Ohio Republicans Crack Birther Jokes When Introducing Senate Candidate Rob Portman

Once again proving Republicans are children, ignorant and simply unfit to govern our country, two Ohio Republicans this past weekend made birther jokes questioning President Obama's citizenship status at a local fundraising dinner starring Senate candidate and former Bush administration official Rob Portman.

Here is the first joke from former state Rep. Jim Buchy:

"Lincoln was a skinny lawyer. Obama is a skinny lawyer. Lincoln was a Republican. Obama is a skinny lawyer. Lincoln was highly respected. Obama is a skinny lawyer. Lincoln was born in the United States. Obama is a skinny lawyer."

Joke number two from State Rep. James Zehringer:

"Rob Portman is an American lawyer. That's the first sentence [on his Wikipedia page]. That's something our president can't say,"

The point here is that this is all Republicans have to offer. Un-American, grade-school jokes that aren't funny. The jokes themselves aren't even that offensive. What is offensive is that nearly half of Americans want to put these people back in power.

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