Just when you think Arizona has found the bottom of the barrel, just when you think the crazies at the legislature or the headless body occupying the governor's office couldn't embarrass the citizens of this state any more, they manage to pull another shiny object out of their backside.
A meeting of hair ... and minds ... is scheduled for Friday morning between Donald Trump and Arizona Rep. Carl Seel, R-Phoenix.
The foliclly-blessed state lawmaker said he requested a meeting after Trump told national media that he questioned whether President Obama was born in the United States and meets the qualifications for president. Arizona Republic
Seel, you see, is the legislator behind Arizona's Birther Bill, which last year and most of this legislative session was even too crazy for the nutjobs here to take seriously. But suddenly, now that the Cotton Candy Head from NYC is getting more TV face time than Oprah, the question of the President's citizenship is a legitimate topic. And Friday Seel will travel to NYC to meet with the Trumped Up One because, he says,
"Mr. Trump researched it and realized that there is a question about whether the current president is qualified."
Yes, I am sure Trump "researched it" -- I can see him now sifting through the genealogy records. And if you're a state legislator, who better to ask about Arizona law than a New York City media-hogging real estate tycoon? What, Orly Taitz wasn't home? WTF? This is what we're paying lawmakers in Arizona to do -- travel across the country to meet with a billionaire carnival barker who's pulling the nation's finger?
For his part Seel maintains, "This is clearly official business." No, no it's not. It's not "clearly" anything other than a piss-ant's showboating ego trip, to get his nobody face alongside another huge face that always looks like its owner is squeezing out a giant log. What do you expect to learn sitting with Trump that you haven't already heard on the countless TV interviews he's done? Seel, you already think Obama is an illegitimate fraud ... What can Trump possibly say that will make you an even larger lunatic? I didn't think that was possible.
Will you return with goodies to bribe the full Senate? On Wednesday a Senate Committee actually passed SB 2177, which will require all presidential candidates to prove citizenship before the Great State of Arizona will deign to place their name on our ballot, lest it be soiled. We wouldn't want an unworthy politician to shed unfavorable light on notable Arizona office holders like Senator Russell Pearce, who's almost Rushmore worthy.
Last year the same Birther Bill was nearly laughed out of the legislature ... today it's one step away from heading to Brewer's desk. At least Arizona officials are being open-minded about the possible proofs of citizenship. In addition to a long-form birth certificate, the bill now allows for baptismal or circumcision certificates. I would've like to have been in on that drafting session, because you know some jack-off would've objected, arguing that there's an underground market in fake circumcision IDs (especially the long form).
If the full Senate passes the bill, which is likely given the idiots' 21-9 majority, and Brewer signs it, which is equally likely given her idiot majority too, Arizona will be the first state to officially recognize Birtherism. Oh, why the heck not? We've already got an official gun. Why not go full-speed ahead into the absurd and make stupidity official too?
Just once I'd like to see the words "first" and "Arizona" together in a sentence that doesn't include a reference to a big fat wad of dumbfuckery.