How the heck can trump take this as a victory

[brettdale]

He was on tv here, saying this is huge for him,a massive victory and thats he been proven right and why oh why
is their no journo that calls him up on bs?

[hobbit709]

1. He claims that because on Planet Numbnuts where he lives it is so.

[democracy1st]

2. it's like Fox calling themselves fair and balanced!

[pnwmom]

3. What? You don't think it's a huge victory that he got Obama

to cough up a second birth certificate that said the same thing the first birth certificate said?

:rofl:

[seabeyond]

12. i listened to obamas speech. no, it is not a victory. obama shamed them.

i loved what he said that put it on media. he handled it perfectly.

no victory

[Stevenmarc]

4. At best it's pyrrhic victory

In Trumps mind he's the Birther that made Obama blink but at the end of the day all he is is the King of the Nutbaggers, not exactly a great political move.

[ejpoeta]

5. he's good at that. it's the only way i can think of a guy who bankrupted a casino

can call himself a good businessman.

[lunatica]

6. Did you expect him to say he was wrong?!

The Donald?! Not likely.

He's getting really predictable. And I don't mean that in a good way.

[no_hypocrisy]

7. nydailynews: Donald Trump won by forcing Obama to release birth certificate

=snip=

From a tactical perspective, what Trump did was astounding. The "birther" issue was one that had seemingly been buried beneath more serious considerations, like our national debt and the Middle East uprisings. Sure, it swirled in certain outlying Republican circles, on fringe blogs and in obscure chat rooms, but it was far from a headline-maker.

-more-

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2011/04/28/2011-04-28_donald_trump_won_by_forcing_obama_to_release_birth_certificate_but_he_gop_must_r.html

[brooklynite]

8. Any publicity is good as long as they spell your name right...

...and mention the show you're hosting.

[JHB]

9. Because he's Donald Trump

This is The Donald we're speaking of (much to his delight). It's all about him.

Anything that gets his name "out there" (no matter how out there, in another sense, the subject may be), including other peoples' actions that will inevitably draw attention back to him, is a victory for him.

[Glimmer of Hope]

10. He has a personality disorder.

[Buzz Clik]

11. What else can he do? Obama handed him his ass and made him look foolish.

He has no options but to close his eyes, put his fingers in his ears, and declare victory.

[Warren Stupidity]

13. He made the president show us da birf sirtificurt

why wouldn't he claim victory?