http://www.starbulletin.com/columnists/kokualine/20090606_kokua_line.html
The state Department of Health no longer issues copies of paper birth certificates as was done in the past, said spokeswoman Janice Okubo.
The department only issues "certifications" of live births, and that is the "official birth certificate" issued by the state of Hawaii, she said.
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Asked for more information about the short-form versus long-form birth documents, Okubo said the Health Department "does not have a short-form or long-form certificate."
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Okubo also emphasized the certification form "contains all the information needed by all federal government agencies for transactions requiring a birth certificate."
the only "long form" certificate obama could produce would be a photocopy of the original birth record, which would be an out of the ordinary request to the hawaiian government. and again, why should he do that when he's already produced a legally admissable birth certificate? in any case there's NO WAY the birthers will accept a photocopy, and the hawaiian government isn't about to start sending anyone irreplaceable original documents.
all releasing a copy of the original record would do is unleash mobs of birthers on anyone named on the certificate (if they are still alive), their families, and anyone with a similar name to theirs in hawaii. just like poor janice okubo and chiyome fukino and the hawaiian state health department - they've been deluged with constant calls and slandered all over the web by birthers. even the guy whose birth certificate was used as a template for the fake kenyan one without his knowledge has freepers googling his name and making all kinds of nasty public accusations about his background based on spurious internet research. i don't know if he's been harassed by people calling him but i wouldn't doubt it's happened. these people have no decency whatsoever.