A rumor that won’t die is the myth that Barack Obama’s birth certificate is fake. There are different theories on where Obama was born, if he was not born in Hawaii as he claims. A prevailing belief is that he was born in Kenya, and as a native Kenyan, is not eligible to be President of the United States. Some have also claimed that his full name includes the name “Mohammed,” adding to speculation that Obama is a secret Muslim.
At this point, mountains of evidence are in and they all point to the fact that Barack Obama is a natural born citizen of the United States. As far back as July 2008, Obama had released a copy of his birth certificate. Obama had to release the birth certificate himself because in Hawaii, birth certificates are not public documents and must be requested by the family. Obama’s birth certificate can viewed here.
Almost immediately, the certificate came under attack due to the lack of an embossed seal and signature. The answer to that challenge is that in Hawaii, the seal and signature are on the back of the certificate. The political fact-checkers at Politifact.com emailed the copy of the certificate released by Obama to the Hawaii Department of Health. They were told by a spokesman that the copy was a valid Hawaii birth certificate. The name on the certificate is Barack Hussein Obama II.
According to Snopes.Com, Hawaiian government officials have vouched for the authenticity of Obama’s birth certificate twice; once in October 2008 and again in July 2009. Additionally, Snopes also provides the testimony of a Hawaiian school teacher who actually spoke with the obstetrician that delivered the baby Barack.
Politifact also checked Obama’s other public domain records. These other records included his marriage certificate from Cook County, Illinois, his driver’s license records in Illinois, and his attorney registration and public disciplinary record from Illinois. All show that his name is Barack Hussein Obama. He also has no moving violations and has not been disciplined as an attorney.
If that were not enough, Obama’s birth announcements can be seen in both Honolulu newspapers. The Honolulu Advertiser and the Honolulu Star Bulletin both record the birth of Barack Hussein Obama on August 4, 1961. The newspaper announcements can be seen here.
In August 2009, a birth certificate surfaced that purported to show that Barack Obama was born in Kenya. This birth certificate was quickly revealed to be a forgery. Among the tell-tale mistakes on the certificate are the phrase “Republic of Kenya,” which did not exist at the time, an incorrect age for Obama’s father, and the claim that Barack Jr. was born in Mombasa, which was located far from where Obama Sr. lived. In fact, Mombasa was so far from where Obama lived that it was not even part of Kenya at the time; it was actually then a part a part of Zanzibar.
A further claim is that US law at the time specified that if only one parent was a US citizen, to pass citizenship along to the child, that parent must have been a US citizen “for at least ten years, at least five of which had to be after the age of 16” [citation]. The claim is that since Obama’s mother was 18 at the time of his birth, she does not meet the requirement to pass along citizenship to Barack Jr. According to Snopes, this law applied only to children born to US citizens outside the US. Since the evidence is that Obama was born in Hawaii, this claim is moot.
There is also the claim that Obama’s Kenyan grandmother claimed to be present at his birth. Since she had never left Kenya, the implication is that Obama must have been born in Kenya. When the entire transcript is reviewed, it seems that there was confusion over the word “present” since Mrs. Obama did not speak English and was relying on a translator. Throughout the conversation, she continues to claim that Obama was born in Hawaii.
Finally, there have been two lawsuits regarding Obama’s birth certificate and citizenship. Suits filed by Philip Berg and Alan Keyes were dismissed as frivolous and without merit. The Supreme Court declined to hear the case.
While we can easily see that Obama’s does not and has never included the name “Mohammed,” it is not easy to see what is in Obama’s heart. Claims that Obama is a closet Muslim are not easily proved nor disproved. What can be shown is that Obama has long been a member of a Christian church, although one of a far left denomination. Obama’s family heritage includes many links to Islam so it is understandable that he would have sympathy for Muslims around the world. However, neither being a Muslim nor having sympathy for Muslims would be disqualifying for a president.
