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One of the more bizarre rows in American politics has resurfaced as the country prepares for crucial mid-term elections this year. The so-called 'birthers' movement, which questions whether Barack Obama was born in the US and is therefore a legitimate president, has cropped up on the campaign. A representative in Arizona's state senate has even introduced a 'birth certificate bill' because she says constituents are so worried. The White House has consistently dismissed the issue. Authorities in Hawaii have provided an electronic record of Obama's birth because the paper copy was destroyed in a fire which wiped out much of...

'I come to Berlin as so many of my countrymen have come before. Tonight, I speak to you not as a candidate for President, but as a citizen -- a proud citizen of the United States, and a fellow citizen of the world.' 'People of Berlin -- people of the world -- this is our moment. This is our time.' It's almost like he's out there trying to enlist the world against us, his own "supposed" country. He is the only presidential candidate to ever do this, and the germans are doing 24 x 7 coverage. Something is wrong folks?...