Barack Obama has appeared on Oprah to explain why he released his birth certificate yesterday.But he was immediately slammed for 'campaign politics' as video of him laughing with the talk show queen emerged.
Republicans accused the President of wasting time, saying that crippling national debt, high unemployment and rising gas prices are more important than President's birth certificate.
The President had chided the 'silliness' of the birther movement before hopping on Air Force One to make the Oprah appearance.
The White House had hoped the long-awaited release of the certificate would deliver a fatal blow to the so-called 'birther' movement - led by flamboyant billionaire Donald Trump - which maintains the President was not born in Hawaii.
But moments after labelling the whole debate a 'silly side show', Mr Obama hopped aboard Chicago bound Air Force One to film with his long-time supporter Oprah Winfrey.
'When it first came up, were you thinking, I hope I was born here?' Oprah asked, to laughter from the audience.
'Can I just say I was there, so I knew,' Mr Obama replied. 'I knew I had been born. I remembered it.' Read More
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