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NEWS ABOUT: birth certificate

birth certificate stories: 19 news summaries

(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... More »

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President Obama • birth certificate • birther • Orly Taitz • Gary Kreep

OPINION



 Birther Boss 
 Is This Year's 
 August Nutjob 

Birther boss Orly Taitz gets undue mainstream coverage

Aug 6, 09 12:08 PM CDT
(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... More »

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media • right wingers • President Obama • birth certificate • birther • Orly Taitz

(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... More »

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Kenya • birth certificate • birther • Orly Taitz

(Newser) - Do you have a birther in your life? Well Salon is here to help. Here’s their rundown of birther myths, and how to refute them:  
  • Barack Obama wasn’t born in America: Not only has Hawaii repeatedly authenticated his birth certificate, the newspaper birth announcements
... More »

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Barack Obama • Hawaii • birth certificate • birther

(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?"... More »

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Barack Obama • conspiracy • birth • Chuck Norris • Lou Dobbs • birth certificate • birther

'Kenyan' Obama Birth Certificate Is Mine: Aussie

Forgery by birthers 'so
laughable it’s ridiculous'

Aug 4, 09 2:23 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Barack Obama • Kenya • Australia • Hawaii • President Obama • birth certificate • birther • Orly Taitz • David Bomford

Birther Comes Unglued on MSNBC

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

Aug 4, 09 5:33 AM CDT
(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 ... More »

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Kenya • David Shuster • conspiracy theory • President Obama • birth certificate • birther • Orly Taitz

Lou Dobbs Calls Maddow a 'Tea- Bagging Queen'

Insists he's no birther... but wants to see the birth certificate

Jul 29, 09 6:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lou Dobbs is being cruelly oppressed. He says the left is trying to “silence” him for demanding that Barack Obama produce a birth certificate. “My god, you’re talking about the third rail of American journalism, baby!” he said on his radio show yesterday. Among these scary... More »

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Barack Obama • Lou Dobbs • right-wing media • Rachel Maddow • birth certificate • birther

(Newser) - The editors of the National Review want nothing to do with this "foolishness" over President Obama's citizenship. Though "a few misguided souls among the Right have indulged it," the idea that Obama isn't a citizen is mere "myth." The birth certificate he's produced is legit,... More »

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citizenship • Hawaii • National Review • President Obama • birth certificate • birther



 Meet the 
 Birthers in 
 Congress 

Salon calls out lawmakers reluctant to admit Obama's
a citizen

Jul 28, 09 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The “birther” movement isn’t relegated to backwoods crazies—many members of Congress are perfectly willing to throw fuel on the fire. Salon calls out the Hill’s known birthers:
  • Rep. Bill Posey: Congress’ first birther, the Florida Republican is the sponsor of a bill requiring presidents to
... More »

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Barack Obama • James Inhofe • Richard Shelby • citizen • Republicans • birth certificate • Bill Posey • birther • Dan Burton

(Newser) - The birther movement may have conservatives whipped into a hopeful frenzy that President Obama was born abroad, but Hawaiian officials have had just about enough of that, the AP reports. Top state health officials have again produced Obama's birth certificate. I "have seen the original vital records maintained on... More »

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Barack Obama • Hawaii • US citizenship • President Obama • birth certificate • birther

 Stewart to 
 'Birther' Dobbs: 
 Do You Even  
 Watch CNN? 

Scam would have had to start in 1961, after all

Jul 23, 09 8:36 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Barack Obama • conspiracy • Jon Stewart • The Daily Show • Lou Dobbs • right wingers • birth certificate • birther

(Newser) - The conspiracy theory that the first black president is an alien and not an American citizen is bizarrely growing a full head of steam and spitting out a wacky cast of characters, notes Eric Etheridge in the New York Times. The fact that Barack Obama has a Hawaiian birth... More »

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Barack Obama • aliens • conspiracy • Lou Dobbs • right wingers • Liz Cheney • birth certificate • birther

(Newser) - The Obama-is-not-a-citizen chorus seems to be getting louder of late, thanks in part to a viral video of a woman berating a GOP congressman who defends the president. The theme continued tonight on MSNBC, where Chris Matthews clashed with one of the Republican sponsors of a bill requiring that presidential... More »

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Chris Matthews • citizen • President Obama • birth certificate • John Campbell • birther

(Newser) - President Obama promised to use the Internet to give Americans a greater voice in government—but in keeping that promise, he’s given America’s fringe a chance to shout at him, the New York Times reports. When the administration asked for ideas on how to make the government more... More »

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Barack Obama • Internet • marijuana legalization • UFOs • conspiracy theory • transparency • Obama administration • President Obama • birth certificate • Beth Simone Noveck

 'Birthers' Dog Obama 
 From GOP Fringe 

'Birthers' are 'filthy conservative imposters'

Mar 1, 09 6:37 PM CST
(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... More »

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Barack Obama • conservative • citizenship • right wingers • conspiracy theory • birth certificate • birther

Sen. Shelby Questioned Obama Citizenship: Paper

Senator slams quote as 'distortion'

Feb 23, 09 4:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Sen. Richard Shelby may be a “birther”—one who questions whether Barack Obama is in fact a natural-born American and therefore eligible to be president, Salon reports. When asked about Obama citizenship rumors, the Alabama Republican replied: “His father was Kenyan and they said he was born... More »

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Alabama • Richard Shelby • President • senator • President Obama • birth certificate • birther

Keyes: Obama Isn't a Citizen, and He Isn't President

He stokes conspiracy theories in video

Feb 21, 09 11:22 AM CST
(Newser) - He may be President Obama to you, but don't tell that to Alan Keyes. In a video released yesterday, the ultra-conservative seeks to resurrect conspiracy theories that Obama is not a US citizen and therefore ineligible to be president. Keyes—who lost to Obama in the 2004 Senate race in... More »

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Barack Obama • Kenya • citizenship • Hawaii • President Obama • birth certificate • Alan Keyes • birther

(Newser) - The birth certificates of most of Nadya Suleman’s children list no father, TMZ reports, though all 14 kids have the surname Solomon. A "David Solomon"—who may be from Israel, based on a liberal interpretation of the documents—is listed as the father of four of Suleman’... More »

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California • in vitro fertilization • father • multiple births • Kaiser Permanente • octuplets • Nadya Suleman • birth certificate • David Solomon

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