Three Grifters Walk Into a Bar

WorldNetDaily, Wednesday:

Billionaire businessman Donald Trump, who staged a weeks-long public campaign questioning Barack Obama’s eligibility to be president during March and April — and rose to the top of the pool of potential candidates for the 2012 GOP nomination then as a result — says he believes the “birth certificate” released by the White House is forged.

His comments came yesterday in a telephone call to WND senior reporter Jerome Corsi, Ph.D., who is appearing on wall-to-wall radio programs — between 10 and 20 per day — to respond to questions about his latest best-seller, “Where’s the Birth Certificate? The Case That Barack Obama is Not Eligible to be President.”

Donald Trump to Mother Jones, Thursday:

Is his birth certificate legitimate? I hope it is for the good of the country, but that’s for experts to determine — not me. I have not read the book written by Jerry Corsi nor did we discuss whether or not the birth certificate was computer generated or in any way fabricated. I merely asked him how his book was doing and wished him good luck.

WorldNetDaily, later Thursday:

“He kept urging us to hold press conferences — assuring us he’d be right behind us, holding our coats, so to speak” said [WND Editor Joseph] Farah. “When I pushed him to join us, he quickly backed off — saying he couldn’t jump back into the issue right now. I have strongly begun to suspect that Trump had other motives than seeking the truth about Obama. I think he was pumping Corsi for information for some other purpose than being on the right side of history.”

Let’s savor that line for a moment: I have strongly begun to suspect that Trump had other motives than seeking the truth about Obama.

You think?

Farah himself has done good trade selling all those billboards, signs and bumper stickers, and WND is publishing Corsi’s book — all in the interest of seeking the truth, of course.

But what makes this delicious is that after Trump, Corsi and Farah joined forces to con America for a few weeks, they’re now accusing each other of pulling a fast one.

If Quentin Tarantino ever wants to do a political movie, we think we have a pitch.