Birther Comes Unglued on MSNBC

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»

(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»

Taitz shares theories on Obama (he's gay), conspiracies, flu shots

(NEWSER) - President Obama or one of his operatives has tried to kill birther leader Orly Taitz many times—according to Taitz. The lawyer/dentist/real estate agent gives Gabriel Winant of Salon an earful of accusations, including:

• Obama may have had his gay lovers killed. Taitz says a few homosexuals from Obama’s church died under mysterious circumstances. “I don’t want to say that Obama did it. But those are the facts.”

Birther boss Orly Taitz gets undue mainstream coverage

(NEWSER) - With its chronic deficiency of serious news, this is the month when, each year, the crazies—call them “August personalities”—get a chance to shine, writes Meghan Daum in the Los Angeles Times. “August personalities tend to have both an ax to grind and a chip on their shoulders,” Daum writes, and birther-movement leader Orly Taitz takes this year’s title. More»

(NEWSER) - Lou Dobbs has some explaining to do. Newser has obtained a shocking document proving Dobbs was actually born in Kenya. And by obtained, we mean whipped it up on KenyanBirthCertificateGenerator.com. You, too, can create Kenyan birth certificates for just about anyone by way of this site—just like the one Orly Taitz found for Barack Obama—with about equal legitimacy. More»