No, I don't think it has any merit. A birth certificate was posted on his web site showing his birth in Hawaii and a story to go with it. Those who are keeping it alive are just sore losers.
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Dr. David M. Berman
3:26PM Dec 5th 2008
Why won't he just release it? Something is going on here.
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Gianni
3:52PM Dec 5th 2008
Dr. Berman is right; he could produce the original in a hearbeat if he chose to; what does he have to hide?
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Bon
3:57PM Dec 5th 2008
NOTHING about this has any merit. Anybody who thinks they can prove Obama ineligible to be President must think they're smarter than the GOP, which would have left no stone unturned to prove this BEFORE the election. C'mon!!! Doesn't that seem obvious?
The birth certificate thing is just more racism under a smoke screen. You birthers can keep this going as long as you want with no results, just as the "Impeach Bush" folks never got anywhere for the past 8 years.
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immensamind
3:22AM Jul 13th 2009
The same GOP that appears all too regularly in bed with the same leftist ideologies that has regular every day Conservatives ripping their hair out daily?
That GOP?
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Gary A. Anderson
4:42PM Dec 5th 2008
THE ONLY VIABLE QUESTION IS WHY HAS PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA NOT STOPPED THIS RHETORIC? THE ONLY VIABLE ANSWER IS OBAMA ENJOYES THE SPOT-LIGHT. PERHAPS, FUTURE QUESTIONS WILL FOCUS ON REAL ISSUES SUCH AS IS OUR DEMOCRACY, IN REALITY, A PLUTOCRACY?
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Glen
4:53PM Dec 5th 2008
There is merit to any question that the party will spend thousands of dollars to fight lawsuits to keep from answering the question!
If the web submitted certificates are real then he has no problem showing the actual certified vault copy to the appropriate Judge. That is a simple task, even John McCain did so.
Why spend thousands of dollars to block lawsuits that are requesting him to do what John McCain willfully and freely did?
This needs to be answered once and for all by producing the requested copy. Thumbs up or thumbs down. Why the shadows?
(Hidden Truth Ministries)
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curlyfester
9:54AM Dec 8th 2008
I'll trade you one ineligable President-Elect (Obama) for one Military Deserter 2-Termer (Bush).
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Jeff
5:25PM Dec 5th 2008
I know to some these days the Constitution is just a "@#%?## piece of paper" but it would probably be a good idea to continue to follow it. If I have to produce a valid birth certificate so my child can play little league, is it a lot to ask the "elected" leader of this country to comply with the Constitution an just produce the valid document?!
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nick
5:24PM Dec 5th 2008
Now isn't that interesting that the slime states of the left which are in the most trouble with their budgets are the ones who think this thug is real.
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888
5:25PM Dec 5th 2008
When will Obama prove hes American all he has to do is release the doggone BIRTH certificate not that admitted fraud on fightthesmears
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Show Me State
5:29PM Dec 5th 2008
If the Constitution has a few requirements that all presidents must meet (age and citizenship status), then Obama should honor those requirements and show his original birth certificate to the public who elected him. Every other president has had to prove their age and citizenship qualifications. Why should Obama be above the law?
After all, he & his campaign made McCain prove he is a natural born U.S. citizen (and Congress declared so) and also made McCain show all his personal medical records, without Obama having to do either. Sounds fishy... if there is nothing to hide and Obama's not breaking the law, then why not just have the original birth certificate published?
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mountainman
5:39PM Dec 5th 2008
YES!!! Of course ther's merit.
Obama HAS NEVER produced his BC. He's produced A Certification Of Live Birth, but not a Certificate Of Live Birth. There is a difference.
And what was shown on his website, and Factcheck and others, was proven to be a forgery. Thats why it was removed shortly after from Obamas website.
Even if the Certification were authentic, why not provide the Certificate with all the pertinent information?
The Certification DOES NOT PROVE he was born in Hawaii. Any citizen can get one, even if they were born in China. The Certification just proves a person is who they say they are.
