[capt. norm]

Really? Who touted it thus? I never heard anyone from the Obama campaign or from the state claiming it was an original. All I have heard claimed is that it is an officially certified copy.

It was all over the internet and first appeared on the pro-Obama sites.

You, obviously (or maybe I should say OBLIVIOUSLY) hear only what you want to hear.

[curiosity]

It was all over the internet and first appeared on the pro-Obama sites.

Nobody said it was an original. All anyone claimed was that it was an officially certified document by the state that is sufficient to prove US birth before any court or federal agency.