I’m with Chris Matthews on the issue. Not the Chris Matthews of today, but the Chris Matthews who at the end of last year asked why President Obama just doesn’t give authorization to the State of Hawaii to release his original birth certificate and be done with it?

Remember, this current wave of birtherism started way before Donald Trump; it started when Neil Abercrombie, Governor of Hawaii, vowed to get to the bottom of the birther issue once and for all, as Matthews noted in the clip above. Boy, that’s worked out well.

In any event, Trump of today and Matthews of last year are both saying the same thing, no?

The only reason I think the president is not releasing his original certificate is that his political team really, really likes the birther issue as it gives them the ability to paint the Right as a bunch of loons. Well, the time for adding gasoline to the fire is over, Mr. President. Listen to Chris Matthews and David Corn in the clip and release the original.