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Barack Obama jokes about ‘birther’ debate
yahoo ^ | 3/9/11 | Rachel Rose Hartman

Posted on 03/09/2011 5:42:48 PM PST by Nachum

President Obama, speaking at a fundraising event Tuesday in Boston, made light of the "birther" conspiracy debate about whether he was really born in Hawaii.

I think there's nothing -- there's no weakness in us trying to reach out and seeing if we can find common ground. Now, there are going to be times where we can't. I was born in Hawaii, what can I say? I mean, I just... I can't change those facts.

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KEYWORDS: barack; birthcertificate; birther; certifigate; hawaii; jokes; naturalborncitizen; obama
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To: texteacher

Exactly. I suspect that he was born in Hawaii; it’s what else his BC says that he doesn’t want to be known. Could be several things, but the most likely is that he was adopted by Lolo Sotero, his BC was changed to reflect that, and....he isn’t who he says he is.


21 posted on 03/09/2011 6:20:32 PM PST by SuzyQue (Remember to think.)
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To: SuzyQue

“born in Hawaii” is a clintonism here. Here the problem is the definition of “born in”. If you are a resident of Hawaii, but born somewhere else, one can make a silly semantic argument that so long as Hawaii recognizes you as of “Hawaiian birth” you are somehow born “in” Hawaii. Cute, real cute.


22 posted on 03/09/2011 6:28:29 PM PST by bioqubit
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To: SuzyQue

Releasing it might change the argument more in the direction of in what fashion did Barry S0etor0 become an American again. It may not be so much what it says but what doors it opens.


23 posted on 03/09/2011 6:34:04 PM PST by omega4179
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To: omega4179

“...what doors it opens.”

“Doors”...spelled: P-a-n-d-o-r-a-’s B-o-x


24 posted on 03/09/2011 6:44:22 PM PST by GGMac ((lesson learned re Obie: parse every sentence, every word, every gesture.))
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To: Nachum
At the White House door...Knock Knock

Barack, "Who's there?"

Kenya

Soetoro, "Kenya Who?"

Kenya find the Birth Certificate, Yet?

angery, Obama, "Knock it off Rahm!"

25 posted on 03/09/2011 6:46:44 PM PST by FreeAtlanta (Obama and the left are making a mockery of our country.)
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To: omega4179

Agreed. And, it gives him the opportunity to make fun of those who question WHERE he was born - because that’s not the issue.


26 posted on 03/09/2011 6:46:44 PM PST by SuzyQue (Remember to think.)
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To: Nachum
what can I say?

Someone pointed out on an earlier thread that it is like he wants to tell the truth, but he is caught and trapped in the lie.

27 posted on 03/09/2011 6:49:03 PM PST by FreeAtlanta (Obama and the left are making a mockery of our country.)
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To: Bronzewound

It’s a distraction to his failed foreign policy in Libya.


28 posted on 03/09/2011 6:58:10 PM PST by BigSkyFreeper (You have entered an invalid birthday)
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To: Inyo-Mono

I was born in Hawaii, what can I say? I mean, I just... I can’t change those facts.

So prove it.

Exactly...if you can’t (or refuse to) prove it (”those facts”) then it’s just a theory until proven factual or false...my gut tells me your hiding something that’s going to show your riding on a fat lie...time will tell...time will tell...


29 posted on 03/09/2011 6:58:22 PM PST by Hotdog
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To: Nachum

Hillary would cackle nervously when she told a joke that was too close to the truth.


30 posted on 03/09/2011 7:02:40 PM PST by Finalapproach29er (God humbles and (if need be) destroys the false idols of the peoples. Be patient, folks...)
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To: Nachum

He’s mocking the truth.

Remember: “God will not be mocked forever”
- T. Jefferson


31 posted on 03/09/2011 7:05:01 PM PST by Finalapproach29er (God humbles and (if need be) destroys the false idols of the peoples. Be patient, folks...)
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To: Finalapproach29er

Do not be deceived. God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sews. Galatians 6:7


32 posted on 03/09/2011 7:15:18 PM PST by ThisLittleLightofMine
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To: Bronzewound

” Anyone else think it’s interesting that he’s referred to this several times recently (with the requisite Alinsky ridicule, of course), after being silent on the issue for so long? “

I do.
This may also be the first time that Barry himself has actually
spoken the words “ I was born in Hawaii.”
Interesting that he stopped there and didn’t go further and name the hospital.....
Will any in the media ask the obvious follow up question about the specific hospital
since he brought up the subject ?
Some might, but, they won’t get an answer.
His statement was bizarrely blurted out during a discussion of ways that Republicans and Democrats can find common ground.
Most elected Republicans actually give Barry the benefit of the doubt or say they believe him or believe
the state of Hawaii ( actually it was just Chiyome Fukino who said this in one statement and naturally she didn’t provide
any supporting documentation )
so I don’t know why he brought this up in discussing partisan politics.
Must be on his mind a lot.


33 posted on 03/09/2011 7:19:24 PM PST by Wild Irish Rogue
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To: Nachum
Is Being a Born Citizen of the United States of Sufficient Citizenship Status to be President of the United States and Commander in Chief of Our Military? The Founders and Framers Emphatically Decided It Was Not!
34 posted on 03/09/2011 7:25:52 PM PST by Godebert
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To: fieldmarshaldj
Bawhahahahah got JD Single Barrel running out my nose, and it burns.
35 posted on 03/09/2011 7:44:02 PM PST by Hotmetal (Live your life to the fullest with no regrets.)
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To: Bronzewound

36 posted on 03/09/2011 7:49:29 PM PST by Hotlanta Mike (TeaNami)
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To: Wild Irish Rogue
Must be on his mind a lot.

I would imagine it is. Also, I remember, as his first act, after becoming president, he wrote a letter to one of the hospitals in Hawaii proclaiming it to be his birthplace. So written, but perhaps not spoken before.

37 posted on 03/09/2011 7:51:23 PM PST by Bronzewound (When radicals begin to follow rules, don't they become conformists?)
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To: Nachum

Barry Dunham was born in CANADA, registered in HI, spent his first year in Seattle.


38 posted on 03/09/2011 7:53:42 PM PST by train
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To: Hotlanta Mike
Obama is Canadian
39 posted on 03/09/2011 7:57:02 PM PST by train
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To: Nachum

The location is not the issue. The real problem is that
he wasn’t born. He was hatched.


40 posted on 03/09/2011 8:01:46 PM PST by rfp1234 (Le Parti du The'. Ne marchez pas sur moi!)
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