After last night’s show during which Lou Dobbs continued to harp on the non-story of President Obama’s eligibility to be President, the head of CNN has called for an end to Dobbs’ obsession with the issue:
CNN/U.S. President Jon Klein told staffers at the cable news network Thursday night that the supposed controversy regarding the legitimacy of President Obama’s birth certificate is a “dead” story after anchor Lou Dobbs drew attention for raising the issue repeatedly on his radio program.
The website TVNewser reported today that Klein sent an e-mail to staffers of “Lou Dobbs Tonight” just as the program went to air, informing them that CNN researchers had determined that Hawaiian officials discarded all paper documents in 2001. A long-form birth certificate with details about the doctor who delivered Obama no longer exists, they reported. The shorter Certificate of Live Birth noting Obama’s birth on Aug. 4, 1961, that has been made public is the official record.
“It seems to definitively answer the question,” Klein wrote, according to TVNewser. “Since the show’s mission is for Lou to be the explainer and enlightener, he should be sure to cite this during your segment tonite. And then it seems this story is dead — because anyone who still is not convinced doesn’t really have a legitimate beef.”
Of course, the birthers will just cite this as evidence of a cover-up.
Obama certainly doesn’t like the US, that’s for sure.
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Certainly at this point in the elections and oath of office taken by the President, we would know whether or not he is a true US citizen. There are more pressing and compeling isues that need to be addressed by this administration and the society. Issues that are far more news worthy than whether or not he has a long-form birth certificate. I can think of a few. Our current economic posture, health care, social security, the foreclosure rate and our foreign/international relations.
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