The Trump Effect on Birtherism (Dave compares birthers to truthers, Trump to Ron Paul)

Slate ^ | April 1, 2011 | David Weigel

[2ndDivisionVet]

The quotes are from Mr. Barron of GOProud, not Mr. Trump.

[achilles2000]

I suspected that sodomites would see Trump as a friendly candidate...

[Cheetahcat]

What is Go proud, Filthy Queers?? They can go to hell.

[pingman]

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

[RockinRight]

Maybe, maybe not. They probably don’t like his haircut.

That said, I don’t care if a guy dressed like Dorothy, had nipple clamps, and a whole collection of Barbra Streisand CDs; if he could fight muzzies, balance the budget, cut government, cut taxes, and improve our standing in the world, I’d vote for him.

[curiosity]

LOL! So the birthers are now in bed with a prominent gay activist! Oh, the irony! ROFLOL

[2ndDivisionVet]

He’s really a Democrat, but this whole “birther” thing was started by Democrats like Phillip Berg.

[curiosity]

He’s really a Democrat, but this whole “birther” thing was started by Democrats like Phillip Berg.

Shouldn't that just make you a tad suspicious of it?Could it be that maybe, just maybe Obama is intentionally withholding his long-form BC to divide his opposition and make Republicans look crazy?

[dfwgator]

Remember “Willie Horton”, the first one to use it on Dukakis was none other than Al Gore.

[2ndDivisionVet]

That was long before Mr. Obama won the election. Hillary supporters started the whole thing to get back at him for the way he and his people treated her. Unless Barry is a lot smarter than I think he is, he couldn’t have planned for that.

[dfwgator]

I believe Obama was born in this country, I just think there’s something on his birth certificate he doesn’t want the rest of the country to know.

[pingman]

Why has Trump latched onto the BC issue, rather than the more cut-and-dried ‘father wasn’t a US citizen’ argument? Curious.

[edge919]

Why has Trump latched onto the BC issue, rather than the more cut-and-dried ‘father wasn’t a US citizen’ argument? Curious.

Probably because the general public understands document fraud better than they understand natural law.

[edge919]

I believe Obama was born in this country, I just think there’s something on his birth certificate he doesn’t want the rest of the country to know.

Yes. We do know a few things.

1. In two days, Trump has produced two corroborating birth documents, while Obama has only produced a jpg of an alleged 2007 birth abstract that has not been corroborated nor authenticated.
2. Obama was listed in another country as its citizen with the last of his father (by adoption) or stepfather. Adoption records may exist that he doesn't want released. His original records may be completely different than his alleged 2007 COLB.
3. A 2007 birth abstract is not an ORIGINAL birth certificate (unless no certificate was ever issued before that). Obama wrote about a birth certificate in 1995, but has never shown that birth certificate.

It's time for the Obama apologists and faithers to quit making excuses. Let's see an original, doctor-signed ... LEGAL birth certificate like the long-form that Trump showed.

[El Sordo]

Bah! Crazy talk.

[blockhead51]

LOL! So the birthers are now in bed with a prominent gay activist! Oh, the irony! ROFLOL
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Think of it as a “big tent” gathering of constitutionalist against the ineligible usurper - Soetoro. That’s an issue we can ALL get behind!

[charlie72]

The birth certificate issue is important only if the Constitution is important. Repubs and Dems on the Senate Judiciary Committee trying to vet McCain and Obama decided the Constitution didn’t matter.

[blockhead51]

He’s really a Democrat, but this whole “birther” thing was started by Democrats like Phillip Berg.
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What’s your point? Usurpation of a Republic is an issue ALL political parties can oppose! Right?

[blockhead51]

He’s really a Democrat, but this whole “birther” thing was started by Democrats like Phillip Berg.

Shouldn’t that just make you a tad suspicious of it?Could it be that maybe, just maybe Obama is intentionally withholding his long-form BC to divide his opposition and make Republicans look crazy?
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After 3 years of this, I’m not feeling crazy. I’m feeling pleased that we are about to tip the scales and force the powers that be to address the issue. If I am wrong, then it’s time to dig in our heals and keep plowing ahead til we do. I am a birther.

[2ndDivisionVet]

If they’re right-thinking Americans. There aren’t too many of those left in the Democratic Party, especially at the upper levels.