Republicans Bristle at Obama Call to Get 'Serious'

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Fox News:

In releasing his long-form birth certificate, President Obama made sure there was a moral to the sordid question of his origins: It's time to get serious about the business of the nation, he said.

Republicans have responded with their own cry to conscience: It's about time.

Just as Obama was "puzzled" by the attention given to the "birther" theories that he is not a native-born American -- which he tried to disprove Wednesday by trotting out the long-form version of his birth certificate that conspiracy theorists have been requesting -- GOP leaders said they were surprised the president felt he had to address them.

"If the White House press secretary says that this is a sideshow, why aren't we treating it as such and dealing with the bigger issues?" House Republican Leader Eric Cantor asked in reference to the birth certificate controversy.

"There are much more important issues for us to be dealing with, obviously," Cantor told Fox News, citing unemployment near 9 percent and the country's $14 trillion debt.


Cantor's office blasted out a memo Wednesday saying the party remains "squarely focused" on the economy and the debt, as well as energy policy, despite the birther hubbub.

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Love it.

 

"If the White House press secretary says that this is a sideshow, why aren't we treating it as such and dealing with the bigger issues?" House Republican Leader Eric Cantor asked in reference to the birth certificate controversy.

[AceRimmer]

It's time to get serious about the business of the nation, he said.

 

On his way out the door for a round of golf before heading to the Hamptons for another fundraiser, no doubt...

[NCTexan]

It's time to get serious about the business of the nation, he said.

 

 

Now on to MTV, Jerry Springer and the BET Soul Train Awards.

[Valin]

It's time to get serious about the business of the nation, he said.

 

On his way out the door for a round of golf before heading to the Hamptons for another fundraiser, no doubt...

 

 

 

You Nailed It!!!!

 

 

I agree it is (way past) time to get serious, the problem is many of us doubt President Obama is serious about this.

 

 

 

 

PS: it could be true this administration is serious, which begs the question...where do they seriously want to take this nation? No place good I suspect.

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hE8cYtWHsM

From Nov. 2008