Romney told supporters that he and Ann had been born at nearby hospitals.
No one’s ever asked to see my birth certificate. They know that this is the place that we were born and raised.”
No, no, not a swipe,. I’ve said throughout the campaign and before, there’s no question about where he was born. He was born in the U.S. This was fun about us, and coming home. And humor, you know — we’ve got to have a little humor in a campaign.”
Obama campaign spokesperson Ben LaBolt quickly denounced the remark,
embraced the most strident voices in his party instead of standing up to them.”
Is Obama for America getting testy before the GOP convention in Tampa, Florida?
14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
God our Father, Giver of life, we entrust the United States of America to Your loving care.
You are the rock on which this Nation was founded. You alone are the true source of our cherished rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Reclaim this land for Your glory and dwell among Your people. Send Your Spirit to touch the hearts of our nations leaders. Open their minds to the great worth of human life and the responsibilities that accompany human freedom. Remind Your people who true happiness is rooted in seeking and doing Your will.
Through the intercession of Jesus Christ grant us the courage to reject the “culture of death.” Lead us into a new millennium of life. We ask this through Christ Our Lord.
The fact that we are here today to debate raising America ‘s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the US Government cannot pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government’s reckless fiscal policies. Increasing America ‘s debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that, “the buck stops here.’ Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better.”
(…it was so nice of him to give us this great quote for posterity!)
Obama for America calling for Mitt Romney to a traditional act of transparency. Really, where is the birth certificate and the college and Harvard records that Obama has sealed? What is up with that Mr. President? I do not want to see Romney’s tax returns. I want to view Obama’s REAL Birth Certificate and college transcripts. What do you mean the GOP did not properly vet this man. How did Obama get vetted? I have been asking that question for four years.
Obama for America distorted view of the GOP 2012 election, funny video!
Friend —
Friday morning, I sent a letter to Mitt Romney’s campaign manager, asking that Romney release just five years of tax returns. And I made a commitment that, if he does, this campaign would not demand more.
Right now, our opponent is proposing a $2,000 tax increase on middle-class families with kids in order to pay for tax breaks for millionaires like him.
He’s asking Americans to put him in charge of their taxes, while refusing to come clean about his own.
This isn’t going away because voters deserve better, and everyone but the Romney campaign seems to recognize that.
Romney’s refusal to release his returns is raising more questions than he’s been willing to answer.
According to the one full year of returns he has released, Romney paid 13.9% in taxes on his income. Thursday, he said he went back and looked, and has never paid less than 13% over the last ten years.
Now we’re asking him to put his money where his mouth is.
It is absolutely relevant for us to ask how much a presidential candidate paid in taxes, if he sheltered his money or tried to get out of paying taxes at all, why he started — and continues to own — a corporation offshore in Bermuda, why he keeps his finances offshore in the Cayman Islands, and why he opened a Swiss bank account.
In refusing to be transparent about it, he’s not only breaking the trust he’s asking voters to place in him, but also three decades of precedent that began with his own father’s presidential campaign in 1968.
This issue isn’t going away, and for good reason. Tell Romney to follow 30 years of precedent and release his tax returns:
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