Skin in the game

by digby

You know, I find all these campaign announcements about filing papers to run for office to be somewhat tedious. Blah, blah, blah, running for office, American people, blah, blah, public service,blah,blah.

But it looks like in Arizona they are about to get a lot more interesting:

The Arizona Senate formally passed the “Birther Bill” today, but not in its original version.

Apparently, requiring presidential candidates to provide a long-form birth certificate before allowing their names on the ballot in Arizona — despite it already being a federal requirement to run for president — was a bit too much for a few GOP lawmakers. So they made some amendments: if you can’t find your birth certificate, and you have a penis, a document describing your lack of foreskin will suffice.

I don’t know about you, but a certificate simply will not suffice. How do I know that it isn’t certifying someone else’s official clipped foreskin. They could have faked it 25 or more years ago, knowing that someday a circumcised penis might be used as proof of citizenship. I demand to see the proof!