If I embarrassed the state, I apologize, but that certainly wasn’t my intent.
– Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett (and Arizona Co-Chair of Romney’s campaign), who had threatened to remove Barrack Obama’s name from the presidential ballot in that state unless he received absolute “proof” from Hawaii that Obama was born there. When asked, Bennett admitted that the didn’t seek similar information from Michigan regarding Mitt Romney’s birth.
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