Was Donald Trump Born In Mexico?
People are speculating that Donald Trump may have been born in Mexico because of this Donald Trump birth certificate (which shows he was born in Mexico.)
This speculation about Trump’s Mexican birth combined with the fact that his mother was born in Scotland and was not a citizen of the US when Trump was born are leading some to question whether Trump is eligible to become President of the United States if the American public is actually insane enough to vote for him.
Many people are wondering why Trump has yet to deny the validity of this Mexican birth certificate? If there were nothing to it, wouldn’t he have denied it by now?
Unlike President Barack Obama (who is the only sitting President in US history to have made his official birth certificate public) Donald Trump has not put an official US birth certificate online. Trump claims he was born in New York.
Trump supporters would point out that Trump’s millionaire father Fred Trump was born in America, Trump detractors point out that only proves that Trump inherited wealth and is not the self made man he presents himself as.
It certainly does not prove Trump was born in America. One could even argue that the wealth of Trump’s family makes it more plausible that he could have been born in Mexico as his millionaire father may have been doing business there.
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Donald Trump’s grandfather (Fred Trump’s father) was born Friedrich Drumpf and changed his name to Fred Trump. He was an immigrant and I’ve been unable to find any information on which country he was born in.
This speculation about Trump’s Mexican birth combined with the fact that his mother was born in Scotland and was not a citizen of the US when Trump was born are leading some to question whether Trump is eligible to become President of the United States if the American public is actually insane enough to vote for him.
Many people are wondering why Trump has yet to deny the validity of this Mexican birth certificate? If there were nothing to it, wouldn’t he have denied it by now?
Unlike President Barack Obama (who is the only sitting President in US history to have made his official birth certificate public) Donald Trump has not put an official US birth certificate online. Trump claims he was born in New York.
Trump supporters would point out that Trump’s millionaire father Fred Trump was born in America, Trump detractors point out that only proves that Trump inherited wealth and is not the self made man he presents himself as.
It certainly does not prove Trump was born in America. One could even argue that the wealth of Trump’s family makes it more plausible that he could have been born in Mexico as his millionaire father may have been doing business there.
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Donald Trump’s grandfather (Fred Trump’s father) was born Friedrich Drumpf and changed his name to Fred Trump. He was an immigrant and I’ve been unable to find any information on which country he was born in.
Why Birthers (Including Donald Trump) Are All Insane Idiots
1. Birthers claim that President Barack Obama hasn’t released his birth certificate when in fact he is the only sitting President in history to have made his birth certificate public record.
Obama had no legal requirement to release his birth certificate publicly. George W. Bush & Bill Clinton never released their birth certificates. He did it to end any reasonable doubts about his birthplace. Only unreasonable doubts remain in the barely functioning minds of conspiracy theorist whack-jobs. Read the rest
Obama had no legal requirement to release his birth certificate publicly. George W. Bush & Bill Clinton never released their birth certificates. He did it to end any reasonable doubts about his birthplace. Only unreasonable doubts remain in the barely functioning minds of conspiracy theorist whack-jobs. Read the rest
Michael Steele: “We Don’t Know Yet”
“We Don’t Know Yet” was Michael Steele’s response to Bill Maher’s question about what happens to seniors when they run out their $15,000 voucher on the new Republican “Medicare In Name Only” privatized voucher plan which would replace Medicare as we know it:
This Republican plan to replace Medicare with an “ObamaCare” like privatized voucher system is absolutely astonishingly terrible (and quite obviously hypocritical.) Everyone knows that no private insurance company is going to want to cover elderly sick people at anything close to a reasonable cost. This is why Medicare was created in the first place.
This idea that the “free market” is best for everything is nothing more than a belief. It’s a type of faith. It’s not based on real world results. Medicare is a much better system for the elderly than a free market health insurance system. For that matter; I think it’s also quite obviously a much better system for people of all ages.
Medicare is not the problem. It’s the solution. Instead of kicking elderly people off of Medicare and feeding their savings to the millionaires that run private insurance companies we should be creating a “Medicare for All” universal health care program for everyone in the United States.
This Republican plan to replace Medicare with an “ObamaCare” like privatized voucher system is absolutely astonishingly terrible (and quite obviously hypocritical.) Everyone knows that no private insurance company is going to want to cover elderly sick people at anything close to a reasonable cost. This is why Medicare was created in the first place.
This idea that the “free market” is best for everything is nothing more than a belief. It’s a type of faith. It’s not based on real world results. Medicare is a much better system for the elderly than a free market health insurance system. For that matter; I think it’s also quite obviously a much better system for people of all ages.
Medicare is not the problem. It’s the solution. Instead of kicking elderly people off of Medicare and feeding their savings to the millionaires that run private insurance companies we should be creating a “Medicare for All” universal health care program for everyone in the United States.
