Born in the U.S.A.
The truth about Obama's birth certificate.
Summary
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.
Analysis
Since we first wrote about Obama's birth certificate on June 16, speculation on his citizenship has continued apace. Some claim that Obama posted a fake birth certificate to his Web page. That charge leaped from the blogosphere to the mainstream media earlier this week when Jerome Corsi, author of a book attacking Obama, repeated the claim in an Aug. 15 interview with Steve Doocy on Fox News.
Corsi: Well, what would be really helpful is if Senator Obama would release primary documents like his birth certificate. The campaign has a false, fake birth certificate posted on their website. How is anybody supposed to really piece together his life?
Doocy: What do you mean they have a "false birth certificate" on their Web site?
Corsi: The original birth certificate of Obama has never been released, and the campaign refuses to release it.
Doocy: Well, couldn't it just be a State of Hawaii-produced duplicate?
Corsi: No, it's a -- there's been good analysis of it on the Internet, and it's been shown to have watermarks from Photoshop. It's a fake document that's on the Web site right now, and the original birth certificate the campaign refuses to produce.
Corsi isn't the only skeptic claiming that the document is a forgery. Among the most frequent objections we saw on forums, blogs and e-mails are:
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Posted By: my3kids @ 11/26/2008 6:12:55 PM
Comment: One look at the gahterings for Obama and McCain told me everything I needed to know about the two campaigns. With the television muted, I knew which crowd was which. One was inclusive and represented the real America. One did not. I;ll let you guess which was which. My newest guilty pleasure is listening to all of you Obama HATERS puff off about things that don;t matter. It is Mr. President , so get over it.
Posted By: vote4usa @ 11/23/2008 9:41:11 AM
Comment: HarleyisHere, it is my hope that you are a good guy, that you play well with others, have a job, attended school for a while at least, and that sort of thing. Look at what you say and how you say it, please (it's called 'proofreading'). You can't prove a point if you are simply spewing rhetoric. Also, calling names and using symbols for dumb street language isn't helping your cause -- it certainly doesn't send any indication that you are within reach of being respectible, even if you generally are.
Posted By: vote4usa @ 11/23/2008 9:11:51 AM
Comment: Have you ever been a combat fighter jet pilot? Have you ever been a prisoner of war? Have you ever been so successful at a business you could afford several houses?