Birther Boss Is This Year's August Nutjob

Obama's birth certificate is 'fair game' in prez race

(NEWSER) - Sarah Palin supported "rightful" concerns by so-called birthers that President Obama was not really born in the US during a radio interview yesterday. Asked by conservative radio host Rusty Humphries if she would make Obama's birth certificate an issue if she ran for president in 2012 she responded: "I think the public, rightfully, is still making it an issue. I don't know if I would have to bother to make it an issue, because I think enough members of the electorate still want answers." More»

(NEWSER) - The birther movement may have just jumped the shark. A group pushing the case that President Obama is no citizen is now making its case in late-night infomercials across the country. For $30, you can get a bumper sticker reading "Got a Birth Certificate?" But wait, there's more: A faxed statement will be sent in your name to 50 state attorney generals and Eric Holder, notes Talking Points Memo. More»

Forgery by birthers 'so laughable it’s ridiculous'

(NEWSER) - President Obama’s “Kenyan” birth certificate, posted online by lawyer Orly Taitz, has been debunked as a forgery, and the original document—an old Australian certificate—it was based on has even been discovered. The Australian Broadcast Channel tracked down David Bomford, the man whose genuine birth certificate was used for the forgery. Bomford was quite shocked to have been an unwitting pawn for the US birther movement: More»

Orly Taitz calls host a 'Brownshirt' in fight over Kenyan birth certificate

(NEWSER) - Leading birther Orly Taitz had a shouting match with David Shuster on MSNBC yesterday, prompted by a document purporting to be proof President Obama was born in Kenya. The attorney called Shuster one of Obama's "Brownshirts in the media" before the feed was finally cut off, the Christian Science Monitor reports. As for the document, the eagle-eyed were quick to spot a few problems, the Washington Independent reports. More»

Orly Taitz says top aides receptive to her concerns

(NEWSER) - Even a birth certificate can’t stop the Birther Queen. Orly Taitz, who literally made a name for herself in the heyday of Birtherism, is still pushing her message—and it seems that top GOP congressional aides are listening. She tells Justin Elliott of Salon that she headed to Washington to meet with staffers for Reps. Steve King and Allen West, and Sens. Jim Inhofe and Marco Rubio. Her case is now twofold: Not only is President Obama’s birth certificate forged, but he’s committing “clear Social Security fraud—for which anybody would be in prison.” More»