Romney cracks 'birther' joke, draws Obama campaign rebuke

Campaigning in his home state, Mitt Romney cracked an out-of-the-ordinary joke Friday about the so-called "birther" controversy.
While talking up his roots in Michigan -- both he and his wife Ann were born and raised here, and his father was a much-beloved governor -- Romney noted the proof behind his place of birth.
"Ann was born in Henry Ford Hospital. I was born in Harper Hospital," he said to cheers from a crowd of several thousand at a local orchard and cider mill, before joking about the questions some have raised about President Obama's birthplace. "No one's ever asked to see my birth certificate. They know that this is the place that we were born and raised."
The crowd reacted wildly, cheering and laughing at the joke. But Romney has typically avoided the "birther" issue altogether, considering Obama debunked the theory last year when he released his long-form birth certificate from the state of Hawaii.
The Romney campaign was quick to clarify, saying he was only referring to Michigan where the candidate was born and raised.
"The governor has always said, and has repeatedly

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