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Hannity Goes All-In On Obama Birth Certificate: ‘What’s Wrong With Asking?’

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A coalition of peculiar media forces apparently led by Donald Trump appear to be working to make President Barack Obama‘s birth certificate a major 2012 campaign issue, and all signs point to Sean Hannity hopping on the bandwagon. After dedicating a significant amount of time on his radio show earlier this week to the matter, he brought it up once again on TV in the context of Trump’s potential 2012 bid, calling the entire ordeal ‘odd.’

The discussion began on his “Great American Panel,” where Republican strategist Dee Dee Benkie was urging viewers not to completely dismiss Trump as a viable presidential candidate. This allowed Hannity to bring up the birth certificate, which Trump had been demanding to see, and Hannity noted merely asking the question had helped Trump’s poll numbers: “he’s now in a tie for 5th place, two points behind Sarah Palin.” Panelist Ron Daniels scoffed at the idea that being anywhere near Palin on the polls was a good thing, and dismissed the idea that Trump even wanted to be President. “It’s a publicity stunt,” he concluded.

But Hannity was far more interested in pursuing President Obama’s birthplace struggles, wondering aloud yet again why the President has yet to produce a long-form birth certificate. He took his now-typical line of attack, noting that Dick Cheney had to prove his residency and that President Chester A. Arthur had one attorney after him proclaiming he was born in either Ireland or Canada. That said, Hannity clarified that he personally had no questions as to whether the President was American, but he did not consider himself a worthy arbiter of that.

Legal analyst Peter Johnson agreed that “there is a way to put this to bed”– showing a birth certificate that would be adequate to those who believe the conspiracy– and that the White House has not produced said certificate raised questions. Daniels objected, noting correctly that the White House in fact has published President Obama’s birth certificate several times, but the copy presented was not sufficient. To that, Hannity concluded the discussion articulating what many exposed to the birther debate regularly lament: “let’s get out of this. This is stupid.”

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  • Greg

    The tireless chirping of the well paid partisans of the media class certainly deserve Obama’s immediate attention. Their satisfaction should be the top priority of the federal executive.

  • The Lantern of Truth

    Jack Cashill has methodically looked into Obama’s past .

    http://www.cashill.com/

    Obama has hidden a lot . If Wright wasn’t selling DVDs of his crazy ranting , no one would have found out about him . But Obama never heard any of that . Still , in case anybody found out about Wright , Obama removed him from his Presidential announcement ceremony in Springfield .
    Democrats object to voters having to show ID to vote . No real reason to object to a common sense idea unless you’re planning to cheat . Common sense to reveal your background thoroughly if you want to be President . Did not happen with Obama . All the rocks need to be turned over now . Common sense .

    Liberals can howl and scream ” Birther !” all they want . Time for a real vetting process of this shady character .

  • Ricia

    Don’t they yet realize that there is NO birth certificate? He was created in a lab by an evil scientist bent on destroying America as we know it. .

  • azgrandma

    seanie hops on any bandwagon and then of course same old, same old beat the drum. He’ll still be beating the drum long after this dies down.

  • Barack Must Go

    Donald Trump matter of factly stomped the left wing bomb thrower’s un American arguement that any real American who dared to question the legitimacy of Barack Hussein Obama to be president, still 21/2 years into his presidency, based only on his ( Obama’s ) utter refusal to produce either the original or a reasonable facsimile of a United States of America birth certificate so far into the ground, it’s hlf way to China.

    Barack must answer to the real American people, with bona fide proof, regarding his possibly made up ( Manchurian candidate ) – esque life before landing on our shores.

    This is of the utmost importance, as well as a National security concern, because unlike the character in the book who’s programed to kill individuals, Barack’s stated mission is to kill ( destroy ) the United States of America and our very way of lifes is a real and present danger.

  • Liberal Tormentor

    Time for a blast from the past:

    Brokaw and Rose Admit They Don’t Know Much About Obama.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzMas1bVidw

  • Harry Flashman

    I’m becoming convinced that the birth certificate issue is a red herring.

    As long as he has people focusing on the birth certificate he won’t release they won’t be looking as closely into other, much MUCH shadier issues.

    Why did he have his college transcripts sealed? Why does he have a Conneticut social security number when he’s never lived in the state? Who were his associates and mentors?

    How’s this for a conspiracy theory:

    The birth certificate is not only a decoy, its an ace in the hole. When any opponent gets too close, he’ll whip out the real birth certificate in a very public way so that people will stop asking questions, shaming them intio silence.

    I think he’s over-played his hand, though.

  • http://twitter.com/esahc Esahc

    I am no fan of Obama, however this whole birth certificate issue is a joke. His birth certificate has been shown and is available on the web, snopes.com did the research and explains it better than I can: http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/birthcertificate.asp

    Not only is this issue distracting from the real policy issues it makes his opponents, who may have valid arguments on real problems with his presidency, look wacky and ill-informed.

    Birthers please drop it, you’re doing more harm than good.

  • Harry Flashman

    Esahc said:

    “Birthers please drop it,….”

    I agree. Like I said, he has it and will show it when it is politically convenient for him to do so. In the meantime, the people asking questions should be focusing on putting together a real history of the man.

    When that happens, I don’t think we’ll like what we find.

  • Newsjunky

    The right wing has nothing else. They have no viable candidates capable of beating Obama. So, here we go again … this is their “go to” attack when all else is failing. We’ve seen it before, we’ll see it again all the way up until the election. They’re getting desperate – they know everyone the party has vomited up as “potential” presidential candidates are far too extreme for 95% of the American public and will never, ever win in a general election. They’re starting to panic – and going back to their favorite thing:- what they don’t get (I’m beginning to think identifying one’s self as a Republican is admitting you have a pretty low IQ) is that the general public will never latch on to the birther issue and the Republican party will continue to look like a bunch of loons when they bring it up. Loving it! Desperate times…

  • notsofast

    Barry knows what’s on the long form and he is afraid the country will know what he knows.

    Mr. Obama, tear down that teleprompter and be straight with the American people.

