Thread: Romney: 'No one has ever asked to see my birth certificate'

Romney in Michigan: 'No one has ever asked to see my birth certificate'

By NBC's Garrett Haake

Updated 12:48 p.m. — COMMERCE, MI — Mitt Romney cracked a joke about his own birth certificate while campaigning Friday here in his native Michigan, instantly and perhaps inadvertently inserting himself into one of the most divisive controversies in the Obama presidency.

In a riff on Friday about being back in the state where he was born and raised, presumptive GOP presidential nominee made a joke alluding to the "birther" controversies that have dogged President Obama.

Expanding on his Michigander bonafides, he pointed out that he was born in nearby Harper hospital, adding:
Mitt Romney cracked a joke about his own birth certificate, while campaigning in front of a home-state crowd in Michigan, saying "No one has ever asked to see my birth certificate, they know that this is the place that we were born and raised."

"No one has ever asked to see my birth certificate," Romney said. "They know that this is the place that we were born and raised."

Romney did not mention President Obama or controversy over his place of birth, but many in the crowd of thousands here laughed knowingly at the line.

The comment drew immediate attention for invoking conspiracy theories about the president's place of birth, voiced by some conservative quarters of the GOP. These theories have been vocally espoused by Donald Trump, the reality TV star and real estate mogul who's been an active ally of Romney's this cycle.

Meet the Press moderator David Gregory explains why the RNC will give Mitt Romney a chance to change voters' personal opinions of him.

Gregory says Romney must "get out ahead of his own image, define himself and take control." The Washington Post's Eugene Robinson joins the conversation about the RNC and says it will be interesting to see if the GOP can keep its focus.

An Obama spokesman, Ben LaBolt, shot back: "Throughout this campaign, Governor Romney has embraced the most strident voices in his party instead of standing up to them. It’s one thing to give the stage in Tampa to Donald Trump, Sheriff Arpaio, and Kris Kobach. But Governor Romney’s decision to directly enlist himself in the birther movement should give pause to any rational voter across America.”

Trump had kept the so-called "birther" controversy alive long after it had been debunked, calling for President Obama to release his long-form birth certificate last spring to prove that he was a natural born American citizen. Romney's campaign has kept its distance from Trump's remarks, with Romney repeatedly saying he believes the president was born in the United States, and that he did not agree with Trump's comments.

(Obama has released his birth certificate, which shows he was born in Hawaii.)

The comment nonetheless reflective of the personal nastiness that has seeped into the Obama-Romney campaign.

The president, for instance, made a similar endeavor onto this turf when he joked about Romney putting a his dog on the roof of his car in the 1980s.

"During a speech a few months ago, Gov. Romney even described his energy policy this way, I’m quoting here, ‘You can’t drive a car with a windmill on it,'" Obama said earlier this month in Iowa during a trip to promote wind energy.

"Now I don’t know if he’s actually tried that — I know he’s had other things on his car," Obama added in a joke he'd end up repeating several times that day.

Romney in Michigan: 'No one has ever asked to see my birth certificate' - First Read

quote((Obama has released his birth certificate, which shows he was born in Hawaii.))quote


i get such a kick out of this as the above sentence is always included in such articles,ask any illegal how easy it is to obtain false documents of any kind,you have the money it exist. Certainly I do not know the truth in this matter but a piece of paper in todays world means little imo.

The liberals come back like snapping little lap dogs.

The problem with the Obamites is that they can dish it out, but they can't take it.

24 August 2012 Last updated at 16:08 ET

Romney's 'birther' jibe upsets Obama campaign

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19372536

"Obama said earlier this month in Iowa during a trip to promote wind energy". Yea this is why my nephew was in Texas getting ready to install windmills for a 4 year project from stimulus money. Two month later Obama's stimulus money was all gone. They all loss their jobs. Guess where the stimulus money went?

August 24, 2012
Reminder: Before Obama ran for president, he falsely claimed to have been born in Kenya

August 24,2012
Daily Caller

At some point over the next few days, until the next Election 2012 outrage crops up, a lefty may start shrieking “BIRTHER!!!” at you because Romney made an attempt at humor. If that happens, all you have to do is show the shrieking lefty this:




This was the author bio Obama provided to his literary agent in 1991, and it was uncovered months ago by our friends at Breitbart.com. Obama used this bio for over 15 years, and it was revised a number of times. But he only changed it to indicate his true place of birth, Hawaii, once he decided to run for president.


He has yet to explain why he lied in the first place, but he doesn’t have to. He lied because he’s Barack Obama, and that’s what Barack Obama does.


So just show that to your high-strung lib friend, and watch the cognitive dissonance reduce what’s left of his or her brain to an even less cohesive puddle of mush. Better’n anything on the TV, at least.



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