Birthers Mark President's Birthday by Claiming He Was Born in Kenya (291 hits)
As President Obama prepares to celebrate his 48th birthday today with friends and family, another group of folks is saying the day should be yet another reminder that the man in the White House has no business being there.
A fringe group of conspiracy theorists do not beleive the president has provided enough proof that he is a natural born citizen of the United States. (ABC News Photo Illustration)For so-called "birthers", a loose-knit network of activists and lawyers intent on proving the president is not a natural born citizen of the United States and therefore ineligible for the post of president, his first birthday in office is being met with a simmering outrage.
"We should be reminded on his birthday, if it really is his birthday, that we still do not know the truth about when and where President Obama was born," said Dr. Orly Taitz, a dentist-cum-lawyer from Orange County, Calif., and the de facto head of the birther movement.