Obama Birth Certificate: Anthony Bucco, New Jersey Legislator, Says Issue Unresolved

Orly Taitz, self-proclaimed Queen of the Birther Movement

A Republican lawmaker in New Jersey said that a speech he attended Tuesday night left him doubting President Barack Obama's citizenship and he believes that "a higher authority" needs to determine the issue.

Assemblyman Anthony Bucco (R-Boonton) said a speech Tuesday by birther advocate Jerome Corsi in Morristown -- coordinated by Tea Party activists and endorsed by the Morris County Republican Party -- left him in doubt over whether Obama is currently a citizen and the authenticity of the birth certificate the White House released last year. Bucco said the information presented came from Corsi's new book, "Where's the Birth Certificate?"

"I haven't really dug down deep, there was some important points raised," Bucco said of the birth certificate issue and Corsi's speech.

During his speech, Corsi said his research showed forgeries in the birth certificate released by Obama and in other records that Obama released. The evidence shows "the noose is tightening for Obama," said Corsi.

Bucco said it is not his place to determine whether or not Obama is a citizen. "I am not in a position to say what he put up on screen is demonstrative of evidence; that is for the court of law," Bucco told HuffPost. "This issue has not resolved itself. It won't until some higher authority is involved."

Bucco has not reviewed the documents Obama released in 2011 in light of Donald Trump's calls for an original copy of the Obama birth certificate to be released by Hawaii officials. He said because he had not researched the material, he did not know if it was the original or a copy.

Corsi spoke to 250 people at a gathering in Morristown, organized by two Tea Party activists at the urging of Republican Party officials. According to Morristown Patch, the idea for the forum came from Morris County Sheriff Ed Rochford, who said he spoke with county Republican Party chairman John Sette about hosting the event for a larger audience. Both Rochford and Sette attended the event, which was advertised on the county GOP website.

Sette has not returned messages for comment; his assistant offered different explanations of his whereabouts, including that Sette had not come into the office, was in a meeting, had left the office and had left for a long weekend.

Rochford told HuffPost that he went into Corsi's presentation with "an open mind" and that he made several interesting points. These points included what he called inconsistencies Corsi pointed out between Hawaii health officials stating that no long form birth certificate was available and Obama's release of the certificate, and the name of the hospital where Obama was born. Corsi also pointed out questions about the authenticity of Obama's Social Security number, along with the school he attended in Indonesia, Rochford said.

Part of the night's discussion included Obama's school transcripts, which birthers have asked to have released. "There were many other talking points that I can say raised 'a red flag'," Rochford said in an email.

Rochford would like to see an Obama representative and Corsi do a joint presentation on the sides of the birth certificate issue to help end the public debate, he said.

"The easiest way to put this to rest is to have the records unsealed," Rochford said in the email. "Mr. Corsi made a very convincing argument that President Obama may not be a natural born citizen of the United States."

Bucco said he would not oppose an effort to require presidential candidates to prove citizenship to get on the ballot in New Jersey. The Missouri House passed similar legislation last week.

"I think everyone should be able to provide something that shows citizenship," said Bucco, whose district includes Gov. Chris Christie's (R) home in Mendham Township.

Bucco does not believe the birth certificate issue is going to go away, he said.

"He's sitting in the Oval Office and he's running again," Bucco said. "Based on the information that this gentleman put out, it's not going away. This will have to be answered at some time. It will have to be addressed."

Below, more on how the GOP presidential candidates, past and present, weighed in on the birther issue:

Also on HuffPost:

Comments

[rincon123]

03:49 PM on 04/27/2012

he's a kenyan? really? i'm shocked. how can a dog eatin kenyan be the prez of america the great??????? i'm not gonna vote for him agin

[nj and you perfect]

05:42 PM on 04/24/2012

talk about beating a dead horse this is what these mutts do? how about looking into santa clause does he really live in the north pole? whens the last time anyones seen mrs clause ? how about that easter bunny he,s as slippery as bugs bunny no one knows where he lives !

[KAREN WILLS]

01:02 AM on 04/17/2012

Yes his selective service card is forged. but he could have never filled one out because of forgetfulness. or not knowing he had too. my son did not know he had to. I asked him if he did when he was 19 he did not know. he done it after I asked. but a lot of 18 year olds don't know.
people was bugging him so Obama had to come up with one fast. as for his BC there is NO way for anyone to prove it is a forgery unless they examine the original. my son showed me how it is done. any document scanned & saved the way Obama did will do what his did ANY document. layers overlaps dark/light letters all of it. & by law they can't examine the original without Obama's permission & honestly I wouldn't let no one near mine. it is a risk I would not take with them damaging it. & with the president that is a huge risk.
The only thing that ticks me off is the ones that is suppose to check ALL candidates for eligibility for president and vice president for all theses years has not been doing there job properly. that needs to change. other then that leave Obama alone.& don't say I'm a Obama lover. I'm not voting for him. what a lot of you are doing is wrong. why not change things so this don't happen again. instead of complain about what you think has happened

[Bonney42]

12:08 AM on 04/13/2012

HIS MOTHER WAS WHITE HE WAS RAISED IN hAWAAII, HIS FATHER JUST DROPPED IN THE FIRST COUPLE YEARS OF HIS LIFE, GET OVER IT..........................

[Bonney42]

11:54 PM on 04/12/2012

Birther's have lost all perspectve, you think this will win it, I doubt it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!lol get a REAL reason to go after Obama this is not one.

[j b f]

10:24 PM on 04/12/2012

No real proof or rational judgment will ever change the "birther" belief of Obama's citizenship.
Ten years from now they will still be denying his citizenship.
As of yet to my knowledge there is no available medication for this mental disorder.

