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August 27, 2012

Romney Invokes "Birther" Controversy With Dig at Obama 
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Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney waded into the so-called
"birther" controversy over the weekend with a dig at President Obama.
Speaking in his home state of Michigan, Romney said that unlike Obama,
he has never faced questions about his place of birth.

Mitt Romney: "I love being home in this place that Anne and I were
raised. Where both of us were born. Anne was born in Henry Ford
hospital, I was born in Harper hospital. No one has ever asked to see my
birth certificate, they know that this is the place we were born and
raised."

Also at his event in Michigan, Romney shared his message to
counter-protesters backing President Obama in this year's election.

Mitt Romney: "I saw someone outside the zone here that had a zone that
said 'four more years' and I almost felt like stopping and saying you
want four more years of 8 percent unemployment? You want four more years
of record number of foreclosures and declining home values? Do you want
four more years of trillion dollar deficits to pass onto your kids? And
do you want four more years of small businesses finding it hard to hire
people? Do you want four more years of government becoming more and more
intrusive in your lives and your businesses? I don't want four more
years of what we have, do you?"

 

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