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Mitt Romney Plays the Birther Card
The New York Times' Taking Note ^
| August 24, 2012
| Andrew Rosenthal, editorial page editor
Posted on 08/24/2012 1:22:01 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Politicians sometimes think they can get away with saying something profoundly offensive or just plain stupid by acting like it was a joke. It never works, just like it didnt work today when Mr. Romney shamelessly played the birther card in what seems like an increasingly desperate campaign against President Obama.
Speaking in Commerce, Mich., about his Michigan roots, Mr. Romney said: No ones ever asked to see my birth certificate. They know that this is the place that we were born and raised.
Get it? Everyone knows hes from Michigan, but nobody is really sure where the president is from.
Its not like Mr. Romney has shunned the birther crowd. He took the stage earlier this year with Donald Trump, who ranted about Mr. Obamas citizenship. Mr. Romneys son, Matt, said during the primaries that his father might consider releasing his tax returns if Mr. Obama released his birth certificate and his grades.
In April 2011, Mr. Romney himself used the well if he says so dodge that many Republicans love. I think the citizenship test has been passed, Mr. Romney said. I believe the president was born in the United States. There are real reasons to get this guy out of office.
Citizenship test? Barack Obama did not have to take a citizenship test. And why couldnt Mr. Romney cut out the I believe preamble? The president was born in the United States.
But todays crack was way over the line. His audience laughed and applauded, probably not because they thought Mr. Romney was doing hilarious stand-up comedy, but because they knew exactly what he was up to...
(Excerpt) Read more at takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com ...
TOPICS: Conspiracy; Politics
KEYWORDS: birthcertificate; birther; certifigate; hitanerve; naturalborncitizen; obama; romney; squealingpig
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posted on
08/24/2012 1:39:11 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
Not that there is anything wrong with it, but some people have speculated that he might be a flaming homosexual as well.
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posted on
08/24/2012 1:39:23 PM PDT
by
TBall
To: The Sons of Liberty
" Hussein will break out a new deck of race cards. "
They maybe a new deck of race cards, but, they are all moldy and used up.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
More howling from the leftist loons in the comments following the NYT piece. I love it!!!
Romney using Alinsky tactics against the foremost practitioner of Alinsky is too rich!!!
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posted on
08/24/2012 1:41:20 PM PDT
by
astounded
(Barack Obama is a clear and present danger to the USA)
To: frogjerk
There's so much truth to the cut.
The truth runs deep and wide.
This disgusting
Curse on our Nation named Barack Hussein Obama II,
aka Barry Soetoro, has
a real birth certificate, with his right footprint on it.
All you have to do is
look for it.
Here's some critical sources and FACTS.
People can go to www.scribd.com and read their pages 20 thru 32 ,
For those of you who don't know, remember this:
The Democrats knew about this BEFORE Obama was elected in 2008!
8 Congressional attempts from June 2004 to February 2008 to alter Article II Section 1 Clause 5 of the US Constitution, proves to me
that the DNC knew that Obama was born in Kenya.
Read it for yourself.
Then look at these links.
1. June 11, 2003, Rep. Snyder, Vic (D) 108th congress, H.J.Res. 59
2. Sep 3, 2003, Rep. Conyers, John Jr., (D) H.J.Res. 67
3. Feb 25, 2005, Sen. Nickles, Don (R-OK) Senate Bill 2128, counter the democrats Natural Born Citizen Act - but Defines it wrong
4. Sep 15, 2004, Rep Dana Rohrabacher (D)(R-CA46) H.J.Res 104
5. Jan 4, 2005, Rep Conyers, John Jr., H.J.Res. 2 109th Congress
6. Feb 1, 2005, Rep Rohrabacher, Dana (D) (CA-46) H.J.Res.15
7. April 14, 2005, Rep. Snyder, Vic (D) (AR-2) H.J.Res. 42
8. Feb 28, 2008, Senator McCaskill, Claire (D) Attachment to a military bill Senate Bill 2678 Titled Children of Military Families Natural Born Citizen Act.
DNC Presidential Candidate Senator Clinton and Senator Obama were cosponsors of this bill.
9. April 10, 2008, Sen McCaskill, Claire (D) (MO) Senate Res.511 passed declaring Senator John McCain a Natural Born Citizen.
