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The Republican National Convention YouTube live chat was closed down Monday due to an influx of Jew-bashing comments from Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s alt-right supporters. The convention can still be viewed live, but live comments are disabled: Former Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle spoke to delegates about the importance of strengthening bonds between our nation and our allies, and condemned the Democratic Party for promoting hostility toward Israel. “Today our country is more divided than ever and our national security is threatened,” Lingle said. “The Democrats refuse to even call sources of so much of this violence by its name...

Honolulu (AP) — U.S. Rep. Mazie Hirono has defeated former Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle to become Hawaii's next U.S. senator, prevailing in a race many believed key to shifting power dynamics in Congress. Hirono ran on a platform of stopping Lingle as a representative of national Republican interests.

Laie, Hawaii — When former Gov. Linda Lingle threw her hat in the ring for Hawaii's open Senate seat last year, some polls showed the Republican within striking distance of Mazie Hirono, the Democratic establishment candidate and congresswoman. But recent polls show Ms. Hirono pulling away with as much as a 22-percentage-point lead over Ms. Lingle, meaning Democrats can probably breathe easier that they won't lose a seat in a reliably blue state that also happens to be President Barack Obama's boyhood home. That isn't the case in many other parts of the U.S. Seven Senate seats now held by...

Survey After watching the KITV/Civilbeat.com U.S. Senate debate, which candidate will you vote for? Mazie Hirono. - 55% (157 votes) Linda Lingle. - 42% (120 votes) Undecided. - 3% (10 votes) Total Votes: 287

Hirono, Lingle come out swinging in U.S. Senate debate Hirono attacks Lingle's Republican ties; Lingle criticizes Hirono's missed votes

Washington - With both the Democratic and Republican parties out to woo the three million strong Indian-American community with its growing political clout, three of them have been given prime spots at the two parties' presidential conventions. While California's Indian-American Attorney General Kamala Harris has won a prime speaking role at the Democratic National Convention in North Carolina next month, Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal and South Carolina governor Nikki Haley would be among the "headliners" at the Republican National Convention at Tampa Florida next week. Apart from a speaking slot at the Democratic convention that would endorse President Barack Obama's...

Honolulu - Former Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle is opening the final push in her race for a U.S. Senate seat by tying her opponent, Mazie Hirono, to a Congress that has abysmal approval ratings. Lingle said Sunday that Hirono wants to make the election about Hawaii's pride in President Barack Obama and her tough childhood, rather than about what's best for Hawaii's future. Lingle told reporters the day after easily winning her Republican primary that Hirono is an example of why just 12 percent of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing. Lingle says Hirono has missed many votes...

* Democrat Daniel Akaka, 86, is retiring from Senate * Lingle is heavily favored to win Republican primary * Republican has set up her own cable TV station HONOLULU, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Voters in Hawaii went to the polls on Saturday in a primary expected to set up Republicans for their first real chance at a U.S. Senate seat in the heavily Democratic state since 1970. A victory by former governor Linda Lingle, who has an early edge in fundraising, in President Barack Obama's home state could also help Republicans take control of the U.S. Senate as they battle...

Republicans will face far better odds of retaking the Senate, if they can make a state like Hawaii competitive. A new round of polling from the business-friendly U.S Chamber of Commerce suggests President Barack Obama’s home state might actually be in play.

Hawaii Senate candidate Linda Lingle is out of the gate with a towering fundraising haul: $1.7 million during her first quarter in the race. The sum is almost three times what Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee-favored candidate Mazie Hirono raised over the same period. Lingle's campaign notes that 44 percent of donations came from inside the Aloha State, a statistic that highlights the reach of her national fundraising base. The campaign statement does not list a cash on hand number; Hirono carried $1 million into the year. The National Republican Senatorial Committee's Brian Walsh chest-beats with a bit with context: "Governor...

LAS VEGAS — For most Republican politicians, there is no smear more loathed, more insulting or more politically perilous than to be called a RINO — a Republican in Name Only. Not for Linda Lingle. “I’ve been called a RINO before, which I don’t mind,” the former Hawaii governor told a crowd of diehard Republican activists huddled in a Las Vegas ballroom. “There are a lot of people who support these RINOs, whether it’s me or [former New York Mayor] Rudy Giuliani or [former New Jersey Gov.] Christine Todd Whitman.”(snip) And from Lingle’s point of view, moderate Republican candidates such...

