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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsObama'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....
ann---
(1,933 posts)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)The RWNJ would claim forged documents, etc. Best for Mr. President to just continue his grassroots campaign and GOTV!
Waltons_Mtn
(345 posts)Either hold something hostage or blackmail.
pointsoflight
(1,372 posts)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)"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)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)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.
amuse bouche
(3,657 posts)Kowtowing to Dumpy Frumpy Trumpy is the last thing our classy President should do
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)fanfan0711
(46 posts)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)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.
malaise
(269,182 posts)Who the fugg is Trump?
Piazza Riforma
(94 posts)it encourages the blackmailer to ask for more.
sinkingfeeling
(51,474 posts)show Trump, PP's largest donor, supporting Rmoney.
EC
(12,287 posts)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.
The President should not dignify Trump's blatherings with a response.
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.
wtmusic
(39,166 posts)KharmaTrain
(31,706 posts)...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...
TrogL
(32,822 posts)Where are Rmoney's tax returns?
Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)DearAbby
(12,461 posts)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)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)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.)
revolution breeze
(879 posts)What an asshat!
Ghost in the Machine
(14,912 posts)... I get a baseball bat", the smack that dumbfuck right in noggin with the bat...
Period. End of discussion...
Ghost