Challenge: get Hawaii to clarify their 10/31 statement

This post assumes you're already thoroughly familiar with the Obama citizenship summary, so please read that through first if you haven't already.

If you believe that FactCheck is telling the truth, here's what you need to do: get the state of Hawaii to clarify their 10/31 statement and/or obtain clarification from a recognized legal scholar.

For instance, you can call Janice Okubo from the Hawaii Department of Health at (808) 586-4442 and ask her one of these:

1. Did the 10/31 statement (or any other official statement from the state government) confirm that Obama was born in Hawaii, as some have assumed?

2. Did the 10/31 statement (or any other official statement from the state government) confirm that the certificate you have on file matches the one on Obama's website?

3. Is it true that under Hawaii law, Obama's certificate could indicate a non-Hawaii birth and still meet the description given in the 10/31 statement?

3. Could a certificate indicate a non-Hawaii birth and still meet the description given in the 10/31 statement?

The state of Hawaii refused to answer the first two questions, and that tends to cast a great deal of doubt on those who've assumed that their statement verified where he was born.

For Fact Check to be telling the truth, Hawaii or a legal scholar would have had to answer the first or second questions in the affirmative, or the third or fourth questions in the negative.

Alternatively, feel free to ask a recognized legal scholar to weigh in.

Then, leave a comment here or post online what they tell you.

Fri, 01/23/2009 - 14:15 · · Importance: 4