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Newly minted Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump vaulted to the No. 1 spot among the many GOP hopefuls by explicitly endorsing the scurrilous and likely racist charge that Barak Obama's Presidency is illegitimate due to his alleged African birth.
The charge originated during the 2008 campaign out of the worst elements of the Republican party taping into the latent racism of the shrinking white US majority whose racist wing resides almost exclusively in the GOP. It is likely racist because it is simply inconceivable that such a charge would be hurled at a white candidate.
While Trump displays no shame whatsoever using the African birth canard to jump start his publicity fueled campaign, the other dozen or so contenders quietly fuel the Obama smear by refusing to call out The Donald or the many others in the GOP who trumpet the utterly idiotic allegations for personal and political gain. They might say they personally believe Obama was born here but they somehow "understand" why so many in the GOP don't. That's like saying one isn't racist but "understands" why other folks are. Bunk.
I've decided to start my own campaign to require proper documentation from the GOP contenders. Henceforth, every last one should produce a "Certificate of a Live Brain".
Also published in the Glen Ellyn News, April 20, 2011, and the Chicago Tribune, April 21, 2011
The charge originated during the 2008 campaign out of the worst elements of the Republican party taping into the latent racism of the shrinking white US majority whose racist wing resides almost exclusively in the GOP. It is likely racist because it is simply inconceivable that such a charge would be hurled at a white candidate.
While Trump displays no shame whatsoever using the African birth canard to jump start his publicity fueled campaign, the other dozen or so contenders quietly fuel the Obama smear by refusing to call out The Donald or the many others in the GOP who trumpet the utterly idiotic allegations for personal and political gain. They might say they personally believe Obama was born here but they somehow "understand" why so many in the GOP don't. That's like saying one isn't racist but "understands" why other folks are. Bunk.
I've decided to start my own campaign to require proper documentation from the GOP contenders. Henceforth, every last one should produce a "Certificate of a Live Brain".
Also published in the Glen Ellyn News, April 20, 2011, and the Chicago Tribune, April 21, 2011
posted by Walt Zlotow at 4:22 PM
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