  • Resistance Is Futile

    Hannity and these other birthers are dumb bigots! They need to get a life. anyone who questions Obama’s birthplace is a moran. People like Hannity are geting rich off of the bigotry of the dumb people.

  • Liberal Tormentor

    Harry I think you are 110% correct.

  • cjd ohio 1

    Resistance Is Futile said:
    Hannity and these other birthers are dumb bigots! They need to get a life. anyone who questions Obama’s birthplace is a moran. People like Hannity are geting rich off of the bigotry of the dumb people.

    bigotry?

  • notsofast

    Newsjunky said:
    The right wing has nothing else.

    No, they have Barry:

    1. Giving us a war of choice in Libya
    2. Giving us 10% unemployment that has only recently fallen to 9.7% because peole have given up looking
    3. Giving GE a no-tax ride after it made a $5 billion dollar profit
    4. Having Commies in his WH
    5. Having record job losses in 2009
    6. having record home forecloses
    7. Having record number of people getting Govt. assistance
    8. Having record number of people living below the poverty level
    9. Given the USA the worst oil spill in its history
    10. Saying unemployment would not exceed 8% if his futile stimulus bill was passed

  • notsofast

    Resistance Is Futile said:
    Hannity and these other birthers are dumb bigots!

    How is that bigoted , son. It is a law that you have to be a citizen of the USA to be president and Barry refuses to show that he is.

  • Paul G

    Harry Flashman said:
    I

    The birth certificate is not only a decoy, its an ace in the hole. When any opponent gets too close, he’ll whip out the real birth certificate in a very public way so that people will stop asking questions, shaming them intio silence.

    You’re exactly right. AND I think that that’s what most of us so called birthers believe. I’m not a birther. The left wants to ‘lump’ everyone/anyone that questions ANYTHING about the chosen one as a birther…that way they can wipe out everyone AND any ‘questions’ about ANYTHING else, with just miraculizing the birth certificate. BUT I agree something doesn’t smell right…and it’s not just michelle. Come on..NO boyhood friends?
    (and for all u libs out there) boyHOOD isn’t racist.

  • notsofast

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    Geraldine A. Ferraro, who earned a place in history in 1984 as the first woman to run on a major party national ticket for vice president, has died. She was 75-years-old.”

    Bless her soul.

  • Liberal Tormentor

    Paul says:

    BUT I agree something doesn’t smell right…and it’s not just michelle

    Man, to think I used to like my name. Why must I share it with her.

  • Paul G

    Hehehe..sry, but I’d change it if I were you. lol and as much as I didn’t agree with alot of what GWB did…I think that Laura is a nice name to change your name to. lol

  • labman57

    Nothing new here. The “fair and balanced” commentators on FOX News frequently pose the rhetorical equivalent of the question “Have you stopped beating your wife yet?” to liberals and progressives under the guise of objectively posing the questions that good, God-fearing, patriotic Americans want them to ask.

    Every time a birther is shown a web link to, or hard copy of Obama’s official birth certificate (you know, the one that is recognized by the federal government when applying for a passport), they pull the equivalent of a 9-year old covering his ears and shouting “nyah, nyah, nyah, I can’t hear you!”

    You can lead right wingers to the truth, but you cannot make them embrace it.

    You have to look at the motivations of the majority of the birthers to understand why they simply cannot “let go”. Fundamentally, it comes down to the following mindset: “I cannot accept THAT man in the White House because…. (fill in the blank).”

    Just about ANY reason will do — any excuse that will legitimize their bigotry-based outrage. If it wasn’t about a birth certificate, it would be about his middle name. (He’s a closet Muslim, you know.)

    In addition, there are a handful of unscrupulous politicians and pundits who, although not necessarily racists themselves, have no problem capitalizing on the bigotry of others by fueling their fear and hatred of Obama in order to score political points or further a personal agenda.

  • notsofast

    labman57 said:
    labman57 says:
    March 26, 2011 at 1:06 pm labman57(Quote)

    Son, that was a heck of a lot of words to say nothing.

  • Paul G

    labman57 said:

    Wow labman..did you happen to read my above post? YOU (and your ilk) have proven my point. IT’S NOT ABOUT HIS BIRTH CERTIFICATE!! I do happen to believe he was born in Hawaii…it’s what else is on his REAL BC that I wanna know. But beyond that, See? you went from BC to middle name to racists to “fueling their(my) fear and hatred od Obama blablabla…” You just lumped everything into the BC…just as I said you libs would do.

  • Armageddon T Thunderbird

    Hannity….still sleeping with his mother I see.

  • notsofast

    Armageddon T Thunderbird said:
    Hannity….still sleeping with his mother I see.

    You stopped, eh?

  • http://www.mediaite.com/tv/glenn-beck-explains-how-the-unions-are-using-teachers-firefighters-and-co ImNotBlue

    Hannity Goes All-In On Obama Birth Certificate Issue: ‘What’s Wrong With Asking?’

    Remember folks, modern journalism dictates that asking questions -especially questions of minorities and Democrats- is not part of the job. Sure, in a historical sense, “asking questions” was the first and for most priority for journalists… but today, that only really applies to certain people and certain questions.

    The fact that anyone thinks asking Obama anything negative is okay, just shows how racist this country really is. Journalists need to cover for Obama, and leave the questions for someone else. That’s the American way.

    /sarcasm

  • Harry Flashman

    Another commenter, “eingriff” brings up an interesting question here:

    http://www.mediaite.com/online/hannity-if-chester-a-arthur-had-to-produce-a-birth-certificate-why-not-obama/comment-page-5/#comments

    Did Obama seal his college records from all three colleges because he went as a foreign student? That would certainly explain his paying a huge amount of money to get those records sealed.

    Also – did he go to Pakistan in 1981 with a passport from another country?

    I’m frankly beginning to susopect that we’ve witnessed the biggest case of poltical fraud in history. If not, then answer the questions, unseal the records, and stop this now. Simple, isn’t it? But he won’t. Why not?

    This house of cards must come down.

