Posted on 08/24/2012 1:22:01 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Politicians sometimes think they can get away with saying something profoundly offensive or just plain stupid by acting like it was a joke. It never works, just like it didn’t work today when Mr. Romney shamelessly played the birther card in what seems like an increasingly desperate campaign against President Obama.
Speaking in Commerce, Mich., about his Michigan roots, Mr. Romney said: “No one’s ever asked to see my birth certificate. They know that this is the place that we were born and raised.”
Get it? Everyone knows he’s from Michigan, but nobody is really sure where the president is from.
It’s not like Mr. Romney has shunned the birther crowd. He took the stage earlier this year with Donald Trump, who ranted about Mr. Obama’s citizenship. Mr. Romney’s son, Matt, said during the primaries that his father might consider releasing his tax returns if Mr. Obama released his birth certificate and his grades.
In April 2011, Mr. Romney himself used the “well if he says so” dodge that many Republicans love. “I think the citizenship test has been passed,” Mr. Romney said. “I believe the president was born in the United States. There are real reasons to get this guy out of office.”
Citizenship test? Barack Obama did not have to take a citizenship test. And why couldn’t Mr. Romney cut out the “I believe” preamble? The president was born in the United States.
But today’s crack was way over the line. His audience laughed and applauded, probably not because they thought Mr. Romney was doing hilarious stand-up comedy, but because they knew exactly what he was up to...
(Excerpt) Read more at takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com ...
I take it as a good sign that Mitt is feeling confident and willing to joke around.
I think he also knows this kind of talk really grates at the Kenyan and sometimes prompts him to show his true colors.
Must have been a good joke and cut deep.
Hussein will break out a new deck of race cards.
“desperate campaign” Huh?
Probably was...but I would bet Barack Obama, Sr. wasn't (isn't) his daddy.
Ha! The paranoid hysteria being exhibited by the media to this little innocuous jibe by Romney is getting hilarious! This one takes the cake, though.
Obama himself has often joked about the BC. I wonder why this little joke by Romney on this particular day has set the Obama campaign and the MSM into such a frenzy?
Prove it.
Boy...he hit a raw nerve...lol. Both the. NYT and the WP are crying like little girls.
Lol....I love it!!
It’s about time that Romney address the fact that Obama was Born in Kenya.
Yeah he was born in the US and he is not Muslim either.
Yeah he was born in the US and he is not Muslim either.
hahahha..yes it is.
Obama’s handlers are already using this for another email begging for cash.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2922492/posts?page=1
A new low for Mitt Romney [Another (short) email from nobama]
email | Friday, August 24, 2012 | Jim Messina
How’s that promise of TRANSPARENCY treating Obama?
“Yeah he was born in the US and he is not Muslim either.”
Yea?
Prove it!
Did the Slimes ever call out Harry Reid in a headline for playing the “Taxer” card demanding Mitt release his papers “please”?
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