After having President Obama lead the United States for almost a year, it is easy to understand why wishful thinking could lead people to grasp at straws for reasons why he could not be president. Nevertheless, the evidence is overwhelming that Barack Hussein Obama II is a natural born citizen of the United States, having been born in a Honolulu hospital. To believe otherwise requires belief in a massive conspiracy that includes Obama’s entire family, the Hawaii Department of Health, his birth doctor, and countless others.
It makes more sense to accept the reality of Obama’s citizenship and fight him on the issues. His foreign policy favors dictators and terrorists over democracy. His domestic policy is built on unsustainable spending that must surely be followed by economy-killing taxes and inflation. To effectively fight his policies, Obama’s opponents must ground themselves in reality and facts, which can easily illustrate that Obama’s policies are all wrong for America.
Sources:
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2008/jun/27/obamas-birth-certificate-part-ii/
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/birthcertificate.asp
http://whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/obamabirth.php
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/birthers/kenyacert.asp
http://www.obamaconspiracy.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/kenyanphonetranscript.pdf
Comments
I read a lot about this some months ago and agree that whatever is the truth about his birth, it doesn't mean a hill of beans for now. Have you see the e-mail going around where as many as 20 or more times he defers to the Muslim faith - even once slipping up and saying, "My Muslim faith." My mother taught me that you could be judged by the company you keep. I just published a couple of articles regarding Pearl Harbor and if you think about it we are just about in the same boat now as then. But we had a United America and today we don't. We over came terrible odds during World War II - because of the nation's faith in God and their closeness as neighbors who saw a common goal and accomplished what few would have ever thought possible. That is what we have got to do today, reach families who are the foundation of this country and always have been. It breaks my heart to know we are leaving such a mess to our grandchildren. For more than 20 years, they have been taught socialism.
In a humorous twist of fate, your link to the O Bomb's alleged COLB (I say "alleged" technically, since it has never seen a court room) is broken. Are you trying to say that his Birth Certificate can be seen.... nowhere? lol good one.
The "myth" is the claim that anyone has actually seeen the birth certificate and the loonies are the non-birthers who deny the reality to AKA Obama is a con man.
Do you really think AKA Obama would have won the election if all the things he is hiding were made known?
Do you really think AKA Obama will be able to finish his first term if all the things he is hiding are made known?
Why aren’t the polls on the birth certificate issue 100% in favor of AKA Obama practicing the virtue of full disclosure? It makes sense that supporters of AKA Obama would want the issue settled along with everyone else. I guess there is a significant portion of the population who are opposed to releasing the birth certificate because they are afraid of what it will reveal. I would conclude that those opposed to releasing all of Obama’s history are frightened of the truth just like AKA Obama.
Too late to really care about his COLB, but why his he hiding his college thesis and transcripts?
I'm pretty sure you could dig through files in Kenya and never find a birth certificate for me, but somehow one exists for Obama.
Also, if I'm 100% certain I can prove my place of birth, why would I (Obama) spend north of $1 million fighting efforts to simply come clean about the issue?
Yep, you knocked this one out of the park. Crazy Republican conspiracy theorists...sheesh.
Obama was not born in Hawa'ii.
There is NO proof that he was born at Queens Medical Center or Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children, as there is no record of a Of of a patient named Obama or Durham ever being admitted to either hospital.
You cant fool this beachboy with your lies.
according to snopes ? bwahahahah
Idiot.
There is something quite odd here. Odd that the news media is not very curious. Odd that the news media relies on the internet for "research." Odd that something as simple as a birth certificate has become such an issue. Odd that everyone has to present their birth certificate (one that includes data like hospital, delivering doctor, weight, length, etc.) upon request, yet the president can't be expected to present his?
Obama has bought off hawaii with more welfare dollars. If only Laura Lingle would release the long form this would all be put to rest.
Google this: Hospitals in Hawaii to Obama: You Were Not Born Here!
Copy % paste the following into your favorite search engine.......
