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Wednesday, November 26, 2008 12:00 AM

Is Obama president yet?

And who's that other guy in the White House? As George Bush continues his vanishing act, Barack Obama steps into the spotlight, two months early, to calm a jittery nation.

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  • Wednesday, November 26, 2008 01:34 PM

    There is a ‘vault birth certificate’ that would clarify the matter but Obama does not want to publish it.

    TomRitchford,

    The certificate provided by Obama is not a fake according to Hawaii and that is not the issue.

    The issue is that Obama could be ‘legally’ a citizen of Hawaii and at the same time not being a ‘natural born citizen’ because Hawaii allowed for foreign born children to be registered as Hawaii born.

    There is a ‘vault birth certificate’ that would clarify the matter but Obama does not want to publish it.

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