PHOENIX — Gov. Jan Brewer wants Barack Obama out of the White House.
But she said Tuesday it’s not because she believes the findings last week by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio that his birth certificate appears to be a fake.
“I have every reason to believe that his birth certificate is valid in the state of Hawaii,” the governor said.
Brewer acknowledged that, unlike the sheriff, she has not done extensive research.
But the governor said she had spoken several years ago to her Hawaiian counterpart when the issue first arose. And she said Tuesday that he “assured me that everything was in proper order and they stand by their records that he was born in Hawaii.”
Arpaio sniffed at the governor’s comments.
“That’s the governor’s opinion,” he said. “And I have my opinion, plus facts.”
Those facts, Arpaio said, stem from what he said was a forensic analysis of an electronic copy of the president’s birth certificate posted on the White House web site.
Mike Zullo, head of the sheriff’s Cold Case Posse, who headed the investigation, said that showed it was not a single scanned document but several pieces put together with software. And he said there is no legitimate explanation for the inconsistencies.
Arpaio said while he was not accusing Obama of serving illegally — the U.S. Constitution allows only native-born citizens to be president — the sheriff said the findings show evidence of a fraud perpetrated on the public. And Zullo said that merits a further criminal probe.
And Arpaio said the assurances of Hawaii’s former governor, Linda Lingle, to Brewer are irrelevant.
“I mean, what does that mean?” he told Capitol Media Services. “You’ve got to go back and see all the conflicts” over the document.
Anyway, the sheriff said, that conversation between the two chief executives occurred “some time ago.”
Brewer seemed bemused by the ongoing attention, especially with an election this fall.
“We’ve got November coming up and we can vote him up or vote him down,” she said.
This isn’t Brewer’s first tussle with those who question Obama’s U.S. birth.
Last year she vetoed legislation which would have required candidates to provide proof they were born in this country to get on the Arizona ballot. Brewer said giving the secretary of state authority to decide if a candidate is eligible, as the law would have allowed, “could lead to arbitrary or politically motivated decisions.”
She also suggested there was an “ick” factor in the measure, noting candidates who could not produce a “long form birth certificate” would have had the option of instead furnishing other documents.
“I never imagined being presented with a bill that could require candidates for President of the greatest and most powerful nation on Earth to submit their ‘early baptismal or circumcision certificates’ among other records to the Arizona secretary of state,” Brewer wrote.
AndrewLuck posted at 3:14 pm on Sat, Mar 24, 2012.
I was a Gov Brewer fan. As a replacement for Gov Napalitano I felt she was a breath of fresh air. It bothers me that she can so quickly dimis the "Cold Case Posse's" findings without reading it. We will neeed to vote for a more articulate Governor, who does doe not let personal feelings guide their judgement on serious issues.
John Henry posted at 7:30 am on Sat, Mar 17, 2012.
“I have every reason to believe that his birth certificate is valid in the state of Hawaii,” the governor said.
Let's all play fairly. The Sheriff showed Gov. Brewer his evidence. Gov. Brewer did not show the Sheriff her evidence. Fair is fair. He showed her his and she did not show him her's. Let's see your evidence, Gov. Brewer.
Please note that none of the denials of the Sheriff's cold case posse report attack the evidence it presented. All denials focus on either character assissination or ignore all evidence completely. What became of logic in America?
downtownresident posted at 2:18 pm on Wed, Mar 14, 2012.
If I didn't know better, I'd think that ignorance and biggotry were highly contageous and we were suffering an epidemic.
There's a BLACK man in the White House. GET OVER IT YOU FOOLS!!!!!!
Rational Human posted at 1:25 pm on Fri, Mar 9, 2012.
No one is saying the Obamanation occupies the White House illegally. He is the president. He is also at least complicit in a fraud on the American people and not qualified to be president. If any of our leaders had an ounce of integrity they would look closer and stop this Obamanation from running in the next election. They wont do that. Our national leaders are by and large as corrupt as any crime organization that ever existed. The exist to serve themselves only. They can do that with bozo the clown occupying the White House, so there is no incentive to prevent the fraud from continuing. In fact, bozo the clown has been the president for decades now, only changing his name from time to time. He says a joke and everyone laughs not realizing they are the buttock of the joke.
cacrobert posted at 9:25 pm on Thu, Mar 8, 2012.
You birther nuts are funny!!! President Obama is not Kenyan or born in Kenya. There are two count them TWO Hawaiian newspapers that have birth announcements from 1961 that announces the birth of Barack Obama Jr. born at Kapiʻolani Maternity & Gynecological Hospital (http://whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/obamabirth.php).
Video proves that he attended and was President of the Harvard Law Review and you idiots believe fake documents and forgeries (http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/birthers/kenyacert.asp).
You are all fools and idiots for believing this stuff!
k33j88 posted at 6:34 am on Thu, Mar 8, 2012.
Governor Brewer needs to support Sheriff Arpaio with his fact-finding mission. Otherwise, her political career is at stake. Her future and credibility is in question. A federal investigation will not be forthcoming. The chicago thug machine is well intrenched and will use any and all means to thwart any attempt to do otherwise. How many of you readers believe that Breibarts death was an accident?
dryheat posted at 10:11 pm on Wed, Mar 7, 2012.
