Posted on 04/26/2011 12:14:52 PM PDT by milwguy
Jay Carney lamented Tuesday that the conspiracy theory about President Obama’s birth is getting “serious attention” while more important matters are getting overlooked.
CNN’s Ed Henry asked the White House press secretary to react to Donald Trump’s seemingly constant presence on TV, in which the real estate mogul has stoked the myth that Obama wasn’t born in Hawaii. In response, Carney said that CNN itself had reported a “highly credible piece on an established fact” — that “the president was born in the United States of America.”
“This was a settled issue,” Carney said, calling it “unfortunate” that “for whatever reason, that instead of focusing” on the economy, unemployment, the deficit, energy, education and foreign affairs, “that this is the subject of – that gets any kind of serious attention.”
“I'll leave it at that,” Carney said. But then Henry asked about the birth certificate’s release, to which Carney replied, “the birth certificate that the campaign put up online has been available for everyone to see online around the globe.”
Carney said the document can be used to get a driver's license, and that anyone who was born in Hawaii uses the same documentation.
“I just think this is, it's a distraction,” Carney said. “And it's an unfortunate distraction. ... Anybody who is watching this exchange, the West Wing of the White House, would be appalled – or most Americans would be appalled.”
At least the question was asked. One question can lead to another.
“the birth certificate that the campaign put up online” .. is a weird way to say it. Normally someone wouldn’t say it like that. sounds like “that woman, ms. lewinsky”
This is a settled issue just like the same political minds said Global Warming was ‘settled science’...eventually the wheels came off with the memo leaks.
Its got to be bodacious bad.. nasty bad.. ELSE trot it out!.. Lets have a look at the damned thing..
This entire issue is caused solely by Obama’s refusal to release his original 1961 birth certificate. Any “news” article that fails to mention this point is not worth reading.
Bump for the Constitution.
Payments made from the Obama campaign to a law firm...birthers have made up the rest.
“on all theses BC threads, ive yet to see one person show up in the major media on tv with a copy of the long form bc that was used in Hawaii in 1961, and compare it with the bogus COLB the teleprompter and fraud had posted....and start asking questions and making points from there.
Most people dont seem to realize the difference.”
A side by side comparison of the COLB and long form B/C presentation would make for a great reality TV spot for the Donald.
Where did Obama find this bozo? He’s not even qualified to blow up balloons at a kids birthday party.
And what website was this put online and by whom?
Jay can explain it. He’s a paid liar himself. If BS were serious about putting the issue to bed he would come clean; instead he likes it as a distraction and even jokes about it at times. Sad part for the American people is that the whole administration is a bad joke.
Carney said, "The birth certificate that the campaign put up online has been available for everyone to see online around the globe.”"
I must have missed this.
Someone needs to bring along the video of Obama talking to students saying explicitly he was not born in hawaii, but that he was born in Kenya.
And then try to explain that one away. So Barry is either telling the truth or he was lying to a huge crowd of people on camera. A lie he now apparently refutes, from himself.
Straw man reply....qualifying to be president is NOT the same as getting a driver's license.
Why doesn't the press corpse ever point this out? Oh, wait...
Is that video online somewhere?
And then try to explain that one away. So Barry is either telling the truth or he was lying to a huge crowd of people on camera. A lie he now apparently refutes, from himself.
It's just this sort of thing that makes birthers look like kooks. That is nothing but a video prank...it never happened.
There has never been an official release. The campaign just points to what was produced by Annenberg and Factcheck. They only ever posted pictures from those sites. Nothing Original. Wonder why? Maybe so they would not get nailed with posting a forgery? Who knows.
“Jay Carney lamented Tuesday that the conspiracy theory about President Obama’s birth is getting “serious attention” while more important matters are getting overlooked.”
More important than the serious possibility there is a usurper signing his paycheck.
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