David Axelrod Blames ‘Media Fascination’ And Not Trump For Birth Certificate Controversy

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by Matt Schneider | 5:20 pm, May 1st, 2011

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Despite Donald Trump being the loudest and most public face of the “Birther” movement, David Axelrod, advisor for President Obama’s re-election campaign, was quick to point out to David Gregory that it was actually the news media that forced Obama to release the long-form birth certificate and not Trump. Although Axelrod was happy to allow Trump a “little ego boost,” sarcastically saying he needs that.

Axelrod informed Gregory why he was disappointed with journalists and how they have covered politics as of late:

“Donald Trump didn’t make the decision to put himself on a split screen. Donald Trump didn’t make the decision to cover this over and over and over again once he raised the issue. . . . The President did an interview, answered a lot of questions about [the deficit], got one question on the Birther issue, and on the evening news that night, that was what led the news. And at that moment the President said, ‘you know what we’ve got to put a stop to this’ and he wanted to make the point that we have more important issues in this country and we ought to move on. And the point was as much, frankly David, to your industry as it was to anybody else.”

If Axelrod was hoping that such a scolding about Gregory’s “industry” would be enough to save him from any further questions about the birth certificate, it wasn’t. Gregory later followed up asking if releasing the birth certificate now was designed to elevate Trump to be the face of the Republican party? Axelrod reminded Gregory of his argument that Obama was frustrated with the “media fascination” regarding this issue and that it had nothing to do with Trump. Finally, on the issue of whether such continued questions about Obama’s background suggest racism, Axelrod refused to answer the question he deemed “not worthy.” Instead, he concluded that all Americans, no matter their race, found it offensive that the President of the United States needed to show a birth certificate.

Watch the clip from NBC below:

Birth Certificate, David Axelrod, David Gregory, Donald Trump, President Obama

BeckFinallyDemoted

In this thread teabaggers will try to wrap their heads around the contradiction that they are happy Trump pushed the Birther issue to force Obama’s hand (SCORE!) but unhappy the media was used to do it (OUTRAGEOUS!).

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CAUTION: BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THESE EX-BIRTHERS, THEY ARE ARMED AND IGNORANT…

Dem4Ever, The Lantern of Truth, juan, Arkansas Steve, murf, Jaurez
WCinWI, Barack Must Go, NOBAMA, Colorado_Conservative, gordonbloyershow
TeaPartyPatriot, notsofast, Severian, Dronetek, TfT, mitchflorida, skoorbekim
mdanielson, Harry Flashman, OxyCon and NORBIT
http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

So, it was started by a Clinton supporter, believed by Dems, Indys, and Repubs, stoked by the liberal MSM, perpetuated by Obama for not releasing it, and coupled with bizarre Dem comments about Obama’s birthplace/immigration status, yet it is *all the racist teabaggers* faults, as we so often hear, for wondering about it….

sarainitaly said:
it proves that it wasn’t started by Republicans/teapartiers, as is widely claimed by the MSM.

Birtherism: Where it all began
Where did this idea come from? Who started it? And is there a grain of truth there?
The answer lies in Democratic, not Republican politics, and in the bitter, exhausting spring of 2008. At the time, the Democratic presidential primary was slipping away from Hillary Clinton and some of her most passionate supporters grasped for something, anything that would deal a final reversal to Barack Obama.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0411/53563.html#ixzz1L7AjOzJM

And there were plenty of Independents that believed it, and Dems, as well.

Obama refused to release the BC for three years, thus keeping it alive, and growing, causing more and more people to believe *where there’s smoke, there’s fire*.

And the Liberal media can be blamed for keeping it mainstream, and keeping the story alive.
http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/top-stories/129708/factchecking-obama-birther-controversy-was-3-4-of-newshole-economy-was-39/

And of course, Democrats saying things like this and this never helped.

And I think it demonstrates that Democrats/The Left are responsible for a big piece of the blame wrt the birther rumors.

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/fox-news-watch-panel-cynical-white-house-allows-questions-about-obamas-background-to-percolate/comment-page-2/#comment-439710
notsofast

BeckFinallyDemoted said:
BeckFinallyDemoted says:
May 1, 2011 at 5:34 pm BeckFinallyDemoted(Quote)

Hey, shouldn’t ya be telling women that their husbands committed suicide or be out torturing small animals or children, you pathetic POS?
The Lantern of Truth

“Instead, he concluded that all Americans, no matter their race, found it offensive that the President of the United States needed to show a birth certificate.”

Obama needs to held to the same standard as anyone seeking high office . The media did not do it’s job then and likely will never do it for a candidate they support .

They should be skeptical of everyone and not shirk their duty . Unfortunately , most are just hacks . Like David Gregory .

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2011/05/01/david-gregorys-long-tall-smooch-obama
BeckFinallyDemoted

notsofast said:
Hey, shouldn’t ya be telling women that their husbands committed suicide or be out torturing small animals or children, you pathetic POS?

hahahah…these are my favorite type of posts of all.

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CAUTION: BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THESE EX-BIRTHERS, THEY ARE ARMED AND IGNORANT…

Dem4Ever, The Lantern of Truth, juan, Arkansas Steve, murf, Jaurez
WCinWI, Barack Must Go, NOBAMA, Colorado_Conservative, gordonbloyershow
TeaPartyPatriot, notsofast, Severian, Dronetek, TfT, mitchflorida, skoorbekim
mdanielson, Harry Flashman, OxyCon and NORBIT
http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

The Lantern of Truth said:
“Instead, he concluded that all Americans, no matter their race, found it offensive that the President of the United States needed to show a birth certificate.”