[Robert A Hayes]

04:48 PM on 04/11/2012

i had been to one of these seminars a while ago, i remember the presenters were very convincing.. i kept wondering why they carried around and kept refering to this little box... oh wait... it was a high school play i saw as a kid, "Flowers for Algernon"

[Will737]

05:20 AM on 05/06/2012

Hey don't pick on "Flowers for Algernon" They would be much smarter than they are if they were taking advice from a mouse like Algernon.

[glynparson]

01:49 PM on 04/11/2012

obama's mother was a citizen of the usa case closed

[glenc128]

01:48 PM on 04/11/2012

THE REPUBLICANS,have nothing better to do,oh,how about fixing the economy,working with democrats,bringing our troops home,be more respectful towards womens health issues,and check willards birth records,his father was not born here.and i think he was not either.willard is mexican.

[dkirnon]

11:44 AM on 04/11/2012

Wasn't Obama's mother a citizen?

[Will737]

11:15 AM on 04/10/2012

Did you know that in order to get 250 - 300 to come to this free speech by Jerome Corsi that these Birthers had to serve a free hot dinner buffet? See the Morristown Patch article referenced in the article above. How desperate is that?

[bdaved]

03:26 PM on 04/10/2012

I'd have come for that. I'd like to have Corsi provide a few details about his claims.

[Cara DePalma]

04:29 PM on 04/09/2012

This is an embarassment-I live in Mr. Bucco's district. He is a typical rubber stamp Representative-he goes along with the GOP despite what his constituents think. The article doesn't mention he was investigated for sexual harrassment 10 years ago and let the taxpayers of NJ foot the $48,000 bill for his defense. The case was settled and Bucco didn't have to admit any wrongdoing. When you don't have to admit to any wrongdoing, it's usually because you did something wrong!

[mamagebs]

02:55 PM on 04/10/2012

You've got the wrong Bucco. That was his dad.

[Cara DePalma]

03:10 PM on 04/10/2012

You are correct, thank you for the correction. He still needs a tin foil hat after the birther comments!

[Will737]

09:20 AM on 04/11/2012

True.

This Bucco,Jr. is the one whose only competition in his glorious election in this profoundly Republican district was his brother-in-law.

I wonder how many New Jersey old people who voted for Bucco, Jr. thought that they were voting for his dad like they did when they were younger.

[dclintn648]

03:00 PM on 04/09/2012

Not ONE of the Republican candidates has EVER been asked to prove their citizenship, such as McCain, despite being born outside the USA. Romney's father was born in Mexico, yet NEVER had to prove his citizenship.

You birthers are bigots and racists, and ignorant embarrassments to the country!

[Will737]

11:43 AM on 04/09/2012

Actually, I just noticed something odd. Did you ever see Jerome Corsi's flag pins. When he deigns to wear them, he wears the Confederate flag pin above the US flag pin. http://www.obamaconspiracy.org/2012/03/corsi-cold-case-posse-ins-search-looking-pretty-stupid-about-now/

Given that New Jersey had 88,000 soldiers in the Civil War and 6,000 of them died fighting against the South, do you think that Corsi wore his flag pins to this supposedly Republican gathering?

[WinstonCourt]

09:59 AM on 04/09/2012

HOW CAN I EXAMINE OBAMA'S BIRTH CERTIFICATE AND KNOW IT IS A FRAUD?
You will need a few things:

1) A copy of the fraudulent birth certificate, directly from the whitehouse website:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/rss_viewer/birth-certificate-long-form.pdf

1a.) You will also need Adobe Reader to open the web file, and download/save it to your hard drive:
http://get.adobe.com/reader

2) A free trial copy of Adobe Illustrator:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=illustrator
(this will allow you to open the birth certificate with software which is capable of displaying the layers, accurately, and allowing the fraud to be seen in detail.)

3) Arpaio's full video report, to show you a few things to look for. It discusses important evidence of fraud:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1wiGDYPALI
(duplicating the demonstrations, with the tools given above, will allow you to do much of the same investigation Arapio's team did.)

4) Tom Harrison's report on defects/artifacts in birth certificate, proving fraud:
http://www.wnd.com/files/2011/07/110726whitedots.pdf
(following Tom's guide, you will be able to see that that obama's birth certificate is an ABSOLUTE FRAUD!)

The web is also full of other inconsistencies and evidence of the fraud, mismatched type imported from other documents, mixed, modern day computer type with 1961 typewriter type, etc.

[Will737]

11:37 AM on 04/09/2012

You will also need one other thing. You need to lose your mind completely.

Everyone with even so much as half a brain knows that a mere image of something is not the same as the something.

Every lawsuit that has been filed by Birthers has gone against them--over 200 so far. At least four courts have ruled that all of their so called "evidence" (blabbered about above) doesn't meet the minimal standard of being competent evidence. Birthers don't understand the word "evidence".

The official custodian of the original records in Hawaii says the posted Birth Certificates (both short form and "long form") properly and accurately reflect the original documents.

[Xingqiwu]

02:58 AM on 04/10/2012

Another liberal from Prozacistan.

[bdaved]

03:29 PM on 04/10/2012

Winston has spammed that thing all over the internet. I guess he thinks if you can do a connect-the-dots picture of a dog you're ready for your veterinary anatomy exam.

[yeti7]

12:54 PM on 04/09/2012

The draft registration document of Obama is also suspected of being bogus.

[bdaved]

05:08 PM on 04/09/2012

Not by the Selective Service System.

[TwinX]

09:38 AM on 04/11/2012

Obama's SSR card was released on 9/9/08 (a little fact that Arpaio forgot to mention)

So Arpaio is accusing someone in the Bush Administration of forging Obama's SSR card. LOL