Will The Donald's birtherism backfire? (About a dozen libs opine)

Who knew The Donald would become king of the birthers? The real estate mogul has embarked on a certificate-finding mission as of late, demanding that President Obama release proof of his being born in the U.S.

“All of a sudden, a lot of facts are emerging and I’m starting to wonder myself whether or not [Obama] was born in this country,” he says.

Trump released what he said was his birth certificate to the website Newsmax.com, which Ben Smith later noted was not actually his birth certificate but rather a hospital “certificate of birth” which doesn’t count as an official document.

With his rampant birtherism, is it time for the media to stop taking Donald Trump seriously as a 2012 presidential contender? Or is his catering to the birthers a smart political strategy in the GOP primary season? A new CNN poll says 43% of Republicans believe President Obama was not born in the U.S.

Steve Murphy Democratic consultant; Managing Partner at Murphy Vogel Askew Reilly :

It is not time to stop taking Donald Trump seriously as a presidential contender because he should not have been taken seriously in the first place. Trump is simply self-promoting and he will stop this joke of a trial balloon when his marketing people tell him it is hurting his casino business.

Trump’s newfound birtherism is nothing more than a cheap machination from Roger Stone, who nobody in the political world takes seriously anymore other than Trump. And Trump does not have the money – he is as heavily leveraged as he always has been and the real estate business is still in the doldrums. Eventually Trump will realize Stone does not have the magic potion after all and go away.(continued)

I can just imagine The Donald confronting The Zer0 on The Celebrity Apprentice You will notice on that show that The Donald is a very good judge of character. It is almost like X-ray vision. Zer0 will be put under the interrogation process to the Nth degree. The Donald will not stop because he is very persistant. Zer0 is going for the job review of his life by the best in the business.

I can tell you that The Donald will give Zer0 a zero job performance rating, like the nickname we give him. And if I were The Donald, Zer0 would treated no different than you or I, "For giving false information on your job application, you're fired!"

It took Trump just a few days to find and publish his long form BC.

Meanwhile, in Hawaii Gov. Abercrombie is still looking ...

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Could someone help me? I went to the Politico site and looked for a copy of Trump's long form birth certificate that Trump released to the public one or two days ago, but I couldn't seem to find it.

As we know, Politico quickly made fun of Trump when Trump originally released a hospital certificate instead of his long form birth certificate.

My point is this: To be fair to Trump, I say that Politico should now publish Trump's long form birth certificate, and it should also do more: It should apologize to Trump for the way it quickly ridiculed Trump for having released a hospital certificate instead of releasing his long form birth certificate, a certificate Trump released a day after releasing his hospital certificate.

Again, could someone point me to Trump's long form birth certificate on the Politico site, because I am sure Politico would want to publish Trump's long form birth certificate in order to be fair to Trump.

To me, if Politico is really searching for the truth, it is time for Politico to put as much pressure on Obama to now release his Hawaii long form birth certificate---if it even exists---as it did when it put pressure on Trump to release his New York long form birth certificate.

Of course, to be realistic, we all know that Obama will release his college records before Politico will ever put any type of pressure on Obama to release his Hawaii long form birth certificate, if it even exists.

Here it is: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/files/ht_trump_birth_certificate_jp_110329.pdf

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This is mirse. Thanks for your help. But I have already seen Trump's long form birth certificate on several sites.

I want to see Trump's long form birth certificate specifically on the Politico site because of the way Politico jumped all over Trump and made fun of him when Trump first released his hospital certificate instead of his long form birth certificate, a certificate Trump released a day after releasing his hospital certificate.

Thanks again for your help.

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