# Birthers launch a new attack - on Romney **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [March 23, 2012, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthers-launch-a-new-attack-on-romney/616613 "2012-03-23T16:25:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2012, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthers-launch-a-new-attack-on-romney/616613/41 "2012-03-24T16:42:35Z")
Anyway, Romney’s not a natural-born U.S. citizen because, like all Mormons, he really was born on the planet Kolob. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthers-launch-a-new-attack-on-romney/616613/42 "2012-03-24T17:44:31Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > So by that reasoning, anyone who had a forebear that came to the United States after the American Revolution and didn’t bother going through naturalization process, wouldn’t qualify as a U.S. citizen then? I really wouldn’t even hazard a guess at what the person was thinking, and his statements were not challenged by the DJ. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthers-launch-a-new-attack-on-romney/616613/43 "2012-03-24T19:47:11Z")
> [@Blaster\_Master](#): > > … It’s the same reason we had the musical chairs of leading conservative candidates until they ended up with only Santorum remaining. This just made Newt Gingrich cry. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthers-launch-a-new-attack-on-romney/616613.md?page=2)