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Trump won’t talk about being a birther — or many other controversial comments
Topic Started: Sep 7 2016, 09:05 AM (717 Views)
Dem4life

Donald Trump was the mainstream face of a fringe movement five years ago that questioned Barack Obama’s place of birth and qualifications for office, eventually prompting the president to release a long-form certificate proving his birth in Hawaii.

Trump has never apologized, recanted his charges or even admitted error. Instead, he tries not to discuss it.

“I don’t talk about it because if I talk about that, your whole thing will be about that,” Trump told reporters aboard his plane on Labor Day. “So I don’t talk about it.”

This is a persistent pattern for the stubbornly unapologetic Republican nominee.

Judging by his own words, the Republican nominee apparently still believes that prisoners of war such as Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) are not heroes; that a federal judge of Mexican heritage is unable to fairly rule in a civil case involving Trump University; that the Muslim American father of a fallen soldier has “no right” to question him; that former president George W. Bush should be blamed for the 9/11 terrorist attacks; that foreign Muslims must be barred from entering the country until officials “figure out what is going on”; and that the father of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) might have been involved in the murder of President John F. Kennedy.

The approach has often allowed Trump to dodge responsibility for attacks, part of an attempt to portray himself as a more moderate candidate in the general election.

But it has also provided a stream of material for Hillary Clinton and her Democratic allies as they compose attack ads. One released this summer showed small children observing some of Trump’s most offensive comments, including when he mocked a disabled reporter, while another released this week featured veterans listening to Trump insult McCain and claim to have sacrificed for his country.

The Trump campaign declined to answer a written series of questions about where the candidate now stands on a long list of positions or insults.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-won%E2%80%99t-talk-about-being-a-birther-%E2%80%94-or-many-other-controversial-comments/ar-AAiA0sK
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Seems Dem4life won't talk about Team Hillary being the original birthers... :dunno:
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Why won't Dem4Life talk about the Clinton Foundation or Hillary's connection to Goldman Sachs?
Edited by estonianman, Sep 7 2016, 10:36 AM.
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Sep 7 2016, 10:35 AM
Seems Dem4life won't talk about Team Hillary being the original birthers... :dunno:
Just like Trumpty-Dumpty, you are a YUGE liar...

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/05/05/fact-check-hillary-clinton-donald-trump-birther-movement-obama/83968036/
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estonianman
Sep 7 2016, 10:36 AM
Why won't Dem4Life talk about the Clinton Foundation or Hillary's connection to Goldman Sachs?
Why do you and other Trumpty-Dumpty supporters continue to break rules at this site by disrupting threads with nonsense...
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Sep 7 2016, 10:40 AM
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Sep 7 2016, 10:36 AM
Why won't Dem4Life talk about the Clinton Foundation or Hillary's connection to Goldman Sachs?
Why do you and other Trumpty-Dumpty supporters continue to break rules at this site by disrupting threads with nonsense...
Which rules would that be?
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Sep 7 2016, 10:42 AM
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Sep 7 2016, 10:40 AM
estonianman
Sep 7 2016, 10:36 AM
Why won't Dem4Life talk about the Clinton Foundation or Hillary's connection to Goldman Sachs?
Why do you and other Trumpty-Dumpty supporters continue to break rules at this site by disrupting threads with nonsense...
Which rules would that be?
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Sep 7 2016, 10:43 AM
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Sep 7 2016, 10:42 AM
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Which rules would that be?
Spam is:
1-self-solicitation (ss) (linking any web site you are substantially affiliated with aside from on your profile)
2-definite disruption (dd) (mentioning other forums/chats, excess repetition/misplacement/distortion****)
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This thread is about the election, no?
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Sep 7 2016, 10:46 AM
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Sep 7 2016, 10:43 AM
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Sep 7 2016, 10:42 AM

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Spam is:
1-self-solicitation (ss) (linking any web site you are substantially affiliated with aside from on your profile)
2-definite disruption (dd) (mentioning other forums/chats, excess repetition/misplacement/distortion****)
3-too-many topics (tt) per day (ET) on one board or consecutive replies in one topic from a user (max. 3 each)
This thread is about the election, no?
The thread is about Trumpty-Dumpty not answering questions. Not the election or anything else. As it is, many of you Trumpty-Dumpty supporters cannot stay on topic. Which is why you then break the rules by disrupting threads. Grow up and act your age...
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Sep 7 2016, 10:50 AM
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Sep 7 2016, 10:46 AM
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Sep 7 2016, 10:43 AM