  • eyemjustsayin

    You birther idiots are simply that. . idiots. If Obama was a white man, you would NEVER have brutalized his birth status. Don’t you get it? Trump is just playing with you. . . he wouldn’t even stand a chance at the Presidency. Would you elect someone like him. . .? God, I hope not. And Hannity, the little frog, will jump on any bandwagon that he things will get him a little spotlight. He’s becoming more pathetic with each passing day. A blowhard, ignorant, narcissistic little frog.

  • Harry Flashman

    eyemjustsayin:

    Why the sealed college records? Jump of from behind the race card and answer that question.

    You on the elft have used the race card to protect him. Any thime anyone asks questions, you howl racism. It’s pathetic and transparent.

    Aren’t you just a little curious why the man took such pains to hide his past?

  • http://www.mediaite.com/tv/glenn-beck-explains-how-the-unions-are-using-teachers-firefighters-and-co ImNotBlue

    eyemjustsayin said:
    If Obama was a white man, you would NEVER have brutalized his birth status.

    Was a big deal made of McCain’s birth place? Was that because he was White?

  • roxsteady

    Harry Flashman said:
    eyemjustsayin: Why the sealed college records? Jump of from behind the race card and answer that question. You on the elft have used the race card to protect him. Any thime anyone asks questions, you howl racism. It’s pathetic and transparent. Aren’t you just a little curious why the man took such pains to hide his past?

    Aren’t you still pissed that he’s the President? You people are just pathetic. Just want you to know that we Liberals just love it when you idiots keep talking about this. It shows your continued bitterness and we love that. By the way, which of the 6 colleges that Palin attended, did she graduate from? See, we can do it too, just change the subject but, it doesn’t matter with Palin because she and McCain LOST! HA!

  • Harry Flashman

    Note that roxsteady and company don’t address the issue. They just attack and insult and, of course, accuse anyone asking questions of being a racist.

    But, tell me, lefties…aren’t you even a teesny bit curious about those sealed transcrpits? Just a little? Come on.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Linda-Brown/1424166233 Linda Brown

    Sadly, it appears that the Obama followers can’t see what is right in front of your face. Because you’re so bent on defending him, you will by pass, not just all the mistakes he’s made, but the seriousness of the situation, for the sake of being right. Are you so juvinile that you can’t admit when you’ve misjudged and possibly could be wrong about this man? Everyone, including myself, was so ready for ‘change’ because of the mess we were in with Bush that we voted for the only one who looked fresh, with new ideas. Little did we realize that he would dismantle the U.S.Constitution so that he could push through his bent ideas. Please, for the sake of our freedoms that we are loosing daily and the sake of your children and grand children and what they will have left after Obama is done, open your eyes and see what this sorry excuse for a president has done and is continuing to do and ONLY because we still have those who can’t admit when they’re wrong. Well, I for one, was very wrong and now I’m going to put that behind me and try to do whatever I can to stop this man from distroying the most awesome country in the world.

    Here are 2 links that I suggest you read with an open mind. Then, when you’re finished reading them, sit down, look yourself in the mirror and ask if this is really what you want done to the country that your ancestors fought, suffered and died to protect. Aside from the birth certificate issue and the fact that he’s spent yours and my tax dollars (over $2 million and climbing) to ensure that all of his past is hidden, there is so much more to worry about. If he continues to rip apart our Constitution and spit on the very country that he swore to protect, we better all forget about his birth certificate or where he was born and begin getting ready to live under his rule. (not to mention the risk of being ruled by Sharia Law)

    http://docstalk.blogspot.com/2010/05/thus-far-obama-has-done-everything.html

    http://visiontoamerica.org/story/who-is-barack-obama-a-terrifying-analysis.html

  • chris87654

    All well and good, but has anyone heard when Hannity might interview Michele Bachmann?

    Palin’s got to move aside now that Michele’s in the picture.

  • puck30

    Obama Birth Certificate: ‘What’s Wrong With Asking?’

    I don’t know. but Chris Matthews asks that question all the time

  • BR

    roxsteady said:
    Aren’t you still pissed that he’s the President? You people are just pathetic. Just want you to know that we Liberals just love it when you idiots keep talking about this. It shows your continued bitterness and we love that. By the way, which of the 6 colleges that Palin attended, did she graduate from? See, we can do it too, just change the subject but, it doesn’t matter with Palin because she and McCain LOST! HA!

    So even in all of that you didn’t manage to answer his question.

  • illusive man

    roxsteady said:
    Aren’t you still pissed that he’s the President?

    Aren’t you pissed that Obama is just another Bush?

  • http://www.heartland.org/environmentandclimate-news.org/ClimateConference4 Just Tex

    Mediaite said:
    …noting correctly that the White House in fact has published President Obama’s birth certificate several times…

    Nonsense. Nobody “has published President Obama’s birth certificate”. Not once, nor “several times”.

    They have “published” a digital reproduction of a “certificate of live birth”. Which is merely an acknowledgement of a birth, but is far from being a complete “birth certificate”.

  • catfishjuggling

    I am just curious what is it that you guys think? That the state of Hawaii is issuing a flawed document? Of that the certifcate of live birth is a fake? Are you thinking the so-called long form says he was born in Kenya but that the certificate of live birth somehow got confused?

    I have a certificate of live birth issued by my state for me and my kids. Strangely it lists where I was born. Isn’t that what this does?

    This is the single stupidest question ever pondered.

  • notsofast

    eyemjustsayin said:
    Obama was a white man, you would NEVER have brutalized his birth status [ i.e. a birth certificate.]

    If he were White, he would have one, son!

  • JohnnyS

    Whoopi: I’ve never heard any white president asked to be shown the birth Certificate

    Trump (should have replied): Ive never heard of a white president purposely hiding his birth
    certificate and all his school records.

  • CAINtheBULL

    What’s wrong asking? um… You never asked any other candidate or President before Sean. That’s why. Double standard.

  • big nird

    He does not need to show the certificate as he is a natural-born citizen. His mother was a uS citizen and his father was married to two women at the time of his birth. This would make Obama birth illegitimate and according to US law and international law he would be a natural-born citizen. If he was born in Kenya he still would be a natural-born citizen by an act of Congress.

    According to the Congress in 1790 they said: “And the children of citizens of the United States, that may be born beyond sea, or out of the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural born citizens.”

