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Eric Cantor Criticizes WH for Releasing Certificate: I Thought it Was a ‘Sideshow’

On Wednesday, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) responded to Obama releasing his long-form birth certificate. According to him, the decision only makes the controversy an “issue.”

“If the White House press secretary says that this is a ‘sideshow,‘ why aren’t we treating it as such and dealing with the bigger issues?” he said. “This is an issue that does not belong in the debate, there are much more important issues for us to be dealing with, obviously.”

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  • Valerie Summer
    Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:08am

    Let‘s look at the father’s info. It says African for race – African is a nationality, not a race. In 1961, race was “*****” , and the slang was “colored” – there was no usage of African-American or black at that time.

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  • teddrunk
    Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:05am

    I smell a Dan Rather certificate.

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  • quarter horseman
    Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:05am

    I’m wondering why the more eleite people seem to avoid this? even most senators that may be able to do something about it, but no, no looking into this,no questions nothing but he was born here, this is not a big issue and so on. Thease people know something or are up to something really big and we are all just peeons that are going to get screwed in the end.

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  • awiderview
    Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:04am

    I need to follow this thread…who’s better to comment on a sideshow than TheBlaze?

    But it’s good to see Cantor is focused on the “bigger issues.” ;-)

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  • axel@25
    Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:02am

    just a few questions remain….

    1. Why did it take so long to release it?
    2. Was “race” listed as “African American used in 1961 wouldn’t it have been “*****” or “mixed”?
    3. Wasn’t his birth name “Barry Soetaro”?
    4, Why no “foot” print?
    5. Why was it released now after Trunps asking and not when Hillary requested it?

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    • Bushie
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:08am

      the same reason why he spent thousands of dollars locking away his college records.

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  • conservativewoman
    Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:02am

    The White House mocked and ridiculed people who questioned the birth certificate, but now it is such a big deal that it rates a big announcement and a speech! Now I am even more suspicious of the president and anything he says or does.

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  • Marylou7
    Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:01am

    This is definitely a sideshow and nothing more than smoke and mirrors. What’s the FED up to right now?????

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  • Bushie
    Posted on April 27, 2011 at 10:58am

    This whole administration is a side show.

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    • starman70
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:06am

      Try the entire presidential advisory corps along with the majority of the House and Senate.

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  • Marine Recon Dad
    Posted on April 27, 2011 at 10:58am

    Shell game…. what is under the other nut shell……

    But the REAL question is – WHY did it take so long? Answer is that they enjoyed the diversion, in fact welcomed it. While many were possesed with the controversy, they were doing other more hideous things out of the corner of our eyes. That is the real issue. I am glad that Trump pushed the issue – I just wish someone with balls would have done it from the beginning….

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    • just the facts
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:32pm

      I fully agree recon dad. Deception at any means possible. It is hard and bad enough to actually see what these bastards are doing in plan sight but I wonder just how much we were not, are not being told. I really wonder how bad the back door meetings will hurt us in the future.

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  • eyestoseeearstohear
    Posted on April 27, 2011 at 10:55am

    Oh…that’s right, Eric!
    COME IN BEHIND THE ISSUE LIKE YOU AND THE REPS HAVE BEEN DOING.

    Instead of DEALING STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH THE ISSUE….and I might add, A LONG TIME AGO, like 3 YEARS…..here you come with sorry azz comments, CHASING BEHIND THE ISSUE.

    Here’s a FREE TIP..
    Since the Reps are SO GOOD AT “ CHASING”…APPLY FOR A DOG CATCHER POSITION.
    That should keep you happy and busy.

    The REPS have been busy COVERING FOR OBAMA – promoting his legitimacy in ALL AREAS….born in Hawaii, born in America, IS a legal President, Obama does have a BC….and EVEN telling us to STOP THE BC ISSUE TALK….I mean WHAT MORE DO YOU NEED TO DO TO CONVINCE US THAT YOU HAVE CONVERTED TO AN OBAMA SUPPORTER?

