This issue needs to be settled, one way or the other. Trump would not be my choice for president, but I certainly admire his bulldog tenacity on getting to the bottom of this issue.
I love Mark Levin but he says that Trump is going for the easy, cushy interviews. He is going to be interviewed by Rush on Friday at 2:00PM. I doubt it will be.. cushy!
IBSCMLAR
“In Before Someone Calls Mark Levin A RINO”
On this particular issue I have one thing to say to Levin.
Get off the phone, you big dope!
Levin letting his oversized ego get the best of him again. He’s actually been praising Trump at times over the past few weeks, while whining that Trump has an open invitation to come on his show, but that he won’t.
It’s waaay too early for Levin or anyone else to be posturing and blustering with such finality about Trump or anyone other potential candidate. This little rant was nothing but a Levin ego eruption, a condition from which he suffers periodically, especially when it comes to who said what first, and who he thinks is stealing his ideas or copying what he says on his show.
Levin needs to get over this sort of thing because he usually has an excellent show.
I usually agree with Levin. But not on this issue. No way, no how. Trump is on fire.
You shouldn't have to have "blind faith" when it comes to the "natural born status" of the President of the United States! It is the "non-birthers" who should be questioned for their sanity, not "birthers." Non-birthers have seen NO LEGAL EVIDENCE to support their "belief" that Obama is a "Natural Born Citizen."
I agree with Levin. Trump is not the real deal.
Support conservatives, NOT liberals.
Dump Trump!
“This birther issue gets us nowhere...by the time it gets to the Supreme court etc etc”....Is he kidding me? If it’s found that Barry was indeed born in another country, does he honestly think Barry will be the only one affected? LOL! Who knew about it and when did they know about it? Pelosi? Reid? And we just go riiiight on dooown the line. The ‘rats harp on Watergate and coverups for the next 25 years...no make that 37 years because I just read another article on Watergate last week in the paper, and he just wants to forget about the possibility of a foreigner scamming the entire country? “Even if it is found he was born in another country”??? Mark, please take your medication.
“This birther issue gets us nowhere...by the time it gets to the Supreme court etc etc”....Is he kidding me? If it’s found that Barry was indeed born in another country, does he honestly think Barry will be the only one affected? LOL! Who knew about it and when did they know about it? Pelosi? Reid? And we just go riiiight on dooown the line. The ‘rats harp on Watergate and coverups for the next 25 years...no make that 37 years because I just read another article on Watergate last week in the paper, and he just wants to forget about the possibility of a foreigner scamming the entire country? “Even if it is found he was born in another country”??? Mark, please take your medication.
“The point is the Birther issue IS THEE most vital of issues as it is part of an ecompassing strategy and is viable, because it works.
http://lamecherry.blogspot.com/
“Who said tea parties and independents won’t find candidates other than tweedle dee Democrats and tweedle dum Republicans?”
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/04/are_boehner_and_the_gop_skirti.html
born June 14, 1946 in Queens, New York, NY (Meets the Jus Soli Requirement)
Parents were
Frederick Christ Trump, born October 11, 1905 in Queens, NY, died June 1999 in Queens, NY
Mary Ann MacLeod, born May 10, 1912 in SCOTLAND, died August 7, 2000 in Queens, NY. Arrived in US October 5, 1935. Naturalized as a US Citizen March 10, 1942.
Both parents were US Citizens at the time of his birth (Meets the Jus Sanguinis Requirement)
Donald Trump is a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN unlike Comrade Barry Soetoro aka Barack Hussein Obama.
On the B/C issue, Conservatives should give Trump some leeway to “do the job no other candidate is willing to do” (paraphrasing El Rushbo).
born June 14, 1946 in Queens, New York, NY (Meets the Jus Soli Requirement)
Parents were
Frederick Christ Trump, born October 11, 1905 in Queens, NY, died June 1999 in Queens, NY
Mary Ann MacLeod, born May 10, 1912 in SCOTLAND, died August 7, 2000 in Queens, NY. Arrived in US October 5, 1935. Naturalized as a US Citizen March 10, 1942.