Hospitals in Hawaii to Obama: You Were Not Born Here
Can somebody please tell me and the world... which hospital in Hawaii will be bestowed the honor of a National Comemorative Plaque or Monument marking the exact birthplace of our 44th president??? Its obvious that an awful fraud has taken place.
Let's see:
1. Educational records including citizenship and financial documents - Secret?
2. Passport and travel records including years spent in Indonesia- Secret?
3. Medical records - Secret?
Providing these documents would certainly end this conspiracy theory. Yet, they are all secret. Transparency seems to be lacking.
This is why:
The first Executive Order signed by Obama keeps all of these documents secret by Executive Privilege: See Executive Order 13489
What is this man hiding?
Three trips to Copenhagen, but none to Normandy Beach.
No trip to Ground Zero on 9-11-09. No trip to the Berlin Wall for the 20th anniversary of freedom for the Eastern Block.
Are these unfounded conspiracy theories?
Wake up people! Look at all that has happened in the last 11 months. We are about out of time.
I'm disappointed in the lack of actual reporting and fact checking in this story. Third-party Web sites aren't the standard for verifying the authenticity of legal documents. Obama needlessly redacted the document number on his alleged COLB, thus it cannot be authenticated by the issuing authority. Second, Obama's own lawyer cites the FactCheck.com Web site instead of providing the original legal document as the best evidence he has that Obama was born in Hawaii. Besides, the birth announcements in the 1961 newspapers don't actually list a place of birth. Fact Check did photograph a document with a certificate number on it, yet the state of Hawaii refuses to say if it's valid despite having the legal recourse to do so. No legit American citizen hides his original doctor-signed birth certificate. Instead, they tiptoe around the truth, and released public statements that purppsely avoid verifying the COLB posted by Obama. David, if you're a real reporter, find out why. What's he hiding.
Dave:
Do you read the comments here proving you incorrect ???
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Pu-leezzeee, we know, You know. Quit playing this game other outlets have been playing since last Nov08. If your link would work to the Obo's BC, you can read the title of that document at the
top where it says CertificatION of Live Birth, Not CertificatE.
The "ION" means there is a certificatE. Your article states in the second para/last line with a false statement "Obama’s birth certificate can viewed here." The certificatE has never been shown.
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If you intentially misdirect people at this point-where else are you misdirecting......?
It does not matter about his birth certificate...His dad was not a US citizen...according to past interpertations and the original meaning of "natural born"..HE DOES NOT QUALIFY!
Ya don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to figure out that ANYONE who spends over a million dollars fighting numerous lawsuits in numerous states regarding their eligibility to be POTUS when a simple $12.50 ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE would suffice definitely has something to hide.
There seems to be a GREAT deal of confusion regarding the NATURAL BORN CITIZENSHIP issue.
The issue regarding his birth certificate.. is not that he was born in HI.. it is that IF we had the Original Birth Certificate and NOT a Certificate of LIFE BIRTH. There would then be solid evidence... that OBAMA is not a Natural Born Citizen.
Ie... To be considered a Natural Born Citizen... BOTH parents would HAVE to be Citizens of the United States.
We know by Obama's own admission... that IF Obama Sr... was his father... then Obama would have been born a DUAL Citizen..
But then... HE WON... so who cares.
You see all the Demoncrats and those on the HILL know the truth... but THEY can not speak or they will be guilty of TREASON.
My what tangled webs we weave.
David - you didn't do too much research prior to writing this article, did you?
You never mentioned the fact that his COLB says 'Date Accepted by Registrar' - ever wondered why it doesn't say 'Date FILED by Registrar'? That's because Obama has amended his BC, but to date it would seem that it is sitting in limbo at the Health Depart - just accepted, but never filed. Perhaps you should look into that a bit more.
And I don't remember you mentioning just who a factcheck.org actually inspected and certified his COLB as accurate. I mean, who were these people and what types of credentials did they have in order to be professionals in the field of the certification of documents? Perhaps you should do a bit more research into this.
