Donald Trump's Really Extra Specially Stupid NY Times Letter To The Editor

[Hissyspit]

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/08/opinion/lweb08trump.html?src=tptw#

Letter

Donald Trump Responds

Published: April 8, 2011

To the Editor:

Re “Donald Trump Gets Weirder,” by Gail Collins (column, April 2):

Even before Gail Collins was with the New York Times, she has written nasty and derogatory articles about me.  Actually, I have great respect for Ms. Collins in that she has survived so long with so little talent. Her storytelling ability and word usage (coming from me, who has written many bestsellers), is not at a very high level. More importantly, her facts are wrong!

As far as her comments on the so-called “birther” issue, I don't need Ms. Collins's advice. There is a very large segment of our society who believe that Barack Obama, indeed, was not born in the United States. His grandmother from Kenya stated, on tape, that he was born in Kenya and she was there to watch the birth. His family in Honolulu is fighting over which hospital in Hawaii he was born in-they just don't know.

He has not been able to produce a “birth certificate” but merely a totally unsigned “certificate of live birth”-which is totally different and of very little significance. Unlike a birth certificate, a certificate of live birth is very easy to obtain. Equally of importance, there are no records in Hawaii that a Barack Hussein Obama was born there-no bills, no doctors names, no nurses names, no registrations, no payments, etc. As far as the two notices placed in newspapers, many things could have happened, but some feel the grandparents put an ad in order to show that he was a citizen of the U.S. with all of the benefits thereto. Everybody, after all, and especially then, wanted to be a United States citizen.

The term used by Ms. Collins-“birther”-is very derogatory and is meant in a derogatory way. Had this been George Bush or almost any other President or Presidential aspirant, they would never have been allowed to attain office, or would have been thrown out of office very quickly.

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[cali]

1. wowzer. the irony of his taking Collins to task over her writing

leaves me... speechless.

about the Donald it can truly be said: What a douche.

[pnwmom]

13. And here is Collins, already responding to the idiot letter.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/09/opinion/09collins.html?src=ISMR_AP_LO_MST_FB

It is a lovely response. I only wish she had added that the newspaper notices were placed by the State of Hawaii Dept. of Vital Statistics, not parents or grandparents.

[cali]

14. thanks. love this line:

In fact, until now, I have refrained from noting that I once got an aggrieved message from him in which he misspelled the word “too.”

:rofl:

[pnwmom]

15. Here's one of my favorite passages:

Trump does not actually seem to have people studying, or even Googling. Still, he sounds very self-assured. This is because before he was a reality-show host, he was in the New York real estate business, a profession in which it is vital to be able to say imaginary things with total certainty. (“I have five other people who are begging me to sell them this property. Begging.”)

[ejpoeta]

20. I loved that line too. has to be able to say imaginary things with total certainty. too true.

[Fire Walk With Me]

2. Donald Trump: STFU!

Thank you for your quick action on this request.

[Trajan]

3. Like, totally ....

Yeah .... Master of Grammar ....

[Drale]

4. have great respect for Ms. Collins in that she has survived so long with so little talent.

He must see himself in her then.

[drokhole]

5. Wow, The Onion could not have dreamed up a better piece.

[blondeatlast]

6. 3 things Donald Trump can't afford: 1. a decent wig; 2. an editor,

3. a place to shove his ego.

[pnwmom]

18. He's about to learn a free lesson:

it's not a good idea to personally attack a writer with a column to fill:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/09/opinion/09collins.html?src=ISMR_AP_LO_MST_FB

[MilesColtrane]

26. Indeed, never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel.

[TreasonousBastard]

21. Oh, but he has a place to shove it...

if only he would...

[Frank Cannon]

24. But he can't.

There's not enough room in there with his giant head.

[dennis4868]

7. Obama's certificate of live birth

is signed on the back and date stamped...

[blondeatlast]

8. So is The Donald's hair. nt

[SidDithers]

9. "Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel."...

Trump would do well to remember that axion.