Both parents were US Citizens at the time of his birth (Meets the Jus Sanguinis Requirement)
Donald Trump is a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN unlike Comrade Barry Soetoro aka Barack Hussein Obama.
Levin makes a lot of sense. Trump needs to appeal to Tea Partiers to siphon off conservative votes when he runs as a third party candidate. It is the way to insure Obama will win.
Levin could show he is far smarter than the avrage bear by coming out and saying he is against Trump even if he is right on the BC issue.
It would probably be a more respected opinion.
Mark Levin is a loudmouthed idiot and its his lack of stratagizing will be part of the reason why Obama gets reelected.
And here’s what Ben Shapiro has to say about Donald Trump today:
The Magic of Donald Trump
By Ben Shapiro · Wednesday, April 13, 2011
For well over a year, I, along with the rest of the conservative base in America, have lamented the lack of decent possible Republican presidential candidates. Despite the fact that he has run the most incompetent administration in history, President Obama remains a solid bet for re-election in 2012. Obama’s frontrunner status springs from two crucial facts: first, by overexposing himself in the public eye, he has made himself larger than life; second, the Republican field is pathetically weak.
Mitt Romney has about as much charm as a Ziploc bag, and his support for Romneycare in Massachusetts should immediately put him out of the running. Though brilliant, Newt Gingrich is chameleonic and impossible to peg down to principle; therefore, he’s unacceptable to many primary voters. Sarah Palin is polarizing; Haley Barbour bears too strong a resemblance to Deputy Dawg; Mike Huckabee isn’t interested in running, and his religious background makes him a beloved target of the secular press; Tim Pawlenty makes Ben Stein seem colorful.
The Republican field has not been this wide open since ... well, since 2008. Sadly, the intervening three years have not cleared up any questions.
If Republicans were to construct an ideal candidate, he would have to be rich beyond belief — Obama is going to raise $1 billion for his next election campaign, and no Republican candidate has the ability to come close to those numbers without deep pockets. The ideal Republican candidate would have significant name recognition with the general public — no Republican candidate has ever won the presidency without significant name recognition going into the primaries since Warren G. Harding in 1920. The ideal Republican candidate would have stage presence, an intimidation factor, and a willingness to play dirty.
In the last several weeks, that ideal Republican candidate has materialized.
His name is Donald Trump. His slogan is ready-made: “You’re Fired.” He does not give a damn what the media thinks of him — he steamrolled Meredith Vieira during his NBC interview with her last week. He can self-fund to the tune of $1 billion.
And what’s more, he can win.
Pay no attention to the recent polls showing Obama crushing Trump by 20 points in a head-to-head matchup. That disparity is attributable to the public perception that Trump is a loudmouth with no true interest in running. The moment he declares in earnest and gets on the campaign stump, his numbers will rise dramatically.
Trump has across-the-board appeal. His show, “The Apprentice,” routinely draws nearly 9 million viewers per episode. Blue-collar workers identify with Trump’s rough-and-tumble attitude. He even has union support — he’s made a political mint bashing outsourcing, and he recently told Human Events that he has made “many billions of dollars working with the unions,” though he does not disagree that public sector unions bilk taxpayers.
Trump’s image boils down to this: he’s a no-nonsense businessman who is brash enough to take on Obama directly. He’s big enough to stand toe-to-toe with Obama and slug it out.
The biggest question that surrounds Trump of late is his focus on the question of Obama’s birth certificate. Trump has stated routinely and openly that he wonders whether Obama was born in the United States, and he has called on Obama to release his birth certificate. This has earned him the ire and scorn of Obama’s lackeys, who say he has “zero chance” of getting elected.
In reality, the birth certificate issue is specifically geared toward certain political ends for Trump. First, it is obviously calculated to attract the most anti-Obama segment of the conservative base — and it has already succeeded, if primary polling is any indicator. Second, it is designed to force Obama into defending his character — Trump has already suggested that at best, Obama refuses to come clean with the American people. Finally, it shows Obama that if Trump is nominated, the campaign will not be a McCain-style hands-off lovefest. It will be a knockdown drag-out brawl. Trump will stop emphasizing the birth certificate issue, to be sure, but not until he’s milked it for all it is worth.
