Confronting Birthers

The new governor of Hawaii has pledged to take on the birthers and put the detraction to rest once and for all.

Then how come we are reading about this in a publication out of England?

Salacious news is a big deal in the USA, we need birthers for the economy.

Guardian UK: Barack Obama detractors, the birthers, face challenge from Hawaii governor

"[Obama's] a big boy; he can take sticks and stones. But there's no reason on earth to have the memory of his parents insulted by people whose motivation is solely political. Let's put this particular canard to rest," he said.


The governor is working with Hawaii's attorney general and health department to find ways of producing definitive evidence of Obama's Hawaiian birth. Full disclosure is restricted under the state's privacy laws.