White House releases the ‘holy grail’ birth certificate – Birthers question it (but of course)

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

The "lamestream media" is all atwitter this morning because the White House has released President Barack Obama's "long-form" birth certificate, the "holy grail" to Birther conspiracy theorists fueled by World Nut Daily.

The "lamestream media" has given racist demagogue Donald Trump unlimited access to all of its programming in recent weeks to spew his racial invectives simply because he is a "reality TV show star" celebrity. I hope there is a special place in hell for all those in the "lamestream media."

From the White House blog, President Obama's Long Form Birth Certificate | The White House:

In 2008, in response to media inquiries, the President’s campaign requested his birth certificate from the state of Hawaii. The state sent the campaign the President’s birth certificate, the same legal documentation provided to all Hawaiians as proof of birth in state, and the campaign immediately posted it on the internet. That birth certificate can be seen here (PDF).

When any citizen born in Hawaii requests their birth certificate, they receive exactly what the President received. In fact, the document posted on the campaign website is what Hawaiians use to get a driver’s license from the state and the document recognized by the Federal Government and the courts for all legal purposes. That’s because it is the birth certificate. This is not and should not be an open question.

The President believed the distraction over his birth certificate wasn’t good for the country. It may have been good politics and good TV, but it was bad for the American people and distracting from the many challenges we face as a country. Therefore, the President directed his counsel to review the legal authority for seeking access to the long form certificate and to request on that basis that the Hawaii State Department of Health make an exception to release a copy of his long form birth certificate. They granted that exception in part because of the tremendous volume of requests they had been getting. President Barack Obama's long form birth certificate can be seen here (PDF):

I would love to be able to say this is the STFU! moment to all of those Birther conspiracy theorists who live at World Nut Daily, but we all know better than that. For conspiracy theorists there is always yet another layer of conspiracy to be layered on top of their delusional conspiracy. It has already begun, led by "The Donald" in an interview this morning that I will not dignify here. (Why this racist demagogue still has a job at NBC and is treated as a serious person by the "lamestream media" is beyond comprehension.)

Don't believe me? here are some screen shots of the headlines at World Nut Daily this morning after the White House announcement.