Posted on 04/13/2011 12:06:55 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Tuesday rejected the notion that President Obama was not born in the United States, emphasizing that "I think the citizenship test has been passed."
The former Massachusetts governor, in an interview with CNBC's Larry Kudlow, said he thought there were legitimate reasons to want Mr. Obama out of the White House - but that "birther"-inspired claims were not credible.
"I think the citizenship test has been passed. I believe the president was born in the United States. There are real reasons to get this guy out of office," Romney said, the day after formally announcing the formation of a presidential exploratory committee.
Despite the fact that disputes over Mr. Obama's citizenship have long since been discredited, the issue has been in the news lately as Donald Trump, the billionaire, reality television star and potential presidential candidate, has made the media rounds espousing his newly-adopted birtherist perspective.
Romney, however, chose to hit Mr. Obama on his economic record rather than his U.S. citizenship.
"Look, when it comes to the economy, the president has been incompetent," Romney t old Kudlow. "He just hasn't done what is necessary to get Americans back to work. You've got roughly 20 million Americans who stopped looking for jobs or can't find work, and that's inexcusable in a nation that's as productive and innovative as this nation."
"Overwhelmingly, his people come from academics and from politics," Romney continued, of the president's staffing choices. "He doesn't...he doesn't have the confidence in the private sector people that you need to give him the help on the economy that he needs."
When asked about the health care reform bill he enacted while serving as governor of Massachusetts, Romney reiterated his standard line of defense on the issue.
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“And Mitt is from another world....”
Yup, south of the border.
Thank you Mutt Shamney! I’m glad you cleared everything up for us!
Last night Ted Baxter informed all of us as well that the Blow-Reilly F*ctor(fill it with any vowel you choose) called Hawaiian officials and they too confirmed they had Soetero’s genuine BC that mysteriously was bound and NOBODY could see it.
I feel so much better now! *sarc*
Mitt for brains...strikes again.
And I assume YOU’LL be endorsing Hussein too, won’t you Miss Romney...just like Miss McCain did!!
George Romney was an American citizen. However, during the Romney “boomlet” promoting him as President there was question as to his elgibility to hold the office. The question was based upon the fact he was born in Mexico. The current Mitt Romney’s mother was born in Logan, Utah.
Romney for Obama in 2008
"Peeking Out From the McCain Wreckage: Mitt Romney"
"Someone's got to say it: IS MITT ROMNEY RESPONSIBLE FOR OBAMA'S VICTORY?"
"Vanity: Team Romney Sabotaged Palin and Continuing to Do So?"
"Romney Supporters Trashing Palin"
"Romney advisors sniping at Palin?"
Romney for Obama in 2009
Chihuahua Romney - the Magic RINO:
"I also think it's important for us to nod to our pRes_ _ent when he's right,"
we are pleased with his plans to "finish the job" in Iraq and Afghanistan
I also applaud our pRes_ _ent
for standing up to the evil auto industry. "
Romney for Obama in 2010
"Go Mitt. Go Mitt. Go Mitt"
"Rove has made no secret
of his support for Romney as McCain's VP. "
Romney for Obama in 2011
Mitt Romney: Obama was born in the United States
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Romney to Trump: Obama Doesn’t Need a Birth Certificate
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Romney on Obama: 'The citizenship test has been passed'
Milt Romney in 2007
Romney - the Magic RINO:
"I'm not running as the Republican view
or a continuation of Republican values.
That's not what brings me to the race.
(Romney Video, accessed 9/19/07)
"We don't intend to turn the Republican Party
over to the traitors in the battle just ended.
We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged
to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support.
Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates
wouldn't make any sense at all.""
-- President Ronald Reagan
Is there one interviewer out there, just one, who can simply follow up with this question?
“Assuming Mr. Obama was born in the USA, there is another issue regarding eligibility to run for president as a natural born citizen. Clearly, based on his father not being a citizen of the USA Mr. Obama is not a natural born citizen. Do you agree?”
But wasn’t Mitt born on another planet? Oh maybe that after he dies; it’s so confusing.
I think the Citizenship Test requires the answer to the question; “How many states are there”, to be 50.
Well I’m glad Mitt straightened that out for us.
Muck Ritt Fomney!!!
I guess the delivery room must’ve been packed, with all the potential daddies of Hussein plus Abercrombie and RinoRomney and any other politician who wants to kiss Hussein’s arse.
No Guts...No Glory!
Great Mitt, glad you solved that mystery for us all. Now, how can a man born under the British Nationality Act of 1948, under the jurisdiction of a foreign nation be a Natural Born Citizen?
Answer: HE CAN’T. He isn’t a Natural Born Citizen born under the SOLE jurisdiction of the United States.
How about addressing THAT little problem Mitt, because THAT is the MAIN issue.
Muck Ritt Fomney, he doesn’t even know what the issue is.
What does Mitt know that we don’t and is he willing to share it with us?
You can run Mitt, but you can’t win.
Let me guess.... Mittens was there at the birth.... /sarc
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