The buffoon turned racist

[Cyrano]

We’ve always known that Donald Trump was a buffoon who was born on third base. But he’s now shown us that racism is just dandy in pursuit of – whatever it is he’s pursuing. Is it ratings for his new show? Does he really believe the Oval Office is rightfully his?

There’s an old saying to the effect that “If you’re so smart, why aren’t you rich.” Trump has shown us that being smart and being rich have nothing to do with each other.

Whatever his motives, the “birther” game he’s playing is about as disgusting as it gets. It’s nothing more than unabashed, naked racism. Doesn't Trump understand that? Doesn't he understand the damage he’s doing? Is he in the least aware of what an ignorant fool he is?

In truth, I believe we’re looking at a tremendously stupid man who is abusing his notoriety/fame. And whether he knows it or not, he is the worst kind of racist. The kind who doesn’t even know he is one.

[cali]

1. couldn't agree more. very well said. k&r

[MedleyMisty]

2. Anyone who is actually smart

knows that intelligence and material wealth have SHIT to do with each other, and that damned idea is at the core of what's wrong with our society.

Nothing predicts how much money you have so well as how much money your parents have. The most brilliant person in the world could be born in a refugee camp in a third world country. Now tell me how that person becomes the richest person in the world. Tell me how intelligence can overcome a global society full of institutional prejudice and wrong ideas and lack of opportunities and unfair and unjust and unequal systems. TELL ME!!!!!!

And while you're at it, tell me how the most intelligent person in the world would fall for the stupid wrong headed planet and species killing idea that he or she should want to be the richest person in the world.

[DCKit]

6. +1 The assumption that "Teh Donald" has anything above average intelligence...

let's just say I take that as a personal insult. As should many here.

[classof56]

9. Now that was well said.

Thanks!

[AndyTiedye]

3. He is a Racist Git, and the Frontrunner of a Whole Party of Racist Gits

[graywarrior]

4. He's making a mockery of the presidential election

He's a spoiled brat who thinks he deserves to get whatever he demands.

[MineralMan]

5. I'd turn that around: If you're so rich, why aren't you smart?

That would apply well to Mr. Combover.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. He is smart, in an animal cunning kind of way.

He's smart enough to recognize that the birther routine will stir up a lot of publicity, which is what he really wants. I doubt very much that he is at all interested in running for, let alone being, President; but he knows that riling up the knuckledragger/teabagger contingent will also fire up the media and get his ugly face and even uglier hair on the teevee.

He's dumb like a fox, and he's the worst sort of cynic.

[RevStPatrick]

8. There are different types of intelligence.

I know a man who is VERY good at making money. You can see the wheels spinning, and he comes up with the most brilliant ideas for how to turn things into money. He's rich and "retired" and still spends his days making money just for the fun of it.

But he's a total dumbass. Not a single book in the house. Doesn't watch TV or read newspapers. I have no idea where he gets his information, and except for the 2 or 3 areas of his expertise, he is usually wrong about everything. And that can be rather frustrating since this person is NEVER wrong about ANYTHING. Even when presented with evidence, he will dismiss it as the evidence being wrong.

That's sort of the type of person that I've always assumed Trump was. He gets by on the sheer force of his personality and volume of money. I don't want someone like that as president. The last guy was kind of like that, and look where it got us...

[mopinko]

10. i think he was sent, myself.

if he gets a big raise next season, consider it a pay off from nbc.

[freshwest]

11. It won't harm him, that's his only concern. Where's his financial payoff, though? Is he a Kochroach?

[Buzz Clik]

12. How does this translate to making Trump the "worst kind of racist"?

Ridiculous and incredibly misguided.

As soon as you attempt to turn the argument to racism, you lose the argument. You cannot prove that he is a racist; all you can do is point fingers and accuse.

Focus on folly of his words, and quit trying to assign motivations.

[Generic Other]

13. Was the Donald an anchor baby? Look at this wiki entry

Donald Trump's paternal grandparents were German immigrants. His grandfather, Frederick Trump (né Drumpf), emigrated to the United States in 1885 and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1892. Frederick married Elisabeth Christ (October 10, 1880 – June 6, 1966)<12> at Kallstadt, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, on August 26, 1902. They had three children. Donald Trump is a son of Fred Christ Trump (October 11, 1905 – June 25, 1999) and wife Mary Anne MacLeod (May 10, 1912, Stornoway, Scotland – August 7, 2000), who married in 1936 and had five children.

And was she an American citizen when he was supposedly born in NYC? Do we know for sure?

If he's gonna start prying into Obama's lineage, isn't his a bit "iffy"? Shouldn't we be asking stupid questions like they have done? His grandfather and grandmother are foreign born as is his own mother. How is his "claim" to being more American stronger than Obama's? Because isn't that what "birthers" really are talking about? Not whether Obama was born here, that's just the code for the real accusation: whether he's a Kenyan not an American by virtue of his father being African. They don't care about the official record. They don't care about evidence. They don't care about anything but their irrational narrative. They are calling Obama out for not being American enough for them.

They did not question McCain being born in Panama because they believe he's American by virtue of his parentage that is "true blue."

Bottom line, those of us with one foreign born citizen for a parent would all find ourselves under the birther microscope because they don't think we are as American as them.

So I guess we need to start shaking their family trees. Fight xenophobia tit for tat. Trump thinks Obama isn't American enough? Well Guten Tag -- Auf Wiedersehen to you Donald. We are a nation of immigrants. Some have roots that go back a lot longer than yours in America. Including our president. If you wanna start infighting about who is more American, you will find a lot of snooty Plymouth Rockers, Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughters of the Confederacy, etc more than happy to play that one-upsmanship game.

Hell Donald, you don't even marry American women. Your kids are less American than Obama! Honestly. Didn't we have an anti-immigrant political party in the 19th century called the "Know-Nothing Party"? Sounds like they have been resurrected in time for tea.

[Cyrano]

14. Earlier today, I posted this thread about the incredible ignorance of Donald Trump

And afterward,I began to wonder if, he who was born with everything, was perhaps more sly than he seemed to be. And more evil.

In yesterday’s NY Times, columnist Charles Blow spoke about meeting Trump year ago, and was subjected to a conversation in which Trump spouted everything but “Some of my best friends are black.”

Although I originally believed that Trump was just plain dumb and using “birther” crap as a tactic, it occurred to me that maybe the guy is just malicious enough to consciously make use of racial hatreds. But my initial take is still that the man is just an incredible idiot.

What’s your opinion?

[madinmaryland]

15. Racist, yes. Ignorance, no. He is going to make millions on the publicity he gets

from this shit. He could give rat's ass as to whether it offends anyone, as long as he makes a buck off of it.