In an effort to silence the “birther” movement — including presidential hopeful Donald Trump — U.S. President Barack Obama today released the long form of his much talked about birth certificate.
Many people (who don’t read) fail to realize that the short form of Obama’s certificate of live birth was released by the White House in 2008 when Obama was elected president. The long form only contains a few more impertinent details.
The short form (which was released in 2008) is on the left.
Many critics are asking, “why now?”. Why not two years ago when the issue of his citizenship first arose?
Some are suggesting that Obama, a known narcissist, only released the long form now because he fears losing something he values most (his job).
Obama told White House reporters that he had “better stuff to do” than to discuss his birth certificate that has been an emotional boilerplate since before he was elected.
“We’ve got better stuff to do. I’ve got better stuff to do,” Obama said. “We’ve got big problems to solve, and I’m confident we can solve them, but we’re going to have to focus on them, not on this.”
Source: AP and DM
sooooo he was born in Hawaii — which is a part of the US right? not getting the hoopla around this..
Obama is sooo cute – y are we still talking about his birth certificate!
<—————- Are you happy now!! Comb that ish you call hair
Now Auntie…you Donald Trump, Sarah Palin and the rest of these ‘birthers’ can go fly a fukking kite…..and raise up off of Obama’s nut sack…..
not getting the hoopla around this
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<————- that's what Obama's doing at the white house today to all them dumb ass Republicans and trailer trash people trying to discredit him!!!
Nobody is looking at the bigger issue that this idiot with a possum on his head for a hairdo is a fuggin racist. Now he is saying that he doesn’t understand how a person like “him”-Barack graduated from Harvard. Somebody needs to comb that nicca head—TRUMP literally!!1
Donald Trump just handed Obama another 4 years in the white house….
Thanks Donald…we appreciate that!!!
President Obama does have better stuff to do and if he was any other (white)president he wouldn’t have ever had to address this nonsense in the first place; let alone almost three years after being elected.
Barack looks like his mother and so does Malia…..
Ima run for president
He should have released this next year to fire people up on the Democratic side…
But you see we have always had it a lil harder and Barack is showing them fools I aint stuntin you fools!
@WCC
Before I promise you my vote, I need to know where you stand on the important issues.
So…Bey or Rih?
President Obama does have better stuff to do and if he was any other (white)president he wouldn’t have ever had to address this nonsense in the first place; let alone almost three years after being elected.
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Nobody ask to see Bush’s college transcripts to actually proved he graduated….cause his ass talked and behaved like he went to community college instead of Yale….and he only got in cause he was legacy…
His grades damn sure didnt quailify him….white people get on my damn nerves always trying to make US prove some chit….I’ll be glad when we finally prove (get some DNA) that Jesus was really black….since they always wanting is to prove some chit….lets see how fast they loose their religion then….
Im with the President we got bigger issues to address….has anybody seen Bin Laden????? Nope didnt think so…..ENOUGH! SMH
“We’ve got better stuff to do. I’ve got better stuff to do,” Obama said.
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Yeah things like coming up with a solution on, “what the hell can be done about these damn gas prices”.
Now can we move on
@Kingston
How come you didn’t say anything about Man’s pic of you and him
Aqtpie I love your gravi they both look so handsome wise and strong
Case closed! By the way, why doesn’t Trump build another hotel and generate some jobs????
*updates resume*
“We’ve got better stuff to do. I’ve got better stuff to do,” Obama said.
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it appears barry used to be a lil chubster
His Daddy looks like Bokeem Woodbine….
Anyway, they are all on the same team, I do believe they all have the same bloodline..
Could you imagine someone dwelling on the birth place of JFK or Bill Clinton??? This issue has never been raised with a current, sitting President. Its time for someone of integrity to stand up in the media and announce that these inquisitions are completely race-based, therein… RACIST!
aqtpie says:
“We’ve got better stuff to do. I’ve got better stuff to do,” Obama said.
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Yeah things like coming up with a solution on, “what the hell can be done about these damn gas prices”.
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@ Sandra, I think you place those Trump ad banners on purpose.
And of course we know this won’t completely shut down the birthers…what a bunch of f’n fools.
