Posted on 03/31/2011 11:22:43 AM PDT by Smokeyblue
It's official: Donald Trump is a "birther." But he'd prefer you don't use that term.
Speaking to MSNBC Thursday, the business mogul and improbable presidential candidate reiterated much of what he has said in the last several days when it comes to doubting President Obama's birthplace, declaring, "I am embracing the issue, and I'm proud of the issue. I think somebody has to embrace it."
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Here’s the MSNBC video from today http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/42357488#42357488
Rove also stated how Trump couldn’t win since he lacks so much “experience”.
Really. Maybe Trump’s no politician, but he didn’t get to become a billionaire by not knowing business and some politics, and how to negotiate and delegate. I wasn’t a huge fan of Trump before, but he looks like he may be the only one strong enough to stand up to 0bama, the dems and the media.
You think an IRS audit, that he's seen dozens of times, scares the donald?
He's got so many businesses and lawyers and CEOs and COOs and so many layers of middle managers that even if the IRS finds any fraud, the donald ain't going down.
Do you think that tweaking the nose of the donald is a smart ploy?
He is up osamaobama's ass now, what would happen if he gets seriously pissed.
Trump needs to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
He’s more worthy than some who have won.
2009
The prize goes to:
BARACK OBAMA for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.
2007
The prize goes to:
INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE (IPCC) and ALBERT ARNOLD ( AL) GORE JR. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change.
2005
The prize was awarded jointly to:
INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY and MOHAMED ELBARADEI for their efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way.
2002
The prize was awarded to:
JIMMY CARTER JR., former President of the United States of America,
for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development
2001
The prize was awarded to:
UNITED NATIONS, New York, NY, USA
KOFI ANNAN, United Nations Secretary General
1
1994
The prize was awarded joinly to:
YASSER ARAFAT , Chairman of the Executive Committee of the PLO, President of the Palestinian National Authority.
for their efforts to create peace in the Middle East.
I always thought the best candidate is one who doesn’t run because he wants to, but he does it out of fear of who will be the President if he doesn’t run.
I thought the same thing!
I’ll gladly take Trump’s experience over obama’s experince.
apparently Rove believes obama is more qualified.
Cannot stand Rove! The amazing thing is that he really believes he speaks foe Concervatives.
I thought the same thing!
I’ll gladly take Trump’s experience over obama’s experince.
apparently Rove believes obama is more qualified.
Cannot stand Rove! The amazing thing is that he really believes he speaks foe Concervatives.
What was Miller’s take on the Trump BC meme? I didn’t get to see last night Ted Baxter Hour, but I know Ted was his usualy condescending self...but Trump was having none of it. Miller one of us?
Why did he lose credibility? By pointing out the fact that Christine O’Donnell didn’t have a chance of winning? So in today’s world, pointing out the truth makes you a rhino?
Do you think the IRS, under Obama's control, will be 100% above-board and honest?
As a side note, if the eligibility movement needs an attention whore, I prefer it be The Donald rather than Orly Taitz.
What if he doesn't work real hard to get the GOP nomination and runs Independent? Would you vote for him then?
****ADJUSTING TIN FOIL HAT**** This wasn't on FOX, this is posted by CNN. How many potentially embarrassing things to Obama do they regularly publish? Consider the source. Perot got 19% of the vote which made Bill Clinton president and the Dem's have not forgotten that. They know that Obama is going to have a real hard time unless the left can siphon off some republican votes.
Why is Trump not being viciously attacked by the left and their media for saying these things? I guarantee Sarah Palin or anyone else would be assailed like there is no tomorrow however, not a peep of protest here. Left wing media is even posting his words! Personally, I think this is all BS.
I agree!!! If he is in this for real, he knows all the replies before they are made and he has all the answers.
He sufficiently explained how he changed his mind on abortion (he is now pro-life), and he is against gay marriage. His answer to health care is to allow interstate health insurance, and we will find out tonight (on O’Reilly) how he’d change things militarily.
Even if Obama were born in the middle of TEXAS in front of over 1000 witnesses - it still doesn’t make him a “natural born” citizen. His father’s British citizenship - as well as the fact that he was an Indonesian citizen - is the REAL issue. I haven’t heard The Donald mentioning any of that.
I was born overseas in a US army hospital to 2 American citizens. I has always been my understanding because I held dual citizenship, I couldn’t run for POTUS. I have to show my papers for pretty much everything. Even John McCain had to prove his eligibility!!!
when it comes to doubting President Obama's birthplace, declaring, "I am embracing the issue, and I'm proud of the issue. I think somebody has to embrace it."It's nice that Trump is discussing one part of the eligibility issue, but he, like many others are missing the important point. He certainly does not deserve the votes of conservatives.
It does not matter where Obama was born. What makes him ineligible is that one of his parents was not a US citizen at the time of his birth, and he is therefore NOT A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN.
Attempts to make the eligibility issue solely about birthplace are liberal ploys to obfuscate the real issue.
Lots of citizens who spawned a child with a non-citizen want their little Jose or Achmed to grow up to be president, and the Natural Born Citizen clause of the US Constitution was written precisely to prevent such a case.
I’ll bet it says Barry Stanley Dunham.
Trump, who in the last two weeks has raised the debunked issue on several programs, added he finds the term "birther" downright insulting.
I would have to say that THE biggest SCAM ever pulled on this country was the passing of OBAMACARE!
The “Birth” thing is a formality that lies with the Speaker of the House (Pelosi) who certified his election certificate.
She should be in prison for knowingly covering for Obama.
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