
On Wednesday, MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell (pictured left) had Birther Movement member Orly Taitz (pictured) on his "The Last Word" show to admit that she was wrong about President Barack Obama's birth of origin and apologize for leading a dubious-yet-damaging campaign against the President with her false information.
O'Donnell: "There is now, no longer, not an inch of room for any sane doubt about the time and the place of Barack Obama's birth or his parentage or the fact that he is a natural born citizen of the United States of America.
"Are you ready to apologize for the crusade that you have mounted against these simple truths?"
But instead, Taitz, looking fresh off her Looney Tunes gig, presented yet another document, claiming that the President was a "liar" who was also telling falsehoods about his ... wait for it ... selective service certificate.
You can't make this stuff up!!!
O'Donnell, shaking his head in disbelief, loses it:
"I want you to talk about the birth certificate! The selective service has nothing to do with proving his citizenship. Yes or no! I want you to talk about the birth certificate that you saw for the first time in your life. Do you accept the veracity of the birth certificate that you saw for the first time in your life?"
With several bumbling stops and starts, Taitz finally asks whether O'Donnell will allow her to speak, but when O'Donnell replies, "No," she continues asking for close-ups of her shameful papers until O'Donnell kicks her off the show, saying:
"I invited a crazy person on the show to see if a crazy person faced with the thing that the crazy person was trying to get for two and a half years could say something responsive, something human, to the document that was released today, that she's never seen before in her life and she wants to play with all of her of other kids' toys and all of her other crazy documents. I did not expect this to go this way."
O'Donnell's interview is one of the best videos I've seen in a long time, but it's not just because he goes in on the crazy Birther lady. It's also because his interview reveals one key point: This entire Birther issue has never been about where President Obama was born. Instead, it has always been about racist delusional people trying to find something, anything, to discredit Obama as commander-in-chief.
Clearly, Taitz is so desperate to defame the President with her pulled-from-the-ass paperwork that she has thrown all remnants of sanity to the wind.
I'm just glad O'Donnell called her and the movement out and said everything that we've been hoping, wishing and praying to say since this bogus "movement" was started.
I'm team O'Donnell from this point on.
Watch the crazy Birther lady here:


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By: Jackie on 4/28/2011 11:56PM
I friggin LOVE Lawrence O'Donnell. He is always spot on, and he doesn't let the loons talk over
him. He doesn't put up with their B.S. ever. Go Lawrence!!! Keep up the good work!!
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By: Jim Brandon on 4/30/2011 7:19PM
O'Donnel said that if she was invited to come on the show she would talk about the birth certificate. She lied to his agent. these birthers attempt to deceive whomever will listen to them and this inclrdes Trumpy and to deceive is to lie. I believe that Trump is dishonest and I belive that 64% of US citizens believe that he is untrustworthy.
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By: Honeydew on 4/29/2011 12:50AM
I saw the interview... and Lawrence did get very upset and annoyed with this woman! He was great!
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By: nobamabot on 5/01/2011 1:33AM
He's an idiot!!!!!! And I hate that you people condon this kind of behavior. You should be ashamed of yourselves. He was rude, disrespectful, and just plain ugly.
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By: Brian S on 4/29/2011 3:20AM
I loved this....this is what the press is supposed to represent...truth to trumped up power and the abrupt dismissal of those whose only intent is to perpetuate false witness. Keep it up Mr. O'Donnell
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By: Buffalo Soldier on 4/29/2011 3:37AM
Mr. O'Donnell made a gallant effort to expose the person who was put forward to push the agenda of the "movement" apparantly bent on creating a smoke-screen to distract the nation while they pursue their real agenda which is deeper and far more sinister. What I'd like to see would be perhaps Mr. McDonnell, or even George Stephanopoulis interview one ( or both ) of the KOCH Brothers. I'd like to see them confronted in similar fashion and forced to explain just why they've been using their deep pockets to fund not only the birther-movement, but the tea-baggers as well. Let's hold all their feet to the fire, shall we ?
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By: Bob Dole on 4/30/2011 6:59PM
I would like for George Soros to go on The Factor, Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity's show and have him answer and justify himself for his economic terrorism and destruction of several economies or how he plans to undermine and destroy ours. Too bad we don't all get what we want
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By: James on 4/29/2011 5:27AM
Attention Birthers!
I understand that that reason and logic are not your strong suit. In fact, you sound like a schoolyard full of brain-damaged children. But try to focus for just ONE minute:
Do you REALLY think that John McCain and Hillary Clinton had NOBODY looking into Obama's past?? Where do you think the Ayers and Wright info came from? McCain was a long-serving senator, and Bill Clinton was a PRESIDENT, for Christ's sake...isn't it just possible that these two men might have connections with the FBI, Secret Service, CIA and EVERY intelligence organization on the planet?? Doncha think they might have used these resources to investigate Obama's background?
Don't you think that if there was EVER any doubt that Obama was an American citizen, that this little nugget of information would be trumpeted from every rooftop until the man evaporated like a puff of smoke LONG BEFORE THE ELECTION??
I mean, seriously...even world-class fruitcakes like Bachmann and Huckabee are backing away from this ridiculous non-issue. Even THOSE nuts are starting to realize how stupid this 'birther' movement makes them look.
If this isn't enough to slap you goobers back to reality, then, on behalf of myself and Democrats everywhere, I say KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!
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By: bob on 5/01/2011 1:17PM
@james Why don't you smarten up. Instead of insulting regular people who are just doing what they are supposed to do by questioning an issue that the president himself created. With all your wisdom you really think that the president calls the shots? I am not just talking about obama, the presidents before him also. Obama created this sideshow and calls it a distraction. Yet almost two weeks later he is still bringing it up. What does that tell you smart guy? The governer of hawaii could not find the birth certificate or get a hospital to claim the birth of the first black president, a historical event. Yet just after Trump (a vertual nobody as far as politics are concerned) calls him out shasam! a long form appears! If it smell like dung than it probably is.
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By: Marie Gaines on 5/04/2011 6:23PM
Why are there birthers? Only because Obama's grandmother said he was born in Kenya. Guess that is not a good enough reason!
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