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  • teachermitch32
    Posted on April 27, 2011 at 10:55am

    We do have bigger fish to fry. But I am okay with some people bringing side dishes to the party. If someone brings a dish that needs to be put on the grill we should make room on the BBQ (such as other records like college, passports, SS cards, etc.). In the end, this man is a fraud and a liar and needs to go, however we can do it. One way, and the best way, is to counter his candidacy with a Constitutional loving person who will redirect this country back from the brink of disaster it is heading. IMHO, it is no DT by any stretch of the imagination. It could be, should be Allen West. That is probably not going to happen. Sooooo, we need to look at the reast in the field of possibilities. Keep your eyes on the Constitution, and the heart and character of possible candidates folks.

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    • flagbearer
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:43pm

      Right! It isn’t a distraction, it is in addition to all the other issues. You don’t neglect one for another. If our Constitution is violated, it and of itself is IMPORTANT! Yes, deal with the economy and world crisis, but the usurpation this man is guilty of MUST BE dealt with as well. If our leaders cannot deal with more than one issue at a time, we’re worse off than we realize.

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  • D0ntTread0nMe
    Posted on April 27, 2011 at 10:54am

    The whole point of this is to get us to take our eyes off of Bernake… I for one, WON’T
    http://www.mythoughtsfromthemiddle.blogspot.com
    Follow our blog!

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    • starman70
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:02am

      What exactly did Bernake say at his news conference? Has anyone even reported on or analyzed that?

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    • D0ntTread0nMe
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:13am

      it hasn’t happened yet… but stay on the lookout…it’s coming soon.

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  • dfaugust2k
    Posted on April 27, 2011 at 10:54am

    who cares that he’s got a birth certificate..they can print money, why couldn’t they forge this? Cantor is correct, there are MANY other things this despot could be impeached over, why did the republicrats make this an issue? They should have forced the communist to be vetted BEFORE the elections, it’s too late now, and then you clowns gave us the RINO mccain as an alternative. Long live the Tea Party.

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  • EQUALIZER
    Posted on April 27, 2011 at 10:51am

    Barry soetoro‘s father’s race listed as African, in 1961 mind you. No.no.no.no. I don’t think so. BIG MISTAKE. FRAUD,SCAM,HOAX

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  • mrsmileyface
    Posted on April 27, 2011 at 10:51am

    Sorry Cantor all your going to get from this WH is smoke and mirrors because quite frankly thats all they have.

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  • ILM_Patriot
    Posted on April 27, 2011 at 10:50am

    Where are the college transcripts, thesis and Babtism certificate ?

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    • kurwa
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:05am

      it just dosn’t stop for u nuts does it?

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    • ILM_Patriot
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:34am

      It will in 559 days.

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    • PSALMS23
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:10pm

      Also, why did he spend millions fighting this for the past couple years.
      Why did he not show it when Lt. Col. Lakin requested, instead he let the Col. lose everything and go to jail? (real nice person, this president)
      Kinda strange that some states are passing laws that require it in order to be on the ballot..
      I am not big on this birther thing and yes it needs to go away..And so does thisPresident..
      He never does anything that doesn’t serve him in some way.
      All I’ve got to say is watch your back jack,,I think something BIG is comeing..

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  • h20sue
    Posted on April 27, 2011 at 10:48am

    Sorry Mr. Canter, this most certainly is something that should have been brought to attention, however; if true American’s are buying this pack of BS, they need to rethink the situation.
    Everything depend on whether Obama is an American Citizien. Do you really think we want some illegal alien running our country? Grow up! He’s making major decisions and screwing up the economy so bad, we’re having to decide whether to work (spend money to get back and forth), go hungry, or continue to purchase medications. Rich people do not have to worry about these problems. Some of us used to be middle class. Now we’re poor folks.
    Mr. Canter, you seem to think Obama’s citizenship makes no difference, but I highly disagree. You are WRONG!

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    • Mary M. Tebbe
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 4:29pm

      h20sue: I still believe the Grandmother. If she says she was present at his birth in Mombasa, Kenya, then she was present at his birth, in my book. When Bishop McCrae questioned her twice about this same issue, she said “yes” she was present at his birth in Kenya; period. Grandma‘s don’t lie.

