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	<title>Comments on: Does this kill the Obama birth certificate myth?</title>
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		<title>By: Hot Air &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Video:Hawaiian official corroborates Obama COLB &#8230; again</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/23/does-this-kill-the-obama-birth-certificate-myth/comment-page-2/#comment-2486870</link>
		<dc:creator>Hot Air &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Video:Hawaiian official corroborates Obama COLB &#8230; again</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Last July, a Hillary Clinton supporter doing oppo research on Obama dug up a birth announcement in the Honolulu Advertiser from August 1961 that noted Obama&#8217;s birth in Hawaii. The Honolulu Star-Bulletin has also found one in its own archives from that month: Theories that Obama was born abroad abounded during the presidential campaign, even after an official Hawaii birth certificate was produced, along with August 1961 birth notices from two Honolulu newspapers. Numerous lawsuits and emergency appeals were lodged challenging Obama&#8217;s eligibility to be president, and all were rebuffed. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Last July, a Hillary Clinton supporter doing oppo research on Obama dug up a birth announcement in the Honolulu Advertiser from August 1961 that noted Obama&#8217;s birth in Hawaii. The Honolulu Star-Bulletin has also found one in its own archives from that month: Theories that Obama was born abroad abounded during the presidential campaign, even after an official Hawaii birth certificate was produced, along with August 1961 birth notices from two Honolulu newspapers. Numerous lawsuits and emergency appeals were lodged challenging Obama&#8217;s eligibility to be president, and all were rebuffed. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: phineas</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/23/does-this-kill-the-obama-birth-certificate-myth/comment-page-2/#comment-2484642</link>
		<dc:creator>phineas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:37:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Two thoughts:

If the Clinton&#039;s didn&#039;t find it, it&#039;s not there. I want him gone, also, but;

This is being encouraged by the Rahmbo machine while Socialized Medicine is being slipped down our throat.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Two thoughts:</p>
<p>If the Clinton&#8217;s didn&#8217;t find it, it&#8217;s not there. I want him gone, also, but;</p>
<p>This is being encouraged by the Rahmbo machine while Socialized Medicine is being slipped down our throat.</p>
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		<title>By: mooseburger</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/23/does-this-kill-the-obama-birth-certificate-myth/comment-page-2/#comment-2463912</link>
		<dc:creator>mooseburger</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;
THE QUESTION IS NOT THE BIRTHCERTIFICATE
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THE QUESTION IS WHAT IS ON THE BIRTHCERTIFICATE THAT MAKES THEM HIDE IT AS IF IT IS A NATIONAL SECRET
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NOT MARRIED PARENTS, GET REAL, BIG DEAL
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DOCTOR? HMM
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RELIGION? HMMM
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NO FATHER MENTIONED ON THE CERTIFICATE?
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LAST NAME ON CERTIFICATE IS HIS MOTHERS?
