After Governor Lingle’s radio interview with Rabbi Shumley Boteach, the elite of the Republican Party developed “the party line” on the birth certificate issue.
The party line has been a variation on one word: “distraction.”
Governor Lingle implemented the party line in her radio interview (”This issue kept coming up so much in the campaign, and again I think it’s one of those issues that is simply a distraction from the more critical issues that are facing the country”); and here’s another Republican Governor using the party line: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y15Q9MEr3ws
And here’s Newt Gingrich using the party line: “LAS VEGAS — Former GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich praised Mitt Romney’s handling of Tuesday’s controversy over Donald Trump’s renewed questioning of President Barack Obama’s birthplace.
‘Governor Romney is not distracted. The Republican Party is not distracted. We believe that this is an American-born, job-killing president,” Gingrich told reporters in the lobby of the Trump International Hotel, on his way into a fundraiser for Romney on Tuesday evening. “Other people may believe he was born somewhere else and still kills jobs, but that’s an argument over background,” Gingrich said. “I’m happy to say I believe he was born in Hawaii. That doesn’t change the fact that he’s killing jobs.’”
I could go on and on with quotes from big name Republicans saying that the birth certificate/natural born citizen/Article 2, Section1 issue is “a distraction,” but I’m sure that you get the point.
I see nothing “delicately” worded in Dr. Fukino’s press release. She said:
“Therefore, I as Director of Health for the State of Hawai‘i, along with the Registrar of Vital Statistics who has statutory authority to oversee and maintain these type of vital records, have personally seen and verified that the Hawai‘i State Department of Health has Sen. Obama’s original birth certificate on record in accordance with state policies and procedures.”
What’s “delicate” about that?
Yes, it came up SO MUCH during the campaign that she waited until three days before the election to put out a news release that doesn't legally verify anything. It certainly did NOT list a place of birth.
and here’s another Republican Governor using the party line: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y15Q9MEr3ws And here’s Newt Gingrich using the party line: “LAS VEGAS — Former GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich praised Mitt Romney’s handling of Tuesday’s controversy over Donald Trump’s renewed questioning of President Barack Obama’s birthplace.
‘Governor Romney is not distracted. The Republican Party is not distracted. We believe that this is an American-born, job-killing president,” Gingrich told reporters in the lobby of the Trump International Hotel, on his way into a fundraiser for Romney on Tuesday evening. “Other people may believe he was born somewhere else and still kills jobs, but that’s an argument over background,” Gingrich said. “I’m happy to say I believe he was born in Hawaii. That doesn’t change the fact that he’s killing jobs.’”
I could go on and on with quotes from big name Republicans saying that the birth certificate/natural born citizen/Article 2, Section1 issue is “a distraction,” but I’m sure that you get the point.
Of course, I get the point. You're trying to deflect what I posted previously, which had nothing to do with a "party line."
I see nothing “delicately” worded in Dr. Fukino’s press release.
That doesn't mean anything. And I didn't say it was "delicately" worded. I said it delicately AVOIDED the issue of whether the jpg was a genuine birth certificate or not. Fukino says nothing about the alleged document presented by Obama. Thanks for giving the quote that proves this point. It's interesting that she says she has the statutory authority to oversee and maintain these types of vital records. She also has the statutory authority to make those records public. Saying that an "original birth certificate" is on file doesn't address whether it lists Hawaii as the place of birth. It doesn't address whether Obama's jpg is legitimate. It doesn't mean much of anything, especially when it is not accompanied by the actual records nor is it being submitted in front of a court of law.