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DearAbby

(12,461 posts)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 02:42 PM Oct 2012

Obama's response to Trump's offer

Obama of my fantasy, would show his convictions, leadership and courage, take Trump up on his generous offer, (money for veterans), lay every document regarding his life...in a binder, and lay it on a table and say.... Then say:

"Does this finally prove I am American enough to serve as your President? What more proof could you possibly want?"

Shame the bastards in their filthy attempt to dehumanize and humiliate this President. I, as a human being, am totally offended by this obvious game.

THis is when the GOP has taken it over the line, this is the HAVE YOU NO SHAME moment that could happen....

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Obama's response to Trump's offer (Original Post) DearAbby Oct 2012 OP
Sorry, but I think you are wrong ann--- Oct 2012 #1
It doesn't matter what Obama put in the Woman Keeper DawgHouse Oct 2012 #2
Is that the only way republicans can operate? Waltons_Mtn Oct 2012 #3
Problem is, it still wouldn't satisfy Trump and people like him. pointsoflight Oct 2012 #4
Exactly. Jackpine Radical Oct 2012 #10
It isnt the racist this would be directed at... DearAbby Oct 2012 #14
That implies that racism is rational loyalsister Oct 2012 #20
No way amuse bouche Oct 2012 #5
Trump just got fired. Obama will get re-hired. Simple. libdem4life Oct 2012 #6
That stuff gets under my skin fanfan0711 Oct 2012 #7
Never, ever give in to blackmail Hekate Oct 2012 #8
Absolutely not malaise Oct 2012 #9
When you give in to blackmail Piazza Riforma Oct 2012 #11
He should then give the money to Planned Parenthood and run TV ads that sinkingfeeling Oct 2012 #12
He shouldn't even lower himself to acknowledge the clown EC Oct 2012 #13
+ struggle4progress Oct 2012 #17
+2 pinboy3niner Oct 2012 #18
+++ Whisp Oct 2012 #24
And he won't. wtmusic Oct 2012 #27
As If... KharmaTrain Oct 2012 #15
They'll do a No True Scotsman and demand something else TrogL Oct 2012 #16
Don't negotiate with terrorists. Blue_In_AK Oct 2012 #19
Thanks for your responses... DearAbby Oct 2012 #21
Trump and R's would demand the President give them an arm or leg for genetic testing Tyrs WolfDaemon Oct 2012 #22
They'd just ask for the "long form" transcripts and the "long form" passport application gollygee Oct 2012 #23
Show us yours, Trump revolution breeze Oct 2012 #25
The ONLY response to Trump should be "Shhhh. there's a rabid raccoon on your head, sit still while.. Ghost in the Machine Oct 2012 #26
with the party embracing such stupid lies it's a wonder anyone ever votes for Republicans Media Lies Oct 2012 #28
 

ann---

(1,933 posts)
1. Sorry, but I think you are wrong
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 02:46 PM
Oct 2012

The worst thing Obama could do is give in to bribery. He should SHAME trump into give the $5 million to a charity - since he brags about having the money - WITHOUT any stipulations. I don't believe a reputable charity that would accept this "blood" money anyway.

DawgHouse

(4,019 posts)
2. It doesn't matter what Obama put in the Woman Keeper
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 02:46 PM
Oct 2012

The RWNJ would claim forged documents, etc. Best for Mr. President to just continue his grassroots campaign and GOTV!

pointsoflight

(1,372 posts)
4. Problem is, it still wouldn't satisfy Trump and people like him.
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 02:47 PM
Oct 2012

They'd say the docs were forgeries, says docs are missing, etc.

Can't win at that game, because they have no interest in the truth. Their only interest is to try to damage the president at any cost.

Jackpine Radical

(45,274 posts)
10. Exactly.
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 02:54 PM
Oct 2012

"To my satisfaction…" Weasel words if there ever were any.

Not that Obama should deign to give this worm and his captive head-rodent any attention in any case.

In the Big DU (Dialectic Universe) I put Trump on Ignore long ago.