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WHAT THE f* IS SO IMPORTANT TO HIDE FROM US? 
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THE QUESTION IS NOT THE BIRTHCERTIFICATE<br />
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THE QUESTION IS WHAT IS ON THE BIRTHCERTIFICATE THAT MAKES THEM HIDE IT AS IF IT IS A NATIONAL SECRET<br />
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NOT MARRIED PARENTS, GET REAL, BIG DEAL<br />
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DOCTOR? HMM<br />
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RELIGION? HMMM<br />
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NO FATHER MENTIONED ON THE CERTIFICATE?<br />
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LAST NAME ON CERTIFICATE IS HIS MOTHERS?<br />
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WHAT THE f* IS SO IMPORTANT TO HIDE FROM US?<br />
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		<title>By: The Jury Talks Back &#187; Shut Up About the Birth Certificate Already</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/23/does-this-kill-the-obama-birth-certificate-myth/comment-page-2/#comment-2462990</link>
		<dc:creator>The Jury Talks Back &#187; Shut Up About the Birth Certificate Already</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] I wish I had something more to contribute than paste, but Philip Klein at The American Spectator kills it: Up until now, I have never posted about President Obama&#8217;s birth certificate, because I don&#8217;t want to give those who claim he is not a U.S. citizen the attention they so desperately seek. I don&#8217;t even want to describe the matter as a &#8220;controversy,&#8221; because to do so suggests that there is a serious dispute over Obama&#8217;s place of birth. To any sane human being, there is no controversy. Obama has produced anauthentic certificate of live birth from the state of Hawaii that clearly shows he was born on August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii at 7:24 p.m. State officials have confirmed the document as legitimate and have stated that such facts would have to be verified by the state before they appear on the document. And if that isn&#8217;t enough, the fact is corroborated by a contemporaneous newspaper birth announcement. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] I wish I had something more to contribute than paste, but Philip Klein at The American Spectator kills it: Up until now, I have never posted about President Obama&#8217;s birth certificate, because I don&#8217;t want to give those who claim he is not a U.S. citizen the attention they so desperately seek. I don&#8217;t even want to describe the matter as a &#8220;controversy,&#8221; because to do so suggests that there is a serious dispute over Obama&#8217;s place of birth. To any sane human being, there is no controversy. Obama has produced anauthentic certificate of live birth from the state of Hawaii that clearly shows he was born on August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii at 7:24 p.m. State officials have confirmed the document as legitimate and have stated that such facts would have to be verified by the state before they appear on the document. And if that isn&#8217;t enough, the fact is corroborated by a contemporaneous newspaper birth announcement. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Basilsbest</title>
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		<dc:creator>Basilsbest</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have no idea where Obama was born but I invariably recognize a weak argument when I see one. AP&#039;s lack of logic is pathetic. He&#039;s grasping at straws.

