Holiday for Obama birth? ~ By Joseph Farah

Commentary from WorldNetDaily

By Joseph Farah Posted: January 06, 2010 ~ 1:00 am Eastern © 2010 The state of Hawaii should get its act together. On the one hand, its health department refuses to release any information about the birth of Barack Obama Aug. 4, 1961 – no hospital, no attending physicians, no eyewitnesses, no long-form birth certificate. On the other hand, the president of the state Senate, Colleen Hanabusa, wants to enshrine the date as an official holiday. Another legislator, Republican Gene Ward, even wants to create a new park at the location of what he claims was Obama's original home. Since the presidential campaign last year, Hawaii state officials have treated the release and confirmation of information about Obama's birth like it was a matter of national security. But, now, with Obama's visit to Hawaii, officials seem to be positioning themselves for political gain by selectively using information about the birth. For instance, the Kapi'olani Medical Center and the White House have steadfastly refused to confirm Obama was born there. Yet, both the hospital and Obama have, when it has benefited them, claimed it as the president's birthplace. Isn't it curious that the Hawaii legislature is considering a resolution that would designate the rental apartment building on Beretania Street where Obama's grandparents lived on the National Register of Historic Places, but not the hospital at which he was allegedly born? Why does the hospital officially refuse, to this day, to confirm or deny Obama was born there? If you were on the board of a hospital where such a historic birth took place, can you think of any reason why you would not want that kind of publicity? Why has the hospital quietly claimed Obama's birth for local fundraising purposes but adamantly refused to settle all the controversy about the president's birth with a simple, straightforward, unequivocal statement and the appropriate documentation to support it? This is not simply a local matter. And phony concerns about personal privacy are ludicrous under the circumstances. The Constitution of the United States requires that presidents are natural born citizens – meaning born in the United States to parents who are citizens. The only way that fact could ever be established beyond doubt is for the people of the United States to see official documentation. Given Hawaii's history of slipshod documentation on such matters, that proof could only come from the release of the original, long-form birth certificate, which, to date, has been guarded by state officials like the crown jewels. READ FULL STORY >