I hope he keeps up with teh stoopid, tho :)

Sid

[pnwmom]

19. Did you see she has already responded to his blather?

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/09/opinion/09collins.html?src=ISMR_AP_LO_MST_FB

[SidDithers]

22. I hadn't seen that. Thanks for the link...

:hi:

Sid

[Dappleganger]

10. Trump is under the illusion that money=intelligence.

He has a history of bullying people as well. If he'd written that about me I'd throw the book at him.

[hobbit709]

11. It's obvious that stupid is not excruciatingly painful.

Because with that level of stupid he should be rolling on the floor screaming in agony.

[otohara]

12. He Sure Can Dish It Out

what a thin skinned spoiled asshole

[pnwmom]

17. Now I wonder how he will respond to Collins' counter-attack?

It's probably not the greatest idea to insult a writer with a column to fill.

Enjoy:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/09/opinion/09collins.html?src=ISMR_AP_LO_MST_FB

[Biker13]

23. Ever Read Anything Of His?

(Like he actually ever wrote his books...)Anytime, anyone attacks him, he counters with name calling and than a list of his accomplishments. I lived on the east-coast most of my life and words cannot describe how much I HATE this man, and if you have ever read any of my posts, I NEVER use the word hate.

How the hell can you go bankrupt and own CASINOS?!

Now THAT"S talent!!

Biker's (very pissed off) Old Lady

[blondeatlast]

29. "How can you go bankrupt and own casinos?" That one sentence says

all one needs to know about The Dumbfu--er, I mean, The Donald.

[ejpoeta]

16. if his grandmother had 'stated on tape' that she was there when he was born in kenya

i do believe that would have been all over the corporate media aeons ago since they tried to find all kinds of dirt on obama during the very long primaries. duh. idiot. trump is an asshole. he is a narcissistic self involved asshole. i have no idea why he keeps getting fucking attention. his show should have been cancelled after the first season. uggh. just go away!

[Tx4obama]

34. See comment #33 for a link to the FULL tape

And it isn't really his 'grandmother'. The woman is the second or third wife of Obama's Kenyan grandfather.
The first time Obama met her was when he went to Kenya in his 20's when he was in college.
The translator on the tape makes a mistake at first thinking that she said he was born there - but the 'step-grandmother' said several times on the tape that Obama was born in America, in Hawaii.
The republicans that bash Obama use just the short clip of the tape where the mistake by the translator was made.

[blogslut]

25. ...

[blondeatlast]

30. Even more amazing than that

is that he does it with a piece.

[MilesColtrane]

27. So, the short-fingered, vulgar trust fund kid wants to be President, hunh?

He'd better hire a team of handlers to keep him from continually exposing just how clueless he is.

[madinmaryland]

28. What an idiot. Doesn't he realize that Fox Noise has been on this issue for over five

years and has not been able to do anything. Even Glen Beck has not found anything about the President.

What an idiot. Oh wait, BIRTHER idiot.

[themadstork]

31. There Trump goes, showing off his fifth-grade literacy level. Such an impressive man. nt

[no_hypocrisy]

32. Very snide and uncouth.

Par for the score.

[Tx4obama]

33. I want to say something about two of his allegations

Trump: His grandmother from Kenya stated, on tape, that he was born in Kenya and she was there to watch the birth.

Trump: His family in Honolulu is fighting over which hospital in Hawaii he was born in-they just don't know.


The first comment is completely false.
Here is a link to the truth about the tape that was taken out of context that includes a link to the audio version of the tape:
http://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/apr/07/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-president-obamas-grandmother-cau/

The second comment can be said to be completely false also, because:
The only family member that Obama has left alive in his family in Hawaii is his sister Maya (and Maya stated a few years ago which hospital Obama was born in and it is the same one that Obama had said it was).
The other family members of Obama that were in his immediate family were his mother, father, grandmother, and grandfather - and they have all died.
The only other relative that Obama even met growing up that is still alive is a very elderly uncle (the brother of his grandfather) and he does not live in Hawaii.
So, who is this 'family' that Trump is referring to?


More TRUTH regarding Obama's bc here:
http://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2011/apr/08/politifacts-guide-obamas-birth-certificate/