But it was never in question. It was cosponsored by DNC Presidential Candidate Senator Clinton and Senator Obama.
Just before the 2008 election
Barack Obama's election team spent $1.4 million blocking access to all of Obama's records.
Barack Hussein Obama II is UNCONSTITUTIONALLY QUALIFIED.
There were
8 attempts by Democrats to try to "Change the Qualification Rules" BEFORE Obama was elected.
They KNOW Obama's ILLEGAL ... AND .... UNQUALIFIED!
Obama's record is hard to find.
Check this link out
Sunday, June 27, 2004 Kenyan-born Obama all set for US Senate.
Think about
this.
"On August 4, 1961 Obama's mother, father and grandmother were attending a Muslim festival in Mombasa , Kenya .
Mother had been refused entry to airplanes due to her nine month pregnancy.
It was a hot August day at the festival so the Obamas went to the beach to cool off.
While swimming in the ocean his mother experienced labor pains so was rushed to the Coast Provincial
General Hospital, Mombasa, Kenya where Obama was born a few hours later at 7:21 pm on August 4, 1961(what a sad day for the USA!).
Four days later his mother flew to Hawaii and registered his birth in Honolulu as a certificate of live birth which omitted the place and hospital of birth."
Here's
something to ponder.
I think it more likely that the trip from Kenya actually occurred in August 1961, shortly after BHO-II's birth at the Coast Province General Hospital in Mombasa.
Ann and her newborn son flew from Nairobi to London, via BOAC Flight BA162 and then took the non-stop BOAC flight from London to Vancouver, Canada.
She then traveled the 110 miles or so, across the border, to Seattle in time to start Fall Semester, night-school extension classes at the University of Washington.
The trip would be challenging for a new mother, but she was young, healthy, intelligent, and capable.
BOAC was very accomodating to mothers with young children back in the 1960s. No real problem!
From the Airline Timetable Images - List of Complete Timetables, the cost of BOAC from April 24,1960 until October 1, 1962 was: From Vancouver to Nairobi cost in Canadian Dollars: Single Return
DL 1115.00 2026.80
F 1055.50 1918.80
T 764.00 1396.00
Y 701.00 1282.60
Passanger Fares could be "FLY NOW AND PAY LATER".
Arrangements could be made whereby residents of certain areas may, on payment of a 10% deposit, travel immediately and pay the balance of fare in monthly instalments.
If you're wondering about where the money came from, think about this.
Look at all the financial supporters Barack Hussein Obama, Sr. had."In 1959, Obama Sr. received a scholarship in economics through a program organized by nationalist leader Tom Mboya.
The program offered Western educational opportunities to outstanding Kenyan students.[22][23][24]
Initial financial supporters of the program included Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier, Jackie Robinson, and Elizabeth Mooney Kirk,
a literacy advocate who provided most of the financial support for Obama Sr.'s early years in the United States, according to the Tom Mboya archives at Stanford University.
Funds provided the following year by John F. Kennedy's family paid off old debts of the project and subsidized student stipends,
thereby indirectly benefiting Obama Sr. and other members of the 1959 group of scholarship holders.
Yes, it's quite clear that money wasn't a problem for the Marxists Revolutionaries.
Passanger Information for that time frame can be found here.
Connections from Nairobi - Lusaka - Salisbury can be found here.
The BOAC World Routes Map is found here.
Departure arrival times from Britian to Nairobi are found here.
Departure arrival times for London and Vancouver are found here.
Now think about those facts,and statements.
The forgeries I'm aware of, are the three Birth Cretificate Barack Hussein Obama II has forged.
I don't trust evidence put forth by Obama supporters.
The disappearance of too much evidence on Obama is strong enough for me to know that he was born in Kenya.
Read
INS DOC FOUND: U.S. CERTIFICATE ISSUED TO ONE EAST AFRICAN-BORN CHILD OF U.S. CITIZEN IN 1961! The documents provided in that article are very damaging to Obama, and well worth your time.
Most of these early "supporters" of the ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT IN CHIEF were party to the Communists "spooks".
There's a great volume of history you have to go through to understand this, and it goes back to about 1850.
Read these three articles on one of my earlier post:
Now go back and read
The Communist Takeover Of America - 45 Declared Goals.
Are you getting the depth of this
Fabian Society takeover?
You wouldn't believe the
information here
It's deep, it's ugly, and most people WILL NOT ... CAN NOT ... accept the truth.
