[lbo-talk] Borowitz: Obama Willing to Negotiate Birthplace

Michael Pollak mpollak at panix.com
Tue Dec 7 11:47:12 PST 2010


http://www.borowitzreport.com/

December 7, 2010

In Latest Compromise with GOP, Obama Agrees He is a Muslim

Place of Birth `Negotiable,' President Says

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) - In his latest effort to find common

ground with Republicans in Congress, President Barack Obama said today

that he was willing to agree that he is a Muslim.

Differences over his religious orientation have been a sore point

between the President and his Republican foes for the past two years,

but in agreeing that he is a Muslim Mr. Obama is sending a clear signal

that he is trying to find consensus.

"The American people do not want to see us fighting in Washington," Mr.

Obama told reporters at the White House. "They want to see us working

together to improve their lives, and Allah willing, we will."

But Mr. Obama's willingness to back down on his claim of being a

Christian does not seem to have satisfied his Republican opposition, as

GOP leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) today insisted that the President must

also agree that he was born in Kenya.

While Mr. Obama did not immediately agree to Rep. Bohener's demand, he

hinted that yet another compromise might be in the offing: "My place of

birth has been, and will always be, negotiable."

White House sources indicated today that the President might be willing

to meet the GOP halfway on his birthplace and say that he was born in

the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.



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