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Donald Trump’s birther shtick had to be a leftist plot
Thursday, April 28, 2011 | 2 a.m.
A Trump-branded chocolate bar, which sells for $4 in the Trump International gift shop, melts into the off-Strip landscape. This is a photo illustration.
J. Patrick Coolican
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Donald Trump, a possible 2012 presidential candidate, talks with reporters at the Pease International Tradeport on Wednesday, April 27, 2011, in Portsmouth, N.H.
This handout image provided by the White House shows a copy of the long form of President Barack Obama's birth certificate from Hawaii.
The scheme is so devious, so underhanded, that it nearly worked. I’m talking about the White House’s secret agreement with Donald Trump that he run for president as a Republican who calls into question Barack Obama’s birthplace. Trump is doing this in exchange for ... what? That I haven’t quite gotten to the bottom of, but I assure you I’m getting close. Very close.
It goes like this: Let’s say you’re a wild-eyed radical left winger who managed to get elected president with the help of ACORN even though you weren’t born in this country.
And let’s say there’s a financial crisis because the government forced the powerless banks to give loans to poor people, and that omnipotent illegal immigrants and teachers and social worker unions and other nefarious evildoers have blown up the economy.
Well, let’s face it, bub: You’re going to have a problem winning re-election to finally achieve your dream of redistributing the wealth, establishing Sharia law and handing over the reins of the military to the gays and the United Nations.
So, what do you do? Well, it’s simple. You go find a guy with all the network news anchors on speed dial, someone who defines glamour and sophistication, someone who hosts a successful game show called “Celebrity Apprentice,” someone who will burn up weeks and months of orgiastic media time. Trump!
Recall that in 2004, Dan Rather, by falling for a set of forged documents, made it impossible for anyone to question President George W. Bush’s military service. Similarly, Obama’s birthplace cover-up will survive because Trump is an unreliable narrator and a sideshow and will throw the media off the scent. Obama even went so far as to directly address the controversy Wednesday and release yet another “birth certificate.” It’s brilliant.
And I fear that Nevada Republicans are falling for the trap. Trump will appear this evening at Treasure Island, which has sexy pirates, at an event organized by Draft Trump 2012. (Best website heading: “Natural Born.”)
The event is billed as “From Ronald to Donald,” invoking Ronald Reagan, the Gipper. The White House, which is clearly the hidden hand behind Draft Trump, knows its audience because Republicans love them some Reagan and some 1980s. (If only Gordon Gekko weren’t a fictional character, he could have run.)
It’s certainly understandable that Nevada Republicans would be seduced by Trump. After all, look what he’s given our community: A $1.2 billion eponymy wrapped in gold. Sure, he never built the second tower that was supposed to go with it. And sure, it sits there alone a quarter mile from the Strip, with a couple of surface parking lots sprouting weeds. But in the gift shop, you can buy — and I did! — a milk chocolate bar wrapped in gold foil so that it resembles a real gold bar. It is inscribed with “Trump” and it costs $4. A $4 milk chocolate bar. That’s luxury right there. As Trump once said, “I did want to do something really dramatic in Las Vegas, and this building, in terms of its height and beauty and look, is rather amazing,” Yes, rather amazing.
Trump also graced our community with opportunity when he offered weekend seminars for a mere $1,499, during which his “hand-picked” teachers would explain how to get rich in real estate. This was December 2006, a great time to get rich in Las Vegas real estate!
So I get why Nevada Republicans might get taken in by Trump.
But I’ve done some digging around, and the Trump-Obama conspiracy has revealed itself.
Check out this exchange reported recently by Al Kamen of The Washington Post.
Trump says he complained to Obama confidante David Axelrod that when the White House has state dinners and important events, it’s always in some cheap rickety tent.
“I will build you, free of charge, one of the great ballrooms of the world,” Trump says he told Axelrod, one that will “cost maybe $100 million” and be “attached to the White House.” (Imagine the luxury of such a ballroom!) Axelrod said, “That’s great,” Trump recalled, but “I never heard from ’em.”