Why is nobody concerned with the fact that this could be put to rest with a $10 copy from the government, and yet Obama has spent somewhere between $500,000 and $800,000 to block this.
Why does he waste taxpayers money on this foolishness.
McCain provided his.
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Hanen
5:39PM Dec 5th 2008
All you have to do is use your brains to see something is wrong. Why has he spend over 300,000 in legal fees to keep his information hidden. Why dont we have standing. Why are all his records sealed. Why should we allow him to take office until he provides information.
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b-evans
6:21PM Dec 5th 2008
The issue could be resolved so simply. All Obama need do is release an original, paper copy of his birth certificate. All that has been provided thus far is an Internet image that the preponderance of questioned document experts have found to have too many inconsistencies to be authenticated. The question than concerns many neutral observers is why "the lady protesteth too much". Only Obama can lay this issue to rest. If he refuses to do so, it will leave a cloud over his presidency that he can ill-afford. It is, after all, incumbent upon the candidate to demonstrate beyond all doubt, that he is a legitimate natural born citizen. This is particularly true of one for whom so many other documents are non-existent or not forthcoming (e.g. his parents marriage certificate and divorce degrees, adoption by his stepfather, ad infinitum ad nauseum, university records). Never before has a president-elect had so much mystery surrounding him. Those who would foolish cry "racism" must accept that there are serious Constitutional questions at stake.
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M@gnolia
6:27PM Dec 5th 2008
This is why y'all lost the election. Learn to live in the reality-based community. Otherwise you'll remain (sore) losers for the foreseeable future.
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Bob
3:32PM Dec 6th 2008
Anyone who believes Obama is not a natural born citizen has a very serious problem with reality. It is one thing to not like the man, but to believe this type of insane garbage is beyond the pale. This has to be the weakest staw ever grabbed at...and shows me that those who actually consider this are nothing more than sore losers who cannot accept that a decent man won an election. Get a life.
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Effie
7:17PM Dec 5th 2008
Ohmigod. When will people learn to read! Obama released an official copy of his certificate MONTHS ago. The State of Hawaii does not EVER release full copies of the long form birth certificate. They only release Certificates of Live Birth -- such as the one that has been posted on the internet for MONTHS. California is the same, as is Washington, as is Oregon, as is nearly every state in the Union. And, to boot, the State of Hawaii verified the authenticity of the original birth certificate over a month ago! It was on the AP and is all over the web. Get real.
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mark
7:50PM Dec 5th 2008
if obama has nothing to hide, what is he hiding?
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KOWBELLE
8:09PM Dec 5th 2008
TO EFFIE AND LANDMREYN8
TRUE SOMETHING WAS POSTED THAT LOOKS LIKE A BIRTH CERTIFICATE BUT IT IS NOT! IT'S BEEN PROVEN IT WAS DOCTORED AND IS FAKE. IF THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE AND THE DOCUMENT IS REAL THEN WHY DOESNT THE SUPREME COURT SAY SO...??? HUMMMMM? PROBABLY BECAUSE THEY CAN'T! IT ISN'T REAL AND HE HAS YET TO PRODUCE THE REAL ONE IF IT EVEN EXISTS. IF HE WAS BORN IN KENYA (OUTSIDE A HOSPITAL)IT IS POSSIBLE THERE ISN'T EVEN ONE TO PRODUCE! IF THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE HE SHOULD HAVE PROVIDED COPIES OF THE REAL THING TO EVERY NEWSPAPER EARLY ON PUTTING IT TO REST..HE DID NOT. AFTER ALL, AS MUCH AS THEY LOVE AND HANG ON EVERY WORD I AM SURE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SPLASHED, GLOATINGLY ON EVERY FRONT PAGE!! HE IS NO A NATURAL CITIZEN AND HE KNOWS IT!! IT'S THE SAME AS WIPING HIS BUTT ON OUR CONSTITUTION!!