# Sheriff Joe Arpaio says President Obama's birth certificate may be a fake **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 1, 2012, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheriff-joe-arpaio-says-president-obamas-birth-certificate-may-be-a-fake/614492 "2012-03-01T22:23:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheriff-joe-arpaio-says-president-obamas-birth-certificate-may-be-a-fake/614492/21 "2012-03-02T00:11:48Z")
> [@](#): > > “Based on all of the evidence, I cannot in good faith report to you these documents are authentic,” Arpaio said at a press conference in Phoenix… Is this the part where he admits he’s illiterate? ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheriff-joe-arpaio-says-president-obamas-birth-certificate-may-be-a-fake/614492/22 "2012-03-02T00:20:26Z")
I had to double-check the date to make sure this wasn’t an old thread. Old Arpaio’s really behind on his conspiracy theories here. > [@TonySinclair](#): > > And whatever happened to Donald Trump’s team of crack investigators? The usual trouble with crack investigators; they’re off smoking crack. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheriff-joe-arpaio-says-president-obamas-birth-certificate-may-be-a-fake/614492/23 "2012-03-02T00:27:29Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Did he figure out how they knew that the baby would one day be president and they snuck in a birth notice into the newspaper there? As Obama himself has pointed out, if they were scheming to make him President when he was born, the last thing they would have done was name him Barack Hussein Obama. ---
**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheriff-joe-arpaio-says-president-obamas-birth-certificate-may-be-a-fake/614492/24 "2012-03-02T00:31:19Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > All I can say is I vote straight Democrat. But in Maricopa that doesn’t mean much. Seconded. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheriff-joe-arpaio-says-president-obamas-birth-certificate-may-be-a-fake/614492/25 "2012-03-02T00:37:20Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > All I can say is I vote straight Democrat. But in Maricopa that doesn’t mean much. Thirded. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheriff-joe-arpaio-says-president-obamas-birth-certificate-may-be-a-fake/614492/26 "2012-03-02T00:55:41Z")
> [@](#): > > _Last edited by Snowboarder Bo; Today at 05:26 PM. Reason: I just really like to edit._ What’s the REAL truth behind **Snowboarder Bo** ’s 5:26 PM edit??? Was there something he revealed in his original post–that _ **SOMEONE** _ pressured him into covering up?!? Did someone GET to **Snowboarder Bo**? Did he even actually MAKE that edit? Was his account hacked? Or did someone ELSE do it and hack the database to make it look like him\>?! How DEEP does this _ **COVER-UP** _ go???!?!? People, we need **ANSWERS** on this!!! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheriff-joe-arpaio-says-president-obamas-birth-certificate-may-be-a-fake/614492/27 "2012-03-02T01:09:12Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > What’s the REAL truth behind **Snowboarder Bo** ’s 5:26 PM edit??? Was there something he revealed in his original post–that _ **SOMEONE** _ pressured him into covering up?!? Did someone GET to **Snowboarder Bo**? Did he even actually MAKE that edit? Was his account hacked? Or did someone ELSE do it and hack the database to make it look like him\>?! How DEEP does this _ **COVER-UP** _ go???!?!? > > People, we need **ANSWERS** on this!!! Let’s go to the quarry and throw stuff down there! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheriff-joe-arpaio-says-president-obamas-birth-certificate-may-be-a-fake/614492/28 "2012-03-02T01:27:38Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > I had to double-check the date to make sure this wasn’t an old thread. Old Arpaio’s really behind on his conspiracy theories here.\ No kidding. At what point does the whole issue become moot because he’s been President for eight years and he can’t be elected any longer? Do people just keep bringing it up bitterly for the rest of their lives? “Well, he _shouldn’t_ have been the first black President - wasn’t even born in the United States!” ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheriff-joe-arpaio-says-president-obamas-birth-certificate-may-be-a-fake/614492/29 "2012-03-02T01:32:50Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > As Obama himself has pointed out, if they were scheming to make him President when he was born, the last thing they would have done was name him Barack Hussein Obama. Or better yet, just give birth in the US rather flying to Kenya, giving birth, flying back, and then somehow destroy all record of the trip to Kenya, including altering his mother’s passport records yet, despite all this, apparat toy be unable to make a compelling fake birth certificate. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheriff-joe-arpaio-says-president-obamas-birth-certificate-may-be-a-fake/614492/30 "2012-03-02T02:36:18Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > What’s the REAL truth behind **Snowboarder Bo** ’s 5:26 PM edit??? Was there something he revealed in his original post–that _ **SOMEONE** _ pressured him into covering up?!? Did someone GET to **Snowboarder Bo**? Did he even actually MAKE that edit? Was his account hacked? Or did someone ELSE do it and hack the database to make it look like him\>?! How DEEP does this _ **COVER-UP** _ go???!?!? > > People, we need **ANSWERS** on this!!! Shit, bat your eyes twice, and he’s yours. Easy. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheriff-joe-arpaio-says-president-obamas-birth-certificate-may-be-a-fake/614492/31 "2012-03-02T02:54:33Z")
