Doonesbury Say What?

[thewayne]

"Maybe it says he's a Muslim. I don't know."
— Donald Trump, on Obama's birth certificate

"Personally, I think it is brilliant."
— Trump advisor Roger Stone, on raising the birth certificate issue

It would appear that Trump's adviser's memory doesn't extend past 2008 or so. If this is indicative of the quality of his advisers, he stands even less of a chance than I originally thought. A birth certificate may show the religion(s) of the parents, but that's hardly a label that applies to a person later in life if they choose to follow some other faith.

Here's a couple of Snopes cites for The Edification of The Donald and The Roger:
Obama's Hawaiian birth certificate is valid: http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/birthcertificate.asp
Obama's Kenyan birth certificate is a forgery: http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/birthers/kenyacert.asp

And better yet: The Donald produced his own birth certificate, but it wasn't an official birth certificate: http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0311/Trump_fails_to_produce_birth_certificate.html. So maybe Trump was born in Kenya and he had the document altered to make it look like Obama was born there! Well played, Mister Trump, well played.

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[silveradept]

And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why Birtherism is doomed to failure.