Posted on 04/29/2011 3:07:37 AM PDT by Scanian
A senior CBS news anchor today labelled Donald Trump's campaign to raise doubts about President Obama's school grades as an 'ugly strain of racism'. Face The Nation host Bob Schieffer made the comments in the wake of Mr Trump's calls yesterday for Mr Obama to release college transcripts 'proving' he had the grades to enter Columbia and Harvard. The attack came as new research suggested viewers for Celebrity Apprentice - some of the most liberal for any TV show - were deserting the program due to Mr Trump's outspoken rants against Mr Obama.
The furore came soon after the President released his full birth certificate - finally putting the question of his citizenship beyond reasonable doubt. Yesterday Mr Trump called on the President to release his college transcripts.
Reacting to the call, Mr Schieffer said: 'That's just code for saying he got into law school because he's black. 'This is an ugly strain of racism that's running through this whole thing.' Earlier in the day Mr Trump had hinted that the President did not earn the grades at his first college Occidental to allow him to enter the two prestigious Ivy league schools. He said: 'I have friends who have smart sons with great marks, great boards, great everything and they can't get into Harvard.
'We don't know a thing about this guy. There are a lot of questions that are unanswered about our President.' In a separate interview given moments after Mr Obama released the birth certificate, Trump said: 'I'd like to know how does he get into Harvard, how does he get into Columbia if he isn't a very good student. 'If he wants to release it that's fine,if he doesn't want to release it that's fine too. But the word is he wasn't a very good student.'
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Wayne, at least you know we are not the pretender in the white house! Definitely an ABO vote this coming election, including Mao.
CBS playing the race card again ... Nothing new
When you can’t produce verifiable information .. do whatever you can to make it a racial issue
Yeah, but you’re Doc Savage - you’re SUPPOSED to be perfect! :)
Sounds like Shieffer's a racist of some sort to me!
They used to call ‘em “Dixiecrats” until Bob’s hero LBJ changed his tune so that JFK would put him on his ticket.
Heck, I thought Schieffer died a couple of years ago. Shows how much I watch the made up tv news.
Bob Schieffer has probably known Trump for years. He never said anything bad about Trump before, that I know of.
If anyone goes up against Obama, the media will attack that person.
Since he is 74 and looks 84, I can see why you would think that.
Leftists always project.
All of their race-based policies are premised on their belief that “minorities” cannot succeed without the enlightened help of their “betters”.
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