How can Romney Pal with Birthers When His Dad Was Born in Mexico?

[jpbollma]

In the new Reuters Article, it says Romneys dad has a birth certificate from Mexico, yet ran for president..http://news.yahoo.com/romneys-birth-certificate-evokes-fathers-controversy-231534685.html

[elleng]

1. You're expecting logic???

[Bozita]

6. DUzy, for sure!

[MrSlayer]

2. Because he's a Republican.

Imagine President Obama hanging with an anti-Morman. The press would go berserk.

[Major Nikon]

8. Republican and white

Just sayin'

[MrSlayer]

9. And rich. Can't forget that.

They have a different set of rules.

[Major Nikon]

12. Obama is rich

Perhaps not by Willard standards, but he's not hurting by any stretch, so rich doesn't appear to offset the Democrat and black condition.

[Enrique]

3. hes running for office, for Petes sake n/t

[RZM]

4. This has been gone over a million times

First of all, the idiot birthers are talking about Obama, not his father.

Second, while he might have had to jump through some legal hoops and faced criticism for his birth, it's my belief that George Romney would have passed the birther test. His parents were both American citizens and Mexican law at the time called for them to choose either Mexican or American citizenship for their child. They chose American. The problem is that 'natural born' isn't all that well-defined. But I'm pretty sure he would have passed the test and been able to run had he not dropped out.

Third, the Mittster doesn't seem to endorse the birtherism. He's endorsing the Trump fame and wants that moron to generate $$ for his campaign. I don't think Mitt is a birther in any way, shape, or form.

George Romney would have been no less eligible for the presidency than Tim Tebow or Mike Judge (both born to American parents in the Philippines and Ecuador, respectively). This kinda-sorta came up during the McCain campaign and really wasn't much of an issue then either.

And remember, this is the Mittster's father and not Mitt himself.

I really wish we as a country could just stop talking about this birther bullshit. It's stupid, it's annoying, and distracts from the real issues out there. It's exhibit #9,678 that conspiracy theories divert energy from dealing with stuff that's actually important.

[emilyg]

5. My head hurts.

[Jamaal510]

7. If Mitt Robme's dad was born in Mexico,

does that mean that he's the GOP's first Latino presidential nominee?

[Skidmore]

10. Because he's a craven soulless creation of the ultimate entitled class.

[pinboy3niner]

11. At long last we can have our first Latino President

And that's funny on multiple levels.

[cali]

13. what a silly question- even for rhetorical purposes.

this is about racism. and romney.

[unapatriciated]

14. Because he was born WHITE in Mexico

[Hubert Flottz]

15. It's always okay for a republican to do something that...

a democrat should be cast into eternal damnation for, without the right to appeal or repent.