Street Talk : April 25, 2011

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April 25, 2011

Street Talk : April 25, 2011

Anonymous Daily Star The Daily Star Mon Jun 27, 2011, 08:27 AM EDT

Do you think President Obama was born in the U.S?

"No doubt he's one of our smartest presidents, so I'm sure he's from here."

_ Andrew Demidenko, Cooperstown, chef.

"I don't like him as a president, but the chance that the president of America wasn't born here is zero."

_ Nathan Kline, Cooperstown, retired.

"There might be a controversy with his Social Security number, but if he wasn't born here, you would have thought that someone would have come forward by now."

_ Calvin McKee, Cooperstown, retired.

"I wonder if the confusion is because people don't know Hawaii is part of America, but seriously, there's no chance he's not American."

_ Alana Gentry, Oneonta, retail.

"I voted for him, and even if he wasn't born here, he's grown up here, and his mom is from here."

_ Dan Leonard, Oneonta, construction.

"There might be a slight possibility, but it shouldn't be a huge issue, it's not like he has actually destroyed the country."

_ Jack Benton, Delhi, retired.