Wait… There’s questions about the President’s birth? First I’ve heard of this! ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheriff-joe-arpaio-says-president-obamas-birth-certificate-may-be-a-fake/614492/32 "2012-03-02T03:10:02Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Let’s go to the quarry and throw stuff down there! What does this mean? It sounds like something Joe Arpaio would say. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheriff-joe-arpaio-says-president-obamas-birth-certificate-may-be-a-fake/614492/33 "2012-03-02T03:12:25Z")
Because I am a crazy person, I read a lot of freeper threads, and they were so looking forward to Sheriff Joe, their savior, coming through for them again. It’s heartwarming. It’s kind of like watching the Make a Wish Foundation in action, if the kids were insane and the wish were for a giant box of shit. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheriff-joe-arpaio-says-president-obamas-birth-certificate-may-be-a-fake/614492/34 "2012-03-02T03:22:45Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Because I am a crazy person, I read a lot of freeper threads, and they were so looking forward to Sheriff Joe, their savior, coming through for them again. > > It’s heartwarming. It’s kind of like watching the Make a Wish Foundation in action, if the kids were insane and the wish were for a giant box of shit. This post deserves to be quoted in nationally published & distributed media. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheriff-joe-arpaio-says-president-obamas-birth-certificate-may-be-a-fake/614492/35 "2012-03-02T03:30:36Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > No kidding. At what point does the whole issue become moot because he’s been President for eight years and he can’t be elected any longer? Do people just keep bringing it up bitterly for the rest of their lives? “Well, he _shouldn’t_ have been the first black President - wasn’t even born in the United States!” Well, I imagine if they could ever get any actual proof, then they’d work on getting any laws he signed overturned. ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheriff-joe-arpaio-says-president-obamas-birth-certificate-may-be-a-fake/614492/36 "2012-03-02T03:34:42Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > What’s the REAL truth behind **Snowboarder Bo** ’s 5:26 PM edit??? Was there something he revealed in his original post–that _ **SOMEONE** _ pressured him into covering up?!? Did someone GET to **Snowboarder Bo**? Did he even actually MAKE that edit? Was his account hacked? Or did someone ELSE do it and hack the database to make it look like him\>?! How DEEP does this _ **COVER-UP** _ go???!?!? > > People, we need **ANSWERS** on this!!! I have extensive evidence that **Snowboarder Bo** ’s post was composed electronically and never existed on paper. There are details that leap out to the investigative eye that will confirm this if the media will ever allow coverage of the document to reach the relevant experts. I do not know who has perpetrated this hoax, but I am raising money to send crack to Hawaii in order to find out. We will leave no stoner unturned in our search. You can be assured that this investigation has no political motivation, because I am not using public monies but have instead turned to the most rabid skiiers on this board and various people who dislike the name Bo or the color of snow. These people are currently privately funding my investigation. I also have my doubts that there really is someone named **Snowboarder Bo**. It seems unlikely, and even if it were likely, that person would be a Theocratic Atheist Communist Muslim Nazi. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheriff-joe-arpaio-says-president-obamas-birth-certificate-may-be-a-fake/614492/37 "2012-03-02T04:05:31Z")
Who could possibly have predicted that Sheriff Joe would find problems with Obama’s birth certificate?!? \ I’d like Joe to explain why he feels this is his jurisdiction at all. As much as he’d like to think of himself as the Avenger of Justice and Truth, he’s really just a washed-up two-bit sheriff. A legend in his own mind. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheriff-joe-arpaio-says-president-obamas-birth-certificate-may-be-a-fake/614492/38 "2012-03-02T04:25:30Z")
Hahahahaha!! [They sent a link back to them that turns out to be “The X-Files” theme sequence to the sheriff!](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/01/joe-arpaio-investigation-obama-birth-certificate_n_1315022.html) > [@](#): > > On Thursday, Obama’s campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt offered a light-hearted dismissal of Arpaio’s probe – he tweeted what he referred to as a “live link” to the sheriff’s news conference, but instead provided a link to a snippet of the old conspiracy-theory based TV series, “The X-Files.” ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheriff-joe-arpaio-says-president-obamas-birth-certificate-may-be-a-fake/614492/39 "2012-03-02T04:39:23Z")
> [@Kolga](#): > > I’d like Joe to explain why he feels this is his jurisdiction at all. As much as he’d like to think of himself as the Avenger of Justice and Truth, he’s really just a washed-up two-bit sheriff. A legend in his own mind. Heh, I’d love to see Obama make a visit to Maricopa County and Arpaio try to arrest him. That would be perhaps the most awesomest thing in what has so far been an awesome campaign season. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheriff-joe-arpaio-says-president-obamas-birth-certificate-may-be-a-fake/614492/40 "2012-03-02T12:50:46Z")
Seriously, what’s the deal with Arizona? They have a nutcase as their most prominent sheriff, and a nutcase as their governor. Is it because it’s a big retirement state and everybody is over 80, or what? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheriff-joe-arpaio-says-president-obamas-birth-certificate-may-be-a-fake/614492.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheriff-joe-arpaio-says-president-obamas-birth-certificate-may-be-a-fake/614492.md?page=3)