"The President believed the distraction over his birth certificate wasn’t good for the country. It may have been good politics and good TV, but it was bad for the American people and distracting from the many challenges we face as a country. Therefore, the President directed his counsel to review the legal authority for seeking access to the long form certificate and to request on that basis that the Hawaii State Department of Health make an exception to release a copy of his long form birth certificate. They granted that exception in part because of the tremendous volume of requests they had been getting. President Barack Obama's long form birth certificate can be seen here (PDF):
"At a time of great consequence for this country – when we should be debating how we win the future, reduce our deficit, deal with high gas prices, and bring stability to the Middle East, Washington, DC, was once again distracted by a fake issue. The President’s hope is that with this step, we can move on to debating the bigger issues that matter to the American people and the future of the country."
We can only hope this puts this effing circus behind us. It's unlikely, of course. "What?!" cries Donnie T, "Does that certificate say that he was born... in Honolulu, Mars?! I have private investigators on the case!"
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Is this how we sort out who were genuinely interested in his birth certificate and who are interested in the racist mythology that no dark-skinned American can/should become President of the United States?
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