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  • 13th Imam
    Posted on April 27, 2011 at 10:47am

    Mr Cantor should be worrying about John Baynor seeming to stand in the way of doing anything possible to defund Barry’s Death care plan. Follow the same rules (NONE) applied by the Democrats to jam this Socialist agenda down TAXPAYERS throats.

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  • EQUALIZER
    Posted on April 27, 2011 at 10:47am

    BARRY SOETORO became Barack Hussein Obama in 1980,HMMMMMMMMMM???????????

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    • Hell of the Upside Down Sinners
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:01am

      relax fella, he was born Barack Obama but went by the name Barry until he went back to wanting to be called Barack again. Im pretty sure Barry is the English translation of Barack. Its comments like yours that make people with legitimate questions get labeled as crazy.

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    • Hawt'n'secksie
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:02am

      Forget the birth certificate, show us the time machine!

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    • jimjonjr
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:24am

      Dear God, will you ever stop!!! And people wonder why we call them racists.

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    • 13th Imam
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:47am

      @JJJR Progressives don’t believe in GOD. They only believe in the STATE. Barry is the STATE.

      Go pick up your welfare check and food stamps. By the By , I hear that there is a new DEMOCRAT Program where your food stamps can be sold for 50 cents on the dollar and all the proceeds can be funneled to the Reelect Barry Soetoro in 2012 campaign. Being called a RACIST by a Progressive like you is a badge of honor

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  • kurwa
    Posted on April 27, 2011 at 10:45am

    This guy dosn’t look like he was born here as well. Covering up for your fellow kenyan are we Mr Cantor?

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  • EQUALIZER
    Posted on April 27, 2011 at 10:45am

    BORN BARRY SOETORO AT BIRTH. noT Baracjk Hussein Obama. WHERE ARE THE FOOTPRINTS?????? FAKE,FRAUD,SCAM,HOAX

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    • starman70
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 10:59am

      If I remember, Soetoro was his step-farher’s name. They may not have required footprints in 1961. It would be very interesting to see if anyone born in Hawaii in that year has a birth cirtificate with footprints. If anyone from Hawaii has such information, please show us.

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    • Hawt'n'secksie
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:01am

      Exactly…a time macine was used here, as Obama’s mom used it to travel to the future to meet her second husband Lolo Soetoro, then travel back in time to give her first born son her second husband’s last name. We need to know where this time machine is. Show us the time machine!

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  • jdog777
    Posted on April 27, 2011 at 10:43am

    check it out, authenticate it, and move on!!! He is right, we have bigger fish to fry.

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  • afishfarted
    Posted on April 27, 2011 at 10:43am

    this story AIN’T goin away
    and ain’t it funny that he released it AFTER the polls show only 38% stronly believe he’s American born

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    • Mary M. Tebbe
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 4:24pm

      afishfarted: Maybe he’ll be giving us an explanation about the fraudulent social security that originally was given to a Connecticut woman in 1890 next? Nah!

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    • YoungLibertarian
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:33pm

      @ MARY … You are crazy.. Social Security was created in the 1930′s .. no one from the 1890′s was ever issued a SS#. That would be impossible.

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    • Mary M. Tebbe
      Posted on April 28, 2011 at 8:07am

      younglibertarian: I have been called many things, so your insult does not bother me. You have been on this website many times and know that there was talk of a social security NUMBER. You should have known what I meant. Dah!

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  • rds1945
    Posted on April 27, 2011 at 10:42am

    I disagree. This should not have been an issue and would not have been an issue if Obama had been forthcoming years ago.

    Sorry Cantor, just let it drop like it should.

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    • jimjonjr
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:10am

      When an individual runs for president, as well as any other political office, he/she has to file papers to do so. The requirements vary for each office but for president you must produce your birth certificate or a reasonable facsimile (such as the other type of birth certificate that was posted by Obama) He never needed to do so because IT WAS VERIFIED. This whole circus was unecessary from the get-go. That’s why progressives like me call it racist.