All Obama had to do was release this form when the speculation first arose. But no, he had to be stubborn. It’s human nature to assume he was hiding something.
and then there’s the truth. says:
Could you imagine someone dwelling on the birth place of JFK or Bill Clinton??? This issue has never been raised with a current, sitting President. Its time for someone of integrity to stand up in the media and announce that these inquisitions are completely race-based, therein… RACIST!
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I thought people were making a big deal out of it b-cuz his father is full blooded African
While yall ain’t tell me Obama pappy was Rog from What’s Happening?
Is inviting beyonce, jayz, willow smith and nem to the white house considered …”better things to do” ?? I hope not
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Id rather be doing that than arguing with a bunch of rednecked white folk about whether or not I was born in America….
I see why other countries laugh at us….cause we are a joke…we compalin about the issues, yet we make a big deal over a fukiing birth certificate…hell Mexicans sneak over all the time….
I wonder if Trump is asking for Visas and green card for all them illegal Mexicans that clean his hotels….or the ones that landscape his yard…or the ones that are nannies to his ugly ass children…
I do agree that he should have just played the game and released his birth certificate. We have the right to know where our President was born… Isnt all President’s birth records published?
@ Sandra I guess this clears up he’s a muslim…Oh wait..You’re never getting off the bandwagon!
And no, I am not a kool-aide drinker. I warned people in 2008 that they are going to be disappointed if they think BHO is the 2nd coming of the messiah. After all, he’s still an imperfect human being. Let’s get back to business in this country and stop the foolery!
@Sandra
You don’t think his backround wasn’t thoroughly vetted before he even thought about running…………
Thanks Choco!
Donald Trump needs to git somewhere and sat down! Still watching NeNe and Star on Celebrity Apprentice this Sunday though!!
Its ashame that he has to go through all of this just because a stupid balding man is an idiot…..smh
West Coast Chick says:
“Is inviting beyonce, jayz, willow smith and nem to the white house considered …”better things to do” ?? I hope not”
Umm, didn’t the President invte Willow Smith (which is a kid) to the White House for the Annual Easter egg roll?? Didn’t she perform for all the kids that were there?
I think all this is going on b/c we have a BLACK FAMILY IN THE WHITE HOUSE, BLACK MAN as President…..When BUSH had Tim Mc Graw, Clint Black, Faith Hill, Dolly Parton and their families in White House, we didn’t hear about that, did we??? This whole thing is a bunch of racist BS!
And for everyone who thinks what he released in 2008 wasn’t a birth certificate…HELLO! The state laws in Hawaii forbids release of it. So BHO got denied in 2008 b.c the short form (as it clearly states at the bottom) is legally evidence in court. Hawaii uses the short form to protect the privacy of it’s citizens. Everyone who is born in Hawaii would be given the short form. …new story please! f’n idiots!
Sandra Rose says:
All Obama had to do was release this form when the speculation first arose. But no, he had to be stubborn. It’s human nature to assume he was hiding something.
Didnt he have to show his proof citizenship when he first applied to become preident…NO OTHER president has had to go through this bull chit…..This is plain racist and the media and white folks know it…
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The fact that his daddy was African and Muslim is the issue…they are scared that he is secretly working with the Arabs and chit…white folks are so scared of losing everything they have stole throughout their history….they better know they cant control what God has in store for them….
What people fail to realize is he cannot change the problems of America in one term he stated he would need at least 2 terms to get things back in order. People want instant results and thats just not the case with our economy, employment rates, etc. it takes time for those things to turn around.
@SANDRA
No other president has ever been forced to show his birth certificate and maybe Obama was didn’t feel he should have to prove himself to a few crackpots.
Now is that your way of saying you were wrong for believing that Obama isn’t a natural born US citizen?
KDILLION
why do i read your comments in stewie’s voice
@Sandra
He wasn’t being stubborn he didn’t have to even release it now- I’m sure his supporters even political were aware of his birth – Y spend so much campaign money for something like lying on where you were born from EFF it UP!
I mean damn John McCain was born in the Panama Canal Zone..does that mean he’s a US citizen??? But no one made a big stink about it…give me a break.
I mean let’s hold EVERYONE’S feet to the fire on an equal opportunity basis.
kdillon says:
I do agree that he should have just played the game and released his birth certificate.
