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BORN IDENTITY: You’ve Been Punk’d!

TALKING POINTS MEMO: It now looks like the forged “Kenyan” Obama birth certificate that was briefly promoted by the Birthers — actually an altered copy of a decades-old South Australian birth certificate — was deliberately designed as a prank on the Birther movement itself, Dave Weigel reports. An anonymous person has put up an Internet posting showing photos of the document, against a bedsheet background that matches the photo promoted by Orly Taitz. One of the photos shows a crumpled up certificate with the following message written on it: “YOU’VE BEEN PUNK’D!” MORE
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Inkjet printer: $35

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2 Shilling coin: $1

Pilot Varsity fountain pen: $3

Punkin’ the Birthers: Priceless

PREVIOUSLY: HOT NOT DOC: ‘Obama’s Kenyan Birth Certificate’

PREVIOUSLY: ORLY: ‘Queen Bee Of The Birthers’ Melts Down

PREVIOUSLY: BORN IDENTITY: Happy Birther Day, Mr. President

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