This is a comment by The Wet One on the post “Blitzer/Trump Birther Showdown“.
I think what we’re seeing is modern day racism. Have you ever heard of any past WHITE presidents having to prove their place of birth? Having to have an authority (namely Hawaii vital statistics or some such) produce the birth certificate? Having it still questioned years after producing the birth certificate (including by the Arizona election authority: http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/05/23/obamas-birth-certificate-gets-arizonas-stamp-of-approval/
Maybe that has something to do with it. Maybe, just maybe, Trump is an out and out bigoted racist red neck (with the hair to go with it).
Maybe we should start calling that which walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and acts like a duck, a duck.
But maybe the GMP isn’t courageous enough to do this.
It seems fairly clear to me that in Trump’s mind, it can’t possibly be the case that a man who isn’t white can be president, just like many of his fellow American. It seems like he still holds this belief (much like the ignorant Arizona state authorities) notwithstanding more than adequate proof to the contrary provided by Hawaii. It seems pretty damned clear that Trump et. al. are racists and should shut the eff up and sit goddamn down on this particular issue. Obama can be trashed for plenty of things (heck maybe even policies and things that matter). This sure as hell ain’t one of them.
Go fuck yourself Trump, preferably with one of those towers you’re so admired for building.
The Wet One
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This article http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/victory_lab/2012/06/racicalization_michael_tesler_s_theory_that_all_political_positions_come_down_to_racial_bias_.single.html discusses some of the research done on how Obama’s race plays into American politics and people’s views.
Given that Trump’s birther bullsh*t has been completely debunked (and recall Arizona’s state agency tried to pull the same horse dung to keep Obama off the presidential ballot. My god, what kind of backward ass country do you Americans live in?) by the Hawaiian authorities, is he trying to capitalize on this sentiment that researchers have found to harm Obama (and by extension all American’s with “one drop”)? The thing speaks for itself in my view.
Yeah Wet One, you ’bout covered it, good job
A fine rebuttal. One I’ll have to consider. But I’ll settle with my original statement. Racist, weird haired prick! BTW, where exactly in this: “Donald Trump weighed in on reports of Herman Cain’s record of sexual harassment allegations Wednesday in an interview with Fox News, suggesting that the GOP presidential candidate was being unjustly hounded by the media based on claims that may not have merit. “I think it’s a very ugly witch hunt and I think it’s very unfair. You say, ‘Oh, hello, darling, how are you?’ And you get sued because you’ve destroyed somebody’s life. It’s ridiculous. And… Read more »
If he was really opposed to the idea of a black man becoming president, then would have been an excellent time to strike out against Cain. I’m not saying Cain was his favorite candidate, just that he clearly wasn’t completely against him.
If he was really supportive or positive on the idea of a black man becoming president, that would have been a great time to support Cain as such. A black man who was worthy of becoming president and that these were mere distractions taking away from such a candidate by playing on the black man as sexual predator fears, even if he wasn’t the best candidate.
Just sayin’…
Could go either way I suppose, but I still stand by my call.
The Wet One
Maybe he just thought Cain was a poor candidate? Personally I’m glad he’s not in the race.
“It seems fairly clear to me that in Trump’s mind, it can’t possibly be the case that a man who isn’t white can be president”
Er…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/03/donald-trump-herman-cain-_n_1073832.html
His smear tactics seem to be more partisan than racist to me.
Well.
I’ll hand this to the GMP.
They had the courage to higlight my post.
In my view (which is admitedly and obviously highly biased), good on ya!
The Wet One