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He played the game just right….its almost time to start his re-election campaign…this couldnt have come at a better time…now he can shut those folks up who keep doubting he is a citizen…now they need to find another reason NOT to vote for him….
The fact that he even had to Re-show is birht certificate is ludacris to me…its pure racism…..
@Dillon
He shouldn’t have to play that game if that’s the case they will start making a lot of us prove we are born in America!
“We’ve got better stuff to do. I’ve got better stuff to do,”
your own damn signifigant other…but by all means…get off my jock… 
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Translation: A nukka like MYSELF…got shat to do. Like run this country. And get some from Shelly Shel from the Southside of the Chi tonight. So all you Republican arse muffugas who don’t have nothing else better to worry about…find a damn hobby, go home and
(He wanted to say that but we all know he can’t…so I will say it for him)
He wasn’t being stubborn he didn’t have to even release it now- I’m sure his supporters even political were aware of his birth – Y spend so much campaign money for something like lying on where you were born from EFF it UP!
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He has a damn law degree from HARVARD….he wouldnt be that dumb to get hisself involved if he wasnt legal…and I KNOW Michelle wouldnt back him on doing some dumb chit like that…hell she didnt really want him torun for office in the first place….
I mean let’s hold EVERYONE’S feet to the fire on an equal opportunity basis.
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This issue has been discussed on The View several times. They have people who verify this information before he was elected President. He gave the short form, why does he have to give the long form? No other President had to do this….now Sandra, we all have asked Bush to step down with his dumb ass and he didnt. Just because you ask doesnt mean you have to receive plus he gave the short form that gave the important info we needed, which was he was born in the US. Enuff said….I still dont get why is this an issue? The man has been an elected official for several years, I’m sure if he was not a US citizen, wouldnt this have came out when he was in Chicago? I mean really, the country has bigger issues…like the unemployment rate, gas prices, etc…
Obama has to shuck and jive enough as it is.
Expecting him to immediately and happily cave in to ignorance is just beyond my comprehension.
That idiot Trump better find a birds nest to put on his head and leave my President alone!!!
At this point, it doesn’t matter. Releasing the truth will not change people’s mind and they will come up with another excuse as to why he should have never been president.
The next issue will be his father’s race and how it pertains to obama’s citizenship. They will say because his father is African, that makes in ineligible to be President.
I’ve always believed that he was able to produce his birth certificate, I was a little bothered that he gave in and did it though.
Choco aka Hippie says:
@Dillon
He shouldn’t have to play that game if that’s the case they will start making a lot of us prove we are born in America!
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Chit they are already doing it Arizona with the Mexicans….
White folks need to give me a damn certificate…I want a tribal certificate…tell me what area of Africa did you snatch my family from….give me a certificate on that so I can see where Im really from…
Hell at least Obama knows his roots…
They are making a big deal about it b/c a BLACK MAN is President. I heard that now Trump believes that our President did not get into Harvard Law School on his own, or write his book on his own, and wants Obama to display his educational records, starting from High School.
Did President Bush (pick one) have to disclose his educational records, AFTER he was elected to office? Did Reagan? Kennedy? Mikki Fikkin Teddy Roosevelt?
Wake up family…..Racism concealed
The man has been an elected official for several years, I’m sure if he was not a US citizen, wouldnt this have came out when he was in Chicago? I mean really, the country has bigger issues…like the unemployment rate, gas prices, etc…
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He was a jr senator, then elected to state senator….Im sure they would have caught it somewhere around this time….
@Chiby
I know they are but come on once I show you don’t be asking me for that chit again
This story is a mess and so is the one about the “afterbirthers.” They want to test his DNA with the placenta from his birth. WTH?!?!?!?!
Why do I get the feeling that his momma was one of them down azz yt women who stood up for her kids and would be cussing Donald Trump the heyl OUT via press conferences right about now if she was alive…???
Her: Barry IS America (digs in her purse and pulls out her mother’s copy of his birth certificate). THERE. HE IS..what is the problem? Where is YOUR birth certificate Donnie? Hmmm? Where is it?