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    • dakotareal
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:22am

      I have sat in the dmv and watched, as very frustrated war veterans are told that their birth certificate is not acceptable. They are confused because it was acceptable when they enlisted, or were drafted. They are sent away and have to go on a wild goose chase…just to re-new their drivers license. They deserve a country where the leader has to go through the same thing!

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    • 13th Imam
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:30am

      Jimjon

      It was verified by who? HOSNI, Rham, Al Gore, Joe Bite me, Pelousy, Bwaney, K-Dog ?

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    • UpstateNYConservative
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:46am

      @jimjonjr

      Actually, you call us racists because that’s the talking point and you libs keep to the script. I’ve seen it a million time among your ilk, and you never change. You always go tit-for-tat or some other game. Even wehn repeatedly refuted by several people, you’ll come back in an hour with the same talking point like nothing was said against you.

      For example–and everyone knows you lbs will do it: Many here support Congressman West. As a matter of fact, he’s darker than your precious Obow (who is half white). And yes, like it or not, skin tone is a major factor among many libs. That disproves your demented claim we are racists. But, your kind will turn around, call West an Uncle Tom in a perverted attempt to somehow nullify him, then come right back and call us racists again.

      Sit there in your smug liberal denial all you want, since it makes you feel somehow morally superior. But your game is well known, and the poison you keep trying to sell is suffering an ever-shrinking market.

      And, no–I don’t want a discussion with you. Others can decide for themselves their own views; you libs trolling here are incapable of swaying Conservative opinions your way by the breadth of a single hair.

      Have a nice day.

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    • walkwithme1966
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:54am

      Racism it is – you can’t stand the fact that a black man is living in the White House. Sorry – get over it!!
      http://wp.me/pYLB7-V6

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    • UpstateNYConservative
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:03pm

      @walkwithme1966
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:54am

      Racism it is – you can’t stand the fact that a black man is living in the White House. Sorry – get over it!!

      ___________________________

      Then how do you explain the desire of so many here wanting Congressman West in the White House? He’s darker than half-white Obama which, according to many on the Left as I’ve heard for years, makes West “more black” than Obow.

      Oh, wait! West is an “Uncle Tom”, and we’re all still racist.

      Pffft!

      Thank you for proving the point of my previous post about liberals.

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    • NHwinter
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:07pm

      Walkwithme – you are so ridiculous. Did you just read what UpstateNY wrote?? Many of us support Allen West for the next president!!!!

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    • Psychosis
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:09pm

      @ JIM AND WALKWITHANIDIOT

      NO IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HIS SKIN COLOR

      1) this is NOT his long form bc

      2) this is still only a certificate of live birth…………….the same form he has already realeased

      3) it still doesnt changed the fact his father WAS NOT A CITIZEN as REQUIRED by LAW

      HIS FATHER BARRACK SR. WAS A BRITISH SUBJECT NOT A U.S. CITIZEN THUS MAKING HIM INELIGIBLE ACCORDING TO THE REQUIREMENT OF NATURAL BORN CITIZEN

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    • abc
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 1:24pm

      Psychosis, it is my understanding that the law doesn’t require that his father be a US citizen. Please cite the Constitutional case law to support this position, or stop spreading misinformation.

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    • 4theRepublic
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 3:21pm

      @ABC… See minor vs. Happersett (previously posted by Tea Party Conservatism)

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    • abc
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 4:00pm

      TeaPartyConservative’s citation of the Minor case is laughable. That case turned on whether the Constitution conferred voting rights to women, which the court ruled it did not. The quotations from the case used here are not legally controlling since the set of facts are totally different. Moreover, that case would never be cited as authoritative on the question of how to define “natural born” for the purposes of the Constitutional requirement for President. In fact, the justice writing the opinion SPECIFICALLY DEFERRED ON THIS ISSUE:

      “The Constitution does not, in words, say who shall be natural-born citizens. Resort must be had elsewhere to ascertain that. At common-law, with the nomenclature of which the framers of the Constitution were familiar, it was never doubted that all children born in a country of parents who were its citizens became themselves, upon their birth, citizens also. These were natives, or natural-born citizens, as distinguished from aliens or foreigners. Some authorities go further and include as citizens children born within the jurisdiction without reference to the citizenship of their parents. As to this class there have been doubts, but never as to the first. For the purposes of this case it is not necessary to solve these doubts.”

