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Surprise! ‘Birther Queen’ Not Convinced

Father's race should be 'Negro,' not 'African,' claims Orly Taitz

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 28, 2011 2:24 AM CDT

(Newser) – Looks like "birther queen" Orly Taitz isn't ready to give up that title just yet. The release of President Obama's long-form birth certificate is "a step in the right direction," she tells TMZ, but she has spotted a big problem with the document: The race of Obama's father—a Kenyan—is listed as "African" instead of "Negro," Taitz observes.

"In those days nobody wrote African as a race, it just wasn't one of the options," Taitz claims. "It sounds like it would be written today, in the age of political correctness, and not in 1961." Taitz has, however, broadened her range of conspiracies a little. Obama once used a Social Security number that wasn't assigned to him and graduated from Columbia University in 9 months, not 2 years, she claims in an interview with the Wall Street Journal.

This handout image provided by the White House shows a copy of the long form of President Barack Obama's birth certificate from Hawaii.
This handout image provided by the White House shows a copy of the long form of President Barack Obama's birth certificate from Hawaii.   (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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COMMENTS
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TerrifiedCitizen
May 7, 2011 6:13 PM CDT
The Photoshop community is in an uproar... over one of the worst fraudulent documents ever passed off as genuine. Just type ( photoshop and "birth certificate") in Youtube and watch the fun.
Halfhitch
Apr 28, 2011 1:40 PM CDT
We use the term bat-shit crazy loosely these days, but Orly Taitz is the poster child for bat-shit crazy. If birthers continue to side with Orly Taitz then they will continue to be bat-shit crazy by association.
Buckshot
Apr 28, 2011 12:11 PM CDT
Birther = Morron
 

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