President Obama notes things hard to find, keep: 'love and a birth certificate'

[cal04]

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/95465-obama-pays-tribute-to-things-hard-to-find-and-keep-love-and-a-birth-certificate

President Barack Obama took shots at his poll drops, birthers, death panels, and Arizona's new immigration law on Saturday night.

Obama opened for comedian Jay Leno at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, noting that Leno was the "only person whose ratings fell more than mine.

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But, the president joked, "I know my approval ratings are still very high in the country of my birth."

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As tabloid rumors have been roiling in the recent days about the president and the first lady, Obama paid tribute to his wife, Michelle. "There are few things more important to find and harder to keep than love -- well, love and a birth certificate," he said.

[Phx_Dem]

1. He was funny. Leno . . . not.

[itsrobert]

3. Take off your Rose Colored Glasses

Obama was not funny. But you are right on Leno.

[Cheap_Trick]

6. Well that's YOUR opinion, anyway.

I'm sure not everyone will find funny what YOU find funny, either.

[Cha]

10. Humor is in the mind of the beholder..nobody

better tell me what I find funny is not.. bc they say so.

[Phx_Dem]

17. That's a matter of opinion, but yours is definitely in the minority on this issue.

You're the first person I have heard say he wasn't funny.

[DebJ]

14. I've never seen Leno look so uncomfortable. He was rushing

so fast you would think he had never done a stand-up before.

[Hawkeye-X]

2. *groan*

Keep the birfer fire going, Obama. Nice job.

<rolls eyes>

<sighs>

[boppers]

5. He also said his approval ratings were good in the country of his birth.

:rofl:

[Cali_Democrat]

7. The birther thing helps Obama

It makes the reich wingers look crazy.

[jenmito]

8. Exactly...

joking about it shows how ridiculous it is. "Normal" people laugh along with him.

[NYC Liberal]

9. There is no "birther fire" to keep going. Nobody but a few really stupid

and insane imbeciles, actually is a "birther."

[Cha]

11. I'm glad Pres Obama joked about it..it is

a big fucking joke. Hawai'i voted yes on the Measure to ignore birther calls.

[NYC Liberal]

12. They did? I had only read they were considering it.

Not that I had any doubt but still! :)

[Cha]

13. .. :)

"Hawaii Legislature to Birthers: Sorry, We're Closed"

Hawaii Legislature OKs Measure to Ignore Requests for Disclosure of Barack Obama's Birth Certificate

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2010/04/barack-obama-birth-certificate-linda-lingle.html

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A brand-new chapter dawns in the birther controversy over President Obama's hidden birth certificate.

The Hawaii legislature has now officially passed a measure that would allow state officials to legally ignore each month's dozens of repeated requests by persons or organizations seeking to see the infant Obama's actual birth certificate.

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=388x20626

[Lilyeye]

16. Oh please. If an obvious joke would keep that going..that says more about the nutjobs than him.

[Arkana]

18. If you think anything he says will mollify them you are smoking some SERIOUS crack.

Why not poke fun at a group of insane people who make his opposition look bad?

[Phx_Dem]

4. I've had some disappointments . . .

"I had my heart set on the Nobel prize for physics . . . you can't win them all."

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Hekate]

15. What tabloid rumors? Sheesh. I thought Our Guy was funny. nt