Axelrod has a slightly different story, according to the Post, recalling the offer of the free luxury ballroom, but adding that this came only after another offer behind Door No. 1. See, Trump called him and asked to be put in charge of the effort to plug the leaking oil well in the Gulf. “I know how to run big projects,” Trump told Axelrod. “Why don’t you put me in charge?”
Sure, why not a real estate speculator and TV game show host for that job. Seems reasonable.
Anyway, what we see here is a pattern of the White House and Trump flirting over ballrooms and oil spills. All we need is another dot.
Enter Glenn Beck: “So a lot of people think that George Soros is nothing to worry about, Donald Trump. Donald Trump took investment money from George Soros to build the Trump Tower in Chicago.”
Aha! Soros. Soros, the billionaire financier who has supported democracy efforts in former communist bloc countries and left-wing causes in the U.S.
And ... Chicago. Hmm ... Chicago. What foreign-born U.S. president learned radical Saul Alinsky-style politics in Chicago? You know who.
So, we know Trump is connected to Soros, and of course we know Soros is secretly running the White House.
Now, what does Trump get in return for his service to the White House, what does he get by acting like a loathsome buffoon and making a mockery of the Republican nominating process?
That I haven’t figured out yet. There’s some dirty deal, and I suspect Las Vegas has something to do with it. We always do.
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Hahahahaha!
Why won't Hawaii produce documents proving it's a state? :D
http://karws.gso.uri.edu/jfk/conspiracy_...
Shocking. Thank goodness I got the straight on Trump before I wasted my vote on him. But I have to admit, he's done a very good job over time of masking his socialist tendencies - and to imagine that I thought he was pimping himself in the name of self-enrichment this whole time! I feel so used...
Harping on the birth certificate issue did more harm to Trump.
Trump is a person I could vote for simply because the path we've been led down by democrats and republicans has been utter trash. Whether it's Obama, Palin, McCain...you're not going to get change with these dyed in the wool lifelong politicians. It's all about protecting the status quo of how the country runs itself..from a political perspective. I'd vote for him simply out of a hope for something different. I still think Perot could have won in 92 if he had not imploded.
Trump is a moron.
I think the real question here is whether Sam Morris ate the chocolate bar he bought?
You are GOOD Patrick! All you need is a blackboard like Beck and a few tears and this would be delicious!
That's the funniest sh*t I've ever read! I remember when the Sun was a hack newspaper with hack writers...oh, never mind :-). Keep on saving the world from "the Donald" and we can elect a real president in the mean time....haha! Thanks for the smile!
What many reasonable American believe is the birther issue is racist motivated. The first black president, having his character attacted by house members and senate members and now a person like Donald Trump, this is personal, this is perjudice with strong racist motivation.
The cable news organization have given the birther issue life. Rabbit politicians have been given a 24-hour platform on cable news. The hatred we see and hear is placed front and center during dinner time and family time on cable news. There is nothing good reported on cable news. From CNN, FOX to MSNBC, the birther issue became an issue because cable news allows, daily, full access to an extreme element of individuals who are too far left, or too far right, and mainly radical politicians who have revealed deep hatred and racist toward anything and everything that is connect to a black president name Barack Hussein Obama.
Oh, and I agree...Trump is a moron :-). Worst choice the Republicans could make...unless it was Palin :-)
I'm a reasonable American and I never thought it was racist...political yes, but not racist...so what if the president is black...he's still a politician first and foremost, and because he is, he is always going to be subjected to political attacks like this....AND capable of doing the same when needed...I'm just glad he finally put it out there so he could shut up the birthers...this could have been a non story if he had just done it when asked...
donnie is ruining the brand...
period...
end of story...
hey patrick...
i wish you had asked phil ruffin what he thinks of donnie boy...
Lamely written piece.
Get ready for a whole two months more at least of this racist carnival barking. Or as I like to call it: "Trumpetoots".
