Mitt Romney: ‘No one’s ever asked to see my birth certificate’

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Last edited Fri Aug 24, 2012, 01:13 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: Washington Post

COMMERCE, Mich. — Did Mitt Romney make a birther joke?

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.

“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.

“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,” he said.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/wp/2012/08/24/mitt-romney-no-ones-asked-for-my-birth-certificate/

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A wink to his Birther Base! Racist Romney has gone Full On Birther!

Next he'll glue a rabid raccoon to his head.

[Enrique]

2. it doesn't sound like a joke

it sounds like he's making a point.

[Zoeisright]

3. Romney is a fucking pig.

So's his wife.

[flamingdem]

18. Ain't that the truth, not an ethical bone in his body

[Raine1967]

4. At this point, I think this is all he has.

Video here: http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/romney-jokes-no-one-ever-asked-to-see

An Obama spokesperson watching the speech tweeted Romney was "keeping it substantive & classy" with the line.

[wordpix]

13. that's substantive and classy? I would have tweeted, "Where are the tax returns, Mitt?"

[Blue_Tires]

26. +1... he's a circus act by now...

[fleur-de-lisa]

5. Silly MittWit . . .

Everyone knows you weren't born . . . you were manufactured. Badly, I might add. Very poor imitation of a human being.

[madinmaryland]

6. Good catch!! Another thing to hang around Rmoney's neck, "Birtherism"

[NYC Liberal]

7. I'm now asking to see it.

There, sorry Mitt but the issue has been raised. The question has been asked. Show us your birth certificate and your tax returns.

[goclark]

14. RmoneyO needs to shut up

His own daddy was Mexican-born


http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/01/how-mitt-romneys-mexican-born-father-was-eligible-to-be-president/

[NYC Liberal]

15. By birther-logic, doesn't that disqualify him?

Actually, I've read there are some birthers who do think Romney isn't eligible. It's probably because he's not nearly right-wing enough.

[goclark]

24. President's dad was born in Africa

MittO's father was born in Mexico.
Sounds like we need to demand his birth certificate.
Even if he produces it...like Obama did••••that will not be good enough.

Maybe " Donaldo" will help him.

[csziggy]

20. The ABC article has a problem - George Romney's parents were born in Mexico

George's GRANDPARENTS fled the US to avoid 'persecution' for polygamy. How many generations of people who voluntarily left the US to escape US laws are allowed before they can no longer claim US citizenship for their children?

I would expect that there was some kind of deal for Mormons of former US origin to come back to the US and get their citizenship. But I would not consider it legitimate myself.

[PodPeeps]

8. Hey Mitt...

How about those Tax Returns?

[Jamaal510]

9. While on the surface this may sound offensive,

he's actually telling the truth for once. Obama has been the ONLY candidate and the only president the birthers have harassed about his birth certificate. No one else has been asked to show theirs, not even Willard, even though his father was born in another country just like Obama's father.

[LanternWaste]

10. Your taxes on the other hand...

"No one’s ever asked to see my birth certificate..."

Your taxes on the other hand...

[julian09]

11. If he loved Michigan so much, why all the homes elsewhere?

I know his father bankrupted American Motors, no reason for Mitt to skip town, or change his name to Mitt.
Does his birth certificate say Mitt?

[BlueToTheBone]

12. That's because robots don't have mothers.

They are built in the lab, no certificate necessary.

[maryellen99]

16. Mitt Romney is a racist tool

plus I bet almost everyone who came to see him is a racist too.

[treestar]

17. Racist assholery

Insinuating that he should have to because people just "know."

[truthisfreedom]

19. Hey rMoney, Obama showed his birth certificate. Now show us your tax returns.

Now. Or you wear orange.

[lunatica]

21. At this time in Obama's campaign they needed football stadiums for the crowds

Romney is a fucking joke.

And a joke in really poor taste.

[rocktivity]

22. Maybe Mitt needs to be reminded that he has some birther issues of his own

Where was his father born? And was he eligible to serve as Governor of Michigan?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=4118


rocktivity

[beac]

32. Mitt the Anchor Baby.

Seems pretty clear that his dad was not a US Citizen since both his grandparents were the children of polygamists (never mind his being born in Mexico.) So, according to Birther logic, the fact that his mother was American is irrelevant.

[DavidL]

23. Fox News web page filled with birther comments

Evidently Fox News has brought the birthers out of the woodwork.

If your blood pressure can stand it, read some of the disgusting stuff over there, or better yet, add a bit of DU LOVE over there, asking to see Mitt's tax returns, proposed policies, facts and figures.

Just an idea

http://nation.foxnews.com/mitt-romney/2012/08/24/romney-no-one-has-ever-asked-see-my-birth-certificate#

[yellowcanine]

25. Translation: My wife and I are clearly one of us, unlike that other guy.

[Up2Late]

27. Show it to me Mitt! I was born in Michigan...

I want to see if it looks like mine, what I've seen posted elsewhere look really fake to me.

[orpupilofnature57]

28. Nobody had a chance to treat you

like a normal person since you were born ,you fucking alien.

[livetohike]

29. I cannot stand this man,nor his wife and

I can't wait for the coming Obama/Biden landslide

[wordpix]

30. Thrumper looks a heart attack waiting to happen

He's gained quite a bit and he's likely to get rabies to boot if he keeps that raccoon on his head

[Burma Jones]

31. Well, nobody has asked to see President Obama's magic underwear

jackass.

[HockeyMom]

33. He doesn't have a Passport?

He has never been out of the US in 40 years? The people at the Passport Bureau were at his birrth and could "vouch" for him?

[SpankMe]

34. The man's a pig. n/t

[yellowcanine]

35. Some of the stories promote the false equivalency of Obama joking about Seamus.

Seamus on the roof was a fact according to Romney himself.
The birther nonsense is a lie. Big difference.

[fantomas]

36. What identification did French police ask Rmoney for after killed his passenger?

and blamed it on a priest? I'm assuming just his Passport and U.S. drivers license.

If Rmoney wants to go in the gutter, it's on.

[goclark]

44. Wow! I never heard that one ~

What a jerk!

[fantomas]

46. Check out this Kos story

If this happened to Obama, Republicans would've been running ads about it nonstop:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/07/17/1110907/-Mitt-Romney-s-Driving-Killed-Leola-Anderson-His-Cover-Up-Tale-is-Proved-Dishonest

[yellowcanine]

37. Woo hoo! It is going viral. Over 8 pages on Google of this now. Foot, meet dog poop.

Whether Romney walks it back or not does not matter. This is the headline for the day. And Mitt ends the week talking about everything EXCEPT the economy, which is the ONLY thing he has going.

[Major Hogwash]

38. Romney unzipped -- he's a racist! Who knew?

What a ginormous asshole!!

Romney just jumped the shark, Mormon style!

[Festivito]

39. Why, Mitt, did no one ask?

What? Do they just look at you and know not to ask? Why's that?

[RBInMaine]

40. What at an absolutely fucking SCUMBAG this rotten horrid corporate toadie puke is !

[MatthewStLouis]

41. Nice diversion. Now, where are your tax returns? What are you hiding? /nt

[qanda]

42. Yeah, but we have asked to see your tax returns

Loser!

Just saw this on Facebook... Hilarious:

[Cha]

43. That's because we're not stupid fools like those

you're pandering to, willard. Show us your Tax Returns, coward.

[cstanleytech]

45. A wink or a bash at them but either way his foot still ended up in his mouth......again.

Its like he just cant help it.

[They_Live]

47. Since you brought it up, Mitt...

...I'd like to see your birth certificate and your tax returns.