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South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint, a conservative Republican who is no fan of the president's policies, especially health care, had it right:

“I may have disagreements with [the president] on issues," he told the Huffington Post.. "But he is my president, he deserves our respect, and we need to forget that [birthing] nonsense…. He is not only a citizen, he is our president.”

Still, CNN's Lou Dobbs and a few others keep drifting off  into Conspiracy Land, questioning Barack Obama's citizenship and demanding a birth certificate as proof.

This is hardly a new rumor. It first surfaced during the campaign.

Even though it makes little sense, It keeps making the rounds, most recently in this e-mail I received from a man in Charlotte:

More and more American people are seeing they have been sold a bill of false goods. There are many things people should know about who this Hope and Change figurine is besides, with certainty, where he was born.

Next up on the rumor list:  Obama is ....

a. An alien

b. A Muslim

c. An alien Muslim

d. An alien Muslim who eats quiche and drinks Chardonnay

e. The test tube father of the Octo--Babies.