      To determine the meaning of natural born citizen for the purposes of the Presidency, a more authoritative source are the writings of Alexander Hamilton and James Madison at the time the Constitution was written. Hamilton, in an early version of the Constitution, wrote:

      “No person shall be eligible to the office of President of the United States unless he be now a Citizen of one of the States, or hereafter be born a Citizen of the United States.”

      Madison, meanwhile, clearly stated birth as the criterion of allegiance, which was the key issue that natural born requirement for the Presidency addressed. He wrote:

      “It is an established maxim, that birth is a criterion of allegiance. Birth, however, derives its force sometimes from place, and sometimes from parentage; but, in general place is the most certain criterion; it is what applies in the United States.”

      Also, unlike Minor, the Sailor’s Snug Harbor case dealt specifically with rights of citizenship (as opposed to voting rights of women pre-suffrage), and it held specifically that:

      “Nothing is better settled at the common law than the doctrine that the children even of aliens born in a country while the parents are resident there under the protection of the government and owing a temporary allegiance thereto are subjects by birth.”

      Another case, Wong Kim Ark, looked to English law to determine the original intent of natural born citizen and concluded:

      “therefore every child born in England of alien parents was a natural-born subject, unless the child of an ambassador or other diplomatic agent of a foreign state, or of an alien enemy in hostile occupation of the place where the child was born.”

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  • miles from nowhere
    Posted on April 27, 2011 at 10:40am

    So far everything Obama has done is a sideshow.

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 10:45am

      Agreed.

      Just remember, sideshows are meant to hold the attention of the masses until the main show would begin; and then it was too late to leave the building. Obama is using such to distract us from the main show taking place just off stage and behind the scenes.

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    • pajamash
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 10:52am

      So what do you think his reasoning was Mr. Cantor? Of course it is a side show and of course he will use it as political leverage.

      Isn’t it interesting that Donald Trump had a press conference already set up this morning. Very interesting. Almost seems like he and The White House are working together doesn’t it?!

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    • Revere1
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:01am

      I wonder if this will help Trump transition to other issues? http://www.elephantwatcher.com/p/candidate-profiles.html#trump

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    • 13th Imam
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:09am

      Seems that this HUFFPO EDITOR at the Blaze wants to keep this birhter thing alive. Might there be a Liberal agenda in her mind, to distract Conservative America . Pretty soon the Blaze will look like this

      Wednesday ******* is going to ********** where he said ****** is leaving for ****** to****** and ********. MR. ***** then replied ****** is a *********** and will be ******** ..

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    • GayDem4Beck
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:14am

      @pajamash – very interesting point of view… is the Administration and MSM trying to select and manage who we want as the next candidate for POTUS I think Trump is nothing but bling and flash.

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    • staggerlee32
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 11:20am

      @Snowleopard
      As always you hit the nail on the head!

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    • jzs
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:01pm

      Obviously this isn‘t Obama’s real birth certificate. It’s an obvious Photoshop fake done, probably, by someone at Media Matters. It won’t stand up to the scrutiny of unbiased investigators.

      Bad move on Obama’s part releasing a fake BC. This will only increase the issue.

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    • Psychosis
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:05pm

      jzs
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:01pm

      Obviously this isn‘t Obama’s real birth certificate. It’s an obvious Photoshop fake done, probably, by someone at Media Matters. It won’t stand up to the scrutiny of unbiased investigators.

      Bad move on Obama’s part releasing a fake BC. This will only increase the issue.

