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Re: Yes, COB not the same as Birth Certificate
You have a good point. However, I have never had to show more than my birth certificate. The COB has a lot of personal information of not just the child but also the mother. Perhaps that is one reason it is not made public - it is a privacy issue of the mother. I don't know. I would like to think everything on Obama was decided to be authentic and legal.
posted by
BetsyLewis
on January 25, 2009 at 5:22 AM
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Yes, COB not the same as Birth Certificate
The reason I know this is as someone who was born in a small town I only have in my possession a Certificate of Birth, which is not sufficient in legal terms to prove my birth. Which is why it seems really strange that all Obama has shown is a Certificate of Birth on his web-site, which even that could have been photo-shopped. Wouldn't you think that the President would have to prove his citizenship under at least the same terms other citizens have to prove theirs for work purposes?
posted by
WhorledPeas
on January 24, 2009 at 8:57 PM
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Re: Issue of citizenship?
Mmmm - I don't know for sure but I know York, babies (parents) are issued a Certificate of Birth but the actual birth paperwork is filed with the State, I believe. It has a lot more information. How do I know this? I used to be a Deputy Town Clerk and we filed birth death and marriage certificates. Of course, we are such a small town with no hospital, most birth certificates were filed in other towns (with hospitals). But, about once every 10 years we would have a birth that occured in town (like a home). I filed one birth certificate that was more than a page long. It had quite a bit of medical stuff in it. I belive that's what's filed at the state level. It may be the same in Hawaii. If he has a certificate from there it is probably derived from a filed birth certificate in that state.
posted by
BetsyLewis
on January 22, 2009 at 6:01 PM
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Issue of citizenship?
Almost hate to bring it up as this seems like a sore point for some, (on both sides), but one area (of many) I think the media gave Obama a pass is on the question of his citizenship. This issue may not mean he is unethical, but I am still not convinced that he is constitutionally allowed to be President. It sure seems like it would have been an easy thing to clear up, and since he didn't...
I know lots of people say he did by posting a copy of his Hawaii "Certificate of Birth" on his web-site, but that does not seem very official. Does anyone know whose legal responsibility it is to ascertain qualifications of the president?
posted by
WhorledPeas
on January 22, 2009 at 4:57 PM
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Such as?
posted by
BetsyLewis
on January 19, 2009 at 5:37 AM
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A bigger problem for me is...............
the media which is charged with being a watchdog has totally ignored any and all of the possible items.......
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on January 19, 2009 at 5:31 AM
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