MINO: Medicare In Name Only (GOP Ends Medicare)
Yesterday 235 Republicans voted to end Medicare by voting for the Paul Ryan 2012 budget. Only 4 Republicans voted against the plan to eliminate Medicare and 0 Democrats voted for it.
The Republicans will claim that they aren’t ending Medicare but instead just “transforming” it. They’ll say Medicare will still exist because they are still calling it “Medicare” right?
The problem is that you can’t fundamentally change the nature of something and pretend like it still exists as the same thing it was just because you are calling it the same name. The voucher based/privatized health care system that the Republicans want to replace Medicare with is just MINO: Medicare In Name Only.
Features of Medicare In Name Only
*** Privatized voucher system (astonishing GOP hypocrisy: this plan is pretty much just like “ObamaCare”.)
*** No more guaranteed health care coverage for seniors.
*** Out of pocket expenses will double.
*** Raises eligibility age from 65 to 67.
*** Starting in 2013, beneficiaries would face a $600 combined deductible for Parts A (mainly inpatient care) and B (mainly ambulatory care) of Medicare combined, but pay a 20 percent co-insurance on each part — including hospital care — up to a catastrophic out-of-pocket limit of $6,000, after which cost-sharing would be zero.
You can find more details on the terrible GOP MINO plan here.
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The Republican’s budget bill also ends Medicaid. It replaces the current system with block grants to states. $700 billion would be cut from Medicaid in the next 10 years. This would leave millions of Americans with far worse health care coverage.
But while they were cutting all of these programs for sick old people and poor children they did manage to find some cash to give to healthy millionaires. This bill includes trillions of dollars in additional tax cuts for the rich.
The Republicans will claim that they aren’t ending Medicare but instead just “transforming” it. They’ll say Medicare will still exist because they are still calling it “Medicare” right?
The problem is that you can’t fundamentally change the nature of something and pretend like it still exists as the same thing it was just because you are calling it the same name. The voucher based/privatized health care system that the Republicans want to replace Medicare with is just MINO: Medicare In Name Only.
Features of Medicare In Name Only
*** Privatized voucher system (astonishing GOP hypocrisy: this plan is pretty much just like “ObamaCare”.)
*** No more guaranteed health care coverage for seniors.
*** Out of pocket expenses will double.
*** Raises eligibility age from 65 to 67.
*** Starting in 2013, beneficiaries would face a $600 combined deductible for Parts A (mainly inpatient care) and B (mainly ambulatory care) of Medicare combined, but pay a 20 percent co-insurance on each part — including hospital care — up to a catastrophic out-of-pocket limit of $6,000, after which cost-sharing would be zero.
You can find more details on the terrible GOP MINO plan here.
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The Republican’s budget bill also ends Medicaid. It replaces the current system with block grants to states. $700 billion would be cut from Medicaid in the next 10 years. This would leave millions of Americans with far worse health care coverage.
But while they were cutting all of these programs for sick old people and poor children they did manage to find some cash to give to healthy millionaires. This bill includes trillions of dollars in additional tax cuts for the rich.
New 2012 Florida Poll
A new Suffolk University poll of potential general election match-ups has President Obama down by 1% point against Mitt Romney and up against Mike Huckabee by only 3% points.
Obama won Florida by only 3% points in 2008 (Obama 51%, McCain 48%) so these aren’t terrible numbers in comparison with 2008 but they also aren’t particularly encouraging for the President. That said; Obama can afford to lose Florida as long as he picks up some other swing states like Virginia and Ohio.
If Obama is lucky enough to face one of the crazier Republicans in the general election (like Donald Trump or Sarah Palin) things are looking a lot better for him. He’s got leads against both Trump and Palin of at least 15% points.
Complete Results
Obama 42%, Romney 43% (-1)
Obama 44%, Huckabee 41% (+3)
Obama 45%, Newt Gingrich 36% (+9)
Obama 41%, Tim Pawlenty 28% (+13)
Obama 45%, Michele Bachmann 30% (+15)
Obama 49%, Donald Trump 34% (+15)
Obama 52%, Sarah Palin 34% (+18)
Obama 48%, Ron Paul 30% (+18)
Obama 47%, Haley Barbour 26% (+21)
Mitt Romney?
The question is will Republican primary vote for “RINO” Mitt RomneyCare just because he seems to have the best chance of competing against President Obama in the fall or will they stick with one of the unelectable candidates (Trump, Palin, Gingrich, Paul, & Bachmann all have virtually no chance of beating President Obama in November 2012.)
Obama won Florida by only 3% points in 2008 (Obama 51%, McCain 48%) so these aren’t terrible numbers in comparison with 2008 but they also aren’t particularly encouraging for the President. That said; Obama can afford to lose Florida as long as he picks up some other swing states like Virginia and Ohio.