When I say play the game I am meaning that if there was not issue with his birth certificate then he should have showed others and his supporters. Being that it is just a little birth certificate then why it take so long to present? Obama is the spokesperson for our country, it doesnt look good if we Americans dont even know where our leader is from.
not entertaining the foolishness today
what y’all up to? we just had lunch and i’ve come down with a case of ethnic fatigue (itis)
This is ridiculous…just thinly veiled racisim and pure ingnorance. If you dislike the man because of his policies then say so! Presidents have been called out on their policies throughout history yet NO OTHER sitting (or otherwise) President has had to continually answer questions about where he was born and what his TRUE religion may be! It should have never come to this but now that he has PROVEN where the hell he was born…maybe we can move on. Somehow I doubt it though. Next, there will be someone out there asking to carbon date the damned birth certificate!
Yellow1 says:
This story is a mess and so is the one about the “afterbirthers.” They want to test his DNA with the placenta from his birth. WTH?!?!?!?!
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I wish Obama would call them out to their faces and call them what they are RACIST!!!!
Did President Bush (pick one) have to disclose his educational records, AFTER he was elected to office?
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Well we already knew that Bush the Younger was a staight up C-D student while he was in college…cause he was busy being a broke arm (alky).
KDUB
You know mama gon have a copy in her purse along wit cho shot records!
“Um yes ma’am he had his rubella shot Jan 17 1969 and his Diptheria shot March 3, 1970 at the honolulu health department!
You know most of us don’t even post anymore on Obama here on SR. But this is just absoltuely ridiculous. If Americans think Rascism is dead you are completely crazy. At what point has another American President (even though we all know that even white folks are not descended directly from North Americans are are mixed and mixed and mixed)has ever had to produce his birth certificate.
Trump can go suck a fat one. I want to see everyone’s birth certificate and educational records revealed from now on.
Candi I’m strugglin hard to stay up
Yellow1 says:
This story is a mess and so is the one about the “afterbirthers.” They want to test his DNA with the placenta from his birth. WTH?!?!?!?!
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Obama should have released this next year to fire up his base again!
KDub says:
Why do I get the feeling that his momma was one of them down azz yt women who stood up for her kids and would be cussing Donald Trump the heyl OUT via press conferences right about now if she was alive…???
Her: Barry IS America (digs in her purse and pulls out her mother’s copy of his birth certificate). THERE. HE IS..what is the problem? Where is YOUR birth certificate Donnie? Hmmm? Where is it?
Africans was a BIG 
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Clearly she would…I mean she let a full bloodied African skeet in her back when
I’d say she was pretty down…. plus his sister’s daddy is Indonesian or some chit like that…Mama Obama was “down” ass white chick…
Her: Barry IS America (digs in her purse and pulls out her mother’s copy of his birth certificate). THERE. HE IS..what is the problem? Where is YOUR birth certificate Donnie? Hmmm? Where is it?
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@Dillon
He didn’t hide it come one son they are rail roading him – it’s all bullshit he didn’t hold out – this chit is a non muffuggin phactor
What a black man can’t write a book by himself or a black man can’t get into college by himself.
Yeah Trump can really go just suck a fat one.
sorry racist rant. I hate ingnorance.
He might not be able to call a dog a dog now but when he is out of office, I really hope that Obama will be able to address the racism that plagued his presidency freely and honestly!!
Well we already knew that Bush the Younger was a staight up C-D student while he was in college…cause he was busy being a broke arm (alky).
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And a cheerleader!!!!
KDUB
You know mama gon have a copy in her purse along wit cho shot records!
“Um yes ma’am he had his rubella shot Jan 17 1969 and his Diptheria shot March 3, 1970 at the honolulu health department!
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HELL YES. My momma still got ALL our original birth certificates. My sister is 45 so HER shyt all taped up and pieced back together. But she got it! Got our original social security cards too!
KDUB
did yours have a perfect tear in it from it had been folded for 40 yrs?!?!?!?
KDUB are th social securtay cards laminated?????
WAAAAAIIIIIT GOT DAMN MINUTE
Soulja just said about Diamond another’s man trash is another man’s treasure 
he called her TRASH
didn’t hold out – this chit is a non muffuggin phactor
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That’s what he needed to tell Trump at that press conference today….
