| By Joe Kovacs In the ongoing quest to determine the exact birthplace of Barack Obama, the president's alleged personal effort to put the matter to rest is raising some interesting new questions. (Within an hour of the posting of this story, Kapi'olani removed the image of the letter from its website.)
In the message dated Jan. 24, the freshly inaugurated president is said to explain that he's "a beneficiary of the excellence of Kapi'olani Medical Center – the place of my birth ... ." Abercrombie even posted the information on his congressional website, saying the letter would be "settling the question once and for all."
WND can reveal the text of the letter read by Abercrombie has significant differences from what is touted online as President Obama's letter. In addition, the image online is not a picture of an actual paper letter, but is merely a computer-created likeness of a letter. Where's the proof Barack Obama was born in the U.S. or that he fulfills the "natural-born American" clause in the Constitution? If you still want to see it, join nearly 400,000 others and sign up now!
He then proceeds to read the apparent text of the letter directly from a podium stand to the audience of more than 700 people, including children wearing T-shirts proclaiming, "Born at Kapi'olani." 1. Abercrombie reads: "Hawaii has always been home to me, and I'm pleased to take part in the celebration, even at a distance." "I have no doubt that Neil paraphrased and elaborated and digressed a little," said Abercrombie spokesman Dave Helfert when asked about the large number of differences. He indicated he personally had not seen any letter from the president but presumes the congressman was just reading it on behalf of the hospital. Helfert admits some people have contacted the office "in an insane and nonsensical rage" suggesting Obama "was born somewhere else and snuck into the United States." He says he can't understand why the public is demanding such a level of proof of natural-born citizenship, and when asked why he thought Obama just doesn't end the controversy by releasing his long-form, hospital-generated birth certificate displaying the name of the hospital and doctor, Helfert said he couldn't speak for the president, but "if that were me, I'd tell people to stick it in their ear. It's none of their business. The documents online have been certified to show he was born in the U.S." "If you had a picture of him in the hospital [delivery room] with a hospital sign behind him, there would be a lot of people who wouldn't believe it, [thinking] that it was trick photography or something nefarious," he added. "If the hand of God appeared in the sky to write the birth certificate, they wouldn't believe it." In a local news report covering the Centennial Dinner, KHNL-TV anchor Diane Ako stated, "Even President Barack Obama was helped by the hospital. He was born there." But she did not expound on that point with any evidence. Regarding what is portrayed to be the letter itself, what is displayed online is not a photo or scanned image of an actual letter sent by regular mail.
Readers can also view the HTML source code of the page. WND has taken a screenshot of the code where the text of the letter is displayed:
It also does not appear to be showing either a presidential or White House seal at the top. WND contacted both the White House and Kapi'olani Medical Center numerous times to authenticate the existence, authorship and contents of the letter and confirm the true birth hospital of the president, but neither responded. To date, Obama has not revealed his original long-form, hospital-generated "Certificate of Live Birth" that includes details such as the name of the medical facility and the doctor who delivered him.
Here is the "Certification of Live Birth" presented by Obama:
WND has reported on dozens of legal challenges to Obama's status as a "natural born citizen." The Constitution, Article 2, Section 1, states, "No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President." Some of the lawsuits question whether he was actually born in Hawaii, as he insists. If he was born out of the country, Obama's American mother, the suits contend, was too young at the time of his birth to confer American citizenship to her son under the law at the time. Other challenges have focused on Obama's citizenship through his father, a Kenyan subject to the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom at the time of his birth, thus making him a dual citizen. The cases contend the framers of the Constitution excluded dual citizens from qualifying as natural born. Complicating the situation is Obama's decision to spend sums estimated in the hundreds of thousands of dollars to avoid releasing a state birth certificate that would put to rest all of the questions. Among the cases have been several from Democrat Philip Berg, who has alleged that not only is Obama ineligible to be president, he was unqualified to be the senator from Illinois and should be prosecuted under the False Claims Act. The key question in the dispute also is being raised on billboards nationwide.
The billboard campaign follows an ongoing petition campaign launched several months ago by WND Editor and Chief Executive Officer Joseph Farah. They are intended to raise public awareness of the fact that Obama has never released the standard "long-form" birth certificate that would show which hospital he was born in, the attending physician and establish that he truly was born in Hawaii, as his autobiography maintains. | Mr. Abercrombie, I can not believe my eyes in reading an article where you responded when asked "why the public is demanding such a level of proof of natural-born citizenship," and when asked why you thought Obama just doesn't end the controversy by releasing his long-form, hospital-generated birth certificate displaying the name of the hospital and doctor, you responded "if that were me, I'd tell people to stick it in their ear. It's none of their business. The documents online have been certified to show he was born in the U.S." So I thought I would write to confirm that you actually uttered these words. "None of our business?" -- it is as much our business as it is the federal government's business to poke around the private lives of the citizens of this country. You are government, and you work for us, the citizens. You are held accountable for your actions, because you work for us. And, you are responsible for what you do and say, because, sir, YOU WORK FOR US! It is obvious you have absolutely no respect for the Constitution of this great country, and thus, are in breach of the oath of office you took pledging to uphold the constitution and defend our nation against enemies both abroad and within. You, sir, are an enemy within, and your attitude is the reason why this great country is currently in peril. You, and people like you, are ignorant, self serving, and absolutely corrupted to believe that this man in the Oval Office is what is best for this country. Until this man proves his citizenship, WHICH IS A REQUIREMENT THAT OUR CONSTITUTION DEMANDS, you should be on notice that you, he, and his supporters will be held responsible for the damage that you do to this great republic. My grandfather gave his life in World War II so that our freedoms would be protected. And all that you are doing by saying these things is pissing on his grave. I am further asking for your resignation on the grounds of treason, knowing full well that this man in the oval office is NOT eligible to be president, and you are enabling him to break the law. Resign and go pick coconuts! Xavier Holden |
Friday, July 10, 2009
Obama's birth letter: Is this thing for real?
