Obama ad slams Romney as "birther-in-chief"

(CBS News) Seizing on an uncharacteristic joke Mitt Romney made Friday about the president's birth certificate, the Obama campaign is out with a new web ad arguing, "America doesn't need a Birther-in-Chief."

"Holding out hope Romney had a vision for the middle class? Think again," a voice in the ad says, introducing a clip of the presumptive Republican nominee at a rally Friday in his home state of Michigan. While celebrating his roots, Romney abandoned his typically dogged refusal to engage "unfounded conspiracy theories," as the ad calls them, that the president wasn't born in the United States.

"I love being home in the place where Ann and I were born and raised, where both of us were born," Romney said Friday. "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 that we were born and raised."

(Watch: Romney: "No one's ever asked to see my birth certificate.")

Following the rally, Romney said in an interview with CBS News' Scott Pelley that the remark was merely "a little humor," and wasn't meant as a tossed bone to the far right wing of the party. Despite his alliance with Donald Trump - perhaps the most outspoken "birther" of all - Romney has maintained his disagreement with the real estate tycoon on the issue.

"I've said throughout the campaign and before that there's no question about where [Obama] was born; he was born in the U.S.," Romney told Pelley. "I've said that probably 30 times by now, and 31 certainly won't hurt."

But the Obama campaign is cashing in. Along with the web ad, a fundraising email titled "A new low for Mitt Romney" went out to supporters almost instantly following the rally, asking supporters to "take a moment or two to think about [Romney's remark], what he's actually saying, and what it says about Mitt Romney."

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This is not to say that Romney is a racist; there's probably not enough thought in his brain to go there, but he is certainly egging on the racists in an attempt to shore up their votes. Frankly, his use of this racist attack and I don't even see him as racist himself is obviously a crass effort to keep the Tea Party voters. This racist strategy tells me a lot about the individual and frankly it is worse than if it came from a racist. If elected these strategies may make it impossible for him to be effective as President of all the people. The Tea Party, the birthers, etc. have created what African Americans see a party of racism and Willard will be President of US racists and not all Americans.

[sjj1222]

Yeah, sure fella, we just love your
off-the-cuff attempts at "humor".
But tell us more, Mitt.
Why don't you explain to us
how and why your More-mon-ey Grandpa
packed up and moved to live in Mexico...
in order to evade the oh-so-harsh
monogamy laws back here in the good ole USA?
Hmmm...it sure seems to me that YOUR family
has a long HISTORY of various offshore
or foreign evasions of various types...
whether they be birther-relatd,
or marital-related,
or tax-related.
Whatever.
Why don't you
show us THOSE birth certificates,
AND foreign tax shelters,
AND secret Swiss accounts,
AND tax returns?
People like you Mitt,
who live in multiple glass houses,
should be very very careful when they start
slinging attack-humor stones, dear boy.
They could backfire...

[NaziBigotCensorship]

by ZionistCensorship August 26, 2012 11:23 AM EDT
August 9, 2012
The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits fell last week while the trade deficit in June was the smallest in 1-1/2 years, hopeful signs for the struggling economy.

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Yea sure, what by 001%?
Is that why everyting you buy has China on it?
More desperate left wing fantasies to prop up a lazy incompetent slacker

[NaziBigotCensorship]

Bush Administration cuts $1.5 billion from military family housing. The Bush Administration cut $1.5 billion for military family housing, despite Department of Defense

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Who cares?
Bush isn't president or running for office.

Obama and the Democrats are cutting even more in billions from military spending so you should mention that instead.

[isaickisaick]

Dude, your grammar is awful!!!!!! And your ignorance is bigger!!! Cheers.

[dojowens]

It's absurd on both sides and it's absurd that all of you are discussing it. It's like school children - he said, no I didn't, he said. I'm so sick of the childishness all the while we're looking at 16 TRILLION in debt!

[stockpicker12]

How about some serious journalism and questions for a change:
1. How do you propose to cut the deficit this year and in the succeeding years so our children's children are not paying for our mistakes?
2. When will the entitlement programs get a hugh cut as is needed to maintain them?
3. When can we get out of Afganistan? (daily body counts on the evening news in 2007-2008 worked well for Bush to get a surge plan passed for Iraq)
4. How will the health reform act work without ever addressing tort reform?
5. Why haven't we had a balanced budget (hell, a budget period) passed in four years?

I am not a journalist, but these questions are miles ahead of what is passing for news on this and all networks.

[dojowens]

All excellent comments. America - stay focused on the objective here - to save this country from four more years of irresponsible governing.

[novotesobozo]

I like this it makes obozo look just what he is childish and petty

[JV1970]

That's exactly what I've been saying about him for four years!

[Molly-Pchr]

How about a pre-election exchange of documents. Obama can give his birth cert to Romney, and Romney can give Obama his tax returns.

[stockpicker12]

Who cares about stupid issues like this. Time to solve some real issues for a change.

[WiseAsOwl]

If you Libs had a lick of sense, you'd know that you'd better let the birther thing die a natural death.... IF IT WILL DIE. I really don't think you Libs want the country to keep talking about this..... do you???

[GOP-R--Con-Men]

So you're saying Romney's a liberal? He is the one that brought it up.