Perry touches on birtherism in interview (Politico)

Rick Perry, when asked by Parade magazine about President Obama's birthplace, gives something short of a hard "he was born here:"

Governor, do you believe that President Barack Obama was born in the United States?
I have no reason to think otherwise.

That?s not a definitive, ?Yes, I believe he??
Well, I don?t have a definitive answer, because he?s never seen my birth certificate.

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But you?ve seen his.
I don?t know. Have I?

You don?t believe what?s been released?
I don?t know. I had dinner with Donald Trump the other night.

And?
That came up.

And he said?
He doesn?t think it?s real.

And you said?
I don?t have any idea. It doesn?t matter. He?s the President of the United States. He?s elected. It?s a distractive issue.

The birther issue helped Trump ride a populist wave for a time in the polls, before his numbers started sagging - and before Obama asked Hawaiian officials to release the birth certificate.

(Via Political Wire)

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