CNN’s Carol Costello Calls Trump ‘A Joke’ In Discussion Defending Obama On Birther Claims

Mediaite ^ | March 30, 2011 | Mark Joyella

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CNN tends to shy away from dripping sarcasm and heavy-handed writing, but that didn’t stop Carol Costello from calling Donald Trump “a joke” in a “Talk Back” segment dealing with Trump’s recent comments about President Obama’s birth–and his own. “In the 2012 presidential election, at least one potential candidate is shaping up to be a joke. It’s likely the economy will still be struggling and we’ll be at war in at least two countries, but what do we get? Donald Trump.”

Costello, alerting viewers that “Donald Trump is not likely to become president, despite what the polls say,” asks “is it time to fire Donald Trump, right out of the political arena?”

Later, in a discussion with CNN’s Suzanne Malveaux, Costello dismissed the “joke” candidate’s comments about the president’s childhood, including Trump’s suggestion that “nobody” remembered him from his school days. Malveaux said she’d interviewed people who did, in fact, remember the president.

Costello called the Trump comments “ridiculous” and proceeded to mock Trump’s release this week of a birth document from Jamaica Hospital. “Mr. Trump proudly presented what he thought was his own birth certificate, except, it wasn’t. It was a hospital birthing record. Oops.” Costello fails to mention that Trump did, in fact, release his birth certificate yesterday. Oops?

Watch it here, from CNN:

(VIDEO AT LINK)

[jarofants]

I wonder if Mr. Trump is on a suicide watch after those comments.

[freekitty]

Just show us his original unaltered verified authorized birth certificate.

[freekitty]

Never heard of her.

[FrankR]

OK Carol, did you set a date yet for the unveiling of the obama's REAL birth certificate, or are you just blowing in the wind?

Carol you know, that we know, that you know the only thing that will prove what you say is the showing of the cert.

But, you don't have it, and if obama has it - well, you don't spend a million dollars hiding it, and then all of a sudden show it on a dare, now do you?

Ya know Carol, a REAL journalist would be out there investigating this, looking into his past, talking to people - not sitting behind a desk hoping you'll get an invite to a white house party soon.

Grow up Carol.

[Ge0ffrey]

That’s the rare time that I agree with CNN. Trump is a joke.

[Ge0ffrey]

That’s the rare time that I agree with CNN. Trump is a joke.

[southernfriedchix]

CNN has a larger, Ted Turner/Bill Gates/George Soros type end-game agenda, this is expected.

[ModelBreaker]

“But I wouldn’t mess around with Donald Trump. He has strings that nobody knows about.”

I hope Trump is squeaky clean. Because if he lied to his mother when he was 11, it’s going to be found and trumpeted on the old media. If he didn’t, they will make something up.

Trump may be tough. But he has never previously been a threat to America’s ruling class. Trump may now be a threat.

Our rulers have mucho more power than Trump and a lot more money too. They control most of the media. If they decide to destroy him, it will be an uneven contest.

[ferv888]

Not only that,but malveaux says why can’t people accept that Ambercrobie found BC. No, he found same thing CNN was making fun trump for, his lhospital certificate

Ferv888

[Terry Mross]

Someone point out to the dingbat that Trump released his COLB THEN released the long form. This was a trick. By doing this he brought attention to the fact that obama released nothing that will prove his birth location. And the lib media, so hung up on defending islamabama, missed it. Went right over their heads. ha!

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

I guess I’m a birther and a Tenther!