But let's not get carried away by thoughts that Nevada republicans will back Trump. Not when he did a thumbs down to Steve Wynn buying into Trump Tower in New York. Las Vegas casino moguls have long memories. They'll do everything possible to make sure this sideshow clown gets the hook!
Can't wait for the movie!
I seriously doubt Trump will run. He would have to give full disclosure of his finances and most people would shocked to learn his net worth is closer to $300 million, and nowhere near $1 billion.
I believe he's doing all this just for the publicity. He makes a majority of his money from licensing his name.
There are a lot of really dumb nevadans who almost picked Sharon right angle, so why not this carnival barker?
I'm sure it had something to do with the alternative...not so much with her...
'From Ronald to Donald" doesn't evoke Reagan, more like Ronald McDonald. Capt. Combover is just another clown tying to sell something of questionable value. Besides, he's too late, the USA is already bankrupt.
I knew it wouldn't take long for some fool to play the race card. Who cares what fake papers the Kenyan presents, he's the POSPotus for now, and we have to deal with it. His corrupt Chicago cronies are giving him his marching orders, and before long he'll be hated more than Bush. Post-racial, my A..
I have no hope that the GOP fields a decent candidate, looking at their track record. Palin, Mccain, Angle, why not Trump ? Better get ready for another 4 years of Obummer. After all, the GOP managed to get Reid reelected. A ticket of Bin Laden / Ghadaffi would have been better than Angle.
The whole wild-eyed Left Winger label is total fabrication. Obama is no Lefty. He works for Wall Street and Big Business. The American public is so stupid now it is surreal.
How is that Hope and Change working out?
Trump Unable to Produce Certificate Proving He's Not a Festering Pile of Sh*t
headline at The Onion -
Let me alert Longtimkevegan that Barry Hussain Obama is white. He has a white mother. Her name is on his birth certificate, you know, the one he just released. I don't know why he did because I saw pictures of his white mother who would have been the other person in the hospital when he was born and she lived in Hawaii. I know he's proud of his white heritage because I heard him say so in his speach in Philadelphia about race. Remember when he said his white grandmother would have crossed the street out of fear if she saw a black person coming toward her. So my white President is making the types of decisions that are ruining my country. cap and trade, entitlements, socialists policies, little to no support for Israel, union butt kissing, global warmng, this farce of green energy, how's that 4.00 a gallon gas working for you, degrading the United States in the face of those foreign countries who hate us, and sends his his own children to private schools by not supporting the Washington public school system. See, these are the things I dislike. Let me also mention that Jimmy Carter, another white President had policies that I did not like. He left those Iranian hostages there to rot while another white President Ronald Reagan had them released. Oh and another white President Richard Nixon imposed price controls that caused inflation later, and that little Watergate thing. And yes, finally, President George Bush, another white President, who tried to do things like work out some amnesty program with 12 million law breakers. So I hate things that white Presidents did and are currently doing. I know I'm no racist because I hate the things white Presidents did. I will tell you that I do want a true black person in the White House, that's why I'm supporting Herman Cain for President.
Awesome expose on Trumplestiltzkin.
@ Judy, you're right. Still delicious.
Actually, somewhat amusing.
Another side show, like Palin running their mouth off all of the time. Embarrassing the Rep. party. You never know what he will say! At this rate Obama will win again.
sometimes you wanna say something about the ridiculous stuff you read in the comment section, but really, what's it gonna help? There's no changing bigots and morons.
@BCDave, you left out the Saul Alinsky playbook reference...you are slipping man!
ps-spell check and paragraphs are a wonderful thing when trying to make a coherent, rational argument.
Applicants are carefully screened at The Trump Organization before they are hired. If later on it is discovered that there was a lie on the application, Trump would personally fire them. Don`t be surprised by the obsession Trump has with truthfulness, he hates to be fooled.