DearAbby

(12,461 posts)
14. It isnt the racist this would be directed at...
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 03:47 PM
Oct 2012

Obama with a binder of everything regarding his life, in a folder, in his hand...Would never have to be opened. This could be an historic opportunity for Obama, to finally lay to rest the overt racism of these demands. "Here is everything, what more is required?" "Why is so much more is demanded of me, than any other candidate in American History?" The answers to these questions become obvious, the dog whistle becomes an Air Raid Siren.

loyalsister

(13,390 posts)
20. That implies that racism is rational
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 04:03 PM
Oct 2012

Racist attitudes are not rooted in reason. They are based on beliefs that are improbable at best more often totally false. There is no way to talk people out of those beliefs because they serve a purpose. Often to scapegoat or reinforce some sense of superiority. In that paradigm there is no such thing as "proof." Only belief in belief.

fanfan0711

(46 posts)
7. That stuff gets under my skin
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 02:51 PM
Oct 2012

Obama shouldn't have to prove ANYTHING more than those other Presidents had to. Your post assumes that there's something he can do or show Trump to convince he is worthy. NOTHING Obama does, and I do mean nothing will ever convince some of these people that he deserves his position.

Hekate

(90,829 posts)
8. Never, ever give in to blackmail
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 02:52 PM
Oct 2012

There is never just one payment in a blackmail scheme. Obama showed his birth certificate (which looks exactly like my two kids' birth certs because they were born in Hawaii too) and it satisfied NO ONE who was demanding to see it. NO ONE.

That's point # 1.

Point #2 is this: THEY HAVE NO SHAME. Don't even bother trying to make them feel shame. My puppy has more sense of shame than they do.

You can ask the old question: "Do you have no sense of decency?" but really that question is only to show those who DO have a sense of decency that Trump, Gingrich, and the rest of the birthers have none at all.

sinkingfeeling

(51,474 posts)
12. He should then give the money to Planned Parenthood and run TV ads that
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 02:58 PM
Oct 2012

show Trump, PP's largest donor, supporting Rmoney.

EC

(12,287 posts)
13. He shouldn't even lower himself to acknowledge the clown
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 03:40 PM
Oct 2012

and when interviewers or pundits ask him about it, he should just laugh and say next question.

On edit: Trump is below Obama in status, not the other way around (as in Trump's imagination) He was just fired from Trump Place - his namesake - and the board didn't even want him associated with them...I'm waiting for them to change the name.

 

Whisp

(24,096 posts)
24. +++
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 06:20 PM
Oct 2012

trump is a sick joke and should be treated as such.

to succumb to his commands would be humiliating. that's what what Mr. RoadKill wants - to humiliate the fine Barack Obama.

KharmaTrain

(31,706 posts)
15. As If...
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 03:51 PM
Oct 2012

...his releasing his "long form" BC was sufficient enough to shut these shitstains up in the first place. Let them donate because it's what they should do...$5 million gets pissed away each hour on endless CU funded attack ads. Trump is an attention whore...feed the beast and he becomes bigger...

DearAbby

(12,461 posts)
21. Thanks for your responses...
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 05:31 PM
Oct 2012

reason I love DU. We can discuss these things. As stated in the OP, this is a fantasy...It sure has a great ending there in my dreams...Most of you who've responded are of course right. You can't convince people whose only purpose is to hate. But I can still dream.

Tyrs WolfDaemon

(2,289 posts)
22. Trump and R's would demand the President give them an arm or leg for genetic testing
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 06:15 PM
Oct 2012

Then they would come back and demand another limb, stating that the first tests were inconclusive. Trump may also want Bo so that the Religious Sect of the R's could try reading Bo's entrails.

Jesus could show up (not that the R's would ever believe it was the REAL Jesus) and vouch for the President's life/grades/birthplace/etc. and they would then demand on testimony from the Holy Ghost.

They are human black-holes. They suck everything in and nothing good ever comes out.

gollygee

(22,336 posts)
23. They'd just ask for the "long form" transcripts and the "long form" passport application
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 06:16 PM
Oct 2012

That's the way it works. They ask for something, he produced it, they say it isn't what they're looking for. There is no "long form" birth certificate. Mine looks just like his (but from another state.)

Ghost in the Machine

(14,912 posts)
26. The ONLY response to Trump should be "Shhhh. there's a rabid raccoon on your head, sit still while..
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 06:27 PM
Oct 2012

... I get a baseball bat", the smack that dumbfuck right in noggin with the bat...

Period. End of discussion...

Ghost

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