"...Getting four suckers to fork over $30 for nothing covers their whole expense..."

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Got certificate? Birther group runs TV ad questioning Obama's birthplace

http://rawstory.com/blog/2009/09/got-certificate-birther-group-runs-tv-ad-questioning-obamas-birthplace/



A group promoting the notion that President Barack Obama was not born in the United States is running a half-hour infomercial in seven southern states urging viewers to send them $30 to fight for the cause.

As TalkingPointsMemo's Justin Elliott reported in two blog entries Friday, the United States Justice Foundation, a group devoted to proving the current occupant of the White House is not the legitimate president because he isn't a "natural-born citizen," began running the infomercial on Sept. 10, and has already convinced 1,500 to 2,000 people to send the organization a $30 donation.

For every donation, the group will send a fax to Attorney General Eric Holder, asking him to demand a legitimate birth certificate from the president. The donor will also receive a bumper sticker that reads "Got a birth certificate?"

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Blogger "dday" at Crooks and Liars points out that the infomercial cost only $100 per spot to air on KLBK, a CBS affiliate in Lubbock, Texas. That means the cost of airing the infomercial can be recouped with just a handful of donations.

"Getting four suckers to fork over $30 for nothing covers their whole expense, and looking at the production values, producing the episode didn't cost much more than $100 either," dday writes. "This is pure conservative hucksterism, where a few people make money off of whipping up fears for no real purpose."

http://rawstory.com/blog/2009/09/got-certificate-birther-group-runs-tv-ad-questioning-obamas-birthplace/

[bluestateguy]

1. Let them piss their money away

That's money that is NOT going to GOP candidates.

[Arctic Dave]

2. Hucksters and quacks is all that's left of the GOP big tent.

[Gabi Hayes]

3. I wish to HELL I'd thought of that.

fool and his money....honey...

[Gabi Hayes]

4. so...if I charge $20 for the same service, will I undercut them enough to make my own little pile?

[rucky]

5. If it's so simple, why can't we do it?

but for a decent cause?

[BanzaiBonnie]

6. Great way to identify yourself

I saw one of those bumper stickers the other day. I know right away he's an idiot. Don't have to have any contact to know that.