November 1, 2008

Washington Times

HONOLULU (AP) - State officials say there’s no doubt Barack Obama was born in Hawaii.

Health Department Director Dr. Chiyome Fukino said Friday she and the registrar of vital statistics, Alvin Onaka, have personally verified that the health department holds Obama’s original birth certificate.

To my mind, it is inappropriate, if not illegal, for this official to comment on the existence or non–existence of something the state is not allowed to release. Perhaps the alledged certificate informs of a different father. Who knows. There is obviously an attempt to throw us off the scent without having to deliver the certificate. Ted Belman

Fukino says that no state official, including Republican Gov. Linda Lingle, ever instructed that Obama’s certificate be handled differently.

In response Philip Berg said

“If they’re verifying that they’re having a birth certificate, they’re looking at it in violation of the governor’s instructions that nobody should be looking at it,” Berg said, referencing recently-refuted reports that Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle, a republican and reportedly close friend of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, had sealed all records connected with Barack Obama. “Either way, I can only assume that they’re only referring to the forged Certificate of Live Birth posted across the Web until I see otherwise.”

“Besides,” he said, “we’ve got other evidence confirming that Obama was born in Kenya.”