The birth announcement proves only that Obama&#039;s birth was announced. If he had been born in Idaho the birth announcement would have appeared in the community where Obama&#039;s parents ordinarily resided - Honolulu. 

The issue is not where his parents ordinarily resided at the time of his birth but where he was born. Give us the long form birth certificate with the name of the hospital and doctor and stop insulting our intelligence  by suggesting that it&#039;s case closed because of a birth announcement.

This &quot;proof&quot;  would only convince someone who isn&#039;t very bright or whose mind is closed on this issue.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have no idea where Obama was born but I invariably recognize a weak argument when I see one. AP&#8217;s lack of logic is pathetic. He&#8217;s grasping at straws.</p>
<p>The birth announcement proves only that Obama&#8217;s birth was announced. If he had been born in Idaho the birth announcement would have appeared in the community where Obama&#8217;s parents ordinarily resided &#8211; Honolulu. </p>
<p>The issue is not where his parents ordinarily resided at the time of his birth but where he was born. Give us the long form birth certificate with the name of the hospital and doctor and stop insulting our intelligence  by suggesting that it&#8217;s case closed because of a birth announcement.</p>
<p>This &#8220;proof&#8221;  would only convince someone who isn&#8217;t very bright or whose mind is closed on this issue.</p>
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		<title>By: Hot Air &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Video: Chris Matthews can&#8217;t get enough of the sweet, sweet birth certificate Trutherism</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/23/does-this-kill-the-obama-birth-certificate-myth/comment-page-2/#comment-2461003</link>
		<dc:creator>Hot Air &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Video: Chris Matthews can&#8217;t get enough of the sweet, sweet birth certificate Trutherism</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] plot to falsely establish citizenship evidently extends to planting fake birth announcements in Hawaiian newspapers in 1961. If Palin wins in 2012, it&#8217;ll be fun to see what conspiratorial delegitimizing detail the [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] plot to falsely establish citizenship evidently extends to planting fake birth announcements in Hawaiian newspapers in 1961. If Palin wins in 2012, it&#8217;ll be fun to see what conspiratorial delegitimizing detail the [...]</p>
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		<title>By: The American Spectator : AmSpecBlog : Shame on Rush</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/23/does-this-kill-the-obama-birth-certificate-myth/comment-page-2/#comment-2460391</link>
		<dc:creator>The American Spectator : AmSpecBlog : Shame on Rush</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Up until now, I have never posted about President Obama&#039;s birth certificate, because I don&#039;t want to give those who claim he is not a U.S. citizen the attention they so desperately seek. I don&#039;t even want to describe the matter as a &quot;controversy,&quot; because to do so suggests that there is a serious dispute over Obama&#039;s place of birth. To any sane human being, there is no controversy. Obama has produced an  authentic certificate of live birth from the state of Hawaii that clearly shows he was born on August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii at 7:24 p.m. State officials have confirmed the document as legitimate and have  stated that such facts would have to be verified by the state before they appear on the document. And if that isn&#039;t enough, the fact is corroborated by a contemporaneous  newspaper birth announcement. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Up until now, I have never posted about President Obama&#8217;s birth certificate, because I don&#8217;t want to give those who claim he is not a U.S. citizen the attention they so desperately seek. I don&#8217;t even want to describe the matter as a &#8220;controversy,&#8221; because to do so suggests that there is a serious dispute over Obama&#8217;s place of birth. To any sane human being, there is no controversy. Obama has produced an  authentic certificate of live birth from the state of Hawaii that clearly shows he was born on August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii at 7:24 p.m. State officials have confirmed the document as legitimate and have  stated that such facts would have to be verified by the state before they appear on the document. And if that isn&#8217;t enough, the fact is corroborated by a contemporaneous  newspaper birth announcement. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Below The Beltway &#187; Blog Archive &#187; The Obama Birth Certificate Issue And 9/11 Truthers</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/23/does-this-kill-the-obama-birth-certificate-myth/comment-page-2/#comment-1694781</link>