    Now why go into this man’s personal life. College records, who he dated, ss #, what porn he purchased? Everyone is entitled to their privacy and you people want to make the argument that his school records may show he is an Indonesian citizen. In order for that to happen he has to make an oath before a US officer renouncing his US citizenship. That oath does not exist as minors are not allowed to take that oath unless they have a full understanding of what they are doing (I don’t think a 6-10 year old boy would fully understand).

    Well why spend so much cash to hide your life? Well, he might have had some D’s and F’s in grade school. Probably went to a lot of parties and got wasted out of his mind in college or he has a blemished transcript. The man is qualified so leave that issue alone. Focus on real issues like protecting your 2nd amendment rights. Obama almost signed a treaty to have our guns taken away. Impeach him for that.

  • Colorado_Conservative

    CAINtheBULL said:
    What’s wrong asking? um… You never asked any other candidate or President before Sean. That’s why. Double standard.

    Was there ever any doubt that Reagan, Bush Sr., Clinton, Bush Jr, were not born in America?

    The fact is there is plenty of doubt about where Obama was born and it just keeps growing the longer he refuses to hand it over.
    Why is he spending millions fighting from producing a $20.00 document?

    “”The only people who don’t want to disclose the truth are people with something to hide.” ~ Obama

  • azh

    The bitter, rabid wingnuts are right. Obama was born with dual citizenship. Unfortunately for the birthers, the US Supreme Court (with a conservative majority, as you know) has refused to hear every birther case to make it to their hallowed halls, even the ones based on the constitutionality question. “The law has always been understood to be, if you are born here, you’re a natural born citizen.”–Thomas Goldstein.

    Now that I have your attention, I’d like waste everyone’s time and get a movement going to have Bush v. Gore overturned.

  • CAINtheBULL

    Colorado_Conservative said:
    Was there ever any doubt that Reagan, Bush Sr., Clinton, Bush Jr, were not born in America?

    The fact is there is plenty of doubt about where Obama was born and it just keeps growing the longer he refuses to hand it over.
    Why is he spending millions fighting from producing a $20.00 document?

    “”The only people who don’t want to disclose the truth are people with something to hide.” ~ Obama

    There is no doubt Obama was born in the US. History is not going to kind to the birther movement. Keep getting distracted by the birther “issue”. It makes it easier for President Obama to be reelected.

  • ladyruth54

    I’m not even going to offer an opinion on the birth certificate. What I will say though is if I have to show the actual birth certificate for my children to play in a soccer league, I think it is entirely appropriate that this is a requirement of candidates for President of the United States. I understand that some states are already passing laws requiring this, and I think that all citizens should demand their states change their laws to require this as soon as possible. That, along with requiring voter i.d., is just common sense.

  • WillP

    Republicans can kiss 2012 good bye as long as they focus on wingnut issues like Obama’s religious beliefs or his citizenship qualifications.

  • azh

    ladyruth54 said:
    I’m not even going to offer an opinion on the birth certificate. What I will say though is if I have to show the actual birth certificate for my children to play in a soccer league, I think it is entirely appropriate that this is a requirement of candidates for President of the United States. I understand that some states are already passing laws requiring this, and I think that all citizens should demand their states change their laws to require this as soon as possible. That, along with requiring voter i.d., is just common sense.

    None have those bills have made it through the state legislatures. And the COLB Obama gave in 2008 is valid identification. Look up prima fascie.

  • catfishjuggling

    ladyruth54 said:
    I’m not even going to offer an opinion on the birth certificate. What I will say though is if I have to show the actual birth certificate for my children to play in a soccer league, I think it is entirely appropriate that this is a requirement of candidates for President of the United States. I understand that some states are already passing laws requiring this, and I think that all citizens should demand their states change their laws to require this as soon as possible. That, along with requiring voter i.d., is just common sense.

    This is the bigest misnomer that is out there. You have to provide an original document from the state with some sort of official endorcment or raised seal. I GUARANTEE YOU that it is a certficate of live birth. I have 3 kids: one 17, one 11, one 5. ALL OF THEM WERE ISSUED CERTIFICATES OF LIVE BIRTH.

    Here is Obama’s from Factcheck.

    The actual one:

    http://factcheck.org/2008/08/born-in-the-usa/

    It has everything you need. Raised seal from the state. Signature stamp from the registrar.

    If you do not believe this, there is NOTHING that could be done to convince you. Nothing.

  • http://www.heartland.org/environmentandclimate-news.org/ClimateConference4 Just Tex

    catfishjuggling said:
    I have a certificate of live birth issued by my state

    In law, just as in all aspects of life, words and combinations of words have very specific and binding meaning.

    Among other issues of concern, as one example, if your documents were Hawaian, and there were no reason to doubt your birth facts, your COLB would clearly state the “Date Accepted By State Registrar”, where Obama’s COLB merely indicates the “Date Filed By Registrar”.

    With that, Obama’s birth was registered but not accepted.

    To clear this entire issue up, all Mr Obama need do is release a certified copy of his long form Birth Certificate, which will include all the facts of his birth. Just as I’ve had to do in the past, to get my drivers permit.

    But rather thn do that, Mr Obama has spent millions in legal fees defending his right to keep that record sealed, which would have previously been a public record, prior to HIPPA and since then other related law.

    Hope that clears things up for you.

  • aprilnovember811

    There is nothing wrong with asking. I had to show mine to the Social Security Administration last summer to get a replacement card. I guess the Social Security Administration are “birthers?”

    I’m amazed just 9 short years after 9/11, when Al Quaeda said they would decapitate America from the inside and before anyone found out it would be too late, that people first of all would vote for someone named Hussein.

    I’m even more amazed that people don’t see the seriousness of having someone in the White House with the name Barack Hussein Obama who we know nothing about, and refuses to release his birth certificate with the hospital, doctor’s signature, and footprint, college records, medical records, etc.

    Read this link. Everything Obama is doing is anti American. He’s a Muslim Brotherhood operative. They are very prominent in Chicago. I don’t believe the Oil Disaster in the Gulf was an accident.

