Politics | birther Now Obama Tells Birther Joke Last month, Dems slammed Romney for making similar joke By Mark Russell Posted Sep 9, 2012 5:42 AM CDT Copied President Barack Obama, right standing, points at Andre Wupperman, far left, during an unschedule stop at Gator's Dockside yesterday in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) Apparently Mitt Romney isn't the only presidential candidate who likes to make a birther crack, because President Obama chimed in with his own yesterday. While at a campaign stop in Orlando, Obama was told a 6-year-old boy at the table was born in Hawaii. "You were born in Hawaii? You have a birth certificate?," joked Obama, reports the Hill. Obama's campaign was considerably less amused over Romney's August comment, saying the country didn't need a "birther-in-chief." Read These Next Iran's new supreme leader is said to already have war wounds. One critical island in Iran has remained unscathed in airstrikes. Tennis star melts down, swears at booing crowd. International Energy Agency makes a big move on oil. Report an error