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Romney goes 'birther' on Obama
Mitt cracks joke about his personal papers
WND
Jerome R. Corsi
8/24/2012
Excerpt:
"Campaigning today in the state of his birth, Michigan, Mitt Romney joked about the birth certificate issue that has dogged Barack Obama, drawing an immediate sharp attack from the Obama campaign.
“I love being home, in this place where Ann and I were raised, where both of us were born,” said Romney, who was sporting an open-collar white shirt with his sleeves rolled up as his wife and running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., stood nearby.
“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 that we were born and raised,” Romney quipped.
His comments at the Long Family Orchard, Farm & Cider Mill in Commerce Township, Mich., were in the first three minutes of a speech in a 45-minute campaign event recorded in its entirety by C-Span.
In response, the Obama campaign shot back just a couple of hours later with a post on the president’s Facebook page:
A message sent from Obama’s personal Twitter account called it a “new low for Romney.”
In another tweet, Obama declared, “This is personal now,” posting a link to a story about why Republican women purportedly are voting for Romney.
The president also took the opportunity, via Twitter, to pitch his campaign’s “Made in the USA” mug, which features an image of the birth record the White House posted on its website.
The Obama campaign’s Facebook response featured a photo of Obama at a podium, squinting in the sun, wearing a white shirt with a blue tie, his sleeves also rolled up his forearms.
Within an hour, the Obama response received more than 3,000 mostly supportive comments and more than 26,000 “like it” endorsements.
When Romney released his birth certificate in May, media raised the question of his eligibility, because his father, Gov. George Romney, was born in Mexico. WND reported Mitt Romney’s parents were U.S. citizens when Romney was born in Detroit, making him a “natural born citizen” under Article 2, Section 1 of the Constitution.
‘The toxic issue’
Within hours of Romney’s comments today, the Washington Post published an Obama-friendly account of the event, reporting Romney “injected the toxic issue of birtherism into an already bitter presidential race at an unhelpful time for the presumptive Republican nominee.”
The Post further noted the Obama campaign “seized on the remark to argue that Romney was embracing ‘strident’ conservatives, including real estate mogul Donald Trump and Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, two of the most hard-line opponents to illegal immigration.”
The newspaper also published Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt’s statement: “Throughout this campaign, Governor Romney has embraced the most strident voices in his party instead of standing up for them. Governor Romney’s decision to directly enlist himself in the birther movement should give pause to any rational voter around America.”
View the complete article, including video, at:
http://www.wnd.com/2012/08/romney-go...ther-on-obama/
My comment: Is Romney FINALLY giving us a favorable 'sign' here? I think the answer to that question is a highly qualified 'yes'.
I use the phrase 'highly qualified yes' because Romney is a typical, weasley-word, RINO, political skunk who can't come right out and tell you what he really thinks about ANY controversial topic. Nevertheless, I think, in his own way, Romney is indeed tossing a tiny 'morsel of over-cooked meat' out to us severely malnourished birthers by his statement, which he conspicuously made so close to the Republican convention.
Mitt cracks joke about his personal papers
WND
Jerome R. Corsi
8/24/2012
Excerpt:
"Campaigning today in the state of his birth, Michigan, Mitt Romney joked about the birth certificate issue that has dogged Barack Obama, drawing an immediate sharp attack from the Obama campaign.
“I love being home, in this place where Ann and I were raised, where both of us were born,” said Romney, who was sporting an open-collar white shirt with his sleeves rolled up as his wife and running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., stood nearby.
“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 that we were born and raised,” Romney quipped.
His comments at the Long Family Orchard, Farm & Cider Mill in Commerce Township, Mich., were in the first three minutes of a speech in a 45-minute campaign event recorded in its entirety by C-Span.
In response, the Obama campaign shot back just a couple of hours later with a post on the president’s Facebook page:
Mitt Romney directly enlisted himself in the birther movement this morning: “No one has ever asked to see my birth certificate. They know this is the place I was born.” Get the President’s back. Stand with him in this election against false, divisive charges.
A message sent from Obama’s personal Twitter account called it a “new low for Romney.”
In another tweet, Obama declared, “This is personal now,” posting a link to a story about why Republican women purportedly are voting for Romney.
The president also took the opportunity, via Twitter, to pitch his campaign’s “Made in the USA” mug, which features an image of the birth record the White House posted on its website.
The Obama campaign’s Facebook response featured a photo of Obama at a podium, squinting in the sun, wearing a white shirt with a blue tie, his sleeves also rolled up his forearms.
Within an hour, the Obama response received more than 3,000 mostly supportive comments and more than 26,000 “like it” endorsements.
When Romney released his birth certificate in May, media raised the question of his eligibility, because his father, Gov. George Romney, was born in Mexico. WND reported Mitt Romney’s parents were U.S. citizens when Romney was born in Detroit, making him a “natural born citizen” under Article 2, Section 1 of the Constitution.
‘The toxic issue’
Within hours of Romney’s comments today, the Washington Post published an Obama-friendly account of the event, reporting Romney “injected the toxic issue of birtherism into an already bitter presidential race at an unhelpful time for the presumptive Republican nominee.”
The Post further noted the Obama campaign “seized on the remark to argue that Romney was embracing ‘strident’ conservatives, including real estate mogul Donald Trump and Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, two of the most hard-line opponents to illegal immigration.”
The newspaper also published Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt’s statement: “Throughout this campaign, Governor Romney has embraced the most strident voices in his party instead of standing up for them. Governor Romney’s decision to directly enlist himself in the birther movement should give pause to any rational voter around America.”
View the complete article, including video, at:
http://www.wnd.com/2012/08/romney-go...ther-on-obama/
My comment: Is Romney FINALLY giving us a favorable 'sign' here? I think the answer to that question is a highly qualified 'yes'.
I use the phrase 'highly qualified yes' because Romney is a typical, weasley-word, RINO, political skunk who can't come right out and tell you what he really thinks about ANY controversial topic. Nevertheless, I think, in his own way, Romney is indeed tossing a tiny 'morsel of over-cooked meat' out to us severely malnourished birthers by his statement, which he conspicuously made so close to the Republican convention.