Why does Chris Matthews keep beating this birther drum?

[Skidmore]

Really. We need ignore these people. Period. Acknowledge them any further gives their craziness legitimacy.

[Fridays Child]

1. The ultra craziest of the ultra crazy baggers are birthers.

Is Tweety talking about how stupid it makes them look?

[Dappleganger]

2. I dunno, but the guy from WaPo has been out in the sun too long...

and has white raccoon eyes because of it. Doesn't anyone look in the mirror before they go on TV??

[tavalon]

3. That's actually what happens with tanning beds because of the required goggles

[MUAD_DIB]

4. Brian Williams syndrome.

[Dappleganger]

10. Ah! Well we live in FL and since I'm Irish try to stay out of the sun.

So I wouldn't know--thanks for the clarifications. ;)

[NNN0LHI]

5. Thank you for that. I knew something wasn't right but I couldn't quite put my finger on it

He probably got to the studio too late for the make-up person to work on him.

Don

[caty]

6. I think Matthews does

it to keep the fact that there are crazy unreasonable rethugs out there that make the whole rethug party look as crazy as they and the tea baggers are. He's just keeping the spotlight on the dark side of uninformed voters.

[Canuckistanian]

7. Ratings.

There's NO subject that's too controversial (or even fucking ridiculous) when you have eyeballs to garner.

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[underpants]

9. Tancredo thinks it is an elaborate TRICK!!!

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/04/28/tancredo-obama-birther/

Tancredo’s Conspiracy Theory: Obama Hides His Birth Certificate To Stir Up The Right And Make Us Look Crazy

COLMES: Do you really believe – you know he was born in Hawaii right?

TANCREDO: I have absolutely no idea where he was born.

COLMES: You’ve seen he was born in Hawaii; he was in two Hawaiian newspapers within two days of his birth.

TANCREDO: Anybody can put an article in a newspaper. Just show me your birth certificate!

Tancredo then claimed that Obama is purposefully withholding his birth certificate in order to fuel birther conspiracies that make the right wing look nuts:

TANCREDO: Now they very well not want to show it because they want to propagate this whole thing that’s going on about birthers. … They may be doing it for that reason; I don’t know why they don’t want anyone to see it. … They want it propagated because you know –

COLMES: It makes your party look nuts!

TANCREDO: Yeah well maybe that’s why they don’t produce document, I don’t know.

[FrenchieCat]

11. I don't remember this mainstream media discussing Bush being a dry-drunk,

or discussing Laura's "accident" where she killed her boyfriend.
Didn't hear any of those stories over and over again,
so I'm not sure why this conspiracy theory about Obama
gets so much press. Well, OK, I do know,
but it ain't right.

[Blue Owl]

12. Beat this birther drum, or ya don't get paid tonight Chris

n/t

[spanone]

13. why fucking tancredo?...i won't watch the huckster

[AlinPA]

14. He's auditioning hoping that Fox "news" will hire him. He'd fit right in with his loud mouth. nt