Obama spokeswoman: Romney joke latest in 'pattern' of 'gutterball politics'

[maddezmom]

Source: The Hill


The Obama campaign looked to capitalize on Mitt Romney's joke about the president's birth certificate Friday afternoon, with campaign traveling press secretary Jen Psaki denouncing a "pattern" of comments from the Republican challenger.

"This is the kind of gutterball politics that will and should turn the American people off," Psaki told MSNBC. "This is a pattern. Mitt Romney has questioned repeatedly over the last several months whether the president understands America, whether he understands freedom, he's wrapped his arms around Donald Trump, one of the originators of the birther movement, so we've seen a pattern here."

Earlier Friday, Romney joked about the controversy surrounding the president's birth certificate during a campaign stop in Michigan.

"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," 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."

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couple things 1) it isn't a joke, it is racist birther crap and 2) calling it what it is, isn't capitalizing it's commenting.

[FLyellowdog]

1. Somebody asked me today if Romney has quit spitting on his kids.

I said I didn't know....Was it a joke? I have no idea.

[meow2u3]

2. Please provide link

[bitchkitty]

3. Link:

http://thehill.com/video/campaign/245359-obama-spokeswoman-romney-joke-latest-in-pattern-of-gutterball-politics

[KamaAina]

4. That's "gutter" politics

"gutterball" politics would be when Obama threw a miserable 132 (for reference, my own personal high is 162) while on the campaign trail in Pa. in '08.

[zonkers]

6. You are right. I think the idea was still conveyed, though.

[KamaAina]

7. And my high game was 182, not 162.

So that 132 was pretty weak.

[Igel]

10. Sort of/kind of.

It's a speech error.

We think all speech errors are signs of being either an idiot or out of touch. Unless they're spoken by one of us. Then, well, it's only being human.

Asymmetry.

[Beowulf]

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

True, but millions are asking to see your taxes.

[Coyotl]

9. Maybe Mitt can put his tax return on a coffee mug

[Pachamama]

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

No Mittens, no one has because they know you and your parts were assembled somewhere near Battlecreek where the rest of mechanical robots came from....

Now show us your tax returns.....