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trailmonkee

(2,681 posts)
Sat Sep 8, 2012, 07:24 PM Sep 2012

Obama cracks a birther joke [View all]

Source: ap

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President Barack Obama was at an Orlando sports bar, snapping a University of Florida Gators' sign, sipping a pint and working a crowd when he walked up to a table with five children. One adult points to one of the boys, 7-year-old Andre Wupperman of Orlando, and informs the president that the boy was born in Hawaii, the president's native state.

The president, delighted, greeted the boy with a "shaka" sign, the pinky and thumb gesture typical of Hawaiian culture. The boy gestured back.

"You were born in Hawaii?" the president said. Then he added teasingly: "You have a birth certificate?"

The patrons at Gator's Dockside, clearly aware of the discredited claims that Obama was not born in the United States, broke up laughing.

Read more: http://m.news9.com/story.aspx?story=19492565&catId=112032



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Obama cracks a birther joke [View all] trailmonkee Sep 2012 OP
How can anyone not like this guy ? russspeakeasy Sep 2012 #1
well..... dhill926 Sep 2012 #4
I hadn't thought of that.... russspeakeasy Sep 2012 #5
Anyone who is nothing but a husk ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2012 #7
Beats me!! He's adorable ailsagirl Sep 2012 #8
LOL! Grateful for Hope Sep 2012 #2
It was brilliant, because he is. orpupilofnature57 Sep 2012 #3
My favorite video: librarylu Sep 2012 #6
And to think he was doing all of that at the exact same time he was killing Bin Laden. nt aaaaaa5a Sep 2012 #9
thats what I loved most about that.... trailmonkee Sep 2012 #11
"these are the kinds of decisions that would keep me up at night" TahitiNut Sep 2012 #14
Which is, to me, incredible... GainesT1958 Sep 2012 #18
This is great, thank you for posting it. siligut Sep 2012 #10
that was hilarious barbtries Sep 2012 #12
The Trumpster wasn't smiling....he looked PISSED!!! Submariner Sep 2012 #19
Barack was KILLING them!! This is why I know he'll kill Romney at the debates johnlucas Sep 2012 #26
Well, you know, Hawaii and Alaska and Michigan are really not quite part of the US. indivisibleman Sep 2012 #13
Lol skeewee08 Sep 2012 #15
Obama is a class act, shrugging off these birther smears alp227 Sep 2012 #16
Score! MrMickeysMom Sep 2012 #17
Hilarious Kalidurga Sep 2012 #20
That's because when Mi$$ shows up, the dad points at him and says jtuck004 Sep 2012 #23
my favorite Obama line NJCher Sep 2012 #28
This is killing me Mojorabbit Sep 2012 #21
sounds like a fun guy.... trailmonkee Sep 2012 #22
The rest of the link is just the writer whining about how tavalon Sep 2012 #24
Romney can't make jokes, period. tanyev Sep 2012 #27
Oh, and trying to find a way to give feedback on this poorly written piece is pointless tavalon Sep 2012 #25
Here's the full site link ornotna Sep 2012 #30
Nice daleo Sep 2012 #29
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