Anybody recall a press release telling the masses about federal intelligence notes sent warning police about this cabal?
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posted on
08/24/2012 1:42:10 PM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's simple, fight or die!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Just heard a clip of Limbaugh profusely exclaiming “Right on, right on, right on!” after playing the clip of Romney making the Birther quip. Rush sounded cathartic, like he may actually be banned from discussing it and he is encouraging Romney. If Romney goes birther he will get my vote.
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posted on
08/24/2012 1:42:51 PM PDT
by
kreitzer
To: madison10
Then why is it that all Obama can produce is a photoshopped BC?
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posted on
08/24/2012 1:43:01 PM PDT
by
353FMG
(The US Constitution is only as good as those who enforce it.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
A question for the NY Slimes...a few years ago the dust jacket of one of Osama Obamaâs book claimed,in big bold letters,that he was born in Kenya.More recently he’s claimed to have been born in Hawaii.Was he lying *then*,or is he lying *now*.And assuming your answer is âthenâ can you tell me on what *other* occasions might he have falsely claimed to have been born in Kenya? Perhaps on his Columbia application? Or his Harvard application? Or,perhaps,both?
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posted on
08/24/2012 1:43:01 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(The Word Is Out,Harry Reid's Into Child Porn.Release All Your Photos,Harry!)
To: comebacknewt; frogjerk; The Sons of Liberty; Patrick1; madison10; JennysCool; BuckeyeTexan; ...
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posted on
08/24/2012 1:43:33 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Obama may technically be American In Name Only, but his ideology is purely foreign, post-colonial 3d World Marxist Liberationism.
30
posted on
08/24/2012 1:43:33 PM PDT
by
Argus
To: 2ndDivisionVet
My inner Breitbart reaction is to say...
....so?
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posted on
08/24/2012 1:44:17 PM PDT
by
RckyRaCoCo
(I prefer liberty with danger to peace with slavery, IXNAY THE TSA!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
In before the little kid saying, “dat be racist!”
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posted on
08/24/2012 1:48:15 PM PDT
by
hadaclueonce
(you are paying 12% more for fuel because of Ethanol. Smile big Corn Lobby,)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I find this really interesting.
So far, I’ve been impressed with the focus of the Romney team. Quick rebuttals. Sharp ads. On top of it.
Seems to me that this, too, may have been scripted. Calculated.
What does the Romney camp know, or how worried do they think 0’s guys are? Was this an off-the-cuff joke or an intentional poke in the backside?
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posted on
08/24/2012 1:50:16 PM PDT
by
Jedidah
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Hasn’t POTUS himself made birther jokes>
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Just leave Obama alone!
To: 353FMG
Then why is it that all Obama can produce is a photoshopped BC? I was born many years before Osama...in Massachusetts,which is an "open records" state.That means that *anyone* can go to the Massachusetts Vital Records Archive in Boston and,if they had my full name,DOB and city of birth,would be able to see and touch,in a bound book,my *original* BC,which contains,among other things,the doctor's actual signature (the very piece of paper he actually signed) and,for a fee,can get a certified copy of that BC with the official state seal on it.
Yet Osama,born long after me (when such records were even *more* diligently generated and preserved),cannot seem to do the same.
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posted on
08/24/2012 1:57:01 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(The Word Is Out,Harry Reid's Into Child Porn.Release All Your Photos,Harry!)
To: HapaxLegamenon
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posted on
08/24/2012 1:57:40 PM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's simple, fight or die!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
08/24/2012 1:58:11 PM PDT
by
penelopesire
(TIME FOR A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
They’re taking his remark and flipping it, like the did Dan Cathy at Chick-fil-A.
Dan Cathy said that he “believed in traditional marriage”...the gays and the press reported that he is “against gay marriage”.
Romney said he’s never been asked to show his birth certificate, from the left they said Romney is a “birther”, not believing obama has a birth certificate.
So far, obama hasn’t shown one...one that’s real, anyway.
I think Romney hit a nerve...
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posted on
08/24/2012 1:58:46 PM PDT
by
FrankR
(They will become our ultimate masters the day we surrender the 2nd Amendment.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Hey Obama, just produce the dang birth certificate and put the issue to rest. I can do that. Mitt can do that. Freepers can do that. Why not you?
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