saz
04-27-2011, 12:31 PM
http://i.huffpost.com/gen/270938/OBAMA-BIRTH-CERTIFICATE-LONG-FORM.jpg
Washington - Per his directive, the White House released (http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/04/27/president-obamas-long-form-birth-certificate) on Wednesday President Barack Obama's "long form" birth certificate (http://www.slideshare.net/whitehouse/birth-certificatelongform), the document whose absence has long been at the heart of the conspiracy-riddled discussion over Obama's legitimacy to serve as the nation's commander in chief.
The move came as a surprise to the press corps, many of whom had not shown up for Wednesday's early-morning White House briefing. By the time word had spread that Obama would be making a 9:45 a.m. statement on the matter, however, the top anchors at all the networks had scurried into the briefing room.
Once there, they received a presidential scolding for their concern with "silliness." Obama began his five-minute statement with the complaint that he wouldn't be able to get the networks to break into their regularly scheduled programming for a speech on policy proposals.
"I know that there is going to be a segment of people for which no matter what we put out, this issue will not be put to rest," Obama said. "But I am speaking for the vast majority of the American people as well as for the press. We do not have time for this kind of silliness. We have better stuff to do. I have got better stuff to do. We have got big problems to solve."
link (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/27/obama-birth-certificate-r_n_854248.html)
Washington - Per his directive, the White House released (http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/04/27/president-obamas-long-form-birth-certificate) on Wednesday President Barack Obama's "long form" birth certificate (http://www.slideshare.net/whitehouse/birth-certificatelongform), the document whose absence has long been at the heart of the conspiracy-riddled discussion over Obama's legitimacy to serve as the nation's commander in chief.
The move came as a surprise to the press corps, many of whom had not shown up for Wednesday's early-morning White House briefing. By the time word had spread that Obama would be making a 9:45 a.m. statement on the matter, however, the top anchors at all the networks had scurried into the briefing room.
Once there, they received a presidential scolding for their concern with "silliness." Obama began his five-minute statement with the complaint that he wouldn't be able to get the networks to break into their regularly scheduled programming for a speech on policy proposals.
"I know that there is going to be a segment of people for which no matter what we put out, this issue will not be put to rest," Obama said. "But I am speaking for the vast majority of the American people as well as for the press. We do not have time for this kind of silliness. We have better stuff to do. I have got better stuff to do. We have got big problems to solve."
link (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/27/obama-birth-certificate-r_n_854248.html)