From the Sydney Morning Herald: THEY are known as the ''birthers'': a group of lawyers, conservatives - even some members of Congress - who refuse to accept that the President, Barack Obama, was born in the United States.
Even though the Obama campaign team published an official certificate from the state of Hawaii stating that he was born there on 4 August, 1961, and two Hawaiian newspapers confirmed they had published birth notices at the time, a significant portion of the US population - 11 per cent, according to one poll - still dispute Mr Obama's birth details.
The issue of where he was born is important because the US constitution requires the president to be a ''natural-born citizen of the United States''.
But despite a body of evidence that confirms that Mr Obama is an American - born and bred - a claim that has been checked by independent fact-checking organisations such as the University of Pennsylvania's FactCheck.org - the conspiracy theories continue.
Even though the Obama campaign team published an official certificate from the state of Hawaii stating that he was born there on 4 August, 1961, and two Hawaiian newspapers confirmed they had published birth notices at the time, a significant portion of the US population - 11 per cent, according to one poll - still dispute Mr Obama's birth details.
The issue of where he was born is important because the US constitution requires the president to be a ''natural-born citizen of the United States''.
But despite a body of evidence that confirms that Mr Obama is an American - born and bred - a claim that has been checked by independent fact-checking organisations such as the University of Pennsylvania's FactCheck.org - the conspiracy theories continue.
Salon: The claim was posted to FearlessBlogging.com, an anonymous blogging site, under the headline "Birthers Punk'd! Hoax Kenyan Birth Certificate." Included in the post is this text:
Fine cotton business paper: $11
Inkjet printer: $35
1940 Royal Model KMM manual typewriter: $10
2 Shilling coin: $1
Pilot Varsity fountain pen: $3
"Punkin' the Birthers: Priceless"
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