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In June, the Obama campaign released a digitally scanned image of his birth certificate to quell speculative charges that he might not be a natural-born citizen. But the image prompted more blog-based skepticism about the document’s authenticity. And recently, author Jerome Corsi, whose book attacks Obama, said in a TV interview that the birth certificate the campaign has is “fake.”

We beg to differ. FactCheck.org staffers have now seen, touched, examined and photographed the original birth certificate. We conclude that it meets all of the requirements from the State Department for proving U.S. citizenship. Claims that the document lacks a raised seal or a signature are false. We have posted high-resolution photographs of the document as “supporting documents” to this article. Our conclusion: Obama was born in the U.S.A. just as he has always said.

http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/born_in_the_usa.html

In fact, the conspiracy would need to be even deeper than our colleagues realized. In late July, a researcher looking to dig up dirt on Obama instead found a birth announcement that had been published in the Honolulu Advertiser on Sunday, Aug. 13, 1961:

I'm kind of surprised with the speed of the response by the BarryBots. This article wasn't posted for 10 minutes (at well after midnight on a Monday/Tuesday!!) before the Axholerod Army had one of their insurgents trying to spin some "rational" thought among the FReelliterati.

We must really have 'em rattled. Make that "you..."

Three cheers for Tim Johnson! :-)

Hey jimrob, in your wildest dreams, did you ever envision that you'd be the target of a White House smear campaign when you were planning FR, or was that the goal from the start? This is about as much fun as one can have with their clothes on.

;-/