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Hawaii's New Governor Takes Up the Fight Against Birthers
WASHINGTON, DC – On Friday, The New York Times reported that Neil Abercrombie, the new Democratic governor of Hawaii, plans to take aggressive steps to address the "birther" movement--the conspiracy theorists who believe Barack Obama was born overseas rather than in the United States. The Obama campaign has already posted a certificate of birth from the Hawaii Department of Health on its Web site, and two independent fact-checking organizations have verified its legitimacy, but Abercrombie is trying to get additional documentation released that would further prove that the president was born in a Honolulu hospital. Here's a look at some of the reactions to Abercrombie's anti-birther campaign.
For Abercrombie, It's Personal "It's an insult to [Obama's] mother and to his father, and I knew his mother and father; they were my friends, and I have an emotional interest in that," the governor told the Times. "It's an emotional insult. It is disrespectful to the president; it is disrespectful to the office ... There's no reason on earth to have the memory of his parents insulted by people whose motivation is solely political."
Might Do More Harm Than Good Politico's Carol Lee writes that Abercrombie's efforts "could backfire," noting that "releasing additional documentation about Obama's birth in Honolulu--which has been independently verified--could do more to stir up the 'birthers' than quiet them down. The movement has used such documentation in the past to bolster their conspiracy theory."
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How the Birther Debate Drains State Resources The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports that "fielding questions about Obama's birth still takes a toll on the Health Department's communication and vital-records offices, which are required by law to respond within 10 days. At least two staffers spend an hour a day handling requests for Obama birth records, a department official said. They also have to interpret unclear or perplexing requests, sometimes seeking opinions from attorneys at the attorney general's office and the state Office of Information Practices."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/atlantic/20...DeW5fdG9wX3N0b3JpZXMEc2xrA2hhd2FpaXNuZXdnbw--
WASHINGTON, DC – On Friday, The New York Times reported that Neil Abercrombie, the new Democratic governor of Hawaii, plans to take aggressive steps to address the "birther" movement--the conspiracy theorists who believe Barack Obama was born overseas rather than in the United States. The Obama campaign has already posted a certificate of birth from the Hawaii Department of Health on its Web site, and two independent fact-checking organizations have verified its legitimacy, but Abercrombie is trying to get additional documentation released that would further prove that the president was born in a Honolulu hospital. Here's a look at some of the reactions to Abercrombie's anti-birther campaign.
For Abercrombie, It's Personal "It's an insult to [Obama's] mother and to his father, and I knew his mother and father; they were my friends, and I have an emotional interest in that," the governor told the Times. "It's an emotional insult. It is disrespectful to the president; it is disrespectful to the office ... There's no reason on earth to have the memory of his parents insulted by people whose motivation is solely political."
Might Do More Harm Than Good Politico's Carol Lee writes that Abercrombie's efforts "could backfire," noting that "releasing additional documentation about Obama's birth in Honolulu--which has been independently verified--could do more to stir up the 'birthers' than quiet them down. The movement has used such documentation in the past to bolster their conspiracy theory."
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How the Birther Debate Drains State Resources The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports that "fielding questions about Obama's birth still takes a toll on the Health Department's communication and vital-records offices, which are required by law to respond within 10 days. At least two staffers spend an hour a day handling requests for Obama birth records, a department official said. They also have to interpret unclear or perplexing requests, sometimes seeking opinions from attorneys at the attorney general's office and the state Office of Information Practices."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/atlantic/20...DeW5fdG9wX3N0b3JpZXMEc2xrA2hhd2FpaXNuZXdnbw--
