NY daily post is among Obama lackey media defrauding the public. Eric Cantor never said that the birthers are wrong. he only said that he thinks that Obama is a citizen, not a natural born citizen. also, they are not reporting the fact that Gov Abercrombie admitted that there is no birth certificate on file, only a notation made by someone
Posted on | January 23, 2011 | No Comments
Rep. Eric Cantor: ‘Birthers’ are wrong, ‘President [Obama] is a citizen of the United States’
By Michael Sheridan
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Sunday, January 23rd 2011, 2:20 PM
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The GOP leader in the House of Representatives doesn’t think birthers are “crazy,” they’re just wrong.
Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) defended the fringe group from insult despite its continued belief that, regardless of evidence clearly indicating President Obama was born in Hawaii in 1961, is ineligible to be commander in chief.
When “Meet the Press” host David Gregory called birther theories “crazy talk,” Cantor said he was being rude.
“I don’t think it’s nice to call anyone crazy,” he said.
The Republican, after being pressed, then conceded that he believed the claims by birthers are simply not true.
“I don’t think it’s an issue we need to address at all,” Cantor said. “It is not even an issue that needs to be on the policy table right now.”
Then he stated: “I think the President is a citizen of the United States.”
The conspiracy theory around Obama and his citizenship has dogged the White House since the Chicago politician first ran for office in 2008.
Dismissed by some politicians and pundits, including Glenn Beck and Bill O’Reilly, tales of the president’s past have taken on a life of their own. Many range from faked birth records to alleged welfare fraud. Some argue he is not a “natural born citizen,” while others believe he is really a British national because his father is from Kenya.
Obama’s campaign presented a “Certification of Live Birth” in 2008, an official document that is legally similar to a birth certificate according to Hawaii, failed to quite rumors of his citizenship.
Gov. Neil Abercrombie vowed he would prove that documents show Obama was indeed born in Hawaii in 1961, but legal restrictions on such personal data forced him to back off his promise.
“There is nothing more that Gov. Abercrombie can do within the law to produce a document,” Abercrombie’s spokeswoman Donalyn Dela Cruz said Friday. “Unfortunately, there are conspirators who will continue to question the citizenship of our president.”
The White House has not directly addressed the birther issue, but a video in August featured on its official website did show that Obama has a passport which indicates he was born in Hawaii.
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