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Poor Donald Trump….
That sound of escaping hot air is Donald Trump’s presidential ambition deflating like a cheap balloon.
Trump, the real estate tycoon, reality TV star, billionaire, and author had famously leaped up onto the “birther” bandwagon and tried to claim that President Barack Obama wasn’t actually born in the USA. Trump has been bloviating that our Mr. Obama, a famous author in his own right, was really born in Kenya and if that was true it would legally disqualify him from being our leader.
Apparently, the folks at the White House have finally had enough. They just released a copy of our president’s birth certificate. I suppose they are hoping that Trump and all the other “birther” noisemakers will finally be quiet.
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By Squirrellygirl
April 29, 2011 9:38 AM | Link to this
A poser used my callname to post that offensive remark at 10:13 p.m. on 28 Apr. I reported it already. I will say that the Democrats are deceived if they think Obama is trying to help the poor in our country. If you want to help the poor, make it less hostile for employers to hire, and stop sending billions of our tax money to Brazil. Make your regulatory czar release those oil drilling permits in the states so people can go back to work. Seriously, Obama doesn’t care about anything right now except for getting reelected. I totally believe that it was Obama and his administration that kept this birth certificate talk going anyway to try to discredit the Republican party. Also, note that the issue first came up by Hillary team before Obama was nominated as the Democratic presidential contender, not the Republican party. I still think Obama is trying to hide something. His administration has been the opposite of transparent imo.
By Lawrence Handleir
April 29, 2011 7:41 AM | Link to this
I believe Trump is a business man first, maybe learning to politic. Obama, when, by our freedom of speech, speak in opposition to him, has supporters that cry racist garbage. It has nothing to do with racism. It is Obama, the man, the poor character, the undesireable associates, the controlling agenda, the fairness doctrine, the net neutrality, the healthcare bill, his terrible work with the United Nations and giving the impression we will allow them to perhaps over shadow our constitution! Never! Obama, you will not destroy our country, that is it’s own entity! We will restore ourselves, with no thanks to you as you are on your way out in 2012! Trump has potential but must show he understands the basic roots of the conservative.
By Squirrellygirl
April 28, 2011 3:00 PM | Link to this
Maybe if Obama’s policies weren’t so anti-American, it wouldn’t have been an issue. But you can’t help but wonder what would make an American president do the things he has done to our country. He is ruining our economy by forcing this green job agenda and hc forced redistribution bills on us, trying to shut down opposing news media, calling Republicans “enemies”and tea party members “extremists” and “radicals”. Why would any American President sue an AZ governor over defending their land against illegal aliens and drug cartel members who have shot ranchers, shot American citizens on vacation, and beheaded American citizens. What kind of American president would send our tax money out of our country for jobs everywhere except for here in the U.S.? What kind of American president would tell Rev Franklin Graham he’s not allowed at the WH but allow past police dept and past World Trade Center bombers not only access to the president but use them as advisors? What kind of American is this President Obama? It’s no wonder the majority of Americans didn’t believe he was an American, because he doesn’t act like one.
By truth in advertising
April 28, 2011 2:52 PM | Link to this
Trump is a bitter white comb over failure. He inherited his wealth, failed at every legitimate business enterprise of his own, manipulated the system so everyone else got hurt, and to this day rides on the value of his father’s portfolio. His entire schtick is built on ambition and leverage and he will give a new meaning to the term classy. I am eagerly awaiting the release of his tax returns as he swore to do when provided with a birth cert. As for the entire brouhaha about Obama, no one contests that his mother was a natural born citizen, which of course means he was too, even if he had been born in say some foreign country like Panama… Admit it. the whole controversy revolves around a black man who don’t know his place….
By Squirrellygirl
April 28, 2011 2:45 PM | Link to this
Republicans need someone who isn’t afraid to speak their mind (like Trump) but who address the real issues (like Palin). I personally think Trump might be a progressive plant because he doesn’t help the Republican party, but rather would steal votes from them if he ran as an Independent. Although I agree with Trump that it is suspicious that Obama has been so secretive with his school transcripts,etc., I would rather see him address the issues, the fact that billions of dollars were sent to Brazil for drilling there, but Obama’s regulatory czar, Cass Sustein, is sitting on oil drilling permits here in America. The fact that the hc bill is a mess, with over 1000 waivers granted to those who are in bed with the president (the unions), and with a 14 trillion dollar deficit, we can’t afford it. HC bill should be gutted. Next, we have Obama alienated our allies and going into a 3rd country (Libya) w/o Congressional approval when they hadn’t been an imminent threat nor attacked us, but only went in under UN marching orders (R2P=Responsibility to Protect). The fact that the FED has monetized our debt and devalued our dollar to the point where gas is now over $4/gal and continues to skyrocket under Obama’s energy plan. The fact that Obama wants to add additional gas taxes when it is the poor people who will end up paying for it in the end.