Facts are facts. I don't care if you like the guy or not, doesn't matter. Obama lied to us. How many lies are you going to stand for?
abimopectore posted at 5:01 pm on Wed, Mar 7, 2012.
"A "Natural born citizen" is born in the U.S. to TWO U.S. citizens, which is why Obama is not qualified as a self-admitted dual citizen. His father was a British National from Kenya at the time of his birth."
Read some court decisions and you'll quickly realize you're not making sense completely with regards to what the courts have repeatedly stated. Google "Lynch v. Clarke" and "United States v. Wong Kim Ark". If you do some research you'll see your argument has been previously made many times not just recently. And it has never had the support of any court decision less any written law. I don't see this argument ever working in a court of law or in any legislative attempt to make this into a law. It's basically a non-starter.
DefendUrRights posted at 1:06 pm on Wed, Mar 7, 2012.
Howard Fisher is lying in this article and deliberately - or stupidly - misquoting the Constitution of the U.S.
He made it look like Arpaio said that " - the U.S. Constitution allows only native-born citizens to be president -"; however, Sheriff Arpaio did not say that, nor does the Constitution say that.
The Constitution states that a person has to be a NATURAL BORN citizen to be President of the United States. Not a native-born citizen...which is completely different.
A "Natural born citizen" is born in the U.S. to TWO U.S. citizens, which is why Obama is not qualified as a self-admitted dual citizen. His father was a British National from Kenya at the time of his birth.
The fraudulent birth certificate shines even more evidence on the fact that Obama has provided false information to the American people and committed crimes against our citizenry and our country.
tray posted at 12:05 pm on Wed, Mar 7, 2012.
I have always had great respect for Jan Brewer but her unwillingness to factor well-researched information into her thinking and her opposition to having a candidate prove he/she is qualified to run for an elected office has caused me to reflect on her real motivations. I am disappointed.
Mike McClellan posted at 8:38 am on Wed, Mar 7, 2012.
Well, I think it's obvious here: Gov. Brewer is part of the coverup conspiracy. The Obama group is clever, having Brewer wag her finger at the Pres on the tarmac and then have her sign SB 1070 to make it look like they're enemies, when in fact Brewer's on the payroll of the Obamas.
I hope Joe's "cold cuts posse" looks into this.
snafubar posted at 7:24 am on Wed, Mar 7, 2012.
OBOTS, as they say in New York, rot in hell.
retired03 posted at 7:21 am on Wed, Mar 7, 2012.
the fact that neither arpaio or zullo will not come out and say directly that obama is in the white house illegally speaks violumes. If you had these "hard facts" seems to me you go ahead and make the accusation. Or could it be that it is just another pub stunt by king joe? We won't even discuss the waste of resources (again) doing this and he has no jurisdiction whatsoever
Chilidog posted at 4:28 am on Wed, Mar 7, 2012.
Birthers, as they say in Georgia: "why bless your little hearts."
Robert Laity posted at 3:33 am on Wed, Mar 7, 2012.
There is NO "President" Obama:
http://www.thepostemail.com/09/17/2010/there-is-no-president-obama/
Ar[aio is an EXPERT. Obama IS a Fraud.
Obama is NOT an Natural Born American,defined as :
"One born on US Soil of Parents who are both Americabs"
Senior WAS a Kenyan Brit.
leonardclark posted at 11:17 pm on Tue, Mar 6, 2012.
Jan Brewer wants to now pretend she is not the cruel and fascist right wing extremist she is ! We're not buying your bill of goods ! Recall Brewer ! recallbrewer.com
Leonard Clark
chair of the committee to recall extremist Arizona governor Jan Brewer
(RC-01-2012)
Rich posted at 9:03 pm on Tue, Mar 6, 2012.
Hey, I don't know. I really should and I don't. That just sucks,
Caroline posted at 8:38 pm on Tue, Mar 6, 2012.
Biffo,
If you had watched the press conference, they explained that. They tried to check the flight records of anyone who traveled, out of the country to Africa at that time. The records were no longer available. There were only a couple of airlines, it would have been on.
They then went to the INS who said they had records from that time. So they scanned the records, but low and behold, the records from August 1, 1961 through around August 7 or 8, were missing. Every date before these dates were there, and everything after those dates were there?
Rather curious isn't it?
Caroline posted at 8:34 pm on Tue, Mar 6, 2012.
JamesMadison,
The Governor of Hawaii, is a member of the SDS. Not exactly a pillar of the community is he.
Caroline posted at 8:32 pm on Tue, Mar 6, 2012.
Barack Obama is working for the Weather Underground. I live in Maryland. I have a doctor who practices right outside of Washington, D.C. She was in the Navy prior to starting her own practice.
After the election in 2008, she told me a story. She has a friend who is retired from the FBI. He infiltrated the Weather Undergound. During his time there, he said they had plans to infiltrate the government and destroy the country from within. He is afraid they've succeeded.
