It's Alive! Obama 'Birther' Conspiracy Spawns Nut Nest

Scam would have had to start in 1961, after all

(NEWSER) - The “birthers” who doubt Barack Obama’s citizenship are multiplying, but CNN performed a “thorough debunking of this silliness on July 17,” Jon Stewart said last night on the Daily Show. So why did Lou Dobbs bring it up again three days later? “Do you even watch CNN?” Stewart asked. “It’s your own fucking network!” And Kitty Pilgrim “debunked that theory filling in for you on your show, Lou!” More»

(NEWSER) - Butt-of-hipster-jokes Chuck Norris has leaped into the birther movement, challenging President Obama to cough up his "long form" birth certificate. Norris wishes Obama happy birthday on Creative.com, then not-so-subtly sequés into: "Speaking of birthdays," why do "you refuse to reveal your original birth certificate?" Not to do so is simply "enabling" the birther movement, the karate chop king cautions his president. The Republican martial arts actor backed Mike Huckabee in the presidential sweepstakes last year. More»

'Birthers' are 'filthy conservative imposters'

(NEWSER) - The belief that Barack Obama is not American—and therefore is ineligible to be president—is thriving on the conservative fringes, Politico reports. Officials have denied the claim, citing Obama’s Hawaii birth certificate, but 300,000 people have signed a petition demanding more evidence. So-called “Birthers” are also showing up at political functions, often embarrassing the president’s mainstream critics. More»

Law would limit access to Obama's birth certificate

(NEWSER) - Fed up with the constant pestering from birthers, Hawaii's legislature today voted in favor of a bill that would allow the state to ignore any repeat requests to see Barack Obama's birth certificate. The law, which now goes to Gov. Linda Lingle, would carve out an exception to the Hawaii's normal public records law, allowing officials to skip all kinds of duplicate requests from the same organization or person, including those for the birth certificate. More»

Bill requires Obama to show birth certificate to be on 2012 ballot

(NEWSER) - The Arizona House has given its initial blessing to a bill that would require Barack Obama to show his birth certificate before he can be put on the ballot in 2012, the Arizona Republic reports. The House voted 31 to 22 to add the so-called “birther bill” as an amendment to an unrelated Senate bill. Similar laws have also been proposed in Florida, Oklahoma and Missouri. More»