And your comments about the Health Director certifying his COLB. You really missed the boat on this one. Fukino never did any such thing. She made 2 statements, neither of which verifies that the COLB posted by Team Obama is authentic.
INVESTIGATE!
Dave:
Do you read the comments here proving you incorrect ???
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Pu-leezzeee, we know, You know. Quit playing this game other outlets have been playing since last Nov08. If your link would work to the Obo's BC, you can read the title of that document at the
top where it says CertificatION of Live Birth, Not CertificatE.
The "ION" means there is a certificatE. Your article states in the second para/last line with a false statement "Obama’s birth certificate can viewed here." The certificatE has never been shown.
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If you intentially misdirect people at this point-where else are you misdirecting......?
David, With all due respect, you need a Psychiatrist. Anyone who would go to such length to defend this liar really has serious mental issues. The only sources you can come up with are from Obama’s own spin-masters at Snopes and the like. Before you take your next drink or whatever drug you’re on, look in the mirror and ask yourself, when in US history has a President ever locked down his entire past? NEVER!!! The cases have been dismissed for lack of standing, but rest assured, if even one case makes it into court, the game will be over for Obama and he knows it. Bet you didn’t know he uses over 30 Social Security numbers, one from a man born in 1890 and who died in the early 70’s He was heavily involved in the ACORN election fraud and he’s has spent over 1.4 million dollars in legal fees covering up his entire life history, WHY???. The only things we know about Obama are the lies he told about himself in his own books. WAKE UP AMERICA!!!
Ya don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to figure out that ANYONE who spends over a million dollars fighting numerous lawsuits in numerous states regarding their eligibility to be POTUS when a simple $12.50 ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE would suffice definitely has something to hide.
Dear Birthers,
You lost, get over it.
Who needs any more proof than from his own lips?and the rest of his family if they were able to talk freely/but we have heard from his own lips that he is a dual citizen of two different countries.I can't believe all the things that he has said and NO ONE has listened to what he actually has said?But really IF you are afraid to show your papers?you are definetly hiding something and what obama is trying to hide is the big LIE? He is a dual citizen by the facts that he has papers that prove he was a Muslim and he was a citizen of Indonesia by Lol Soetoro adoption of Barry Soetoro,and he fact that he had a Indodnesian Passport"He never was an american becuase his mother didn't stay in the US long enough to qualify him to be an american?These facts will come out I hope it's sooner than later?OMG O=Obama M=MUST G=GO!
Folks,let's call a spade a spade! This is not about Obama! Obama is just the front man for a Communist coup that is now running our America. No I am really not some crazy right wing wing-nut, just a concerned (now kinda scared) honest Capitalistic American that is afraid the Commies now control our White House, House of Representatives, Senate, Federal Courts, and main stream media.
If you have followed this eligibility issue since before November of 2008 you know the "fix" is on. No one will talk in public about the man in the White House that has no proven past, NONE! It is all smoke and mirrors. We need to turn on the fans of Freedom and blow away the smoke and smash the mirrors with the hammers of reason for only then will we see the light of truth. His actions prove this is right! We are running straight into the sewers of Communism every day this man sleeps in or White House. What vile evil thing will he do next? His Czars are the filth of the underbelly of America,- outofwords
Please.. O has locked up his "real life" tighter than Fort Knox . So if his "real Daddy" is Obama SR. which he has stated and NOT another dude?
THEN HIS REAL DADDY IS BRITISH AND SO IS OBAMA JR.
British souls can't and never ever will be our PRESIDENT
except that little old Pel-"O"-si (she likes the "O") played a trick on us may Democratic's win at all cost! SHE made 2 forms which when they got signed she thinks covers his butt...
and hers..IT does NOT! We know what got covered up and it will be shown soon! O has shafted each and every great American and played a Hoax so he is laughing at each and everyone of us daily! Spending OUR $$$ which is the plan to bring us down so we will never ever recover, and only "HE" can fix it? Why do we want a Usurper to step down? Because he is just ONE thing a Usurper and will always be that! He has never been allowed to BE OUR PRESIDENT. I've awakened!