Is Donald Trump the best Republican candidate for president out there? It would be tough to argue otherwise. He’s got all the makings of a breakout star; he’s got bravado and the cash to back it up. If he really runs, he won’t have any trouble finding supporters. And as he puts it, he is the Obama administration’s “worst nightmare.” So far, who can argue with him?
And here’s what Ben Shapiro has to say about Donald Trump today:
The Magic of Donald Trump
By Ben Shapiro · Wednesday, April 13, 2011
For well over a year, I, along with the rest of the conservative base in America, have lamented the lack of decent possible Republican presidential candidates. Despite the fact that he has run the most incompetent administration in history, President Obama remains a solid bet for re-election in 2012. Obama’s frontrunner status springs from two crucial facts: first, by overexposing himself in the public eye, he has made himself larger than life; second, the Republican field is pathetically weak.
Mitt Romney has about as much charm as a Ziploc bag, and his support for Romneycare in Massachusetts should immediately put him out of the running. Though brilliant, Newt Gingrich is chameleonic and impossible to peg down to principle; therefore, he’s unacceptable to many primary voters. Sarah Palin is polarizing; Haley Barbour bears too strong a resemblance to Deputy Dawg; Mike Huckabee isn’t interested in running, and his religious background makes him a beloved target of the secular press; Tim Pawlenty makes Ben Stein seem colorful.
The Republican field has not been this wide open since ... well, since 2008. Sadly, the intervening three years have not cleared up any questions.
If Republicans were to construct an ideal candidate, he would have to be rich beyond belief — Obama is going to raise $1 billion for his next election campaign, and no Republican candidate has the ability to come close to those numbers without deep pockets. The ideal Republican candidate would have significant name recognition with the general public — no Republican candidate has ever won the presidency without significant name recognition going into the primaries since Warren G. Harding in 1920. The ideal Republican candidate would have stage presence, an intimidation factor, and a willingness to play dirty.
In the last several weeks, that ideal Republican candidate has materialized.
His name is Donald Trump. His slogan is ready-made: “You’re Fired.” He does not give a damn what the media thinks of him — he steamrolled Meredith Vieira during his NBC interview with her last week. He can self-fund to the tune of $1 billion.
And what’s more, he can win.
Pay no attention to the recent polls showing Obama crushing Trump by 20 points in a head-to-head matchup. That disparity is attributable to the public perception that Trump is a loudmouth with no true interest in running. The moment he declares in earnest and gets on the campaign stump, his numbers will rise dramatically.
Trump has across-the-board appeal. His show, “The Apprentice,” routinely draws nearly 9 million viewers per episode. Blue-collar workers identify with Trump’s rough-and-tumble attitude. He even has union support — he’s made a political mint bashing outsourcing, and he recently told Human Events that he has made “many billions of dollars working with the unions,” though he does not disagree that public sector unions bilk taxpayers.
Trump’s image boils down to this: he’s a no-nonsense businessman who is brash enough to take on Obama directly. He’s big enough to stand toe-to-toe with Obama and slug it out.
The biggest question that surrounds Trump of late is his focus on the question of Obama’s birth certificate. Trump has stated routinely and openly that he wonders whether Obama was born in the United States, and he has called on Obama to release his birth certificate. This has earned him the ire and scorn of Obama’s lackeys, who say he has “zero chance” of getting elected.
In reality, the birth certificate issue is specifically geared toward certain political ends for Trump. First, it is obviously calculated to attract the most anti-Obama segment of the conservative base — and it has already succeeded, if primary polling is any indicator. Second, it is designed to force Obama into defending his character — Trump has already suggested that at best, Obama refuses to come clean with the American people. Finally, it shows Obama that if Trump is nominated, the campaign will not be a McCain-style hands-off lovefest. It will be a knockdown drag-out brawl. Trump will stop emphasizing the birth certificate issue, to be sure, but not until he’s milked it for all it is worth.
Is Donald Trump the best Republican candidate for president out there? It would be tough to argue otherwise. He’s got all the makings of a breakout star; he’s got bravado and the cash to back it up. If he really runs, he won’t have any trouble finding supporters. And as he puts it, he is the Obama administration’s “worst nightmare.” So far, who can argue with him?