Posted on 04/07/2011 8:50:30 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Donald Trump (Birther-N.Y.) is at it again. In double-barrelled interviews on NBCs Today Show and MSNBCs Morning Joe, Trump continued his disgusting and dangerous dabbling in the disproved conspiracy theory that President Obama was not born in the United States. This might be good for the ratings of his television show. This might even be good for his business. But it is terrible for the nation and public discourse that someone who claims to be so smart is so willing to perpetuate a lie.
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Alex Koppelman snipped this strand of the conspiracy in Dec. 2008 and again in July 2009. And hell most likely have to do it again now that Trump has embraced the fallacy with both hands. This all stemmed from a interview of Sarah Obama, the second wife of the presidents grandfather, by Ron McRae, a street preacher, through a translator over the phone. As Koppelman reported in 2009, Sarah Obama is not the presidents biological grandmother, but he calls her Granny Sarah.
In a clear lost-in-translation moment (and over an international phone line), which you can listen to in full here, Mrs. Obama said she was there for her grandsons birth. When McRae asks where in Mombassa the president was born, the translator, Vitalis Akech Ogombe, repeatedly corrected him....
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The more I read of it, the more convinced I become that the epithet ‘birther’ will only be a hindrance to any republican candidate in an upcoming election.
Trump is running around getting himself easy press right now. He has no intention of actually running, and his policies almost certainly are not consistent with conservative values. Other than this birther claptrap I haven’t seen or heard any of his other ‘presidential’ policies. He’s not a serious candidate and any attention paid to him as such is detrimental to the party. Hearing that he’s second among Tea Party voters makes Tea Party voters look stupid, frankly.
I saw a video not too long ago about one of those modern windmills that went out of control in a very strong wind and disintegrated, throwing metal and shrapnel over a half mile radius. Something about the regulator which keeps it from spinning too fast in strong winds had failed, and the power of nature just took over until the blades couldn’t stand the stress anymore.
This situation with the media spinning for the usurper reminds me of that.
The Donald is disabling the media’s spin regulator.
I’m gonna enjoy this for all it’s worth!
After watching only a few minutes of O’Donnell on MSNBC tonight and articles like this, its obvious that the long knives are coming out, no doubt and no surprise
The next step is for the LMSM to start digging into Trump’s personal life and try to do a Palin on him.
Obama had vetter care. Trump is finding that this moron that received more than half isnt even qualified. Leftists must be apoplectic on this.
Luckily, it's early.
Trump has no secrets. He is a living, breathing. One world of trying to stay on top. He hates the fact that the President of the United States is such a dumbass.
Who is your serious party.................
Of course the same could be said for Governors Myth Romney, Gomer Huckabee and Congressman Ron Paul.
This statement is a good example of the kind of peremptory evidence that indicates the validity of Trump's position. Capehart would not have prostituted his column this way if he had any confidence in his own unsubstantiated beliefs.
WASHINGTON POST ? your just upset because you got caught with the slush money/Obama re-election funds.
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I don’t think Trump really intends to run. He’s just making the usurper squirm.
He needs to hit Obongo with some of the info below:
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The facts re; BC fraud, Obama not natural born citizen:
How to reach Trump:
http://www.facebook.com/DonaldTrump
http://twitter.com/#!/realDonaldTrump
http://shouldtrumprun.com/
http://shouldtrumprun.com/your-voices/
http://shouldtrumprun.com/contact-us/
Herman Cain
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Remember 2ndDivistion ? if you see comments like this: “ Trump continued his disgusting and dangerous dabbling in the disproved conspiracy theory that President Obama was not born in the United States” on Free Republic ? then you know it’s either Obots or the freaks at Washington Post:
No it was not you silly twit. It was not lost in any translation. And Granny Sarah wasn't in Hawaii in 1961. She must have been in Kenya to witness the birth of Obama.
Question: was she present when he was born in Kenya?
Translator: Yes, she was. She was there when Obama was born.
Question: OK, when I come in December, I would like to go by the place, the hospital where he was born? Was he born in Mobasa?
Granny Sarah Obama answers the question without the translator through the speakerphone - "Obama Mobasa." (at 9:54 in the Youtube below:
After this point, the nephew translator remembers to lie for Obama and goes into denials, but Granny Sarah never denies it on the continuing conversation. [On other audios of this phone call] Never.
The birth questions start at 8:48 in the Youtube clip:
"Affidavit and Tape-Proof Obama Born in Kenya"
” The more the MSM protest, the more attention this will get.” and rightfully so.
You might try listening to one of his interviews sometime. You will find it quite educational, and full of "facts" you apparently haven't known before.
Only two Republican possible candidates have SPINE........Trump and Cain...whatever strong points they may have, the rest are wimps on eligibility
All it takes to be a “birther” is to care about the Constitution, and to think our schools, unions, courts and politicians should respect and observe it.
Now, just as I think some people must be so lazy they would soil their own bed in the middle of the night, rather than get up and use the bathroom, I think there are people — democrats, usually — who are so lazy they would throw away this very precious document we call the Constitution. And concerning those people, I say dogfood is too good for them.
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