[Vision2020] White House Releases President Obama's Birth Certificate

[Joe Campbell]

It will be interesting to see how the radical right wingers will spin this.

On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 6:17 AM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:

> Courtesy of CNN at:
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> http://www.CNN.com
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> White House releases Obama birth certificate
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> (CNN) – The White House released President Obama's original birth
> certificate Wednesday.
> The surprise release follows recent and sustained remarks by businessman
> Donald Trump, among others, that raised doubts as to whether the president
> was born in the United States.
>
> In an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper Monday, Trump repeated his
> doubts and said he had been told the certificate was "missing."
>
> A new CNN investigation revealed earlier this week what most analysts have
> been saying since the "birther" controversy erupted during the 2008
> presidential campaign: Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961.
>
> While the president has made light of the controversy, the question
> remained political red meat for some of his critics. A recent CNN/Opinion
> Research Corp. poll showed that nearly 75% of Americans believe Obama was
> definitely or probably born in the United States. More than four in 10
> Republicans, however, believe he probably or definitely was not born in
> America.
>
> The U.S. Constitution says only "natural born" citizens can become
> president - a vague clause that some members of the birther movement
> contend disqualifies Obama because, they insist, he was born outside the
> United States.
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> Skeptics contend, among other things, that Obama was born in his father's
> home country of Kenya.
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> I'm guessing that this will NOT end the ignorance.
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> In my opinion, some people are still struggling with this black president
> thing.
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> Seeya round town, Moscow.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
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