Obama needs to held to the same standard as anyone seeking high office . The media did not do it’s job then and likely will never do it for a candidate they support .

right, it should have been put to bed before he took office. McCain cleared up his birth dealio before it went far.
BeckFinallyDemoted

HAHAHAHA….Howard Kurtz called Hannity’s special on liberal media bias an “absolutely slam-dunk case of misleading editing”.

Fox Lies Strikes Again!!
Barack Must Go

Damage Control To Major Tom. To the Obama regime lying directly to the face of the America people is no different than breathing.
notsofast

BeckFinallyDemoted said:
hahahah…these are my favorite type of posts of all.

I heard that you had your teeth, tonsils and adenoids removed. Congrats on your hysterectomy.
Colorado_Conservative

Can it be more clear that the Obama thugs are now trying to silence and control the media when more demands into the past life of our incompetent community organizer keep coming?
BeckFinallyDemoted

notsofast said:
I heard that you had your teeth, tonsils and adenoids removed. Congrats on your hysterectomy.

Hey, show some respect on the day John Paul was elevated to Grand Wizard or some stupid shit.
notsofast

I saw on a thread here today that the libs have now categorized the words “Kool-Aid” as racist.

My, my, seems they now ant to prevent people from saying the voters are drinking the Obama “Kool-Aid.”

They have already started their 2012 campaigned by resorting again to their only defense of a failed presidency- racism.

They can not address :

8.8% unemployment
Record monthly deficits
Record debt
Record # of foreclosures
Record # on welfare
Record # living in poverty
Record job losses in 2009
Record high gas prices
Lied about Gitmo
Lied about rendition
Lied about immigration legislation in 1st. year in office
The Lantern of Truth

BFD is just like Garth , but without the style and class .
notsofast

BeckFinallyDemoted said:
Hey, show some respect on the day John Paul was elevated to Grand Wizard

I wonder if that famous Dem, Byrd, gave him the oath, son.
BeckFinallyDemoted

Colorado_Conservative said:
Can it be more clear that the Obama thugs are now trying to silence and control the media when more demands into the past life of our incompetent community organizer keep coming?

I love the contradictions in this thread…

Teabagger #1 : The media is over-hyping this!!!

Teabagger #2 : Obama is trying to silence the media from hyping this!!!!

Good stuff.

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CAUTION: BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THESE EX-BIRTHERS, THEY ARE ARMED AND IGNORANT…

Dem4Ever, The Lantern of Truth, juan, Arkansas Steve, murf, Jaurez
WCinWI, Barack Must Go, NOBAMA, Colorado_Conservative, gordonbloyershow
TeaPartyPatriot, notsofast, Severian, Dronetek, TfT, mitchflorida, skoorbekim
mdanielson, Harry Flashman, OxyCon and NORBIT
notsofast

BeckFinallyDemoted said:
BeckFinallyDemoted says:
May 1, 2011 at 6:01 pm BeckFinallyDemoted(Quote)

Isn’t it time that you were someplace blowing pipe?
You are the queer who Adolf Hitler.
notsofast

BeckFinallyDemoted said:
I love the contradictions in this thread…

Teabagger #1 : The media is over-hyping this!!!

Teabagger #2 : Obama is trying to silence the media from hyping this!!!!

Sorry, son, unlike libs, conservatives are allowed independent thought.
Upper Plateau

The loudest and shrillest proponents keeping the birther issue alive are the mouthpieces at MSNBC. “The sky is falling, the sky is falling, and the birthers are making it fall.”
BarneyFranken

BeckFinallyDemoted said:
Hey, show some respect on the day John Paul was elevated to Grand Wizard or some stupid shit.

Spoken like a true bigot.
BarneyFranken

BeckFinallyDemoted said:
I love the contradictions in this thread… Teabagger #1 : The media is over-hyping this!!! Teabagger #2 : Obama is trying to silence the media from hyping this!!!! Good stuff. _______________________________________________________________CAUTION: BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THESE EX-BIRTHERS, THEY ARE ARMED AND IGNORANT… Dem4Ever, The Lantern of Truth, juan, Arkansas Steve, murf, JaurezWCinWI, Barack Must Go, NOBAMA, Colorado_Conservative, gordonbloyershowTeaPartyPatriot, notsofast, Severian, Dronetek, TfT, mitchflorida, skoorbekimmdanielson, Harry Flashman, OxyCon and NORBIT

For someone who seems to hate the birther issue, you sure do bring it up alot.
BarneyFranken

BeckFinallyDemoted said:
I love the contradictions in this thread… Teabagger #1 : The media is over-hyping this!!! Teabagger #2 : Obama is trying to silence the media from hyping this!!!! Good stuff.

Exactly who would be teabagger one and two? I dont see comments that match your preconceived premise.
BarneyFranken

What’s interesting is that MSNBC knows something the vast majority of birthers do not:

Birtherism is a winning issue for democrats.

Lets face it- Democrats didnt accomplish enough to galvanize their base. Obama as a whole is a major disappointment.

The birther issue though (and the liberal media’s expanded charge of racism through birtherism) fires them up.

Therefore focusing on a non issue such as the birth certificate served Obama very well and was an easy way to paint otherwise legitimate opposition to him as crazy and racist.

Thankfully, this issue will be put to bed soon, and we can go back to focusing on how much he sucks as president in the present rather than obsess about the past.