More ‘birther’ nonsense from Donald Trump and Sarah Palin. Birtherisms earn "Four Pinocchios" (NYT)

[jefferson_dem]

More ‘birther’ nonsense from Donald Trump and Sarah Palin
By Glenn Kessler


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“I just say very simply, why doesn’t he show his birth certificate? Why has he spent over $2 million in legal fees to keep this quiet and to keep this silent?”

—Donald Trump, April 10, 2011

“More power to him . He’s not just throwing stones from the sidelines, he’s digging in, he’s paying for researchers to find out why President Obama would have spent $2 million to not show his birth certificate.”

--Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, April 9, 2011

The controversy over the circumstances of President Obama’s birth has erupted once again, courtesy of Donald Trump’s sudden desire to test the presidential waters. He has appeared on numerous television shows and written a letter to the editor of the New York Times, spouting all sorts of Four-Pinocchio innuendo that had long ago been debunked by my colleagues at PolitiFact and FactCheck.org. Their fine work does not need to be repeated, and below we provide links to their articles to address many of the issues Trump has raised.

The charge that Obama has spent $2 million to keep this issue quiet is a relatively new one. (Trump has also said Obama spent “millions of dollars trying to get away from this.”) Sarah Palin also echoed the claim over the weekend when she congratulated Trump for hiring investigators to look into this issue.

(Note to the former governor: The Fact Checker dealt with The Donald in a previous life as a financial reporter for New York Newsday. We wouldn’t bet he has actually hired anyone unless he presented us with the canceled check.)

Let’s examine this latest claim about Obama and his circumstances of his birth.

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[monmouth]

1. NY Daily News going after him also. Great article there...n/t

[SpiralHawk]

2. The Shirker (R) and The Quitter (R) are both Bullshitting Grifters (R)

How republicon can you be?

[no_hypocrisy]

3. The birther issue is the ONLY reason why Trump is invited on television.

He can't campaign. He has nothing else to offer. Doesn't know the issues well enough to have a simple discussion.

[lunatica]

4. Trump and Palin probably secretly hate each other

Two attention hogs wallowing and grunting in the same mud puddle trying to out-squeal each other is what comes to mind.

[vaberella]

5. Why do I picture of pinocchio's head with an extended nose award...?!

:rofl: