A week or so back, fellow Voice scribe James King argued that Vice President Joe Biden brings nothing to the Democratic ticket except awkward gaffes and constant smacks to the head by the DNC. This came off the news that Biden told a crowd of mostly African-American citizens that Romney’s policies would “put y’all back in chains.” Ouch.
Flop: On Thursday night, in a dining room full of One Percent donors, Romney told his fellow profiteers that “Big Business was doing fine in many places.” Why? Because they have tax havens to hide all their money and enjoy the real luxuries of life in the meantime. No, seriously. And the sad thing is… he’s right.
Flip: He has associated himself with birther-in-chief Donald Trump for fund-raising purposes. He apologized for his son saying that his dad would release his tax returns once Obama “released his grades and birth certificate.” And he has told reporters that he believes the President was born in the United States. Romney has steered clear of a controversy that has taken over the paranoid fringe of the Right. Until…
Flop: Yesterday, Romney greeted an audience of 7,000 supporters in his hometown in Michigan. And he cracked a joke that everyone just loved:
“I love being home in this place where Ann and I were raised, where both of us were born… No one has ever asked to see my birth certificate. They know that this is the place that we were born and raised.”
Mitt has a point: no one has asked him for his birth documents (just the past five years’ worth of tax returns). Although the audience responded with some good laughter, the Obama tent was not so pleased, culminating in what could be the perfect tweet response to something like this:
Song of the day: Born in the U.S.A. OFA.BO/irL3ZV
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 24, 2012
After the uproar, Romney giggled to reporters:
‘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 United States. This was fun about us, and coming home, and humor, you know…’
LOL. Of course.
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