By Gerald Milsteienti
April 28, 2011 7:20 AM | Link to this
Trump is trying his hand at politics. We are stuck with Obama until we vote in 2012. We know what kind of a man he is by the staff he picked and by the company he keeps. George Soros is a terrible old man that wants America to become Marxist. Rahm Emanuel wrote a book about 6 years ago expressing his belief that government could best run our lives regarding healthcare, retirement and so forth. Van Jones was a radical that attempted to bomb the Pentagon many years ago. Cass Sunstein wants our gun rights taken. It is rather clear that OBama wants government to be bigger and control the public more. He wants radio to be controlled by government with his fairness doctrine, which is censorship. No to Obama. My hat is tipped to Mr. Trump for effort.
By janet cooke
April 28, 2011 12:26 AM | Link to this
WOW! This cheerleading for the democratic party column described as book note has a new enemy Donald Trump. He has taken over from Ms Sarah Palin.I hear he is now a racist for bringing up the subject.He did do what the democratic party controlled press should have done three years ago. Get Obama to show his birth certificate.
By lmj
April 28, 2011 12:05 AM | Link to this
Wow, Vick! Nobody cares about this topic. Why don’t you pick something more incendiary to see if you might get even a few comments.
By Dump Trump
April 27, 2011 4:18 PM | Link to this
Trump is guilty of slander. He needs to shut up.
By Trump = Crook
April 27, 2011 2:33 PM | Link to this
I think Trump has been involved in a lot of shady activities and to shed some light on the topic I demand that he provides his personal income tax forms for the past 20 years for us to review - if he refuses it’s obvious he has something to hide
By Covert President
April 27, 2011 2:24 PM | Link to this
All this “silliness” could have been avoided and passed over long ago (2yrs) if Obama would have just released it. It will be interesting to see what come to light after Obama has left office.
By bubby
April 27, 2011 2:24 PM | Link to this
get real how stupid do you think we are you say OBAMA Bankrupted your pension funds and looted our economy?? what about bush …oh what we are trying to hide what the wonderful man did to us outside being a lier about why we went to war in iraq They are are liers stop trying to blam the dems for what was done under a rep president
By Hartbunny
April 27, 2011 2:17 PM | Link to this
I don’t know why he had to prove he was an American Citizen to anyone. He could not be placed on the ballot if he was not qualified in accordance to the Constitution. If you could file papers to run for president with a driver’s license’ then Donald Trump really could be President. He would be the perfect candidate, just look at his hair. Who would want to look that ridiculous. Only Albert Einstein could be as brilliant and get away with crazy hair. Although it is a publicity stunt, if he’s serious about the world laughing at us, then just wait until he becomes President.
By Blowfly
April 27, 2011 2:09 PM | Link to this
If they can fake the moon landings they can fake a birth certificate. Plus, this is not a very long - long form. It’s actually very short. Am I the only one who thinks that’s odd? I’m not convinced. They need to do an DNA test to see if he has American DNA.
By old buck
April 27, 2011 2:07 PM | Link to this
Trump is the biggest PHONY in america.Trump has screwed every business partner he ever had.Why do we even talk about this BLOW HARD!!!!!!!!!
By Silly?
April 27, 2011 1:42 PM | Link to this
Silly?? I would like to think that we as a country dont think that a man who might be born outside of our country, could run it. IMO I dont think someone who has not served in our military should attempt to run this country either. I am so sick of all BS that Obama is blowing up everyones a*s. And now we got Trump on it too. Maybe we should really attempt to put a woman in the white house (BUT NOT HILARY) and let her show you men how its done! Guarantee this whole place would be ship shape in her 4 years… let Congress tell her what she cannot do… and she will prove them wrong!
By Jay
April 27, 2011 1:25 PM | Link to this
waiting for squirleygirl to comment….i need some afternoon amusement.
By KevinBob
April 27, 2011 12:47 PM | Link to this
“Apparently, the folks at the White House have finally had enough. They just released a copy of our president’s birth certificate. I suppose they are hoping that Trump and all the other “birther” noisemakers will finally be quiet.” Real arrogant statement. The noisemakers are the turkeys in the White House for letting this issue fester for years. Obama thought he could score political points on it but Trump put an end to that. Trump was damaging the Regime’s credibility.
By Krish0215
April 27, 2011 12:41 PM | Link to this
Roger- while I agree with you to an extent in the matters of more serious matters going on & not being the president of President Obama’s fan club, the plain & simple fact is that it is US LAW & a REQUIREMENT set forth in our CONSTITUTION that the President must be national born. Just a little tid bit. Many people often forget about that ‘pesky’ piece of paper so many Americans (myself included) hold near & dear to their hearts & lives- the Constitution of the United States.
