Why will Barack Obama not provide certified copies of his birth certificate?

Question

There has been some controversy about whether or not Barack Obama was really born in the United States.

On his website, Barack Obama has posted a copy of a document that he claims to be his birth certificate.

Many people say that document is a forgery.

In the United States of America the birth certificates are recorded at The County Recorder's office in the County where you were born.

It is a simple matter to request Certified copies of the birth certificate for a small fee.

Why has Barack Obama not requested certified copies of his birth certificate for the press to examine?

Answer 1

Because Pakistan won't let it cross its' border.  

Answer 2

I don't know. I can't answer that question honestly.

Answer 3

There is no requirement in the law for candidates to produce birth certificates.  None of the candidates are required to

Answer 4

maybe he should drop by your place so that he can show it to you .

Answer 5

its because he wasnt born. he was made in a lab

Answer 6

This question is clearly of a prejudice nature. Barack's father was African and he never obtained citizenship, therefore his father is JUST African and that's why its like that on the birth certificate. Clearly you all are under the age of 25 because you clearly know nothing about the way things worked back then. And where's John McCain's birth certificate?

Answer 7

Because it does not exist.

The officials in Hawaii have not been able to locate Barack Obama's birth certificate in their records.

Not only that, but his mother renounced her United States Citizenship.

Barack Obama's father never was a United States citizen.

Apparently even though Barack Obama's mother and father were living in Hawaii, they traveled to Kenya for a short vacation to visit Barack Obama's father's family.

While they were in Kenya Barack Obama was born there.

Therefore there was no Hawaiian Birth Certificate for Barack Obama.

The President is required by the Constitution to be a natural born United States Citizen.

Since Barack Obama's mother had renounced her United States Citizenship and his father never was a citizen, Barack Obama does not receive citizenship from his parents.

Since Barack Obama was born in Kenya and not the United States, Barack Obama does not receive citizenship by birth in the United States.

There is no record of Barack Obama having applied for or received United Staes Citizenship by the Naturalization process.

Therefore Barack Obama is not a United States Citizen.

It Ironic that the Democratic Party is getting ready to nominate a candidate who is barred by the Constitution of the United States of America from serving as the President of the United States of America because he is not a natural born citizen of the United States of AMerica.

Answer 8

Well, the Los Angeles Times seemed to get a copy of it easily enough. (See below)

It's amazing that people still bring this up.

Answer 9

In my opinion he was not born in Hawaii or either his mother and father

were not married. The one on his website is a fake if you look under race you will see African in 1961 it would have read ***** if his father

was black.

Answer 10

I don't know of Sen. Obama's special circumstances, but...

Your statemen that birth cirtificates are recorded... might not be true.  Maybe the county in Hawaii didn't have a "county recorders' office.  Maybe it burned down will all records.   In the '50s when he was born, things weren't computerized like they are now.

Also, I don't believe a person is required to present a birth cirtificate to run office.  Whats next.  Do you want DNA samples?  

The man is a citizen of this country, now live with it and simply vote against him.  The supreme court will probabnly throw out the election anyway.

Answer 11

its just another fear monger of bitter insecurity, with a billboard of no dept. , just put downs,  the me folks on yahoo government,  your fear is really showing ,  learn to love something , besides your own dream of negative thinking, who you hating on tomorrow?  you should not put yourself down so much, what's the problem,  all that free time seems to be hurting your mind

Answer 12

Why is everyone so stupid?  You cannot run for president unless you were born in the states...do you think he would really run if he wasnt born here? Of course his birth is on record and he most certainly WAS born in the US...strain at a gnat, swallow a camel.

Answer 13

Really?  this issue is still around?  Why should he have to supply his birth certificate so you guys can discredit it anyway.  He was born in Hawaii sweety   Last time i checked Hawaii was a state  

Answer 14

His mother was a US Citizen thus it does not matter where he was born, his citizenship is automatic.  

And I'll never vote for him; but this one is a meaningless issue...Ayers, Wright and Rezco are the real issues.

Answer 15

It has been shown that "the copy" online has been photoshopped to death.  There is NO reason why a legitimate, legal birth certificate could not be shown UNLESS there is none.

Answer 16

You know I find this really odd since McCain and Clinton's were available. Call it whatever you like but an interesting point is Hawaii only became a US state a couple of years before his birth (which whenever that was can't be confirmed yet). If he was lying about his age it would mean he isn't eligible to run for presidency.

In HI the state law only allows for the parents or the child to obtain a copy, I don't know about this copy circulating around.

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Answer 17

According to his sheep, Obama was born in a manger.

I seriously doubt that contention, myself. I have yet to see Obama raise anyone from the dead or walk on water. We may yet see him crucified, however, if he continues to want to be JFK reincarnated, since we all know how that story ended. Why anyone would want to be JFK reincarnated is beyond me.