Sarah Palin Weighs In On Donald Trump's Birth Certificate Investigation (VIDEO)

Sarah Palin shared her take on skepticism repeatedly expressed by Donald Trump over whether President Barack Obama is a citizen of the United States during an appearance on Fox News on Saturday.

"Well, I appreciate that the Donald wants to spend his resources in getting to the bottom of something that so interests him and many Americans, you know, more power to him," she said presumably referring to an indication made by Trump last week that he has investigators on the ground in Hawaii searching for information on the president's birthplace.

Palin added, "He's not just throwing stones from the sidelines, he's digging in, he's paying for researchers to find out why President Obama would have spent $2 million to not show his birth certificate, so more power to him."

The remarks, along with doubt raised by Trump, come despite the fact that the president's birth records have been accessible online for more than three years. Senior White House adviser David Plouffe called comments on the matter made by Trump "sideshow behavior" on ABC's "This Week" on Sunday.

Nevertheless, Palin signaled she thinks that Obama was born in Hawaii while discussing the issue on Fox News. She said, however, "Obviously if there's something there that the president doesn't want people to see on that birth certificate that he's going to great lengths to make sure it isn't shown and that's kind of perplexing for a lot of people."

According to Palin, if there's one person who can "get to the bottom" of the ordeal, it may be Trump "because he's spending resources that probably will be necessary to do some investigation."

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Comments

[Wesley Moore]

03:09 AM on 05/05/2011

I'm a real birther. I want proof that she gave birth to Trig. How dare someone with so many skeletons in their closet, go out of their way to stir up "bone-hungry dogs"?

[Sandmanj]

07:54 PM on 04/25/2011

So she who must not be named approves of he who should be ashamed.

Wow.

[dadw5boys]

02:44 PM on 04/25/2011

let's get our crazy on

[conservativelady]

09:04 AM on 04/20/2011

Saw Palin last night on Hannity, she looked really irritated when the first question asked her was about Trump. She is on Fox News to campaign, she doesn't want to be treated like a real contributer and asked about other candidates. You could read it all over her face, she was so ticked. I thought, that serves her right for pretending that she hasn't decided yet if she will run, when in my opinion, that's why she resigned as Governor, to run for President. That's why Palin rubs me the wrong way, because I see her as a manipulative opportunist who thinks she can play her way into the White House with this types of games. I was really pleased that she was forced to talk about Trump. You should have seen her making faces. No one should get away with what Palin is doing, NO ONE.

[Jim AlvesFoss]

04:18 PM on 04/19/2011

I was born in California, and my kids in Idaho. Our official records say "Certificate of Live Birth" . I bet if Sarah Palin asked for hers from Idaho it would say "Certificate of Live Birth".

Since we all know that Idaho is really just a myth, Sarah is not eligible to be president.

[THougardy]

12:27 AM on 04/21/2011

Was your COLB created from a hospital's records or is it just a requested document from someone who claimed to be your relative? Does it list hospital, witnesses, attending physician, foot/hand print and/or nation of citizenship and ages of both your parents?

I ask because these are all a big part of the 'birther's' contentions with any COLBs issued from the state of Hawaii that directly affect O's eligibility to serve as President.

O was never vetted by Congress as he should have been. To confirm check out this link: http://www.scribd.com/doc/41131059/CRS-Congressional-Internal-Memo-What-to-Tell-Your-Constituents-Regarding-Obama-Eligibility-Questions

If he was born in a Hawaiian hospital a Long Form Birth Certificate is available simply for the asking.

He claims to want to govern with transparency. If there is nothing to hide and he wants the respect of American citizens, why doesn't he make this a non-issue and release the Long Form Birth Certificate?

This is a simple reasonable and straight forward request.

[bk1]

11:26 AM on 04/17/2011

Hey Sarah, who is listed as mother on Trig's birth certificate??? There is a growing number of people in the country added to thousands across Alaska that think it is not you.......

Check it out, everyone and you make the call. Now this is a "Birther" controversy worth the media looking into with the same dilligence they gave to our President.

http://m.gawker.com/5046884/sarah-palin-conspiracy-theories-the-ultimate-guide

[Aprama]

11:17 PM on 04/16/2011

Donald Trump and Sarah Palin, birds of a feather stick together. One can only hope they both run for president, what a train wreck waiting to happen.

Please check out this link to boycott all things Donald Trump: http://www­.facebook.­com/pages/­Dump-The-D­onald-Boyc­ott-Donald­-Trump/194­5678039125­16”

[George Milton]

09:02 PM on 04/15/2011

The rule reads that you must be 35 year of age, minimum 14 years living in the USA as a citizen and born of a US citizen. It does not say you even have to be born within the boundaries of the USA to be President. Think about it any citizen who is pregnant would be otherwise forbidden to vacation in Cancun for fear their child would not be a true citizen because they gave birth while abroad. So the argument really becomes why challenge this now if he clearly meets all of the above criteria - born of a citizen, promptly obtained a birth certificate regardless of where the actual birth occurred, lived here as a citizen for 14+ years and over age 35.

The time to challenge this and fail was prior to allowing him to run for first term and is meaningless or otherwise trivial at this point. These birthers are either certified downs or otherwise deliberately trying to flick boogers because they know they themselves have no actual chance at running and winning anyway taking one for the team.

[Edwin Lewis Jones]

06:26 PM on 04/17/2011

I agree George. The time to challenge was before Obama became President but we all know that was done exhaustively by the government. I'm with you on the booger flicking (smile) I don't think any republican REALLY wants to be President with all the crap going on in the world. They are just making noises.

[THougardy]

12:30 AM on 04/21/2011

Check your facts. This challenge has been going on long before O was elected.

[whscms]

09:52 AM on 04/15/2011

Palin and Trump - two "losers" still kicking a dead horse who will say or do anything to keep their name in the press.

[talibanana]

10:54 PM on 04/13/2011

"Obviously he must be hiding something..." Ok so you believe he was born in Hawaii - which incidentally wouldn't matter anyway since he's a natural born citizen even if he was born in Tajikistan since his mother has full citizenship. Soooooooo what MUST he be hiding??? I mean from the uterus to the delivery room, did he stop to rob a bank? Did he hide some shrooms in the placental sack? Oh wait I know... doctors found a concealed weapon in the umbilical chord... yeah that's it! Man 6 year olds are more intelligent than this woman.

[THougardy]

12:33 AM on 04/21/2011

I'm pretty sure the rule requires both parents to be over the age of majority and American Citizens - which means that no matter where he was born - Dunham wasn't old enough to confir citizenship and if O is the son of the man he claims is his father - then the only citizenship his father could confir isn't American. O isn't a 'natural born' citizen according to the rules.

[Ashish Srivastava]

05:25 PM on 04/13/2011

Sarah Palin and Donald Trump should run for president. The comedians would have hit the motherload of material for next 10 years

[YOKEL13]

03:10 AM on 04/13/2011

We are fortunate to have Sarah Palin to bring clarity to these complex issues.

[tinka]

09:06 PM on 04/12/2011

Two little boys throwing stones from the outside looking in.

[Jesterband]

08:08 PM on 04/12/2011

Question: If Pres. Obama has spent $2M to "cover up his BC", what is McCain's $1.3M hiding?

Note: Both reported figures represent legal spending post election for both candidates. Both candidates have matters to settle due to thier respective campaigns ( as do all serious candidates ) and no inference can be drawn from this information concerning BCs.

Therefore, it would be nice if those who think otherwise would stop bringing it up.

[Madtgod]

07:11 PM on 04/12/2011

The blind leading the naked.