This is getting out of hand, I mean seriously out of hand, only AMERICANS can be president. To be an American, you have to be born in America. Unless of course you're born in Panama to American parents, but that's another issue. So I'm sick and tired of our country being run by this Barack Obama guy who pretends he was born in Hawaii. I mean really? Barack?
I'm glad serious people like Donald Trump - whose presidential bid, if America is lucky, will dissipate like sugar in water - are out to prove that the President is a big phony. I'm glad with all the serious issues our country is facing that we are making absolutely sure that even the president isn't above the law. I'm glad...
Ok, I couldn't keep it up; I just simply ran out of nonsense to say about this nonsense. Even the Tea Party has picked a real issue to make noise about. Donald Trump is just crazy. Sadly, people out there are listening to this crap. According to a recent survey taken by the New York Times and CBS one out of every four Americans think President Obama wasn't born in America! We're still stuck in a recession; we're still at war in Afghanistan and trying to figure out Libya and the rest of the Middle East; we still face a growing energy crisis that is exacerbated by a refusal by some to acknowledge science...I wonder how many Americans don't believe in global warming...
But HOLD THE PHONES, the president was born in Kenya? And Donald Trump says so!? Today's sign of the apocalypse: a man with a toupee and a lot of money is on a mission to prove President Obama isn't American.
The sad, serious part of all this is that legislators in a number of states are taking up this banner and attempting to turn a non-issue - a non-starter in fact - into a tool to galvanize political support. Fortunately, many of the bills haven't become law. Even grumpy old Jan Brewer in Arizona wasn't dumb enough to sign a bill passed by the Arizona legislature into law. Next up, Oklahoma, a state that has already banned Sharia law, thus preventing an Islamic takeover of America's heartland. Perhaps that bastion of enlightenment can also provide America with a law demanding Barack Obama's removal from office, thus preventing an Islamic takeover of the white house.
The mythology of Barack Obama the Kenyan persists and grows and while it does, the economic, social, environmental and international issues that require our immediate attention are pushed aside. But hey, Trump 2012 for an AMERICAN America!
Before to the recent introduction of the "birther" bills, It seemed the majority of Republican leaders had backed away from the birth certificate issue. They must have realized the lack of, even a shred, of evidence to support the claim or that the enthusiasm of public support was waning. Still they won't acknowledge the false and ridiculous nature of the accusations to the public, which is humiliating for the party. I'm shocked that this is now regaining steam, at least partly to the credit of some moronic rantings from an ego-maniacal, doo-doo head. I'm waiting anxiously for the end of the Donald Trump prank - his popularity is... worrisome. Is the Republican Party really this disorganized and void of leadership? Is our perception as a nation for quality leadership so distorted? Do you think they actually believe obama was born in Kenya? Or is it just political nonsense? What's your theory?
ReplyDeleteYou're right to point out the waste of time, energy and resources for such a matter. Other more important issues are getting less attention as a result which is sad. If one in four Americans doubt the birthplace of Barack Obama, i worry about the collective conclusions of the public on EVERYTHING, not just climate change. This is an embarrassment for republican leaders and voters alike. This is an embarrassment for America.
I heard a pundit compare Donald Trump to Ronald Reagan. Ok Reagan was a pseudo-celebrity for a while. But didn't he fade from the spotlight as he started his political career? He began working for GE and and giving politically charged speeches around the country. Before he won the presidency, he lost the Republican nomination twice and while he served as Governor of California for a decade. Trump, on the other hand, got rich as a real estate mogul, made some poor investments, went broke and then got rich again. His considering running for president comes shortly after filming for his hit reality tv show - for which he's best known - The Apprentice. The guy once sued a man because he claimed that trump was ONLY worth hundreds of millions of dollars - what an insult. He's a man that clearly judges the value of humans on how much money they have. Donald's second greatest accomplishment - his infamous thrashing of Rosie Odonel - was humorous i'll admit. I hope soon this will be humorous too. Right now an unqualified American Celebrity is behaving like a presidential candidate although he hasn't officially declared. Bearing in mind Trump's apparent seriousness and the alarming support in the polls, the stakes are too high to laugh.
Trump/Palin 2012 "you're fired. I quit"
It's come to my attention that not so long ago, Trump was public in his views on health care, abortion and taxes. He was for higher taxes on the wealthy, pro-choice and for universal health care. He has since performed a 180 and become a face for the most conservative and most fringe group of Americans. A point of similarity to Ronald Reagan and his change of heart, but still it's a stretch for comparison.
ReplyDeleteThere's not much to say about this except how outrageous it is, but there are some interesting views on the psychology of it here:
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The truth is, this might be good for America, because if this gains steams and some nutjob fringe Republican wins the primary it will push independent voters to Obama and the Democrats next year.