Posted on 04/21/2011 7:32:20 AM PDT by Smokeyblue
Could Donald Trump be following Karl Rove's advice and dropping his public birtherism once and for all? In an op-ed published in USA Today on Thursday morning, Trump writes that he's ready to stop all the birther chatter.
"I have spoken my piece on this issue," Trump wrote, reminding readers that "many people have the same doubts as I have."
Trump says he's ready to shift the conversation about his maybe-candidacy to something more substantive.
"My concern lies with people like the single mom who recently wrote to me that she now works a third job to pay for the gas to get to the other two," Trump writes.
(Excerpt) Read more at tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com ...
Its already over $4 for regular in MD/DC suburbs
Not if he can't answer Trump's question.
TRUMP
Anything that increases interest into Obama’s hidden, sordid past is NOT a win for Obama. Obama won the election because of three things, nobody knew anything about him, he can read a teleprompter very well, and he is “black”. As soon as people start learning more about the man, the less likely they will repeat a very bad mistake...
Now, we will get post after post after post trashing trump on the birther issue.
Why? Trump hasn’t changed his opinion on the birth certificate/eligibility issue at all.
“One per-centers are funny.”
If you think “birthers” are only one percent you need to put down the crack pipe down.
It’s the economy, stupid.
It’s the economy, stupid. All Trump is doing is demonstrating how many of us don’t have our eye on the ball. But that’s fine. If the GOP electorate is this stupid, we deserve to be exposed.
Yeah, who needs dem stinkin’ ideals. Dey just get in da way of good bus’ness, if ya know what I mean, heh heh heh....
In general election, that is true. We're not in the general election stage.
Yes, conservatives DO WANT TO THE TRUTH about Obama, what he is hiding and why he is hiding it. Trump tapped into that sentiment and that is the reason he is risen in the polls among Republicans.
All this hand-wringing about the birther issue is utter nonsense. It will have no impact on the general election unless some scandal is unearthed. If not, no one is going to care about the issue in the general election because the general election will be about Obama's record.
Trump does not have to say anything anymore....he has pretty much exposed the GOP as in the tank for Obama
Of course....whenever someone says they have “said the last of something”....they will say more
I Am Birther
Where are those videos of the various chicken dances from Arrested Development? I know Ive got them here somewhere.
I hear the Cornballer is quite popular in Mexico....
Trump just talked about the BC issue on Fox a few minutes ago.
Americas Newsroom 10:07 am
Let Trump talk...the more he talks the harder it is for the DNC and GOP to annoint Obama
They’ve been using the same strategery with Michelle Bachmann. The agenda is pretty obvious.
I suspect that they’re working in concert. Trump’s “investigators” are in fact Corsi and his people. It makes lots of sense for both of them.
Corsi has a good track record..see Swiftboats
There has to be something there..otherwise we wouldn’t have all the pre-publication hype...So Trump raises the issue..heightens awareness..gets everyone, especially the MSM talking about it...the book comes out..it’ll be a HUGE hit.. the facts and data and documentation will speak for themselves.
Corsi not only writes interesting books....he is not afraid to expose anyone in any party
You can bet the Liberal RINOs were upset when Corsi uncovered Bush’s North American Union nonsense a few years ago (which Obama is continuing). Corsi was also the one who exposed John McCain receiving money from George Soros
Corsi has more credibility than any of the other investigative authors.
Just wonder if GOP Media, who is obviosuly in the tank for Obama, will give Corsi interview time. Because of the Birther issue...a number of Liberal GOP outlets will not have Corsi on.
In fact, I will keep track of those shows that have Corsi on..and those that do not. You can be sure, those that do not, are not real conservatives
True, they tried the same on Bachmann. She just did not handle it well.
Bachmann needs to tell the Liberal GOP establishment to bizz off...and say what she thinks. She has a much better chance if she goes with what she believes.
Of all the potential GOP candidates, Michelle Bachmann has the strongest conservative credentials. However, if she backs off on the Birther issue....I cannot support her.
I remember Corsi appearing on Hannity’s radio show months before the 08 election. He had just “escaped” a Kenyan jail cell where he “barely” survived and promised to blow the lid off this issue in days.
3 years later we are still waiting for him to keep his word. Any credibility garnered as a result of “swift boating” Kerry has been squandered.
If Trump is putting his eggs in Corsi’s basket, he is much dumber than I expected and this issue is dead.
Meanwhile, the damage has been done. Trump has convinced America that the most important issue for GOP voters is Obamas birth certificate. A win for Obama.
A win only if you, and other GOP Liberals, continue to cover for Obama on the issue. Not asking for him to release the Long Form BC is pretty much working for the Obama campaign
Oh God...another Liberal RINO Nutjob helping Obama
This “Birthers are Truthers” nonsense has to stop. You Obama Supporters are getting way desperate
I Am Birther
Now, we will get post after post after post trashing trump on the birther issue.
Why? Trump hasnt changed his opinion on the birth certificate/eligibility issue at all.
One per-centers are funny.
If you think birthers are only one percent you need to put down the crack pipe down.
Yes, I believe it is much more than one percent. Our RINO friends definitely have snuck into Lindsey Lohan’s stash
I disagree. The MSM will have Corsi on...and will attempt to discredit him..Unlike the Kerry/Swiftboat issue, which to many happened decades ago..the BC issue is current. The BIG image from that was when they showed the old clip of O’Neill debating Kerry on the Dick Cavitt show. Today, we have Trump on every MSM outlet 20 times a day, talkig about it..it’s not a comparable situation.
It will have no impact on the general election unless some scandal is unearthed. If not, no one is going to care about the issue in the general election because the general election will be about Obama’s record.
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Want to make a bet? I know people that never bought into the BC issue that are not questioning it.
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