My gut feeling is that "anything and everything" he has said or written is a bold face LIE!
Mr. Thworeton,
The mountains of evidence you write about must be locked up securely somewhere behind Million dollar lawyers Mr. Obama has paid for.
Somehow an image on a website is sufficient enough for you to have complete faith that the person in charge of the most powerful nation in the world is legitimate.
If you dare call yourself a jowhorenalist, try looking into the unfortunate deaths of Lt. Quarles Harris Jr., who was investigating the passport breaches of McCain, Hillary, and Obama, and Donald Young who attended Obama’s church and mysteriously died along with others.
What ever happened to the birth certificate he wrote about in one of his two books? Did he mysteriously loose that also? Who is Barry Soetoro and why did he go to school in Indonesia with full citizenship? How did Barry pay for all those expensive schools? Couldn’t possibly be from foreign student grants could it?
Great job performing investigative reporting David Thorton, great job!
Question; Is Obama qualified to serve as POTUS?
Answer; (watch clip)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqyqVtsf3As
Any questions?
post them up!
You all need to get a life--and an education. There is too much for us to worry about--the economy, education, healthcare, etc. to squabble over nonsense. Under the last Bush regime, all of this lambasting against the president would've caused you all to be labeled terrorists.
Dose of Sanity says:
Dear Birthers,
"You lost, get over it."
We all "lost". And there is no "getting over it".
Oh, and what hospital was that again. You know. The one where BHO was born in Hawaii. Crickets.
Fred says:
"You all need to get a life--and an education. There is too much for us to worry about--the economy, education, healthcare, etc. to squabble over nonsense. Under the last Bush regime, all of this lambasting against the president would've caused you all to be labeled terrorists."
Yes Fred, and under the Obama administration, nearly anyone who disagrees with any of His socialist policies could easily find himself on a "domestic terrorist" watch list. This includes returning veterans who have been fighting against Obama's fellow Jihadists.
To David Thornton,
He Dave, below is an excerpt from your article on the Ft. Hood shooting. How could you be so wrong on this topic and so right on that one?
"The worst thing that we can do in the wake of the Fort Hood massacre is to pretend that Maj. Hasan’s religion had nothing to do with his actions. To ignore the threat means that other homegrown terrorist plots will hatch into bloody action. Denial of the threat does not mean that it will go away.
An ironic aspect to the Fort Hood shooting is that the victims, while trained by the government to wage war against terrorists, were defenseless to rules against carrying weapons on military bases. Much the same as the way the anti-gun rules at Virginia Tech ensured that Seung-Hui Cho would meet no resistance, Maj. Hasan had nothing to fear from his highly trained, yet unarmed, victims."
Barack Barry Hussein Mohamed Abdullah Soetoro Onyango Obama
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Illegal Alien, mombassa kenya
LOL...mounting evidence is in? LOL...jackass
The sheer level of paranoia, ignorance, and insanity on this website is terrifying.
cool
Well, we all look pretty stupid if we can't even screen a guy before electing him to the most powerful position in the world, if that still be the truth about the job. Having said that, I now join the wishful thinking that we could throw him out on his asci file. Point being, every year we must celebrate, "content of character" rather than "color of skin". That Nobel was all color of skin, so why would I every believe that my black brother believes in Martin Luther King, Jr., and his speech.
frank marshall davis is my real father.
That's why I'm hiding my long form birth certificate.
scribd.com/doc/28068666/Timeline-Obama-Kenya-Possibility
If he wasn't born in Kenya then why does his grandmother say he was? She a liar? Why do officials in the Kenyan Government brag about how he was born there? What about the Kenyan birth certificate that now exists, it a forgery? Why won't he just open his records to put an end to the controversy? Because he's a liar that's why.
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