		<dc:creator>Below The Beltway &#187; Blog Archive &#187; The Obama Birth Certificate Issue And 9/11 Truthers</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] the “Certification of Live Birth” produced by Obama was altered or forged. They claim that the contemporaneous birth announcement in a Hawaii newspaper of Obama’s birth is insufficient evidence that he was born there. (Did a [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] the “Certification of Live Birth” produced by Obama was altered or forged. They claim that the contemporaneous birth announcement in a Hawaii newspaper of Obama’s birth is insufficient evidence that he was born there. (Did a [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Michelle Malkin &#187; Truthers to the left of me, truthers to the right</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/23/does-this-kill-the-obama-birth-certificate-myth/comment-page-2/#comment-1694018</link>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Malkin &#187; Truthers to the left of me, truthers to the right</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] the “Certification of Live Birth” produced by Obama was altered or forged. They claim that the contemporaneous birth announcement in a Hawaii newspaper of Obama’s birth is insufficient evidence that he was born there. (Did a [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] the “Certification of Live Birth” produced by Obama was altered or forged. They claim that the contemporaneous birth announcement in a Hawaii newspaper of Obama’s birth is insufficient evidence that he was born there. (Did a [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Barack Obama is a US citizen</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/23/does-this-kill-the-obama-birth-certificate-myth/comment-page-2/#comment-1542920</link>
		<dc:creator>Barack Obama is a US citizen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] it be nice if we had a contemporaneous corroboration of Obama’s Hawaii birth? As it happens, we do — provided by another PUMA who wanted to find ways to disqualify Obama. Lori Starfelt found this [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] it be nice if we had a contemporaneous corroboration of Obama’s Hawaii birth? As it happens, we do — provided by another PUMA who wanted to find ways to disqualify Obama. Lori Starfelt found this [...]</p>
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		<title>By: &#8220;Does this kill the Obama birth certificate myth?&#8221; &#171; The Pure Pundit</title>
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		<dc:creator>&#8220;Does this kill the Obama birth certificate myth?&#8221; &#171; The Pure Pundit</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Does this kill the Obama birth certificate myth? [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Hot Air &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Obama is an American. No, really. Update: Shocker - Berg a truther?</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/23/does-this-kill-the-obama-birth-certificate-myth/comment-page-2/#comment-1519760</link>
		<dc:creator>Hot Air &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Obama is an American. No, really. Update: Shocker - Berg a truther?</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:20:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] be nice if we had a contemporaneous corroboration of Obama&#8217;s Hawaii birth?  As it happens, we do &#8212; provided by another PUMA who wanted to find ways to disqualify Obama.  Lori Starfelt found [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] be nice if we had a contemporaneous corroboration of Obama&#8217;s Hawaii birth?  As it happens, we do &#8212; provided by another PUMA who wanted to find ways to disqualify Obama.  Lori Starfelt found [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Hot Air &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Alan Colmes should read for comprehension</title>
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		<dc:creator>Hot Air &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Alan Colmes should read for comprehension</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:49:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: The Rude News &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Barack Obama&#8217;s Birth Certificate</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/23/does-this-kill-the-obama-birth-certificate-myth/comment-page-2/#comment-1287097</link>
		<dc:creator>The Rude News &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Barack Obama&#8217;s Birth Certificate</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] this post from Ed Morrissey on Hot Air, he has a picture of Barack&#8217;s birth [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Christine</title>
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		<dc:creator>Christine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>OMG! I apologize for bringing asstrollogee into this but BO does fit the Leo mold/stereotype. The &#039;deeper&#039; perspective is that everyone has the choice of aspiring to higher or lower aspects of human nature. Barry, like Billy Jeff, is an ego-centered rather than heart-centered Leo. All that&#039;s missing is a (big) mane of hair...It&#039;s strange how I&#039;ve been longing to see him with a big, fat &#039;fro. ;-)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OMG! I apologize for bringing asstrollogee into this but BO does fit the Leo mold/stereotype. The &#8216;deeper&#8217; perspective is that everyone has the choice of aspiring to higher or lower aspects of human nature. Barry, like Billy Jeff, is an ego-centered rather than heart-centered Leo. All that&#8217;s missing is a (big) mane of hair&#8230;It&#8217;s strange how I&#8217;ve been longing to see him with a big, fat &#8216;fro. ;-)</p>
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		<title>By: flicker</title>
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		<dc:creator>flicker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sorry, probably shouldn’t have used the word ignorant.  And I think this whole thread is a hoot; tremendous entertainment value!  But what if O’Bama’s father was really Bill Cosby… or Bill Bixby?  Wouldn&#039;t want a giant green President when he gets angry would we?  And what’s an EBI?  Is that another African name?  Oh, and I’m intrigued by this Two Obamas theory.  I think there might be something to it after all.

