I tried to warn you people back in June: Birtherism Will Never, Ever Die -- Get Used to It

[LuckyTheDog]

Despite the complete lack of evidence to support their claims, birthers continue to assert that President Barack Obama was born in Kenya. When will it stop? It won't. Not ever.

Thanks largely to the efforts of Donald Trump, it is abundantly clear that birtherism has survived the release of Obama's long-form birth certificate roughly 13 months ago. With that out of the way, there is nothing left that can stop it. The birther cause is now destined to join the pantheon of enduring fringe movements like the Flat Earth Society and the folks who insist the moon landings were faked. It is here to stay.

The durable nature of birtherism was not always so obvious. Prior to the release of the long-form certificate, the very nature of their demands seemed to doom the movement to eventual oblivion. In 2010, the birther blog "Expose Obama" summed things up this way: "If you are born in a hospital there are records. It is called a long form birth certificate. Just release it and we go away." It was tempting to believe them.

The website WND.com launched a billboard campaign demanding to see the certificate. Professional conspiracy nut Jerome Corsi wrote numerous articles about the topic and eventually released a book entitled -- what else? -- Where's the Birth Certificate? Entire websites were devoted to the quest for the almighty long form. Everything, it seemed, depended on that one thing.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-melton/birther-movement_b_1558979.html

[msanthrope]

1. Good. The issue is a win/win for us. nt

[dkf]

2. It's separates out the lunatic fringe. Good.