Conservative: Birther is liberal media plot

Who didn't see this angle coming?

The good news is that writing in CQ, GOP political consultant Bill Pascoe writes:

"Dear Birthers,

"Stop!

"Sincerely,

"Serious Conservatives."

The bad news is that Pascoe can't help blaming the liberal media for the birther mess:

Am I the only one to notice that mainstream media attention to the "Birthers" has picked up in recent weeks -- and that this increased attention is coincident to the turn in Obama's approval ratings?

A search of The Washington Post web site, for instance, on the term "Birther" yields as its oldest hit this one from July 6; a search of The New York Times, though, shows one June reference in passing and then the first real mention of the term on July 22.

Far be it from me to assume one is the cause of the other -- as faithful readers know, I do my best to avoid falling into the post hoc, ergo propter hoc trap -- but, still, it is an interesting coincidence.

Ironic, eh? In debunking the conservative conspiracy theory about the birthers, Pascoe suggest it's a liberal conspiracy theory in the press that's given the story legs in recent weeks.

Hmm, so Rush Limbaugh and G. Gordon Liddy and Lou Dobbs are in on it, too?