless you are a Citizen of America at the time of the adoption of this Constitution”. This allowed them to become POTUS even though they were not Natural Born Americans, but to do so they had to have been American Citizens prior to 1787. I know there are those that think Obama is a god but I doubt he was alive 222 years ago. Therefore he is not a Natural Born American and is therefore not eligible for the office of POTUS, because his father was not an American Citizen at the time of his birth and he (Senator Obama) was born a British Citizen at birth. Why is Natural Born so hard, for some fairly well educated people, to get their head around? Could it be that their reason is clouded by their desire to keep their Communist god in power?
For those new to this debate, we’re dealing with Article 2. Section 1. paragraph 5. of our great Constitution.
& the British Nationality Act of 1948, that caused all children of male British Citizens born overseas to be born British Citizens at birth.
Forget the Birth Certificate, that has always been cover for the real truth that has always been right in front of our noses.
Daddy Obama was not an American.
Baby Obama was born a British Citizen.
& Natural Born is born of Blood and Soil. the Blood of two (2) American Citizen parents and that birth on American Soil.
Sorry Obots the show is over.

Posted by: old1 | July 30, 2009, 3:20 pm 3:20 pm

I think the vault copy lis ts a different
father – or no “father Unknown” ! Question of Whose his Daddy!! Then everyone will know “Dreams of My Father
was a fictional work. Thats why he is
spending 1 million to keep it under wraps!

Posted by: jd | July 30, 2009, 3:23 pm 3:23 pm

“Our founding fathers knowing they could not be considered Natural Born because they like our current usurper Obama were born to British parents and born British Citizens added”
ROFLMAO!
The founders made the exception for themselves because there weren’t any natural born citizens as of yet, everyone became “naturalized” when we became a nation.
And we could not wait 35 years until someone who was born a citizen could take the Presidency.
It had nothing to do with their parents.

Posted by: Ryan C | July 30, 2009, 3:26 pm 3:26 pm

Ryan, Ryan, Ryan, Obama isn’t even Naturalized as far as I can tell. I would guess he is still an illegal alien waiting to get his new Communist Government Health Care while they spread the wealth around. Good try, I know you guys are running out of comebacks. Must be tough to get judged on how well you defend this man when the truth is gaining popularity so quickly. Hang in there, you can always come over to the ‘right” side.

Posted by: old1 | July 30, 2009, 3:39 pm 3:39 pm

Ryan…LOL what has Maj. Cook possibly have to do with what I just wrote in response to your defensive position of CLB quoting a case decided in 1898…Try to keep up Ryan and stay on topic or is this your special way of DISCREDITING DEBATE AGAIN..or perhaps taking a page out of the Obama’s play book…when in doubt DEFLECT..

Posted by: Parallex View | July 30, 2009, 3:39 pm 3:39 pm

“Ryan, Ryan, Ryan, Obama isn’t even Naturalized as far as I can tell”
You are very correct that he is not naturalized.
He is a natural born citizen by virtue of his birth in Hawaii.

Posted by: Ryan C | July 30, 2009, 4:53 pm 4:53 pm

“Ryan…LOL what has Maj. Cook possibly have to do with what I just wrote”
Just wanted to give you a source on the story since you doubted it.
“in response to your defensive position of CLB quoting a case decided in 1898.”
Your question was nonsensical.
Who is CLB?
The Wong Kim case had to do with a man who was born in California to Chinese parents. At the time racist laws prevented the Chinese from becoming naturalized citizens and the Supreme Court ruled he was a citizen by virtue of birth.

Posted by: Ryan C | July 30, 2009, 5:04 pm 5:04 pm

“Ummmm sounds like lazy way of saying I really don’t know how to respond to a point well made;”
What well made point?
Are you claiming the the spokesperson was citing the Wong Kim case as validation of the COLB?
“insofar as, how does one use an 1898 decision on Federal requirements for proof of birth for legal documentation too defend today’s Federal standards and hide the fact that the Supreme Court decision they are citing is based upon an 1898 decision…naughty naughty.”
Huh?
Again are you claiming that the spokesperson from the Dept of Health is citing Wong Kim?

Posted by: Ryan C | July 30, 2009, 5:53 pm 5:53 pm

It’s the secrecy, folks.
When someone keeps something secret, there is always a reason.

Posted by: tanarg | July 30, 2009, 9:58 pm 9:58 pm

Now Obama’s own Myspace page says he is 52 years of age. That would mean he was born in 1957, not 1961 as the fake Factcheck COLB says.
The questions won’t go away until obama releases his hidden records. All he has to do is make the following official public statement,
“I Barack Obama authorize the State of Hawaii to release and make public all of my records on file.”
That’s it. Issue over. But he won’t because he’s a fraud!! Obama knows that millions of citizens want to see it yet he continues to hide it. What and why is he hiding?
And maybe more disturbing is why don’t BHO’s supporters want to know the whole truth, especially since there’s a reward of $100,000 for proof that Obama is a “natural born” citizen of the United States? The answer is that Obama’s very own supporters also know he’s a fraud!
OBAMA, STOP HIDING. SHOW US YOUR LONG FORM BIRTH CERTIFICATE AND OTHER RECORDS!!!!!

Posted by: Captain Steve | August 17, 2009, 7:30 pm 7:30 pm

I hope Stephen Colbert has a good lawyer because his ass is gonna get sued for slander. Hopefully then his boring show will be taken off the air, or maybe he’ll kill himself!

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