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The Straight Story Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 01:57 PM
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Donald Trump's lawyer on birth certificate controversy: No one doubts where Trump was born
Edited on Tue Mar-29-11 02:07 PM by The Straight Story
Donald Trump's lawyer on birth certificate controversy: No one doubts where Trump was born

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Hotsheet reached Trump lawyer and advisor Michael Cohen, who is on vacation in Italy, for a response. Cohen said it was obvious that Trump has released "something that his parents had given him years and years ago and he obviously just had it put away."

"I don't think anyone's going to question whether Donald Trump is or was not born in New York," Cohen said. He went on to say that there are hospitals named after the Trump family in New York, yet the only hospitals named after Mr. Obama are in Ghana.

"It's a little bit odd," he said.

Asked whether Trump needed to release his official birth certificate, Cohen pointed out that Trump is "not yet" the president. He said Trump could produce an official birth certificate if necessary.

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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20048318-503544.html

Take Two: Donald Trump Releases Official Birth Certificate


Donald Trump learned the hard way this week that if you're going to call on the president to release his official birth certificate, you'd better do the same.

Trump, who has been putting pressure on Obama lately to make public his long-form birth certificate from Hawaii, decided to set a good example and release his own on Monday. Only problem was, the document that Trump provided to the conservative Website Newsmax wasn't his actual birth certificate, but rather a "hospital certificate of birth."

On Tuesday, Trump, who is contemplating a presidential run in 2012, sought to correct the oversight, providing a copy of his official birth certificate issued by the New York City Department of Health to ABC News.



http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2011/03/donald-trump-releases-official-birth-certificate.html
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PoliticAverse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 02:00 PM
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1. Just like no one doubts where Trump's hair is from... n/t
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movonne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 02:15 PM
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11. and he knows that Obama was not born is the usa..this is just
another thing to keep his name out in the public...I can't stand him..he is such a phoney...
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demwing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 02:41 PM
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29. I think you mean "he knows that Obama WAS born in the USA," right? /nt
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RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 02:45 PM
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32. Lidsville, of course!
:hide:
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yellowcanine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 02:03 PM
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2. "No one doubts where Trump was born." I have my doubts. I think he may have been born in Brazil.
Can he prove that he wasn't born there?
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SidDithers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 02:04 PM
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3. Hey Cohen, there's an Albert Einstein Cancer Center in New York too...
does that also mean that Einstein was born in New York?

Sid
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LisaM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 02:40 PM
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28. I didn't know that they named hospitals after you when you are born in the U.S.
Where's my hospital???
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Erose999 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 02:05 PM
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4. I want to see the birth certificate for the hair. We know its not Trump's hair. So the question is:


whose is it? I'll just leave this here...





Could Donald Trump's "hair" really be the scalp of Jimmy Hoffa? We report, you decide™.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 02:19 PM
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15. I heard Hoffa is buried under Trump Towers. I think we need to dig it up to prove it too
:rofl:
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 02:06 PM
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5. The Point is Trump is wasting his creds by buying into the Birther Crap
Is it Vanity? cause there is no way in hell he gets Oval'd
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 02:14 PM
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10. he's just attention whoring...hasn't been in the spotlight in awhile
and sadly anytime he wants to fling feces on a mirror, ABC and CBS are right there to describe the play-by-play action...
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 02:39 PM
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26. I suppose it makes for salable vid clips
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sinkingfeeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 02:08 PM
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6. Everybody knows that certified copies don't count. Show me the real one.
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Justitia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 02:10 PM
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7. Who cares about his birth cert? I want to see his tax returns! The president has released his.
Trump will NEVER give up that kind of info.
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icnorth Donating Member (954 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 02:11 PM
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8. I wish someone could do the world a favour,
grab a shepherd`s hook and drag this clown offstage.
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RKP5637 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 02:12 PM
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9. Trump is making a fool of himself! n/t
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Matt_in_STL Donating Member (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 02:16 PM
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12. I think I see what is going on here
Trump's mother was born in Scotland. Isn't it obvious to everyone at this point that Donald Trump is a Scottish terror baby???
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treestar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 02:28 PM
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21. Now that's rich
Birther secondary argument is about how a parent born in another country means one is not a natural born citizen.
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icnorth Donating Member (954 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 02:39 PM
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27. If he plays the bag pipes
there's not a doubt in my mind. ;)
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DefenseLawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 02:18 PM
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13. He was born the son of a millionaire, I know that much.
and then he pulled himself up by his bootstraps. of course.
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MineralMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 02:18 PM
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14. Well, the first one he showed said he was born in Jamaica
Hospital in Queens, NY.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 02:21 PM
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18. are you sure it was a hospital in Queens, NY? Maybe it was the country Jamaica
:shrug:

The certificate is a fact and he knows it.
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MineralMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 02:24 PM
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19. No, it was Jamaica Hospital in Queens.
It's on this certificate, too.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 02:36 PM
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23. Well it's not the official birth certificate. Perhaps someone pencilled in that Queens stuff
:rofl:
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MineralMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 02:39 PM
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25. Well, that certainly could be true. We need to subject it to
detailed Photoshop analysis and see what we can find, I think. I understand there are international experts in that field. Perhaps one will volunteer. :rofl:
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 02:49 PM
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35. Or maybe his parents were queens
that wouldn't make him too popular with the teabaggers. :-)
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MineralMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 02:20 PM
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16. I see that it says he's white, too.
I'm betting he's really sorta pinkish, though. False statement voids birth certificate. :rofl:
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 02:20 PM
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17. I never questioned it until I saw that lame ass thing he called a Birth Certificate
Now I kinda doubt it.
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Myrina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 02:27 PM
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20. ... he was born? I thought he was hatched. And ...
... anyone with his kind of money can certainly pay for a forged birth certificate.

