Obama Citizenship

WND: HI Hospital Will Not Confirm Obama?s Birth Assertion

By Phil

On January 24, 2009, Mr. Obama presented a letter to the Kapi’olani Medical Center for Women and Children where, in part, he made the following assertion:

As a beneficiary of the excellence of Kapi`olani Medical Center – the place of my birth – I am pleased to add my voice to your chorus of supporters.

However, as WorldNetDaily is reporting, the medical center refuses to confirm the above claim:

Kristy Watanabe, the public relations specialist for the hospital refused to confirm or deny the veracity of Obama’s letter claiming he was born at the hospital.

“Our comment to everyone who has been calling is that federal law does not permit us to provide any more details concerning information [about Obama's birth] without authorization from Mr. Obama,” Watanabe told WND.

She said the hospital had not contacted Obama for authorization.

When WND asked Watanabe why the hospital did not contact Obama to ask for authorization, especially given the number of phone calls the hospital was receiving with the request, Watanabe said: “This is our response, and we can’t say anything more than that.”

WND asked if a hypothetical elected official pretended to be born at the hospital, would federal law prevent her from disclosing that? If so, which federal law would that be?

“It’s just our policy that without permission we don’t ever answer questions about babies born in the hospital,” she said.

While it may be true that certain policies and procedures — whether by law or by custom — help to keep the privacy of any individual intact, the fact of the matter is that this President has made a claim that simply cannot be verified. Further, it is similarly true that while Mr. Obama is a public figure and therefore subject to public scrutiny, situations such as this make it extremely difficult — if not impossible — for the average citizen to be able to confirm such assertions.

Many in the opposition to questioning this President’s eligibility will often challenge those of us sympathetic with questioning this politician by attempting to avert the debate and asking, “Why don’t you call so-and-so up and simply confirm the facts?” As examples such as this show, the process is not quite as simple and straightforward as simply picking up the phone or sending an email to an official — whether public or private.

Nevertheless, the excuse that “[i]t’s just our policy” isn’t really based on any law, per se, unless the spokeswoman is simply being ignorant of the law. As WND asks, basically, what’s the harm in affirming or denying that the President was born at this location?

One thing is for sure — this will be added as yet another piece of unsubstantiated, sealed documentation that is part of the President’s past (link below).

See the following links regarding the eligibility saga:

• Obama?s Presidential Eligibility: What You Need to Know
• Obama’s Sealed Background Documentation
• What’s the Difference Between a Birth Certification Versus a Birth Certificate?
• Obama Citizenship Facts
• The State Department and Sen. Patrick Leahy’s (D-VT) Natural Born Citizen Resolution (April 10, 2008)
• Citizen Grand Jury Updates and Eligibility Lawsuit Listing

-Phil

Full post as published by The Right Side of Life on July 06, 2009 (boomark / email).