Birthers Get A Trump Card, Part 5

Donald Trump's plan to legitimize birtherism (and de-legitimize the President) continues unabated this week on the Today Show:

MEREDITH VIEIRA:
Do you think given all the issues that this country is facing that this is something that resonates with the public? That they care about this?
DONALD TRUMP:
The Constitution of the United States…great document. And you agree with it?
MEREDITH VIEIRA:
Yeah, sure.
DONALD TRUMP:
It says you have to be born in this country. Essential. Have to be born in this country, okay? If he wasn’t born in this country, he has conned the whole world.
MEREDITH VIEIRA:
But you’re saying it’s a con. That’s what you’re saying.
DONALD TRUMP:
I’m not saying anything. I’m saying--
MEREDITH VIEIRA:
Sure you are.
DONALD TRUMP:
I am saying I want to see the birth certificate. It’s very simple. I want to see the birth certificate. How come his own family doesn’t know which hospital he was born in? How come-- forget about birth certificates. Let’s say there’s no birth certificate. How come in the hospital itself, okay? This is one of the…in the hospital itself, there’s no records of his birth. In other words, it doesn’t say how much they paid, where is the doctor, here’s your room bill. You know, all the
MEREDITH VIEIRA:
You’ve been privy to all of this to know this?
DONALD TRUMP:
Well, I have people that actually have been studying it and they cannot believe what they’re talking.
MEREDITH VIEIRA:
You have people now out there searching-- I mean, in Hawaii?
DONALD TRUMP:
Absolutely. And they cannot believe what they’re finding. And I’m serious--

Yet, Donald Trump has basically bet his career on becoming a professional Birther.  But instead of being shunned by our "liberal media" who is "in the tank for Obama" Trump gets regular chances to say that Obama is conning the American people and keeps getting invited on TV again and again to peddle his own snake oil games.

Trump's not going away anytime soon, because our "liberal media" is more than happy to feed him on a regular basis.  He has yet to be challenged, nor will he be.

Remember, a vast majority of Republicans have doubts about Obama being a US citizen.  It makes it much easier to de-legitimize and demonize the man if he's portrayed as an evil con artist who tricked the good Real Americans out there.  Trump is playing this like a maestro, and he's doing so without his insanity being contested one iota.

And that's fine with the Republicans.  Look at New Hampshire.

The poll also found that among "birthers" and tea party Republicans, Trump fared even better, even surpassing the hands-down front-runner Mitt Romney with the group that believes Obama wasn't born in the U.S.

The poll also found that 42 percent of likely primary voters in New Hampshire do not believe Obama is a citizen, and among them Trump tops Romney 22-21 percent. In the wider cross-section of Republicans, Romney leads with 27 percent to Trump's 21 percent. 

Don't think Trump is a serious threat yet?  I do.  He's running on Obama Derangement Syndrome, and entire campaign built on a single massive lie.  And yet he's gaining on the GOP front-runners simply by giving into the far right-wing hatred of Obama.

Do not underestimate this hatred.  Nothing good will come of it.