Romney says "birther" joke wasn't swipe at Obama

[soontobeka]

(CBS News) In an interview with CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley on Friday, Mitt Romney played down the remarks he made about President Obama's origins, arguing that they amounted to a joke and not a "swipe" at the president.

"No, no, not a swipe," Romney said. "I've said throughout the campaign and before, there's no question about where he was born. He was born in the U.S. This was fun about us, and coming home. And humor, you know -- we've got to have a little humor in a campaign."

Romney was on the campaign trail in his home state of Michigan Friday when he made a crack at the "birther" suspicions that ultimately drove Mr. Obama to release his long-form birth certificate to prove he was born in the United States.

"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," Romney said in Commerce, Michigan earlier Friday. "No one's ever asked to see my birth certificate. They know that this is the place that we were born and raised."
www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57500130/romney-says-birther-joke-wasnt-a-swipe-at-obama/

[gpw]

Riiiiiiigggghhhhttttt.......

every candidate goes around saying that shit.

[dev22]

If he had said something like "At least you guys aren't asking for my birth certificate, haha" I could have bought the joke thing. But no, that is not what he said. He specifically pointed out that both himself and his wife were born there, and that "No one's ever asked to see my birth certificate. They know that this is the place that we were born and raised."

[emisi]

Yeah right, Mitt. We totally believe that you weren't trying to fan the birther flames.

And oh hey, you're rich. I have a bridge I'd like to sell you.

[basilosaurus]

And yet Joe Arpaio, master birther, is speaking at the convention.

[marie427]

Politician "humor" sucks.

[llama]

He wants to have it both ways. Wink wink, nudge nudge to the birthers, but still trying to appear sane to the rest of us. Like Sibil referenced, the lineup of the convention tells me all I need to know about whether there are huge factions of the Republican Party that are eating this shit up.

[sunny]

lame.

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Aug 24, 2012 19:08:37 GMT -5 llama said:

He wants to have it both ways. Wink wink, nudge nudge to the birthers, but still trying to appear sane to the rest of us. Like Sibil referenced, the lineup of the convention tells me all I need to know about whether there are huge factions of the Republican Party that are eating this shit up.

This is how I feel. He's trying to appease some of these extreme factions and then act like he's actually not doing that at all. It's insulting in a way.

[copzgirl1171]

If it walks like a duck.

[taratru]

Humor in a campaign *is* great. When it's, you know, funny.

[teflep]

Not funny? Yes, but I didn't even think birther until here as much as a ploy for MI votes. I am so tired of this campaign and all the shit slinging it has brought (death, Mediscare, whatever)

[soontobeka]

This is about as funny as Obama standing up and saying that no one has to ask if Michelle is his only wife.

[emisi]

Aug 25, 2012 8:52:59 GMT -5 soontobeka said:

This is about as funny as Obama standing up and saying that no one has to ask if Michelle is his only wife.

I kind of wish he'd responded with that. It would have caused a shitstorm, but it would have been amusing.