Donald Trump continues to spout birther rhetoric in an apparent attempt to appeal to President Obama's dissenters.
In an interview with Fox's Greta Van Susteren, the millionaire presidential hopeful said of Obama's birth certificate, "He doesn't have it. He spent millions of dollars on lawyers trying to get out of the issue. They give what's called a certificate of live birth which doesn't even have a signature on it, and anybody can get a certificate of live birth. It's nothing to do with a birth certificate."
It simply doesn't make a bit of sense for Trump to continue in this vein. After all, if President Obama were not legally eligible to run for the Presidency of the United States, he wouldn't be in office today. There are series of checks and balances in place to keep ineligible people from running for office. And as much as Trump would like to have people believe, Obama was indeed eligible.
He went on to accuse Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie of lying about remembering the President's birth.
"I'll bet he didn't even know the parents 50 years ago," Trump said, "What he's doing is taking a bullet for the party." Abercrombie is said to have been close friends with the President's grandparents and remembers his birth.
According to ABC News, The Donald said he called up the hospital where he was born and had a birth certificate issued to "prove" he was born in Queens. He wonders why Obama can't do the same.
In a December interview, Governor Abercrombie called the birther issue "an emotional insult" to the Obama family. Abercrombie has wanted Obama's long-form birth certificate issued to the public, but state law prohibits the release without the express permission of the President or direct family members.
The President's birth was announced in the local newspapers. How can Trump explain that? Was it conspiracy even in 1961?
A copy of the original birth certificate was released online and available for view in person by reporters. The document shows that President Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, at 7:42pm, August 4, 1961. FactCheck.org, a fact-checking agency, deemed the document real.
That should have laid the issue to rest, but birthers like Donald Trump continue to keep it alive, pounding away at the President's legitimacy. Why continue to beat a dead horse?
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Comments: 62 ( 12 removed by Reno Berkeley )
The political left and the Obama Regime WANT the birther thing to continue!
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT
Trump will never fill one out, so he's just doing this for publicity anyway. He can get the baggers stirred up, but in the end he's about as viable a candidate as Mark Foley.
I once asked people on gather what state George W Bush was born in and most people with the exception of 1 came back with Texas....wrong.
Point is that no one knows or cares where Bush or Clinton or Reagan were born....they are white guys with white names.
Now we have a president who is half african american with a "funny" name and he is expected to provide documentation that no other president has ever had to before.
This is the new racism. They hide behind not voting for a black candidate because they are too liberal or they have a funny name none of which is the case....they wont vote for that candidate simply because of the color of his skin.
See, no matter what the man does, he will never satisfy people like you. He's much more conservative than I'd like. He's not even a liberal. Which greatly disappoints me.
Yep. The increase in death threats to the president has gone up 400%.
Obama could walk on water and the racists would complain that he only did it cause he doesnt know how to swim.
Todays world is changing and is far different today then it was a minuet, an hour, day, week, a month and years ago. The Catholic church for example must face years and century of abuse as well as the Islamic religion must open up and give women equality.
These examples are limited in scope but assure you blended families and cultural shifts will none the less cause individual changes in behavior. Some will be flexible while others will lash out and look for scapegoating to justify their behavior that is wrap in fear. Change is slow, fast, to fast and too slow, unpredictable and celebrated and all quite natural.
President Barack Obama is an American who loves this country, whether you agree with him or not, he is the POTUS by the laws we all live and die for in a country. A country far from perfect, but on the road to always being and doing better. 'Life' is a journey, "it is the best of times, it is the worst of times," and I would have it no other way.
And a staunch Christian wouldn't cheat on his wives, so I guess that rules out Newt and Donald.
Oh Well.
Jerry Falwell (with Rev. Pat Robertson) blames pagans, abortionists, feminists ... and allow the enemies of America to give us probably what we deserve.
"Pat Robertson, the 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti was caused by a pact with the devil"
And you freak out over Rev. Wright, Jim you're a hypocrite. "God Damn America" and you never talk about the context in which the sermon was given. Rev. Wright is a military veteran with theological degree and provider of services to his church and resident of Chicago south side a held in high esteem. But then suspect you wouldn't know or understand that would you. Sigh!
Reno, are you reading this quote from Jim, I know he's a right wing nut job. Now let us take apart these words, let's use some logic here, ah forget it, it is a waste of time.
Jim is entrench in his belief. Therefore, I'll just say I disagree with that assessment of President Obama and just say it is rooted in illogical thinking and that there is some deep seated racial component to it. You notice he never discusses policies, just the same old tired jingoistic words use to excite deep seated white paranoid belief structure, same b.s.
Jim nor his followers ever want to return their social security checks nor refuse Medicare or medicade, nor not use the G.I. bill or refuse to drive on federally funded interstate highway system, nor any other collective social programs which we the public have benefit from.
I can tell for a fact Jim has never accused any other president with so many working titles before, nope never.
And I like Rev. Wright and understand where he's coming from, he make's more since to me than Rev. Robertson, Hagee, and Falwell all put together. Though I'm strictly secular in this matter. Reno I oppose ignorance, the term 'hate' I use very little. Just think, President Obama is a multi millionaire both he and his wife have invested in the stock market, they are property owners and pay taxes, attend church, both have post graduate degrees with two beautiful daughters. And Jim you think this is the picture of 'evil,' think again if can, you just might be seeing yourself. Go figure. Unbelievable.
http://politics.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474979172936
Jim, I hope I am a good person. I don't think I'm misguided, though. We're all entitled to our opinions.
It's remarkable to me that the fright wing doesn't believe in the Constitution, unless it fits their agenda.
Some people just can't put this simple equation together: white presidents = no inquiry, black president = the end of the universe.
Funny how that works.
What is a birther, a racist person asking people to show their papers(because you're different) and what do think will happen if you don't, can't or want to comply.
They'll.....do what they do best, torture you, until you comply. It's what they do, and they call this freedom, go figure?