[wintertime]

I also hear Obama joke ( semi-joke) about his citizenship. Rush even used the “citizenship” word in introducing the clip.

What's going on here?

[1951Boomer]

Obama thinks that if he himself jokes about it, then surely folks will dismiss it. I wish those folks at the prayer breakfast had not joined in the laughter and had met his statement with stone silence.

[Question Liberal Authority]

I also hear Obama joke ( semi-joke) about his citizenship.

In the liberal media, there's been a trend in the last couple weeks to call out people who are "birthers" to try to make them sound like wild-eyed lunatic conspiracy theorists. Kos ran a survey that found that x% of Republicans 'actually believe' that Obama is a socialist and that y% 'actually believe' that Obama was not born in the US.

The Arizona Republic has been hammering JD Hayworth for questioning Obama's citizenship.

Anyway, Obama has taken to ridiculing people for asking questions about his citizenship. IMO, it's a risky strategy, because the simple fact is that Obama has not produced a long-form birth certificate, and nobody can say which hospital he was born in, nor who the attending physician was.

Personally I'm reminded of Gary Hart daring the press to catch him having an affair, when he actually was having an affair. "Go ahead. Follow me around. You'll be bored."