And the ones that I am concerned with that are amongst the press that ridicule the "birthers" are Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly. They are both very intelligent men. And I've spoken with some people that are now "FORMER" Beck fans, because of his stance on the issue. I don't really understand why either Beck or O'Reilly wouldn't be supporting Farah on this issue. I am almost willing to bet that they have received orders from Fox News, possibly even News Corp and Rupert Murdoch, for some very strange reason. I wouldn't really put it past News Corp. to sacrifice their journalist integrity. It wouldn't be the first time, as Joseph Farah pointed out in a recent column.
Or, maybe O'Reilly and Beck saw what happened to Lou Dobbs at CNN. Just sayin'...
I would think, at this point, all reasonable people could agree on one thing: Obama is hiding something. Usually, when politicians hide something, there's a reason. Usually that's a concern for a vigilant press and a vigilant public.
I would suggest to you that the "incurious, inglorious true believers," not the so-called "birthers," are the ones worthy of scorn, contempt and caricature.By Joseph Farah
Posted: May 13, 2010 ~ 1:00 am Eastern
© 2010
They call me a "birther."
Why?
Because I'm one of about 150 million Americans who would like to see Barack Obama's actual, long-form birth certificate as the first step toward determining if he is constitutionally eligible to serve as president.
I know. It seems nutty to Bill O'Reilly and Anderson Cooper and Glenn Beck and Rachel Maddow.
I really don't care what they think – or if they think.
As a matter of fact, I don't care what anyone thinks about Obama's eligibility, because midway through his second year in office it should not be a matter of opinion as to whether he is indeed a "natural born citizen" and legally qualified to reside in the White House.
I've always been skeptical about what politicians claim. That used to be a common trait among people of my profession – journalism. However, lately, I find many in the press actually relying on what politicians say to determine what is truth, reality, fact – and admitting it!
Here's a recent example: Chris Cillizza, White House reporter for the Washington Post, offered this in his column last Friday analyzing a recent poll showing significant doubts among the American people about Obama's birth story: "For the record, the proof that Obama was born in Hawaii is indisputable; Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle, a Republican, said as much in a recent interview."
Indisputable?
That interview was first published by my news organization. And I suggest there is no public evidence whatsoever, nothing that would carry the day in a court of law, to prove Obama was born in Hawaii – notwithstanding the self-contradictory statement of the esteemed Linda Lingle.
Lingle admits she has never seen Obama's long-form birth certificate.
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You said: "Obama does not want anyone to see his actual long-form birth certificate."
ReplyDeleteYou are speculating. Maybe he does want us to see his actual long-form birth certificate. He CANNOT show the long-form birth certificate because Hawaii only sends out the short-form birth certificate. ONLY the short-form Certification of Live Birth, which is the new official birth certificate of Hawaii (http://www.starbulletin.com/columnists/kokualine/20090606_kokua_line.html).
That is what they sent to Obama in 2007 and since he obviously must have lost the original that was sent to his family (which is why he asked for the copy in 2007), that is all that he can post.
However, there is absolutely nothing wrong with showing the OFFICIAL birth certificate of Hawaii, which is accepted as proof of birth in the USA by the US State Department. Hawaii does not and did not in 1961 allow a birth document of any kind to be issued that says on it, in effect "born in Hawaii" unless there was proof that the child was born in Hawaii. Obama's birth certificate says on it "born in Hawaii," and the officials in Hawaii and the governor of Hawaii have said that this is confirmed by the document in the files.
Further details can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_citizenship_conspiracy_theories