He should have looked straight into the camera and said “Donald Trump, you are a non-mutherfukking factor, bish!!!”
That would have made for good to tv!!
WAAAAAIIIIIT GOT DAMN MINUTE Soulja just said about Diamond another’s man trash is another man’s treasure he called her TRASH
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KDUB
does she keep all of them in a manilla folder inside a big ziplock bag????
Side Note: Im actually digging the Voice.
This is so f’ing stupid. I work for the damn government and they had to validate that I was a legal US citizen. That’s on top of the extensive background check they before you apply. That’s just for me and all I do is work for the Corps of Engineers. Imagine what he had to go through.
I wish the world wasn’t filled with so many dumb a*s fools.
KDUB
You are killing me softly 
does she keep all of them in a manilla folder inside a big ziplock bag????
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Choco aka Hippie says:
@ Chiby they gonna bring the hood nigga outta Obama and I bet you them lily mofos will scurrie all over the place
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Donald Trump better shut his fukking mouth…Obama gonna call them Vice Lords from the west side and GD’s from the southside…they gonna be waiting on Trump the next time he decides to visit chicago…also he just built this big ass Trump International hotel downtown…he might wanna shut up before he dont get no business….
Chicagoan fight amongst each other, but they stick together when someone is fukking with their own….
Real talk….
This is so f’ing stupid. I work for the damn government and they had to validate that I was a legal US citizen. That’s on top of the extensive background check they before you apply. That’s just for me and all I do is work for the Corps of Engineers. Imagine what he had to go through.
I wish the world wasn’t filled with so many dumb a*s fools.
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Girl what you mean?? I applied for an INTERNSHIP with the Chicago Housing Authority (city government funded) it took them 5 months to finally tell me I got it…they did an extensive background check on me…so I know they had to know that Obama was a citizen…this is racist white folk doing….
but they stick together when someone is fukking with their own….
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That’s Wassup
does she keep all of them in a manilla folder inside a big ziplock bag????
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I got TEARS atchu cause she keeps them jokas in a ziplock bag on the inside of an old OLD hard material suitcase…filled with pictures.
old OLD hard material suitcase…filled with pictures.
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Obama’s dad looks like ole dude from “What Happening”. Wasn’t his name Rog or something like that? I was born in ’81 so I don’t know for sure.
KDUB
do the old photo albums have the pics taped in with gray duct tape so can’t no body steal em??
IsaiahsMom says:
Obama’s dad looks like ole dude from “What Happening”. Wasn’t his name Rog or something like that? I was born in ‘81 so I don’t know for sure.
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LOL. I was just getting ready to type the same thing.
Mamacita
i work for the government too and it took them 7 yrs to complete my background check!
My packet kept gettin lost!
so I’d been on base 7 yrs before I got my clearance
I got TEARS atchu cause she keeps them jokas in a ziplock bag on the inside of an old OLD hard material suitcase…filled with pictures.
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Good Gawd ya mean my mom isn’t the only one that does that
You mean it was finally released to the public. You better believe his citizenship was already verified by the Rep (who were in control then) before he even became a Senator yet along the President. You never heard them asking to see it, because it was already confirmed that he was eligible for Presidency.
chibytex says:
Donald Trump just handed Obama another 4 years in the white house….
Thanks Donald…we appreciate that!!!
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Trump needs to go work on his “investments” instead of riling up the undercover racists.
If I was at in interview and allowed to ask questions, here are a few that I’d ask donald:
1.How come your columns of your brand new building in Chicago are deteriorated? (oops, all your residents don’t know this)
#feelfreetodriveandlook:)
2.Why’d they have to remove the column covers? #attnbuildingcodesinvestigators
3.Why you sooo cheap that you didn’t purchase the proper steel to go at the bottom of your tower?
4.Why did you not have the proper metals that are needed when near a body of water?
#cheap
#shady
5. And last but not least, what’s up with the hair?
#askmehowiknow
Good Gawd ya mean my mom isn’t the only one that does that
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Heck no. Your momma prolly related to mine.
@KD I already knew where my President was from and so did everybody else they just wanted to play dumb! You think these YT folks would let a nicca in the white house who wasn’t a citizen
@TerriB thank you
Forgot to add that us Leos are known for being stubborn