Tuesday is President Barack Obama's 48th birthday, and the occasion obviously has the anti-Obama "birthers" all in a tizzy. A supposedly "authentic" version of President Barack Obama's Kenyan birth certificate is still plastered all over conservative Web sites this morning. Touted as "what they don't want you to see" and "the smoking gun," this creased yellowed paper, at first glance, indeed looks like something time-worn and official. Further adding to the hype is the claim, on at least one site, that the source of this document wishes to remain anonymous for "fear for their life." Ooooo, scary.
Well, it turns out that this "source" may have more to fear from irate "birthers" once this latest holy grail is confirmed to be just one more fake in a long line of hoaxes.
The Website Native and Natural Born Citizenship Explored shreds it with facts:
Happy Birthday, Mr. President
The document is dated early 1964, but Kenya did not officially become a republic until December of that year. So why does this paper say the Republic of Kenya? The country's official constitution doesn't even use the term. It simply says Kenya.
More problems have surfaced
1. It's dated Feb 14, 1964, and refers to Kenya as a republic -- a designation not made official until December 1964.
2. It's number 44 O 47 is a bit coincidental. Obama, who is 47, is the 44 president of the Unites States.
3. The name EF Lavender is also a bit funny sounding. Earth Friendly Lavender is the name of a detergent
4. Mombasa did not become part of Kenya until 1963; it used to be part of Zanzibar
5. The Coast General Hospital is actually called the Coast Provincial General Hospital
Source: The Obama birth certificate appears in Court, Native and Natural Born Citizenship Explored
Read the comments section following the post for even more evidence that this document is a fake. Um, duh, since our president was born in Hawaii, that would make it a fake, too.
Still, the birthers refuse to accept that their obsession is a circular trek to a dead end. I am not surprised that some of the same folks who swore up and down that "a friend, of a friend, of a friend had actually seen the mythic Michelle Obama "whitey tape" now refuse to drop their conviction that our commander-in-chief is in fact an undocumented, un-entitled poseur.
Whatever. There are so many valid policy arguments for Obama opponents to make, I just don't understand this energy-expending farce.
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By: monique on 8/03/2009 11:22AM
I don't believe in what the birthers are doing, but I have to admit that your counter evidence seems a bit shaky too. You need something better than that.
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By: AUDREY B. JOHNSON on 8/05/2009 12:54AM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PRESIDENT OBAMA, MAY YOU HAVE THE BEST EVER, IN YOUR FIRST BIRTHDAY IN OFFICE. MY 52ND IS SUNDAY. NOTHING LIKE A LEO!!!!! THE BEST FOR THE BEST. I AM GOING HORSE BACK RIDING IN PELHAM BAY PARK IN THE BRONX.
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By: Alexis Stodghill on 8/03/2009 12:50PM
Monique, what is shaky about putting places and institutions on a document that didn't exist when the document was supposedly created?
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By: Raymond Johnson on 8/07/2009 5:00AM
Barack Obama is an American Citizen stop the nonsense . We should start A protest to get Lou Dobbs off CNN because he is an undercover RACIST who hate BLACKS AND LATINOS eventhough he is married to one. How can she stand to live in the same house with this bigot
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By: Florence Johnson on 8/03/2009 4:52PM
The birthers need to stop the lies, or it will come back to bite them at voting time. Lou Dobbs need to be fired, he spreads nothing but hate @ blacks and latinos.
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By: STOP THE MADNESS! on 8/03/2009 6:10PM
This is so TRUE! You see, Glen Beck is on Fox Network. I seen nothing but hatred and disrespect towards blacks and minorities. I couldn't stand him! They need to get Lou off of CNN FAST! He doesn't belong on there! As far as President Obama's Birth Certificate, HE'S A AMERICAN CITIZEN! All you right wingers, conservatives need to stop the MADNESS and move the HELL ON! THE ELECTION IS OVER! CASE CLOSED!
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By: amp on 8/03/2009 10:00PM
This has gotten so bad , even Ann Coulter is critizing Lou Dobbs. Funny, because now they're starting to fight amongst themselves. Soon we will see Rush Limbaugh, Glenn beck and Bill O'Reilly go after each other. Let their hate totally consume them.
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By: kamkpas on 8/04/2009 10:37PM
It`s true. Since Obama became president, we have seen that racisim is here to stay.Watch fox news you will see those grandsons of kkk families.They are insulting this country by not showing respect to the president. This is the first black president, imagine what they will do after Obama when another black president will be sworn in. Probably move to Englad or kill them selves.
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By: Vern on 8/03/2009 4:53PM
I just don't understand these idiots who insist on saying that Obama is not an American citizen. They will go to any length to proof their ridiculous notions. These are old republicans white racist with nothing to do but hate on Obama because he is black and the President of the United States of America. Eat your hearts out you rightwing idiots!!!
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By: Bryan on 8/03/2009 5:00PM
I was born in Kenya, to two parents of US citizenship, and my birth certificate says Republic of Kenya and looks exactly like Barracks. I was born July of 1964-- before Kenya was a "true" republic. Before December of '64, they were an "acting" republic.
Nice try, BV Black Spin... good luck on the next one.
Oh, and I did mention I lived in Honolulu most of my life? No, I didn't go to Punahou like Barrack, I went to McKinley High School (and graduate from Hawaii Pacific College). I have a birth certificate that looks like Barrack's, too. It's called a "re-issuance". Anyone can get one when they become a citizen AND live in Hawaii. The "vault" certificate as the Kenya information on it.
Again... better luck next time.
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