Jus' sayin' ...
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 02:30 PM
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22. We're going to need to see the long form...
And since he's a Republcon Billionaire SuckerPuppetMaster, we know he is lying anyway...
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matt819 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 04:43 PM
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42. And if there is no long form. . .
What proof can he provide that there is no long form? And that form posted here sure looks like a copy. A copy? He thinks a copy suffices?
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nykym Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 02:39 PM
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24. Ahhhhh I think they had better find
the original, I tried to use a reverse copy like that for whatever, NOT ACCEPTABLE it needs to be a positive. Yes that was in NY too. Also does anyone really think that Donald will release all that good financial disclosure stuff as required by law, and be willing to put all his holdings in a blind trust and step away form managing it. I' bet his ego will say NO WAY - You're Fried!
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Angry Dragon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 02:42 PM
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30. Trump will never trully run for president
just playing a game
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Erose999 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 03:16 PM
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40. Can you even run for president when you're in chapter 13? I mean with campaign finance regulations

all that?
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foxfeet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 02:43 PM
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31. He wasn't born; he was conjured up.
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FLyellowdog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 02:45 PM
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33. FAIL!
Sorry, but that looks like a PHOTOCOPY of his birth certificate. He can't even renew his passport with that. :puke:
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sinkingfeeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 02:45 PM
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34. Did you see? His mother was born in Scotland. Maybe he's an 'anchor baby' or hates
Edited on Tue Mar-29-11 03:13 PM by sinkingfeeling
democracy because his mother taught him about Jacobite rebellions!


Edited to remove excess word
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hifiguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 02:52 PM
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36. Born?
I am pretty sure that Trump is a space lizard and was hatched. Maybe the deceased muskrat he wears on his head was born on earth?
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JoePhilly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 02:58 PM
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37. Looks FAKE to me!!!!
First, white text on a black background ... total BS.

Second, notice at the bottom, some one wrote "Jamaica" ... that's not part of the US.

Third, his mother was born in SCOTLAND!!! She's not a natural born citizen of the US. Which makes me wonder if the Donald was an anchor baby!!!

Let the trials BEGIN!!!!
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Pisces Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 03:01 PM
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38. I have serious doubts. He only likes and marries women born in other countries, he has most of his
money overseas. All I can see is that Donald Trump hates America. He could have been born in Scotland, that's where his mother is from. Nope this is not good enough for me.
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 03:02 PM
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39. I personally think he was hatched in a mad scientists lair....
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matt819 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 04:42 PM
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41. Couple questions
Does the form contain an embossed seal? I have the same type of birth certificate, but it has a raised, embossed seal. Hey, until I see that seal, I just can't be sure. Maybe the reference to Jamaica is the Caribbean island and not a part of the borough of Queens in NYC. Just sayin'. And did you see the names of the NYC "officials" on the form? Otto? Really? Otto? Right after WWII. Makes you wonder, doesn't it? And the Commissioner of Health - Israel? Really? Otto and Israel? Also, can he provide the names of everyone attendant at his birth?

I also notice that his mother was a Scot, born in 1913 and living in NY for 15 years. Hmmm. . . That means she came to the US when she was 18 years old. Under what circumstances? Was she an American citizen at the time of Trump's birth? If not, perhaps Trump was meant to be an anchor baby, with the intention of sponsoring hordes of Scots for immigration into the US when Trump turned 18. So, was there an influx of Scots immigrants around 1964? Enquiring minds want to know.
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Tx4obama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 05:03 PM
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43. The SECOND birth certificate Trump released is NOT official
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Raine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 05:38 PM
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49. Bwahahaha not so easy to produce "THE" birth certificate afterall
is it!!!! :rofl:
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 05:05 PM
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44. No one cares where or that he was born.. n/t
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fishwax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 05:08 PM
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45. lol -- I hope trump stays in this race a while
:rofl:
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GumboYaYa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 05:09 PM
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46. He might as well have added..."Cause he is lilly white"
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ecstatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 05:10 PM
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47. exactly nt
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Raine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 05:36 PM
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48. ANYONE who gives millions can have their name on a building
has NOTHING to do with being a citizen! :silly:
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SaveAmerica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 06:06 PM
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50. YOU'RE FIRED for your logic!! If a building has your name on it you're American
If the kids in your kindergarden class don't remember you, you're not American!! (From Trump's original comment about why he has doubts about Obama's birthplace.

Republicans live in their own reality. Duh!
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 06:07 PM
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51. looks forged to me
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