Hawaii to Arizona: Prove need to verify Obama's birth

[babylonsister]

http://www.freep.com/article/20120519/NEWS15/120519010

Hawaii to Arizona: Prove need to verify Obama's birth
9:29 AM, May 19, 2012 |


The attorney general's office in Hawaii is telling Arizona's secretary of state that if he wants confirmation of President Obama's birth records, he'll have to prove he legitimately needs it.

Special Assistant Joshua Wisch said late Friday that Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett hasn't done that despite numerous e-mail and phone exchanges between their offices.

Wisch says Hawaii state laws require Bennett to show legal authority that this office needs the records to update its official lists as part of its ordinary work.

Wisch says as soon as Bennett gives Hawaii adequate authority, the Aloha State will verify Obama's birth.

Bennett said in a radio interview this week that Obama's status on Arizona's ballot is in question unless Hawaii verifies his birthplace.

Hawaii officials have confirmed multiple times that Obama was born there.

[Mz Pip]

1. No matter what

it will never be enough for these clowns.

When Obama released his long form BC I knew that still would quiet the chorus of conspiracy theorists who won't believe anything but their own delusions. They are pathological and I don't think anything but serious therapy can help them.

[rsmith6621]

2. Does Mitt have to do the same?

After all Mitts Dad was born in Mexico.....

[jwirr]

8. Very good point.

[otohara]

3. They Should SEnd T-shirt w/ Imprint

of the certificate.

[SoutherDem]

4. A BC signed by Jesus wouldn't make these people happy

the idea that people STILL question his birth in the U.S. is unbelievable. But, there are still people who believe the world is flat, we didn't land on the moon, the Earth is 6000 years old, just to mention a few.

[dickthegrouch]

5. Obama should sue if AZ has not similarly required proof of every candidate since statehood

Pure racially motivated discrimination if not, and performed by the State.

[RC]

6. Obama is the Head of State of a very powerful Nuclear Country!

Isn't that enough for some people? No way would the Powers-That-Be allow some fureneer in there to mess things up.
The two newspaper announcements at the time should have settled the question.

[azmom]

7. I need to move

out of this state.

[meow2u3]

9. Birthers have absolutely no leg to stand on

Even if Obama were born in Kenya, his mother was American. So if that were the case, which is not, he'd still be a natural-born citizen by descent because his mother was a US citizen!

All this birtherism is nothing but very thinly veiled racism. They're no better than the KKK terrorists who lynched blacks, Jews, Catholics, and other racial and/or religious minorities.

[ellisonz]

10. On Behalf of the State of Hawaii:

Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett, you're dumb.

[grantcart]

11. And they should show that before they put McCain on the ballot that they got his birth certificate

from the Panama Canal as well.

[Downtown Hound]

12. What they really mean is, "To verify it YET AGAIN."

It's been verified in just about every way you can imagine, but for some things (I refuse to call them people) it will never be enough.

[Joe Bacon]

13. Next--the clown will demand Obama's college transcripts!

These birthers will NEVER quit!

[jmowreader]

14. The ridiculous part of that tactic...

is that according to The Sacred And Holy Constitution, there is no educational requirement to be president.

[SockyMonky]

15. Some Ken Bennett views on Birth Certificate from Past vs. Now? Hmm wonder why? :-)

It should be noted that Bennett is also a co-chair of the Arizona Romney campaign. He also plans to run for Az Gov in 2014. Bennett was born in Tucson into a family that were members of LDS.

Ken Bennett - Secretary of State AZ
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Bennett

Arizona’s Top Election Official Goes Birther, Threatens To Keep Obama Off The Ballot
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/05/18/486744/arizona-secretary-of-state-birther/?mobile=nc

Arizona Secretary of State accepts Obama certificate
(See Video of Ken Bennett interview 4/2011 NBC 12 - Phoenix)
http://www.obamaconspiracy.org/2011/04/arizona-secretary-of-state-accepts-obama-certificate/

Arizona ‘birther’ bill forces Obama to show birth certificate 4/21/10
http://citizen-40.tressugar.com/Arizona-birther-bill-forces-Obama-show-birth-certificate-8195713

Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett also expressed concern about Burges' amendment, saying that creating state-level eligibility requirements to run for federal office could violate the U.S. Constitution.

"While everyone has an interest in ensuring that only eligible citizens run for president, there are obvious issues with states implementing what could become a patchwork of different tests for a presidential candidate to prove his/her citizenship," said Bennett's spokesman, Matthew Benson, in an e-mail.

[Thinkingabout]

16. One could only guess this is the result of political reasons which has Romney will lose if he has

an opponent in Arizona. It looks like 2000 is on the return, Supreme Court gave the election to W and Arizona wants to deny Obama re-election solely because there is a D behind his name. The repubs continue to show their whimp side and illegal activities of their party.