Seriously folks, the difference between accepting that Obama, Sr. got a divorce before remarrying and McCain doing so is a matter of digestibility.  But again, the issue is not whether Obama is illegitimate (I really don’t think anyone would vote against someone who would be a good President just because of circumstances of his birth) or whether he was raised a Muslim or was a British subject at birth.  The issue is that Obama has written about himself in two books, has a long record of modifying his personal and political history to fit political expediency, and has made his campaign hinge on his identity and character; particularly his other-worldly, essentially socio-religious, qualities such as uniting, hoping, changing, being different and making us different.

So, insofar as he has not technically won the election yet, I think it’s highly significant whether the identity he presents of himself (as something other than an at-times angst-ridden, sometimes-white, sometimes-black, Arabic-speaking Christian; a self-made man from humble roots, raised by Martha and Jonathan Kent, with a racist black pastor, a terrorist white colleague and a dirty, Chicago-style grafter for a friend who in the end weren’t the men he thought he knew) really represents who he says he is.

In other words, in this election year of Identity Politics, I would like to know Obama’s true identity.  It might make a good game show, too: Guess Obama’s Identity!  The winner is awarded an ambassadorship to Chad.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry, probably shouldn’t have used the word ignorant.  And I think this whole thread is a hoot; tremendous entertainment value!  But what if O’Bama’s father was really Bill Cosby… or Bill Bixby?  Wouldn&#8217;t want a giant green President when he gets angry would we?  And what’s an EBI?  Is that another African name?  Oh, and I’m intrigued by this Two Obamas theory.  I think there might be something to it after all.</p>
<p>Seriously folks, the difference between accepting that Obama, Sr. got a divorce before remarrying and McCain doing so is a matter of digestibility.  But again, the issue is not whether Obama is illegitimate (I really don’t think anyone would vote against someone who would be a good President just because of circumstances of his birth) or whether he was raised a Muslim or was a British subject at birth.  The issue is that Obama has written about himself in two books, has a long record of modifying his personal and political history to fit political expediency, and has made his campaign hinge on his identity and character; particularly his other-worldly, essentially socio-religious, qualities such as uniting, hoping, changing, being different and making us different.</p>
<p>So, insofar as he has not technically won the election yet, I think it’s highly significant whether the identity he presents of himself (as something other than an at-times angst-ridden, sometimes-white, sometimes-black, Arabic-speaking Christian; a self-made man from humble roots, raised by Martha and Jonathan Kent, with a racist black pastor, a terrorist white colleague and a dirty, Chicago-style grafter for a friend who in the end weren’t the men he thought he knew) really represents who he says he is.</p>
<p>In other words, in this election year of Identity Politics, I would like to know Obama’s true identity.  It might make a good game show, too: Guess Obama’s Identity!  The winner is awarded an ambassadorship to Chad.</p>
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		<title>By: flicker</title>
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		<dc:creator>flicker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:42:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have successfully lived my life by the axiom engendered in the following near-quote of Clemens: When I find myself on the side of the majority, it&#039;s time to pause and reflect (voting for Regan aside).

The problem with the global warming conspiracy-by-majority crisis, as well as all other examples of the railroading of public thought, is that debate is argued to be pointless, counterproductive, misguided and ultimately harmful.

Now, the Right-On blogosphere is joining the Left in chastening the right-wing skeptics (and proud we are) for finding deception in Obama&#039;s presentation of his COLB.

I am certain that to Obama there is a significant problem with his BC since (1) he hasn&#039;t presented it and (2) everyone insists it&#039;s a non-issue.  I&#039;m not a &#039;truther&#039;, but when someone suggests that I am one and he uses illogical arguments (or just very poor thinking skills) to label me as one, then I expect that I am probably right.

Further, labeling the COLB issue a conspiracy only drags in the true conspiracy buffs and further muddies the issue.

Remember, Dan Rather&#039;s argument was that the truth of the allegation was more important than the authenticity of the evidence.  In this case you all are arguing that if the docs are authentic then the allegation must be false.  But clearly in this instance one truth is being put forward to obscure another, more significant, truth.

