came into the new orleans dome and gave the speech of his life that certainly got to me. but here i am in tampa, hearing a message that troubles me as an american. it started with that joke, so-called, that the republican candidate told friday about no one having asked him about his birth certificate. here s a guy, born to a famous family, mocking a guy born with none of his advantages. imagine the president of the united states having to produce his papers, just to prove he s in office legitimately, and that s how funny this birther thing has gotten. then i put it together with this new romney tv ad attacking obama for passing out welfare checks. and just to rub it in, to ensure that no one missed the point, did you catch romney following it up by saying, this was obama s effort to excite and shore up his base, passing out welfare checks. his base. i ve lived through other politicians talking like this. it s not been good for america in the past, it s not going to be good no
and that s what i m thinking about. can i win this thing? can i be successful in replacing president obama? if i can, i want to make sure that we get the country back on track. so for me, i m focused on not letting down the millions of people, literally millions now, who have endorsed my effort, sent checks in to help me campaign. i feel an enormous responsibility. i don t feel ebollent with aren t i great for having got this. i feel like, wow, a lot of people are counting on me, hoping i ll be able to win and i ll be able to get america on track again. wow. good morning, everyone. it is monday, august 27th. welcome to a wet, rainy, windy tampa, florida. that is chamber of commerce, my friends. that s fantastic. welcome to my home state, the sunshine state. for bringing me here. where are we, joe? live this morning in the channelside part of the city of med is week. he moon bar, has a new name. this beautiful sunny week, and the sunshine state don t see
it s an honor to be the nominee of my party. but this is about an opportunity to get america on track again, and that s what i m thinking about. can i win this thing? can i be successful in replacing president obama? if i can, i want to make sure that we get the country back on track. so for me, i m focused on not letting down the millions of people, literally millions now, who have endorsed my effort, sent checks in to help me campaign. i feel an enormous responsibility. i don t feel ebollent with aren t i great for having got this. i feel like, wow, a lot of people are counting on me, hoping i ll be able to win and i ll be able to get america on track again. wow. good morning, everyone. it is monday, august 27th. welcome to a wet, rainy, windy tampa, florida. that is chamber of commerce, my friends. that s fantastic. welcome to my home state, the sunshine state. for bringing me here. where are we, joe? live this morning in the channelside part of the city of t
1988, when george w. bush senior came into the new orleans dome and gave the speech of his life that certainly got to me. but here i am in tampa, hearing a message that troubles me as an american. it started with that joke, so-called, that the republican candidate told friday about no one having asked him about his birth certificate. here s a guy, born to a famous family, mocking a guy born with none of his advantages. imagine the president of the united states having to produce his papers, just to prove he s in office legitimately, and that s how funny this birther thing has gotten. then i put it together with this new romney tv ad attacking obama for passing out welfare checks. and just to rub it in, to ensure that no one missed the point, did you catch romney following it up by saying, this was obama s effort to excite and shore up his base, passing out welfare checks. his base. i ve lived through other politicians talking like this. it s not been good for america in the p
place where ann and i were raised where both of us were born. ann was born at henry ford hospital and i was born at harper hospital. no one ever asked to see my certificate. they know this is the place we were born and raise. here to talk about the birther joke and staunch support of todd akin staying in the race in missouri for the senate seat, the former presidential candidate arkansas governor media mogul extraordinaire mike huckabee joins me. start with the birther joke. seems incredibly mistimed. a great roll going all the polls going his way. all he had to do was really keep his head down until the big convention on monday and tells the stupid joke that is going to dominate the weekend news cycle. it wasn t. it was a joke. i dark he took it lightly. he is dismissing it with a joke, not trying to raise it.