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Exclusive: Joseph Farah spotlights irony of Obama campaign's response to Romney joke TAMPA, Fla. – In rapid response to Mitt Romney’s joke to a crowd in his home state of Michigan, that “No one ever asked me for my birth certificate,” Barack Obama’s campaign put out a 15-second TV spot to declare, “America doesn’t need a birther-in-chief.” I’ve finally found a point of agreement with Obama. America certainly does not need a “birther-in-chief” – which is one of at least 2,012 reasons to dump Barack Obama from the White House on Election Day. America already has a “birther-in-chief.” His name...

@BarackObama is petrified of the birther issue so they go on the offensive to try & make the Republicans feel guilty & stupid. Watch what's coming!

Mitt Romney said on Friday in his native state of Michigan that, "No one has ever asked to see my birth certificate. They know that this is the place that we were born and raised." The Republican presidential candidate insisted afterwards that it was just a joke. That didn't stop Obama campaign manager Jim Messina from immediately used the comment in a fundraising appeal, calling it "a new low for Mitt Romney." "That wasn't a low at all," the real estate mogul told me in a sit-down interview on Sunday in Sarasota. "The low was when they accused Gov. Romney...

That’s the message in the skies above today’s Romney/Ryan rally in Powell, Oiho Ohio. Courtesy of Jan Crawford at CBS News, here’s a banner ad that’s being flown overhead: Yep. “Better then.” That’s what it says. Maeve Reston at the LA Times says MoveOn.org is responsible for this. That makes sense, because they’re super-smart. Speaking of words that people don’t know how to use, I’ve been informed by my old pal Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) that I’m a “birther.” The reason I’m a “birther” is that I think Obama was born in Hawaii. I’m also a “birther” because when Obama wants...

Anyone want to scare the left? It can be fun. Do you want to see liberals running and screaming like kids frightened by scenes at a Halloween haunted house? There is one issue that terrifies the left. This one issue gets them in such a lather that it is fun to watch. It is also revealing that they are so terrified by the issue too. What is it? Mitt Romney hit it yesterday when he joked that no one needed to ask to see his birth certificate. The left reacted like Pavlov’s dog, slobbering on anyone who had the misfortune...

Who is the person that signs the final affadavit for Obama for this election? Nancy Pelosi did it last time, using an allegedly modified form. How can we monitor this process this go-round?

<p>COMMERCE, Mich. — Did Mitt Romney make a birther joke?</p> <p>It sure seemed like it Friday morning as he made remarks before a crowd of more than 1,000 here in Michigan, the state where he was born and raised.</p> <p>“I love being home, in this place where Ann and I were raised, where both of us were born,” Romney said as his wife, Ann, and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) stood next to him on the podium.</p>

Romney’s birth certificate joke is incredible because it works on so many levels. Ann Althouse says: Romney is saying — in so many words — I'm more truly and fundamentally American than Barack Obama. And the implication is: I want you to think about the ways that Obama hasn't fully embraced American values of freedom, capitalism, etc. etc. Glenn Reynolds tweeted: "Romney joke not about birth cert. Way of reminding people of Obama's post-American approach to presidency. Will work." The MSM is believes it’s a gaffe. Jan Crawford of CBS: "At Romney event, two reactions to his birth certificate joke:...

Last night at approximately 7:30 p.m., Fox New's Carl Cameron was reporting on Mitt Romney's comments that "Nobody has asked to see my birth certificate". Cameron stated "Romney said Barack Obama's birth certificate is authentic", when what Romney actually said was that he (Romney) believes Obama was born in Hawaii. Cameron also stated: "Most people think President Obama's birth certificate is legitimate". While this statement may on the surface, be true, it is shameless disinformation. What does it matter what most people think on this issue? Most forensic experts who examine the document have stated there are some obvious flaws...

Mitt Romney -- maybe he wasn't happy with the hatchet job by Trump and Sununu? By playing the racist "birther" card, America's first serious Mormon Presidential candidate has concluded that his best chance of winning the White House is to rally his Republican base including the Tea Party and hope for a few bad things to also happen. Speaking at a campaign rally in Michigan today before a crowd of a few thousand, the desperate Republican candidate said: “No one’s ever asked to see my birth certificate. They know that this is the place where both of us were born...

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Mitt Romney and Ryan are drawing a huge crowd in Michigan. And get this... ROMNEY: I love being home in this place where Ann and I were raised, where both of us were born. No one's ever asked to see my birth certificate. AUDIENCE: (roaring laughter) ROMNEY: They know that this is the place we were born and raised. RUSH: Right on! Right on! Right on! BREAK TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Romney and Ryan were in Michigan before a big, big crowd. And here is Romney, I'm convinced, test-driving something. I think this line is a test-drive. ROMNEY: I...

The [British] National Archives (BNA) is an executive agency of the government of the United Kingdom. Based in Kew in southwest London, the BNA is the UK government’s official archive, containing 1,000 years of history from Domesday Book to the present, with records from parchment and paper scrolls to digital files and archived websites, including Foreign Office and Colonial Office correspondence and files. The collections held by the BNA can be searched using their online catalogue. Entrance to the Archives is free. On April 18, 2012, the BNA released the first batch of thousands of “lost” colonial-era files believed to...

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney cracked a birther joke on Friday, underlining just how much his campaign is banking on the vote of white people. Speaking in his native state of Michigan, Romney said, “I love being home, in this place where Ann and I were raised. Where both of us were born.” He then added, “No one’s ever asked to see my birth certificate. They know that this is the place that we were born and raised.” The Obama campaign fired back. In a statement, the campaign said, “Throughout this campaign, Governor Romney has embraced the most strident voices...

Mitt Romney cracked a joke at a campaign stop this afternoon in Michigan which has people on both sides of the aisle in a frenzy. Some say it was a poke at birthers, yet birthers are taking it to mean that Romney’s coming on board with them. Some say it was a poke at liberals who whisper about Romney’s racist undertones. In response, liberals are… well, continuing to call Romney a racist. But I disagree with both of these assumptions. I think the joke was aimed squarely at the media. Let’s face it — the “birther” movement has had no...

<p>In what is rapidly becoming the norm for Mitt Romney, he opened his mouth and something stupid popped out. This time, it is a comment that references the birtherism ridiculousness (and if you don't think it's ridiculous, you're a f**king dumb**s. Go read another blog.) Speaking at a rally in Michigan, Romney said, "No one's ever asked to see my birth certificate."</p>

And it was pretty darn funny, too. “Now I love being home, in this place where Ann and I were raised, where both of us were born. Ann was born in Henry Ford Hospital, I was born in Harper Hospital. No one’s ever asked to see my birth certificate. They know that this is the place where both of us were born and raised.” Now, everybody just hold on for a second. The Twitterverse and etcetera have been lighting up with speculations and accusations from all sides as to what Mitt Romney meant with this. No, birthers: I have the...

"Born in the U.S.A." Prove it, Barry Soetoro.

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...

Donald Trump: You’re fired! With his joke today that “No one has ever asked to see my birth certificate,” Mitt Romney moved down to the lowest rung of the Republican Party – the racist demagogues who know better. (VIDEO AT LINK) I don’t forgive poor, isolated, ignorant whites their racism, but you can understand some of the cultural programming that embedded it. Romney knows Obama was born here. And he also knows exactly what he’s doing with his birth certificate joke: he’s telling the bedrock Republican reactionary base to pay no attention to that Todd Akin mess, Romney will cater...

A zinger on the campaign trail.