Times is Tough No. 8

Donald Trump has been running around the last couple of days being really REALLY concerned about Obama’s birth certificate. It’s the same old birther lie that was soundly debunked three years ago. Here’s the birth certificate online. [link]

So why are Donald Trump and Crazy-Eyes Bachmann trotting out this dead horse, when they know it isn’t true? The simple answer is that they believe they can gain some political advantage by doing so. They know that if they repeat the lie often enough, people will start to believe it. Trump keeps hammering home that word “concerned” (that’s called staying on message) because he wants to seem like he’s a patriot who’s looking out for the public interest instead of just a douche-bag who’s trying to benefit from a lie. Don’t let him do it. Spread the word.