CPAC: Raul Labrador Birther Joke Draws Laughs (VIDEO)

Freshman Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Idaho) relied on a little birther humor during his address at CPAC on Thursday morning, joking that he's an American citizen and has "the birth certificate to prove it."

Speaking on the diversity of the Republican party, Labrador, who was born in Puerto Rico, dropped the nod to the conspiracy theory suggesting President Barack Obama was born outside the United States.

"I was fortunate enough to be an American citizen by birth and I have the birth certificate to prove it," Labrador said to laughter and applause.

Labrador also ribbed House Speaker John Boehner for his super-tan skin, saying that while it could be said the party was made up of "three shades," Boehner's skin color provided the "fourth."

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Comments

[Shempster Shemp]

01:29 AM on 02/28/2011

Har Har we have diversity I see what you did thar. Get together with Michelle Malkin I'm sure her sides were splitt'n from laughter at your profound humor. Maybe afterwards you can go to the clan rally with her and retell the joke.

[DEMatHEART]

04:39 PM on 02/13/2011

Which profound intellectual writes this guy's material? Any mention of the economy?

[Razzer]

07:17 PM on 02/12/2011

Haw-haw?

[maxfax]

07:06 PM on 02/12/2011

We all know what he really meant, right?

[naijaman]

03:16 PM on 02/12/2011

Wow...I'm impressed...another birther joke...how original!

[lafayette2009]

02:34 PM on 02/12/2011

They continue the birther, muslim, commie, socialist, (can't be both of the latter) talk because they have nothing to offer in terms of policy or solutions to the problems their party and last President and VP created in the first place.

The "speakers" at this conference are proof that empty vessels make most sound! .

[KidShalleen]

05:45 PM on 02/12/2011

[ (can't be both of the latter) ]

Sure can, if you use Rethuglikan Transpositional logic.

[LucieLee]

01:39 PM on 02/12/2011

Wow?! The long form or the short form?

[skybar]

01:13 PM on 02/12/2011

Republican humor! There's nothing like it!

[den1953]

12:49 PM on 02/12/2011

Not a peep about jobs,national debt,cutting spending, North Korea, Iran, the Middle East,Americans staying in their homes, you know the important things that might affect this country, out of touch ,out of mind!

[gloworm]

10:44 AM on 02/12/2011

there's a lot of problems in the u.s.; joblessness, an accelerating decline to poverty by many of those jobless, a badly decaying infrastructure, tent cities, etc. surely these are more important than the constant taunts about the birthplace of the president. why not have a congressional examination of the president's credentials (which shouldn't take any more than an hour) and just get on with trying to fix all those things that are broken? and the "birthers" could get on to more important things, maybe checking the birth certificates of everyone that is employed by the u.s. govt. should keep them busy for a good while.

[americanwhoserved]

09:18 AM on 02/12/2011

It is almost pathetic (maybe I should leave out the almost part) to watch these unifinformed so called "christians" in action.

[Cookieman62]

10:43 AM on 02/12/2011

The birther movement was started by a Democrat, but then the Democrats cry about it. One of these days, maybe they will learn NOT to play dirty politics within their ranks. They should know by now that once they start down this path, others are going to do the same.

[getDpartystarted]

02:23 AM on 02/12/2011

A Mormon Hispanic. I wonder what jokes they tell about him when he isn't around to hear them.

[Tony Sanchez]

12:23 AM on 03/02/2011

Something to do with the Border Patrol I'm sure.

[p456]

12:06 AM on 02/12/2011

He has Stockholm syndrome.

[ladcrp]

12:04 AM on 02/12/2011

What a knee slapper!