Posted on 04/11/2011 12:17:23 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
A fed-up White House yesterday for the first time took the bait on Donald Trump's relentless, months-long questioning of whether President Obama is a US citizen.
A top Obama aide lashed out at the real-estate tycoon, reality-show star and GOP presidential hopeful on national television, saying his fledgling campaign is a "sideshow" and he has "zero chance" of ever living in the White House.
"That's not leadership. That's kind of sideshow behavior," White House senior adviser David Plouffe charged on ABC's "This Week."
Trump, who is flirting with a run for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination and has been rising in the polls, has single-handedly revived questions about whether Obama is actually foreign born and therefore constitutionally ineligible to be president.
He simultaneously rocketed to second place in the nomination race among Republicans and first place among Tea Partiers in a recent NBC/Wall Street Journal poll.
"I saw Donald Trump kind of rising in some polls," Plouffe said. "I hope he keeps on rising because there's zero chance that Donald Trump would ever be hired by the American people to do this job."
"There may be a small part of the country that believes these [birthplace questions], but mainstream Americans think it's a sideshow," he said, adding that voters want leaders who focus on real issues.
Some Capitol Hill insiders were surprised by Plouffe's outburst.
"I'd guess the 'birther' stuff got under their skin," a top Republican aide on Capitol Hill said.....
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LOL... Trump is eating their lunch.
As long as they keep the birth certificate hidden, he can keep hammering them on it.
All the polls are showing that it is a winning issue simply because the more they stall, the more people wonder what they are hiding.
and for the dims:
When on thin ice, run faster.
Now, if other prominent names would just step up.
Let’s see.
Mr. The Donald can prove he is eligible to run.
Mr. “Obama” cannot.
Mr. “Obama” should not be allowed to run until he can prove his status as a natural born citizen, and neither should anyone else.
Hope he keeps up the pressure, cuz he makin Obama look like the limp wristed lying fool that he is.
Gov. Palin already has, repeatedly over the last three years. I’m sure Myth Romney, Tiny Tim, Gomer Huckleberry, Newt and the other dwarves will chime up any minute now.
Made a few trips to Japan some years ago...stayed at the hotel featured in "Lost in Translation."
Regards
zer0’s chances? must have been pretty good... zer0 made it into the WH
(he is the alpha.. the 0mega... he is the beginning... then end... the 0ne and a zer0 at the same time... he’s 0bama!)
I’m 58 and hope they get to the end of this birth certificate before I die. I’d love to see what the Democrat donations paid 2 million plus to hide. I think were going to find out Obama is an illegitimate child from his grandmother or his grandfather. I think there were swingers.
Actually, I never saw that movie. What hotel was it?
Things are going fine now. Well, as well as can be expected.
Bookmarking... they are taking on water.... hope this sinks the SOB’s.
“whether President Obama is a US citizen.”
Another IDIOT or LYING reporter who gets the issue wrong by omitting “natural born.”
looks like he is in the coin flip decision making mode here:
Heads....release the long form BC
Tails....don't release the long form
Thinks....what's the beef with the BC BS?
Heads....Wagu beef
Tails....Lobster (no pun intended)
There ... fixed
Zero chance is good. Very good. Zer0 won the last election so zero chance is as good as it gets.
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