Sheriff Arpaio said he has a sworn affidavit from a former government official who said met Barack Obama in the front yard of the home of Bill Ayers in 1980. They were introduced by Bill Ayers mother who said, Obama was a foreign student, and they were trying to get funding for him. This government official who may be the same one I refer to, said he is willing to testify. If only we didn't have a Congress full of Benedict Arnolds? They apparently don't understand the danger in this either. We aren't being protected ladies and gentlemen. We have soldiers dying under a foreigner acting as a president.
Please watch this video from Larry Grathwohl, a former FBI Agent who infiltrated the Weathermen. It is from the early 80's. I have to wonder if Fast and Furious was not only about infringing on the second amendment, but to have people invade the country who are armed?
Governor, you have an obligation to look at this. You can't just say, "I believe he was born in Hawaii?" Everyone has been trying to feign ignorance about him. Stop trying to smear and impune those trying to get at the truth. If you're afraid to look into it say so, but don't try to ridicule those who have the courage to do what's right.
Larry Grathwohl on Ayers' plan for American re-education camps and the need to kill millions
http://youtu.be/HWMIwziGrAQ
Caroline posted at 8:20 pm on Tue, Mar 6, 2012.
And she can make a statement like this without even looking at the evidence? She will believe a known liar over experienced investigators?
Is this a responsible position for a sitting Governor? Does she not realize how serious it is, when we have a foreigner running our wars? We've lost twenty Navy Seals who were outed by this man and his White House. They were then put on a helicopter and killed.
We've lost more soldiers under this man, than at any time during this war. Millions have lost jobs, lives destroyed, he's lied to the American people about nearly everything he does, he's suing AZ to not protect its borders. The same borders where he was selling assault weapons that murdered two Federal Agents and over 300 others. He was framing legal gun dealers in the process?
Does this sound like a responsible position for a sitting Governor?
Like one of the detectives said Governor, if you have the evidence to prove Sheriff Arpaio wrong, show it. Otherwise, quit interfering in the good work he's doing to expose this man. You will be complicit for enabling him.
Good grief, how dare she?
omad posted at 8:01 pm on Tue, Mar 6, 2012.
Nice deflection Brewer. The issue right now isn't whether he was born in Hawaii. The issue is that he HAS RELEASED TWO FORGED DOCUMENTS TO THE PUBLIC. What do you have to say to that , Brewer ?
Biker posted at 7:48 pm on Tue, Mar 6, 2012.
What Brewer "Believes" and what the Evidence says are two different things: That's what our Criminal Justice System is based on... Evidence....not on hearsay or what someone "Believes".
Slabside posted at 6:16 pm on Tue, Mar 6, 2012.
Oh Dear Lord, what are the Libtools to do now? The live to bash Brewer now she agrees with them. What a liberal paradox.
JamesMadison posted at 5:57 pm on Tue, Mar 6, 2012.
She uses "hearsay" from the governor of Hawaii as her source of information. That is like using Eric Holder for the truth about Fast and Furious, the illegal gun running operation run by Holder. She mentions later in the article that she does not want Secretaries of State to vette candidates because the fact could be clouded by politicts. But in the case of the "hearsay" that she got from the Hawaiian governor years ago, not only she would have us believe that political opinion from a governor is belieable while 6 months and 22,000 hours of criminal investigation by law enforcement professionals, many of them with 20 years experience or more is "not belieable". Watch the video of the press conference and the evidence pointing to clear and irrefutable fraud. Jan, honestly you are more knowledgeable than to believe that poliltical opinion has more weight than a criminal investigation. Do you want Obama supporters to "like" you. I got news for you. It doesn't matter how you spin the truth to get their approval . . they are not going to like you anyway. Summary, view the video of the press conference and the evidence presented. It is on YouTube.
Cerulean posted at 5:54 pm on Tue, Mar 6, 2012.
Dale, well perhaps but I am not so sure. She said that she called her Hawaiian counterpart so that she could be reassured that everything was “in proper order”. Did Brewer actually believe that Governor Lingle was going to give Brewer an exclusive inside scoop on President Obama’s birth certificate?
Regardless - Arpaio is showing that he will say anything in desperation to shore up his ‘birther’ base. My guess is that he feels vulnerable in the coming election. He is having trouble raising money for his own political action committee, Joe (six) PAC. And rather than distribute his PAC money to candidates he assures us will be “good people”, he is keeping what little he has raised for himself.
snafubar posted at 5:52 pm on Tue, Mar 6, 2012.
You do know that Sun Yat-sen, who was born in China, was issued a birth certificate by the state of HI? If you don't believe me, google it.
Hawaii is corrupt to the core.
Biffo posted at 5:14 pm on Tue, Mar 6, 2012.
Birthers are fools to suggest he wasn't born in HI. No evidence his mother was anywhere else. On the other hand, good argument he still isn't a natural born citizen because he was born into the allegiance of Britain due to his father.
Dale Whiting posted at 4:56 pm on Tue, Mar 6, 2012.
Well, perhaps Brewer has a head on her shoulders, afterall.