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This thread is about the election, no?
The thread is about Trumpty-Dumpty not answering questions. Not the election or anything else. As it is, many of you Trumpty-Dumpty supporters cannot stay on topic. Which is why you then break the rules by disrupting threads. Grow up and act your age...
Jeeez. This election has really took the jam out of your jelly donut.
Edited by estonianman, Sep 7 2016, 10:51 AM.
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Sep 7 2016, 10:51 AM
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The thread is about Trumpty-Dumpty not answering questions. Not the election or anything else. As it is, many of you Trumpty-Dumpty supporters cannot stay on topic. Which is why you then break the rules by disrupting threads. Grow up and act your age...
Jeeez. This election has really took the jam out of your jelly donut.
If you can't stay on topic go post on the con board. You have plenty of like-minded people over there...
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Sep 7 2016, 10:50 AM
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Sep 7 2016, 10:46 AM
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Sep 7 2016, 10:43 AM

Quoting limited to 3 levels deep2-definite disruption (dd) (mentioning other forums/chats, excess repetition/misplacement/distortion****)
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This thread is about the election, no?
The thread is about Trumpty-Dumpty not answering questions. Not the election or anything else. As it is, many of you Trumpty-Dumpty supporters cannot stay on topic. Which is why you then break the rules by disrupting threads. Grow up and act your age...
Anyone else see the irony that someone who drops in the words Trumpty Dumpty repeatedly into posts and then demands people take the thread seriously...

:dunno:
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Sep 7 2016, 11:01 AM
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Sep 7 2016, 10:50 AM
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Sep 7 2016, 10:46 AM

Quoting limited to 3 levels deep2-definite disruption
The thread is about Trumpty-Dumpty not answering questions. Not the election or anything else. As it is, many of you Trumpty-Dumpty supporters cannot stay on topic. Which is why you then break the rules by disrupting threads. Grow up and act your age...
Anyone else see the irony that someone who drops in the words Trumpty Dumpty repeatedly into posts and then demands people take the thread seriously...

:dunno:
There's a reason Trumpty-Dumpty supporters cannot stay on topic. Sadly, they haven't figured out why yet...
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Sep 7 2016, 11:05 AM
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Anyone else see the irony that someone who drops in the words Trumpty Dumpty repeatedly into posts and then demands people take the thread seriously...

:dunno:
There's a reason Trumpty-Dumpty supporters cannot stay on topic. Sadly, they haven't figured out why yet...
So when is Hillary releasing those Wall Stree transcripts?

No wonder Berniebros won't vote for her ...
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Carson: Trump should apologize for pushing 'birther' conspiracy

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/carson-trump-should-apologize-for-pushing-birther-conspiracy/ar-AAizUXI?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartandhp

If Donald Trump apologized for his role in the “birther” conspiracies in 2011, it could help him with African-American voters, according to Trump’s adviser, and former primary opponent, Ben Carson.

"I think that would be a good idea, absolutely," the retired neurosurgeon said in an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper Tuesday. "I suggest that on all sides."

In 2011, Trump was one of the leading voices pushing a conspiracy theory that President Obama was not born in Hawaii. In April of that year, the White House released a long-form copy of the president's birth certificate proving he was born in Honolulu.

On Monday, Trump told reporters he didn't talk about the conspiracy any more. 
"Let's get all of the, you know, the hate and rancor out of the way so that we can actually discuss the issues," Carson said Tuesday.
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Sep 7 2016, 11:01 AM
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Sep 7 2016, 10:50 AM
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Sep 7 2016, 10:46 AM

Quoting limited to 3 levels deep2-definite disruption
The thread is about Trumpty-Dumpty not answering questions. Not the election or anything else. As it is, many of you Trumpty-Dumpty supporters cannot stay on topic. Which is why you then break the rules by disrupting threads. Grow up and act your age...
Anyone else see the irony that someone who drops in the words Trumpty Dumpty repeatedly into posts and then demands people take the thread seriously...

:dunno:
If you accept Mr. Trump's overwhelming inability to speak of his opponents without name calling why are your panties in a bunch over this?




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Sep 7 2016, 03:10 PM
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Anyone else see the irony that someone who drops in the words Trumpty Dumpty repeatedly into posts and then demands people take the thread seriously...

:dunno:
If you accept Mr. Trump's overwhelming inability to speak of his opponents without name calling why are your panties in a bunch over this?




No panties in a bunch here brah....see....

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If you accept Mr. Trump's overwhelming inability to speak of his opponents without name calling why are your panties in a bunch over this?




No panties in a bunch here brah....see....

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Your Junior High School level of titillation is not a reply, it's a dodge.

And it confirms conservative hypocrisy over the name calling loved by your candidate.



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Sep 7 2016, 03:20 PM
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No panties in a bunch here brah....see....

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Your Junior High School level of titillation is not a reply, it's a dodge.

And it confirms conservative hypocrisy over the name calling loved by your candidate.



Not one of the cool people name calling on this thread...please focus....
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I can't imagine the type of person who would vote for a man who makes fun of physically disabled people, families of dead soldiers and PoWs...
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