Huffington Magazine Issue 62 | Page 10

Enter This Week didn’t just raise a dumb question and seek a trivial answer, they devoted a lot of time to a deep exploration on the matter. In addition, the bookers for This Week hit their rolodexes and decided that what the world needed was Rep. Louis Gohmert (R-Texas) on a panel. And over at Meet the Press, producers booked Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa). Here is a message to the Republican Party, from me: Guys, I don’t know if you’ve noticed this, but you are getting rooked pretty badly by the Sunday shows. Did y’all wake up today thinking that the best thing for your message was to have it carried by guys like Trump and Gohmert and King? I am guessing that’s not the case. But that’s who got booked, because nothing is better for ratings than a bunch of hot messes on the teevee. Trump happily obliged himself to the task of being a hot mess, though, continuing to offer up a steady stream of rhetorical skidmarks on the lunatic “Obama birth certificate” conspiracy theory as well: “Well, I don’t know, was there a birth certificate? You tell me. You know some people say that was not his birth certificate. So maybe it was; maybe it wasn’t.” LOOKING FORWARD IN ANGST HUFFINGTON 08.18.13 Additionally, Jonathan Karl asked Donald Trump the Important Questions, like, “Is Ted Cruz eligible to be president?” Karl knows that the answer to this question is “Yes.” But Karl a ͭ