Donald Trump made a big flourish of releasing his birth certificate to show he has nothing to hide and suggesting it has more than Barack Obama’s. But does it? Go HERE.
But it won’t matter.
Partisanship and ideological hatred aimed at those who dare see things differently and are political obstacles mean that what is said trumps what exists. So Rush L, Sean H, Glenn B and some in the blogosphere will insist its 100 percent different . It’s because if you say something over and over and over you DO convince some people that it MUST be so — mostly people who want it to be so since they don’t like the political target of the defining attempt. It’s a way to score points.
Trump’s birth certificate is to proving his case against Obama what Trump’s hair is to proving the case for comb-overs.
I still believe the birthers (Trump included) bring to mind this song:
Or this:
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.