By Squirrellygirl
April 27, 2011 12:39 PM | Link to this
Huh. My post didn’t show up and I got an error message saying I had posted too many, but I hadn’t posted anything today…huh. Anyway, I still wonder if there is anything in Obama’s transcripts or application for tuition assistance that he’s afraid of will get out. So much secrecy makes you think he’s hiding something. I bet he is. And another thing, I just got e-mails from Krogers and Chase Bank saying their data systems had been hacked and the hackers got my e-mail information. I wonder if that’s all they got. I read in Fox News today that a play station company was hacked and the hackers got social security numbers and birth dates. Sounds like SOMEBODY is collecting personal information…what a coincidence that Chase Bank was the bank that was mentioned by Union Leader Lerner at his meeting in NY where Pivon also spoke (who wrote a book with Cloward regarding how to overwhelm America’s economy and cause it to fail and crash). He instructed his listeners to not pay their mortgages and thus cause CHASE bank to fail and manipulate our stockmarkets. Sounds like something our AG Holder or Homeland Security should be looking in to. Since Obama has been in bed with unions, I wonder if he’s in on it…
By S
April 27, 2011 12:38 PM | Link to this
“Poor Donald” is a trash mouth.
By Dump Trump
April 27, 2011 12:31 PM | Link to this
I am so sick of Donald Trump with his hateful talk and weird hair. He is guilty of slander.
By @byMark
April 27, 2011 12:27 PM | Link to this
“…yet the Republicans can’t find one single candidate who’ll take on the robber banksters who bankrupted our pension funds and looted our economy?” Don’t you know the crooks are working in the WH? This administration is inflating our dollar by quantitative easing (QE), monetizing or printing more money and introducing it back into circulation. Where the banks had no reserves, now they do. And the influx of money (QE) resembles how much we are paying for oil. You see, our dollar is worth less now, so it takes more dollars to buy oil/gas. This administration is lying to us. They are the ones creating the chaos. Obama is in bed with the unions. The unions are creating the chaos and even revealed their plans to sabotage our economic system by causing Chase Bank to fail and manipulate our stockmarkets. Union Leader Lerner spoke at the same meeting Piven spoke at. Piven (of Cloward and Piven) wrote a book about how to overwhelm America’s economic system to cause it to fail and crash. That’s what they are doing right now. And this administration is involved with it. Have you gotten an e-mail from Chase Bank and Krogers (I did, 1-4 Apr) telling you their data systems have been hacked and hackers now have your e-mail addresses? In Fox News today a play station company said hackers got social security numbers and birth dates. Perhaps it’s not all just a conspiracy theory after all, huh?
By c'mon man
April 27, 2011 12:21 PM | Link to this
On to page 2
By Null&Void
April 27, 2011 12:11 PM | Link to this
What’s next from Trump? Maybe our president a secret spy for our not-war? Trump’s a jackass.
By Treehugger
April 27, 2011 12:05 PM | Link to this
I think you’ve got the Trump thing wrong, Vick. I expect him to proclaim loudly that he’s the guy who gets things done, who finally got Obama to show his birth certificate. This helps Trump. Which is exactly what Obama wants, since Trump is a blowhard who everybody will be sick of by November, 2012.
By Roger
April 27, 2011 12:01 PM | Link to this
Maybe they will be quiet now? Doubt it. Now they will say it’s a fake, took all this time to make it up to look official, yada, yada, yada. They find a way around the facts to find another non-issue to belabor. They are fools and Trump is their leader. I’m not an Obama fan, but I agree with him that there are so many other serious issues to work on and this silliness distracts from that. Put your brains back in your heads and get serious about being serious. Our survival depends on thinkers and doers, not small-minded people letting the likes of a Trump lead them around by the nose they can’t see the end of.
By Al Gore
April 27, 2011 11:25 AM | Link to this
Trump got exactly what he wanted. He got Obama to finally disclose his real BC. Look at the attention he gets, and that is what this is all about. He has no real intention of running for President, but he finally got Obama to cave in and supply it. This is an elaborate publicity stunt, and if you look at it from that point of view, Trump accomplished what he set out to do.
By Irishguy
April 27, 2011 11:20 AM | Link to this
It’s about time, I don’t know why it wasn’t released 3 years ago. That said, I’ve seen some folks claiming it’s not a Birth Certificate, but a Certificate of Live Birth. I have no idea if that’s a different form, or just a different name for the same form. I believe Mr O was born in Hawaii, but have always wondered why he hasn’t released much in the way of a paper trail. No college records, passport, etc. Maybe now folks will look harder at his record as POTUS.
By Mark from St Paul
April 27, 2011 11:06 AM | Link to this
Poor Donald? The Donald is all over cable this morning taking full credit for Obama proving that The Donald is a lying liar. Next up? The Donald is talking trash about Obama’s undergraduate transcripts (which apparently include proof that Obama once french-kissed Bill Ayers at a Stonewall rally). I’m sick to death of Obama’s kowtowing to Wall Street, yet the Republicans can’t find one single candidate who’ll take on the robber banksters who bankrupted our pension funds and looted our economy?