      NO, this is the same form he has already released THIS IS NOT THE LONG FORM CERTIFICATE

      AND, MORE TO THE POINT IT ISNT THE POINT

      HIS FATHER WAS NOT A U.S. CITIZEN THUS MAKING HIM INELIGIBLE

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    • banjarmon
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:19pm

      Show all records mr “o”, ALL School and ALL Passports used

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    • abc
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:34pm

      Obama cannot win with the GOP. A substantial percentage of the GOP doubts his citizenship and will not confer upon him legitimacy because of it. Then he puts it to rest, and it is a trivial side-show. When was Cantor criticizing the Birthers and telling them to focus on more important issues? Never. So now he looks like a hypocrite and a pandering partisan.

      What is revealing is that Obama noted at the start of his press conference today that he couldn’t get a cut away from other news for the impotant topics like budget or foreign policy, but when he releases the birth certificate, suddenly they all break away. This suggests that the side show complaint should be leveled at the American people, not the President. The media are run by profit maximizing companies that will efficiently maximize ratings. Because the public finds Dancing with the Stars or Obama’s birth certificate more interesting than budget or foreign policy discussions, they will allocate precious airtime to the former and not the latter. So the people that are attacking the President ought to attack the voters and viewers. They are the reason we have the poor government and press that we do. Educate yourself. Demand better. The press and politicians will respond. But if you remain focused on circus nonsense, then this is what you will get: a country run like a country carnival.

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    • Cemoto78
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:42pm

      Now that this birth certificate issue is done, I’m off to the golf course……………

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    • jeffyfreezone
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 1:06pm

      For the imam up there, THIS conservative LOVES the blaze! I think Obama and his peeps love the birth certificate story…

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 1:06pm

      Hey JZS,

      Happy hour is only a short time away.

      Then you can have your vinegar & water.

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    • Tea Party Conservatism
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 1:30pm

      .

      In 1866 John Bingham, the author of the 14th Amendment, stated on the House floor:
      “Every human being born within the jurisdiction of the United States of parents not owing allegiance to any foreign sovereignty is, in the language of your Constitution itself, a natural born citizen.”[1]

      This definition was unchallenged during the heated debates ongoing at the time. The House floor is certainly the proper place for such debates but no objection was raised among the members, the consensus being that each agreed with the definition. In fact, the House of Representatives definition of a natural born citizen as one “born on U.S. soil of parents who are U.S citizens” still stands today, 145 years later.

      The House of Representatives definition of a natural born citizen was affirmed in 2008 by Senate Resolution 511:
      “Whereas John Sidney McCain, III, was born to American citizens on an American military base in the Panama Canal Zone in 1936: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That John Sidney McCain, III, is a `natural born Citizen’ under Article II, Section 1, of the Constitution of the United States.”[2]

      It’s interesting to note that former Senator Obama was a Cosigner of SR-511. Obama’s Kenyan father precluded his being a “natural born citizen” as required for eligibility to serve as President by the Constitution.

      1. Library of Congress, Congressional Globe, House of Representatives, 39th Congress, 1st Session, Page 1291, 1866.
      http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llcg&fileName=071/llcg071.db&recNum=332

      2. SR-511, Opencongress, 5/10/08
      http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-sr511/text

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    • Long Form in Ya FACE
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 1:33pm

      There’s no pleasing you nutjobs. No matter what he does, you’ll find a way to be against it even it you wanted it yesterday. That’s why your political party will become increasingly marginalized.

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    • Polwatcher
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 1:53pm

      I like Eric Cantor. Why doesn’t he spend his precious time in front of media in calling out Obama instead of fellow Repubs that are attempting to do their job. Mr. Cantor, please do your job as a Repub and call out Obama on his terrible policies and his lack of respect for the law as is vividly shown by his arrogance in defying the public by not showing his birth certificate. Obama thinks he is god and the Repubs better learn that he is not. Repubs should not be afraid and they should go for it. Trump is showing them how.

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 1:57pm

      @LONG FORM

      I believe the word “marginalized”, is defined as “November 2010”

      If you look up “November 2010” in a thesaurus, you will see “November 2012” as the first entry.

