by Sahm Ataine King

Good news!  The Donald is at it again.

There are many things that I have seen and heard in my day that strike me as a bit odd, perhaps asinine and clearly ignorant.

Below, for your viewing pleasure, is a video posted by the Donald on his Youtube page.  I would say go ahead and leave a comment, but the man is at least smart enough to know that this is going to be subject to a backlash.  Please feel free to comment and voice your opinions on my post, regardless of opinion.

The man’s audacity is admirable (aside from being astounding).  In fact, it is so admirable that he should author a book and call it “The Audacity of Ignorance.”  The title is appropriate for a man so full of pomposity and so devoid of integrity and common sense.

I believe that I am witnessing a very disturbing trend in the United States.  It is the same old racism, but it has taken on a new form; it is not so overt as it was in the ‘good ol’ days’, when the ‘good ol’ boys’ at least had the nerve to tell someone of color they did not like what they thought of them.  Now, their scions are attempting to subvert the minds of those who are poor and white, painting a picture of a man who achieved something nobody of his hue or darker should be able to achieve in as negative a light as possible when all the evidence available suggests otherwise.

In the last four years, President Obama has been everything from a terrorist, to a closet Muslim; from non-citizen to not ever having held a job; from Iran and China sympathizer to the third antichrist.  Obama, apparently, is singularly responsible for the economic collapse that we have experienced (even though he was not even president when it occurred), both the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and for the existence of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and a supposed mishandling on his part of the various revolutions which occurred during the Arab Spring.

Of course, the issue that seems to be the highest priority for most people that do not like President Obama is that of his birth and, thus, his legitimacy, which lends itself to the fact that this man, who is incidentally black, was disliked from the beginning not because he was a bad person or did not have the credentials to be president, but simply because he is not the right color for the office which he now holds.  It is sad that, from the beginning, the aim of the Republican Party was to make President Obama “a one term president”, as opposed to enacting legislation which would benefit the common man and woman who had to take the hit for the dirty business dealings of Wallstreet bankers, investors, and their cohorts.  Some would argue that Mitch McConnell’s statement was taken out of context, which he only meant this in the context of the President meeting the Republicans halfway and, if not, not doing business with him.  I disagree.  Why?  I disagree on the grounds that if this were true, the Republicans would not have done so much to oppose those things which would have made a real difference.  On McConnell’s part, I would venture to say that he simply does not like Democrats.  Fair enough.  On the parts of the others, like the Donald, the racism is obvious.

In fact, for anyone to argue that this is not racism on the parts of certain elements within the government or with other affiliations to the Republican Party in specific, I would have to question the validity of their humanity.  One would have to be willful in their ignorance to miss just what exactly is going on, especially when this birther issue keeps trying to rear its ugly head and override more important concerns.

I would like to point out the hypocrisy of birtherism.   Birtherism only questions one thing: the birthplace of the president.  It does not question policy.  It does not question ethics.  It does not question real issues.  Even when handed proof, it continues to question the validity of that proof.  It is akin to taking your notarized birth certificate to your local DMV to get your driver’s license and the clerk telling you that, despite the proof you have of your identity, he or she is not going to provide you with the license because they simply do not believe in the validity of your documents.  Birtherism is a fool’s philosophy best suited to those who are unwilling to think for themselves and indulge in common sense and logic.  It is funny that, with all the outright lies that people in the Romney camp have told, the most important issue of the day is where President Obama was born after he has already proven what these buffoons were clamoring for him to prove.

A gentleman on Facebook made this comment:

In order to get the type of security clearance that you have to have to be president there is no stone unturned when it comes to being cleared. If the president was hiding anything he wouldn’t have been cleared to be our president. This is just rhetoric to try and distract the stupid, naive voters from the truth.  J.T.

A Statement from Donald Trump

He may be one of the few in the US that actually considered this fact.  Having been in the military and having gone through the process of getting a clearance, as well as being involved with those who had to do the same, I know that this is a fact.  The POTUS could not get a Top Secret Security Clearance without the FBI or whomever else is involved needing to know everything and anything about the man.

Why should one think twice before taking the Donald seriously?  Well, there is his slew of wives, which suggests the fact that he cannot maintain honest relationships.  There is his currently bankrupt businesses.  There is the fact that his hair could double as my mop.  There is the fact that he is a rich man who is as self serving as other rich men.  He is the elite.  He is the one percent.  To illustrate further the inherent racism and the devisive nature of the Donald’s campaign, look at this video on White Privelege from Tim Wise:

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