    Why did he release the Lockerbie Bomber? He released a man back to Libya who mass murdered hundreds of people on Pan Am 103. Is that the act of an American? Is that the act of a sane person or someone who loves America? Use your God given common sense if you have any. If he continues to refuse to provide them, he should be forced to show them by Congress before we have another 9/11 or worse. He a usurper.

    YOUR PAPERS, PLEASE, MR. PRESIDENT
    http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2011/03/your-papers-please.html

    People whether they have opinions on his birthplace or not, need to ask themselves one simple question. What kind of person sitting in such a high office toys with the American people this way? What kind of people in other offices, Military, Supreme Court, and Congress allow that person to do it? The fact is, he is in a position of power and trust. I don’t think it’s asking a hell of a lot for him to release records so people can know his true background. For this reason alone, he isn’t fit to be where he is. He never deserved the title of President of the United States. He was elected for one reason only. It’s his complexion. He isn’t brilliant, he was the least qualified, and he’s as detestable a human being as they come.

  • azh

    Just Tex said:
    In law, just as in all aspects of life, words and combinations of words have very specific and binding meaning.

    Among other issues of concern, as one example, if your documents were Hawaian, and there were no reason to doubt your birth facts, your COLB would clearly state the “Date Accepted By State Registrar”, where Obama’s COLB merely indicates the “Date Filed By Registrar”.

    With that, Obama’s birth was registered but not accepted.

    To clear this entire issue up, all Mr Obama need do is release a certified copy of his long form Birth Certificate, which will include all the facts of his birth. Just as I’ve had to do in the past, to get my drivers permit.

    But rather thn do that, Mr Obama has spent millions in legal fees defending his right to keep that record sealed, which would have previously been a public record, prior to HIPPA and since then other related law.

    Hope that clears things up for you.

    The certificate also states, “This copy serves as prima facie evidence of the fact of birth in any court proceeding”. The Hawaii dept of Health has confirmed that the birth certificate is on record. Hope that clears things up for you.

  • azh

    “Why did he release the Lockerbie Bomber?” That guy was jailed in Scotland and released by the British government. Where are you hearing these things?

  • http://www.heartland.org/environmentandclimate-news.org/ClimateConference4 Just Tex

    azh said:
    The certificate also states, “This copy serves as prima facie evidence of the fact of birth in any court proceeding”.

    Had it been “accepted”, that may be true. However, it wasn’t, but that doesn’t preclude the possibility that condition may have changed. But if that’s so, how and why are the next questions to clear this up.

    A much newer document has emerged. You can view it here:

    http://media.photobucket.com/image/birth%20certificate%20obama/darialea7520/Obamas_Birth_Certificate.jpg?o=8

    Hope that clears things up for you.

  • catfishjuggling

    Just Tex said:
    Had it been “accepted”, that may be true. However, it wasn’t, but that doesn’t preclude the possibility that condition may have changed. But if that’s so, how and why are the next questions to clear this up. A much newer document has emerged. You can view it here: http://media.photobucket.com/image/birth%20certificate%20obama/darialea7520/Obamas_Birth_Certificate.jpg?o=8 Hope that clears things up for you.

    There is nothing that will satisfy you crazy people.

  • http://www.heartland.org/environmentandclimate-news.org/ClimateConference4 Just Tex

    bullcrapslinger said:
    There is nothing that will satisfy you crazy people.

    Not so. A BIRTH CERTIFICATE will “satisfy” everyone.

    Why won’t Obama release it?

    And, why aren’t leftist like you interested in the truth?? Confirmation bias? Yep.

  • notsofast

    CAINtheBULL said:
    What’s wrong asking? um… You never asked any other candidate or President before Sean. That’s why. Double standard.

    The others had them published long before they ran, son and you can find them on the internet now.

    You can’t find Barry’s; only that phony “live birth” form.

  • notsofast

    catfishjuggling said:
    This is the bigest misnomer that is out there. You have to provide an original document from the state with some sort of official endorcment or raised seal. I GUARANTEE YOU that it is a certficate of live birth. I have 3 kids: one 17, one 11, one 5. ALL OF THEM WERE ISSUED CERTIFICATES OF LIVE BIRTH.

    Here is Obama’s from Factcheck.

    The actual one:

    http://factcheck.org/2008/08/born-in-the-usa/

    It has everything you need. Raised seal from the state. Signature stamp from the registrar.

    If you do not believe this, there is NOTHING that could be done to convince you. Nothing.

    How was the doctor? What was the hospital’s name on the form, son? Why is it stamped in 2007 and not on the date of his birth?

  • timcajun

    aprilnovember811 says:
    ………………………………..
    I know you must live in the tea bubble to really believe this “Glen Beck con-man crap”!… Obama relased the Lockerbie bomber? Obama cause the disaster in the gulf?..Obama is an operative? Wow, I hope you keep this crazy crap up! This is the kind of thing they come knocking on your door about! Since you say obama is a spy and is a plant (and you don’t like his name) why didn’t he change his name to “not” draw attention? (you say he covered everything else up) You do know Hannity doesn’t really believe this crap! He’s just collecting his money from the fools who believe this wacko hate! Try getting your information from any place other than a tea site and you will have more facts. Fine if you don’t like the man, (he’s done many things I thought were wrong) but don’t let all of this be based on hate and lies.

  • timzank

    For a while, this was an issue that made Republicans look foolish when brought up, but like all things, after a while and more and more deceptive answers and behavior by Obambi, it’s become a real issue for a lot of “regular” non republican citizens.

    Like it or not, the perception is “he’s hiding something”.

  • notsofast
  • mlb

    azh said:
    The certificate also states, “This copy serves as prima facie evidence of the fact of birth in any court proceeding”. The Hawaii dept of Health has confirmed that the birth certificate is on record. Hope that clears things up for you.

    So then what is the hang up producing the long form online for the whole world to see. The quote from above only prove Obama was born, something we are all aware of. Maybe it isn’t a matter of whether he was born in the US rather a question of parentage…. just a thought.

  • catfishjuggling

    notsofast said:
    How was the doctor? What was the hospital’s name on the form, son? Why is it stamped in 2007 and not on the date of his birth?

    Because I imagine that is when he ordered from the freaking state.

