“Contrary to the rumours that you've heard, I was not born in a manger. I was actually born on Krypton and sent here by my father, Jor-El, to save the planet Earth.”
Joking in a speech at the Al Smith Dinner in New York City (17 October 2008) http://www.truveo.com/Obama-Im-From-Krypton-My-Father-Was-JorEl/id/2710091678; making allusions Jesus and Superman, in regard to impossibly high expectations of what he might do as president. <br class="br">2008
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