Ask Yourself This: Do You Stop Often Enough And Thank God for Donald Trump?
Because if you don’t, you should be ashamed of yourself.
Appearing on the Sunday talking heads, The Donald described himself as a presidential candidate in one word: smart.
Not so fast, Big D.
Speaking on President Obama and the birthers, the conversation went like this:
In an interview that aired on Sunday, ABC’s Jonathan Karl reminded billionaire Donald Trump that his false claim that President Barack Obama was not born in the United States made him appear “not serious.”
“You don’t still question whether he was born the United States?” Karl wondered.
“I have no idea,” Trump said. “Well, I don’t know. Was there a birth certificate? You tell me. You know, some people say that was not his birth certificate. I’m saying, I don’t know, nobody knows. And you don’t know either, Jonathan. You’re a smart guy. You don’t either.”
“I’m pretty convinced he was born in the United States,” Karl replied.
“Pretty! Ah! Pretty! Pretty! No! No! You said, pretty!” Trump exclaimed.
So, the next question has to be, what about Ted Cruz. Same deal.
Yeah, but Cruz looks kinda white, you know.
Karl pointed out that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) had been born in Canada and asked if that made him ineligible to be president of the United States.
“If he was born in Canada, perhaps not,” Trump admitted. “But I’m not sure where he was born.”
“Oh, he was definitely born in Canada,” Karl noted.
“Okay, well, then you’ll have to ask him that question, but perhaps not,” Trump said. “Look, that will be ironed out. I don’t know the circumstances. I heard somebody told me he was born in Canada. That’s really his thing.”
Hey, I give him extra points for knowing that Kenya and Canada are two different places.
Thanks to everybody for the heads up and John for the graphic.
Yes, it’s so nice when they drop the facade and reveal their true nature. I’d guess that clips of Donald Trump will be very useful in helping Democrats get elected.
1Sigh. Do we hafta listen to all this crap for another 1.5 years? I guess so. THIS is partly why I don’t watch TV. We have two of them. One has to be programmed and I don’t mess with that. The other one is, well, I’d rather read.
2Points to head and says, “Kidneys, man, kidneys.”
3In case you do not know the joke. This is the punchline for being considered sane enough to leave the insane asylum as they ask you to point to various parts of your body.
When an inmate passes, another asks him how he did it…
4I haven’t found much worth watching on Sunday morning “talk shows” since Tim Russert passed away. Chris Hayes and Melissa Harris Perry got my attention for a while. Then, MSNBC, in their finite wisdom moved him. If baseball is on, I’d rather watch a bunch of way-paid-too-much baseball players, and what they do. Or read a good book.
So, because I don’t watch Sunday morning talk, this guy watches them for me. He gets paid good money to sit through all this. I don’t have the stomach for it. This is his take on yesterday.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/11/donald-trump-louie-gohmert-steve-king_n_3740081.html
Thing is… he’s usually right.
5After reading the Huff Post comments, I realized that going to church on Sunday morning has lots more potential. I mean, at least that way you can help organize and participate in an interesting discussion group that doesn’t involve a TV or computer.
6” I heard somebody told me …” but he doesn’t know if somebody told him, because nobody has told him yet.
7Perhaps the funniest aspect of Trump is that he truly believes he is a self-made man.
8Star! The way people stare at me when I tap my head and say “kidneys” made me think I was the only person left who’d ever heard that joke!
9Let’s all remember – the Donald inherited his money. Google it.
10Trump needs to give Rick Perry a call and ask him, “Hey, where can I get a pair of those glasses I saw you wearing last week?” He needs any help he can get to try and at least look: smart.
11@Rick.
With all the money he has, one would think he could afford a decent hair style.
12The reason ABC Sunday morning talk show should go off the air . . . . they actually invited Trump.
13Loved the HuffPost link … loved the line: Louie Gohmert looks like his name! LOL Now that is really ugly!!
14Nea, I remember the joke. I still put my finger to my head and say, “Kidneys!” from time to time.
15Marcia, I read the word “Gohmertian” for the first time today. Seems a very useful term.
16doesn’t know, proud of it….the donald was most likely “hatched”
17My Pappy used to remind me, when he thought I was getting to big for my britches, that I was smart only where he had worn the hide off my backside with a leather belt. I remember lessons learned 50 plus years later.
18The Thatched Hut is actually going to give Cruz a hall pass for being born in Canada to a father that had become a Canadian citizen, but he will continue to chase his tail like a dizzy dog over where he thinks Obama was born? No wonder Ivanna divorced him years ago! Him have no marbles in his head to play with. How Melania puts up with him I will never know, but, gee whiz! Poor kid!
19Charles Pierce wins this one, I’m afraid.
On Donald Trump and Louie Gohmert sharing screen space: “I was stunned until well past mid-morning by this. I kept waiting for a great meteor of Stupid to come crashing through the clouds and into Lake Ontario.”
Here’s a link to the whole thing: http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/Hot_Fun_In_The_Gobshite_Summertime
It is wonderful stuff!
20Star, Nea, and Sandy: count me in; caught the “kidneys” without explanation! But our numbers may be few….
21Trump holds himself up as a successful businessman. He’s been in bankruptcy court even more than divorce court. I, too, blame the media for giving this clown airtime. There are actually some misguided citizens who think he should be our President. Given the current state of affairs in which our government flounders, we don’t have time to waste on morons like this.
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