    Do you have the actual certificate that left the hospital with you? I don’t. I lost mine somewhere. So I ordered a new copy from the health department in my state.

    Again, NOTHING will satisfy you people.

    The state of Hawaii DOES NOT GIVE YOU THE OPTION TO ORDER A LONG-FORM CERTIFICATE!

    Here is the darned form:

    http://hawaii.gov/health/vital-records/pdf/birth.pdf

    If he wants a certificate, this is what he freaking gets.

    THERE IS NO OTHER OPTION.

    Again, there is nothing that can happen that will make you happy.

  • Resistance Is Futile

    cjd ohio 1 said:
    bigotry?

    Come you no this is nothing but racism! There is no real question that Obama was born in Hawaii. Birthers are all dumb red necks.

  • Resistance Is Futile

    eyemjustsayin said:
    You birther idiots are simply that. . idiots. If Obama was a white man, you would NEVER have brutalized his birth status. Don’t you get it? Trump is just playing with you. . . he wouldn’t even stand a chance at the Presidency. Would you elect someone like him. . .? God, I hope not. And Hannity, the little frog, will jump on any bandwagon that he things will get him a little spotlight. He’s becoming more pathetic with each passing day. A blowhard, ignorant, narcissistic little frog.

    You are 100% right and all these red necks on this list know it. It’s embarrassing that we have idiots like this in our country in the year 2011.

  • Resistance Is Futile

    Harry Flashman said:
    Note that roxsteady and company don’t address the issue. They just attack and insult and, of course, accuse anyone asking questions of being a racist.

    But, tell me, lefties…aren’t you even a teesny bit curious about those sealed transcrpits? Just a little? Come on.

    You are lying. Obama’s birth record has always been public. This is a made up issue by trashy people who cannot accept the fact that the rest of America elected a man with an African father president. Get over it you dumb racists, you lost.

  • catfishjuggling

    Resistance Is Futile said:
    You are lying. Obama’s birth record has always been public. This is a made up issue by trashy people who cannot accept the fact that the rest of America elected a man with an African father president. Get over it you dumb racists, you lost.

    This exchange cracks me up. He accuses people of not addressing the issue and then heads off into transscript land.

    Which last time I checked is not a birth certficiate.

    So, to answer that question: yes, I would like to see his transcripts. And I do find it odd that he hasn’t produced them Bush & Kerry did .

    But McCain didn’t relaease his either.

    So, yes, we should demand his transcript in 2012.

    Still doesn’t change the fact that he released his birth certificate.

  • Resistance Is Futile

    I have this to say to any African Americans, Latinos or Asians who might see this thread. Remember that not all white people are racist like so many of these cretins found on this blog. Obama won the presidency. These are some of the resentful losers.

    View this blog as a human dumpster. It is full of white trash.

  • http://www.heartland.org/environmentandclimate-news.org/ClimateConference4 Just Tex

    bullcrapslinger said:
    Do you have the actual certificate that left the hospital with you?

    Yes, but when I took it to the DMV, they wanted a certified copy of the same original. So, i got it. No difference. Same seal and all.. Except one has “certified copy” superimposed over it, and it cost me $25.

    bullcrapslinger said:
    The state of Hawaii DOES NOT GIVE YOU THE OPTION TO ORDER A LONG-FORM CERTIFICATE!

    Perhaps that’s so, but Obama has blocked EVERY attempt to have a court unseal the record. Yet, ironically, the way he won both of his Illinois elections, was by having sealedscandilous divorce records unsealed!

    .

  • http://www.heartland.org/environmentandclimate-news.org/ClimateConference4 Just Tex

    Resistance is a BIGOT said:
    It is full of white trash.

    Bigot.

  • Tedderman

    Re: aprilnovember811-5150…..If you honestly believe what you’ve written, then please get some help! You suffer from some very advanced form of delusion and should see a psychiatrist as soonas possible.
    Seriously any of you who are birthers, get over it. Obamas’ not going to wake up some day before the 2012 election and say “you know, they(birthers)are right. I should never have tried to pull the woll over the American peoples eyes. I knew they would’nt fall for those two Hawiaan newspaper notices 50 years ago when I hatched my plan. And giving myself a Muslin name, knowing just how accepting the American people are was brilliant if I do say so myself. And being mixed race in this country, I knew you’d all fall for that shit.

    REALLY? You all are nucking futz!

  • Resistance Is Futile

    Just Tex said:
    Bigot.

    No. truth teller!

  • ganymede

    Hey Birthers – It’s about time you realized you’re being played for suckers, and it might even be deliberate. There’s tons of proof that Obama was born in the US of A. At this point, not one ’serious’ person has seriously questioned that he wasn’t born in Hawaii. Yes, there might be some things buried about his background, but don’t you think that’s been true of many Presidents? You just don’t get that this guy is handling more stuff in a positive, brilliant, professional manner than any President since Roosevelt, Eisenhower and Johnson. All you can say about him is that he was born in Kenya or wherever, that he once slipped and said there are 57 states and reads from a teleprompter and, of course, he’s a Muslim communist/fascist/socialist hater of America. Look at what he did recently in Libya. He went to Rio, but at the same time he organized a great way to save a lot of lives in Libya and push Ghadaffi further out the door without getting us overly involved in the process. Also, he was handed a mess that he had very little to do in creating. How nuts can you get and how far will your denial take you. A few years from now most of you will deny you ever went on about this garbage, just like you’re wondering how you ever thought Bush II was the bee’s knees. You guys are an extreme embarrassment. Get a life and join the rest of humanity.

  • mediadoubt

    I love the fact that righties are still pursuing this, and that it appears to be sucking in even those righties previously considered to be sane, like Hannity.

    There is little in the wingnut bag of anti-Obama tricks that makes them look more ridiculous than birtherism. I’m convinced (without any evidence, however) that the Obama camp welcomes birtherism as a gift of the gods and has in fact let the controversy simmer on purpose. It’s like flypaper, ensnaring the opposition in sticky nonsense that — once they put a foot in it — is nearly impossible to get out of.

