President Obama Releases Birth Form, Decries 'Silliness'

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By JULIE PACE
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Responding to critics' relentless claims, President Barack Obama on Wednesday produced a detailed Hawaii birth certificate in an extraordinary attempt to bury the issue of where he was born and confirm his legitimacy to hold office. He declared, "We do not have time for this kind of silliness."

By going on national TV from the White House, Obama portrayed himself as a voice of reason amid a loud, lingering debate on his birth status. Though his personal attention to the issue elevated it as never before, Obama said to Republican detractors and the media, it is time to move on to bigger issues. CONTINUE....

The Donald A ‘Birther?’

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By: Frederick Cosby

Seems that Donald Trump – the New York billionaire/reality TV game show host/potential Republican presidential candidate/general publicity hound - has joined a conspiratorial choir of others who question whether President Barack Obama is a United States citizen.

“Everybody that even gives a hint of being a birther…even a little bit of a hint, like gee, you know, maybe, just maybe this much of a chance, they label them as an idiot,” Trump said in the recent issue of New York magazine. “Let me tell you I’m a really smart guy.” CONTINUE....