The White House released copies of President Obama’s original long-form birth certificate on April 27, 2011. The administration is hoping to put an end to the constant rumors that Mr. Obama was not born in the United States. The U.S. Constitution states that only “natural born” citizens can become president. Many skeptics believe that Mr. Obama was born in his father’s home country of Kenya. If Mr. Obama was truly born outside of the United States then he would be ineligible for the presidency. White House legal counsel Bob Bauer said, “the administration had to make a special request from the state of Hawaii to get the long-form birth certificate released. Typically, the state only releases what’s called a certificate of live birth when people request a birth certificate.” A certificate of live birth or birth certificate is a legal document detailing demographic information for an individual and his parents. This is considered a primary form of identification. Even though Mr. Obama provided this document, people did not accept it as valid. Mr. Obama has made it a point to disclose this information due to the fact that Republicans are trying to use this false accusation as a platform to propel their own interests. White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer said, “At a time of great consequence for this country—we should be debating how we win the future, reduce our deficit, deal with high gas prices, and bring stability to the Middle East. Washington D.C. was once again distracted by a fake issue.”
After the disclosure of Mr. Obama’s long-form birth certificate, one could only hope that this false accusation will cease and become a non-issue. Instead of future presidential candidates arguing over where the current president was born, one could only hope that future presidential candidates will start to focus on issue of relevance.
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