    If mainstream Republicans think its a good thing (as a rallying point for their more simple-minded fans, presumably), so much the better. It just drives sensible people more firmly into the Obama camp.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joseph-Glackin/100000892011713 Joseph Glackin

    Don’t discourage the teabaggers and truthers!
    They are the foot soldiers of the GOP. They are the Inquisitors, insuring the purity of the Potty.
    They will hold their candidates hostage to the Line they profess.
    No one will get the nod until they:
    Reject evolution.
    Show their COLB.
    Believe “The Flintstones” was a documentary.
    Swear to NEVER raise taxes.
    Having received the blessing of their Inquisitors, the ticket will go down in flames in the general as the independents and the last sane Republicans (both of them) run to re-elect Barak Hussein Obama.

  • catfishjuggling

    Just Tex said:
    Not so. A BIRTH CERTIFICATE will “satisfy” everyone. Why won’t Obama release it? And, why aren’t leftist like you interested in the truth?? Confirmation bias? Yep.

    Hey that is clever. You changed my name in my quote.

    Kind of like you are changing the reality wherein the man wasn’t born the the US.

    You are freaking awesome.

  • louda

    Dumbass teabaggers. Keep up with this birther stuff. You basically giving Obama the 2012 presidency.

  • http://www.heartland.org/environmentandclimate-news.org/ClimateConference4 Just Tex

    mediadoubt said:
    It just drives sensible people more firmly into the Obama camp.

    I’m stunned that anyone still supporting Obama could consider themself “sensible people”.

    Tell me what Obama has done to earn such insanity driven blind loyalty?

    The man has spent our country nearly into oblivion, he’s driven the deficit up more than every president combined before him. He’s saddled us with an extremely controversial and expense healthcare bill, that can’t be justified in the Constitution, He’s inflamed racial tensions and ignores his true responsibilities, and that’s just the start of his blunders.

    I can overlook those that got suckered in at the start of Obama’s rise, but now that he’s governed he’s proven himself unworthy to hold the office of president. Proving those that still support him are fools. At best.

  • louda

    Just Tex said:
    I’m stunned that anyone still supporting Obama could consider themself “sensible people”.

    Tell me what Obama has done to earn such insanity driven blind loyalty?

    The man has spent our country nearly into oblivion, he’s driven the deficit up more than every president combined before him. He’s saddled us with an extremely controversial and expense healthcare bill, that can’t be justified in the Constitution, He’s inflamed racial tensions and ignores his true responsibilities, and that’s just the start of his blunders.

    I can overlook those that got suckered in at the start of Obama’s rise, but now that he’s governed he’s proven himself unworthy to hold the office of president. Proving those that still support him are fools. At best.

    Who else would you rather have? Trump plain Bachman?? Too bad the GOP are filled with jokers.

  • http://www.heartland.org/environmentandclimate-news.org/ClimateConference4 Just Tex

    BullCrapSlingin said:
    Hey that is clever. You changed my name in my quote.

    just now caught that? Considering your poor powers of reason, comprehension, and observation, I’m surprised you noticed at all.

    cBullCrapSlingin said:
    Kind of like you are changing the reality wherein the man wasn’t born the the US.

    Who ever claimed that? Not me. I don’t know where he was born, because he wont release a copy of his actual birth certificate.

    BullCrapSlingin said:
    You are freaking awesome.

    Yeah, that’s true! Glad you got one thing correct tonight..

  • Resistance Is Futile

    Just Tex said:
    I’m stunned that anyone still supporting Obama could consider themself “sensible people”.

    Tell me what Obama has done to earn such insanity driven blind loyalty?

    The man has spent our country nearly into oblivion, he’s driven the deficit up more than every president combined before him. He’s saddled us with an extremely controversial and expense healthcare bill, that can’t be justified in the Constitution, He’s inflamed racial tensions and ignores his true responsibilities, and that’s just the start of his blunders.

    I can overlook those that got suckered in at the start of Obama’s rise, but now that he’s governed he’s proven himself unworthy to hold the office of president. Proving those that still support him are fools. At best.

    Put the bottle down, you have had to much already. You lost. Obama won. You can always move to Canada or Australia. You might like it better. Obama is the president.

  • http://www.heartland.org/environmentandclimate-news.org/ClimateConference4 Just Tex

    loudMouth said:
    Who else would you rather have?

    Almost any honest person would be much better than our current Liar In Chief.

  • http://www.heartland.org/environmentandclimate-news.org/ClimateConference4 Just Tex

    Resistance is a BIGOT said:
    Put the bottle down, you have had to much already.

    Even IF I drank, I’d still be correct.

    Resistance is a BIGOT said:
    You lost. Obama won.

    This time…

    Resistance is a BIGOT said:
    You can always move to Canada or Australia.

    Why do that? I WAS born here. I’ll stay and help straighten things out.

    Resistance is a BIGOT said:
    Obama is the president.

    For now…

  • louda

    Just Tex said:
    Almost any honest person would be much better than our current Liar In Chief.

    So did bush lie or was he just a dumbass for believing an unreliable source about Iraq? You pick.

  • eingriff

    An original birth certificate and Obama’s DNA must be subpoenaed by official investigative agencies, among them a committee of the United States House of Representatives.

    Until disclosure of this evidence, we can only speculate as to Barry’s status at birth. He can verify his eligibility at birth, probably at the expense of showing his claim of a black Luo tribesman as his birth father was a colossal hoax. Probably he was the son of Stanley Armour Dunham and an obliging predominantly Polynesian wahine, from whom (the latter) he gets his warm mahogany complexion. Dr. Fukino says the “vital records” show Barry was at birth a natural born U.S. citizen, this necessarily excludes Obama the Luo, because he was an alien; he adopted Barry. Right? Wrong? The original birth certificate, confirmed by DNA analysis, would tell. So where are they? Who has the courage to subpoena them? Certainly not the House RINOs.

    Obama’s DNA can disprove his claimed parents, however.

    Establishing constitutional eligibility at birth raises a presumption this status continues. But this presumption can be rebutted by evidence Barry lost his U.S. citizenship, perhaps by acquiring Indonesian citizenship.