I sent a letter to the OIP and Ombudsman this morning, requesting an investigation into whether the HDOH illegally destroyed permanent government records. I cc'ed Gov Lingle, Lt Gov Aiona, and AG Bennett. Because the letter contains a link I will post the entire letter in the first response to this post. A brief summary for those who are new to this issue: The retention schedule says that the original (hand-written) birth index was submitted for review in 1980 and it was determined that this record should be retained permanently. The schedule also says that the certificates themselves and the...

This news from the island state: Hawaii passes new public record law. This bill prohibits multiple requests for public documents. This was passed in response to requests for President's Obama birth certificate. So why the secrecy? What are they hiding? Why deny a request for a public record for our president? Conspiracy theories are never productive, but don't the American people deserve to know the truth? If the president was indeed born on the island as claimed, why not just release the document? But let's play a hypothetical game. Right now the Congress is controlled by the Democrats. So if...

Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle, a Republican, signed legislation Wednesday that will allow state officials to ignore repeated requests for President Barack Obama’s birth certificate. Why? The state has been overwhelmed with requests for the document — the stack of queries through March measures 13 inches high — and the demand is burning up staff time. It is amazing that more than a year after the president took office, the “birthers” are still alive and kicking, trying to prove that Obama wasn’t born in the United States and is thus ineligible to be president. Nevermind the proof that he was born...

HONOLULU (AP) -- It's now law in Hawaii that the government can ignore repetitive requests for President Barack Obama's birth certificate. Republican Gov. Linda Lingle signed into law Wednesday a bill allowing state government agencies not to respond to follow-up requests for information if they determine that the subsequent request is duplicative or substantially similar to a previous request.

"Hawaii Governor accused of suborning election fraudATTORNEY/RESEARCHER HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON CORRUPTION IN THE ALOHA STATE FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS (May 10, 2010) — The Post & Email has completed a follow-up interview of Attorney Andy Martin upon his return from a trip to Hawaii during which he filed a lawsuit against Hawaii officials, charging them with concealing evidence under the guise of “executive privilege.” Mr. Martin also revealed his plans to become involved in the Lt. Col. Lakin case as well as what his additional research yielded. MRS. RONDEAU: I read your news release of May 6 in which...

As the nation's island state aims to escape the repeated requests for President Obama's birth certificate, the fringe "birther" movement sets its sights on D.C. Hawaii has passed a bill that would allow it to ignore further "duplicative requests" by individuals and groups for Obama's birth certificate, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday. The Pacific state has been inundated with the requests for nearly two years by those who believe Obama was not born in this country and is not eligible to be President. According to AP, they still get between 10 and 20 e-mails each week. The bill still...

Hawaii legislators have passed a measure allowing a state agency to ignore repeated requests from a person or organization for President Barack Obama's birth certificate. The measure approved Tuesday by the state Legislature would carve an exemption in the state's public records law and allow officials to ignore all kinds of duplicative requests, including those for Obama's birth certificate. Hawaii Health Director Dr. Chiyome Fukino has issued two statements since 2008 saying she had seen vital records proving Obama is a natural-born American citizen. Obama was born in Honolulu to a Kenyan father and an American mother. SNIP The bill...

2009-07-08 02:28:05 - Martin says the Hawai'i courts are obstructing access to historical archives concerning President Barack Obama. In a sharply worded petition to the Hawai'i Supreme Court, to be docketed July 9th, Martin recites a history of abuse, harassment and procrastination by Hawai'i judges, clerks and the state's Attorney General. "There is no explanation for the behavior of Hawai'i officials," Martin says, "Unless someone has something to hide." ANDY MARTIN Post Office Box 1851 New York, NY 10150-1851 Toll-free tel. (866) 70-6-2639 Toll-free fax (866) 707-2639 Petitioner Pro Se IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HAWAI’I SUPREME COURT DOCKET NUMBER:...

22 June 2009 Governor Linda Lingle State Capitol Honolulu, Hawai`i 96813 Dear Governor Lingle, I am hereby requesting, in the legal sense, “demanding” to know the factual eligibility of Barack Hussein Obama to serve as President of the United States under the provisions of Article II Section 1 of the Constitution of the United States of America. You have the ability to settle that matter once and for all by directing that the vault copy of Obama’s birth certificate be made available for forensic examination and public viewing. It would seem common courtesy, much less satisfaction of Constitutional requirement for...