Leave the investigators to their work and stop calling them &#039;truthers&#039; lest you become the ignorant status quo that you denigrate.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have successfully lived my life by the axiom engendered in the following near-quote of Clemens: When I find myself on the side of the majority, it&#8217;s time to pause and reflect (voting for Regan aside).</p>
<p>The problem with the global warming conspiracy-by-majority crisis, as well as all other examples of the railroading of public thought, is that debate is argued to be pointless, counterproductive, misguided and ultimately harmful.</p>
<p>Now, the Right-On blogosphere is joining the Left in chastening the right-wing skeptics (and proud we are) for finding deception in Obama&#8217;s presentation of his COLB.</p>
<p>I am certain that to Obama there is a significant problem with his BC since (1) he hasn&#8217;t presented it and (2) everyone insists it&#8217;s a non-issue.  I&#8217;m not a &#8216;truther&#8217;, but when someone suggests that I am one and he uses illogical arguments (or just very poor thinking skills) to label me as one, then I expect that I am probably right.</p>
<p>Further, labeling the COLB issue a conspiracy only drags in the true conspiracy buffs and further muddies the issue.</p>
<p>Remember, Dan Rather&#8217;s argument was that the truth of the allegation was more important than the authenticity of the evidence.  In this case you all are arguing that if the docs are authentic then the allegation must be false.  But clearly in this instance one truth is being put forward to obscure another, more significant, truth.</p>
<p>Leave the investigators to their work and stop calling them &#8216;truthers&#8217; lest you become the ignorant status quo that you denigrate.</p>
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		<title>By: Alden Pyle</title>
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		<dc:creator>Alden Pyle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:35:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mangers don&#039;t issue birth certificates.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mangers don&#8217;t issue birth certificates.</p>
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		<title>By: Buzzy</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/23/does-this-kill-the-obama-birth-certificate-myth/comment-page-2/#comment-1259575</link>
		<dc:creator>Buzzy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:22:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If he won&#039;t produce the official birth certificate then there&#039;s something to hide.  Have the DEMs surpassed their stupidity at nominating Al Gore and then John freakin Kerry by nominating someone who isn&#039;t even eligible to be POTUS?  Probably</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If he won&#8217;t produce the official birth certificate then there&#8217;s something to hide.  Have the DEMs surpassed their stupidity at nominating Al Gore and then John freakin Kerry by nominating someone who isn&#8217;t even eligible to be POTUS?  Probably</p>
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		<title>By: Chakra Hammer</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/23/does-this-kill-the-obama-birth-certificate-myth/comment-page-2/#comment-1259093</link>
		<dc:creator>Chakra Hammer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:43:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>maybe she herself sent that info to the newspaper to be printed(so she could then later use it to try and woo the guy to Marry her, ohhh look I gave him your name in the Birth Announcement), all you need is the names for the newspaper not a certificate.. a newspaper isn&#039;t legit..</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>maybe she herself sent that info to the newspaper to be printed(so she could then later use it to try and woo the guy to Marry her, ohhh look I gave him your name in the Birth Announcement), all you need is the names for the newspaper not a certificate.. a newspaper isn&#8217;t legit..</p>
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		<title>By: Chakra Hammer</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/23/does-this-kill-the-obama-birth-certificate-myth/comment-page-2/#comment-1259083</link>
		<dc:creator>Chakra Hammer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:40:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Today&#039;s audience was also made up of almost all women, but the crowd in the more affluent university area was more mixed. Participants mentioned college-loan payments and day-care fees as monthly costs that drive them to scrimp and cut corners.

Obama used the roundtable audience, as she did yesterday, to describe her husband&#039;s understanding of women&#039;s issues through the prism of the strong -- but sometimes struggling -- women in his life.

His own mother, she said at the beginning of her remarks, was &quot;very young and very single when she had him.&quot; And, Obama added, he has observed his wife&#039;s attempts to reconcile motherhood with her career aspirations.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/10/1193601.aspx

So was he Born Barry Dunham? 

and later Changed To Barack Obama?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Today&#8217;s audience was also made up of almost all women, but the crowd in the more affluent university area was more mixed. Participants mentioned college-loan payments and day-care fees as monthly costs that drive them to scrimp and cut corners.</p>
<p>Obama used the roundtable audience, as she did yesterday, to describe her husband&#8217;s understanding of women&#8217;s issues through the prism of the strong &#8212; but sometimes struggling &#8212; women in his life.</p>
<p>His own mother, she said at the beginning of her remarks, was &#8220;very young and very single when she had him.&#8221; And, Obama added, he has observed his wife&#8217;s attempts to reconcile motherhood with her career aspirations.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/10/1193601.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/10/1193601.aspx</a></p>
<p>So was he Born Barry Dunham? </p>
<p>and later Changed To Barack Obama?</p>
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		<title>By: maverick muse</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/23/does-this-kill-the-obama-birth-certificate-myth/comment-page-2/#comment-1258909</link>
		<dc:creator>maverick muse</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:44:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Chew on Obama&#039;s Berlin speech.

