Posted on 03/28/2011 5:50:24 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Donald Trump, unlikely as it may seem, appears to be about to run for Presidency of the USA. Unfortunately, he appears about to become the standard-bearer... of the Birther Party ticket. The Donald, having dropped a casual comment about his doubts as to President Obama's origin, has, according to him, been inundated with "information" that has him "really concerned" about the President's true birthplace.
The "information" has apparently only been offered by birther believers and websites, and Mr. Trump has evidently made no effort to investigate on his own (and with his money, it would seem The Donald could hire the world's best investigators). He has said that "no one remembers" Obama as a child; an untrue statement given the interviews with teachers early in the campaign, as well as others who did remember him; and that no doctors or nurses remember his birth, which could be true, given the relative obscurity of his family at the time, but likely isn't.
He also said, "They give you a certificate of live birth which anybody can get. Just walk into the hospital." That is also untrue. The State is required by law to verify the information on the certificate. The President's Certificate of Live Birth says that he was born in Honolulu, a verifiable fact or they wouldn't have issued it. There is also the little matter of the August 1961 birth announcement in the Honolulu Advertiser, an unlikely falsification for which there would be NO reason at the time.
If Donald Trump wishes to run for President of the USA, he's certainly welcome to do so. He has, after all, already gone to the trouble of providing a birth certificate to NewsMax, a bastion of news with a conservative bent. Perhaps he can get someone to believe the photos are real. In the meantime, perhaps he could do a little critical thinking and stop parroting nonsense from the birther fringe.
Donald Trump has likewise tricked anyone who thinks he actually has an authentic concern about Obama’s birth certificate.
You don’t like Donald Trump....I get it.
No, you don’t quite get it. What I don’t like are Donald Trump’s manipulative, self-centered political stunts.
There’s a big difference.
I don’t know what to tell you. He is just being The Donald. You seem to think he has me fooled. He doesn’t, he is acting like The Donald. I don’t think he is trying to portray himself as a conservative either.
Personally, I think he is fed up just like the rest of us. You don’t have to be a constitutional conservative to reject where our country is going. Maybe in previous years he was fine just going with the flow now, we have accelerated to the point of no return. I don’t expect someone to be just like me in order to love their country and want it better.
“Being The Donald” is right. That means he sees a way for Donald to get ahead.
It’s not about being “just like me.” It’s about being a patriot. Wanting universal healthcare and supporting John Kerry mean that a person is either anti-American or not paying attention to details.
Maybe Trump had an epiphany, and his efforts are sincere. If they are, I’ve been wrong in these posts about him and owe an apology. This would be the best outcome, because the alternative is that Trump will use this to get ahead and then he’ll turn on us.
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