Eric Cantor Addresses Birther Issue

This is the bizarre thing:

Hawaii's Democratic governor, Neil Abercrombi­e began an effort last month to find a way to dispel conspiracy theories that the president was born elsewhere. The governor said he was bothered by people who questioned Obama's birthplace for political reasons.


But Abercrombi­e's office said Friday that he was ending his quest because it's against state law to release private documents. The state's attorney general told the governor he can't disclose an individual­'s birth documentat­ion without a person's consent.

Why isn't Obama just giving his consent?


Just prior to this, on 1/23/2011:

Abercrombi­e said on Tuesday that an investigat­ion had unearthed papers proving Obama was born in Hawaii in 1961.


He told Honolulu's Star-Adver­tiser: 'It actually exists in the archives, written down,' he said.


But it became apparent that what had been discovered was an unspecifie­d listing or notation of Obama's birth that someone had made in the state archives and not a birth certificat­e.


And in the same interview Abercrombi­e suggested that a long-form, hospital-g­enerated birth certificat­e for Barack Obama may not exist within the vital records maintained by the Hawaii Department of Health.


He said efforts were still being made to track down definitive vital records that would prove Obama was born in Hawaii.


Abercrombi­e was asked: 'You stirred up quite a controvers­y with your comments regarding birthers and your plan to release more informatio­n regarding President Barack Obama's birth certificat­e. How is that coming?'


He acknowledg­ed the birth certificat­e issue would  have 'political implicatio­ns' for the next presidenti­al election 'that we simply cannot have'.

This is a legitimate controvers­y.  

Obama is keeping this alive by not giving his consent to release the original documentat­ion.

Just flippin' do it!
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