    So we can, and must, inquire into Barry’s Indonesian citizenship, and debate whether this cost him his U.S. citizenship and his constitutional eligibility to the Office of President. And we must inquire further what he has done to promote Islam and appease Islamic aggression to pay off Islamic interests for concealing evidence of Barry’s Indonesian citizenship (whether this has any effect on his U.S. citizenship or not).

    Thus exhaustive inquiry might actually confirm Barry’s constitutional eligibility, but uncover obstruction of justice comprising high crimes and misdemeanors, grounds for impeachment.

  • leapinlou

    Wow, Wow again loudMouth,our current president is a Liar in Chief ! Very interesting observation considering our former president was very efficient at being a liar and putting our economy in the ditch for someone else to clean up. I am really sorry for you, because you have not enough brain to think things through.

  • louda

    Just a question to you dumb birthiers. The GOP controls the house so why don’t investigate this issue?

  • catfishjuggling

    Just Tex said:
    I am an inbred hillbilly.

    Hey…this is fun. You have really raised the bar on the discussion here.

  • leapinlou

    I keep reading that Obama has spent a lot of money to keep secrets about his life. Please provide some concrete information to back up all these accusations and I don’t want to hear anything said by Beck, Limbaugh, or any of those clowns. Give me verifiable info please.

  • X-3

    Hannity Goes All-In On Obama Birth Certificate: ‘What’s Wrong With Asking?’

    Answer: It’s racist.

  • leapinlou

    X-3 = idiot

  • Resistance Is Futile

    leapinlou said:
    I keep reading that Obama has spent a lot of money to keep secrets about his life. Please provide some concrete information to back up all these accusations and I don’t want to hear anything said by Beck, Limbaugh, or any of those clowns. Give me verifiable info please.

    They won’t they can’t.

    This discussion has nothing to do with Obama’s place of birth. They know he was born in Hawaii. They don’t like his race and they are to cowardly to admit it. It is not fashionable anymore to say you hate blacks anymore.

    This thinly concealed hatred even trumps their milder dislike for his politics. These people are the left over refuge of a era that is fast fading in to the garbage dump of history. They are white trash, in the dumpster, on the way to the dump where they belong.

    One day soon the rest of us normal whites, Hispanics African Americans and Asians will be able to live in this country in peace. They lost the election. They are losers who do not believe in the democratic process so they are trying vainly to discredit our president. They are unpatriotic and un-American. They really should leave America since they cannot accept the results of a fair election that was not even close. Let them move to Canada or Australia if those countries will take their kind. We surely don’t need their traitorous notions and disrespect for our president. They bring dishonor to themselves and the many people who have died to make this a great country. They should leave.

  • writer

    Obama is half white. How do you know they’re not hating his white half?

  • Resistance Is Futile

    writer said:
    Obama is half white. How do you know they’re not hating his white half?

    How ingenuous can you be. Listen to the to Republican buffoons Huckabee and Gingrich lying claiming Obama grew up in Kenya. Let’s at least pretend to be honest here. Racist are not honest. They are cowardly. It’s tome for real American’s to distance ourselves from these game playing ignorant bigots. The American people spoke in 2008. The birthers can all go to hell where they belong. This is not a laughing matter.

  • writer

    Yes, we should ignore racists. That’s why Obama, after twenty years of listening to Rev. Wright, threw him under the bus as soon as the campaign began.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bob-Hubble/100001340708758 caconservative

    Obimbo produces a legitimate birth-certificate…end of issue! Easy, simple, and do-able if you actually have one. The amount of money spent keeping his records secret is estimated anywhere from hundreds of thousands of dollars to millions. Why would anyone spend a single dollar hiding a birth-certificate?

  • Resistance Is Futile

    writer said:
    Yes, we should ignore racists. That’s why Obama, after twenty years of listening to Rev. Wright, threw him under the bus as soon as the campaign began.

    Rev Wright was not a racist. He told inconvenient truths. Obama discarded him for political convenience.

  • Resistance Is Futile

    caconservative said:
    Obimbo produces a legitimate birth-certificate…end of issue! Easy, simple, and do-able if you actually have one. The amount of money spent keeping his records secret is estimated anywhere from hundreds of thousands of dollars to millions. Why would anyone spend a single dollar hiding a birth-certificate?

    He already did. You just won’t accept the truth because you can’t take seeing a black man in the White House. That’s your problem not his. The courts have thrown out every challenge to his election b y you rednecks. They even sanctioned one of you. Get a life or leave America. Decent people don’t want you here anyway.

  • notsofast

    catfishjuggling said:
    Do you have the actual certificate that left the hospital with you? I

    I sure do. I had to have it it get a copy of my Social Seciurity card.

    catfishjuggling said:
    The state of Hawaii DOES NOT GIVE YOU THE OPTION TO ORDER A LONG-FORM CERTIFICATE!

    No where does that form you fill out say that- not even close.

    I love how you libs will lie for Barry and I already posted what a real Hawaiian BC looks like.

    And, why are Barry’s lawyers fighting to keep his BC secret. The Gov. of Hawaii said they need Barry’s permission to release forms they have on him.

    STOP YOUR LIES!

  • Resistance Is Futile

    notsofast said:
    I sure do. I had to have it it get a copy of my Social Seciurity card.

    No where does that form you fill out say that- not even close.

    I love how you libs will lie for Barry and I already posted what a real Hawaiian BC looks like.

    And, why are Barry’s lawyers fighting to keep his BC secret. The Gov. of Hawaii said they need Barry’s permission to release forms they have on him.

    STOP YOUR LIES!

    How stupid can you be! The courts have dealt with this issue. Why don’t you take your ignorant, bigoted butt out of America. You don’t like our governmental system. You don’t respect free elections. You don’t respect our courts. Leave, find a place you like better.

  • Tmccarthiera

    Right, Peter Johnson, another fraud that Fox brings on and claims is a “Democrat”.

  • magnetrak

    I’m not seeing a lot of knowledge in most of these comments. There are those who have been working on this for 3 years and there’s a wealth of real information available, mostly centered around “natural born citizen”, which is of course is the key issue because that’s the wording in the constitution. It’s also patently clear that there’s a reason for that wording, though perhaps less clear exactly what it means.

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