Obama releasing birth certificate

The whole birther issue makes me embarassed to be an American.

ok, nitwit 2/3rds of the Republican Party - start waffling and coming up with new conspiracy theories.

Try to include flouridation in the water and Cuban counterfeiters!

Wow, Trump is a douche:

Speaking to reporters Wednesday, Trump said, "I have accomplished something nobody else has accomplished."

"I want to look at it, but i hope it’s true," he added. "He should have done it a long time ago. I am really honored to have played such a big role in hopefully getting rid of this issue."

Congratulations, Trump. A fantastic accomplishment!

I am not a huge fan of Trump, but he was able to get this issue laid to rest. Good for him. It shows that he has leadership and the ability to close.

Stupid or not, this was an issue that was dividing the American people.

He had already released the exact same certificate you would get if you were born in Hawaii and asked for yours. This was completely unnecessary.

I'm kind of disappointed, to be honest, because it's just feeding this birther craziness. Kind of irrational, but if they couldn't see that he was definitely born in the US before this using the legally valid Certificate of Live Birth and ALL the other evidence, they don't deserve to see this one -- they're still going to make up charges that it's fake or something. If you can't look at a body of evidence and come to the only reasonable (and, incidentally, legally supported) conclusion, you don't deserve to vote. And I'm generally not one for disenfranchisement, I'm fine with people having different views than me and I see it as critical for the process to work, but when you're simply in outer space and refuse to come back to Earth, you shouldn't get the same privileges as those on Earth. (Note I am not advocating for birther disenfranchisement or anything, just find it frustrating that people who think he was a Muslim born in Saudi Arabia -- yes I have heard this -- have a say in this process.)

Plus, as an Obama supporter, the louder the birthers get, the crazier they look, which is good for Obama!

But this whole thing makes Trump look like even more of a fool.

another average american wrote:

But this whole thing makes Trump look like even more of a fool.

No, it doesn't. It makes him look like a man that can get things done. Plain and simple.

You don't know much about the "legally valid Certificate of Live Birth" do you? I had one drawn up for my daughter for school and the folks just sat there and asked me her birth date, weight, etc. I could have said anything. It certainly isn't air tight.

I always knew Obama was a US citizen, but I thought it was odd that he didn't want to show proof. To me, it was like someone interviewing for a job with me and claiming to have gone to Harvard or UNC and then refusing to show me a transcript or diploma. I would not hire that person.

Klondike Kitten wrote:

I am not a huge fan of Trump, but he was able to get this issue laid to rest. Good for him. It shows that he has leadership and the ability to close.

Stupid or not, this was an issue that was dividing the American people.

Correction this was an issue that was dividing the GOP. I doubt the GOP would have the same stance if Obama was a white dude.

YeeeehAWWW Pickle wrote:

Correction this was an issue that was dividing the GOP. I doubt the GOP would have the same stance if Obama was a white dude.

I am sorry, you don't consider the GOP to be American people?

Good job Trump! A man of action. Too much waffling from Obama, get him out of there.

Birthers=morons

Donald Trump=real estate developer scumbag who has shown that he has absolutely no credibility or competence to be even talking about running for office

This whole birther thing has shown that the right wing in the US has completely lost. The party of Reagan is now the party of redneck nutjobs and internet trolls.

Barack Obama now looks like the only adult in the room. He will probably be re-elected by a Reagan-esque margin.

Hipper wrote:

another average american wrote:

But this whole thing makes Trump look like even more of a fool.

No, it doesn't. It makes him look like a man that can get things done. Plain and simple.

Congratulations, he got something done that was completely irrelevant and unnecessary. I hope this isn't the type of accomplishment that impresses people enough to vote for Trump as President.

A Daddy Rock wrote:

You don't know much about the "legally valid Certificate of Live Birth" do you? I had one drawn up for my daughter for school and the folks just sat there and asked me her birth date, weight, etc. I could have said anything. It certainly isn't air tight.

I always knew Obama was a US citizen, but I thought it was odd that he didn't want to show proof. To me, it was like someone interviewing for a job with me and claiming to have gone to Harvard or UNC and then refusing to show me a transcript or diploma. I would not hire that person.

Actually, they had people who were born in Hawaii formally request their birth certificates and that is exactly what they were given. It varies by state, but in Hawaii, that is what you get when you request a copy of your birth certificate. I don't see what's so hard to understand about that.

Precious Roy wrote:

The party of Reagan is now the party of redneck nutjobs and internet trolls.

And the party of Carter is still the party of Carter

BTDT wrote:

He is still the worst president ever.

You really don't know much about American History, do you?

topside wrote:

This whole side story is a controversy for jackasses. I can't tell if we're a country of idiots or of angry paranoids.

Does it have to be either or?

Just wait and see. The birthers will claim victory based on this, they won't admit they were wrong. They won't be able to contain themselves for pride they "flushed" out this very secret document and all it took was 3 years of deluding the 38% stupidest Americans.

I say it's a forgery. I wanna see actual footage.

How embarrassing for BTDT. A reality TV star leads Republican primary polls and his signature issue is .... nothing.

The best BTDT can manage is an empty statement about history.

Did we really waste all this time on this?