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Trump's presidential hopes tarnished by African-American comments
The Canadian Press ^ | April 15, 2011 | Lee-Anne Goodman

Posted on 04/15/2011 9:53:17 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

His troubles with "the blondes" are well-documented, but now Donald Trump is in hot water with "the blacks" _ the cringe-worthy term he used this week to describe African-Americans, a segment of the population once warm to his potential run for U.S. president.

"I have a great relationship with the blacks," Trump said earlier this week in a radio interview.

He added that the overwhelming African-American support for U.S. President Barack Obama is "frightening." The remarks come on the heels of the mega-mouthed billionaire questioning whether Obama was born on U.S. soil.

Oops.

America's black community, in fact, recently viewed Trump favourably, an NBC poll found.

The survey was conducted, however, before Trump revealed himself to be one of the "birthers," the fringe group of Americans _ many of them Tea Party adherents _ who believe Obama is illegitimately serving as president because he wasn't born in the United States but in Kenya.

Trump, whose high-profile divorces from Ivana Trump and then Marla Maples hogged headlines in the 1990s, says he believes there "is a big possibility" Obama may have violated the Constitution since it prohibits anyone not born in the United States from serving as president.

"I want to see the birth certificate," Trump in an interview last week on NBC's "Today" show.

Officials in Hawaii have certified that Obama was born in that state, and many African-Americans consider suggestions to the contrary to be downright racist....

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KEYWORDS: birthcertificate; certifigate; obama; trump
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To: Williams

“I don’t view Bush unfavorably except the medicare drug entitlement was fiscal insanity.”

His repeated attempt to amnesty millions of illegal aliens was even worse.

Those illegals are still here and to see what effect they have you simply need to look at what has happened to California.

Obama will continue to push Dubya’s amnesty dream, something that would be less of a threat if Bush had obeyed his oath of office and done his job.


81 posted on 04/16/2011 12:00:43 PM PDT by Pelham (Islam, mortal enemy of the free world)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
I know. I'm glad Ann Coulter addressed this in her question-and-answer session at CPAC. Someone asked about the idea of changing the name of Rhode Island because it has the word "plantation" in it and she let the Dems have it about doing nothing when it mattered. It's the second question, so it's right at the beginning.
82 posted on 04/16/2011 12:23:02 PM PDT by firebrand (Impeach Obama.)
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To: Bridge_toofar

Me too.....some serious bloodletting here over all that....the harpies brooked no dissent over George W


83 posted on 04/16/2011 4:22:17 PM PDT by wardaddy (ok...Trump---Sarah----Michelle.....any of them are ok for now---tain't picky)
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