They haven't yet hired Vince of ShamWow and Slap Chop ( not to mention slap prostitute) fame to be their pitchman. Nor has there yet been a celebrity endorsement by Orly "We don't need to stinkin' judges" Taitz.(There won't likely be one ...that's explained below). But the latest entry into the infomercial hall of fame is.....drumroll please ( over the jump)
the BIRTHERMERCIAL. As Seen On TV! Birthermercial Asks, Where Was Obama Really Born?
The 28-minute program -- quite possibly the first ever birthermercial -- features community access production values, heavy use of foreboding strings soundtrack, and standard-issue Birther ideology.
For a $30 contribution, viewers also get a fax sent in their name to the 50 state attorneys general and Attorney General Eric Holder demanding that President Obama produce his real birth certificate.
Here's a clip of the first five minutes of the program:
The first airing was in Lubbock Texas. And yes folks, the jokes do really just write themselves because the person behind this brilliance is named:
Gary Kreep I know...birthers are irony deficient. One A Day is working on a supplement but they're years away.
Kreep is executive director of the ( I'm trying to write this with a straight face) United States Justice Foundation. Now I can't get images out of my head of this lot parading around their HQ playing dressup like the Super Friends. Ahhh Saturday morning cartoons.
We may see some ads "Coming Soon To Pay Per View Celebrity Birther Death Match Taitz vs Kreep" because :
(As a side note, it's worth noting that Kreep is currently engaged in an intra-movement feud with the pioneering Birther attorney Orly Taitz.)
That's like trying to figure out who's crazier: Michelle Bachmann or Glenn Beck but that's its own diary.
I don't want to abuse fair use and copyright guidelines so you can read more about Kreep and his partner Bill Keller, in this "Birthermercial" crime at the TPM link.
Bill Keller who runs a website called "liveprayer.com" ( not linking to it):
God got Bill's attention in 1989 when he became involved in insider trading of the stock market, was convicted, lost everything, and spent the next 2 1/2 years in Federal Prison.
From one ripoff scheme to another.
UPDATE:
Since I posted this, TPM has updated their story with the list of states where this birfmercial is running. I'm really torn because I have been among the first to remind people that birferism and wingnuttery knows no geographical boundaries and we shouldn't generalize about the South. Yet:
•Chattanoga, TN
•Memphis, TN
•Shreveport, LA
•Springfield, MO
•Abilene, TX
•Lubbock, TX
•Macon, GA
•Savannah, GA
•Huntsville, AL
•Jacksonville, FL
•Tallahasseee, FL
As to why Kreep's group, which is based in southern California, is targeting states in the South, he tells us only: "We used a vendor that booked the times."