How To Interview Donald Trump: The Birther-Debunker’s Guide To The Universe

[Ian David]

How To Interview Donald Trump: The Birther-Debunker’s Guide To The Universe

Although everyone seems to be having a ball with Donald Trump’s Magical Birth Certificate Mystery Tour®, the sheer volume of Birther mythology makes it tough for interviewers to hit every clay Birther pigeon Trump tosses into the air. To be fair, reporting on the birth certificate issue always seems to be missing one or two pieces, like a yard-sale Monopoly set. Hopefully, this handy guide will remedy that situation, and help The Donald’s next Birther interview go straight to truth-jail. Do not pass “Go,” do not collect the nomination.

As Birthers go, Donald Trump is actually only a mediocre specimen. My friend Les Kinsolving could run circles around him with the kind of deep-dish Birtherism that would even make Orly Taitz roll her eyes. For the sake of time and sanity, though, I’ll confine this to the points that Trump raises. The next time someone interviews Trump, I expect them to knock this Birther thing out right quick, and see if they can get The Donald to produce his Gaddafi charity receipt. So far, his office has declined to do so.

Why Doesn’t President Obama Release His Long-Form Birth Certificate?

I’m going to start here, because this is the piece of the puzzle that nagged at me for a long time. For the uninitiated, much of the Birther conspiracy centers around the Obama campaign’s release of a Certification of Live Birth (COLB) to prove his eligibility for the office of the presidency, rather than an original “long-form” birth certificate. The COLB is the equivalent of the certified copy I use whenever I need a birth certificate, or whenever anyone else does the same. Nobody carries around their “original” birth certificate (although, according to Stephen Wright, George Washington carried around a dollar bill for this purpose).

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“It’s a Department of Health record and it can’t be released to anybody,” he said. Nor do state laws have any provision that authorizes such records to be photocopied, Wisch said. If Obama wanted to personally visit the state health department, he would be permitted to inspect his birth record, Wisch said.

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[damntexdem]

1. The best way to interview Donald Trump: don't.

Ignore him, as he deserves.