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Opinion

Robert Schlesinger

Forget Obama's Birth Certificate--Now You Too Can Be Born in Kenya

August 05, 2009 04:57 PM ET | Robert Schlesinger | Permanent Link | Print

By Robert Schlesinger, Thomas Jefferson Street blog

I was born in New York City more than 30 (almost 40!) years ago ... or was I? Closely examine this new document which just came to light:

While I go ask my mother some tough questions about my real history, you can generate your own Kenyan birth certificate at the Kenyan Birth Certificate Generator site. (But remember that the information listed is the stuff of password security checks and the like -- when you make your Kenyan birth certificate you might not want to use real names and dates.)

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In all fairness

Couldn't you do the very same thing to the birth certificate Obama posted online? but still.. funny!

a job for workless people

Obama's birth place story is a new job for workless people!!

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Robert Schlesinger is a deputy editor at U.S. News and World Report and oversees all opinion editorial content. He is the author of White House Ghosts: Presidents and Their Speechwriters.

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