Donald Trump: I've got my birth certificate, where President Barack Obama's?

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  1. SlyPokerDog

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    Donald Trump now sees himself as something of a patron saint for the birthers – and he's even released his own birth certificate as he steps up criticism of the president.

    Seeking to pump more energy into the birther movement and quirky chase for the White House, Trump on Monday provided a copy of his birth certificate to the conservative website Newsmax – which has played a leading role in trumpeting birther mythology.

    And in an interview on Fox News, Trump cast himself as something akin to the rebel leader of the birther movement.

    “Now, this guy either has a birth certificate or he doesn’t,” Trump said. “And I didn't think this was such a big deal, but I will tell you, it’s turning out to be a very big deal because people now are calling me from all over saying, please don't give up on this issue."

    http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/52064.html
     
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    Trump needs to develop is own group of crazies and leave Sarah Palin's alone.
     
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    He's taking a bullet for the other GOP candidates. He's not being unreasonable about it, he's just shedding light on the issue.
     
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    Obama needs to release a statement that his birth certificate is at the same place Donald Trump's hair is.
     
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    Trump's just trying to find a niche where he can get attention, so that more people will tune into "Celebrity Apprentice." Nobody got any traction with the "Certificate of live birth means nothing, where's his birth certificate" line when it first came up and Trump isn't trying to get any (political) traction now. It's all about self-promotion. Not sure it will work, but probably worth a try. Nothing to lose, since he's never valued dignity. ;)
     
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    I think it's a legitimate concern though. Why is it such a big deal to ask the President of the United States to produce a birth certificate? I had to provide mine to join the military and that was just to be a lowly journalist in the Navy. Why is it such a big deal to ask someone who is President to do the same when it's a requirement to hold the position?
     
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    What is a legitimate concern? That Obama may not be an actual US native? I can't say I agree.

    Whether he could, or should, produce a birth certificate (when he has produced a certificate of live birth from Hawaii) is not of much interest to me. I hope the Republicans focus on the issue though. It made them look silly in 2008 and it'll do so again if they go that route again.
     
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    I'd rather like to know how he screwed up his NCAA bracket.
     
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    If he's not American, he has to repay all those scholarships and loans he got.

    I'd like to check Obama's wallet for an Al Qaeda membership card. Really. Imagine if one were found. It would be very, very important. Does anyone want to argue with me that it would be important? Then what are we waiting for?
     
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    He's just preaching to the crazies.

    It's just far too complicated for it to be that he wasn't born in Hawaii.
     
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    Hawaii? That's totally not even a real state. It's only an honorary state, right?
     
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    Even if he was born in Kenya (or wherever) and moved to Hawaii a few days later.

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    Now, if he came to the US at age 25 we have a serious constitutional issue. Seems to me there's a letter of the law and a spirit of the law. And moving here at age 3 or 5 days really doesn't violate the spirit of the law.
     
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    Shhhh BP. We're working on his chink in the armor! :devilwink:
     
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    1. Only the letter of the law is enforceable.

    2. Moving here at any time from another country violates both.
     
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    Light on what issue?
     
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    It has been online for three years now.
     
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    "What is Donald Trump hiding?

    The multimillionaire developer has, overnight, become a leading voice of the “birther” movement, members of which doubt that President Barack Obama was born in the United States (and, thus, is unable to produce an authentic U.S. birth certificate).

    “It’s inconceivable that, after four years of questioning, the president still hasn’t produced his birth certificate,” Trump told Newsmax. “I’m just asking President Obama to show the public his birth certificate. Why’s he making an issue out of this?" To prove how easy it was for a household employee to find his birth certificate, Trump, 64, crowed, “It took me one hour to get my birth certificate.”

    As seen above, he provided the conservative web site with what he purports to be his birth certificate.

    Except the document is not an official New York City birth certificate, but rather a document generated by Jamaica Hospital, where Trump’s mother Mary reportedly gave birth in June 1946. Official birth certificates are issued (and maintained) by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Office of Vital Records.

    So, what is Trump trying to conceal?

    On a possibly related note, Jamaica Hospital has been the recipient of significant financial largesse from the Trump family. In fact, the Queens institution includes the Trump Pavilion, a nursing and rehabilitation facility that was named for Mary Trump."

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    http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/donald-trump/what-is-donald-trump-trying-hide-us-563901
     
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    crazy bigots and hopelessly partisan :smiley-cheer:

    that Trump is the one running this weak crap out should finally be the death of it. It would be great if the next election debated some of the actual issues affecting most US citizens and not this sort of tabloid nonsense. Both parties fail us daily chasing the same lobbyist $$$

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    It's useful to think of it just like Puerto Rico except fundamentally different in many, many ways.
     
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    I don't like Puerto Rico for its part in the creation of Rosie Perez, which was an unforgivable act.
     
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