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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 11:16 AM Sep 2016

Obama Pre-empts Trump: 'I Was Pretty Confident About Where I Was Born'

Source: Talking Points Memo

President Obama on Friday briefly addressed Donald Trump's recent refusal to say that Obama was born in the United States, saying he wishes the presidential election would reflect "more serious issues."

"I was pretty confident about where I was born," the president observed.

When asked for his reaction to Trump's latest comments about his birth, Obama told ABC's Jonathan Karl that he had "no reaction" before briefly weighing in. "I'm shocked that a question like that would come up at a time when we've got so many other things to do," he said. "I'm not that shocked, actually. It's fairly typical."

"We got other business to attend to," he continued. "I was pretty confident about where I was born. I think most people were as well. And my hope would be that the presidential election reflects more serious issues than that. All right?"

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Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/obama-not-surprised-trump-birtherism

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Obama Pre-empts Trump: 'I Was Pretty Confident About Where I Was Born' (Original Post) DonViejo Sep 2016 OP
'I Was Pretty Confident About Where I Was Born' Botany Sep 2016 #1
Remember too that he was BumRushDaShow Sep 2016 #2
Awww!! first time seeing this pic. Malbrownluna8708 Sep 2016 #4
I remember riding a trike like that except in red BumRushDaShow Sep 2016 #7
PHOTO SHOPPED OBVIOUSLY. busterbrown Sep 2016 #6
!!! BumRushDaShow Sep 2016 #8
. struggle4progress Sep 2016 #3
I like that it's also a smack down of conservative shill Jonathan Karl alcibiades_mystery Sep 2016 #5
I am so looking forward to seeing what all 4 Obama's do next uppityperson Sep 2016 #9

Botany

(70,483 posts)
1. 'I Was Pretty Confident About Where I Was Born'
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 11:22 AM
Sep 2016




But what about the President's time machine that let him go back in time and call into
the Dept. of Health all the correct births and deaths for the hospital on the day of his
"birth" along with his false birth announcement too so the Dept. of Health would then
report this data to local newspapers.

Malbrownluna8708

(76 posts)
4. Awww!! first time seeing this pic.
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 01:50 PM
Sep 2016

My favorite pic is the one in the pirate costume. Those old trikes are worth money anyway, Just think if you got a hold of this one.

BumRushDaShow

(128,748 posts)
7. I remember riding a trike like that except in red
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 06:25 PM
Sep 2016

I think I had it when I was in nursery school (me and the Prez are a couple months apart in age). I actually had something like this -



Cars go faster!

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