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kpete

(71,994 posts)
Fri May 13, 2016, 08:28 AM May 2016

It Wasn’t Just the Butler Who Did It

Last edited Fri May 13, 2016, 09:46 AM - Edit history (1)

Donald Trump's ex-butler calls for Obama to be killed
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36283242


Your "anti-establishment" candidate *has a butler*
Just to review: a white nationalist became a Trump delegate, his butler suggested Obama be hanged and David Duke offered to be VP this week

THE BUTLER DID IT
Trump’s Butler Hates ‘Negroes,’ Wanted to ‘Carpet Bomb’ Ferguson, Called ‘Killery’ Clinton a ‘C**t’******************

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/05/12/trump-s-butler-hates-negroes-wanted-to-carpet-bomb-ferguson-called-killery-clinton-a-c-t.html


The former butler of stately Trump Manor is a racist, sexist nutjob who issues lurid Facebook fatwas calling for the death of President Obama for being a foreign-born “muzzy,” refers to black people as “negroes” in the manner of Cliven Bundy, suggests that American cities should be obliterated for ethnic cleansing purposes and calls future president Hillary Clinton a “cunt” who should be summarily lynched.

The fact that the man who used to play Alfred to Trump’s Batman is the distilled essence of the white nationalist element of every Trump rally ever held isn’t important news, apparently. It was reported, but as a sideshow item, as if it revealed nothing more about Trump except how hard it is to get good help these days. The story doesn’t appear above the fold at the moment at CNN, The New York Times or other major media outlets. (Imagine the screaming headlines and calls for congressional hearings that would result if the woman who scrubs Hillary Clinton’s toilets were revealed as a moon landing doubter.)

But let’s not pretend this has nothing to do with Trump. The butler did it, but Colonel Marmalade was seen in the conservatory with the crack pipe. So maybe some enterprising Beltway journalist could get a fucking clue and use this unfortunate butler incident as an opening to revisit the GOP nominee’s birther activities. Heretofore, when asked about birtherism by reporters, Trump says, “I don’t talk about that anymore.” What kind of lame-ass reporter lets an interview subject get away with that? (Cooper, Tapper, Blitzer, et al.)

Imagine if Hillary Clinton tried to deflect a question by airily proclaiming that she doesn’t talk about it anymore. She wouldn’t get away with it. The complaint here isn’t that there’s a double standard; of course there’s a double standard, which is why Trump can babble about Bill Clinton’s 25-year-old horn-dog behavior without having his own piggish history, which includes rape allegations, put under the media microscope. The bygones — they are gone by!




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It Wasn’t Just the Butler Who Did It (Original Post) kpete May 2016 OP
Your "anti-establishment" candidate *has a butler* liberal N proud May 2016 #1
tRump sycophants believe that soon they too will have butlers. Only gubmint regulation kairos12 May 2016 #2
He totally looks like Alfred. lagomorph777 May 2016 #3
He wants to talk about treason? Shankapotomus May 2016 #4
is there a Col. Mustard working for the Trump campaign? they might be in on it together MisterP May 2016 #5

liberal N proud

(60,335 posts)
1. Your "anti-establishment" candidate *has a butler*
Fri May 13, 2016, 08:52 AM
May 2016

When I saw that Trumps butler threatened the President, the first thought was Trump has a butler? Then it was like why am I surprised and all those Trumpsters are fools.

kairos12

(12,862 posts)
2. tRump sycophants believe that soon they too will have butlers. Only gubmint regulation
Fri May 13, 2016, 10:02 AM
May 2016

prevents this.

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