Trump

So here's the deal with the Donald.

He knows exactly what he is doing and the G.O.P. and the ambulance chasers in the news outlets are falling for it like they often do.

Trump is a sham and a ruse. He doesn't believe one word of the Birther stuff he's been shouting about. Mark my words, once his television program has sailed off for the remainder of the season, you'll hear very little else from Trump. But what he has done in the meantime is hobble many, if not all, of the Republican candidates for the 2012 nomination.

We on the Left should be applauding him instead of taking the bait and playing the morally outraged voter. He's a scam machine and everyone who falls for his schtick is a patsy.

Take the video above as proof. If he really thought he could be a legitimate option for voters in the 2012 presidential race, there's NO WAY he'd be saying these things in a public forum.

Barnum meet Bailey.