but earlier this month, he told conservative fund-raisers what he thought about president obama. i don t know whether barack obama was born in the united states or not. i don t know that. but i do know this that in his heart, he s not an american. he s just not an american. in his heart, he s not an american. coffman didn t know he was being recorded. four days later, he released this statement. i misspoke. i apologize. i have confidence in president obama s citizenship and legitimacy as president of the united states. i don t believe the president shares my belief in american exceptionalism. exceptionalism? don t you have to have the facts to be exceptional? or that s gone too? oh, he misspoke. how do you misspeak when you say, i do know this he s not an american ? it sounds like coffman said exactly what he wanted to say. coffman laid low after releasing this statement. he just kind of wanted the whole thing to go away. but a reporter from denver s