Kenyan Birth Certificate: Obama Birthers Latch On To Forgery

[Joanne98]

The latest development in the Obama "birther" conspiracy is the emergence of a "Kenyan birth certificate" for the president, put online by movement maven Orly Taitz.

Oddly, the same people who are so skeptical of Obama's Hawaii birth certificate are willing to accept this new document despite many flaws, documented by the Washington Independent's Dave Weigel and Markos Moulitas.

Here are just some of the flaws:

Kenya was a Dominion the date this certificate was allegedly issued and would not become a republic for 8 months.

Mombasa belonged to Zanzibar when Obama was born, not Kenya.

Obama's father's village would be nearer to Nairobi, not Mombasa.

The number 47O44-- 47 is Obama's age when he became president, followed by the letter O (not a zero) followed by 44--he is the 44th president.

EF Lavender is a laundry detergent.


In spite of the document's many problems, Taitz has submitted it to a court as part of her case against the president.

"I'm forcing the issue, where Obama will have to respond," she told World Net Daily.

"Before, they said, 'You don't have anything backing your claims,'" Taitz explained. "Now I have something. In fact, I have posted on the Internet more than Obama has. My birth certificate actually has signatures."

Karl Rove responded to the circulation of the new paper on Twitter, saying "I believe this is likely a forgery."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/03/kenyan-birth-certificate_n_249850.html

[grantcart]

1. The amazing thing about the forgery is that it has been around for some time

meaning somebody not only had the ability to do a really great job but also the patience to just wait for it to bubble to the surface.

[MNDemNY]

4. "great job"???

Have you read it???:shrug:

[onehandle]

2. When are we going to stop pretending that this isn't about race? Birthers just want to lynch him.

This campaign is a hate crime, if you ask me.

[Ganja Ninja]

3. OK so the only question left now is ...

how much did Orly Taitz and World Nut Daily pay that Nigerian e-mailer for this bogus piece of shit?

[MADem]

5. In spite of the document's many problems, Taitz has submitted it to a court as part of her case....

They'll probably use her behavior in this instance as part of the state's case to commit her!