The White House released the President's long-form birth certificate on April 27, 2011, and posted to the White House website, he was born on August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Republican Mitt Romney made a dig at the president about his birth certificate, re-igniting speculation about Obama's eligibility for the White House.Mitt Romney made a joke about his birth certificate at a Michigan rally that many in the crowd heard as a swipe at the president.
"no one's ever asked to see my birth certificate."
The Obama camp thinks otherwise. At a rally in the suburbs of Detroit, Romney told a crowd of about 5,000 that he and his wife were happy to be back near their childhood home. "They know that this is the place that we were born and raised," the candidate said.
The remark was a clear reference to the discredited claims that Obama was not born in the United States and thus ineligible to be president. Hawaii officials have repeatedly verified Obama's citizenship, and courts have rebuffed lawsuits over the issue.
The Obama campaign decried the remark, saying Romney was embracing "the most strident voices in his party instead of standing up to them." "Throughout this campaign, Governor Romney has embraced the most strident voices in his party instead of standing up to them," said campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt. "Gov. Romney's decision to directly enlist himself in the birther movement should give pause to any rational voter across America."
Romney's son Matt joked earlier this year about Obama's birth certificate, a quip for which he later apologized.
There's really no way to make the conspiracy about President Obama's birth certificate completely go away, it will stay on like Tyson bite off, Boxing match between Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield on June 28, 1997 in which Holyfied ear got bitten.