He references America&#039;s IMPERFECTIONS, specifically dealing with immigrants and official persecution of black Americans.

How might he be framing his coming argument vs. Constitutional requirements made of black sons of immigrants who do not meet legal prerequisites for POTUS?

CITIZENS OF THE WORLD!
Marxism, blatant, pure and simple.
UN revisionism, remake the world in Marx&#039;s image.
Trounce one bit of the US Constitution, and watch the rest find its demise as the founding principles are no longer respected or even RECOGNIZED by those powers promoting Obamarx.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Chew on Obama&#8217;s Berlin speech.</p>
<p>He references America&#8217;s IMPERFECTIONS, specifically dealing with immigrants and official persecution of black Americans.</p>
<p>How might he be framing his coming argument vs. Constitutional requirements made of black sons of immigrants who do not meet legal prerequisites for POTUS?</p>
<p>CITIZENS OF THE WORLD!<br />
Marxism, blatant, pure and simple.<br />
UN revisionism, remake the world in Marx&#8217;s image.<br />
Trounce one bit of the US Constitution, and watch the rest find its demise as the founding principles are no longer respected or even RECOGNIZED by those powers promoting Obamarx.</p>
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		<title>By: JiangxiDad</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/23/does-this-kill-the-obama-birth-certificate-myth/comment-page-2/#comment-1258831</link>
		<dc:creator>JiangxiDad</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So what do you think Ed. Put to bed?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So what do you think Ed. Put to bed?</p>
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		<title>By: byteshredder</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/23/does-this-kill-the-obama-birth-certificate-myth/comment-page-2/#comment-1258569</link>
		<dc:creator>byteshredder</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;It’s a non-story. He was born in the US, he’s elible to run. There’s plenty of legitimate issues upon which to go after Obama; to persue this based on the unfounded hope that there’s something minorly embarassing on his birth certificate makes his opposition look desperate and nutty.

Hollowpoint on July 23, 2008 at 6:42 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;strong&gt;
So since when has FORGERY BEEN A NON STORY???&lt;/strong&gt;


&lt;strong&gt;HERE&#039;S YOUR EVIDENCE:&lt;/strong&gt;

These are the images posted by Barack Obama and the DailyKos, in hex, exposing the &quot;Photo Shopping:&quot;

&lt;a href=&quot;http://i35.tinypic.com/sw2q77.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt;

and this:
&lt;a href=&quot;http://i33.tinypic.com/29xd66c.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt;


Bullshiite....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>It’s a non-story. He was born in the US, he’s elible to run. There’s plenty of legitimate issues upon which to go after Obama; to persue this based on the unfounded hope that there’s something minorly embarassing on his birth certificate makes his opposition look desperate and nutty.</p>
<p>Hollowpoint on July 23, 2008 at 6:42 PM</p></blockquote>
<p><strong><br />
So since when has FORGERY BEEN A NON STORY???</strong></p>
<p><strong>HERE&#8217;S YOUR EVIDENCE:</strong></p>
<p>These are the images posted by Barack Obama and the DailyKos, in hex, exposing the &#8220;Photo Shopping:&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://i35.tinypic.com/sw2q77.jpg" rel="nofollow">Here</a></p>
<p>and this:<br />
<a href="http://i33.tinypic.com/29xd66c.jpg" rel="nofollow">Here</a></p>
<p>Bullshiite&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: maverick muse</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/23/does-this-kill-the-obama-birth-certificate-myth/comment-page-2/#comment-1258310</link>
		<dc:creator>maverick muse</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>His mom wasn&#039;t old enough to meet the 20 year stateside requirement in order to provide her son with POTUS eligibility via one American parent.

No?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>His mom wasn&#8217;t old enough to meet the 20 year stateside requirement in order to provide her son with POTUS eligibility via one American parent.</p>
<p>No?</p>
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