"No One Has Ever Asked to See My Birth Certificate"
August 24, 2012 3:14 PM Subscribe
Governor Mitt Romney "joked" tody that no one has ever asked to see his birth certificate. While describing his and his wife's roots in Michigan, where he was campaigning, Romney said, ""No one has ever asked to see my birth certificate," Romney said. "They know that this is the place that we were born and raised." Thereafter he promptly denied that his remarks were a "swipe" at President Obama or that he has any doubts that the President was born in the United States.
This post was deleted for the following reason: There's at least a couple open and active Romney-centric election threads open where this is being discussed. -- cortex
They may ask to see your taxes though.
posted by iamck at 3:17 PM on August 24, 2012 [3 favorites]
posted by iamck at 3:17 PM on August 24, 2012 [3 favorites]
In related news: Birthers Plan Their Own Convention Next Month In Arizona.
posted by ericb at 3:18 PM on August 24, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by ericb at 3:18 PM on August 24, 2012 [1 favorite]
Nobody ever asked to see his ID, or search his bag, while he was walking down the street.
posted by Pruitt-Igoe at 3:19 PM on August 24, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Pruitt-Igoe at 3:19 PM on August 24, 2012 [1 favorite]
Whoop-tee-fuckin-DO. This is some weak-ass news reporting.
posted by carsonb at 3:19 PM on August 24, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by carsonb at 3:19 PM on August 24, 2012 [1 favorite]
Romney's Birth Certificate Evokes His Father's Controversy.
posted by ericb at 3:20 PM on August 24, 2012
posted by ericb at 3:20 PM on August 24, 2012
Damn, it feels good to be a white guy!
posted by Madamina at 3:21 PM on August 24, 2012 [7 favorites]
posted by Madamina at 3:21 PM on August 24, 2012 [7 favorites]
Tweet from MikeDrucker: "Mitt Romney said that no one's ever asked to see his birth certificate. Probably because he's never had to fill out paperwork at a real job."
posted by mulligan at 3:21 PM on August 24, 2012 [9 favorites]
posted by mulligan at 3:21 PM on August 24, 2012 [9 favorites]
Are people just running out of things to talk about?
posted by SpacemanStix at 3:22 PM on August 24, 2012
posted by SpacemanStix at 3:22 PM on August 24, 2012
Whoop-tee-fuckin-DO. This is some weak-ass news reporting.
Hey, did you hear that Prince Harry is really a MAN? At least that's what I learned from the news following his visit to Las Vegas.
Oh, and last year a Congressman swam naked in Sea of Galilee!
NEWS!
posted by filthy light thief at 3:22 PM on August 24, 2012
Hey, did you hear that Prince Harry is really a MAN? At least that's what I learned from the news following his visit to Las Vegas.
Oh, and last year a Congressman swam naked in Sea of Galilee!
NEWS!
posted by filthy light thief at 3:22 PM on August 24, 2012
Romney followed up with "I'm not touching you! I'm not touching you! Haaaaa haaaaa"
posted by bleep at 3:23 PM on August 24, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by bleep at 3:23 PM on August 24, 2012 [1 favorite]
"This is a good point: Robots don't have birth certificates."
posted by ericb at 3:23 PM on August 24, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by ericb at 3:23 PM on August 24, 2012 [1 favorite]
"No one has ever asked me to pay a poll tax, or refused to pick me up in a taxi." Amazing how the barely-encoded racism of the birthers has been completely and utterly ignored by the media this last, what, 4 years?
posted by facetious at 3:23 PM on August 24, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by facetious at 3:23 PM on August 24, 2012 [2 favorites]
In related news: Birthers Plan Their Own Convention Next Month In Arizona.
Maybe they can be convinced to all settle there and make it an Israel style homeland?
posted by Artw at 3:23 PM on August 24, 2012
Maybe they can be convinced to all settle there and make it an Israel style homeland?
posted by Artw at 3:23 PM on August 24, 2012
Lets talk about Romney's polygamist ancestry and whether his father was an American citizen, now..
posted by empath at 3:25 PM on August 24, 2012
posted by empath at 3:25 PM on August 24, 2012
ericb: 7 Birthers Speaking At The Republican Convention.
And they didn't invite Ron Paul to talk, but are showing a Tribute to Ron Paul at the GOP Convention and there's the Gold Standard Committee, which is another nod (or sideways glance) to Ron Paul.
posted by filthy light thief at 3:25 PM on August 24, 2012
And they didn't invite Ron Paul to talk, but are showing a Tribute to Ron Paul at the GOP Convention and there's the Gold Standard Committee, which is another nod (or sideways glance) to Ron Paul.
posted by filthy light thief at 3:25 PM on August 24, 2012
Team Obama responds in the best way possible.
posted by Capt. Renault at 3:26 PM on August 24, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Capt. Renault at 3:26 PM on August 24, 2012 [1 favorite]
Romney added, "Hey, did you notice how white I am? Seriously, I'm very, very white. You should take that to heart."
posted by Joakim Ziegler at 3:29 PM on August 24, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by Joakim Ziegler at 3:29 PM on August 24, 2012 [2 favorites]
Why does Romney still feel compelled to pander to the base?
posted by 2bucksplus at 3:29 PM on August 24, 2012
posted by 2bucksplus at 3:29 PM on August 24, 2012
Flag it and move on. There is very serious shit on the table, for the country, and this just takes our attention away from said serious shit.
posted by Danf at 3:31 PM on August 24, 2012
posted by Danf at 3:31 PM on August 24, 2012
Whoop-tee-fuckin-DO. This is some weak-ass news reporting.
Sure, if you're a white guy who isn't aware of or doesn't care about how Romney is racializing this election to pander to the base.
posted by zombieflanders at 3:32 PM on August 24, 2012
Sure, if you're a white guy who isn't aware of or doesn't care about how Romney is racializing this election to pander to the base.
posted by zombieflanders at 3:32 PM on August 24, 2012
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