Bubbalv... that's downright impressive, even by the current right wing, vitriolic standards of today. You rag on a fool for playing the race card, and then 7 words later you refer to Obama being a Kenyan. 7 words later! That's a mighty efficient way to prove the overwhelming point of who's drinking the Kool-Aid right now.
You keep up the faith, man. The GOP candidate just might surprise you. Afterall, the only more ridiculous thing left in all of this is that an actual Republican candidate steps forward, drops the rhetoric, and talks about real issues. Then we have a useful conversation. Until then, the freak show continues! God love 'em...
Would it come as a shock to anyone if the proof of birth requirement going forward in many states led to a blank ballot in the primaries? If President Obama's paperwork from Hawaii is insufficient to quiet the "birthers", what pray tell will be required of other candidates? Who can produced better documentation and thereby qualify? The fallout of their attempts should be amusing to watch.
The Right just gets crazier and crazier.
This guy seems to be the epitome of what Obama referred to as a Carnival Barker.
This guy is bat chit crazy. What a joke.
It is a spiral in conspiracies - Dig yourself in deeper into multiple levels of conjecture and you find yourself in a whole new dimension that you can no longer tell what is real and what is not. At this point, you are classified insane and should be committed.
Have at it though. I don't mind. I prefer you people come into this fight with all that abstract and detached reasoning.
Obama called you a Carnival Barker. Too funny. lol
What surprises me is that it wasn't a requirement to provide documents proving a candidate met the legal requirements for any given office to begin with. I had always thought that was the case.
All wrong.
Both Trump and Obama are aliens, but not from the same planet. But the two planets have entered into a pact with the Devil to take over Earth.
Once Lucifer is in charge, humans will be thrown into Hell, which will be having to sit through endless re-runs of Celebrity Apprentice starring Meatloaf and Gary Busey.
Voters are getting tired of hearing about the bogus credentials of Obama or Trump, voters want a candidate that is real. Expect a revolt of the masses when a candidate that lets it all hang out wins the presidency. He will be a combination of a transvestite, pervert, racist, nazi, anti-semite, and a crack addict. But he is everyman and will win in a landslide.
Whomever wins in 2012, the only one's losing will be the citizens of this country...
The real question is "why didn't he produce the birth certificate when the question first came up". Seems like he could have resolved the issue then. His stonewalling only helped create question in a lot of people's minds, and a general distrust of him. Wasn't someomne in his own party who first brought it up in the primary?
It seems that it would be required of ALL candidates for president to provide all documents such as a birth certificate. They needed to see mine when I was first registered for school, when I got a SS card, when I got a driver's license, when I enrolled for college, when I applied for a passport, etc. I'm sure some professionel licenses also require it be produced. Is it too much for one running for president to provide it in a TIMELY manner?
I can see that those of you who attack me for supporting the color of my white President Barry Hussain Obama are perfectly content with the prices you pay for goods and services. It must piss you off to no end that you don't have a George Bush whipping boy to blame anymore.
If you have a 20 gallon tank and you must fill up twice a week, at 2.50/gallon you would pay 100.00/week or 5200.00 after tax money for fuel. At 4.00/gallon in the same vehicle you will now pay 160.00/week or 8320.00 for an additional after tax income of 3120.00.
If gas goes up to five dollars a gallon, and it will, you now will pay 200.00/wk or 10,400.00/year against what you pay now. Did you get an additional 5200.00 after tax money as a raise in your paycheck to cover the additional cost?
Is Obama giving you an automatic raise to just cover your additional cost for gas? Now should we move on to the cost of toilet paper?
See that's the problem with living here and dealing with the sheep on here that will go down with the Obama ship. I don't care how educated you are, do you get to a point where you can't afford to support your family? Will you ever consider taking drastic measures to survive? Wouldn't it be nice to stop the bleeding now? Or.....maybe you need some other person to tell you what to do. Come on people. Do you have plan B? No you don't. You're too busy busting your tail to make ends meet now. So you go take out a payday loan at 20% interest to cover a short term defecit.