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    • KOCHLEFFEL
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 2:49pm

      I could not care less where he is born on the moon or in Hawaii the real issue is get this screwed up country back in order. The Dollar is worthless, no jobs and high gas prices, that should be addressed not where the President is born. After all most Americans voted for him they should have checked earlier now it’s too late.

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    • Long Form in Ya FACE
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 3:22pm

      you can‘t get much better than the ’08 BEATDOWN election.

      you guys got it handed to you so hard, you’re still mad about it.

      must be humiliating to have all the dummies as your BEST CHOICE

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    • Koolaiders
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 3:50pm

      You far right tea party birther extremists look like idiots now that your conspiracy theory has proven to be utter nonsense.

      In fact, the rest of your conspiracies about O — socialist, nazi, commie, muslim – are also nonsense.

      You’ll hate him even if he breathes Oxygen.

      He’ll be reelected in 2012, especially with the crop of GOP candidates like that idiot TRUMP.

      Go Trump go to get O reelected in 2012.

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 4:21pm

      @LONG FORM

      I know you don’t really do a lot of reading, other than the huffpo, or maybe MAD magazine.
      But if you dig down a little further than just the high profile races that made the headlines, you will find that your “beatdown” was a bit more severe than you noticed.

      I won’t bore you with the details, but it should become obvious to you over time.

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 4:54pm

      @koolaid drinker

      I assume that he breathes air, like the rest of us.
      But if he did breathe oxygen, I would not hate him for that.
      That would be “Gasist” of me.

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 6:09pm

      Eric why did you support the Bail out ????
      This is more important than a fake birth certificate

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    • Alky
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 6:34pm

      Even if he’s ineligible to be President, as Hannity says, you can’t just remove him as President, but if he’s actually ineligible, wouldn’t that make any law he signed invalid… think ObummerCare. He should be a lame duck prez till 2012 then unable to run again!

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    • Chet Hempstead
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 6:56pm

      Tea Party Conservatism
      1866 is before 1898 when the Supreme Court finally ruled on the issue, so no, this definition does not still stand today.

      The Senate resolution on John McCain, which was meant only to cover his situation and not to disqualify people whose eligibility had never been questioned. If yo had read the whole thing you you would have seen that:
      Mrs. MCCASKILL (for herself, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. OBAMA, Mr. COBURN, Mrs. CLINTON, and Mr. WEBB) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

      Obama was a cosponsor of the resolution! Do you really think that he would sponsor a resolution that said that he wasn’t qualified to run, or that anybody who wasn’t an idiot could misconstrue as saying that he wasn’t qualified to run?

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    • jhaydeng
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 9:30pm

      Cantor and Boehner have to go next! Watch these guy’s change their stance every time they are pressured! No solidity!

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    • jzs
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 9:48pm

      Tea Party Conservatism said: .

      In 1866 John Bingham, the author of the 14th Amendment, stated on the House floor:
      “Every human being born within the jurisdiction of the United States of parents not owing allegiance to any foreign sovereignty is, in the language of your Constitution itself, a natural born citizen.”[1]

      This definition was unchallenged during the heated debates ongoing at the time. The House floor is certainly the proper place for such debates but no objection was raised among the members, the consensus being that each agreed with the definition.

      In fact, the House of Representatives definition of a natural born citizen as one “born on U.S. soil of parents who are U.S citizens” still stands today, 145 years later.” And that’s just what John

      No Tea Party, the “House of Represenatives definition of natural born citizen” doesn’t stand today. You quoted the author who, in your quote, more or less stated the 14th Amendment which says:

      “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”

      That’s the definition of “natural born citizen.” It’s in the Constitution. That would be the 14th Amendment. And that’s just what John Bingham said in your quote. Different words, same thing.

      Sorry Tea Party, you can’t just make crap up. Well, as your post shows, you can, but you’ll be challenged, as my post shows. Read the Constitution Tea Party.

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 10:39pm

      Well that’s the most ridiculous thing I ever hoid.

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    • Clara88
      Posted on April 27, 2011 at 10:45pm

      Mr Trump…can we PLEASE have answers to ALL of these questions regarding this NEW bc??

      http://thedailypen.blogspot.com/

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