[capt. norm]

Are you telling me that the birth certificate I asked the state to print for me a year ago isn't authentic?

It was touted as the original.

But don't let that stop you from shilling for Obama.

It's actually quite funny.

[curiosity]

It was touted as the original.

Really? Who touted it thus? I never heard anyone from the Obama campaign or from the state claiming it was an original. All I have heard claimed is that it is an officially certified copy.