What are you going to do when you can't make ends meet anymore? Do you think any of these bastard politicians care about you personally? How much of this green energy BS are you going to fall for. I want all of you now making 20-25K per year to trade in your 1997 pick up for a new 41,000.00 Chevy Volt. Tell you what, call up the Sierra club and ask them to buy you a tank of gas.
Put the race issue down for a second. Do you.......honestly.....agree with the direction we're headed? At what point do you hold the current leaders accountable? Or do you say nothing?
I don't think Obama understands anything. He has no backbone because he has no clue about much of anything. He appears to be a Socialist only because anybody would if ask how one ought to treat a person who is hungry. It does not go beyond that, seriously.
He let the BC go because he didn't understand the implications. He obviously is shown nothing but mainstream TV news, so until Trump raised the issue once again, I seriously do not think Obama even understood the debate going on.
To think Obama has the mental capacity to understand why the Rich must be taxed higher (to get their capital working), is a major stretch. He folds on being told "it is not fair to the rich".
Amazing ... the things people believe.
For years I bought into conspiracies basing my arguements on what I deemed as facts. Then one day I realized; if you take a good look at any conspiracy, there are at least three versions of the same event. Facts are distorted and bent to fit the scenario. People need to believe in what is out of their control, as in religion. So I finally got it, with out hard core evidence, such as an alien ship or body, people love to make crap up to fill some empty slot in their soul.
Birthers will not go away, they will find another excuse to exploit! Hey, maybe Obama's real birth certificate is buried along side Jimmy Hoffa in the NY Giant's end zone.
stephenrblv - "I don't think Obama understands anything."
Shouldn't that be, "I don't think?"
VernosB - should not it be arguments, not "arguements"? or without? not "with out"? hardcore, not "hard core"?
Anyhow the question remains, is this President clueless or intentionally being deceptive? Why does he jump when a TV Star asks, but balks (for 2+ years) when millions of Americans request simple clarification?
Some would claim Obama owned by the Rich. Can you understand why some think that? Not about filling a void, it is about simple truth.
I am going to toss out a theory here; a theory that explains why even though Obama was born here in Hawaii why there has been obfuscation over the birth certificate. The theory involves a minor scandal Obama needed hidden, yet was too trivial to be of use to either Hillary Clinton or John McCain during the 2008 campaign.
That is the real issue here. If there was anything at all to this claim that Obama is not a natural born citizen, both Hillary and McCain would not have hesitated to use it to remove Obama and win the White House. So there must be another explanation.
My theory is that the true original birth certificate for Barack Obama has a different name for the father than Barack Hussein Obama, Sr. The theory is that the original birth certificate lists one Frank Marshall Davis as the father and that the young Obama was born out of wedlock (a common enough occurrence during the 60s).
If true, this connects all the facts together in a reasonable manner.
Obama grew up pretending that the man married to his mother was his biological father, and took the Obama name into politics. The revelation that mom had had an affair and that Obama was illegitimate is an embarrassment, and in a tightly contested election race might be a small liability given Davis' support for Communism. But given that Davis was from Chicago, there is no question that Obama, in this scenario, is still a naturally born US citizen. McCain and Hillary could not have used the scandal of Obama being illigitimate without making Obama look like a victim of dirty politics. After all, Obama can hardly be blamed for the circumstances of his conception. But his deception regarding his last name is intentional on Obama's part and reason enough for Kagen to block the birther lawsuits to keep the original certificate hidden.
This scenario also explains the statement Obama made in the video about how his father served in WW2, because while Obama Sr. and later Soetero were too young to serve in WW2, the far older Frank Marshall Davis did in fact serve in WW2.
This seems to make the most sense to me.
Yes, Michael that makes complete sense...
Unless you have a lick of sense!
Please, read this:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/ser...
Obama's grandfather served in WWII. So is it more likely that he said "father" instead of "grandfather" as a simple mistake...
Or has it been a FOUR DECADE LONG PLOT?
we really do need someone to run the country as a "business" for a few years so someone else can come in and f it u again.