Trump Forced to Walk Back Birtherism

[Pokesan]

CNN getting exactly what they deserve is wonderful. Trump tricked them into live broadcasting a 30 minute infomercial for him - complete with military endorsements and a tour of his new hotel. News bosses mutually agreed to erase the footage.

They're not mad he lied, they're mad because he made it clear how unimportant and irrelevant they are to him. Whether you like Trump or not, he did a good thing here.

Thinking of birtherism as a race thing is easy and I understand it. But I think it misses the forest for the trees - all Democrat rule has been cast as illegitimate since the Reagan Revolution. Confront this instead of getting stuck in the racism quagmire. Or don't, whatever, I'm not your dad you don't have to listen to me.

Welp, bye.

[Angushjalmur]

Originally Posted by Pokesan [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Thinking of birtherism as a race thing is easy and I understand it.

It was never about race. Is the fact that Obama has been one of the worst presidents in history also because of his race? Are you saying everything involving Obama is a race thing because he isn't white?

[Pokesan]

Originally Posted by Angushjalmur [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It was never about race. Is the fact that Obama has been one of the worst presidents in history also because of his race? Are you saying everything involving Obama is a race thing because he isn't white?

please read better

[JurisDictum]

Originally Posted by Pokesan [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

CNN getting exactly what they deserve is wonderful. Trump tricked them into live broadcasting a 30 minute infomercial for him - complete with military endorsements and a tour of his new hotel. News bosses mutually agreed to erase the footage.

They're not mad he lied, they're mad because he made it clear how unimportant and irrelevant they are to him. Whether you like Trump or not, he did a good thing here.

I actually think Trump has been great for America as long as he doesn't win. Mostly because he has done a great job exposing how corrupt and obsessed with the bottom line the media is. He does it by showing rather than just trying to explain it with rhetoric based in right wing ideology.

In general, Trump has laid the groundwork for a Republican party to be something more than a mouth piece for the wealthy. That is huge. The fundamental problem is small amounts of people using government control and entrench their wealth. I think the populist Republican party in a few decades will be ready to take on this problem with elements of the Democrats.

But that is for another election.