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In Positive Economic Sign, Republicans Starting to Say Obama Wasn't
Born in US AgainS & P Birther Index Posts Big Gains

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) – In what some experts are calling a
strong indicator of improvement in the economy, Republicans in recent
weeks have begun renewing their claims that President Barack Obama was
not born in the United States.

While most economists agree that any significant improvement in the US
economy is generally accompanied by an uptick in GOP questions about
Mr. Obama's place of birth, there is now an econometric tool for
measuring the increase in those claims: the so-called S & P Birther
Index.

The Birther Index, established in 2008, measures the occurrences of
such words as "birth certificate," "Kenya," and "wasn't born here" in
Republican statements about the President, and has proven to be a
surprisingly reliable tool for tracking improvements in the economy.

Harland Dorinson, the economist who devised the S & P Birther Index,
said that as the economy recovers the index also shows a strong surge
in statements questioning the President's Christianity.

"As unemployment started going down, we saw an increase in references
to Mr. Obama being a Muslim," he said. "This is generally a very
bullish sign for the economy."

But Mr. Dorinson was quick to add that while the surge in references
to Mr. Obama being "an Islamic socialist born in a mud-hut in Nairobi"
is encouraging, the economy is not out of the woods yet.

"We won't be fully in a recovery until the Republicans start calling
him a Wiccan," he said. "And if they start saying he's a Satanist who
practices human sacrifice and drinks the blood of children, then it'll
be time to pop open the champagne."

More:
BorowitzReport.com

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Have a great day,
Tommy

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