If Obama is lucky enough to face one of the crazier Republicans in the general election (like Donald Trump or Sarah Palin) things are looking a lot better for him. He’s got leads against both Trump and Palin of at least 15% points.
Complete Results
Obama 42%, Romney 43% (-1)
Obama 44%, Huckabee 41% (+3)
Obama 45%, Newt Gingrich 36% (+9)
Obama 41%, Tim Pawlenty 28% (+13)
Obama 45%, Michele Bachmann 30% (+15)
Obama 49%, Donald Trump 34% (+15)
Obama 52%, Sarah Palin 34% (+18)
Obama 48%, Ron Paul 30% (+18)
Obama 47%, Haley Barbour 26% (+21)
Mitt Romney?
The question is will Republican primary vote for “RINO” Mitt RomneyCare just because he seems to have the best chance of competing against President Obama in the fall or will they stick with one of the unelectable candidates (Trump, Palin, Gingrich, Paul, & Bachmann all have virtually no chance of beating President Obama in November 2012.)
Republicans Need To Stop Whining
Republicans propose eliminating Medicare (the GOP House has now passed a budget that eliminates Medicare) and give trillions more in tax cuts for the rich and then whine when the President calls them out on it:
235 House Republicans Vote To End Medicare
It’s official: 235 House Republicans have voted to end Medicare. Only 4 Republicans voted against it. No Democrats voted for it. Democrats all stood together with the President in support of protecting Medicare.
This Republican budget for 2012 phases out Medicare and replaces it with a voucher/private insurance program much like “ObamaCare.” Yes. The same Republicans who spent all of 2009 and 2010 saying “ObamaCare” was the worst thing in the world and complained how it would cut into Medicare are now eliminating Medicare in favor of an ObamaCare like approach for seniors! The hypocrisy is mind blowing.
Along with ending Medicare as we know it, this Republican budget slashes funding for Medicaid and gives trillions of dollars in additional tax cuts to the wealthy. Clearly there’s nothing “serious” about the Paul Ryan/GOP budget.
Paul Ryan does not care about cutting the deficit. If he did he wouldn’t include trillions of dollars in tax cuts for millionaires in his budget. And as the President recently said about Ryan: “this is the same guy that voted for two wars that were unpaid for, voted for the Bush tax cuts that were unpaid for, voted for the prescription drug bill that cost as much as my health care bill — but wasn’t paid for. So it’s not on the level.”
The good news is that this terrible plan for eliminating Medicare cannot come to fruition as long as President Obama is in the White House as he has vowed to veto it no matter what.
To those who say voting is not important; please reread that last sentence. Voting in 2012 could very well make the difference between whether you and your family has access to Medicare in the future.
This Republican budget for 2012 phases out Medicare and replaces it with a voucher/private insurance program much like “ObamaCare.” Yes. The same Republicans who spent all of 2009 and 2010 saying “ObamaCare” was the worst thing in the world and complained how it would cut into Medicare are now eliminating Medicare in favor of an ObamaCare like approach for seniors! The hypocrisy is mind blowing.
Along with ending Medicare as we know it, this Republican budget slashes funding for Medicaid and gives trillions of dollars in additional tax cuts to the wealthy. Clearly there’s nothing “serious” about the Paul Ryan/GOP budget.
Paul Ryan does not care about cutting the deficit. If he did he wouldn’t include trillions of dollars in tax cuts for millionaires in his budget. And as the President recently said about Ryan: “this is the same guy that voted for two wars that were unpaid for, voted for the Bush tax cuts that were unpaid for, voted for the prescription drug bill that cost as much as my health care bill — but wasn’t paid for. So it’s not on the level.”
The good news is that this terrible plan for eliminating Medicare cannot come to fruition as long as President Obama is in the White House as he has vowed to veto it no matter what.
To those who say voting is not important; please reread that last sentence. Voting in 2012 could very well make the difference between whether you and your family has access to Medicare in the future.
Yes Birthers: You Are Kenyans Too!
Many people (some who aren’t even birthers) make the mistake of saying that President Barack Obama hasn’t released a birth certificate but instead a “certification of live birth.”
They say this because at the top of the Hawaiian birth certificate that Obama has released publicly it says “Certification of Live Birth” and not “Birth Certificate.”
This is complete nonsense. Every state has their own official wording for birth certificate and Hawaii’s happens to be “Certification of Live Birth.” This does not mean it’s a different document from the “real birth certificate.” It’s just official terminology for the exact same thing. When President Obama asked for a copy of his official birth certificate from Hawaii this is what was sent to him.
This is it. The document Obama made public is his official birth certificate and it states that Barack Hussein Obama II was born at 7:24 PM on August 4, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
So this my challenge to all “Birthers” (including Donald Trump): Take a look at your own birth certificate (the official document sent to you by the state you were born in that you use to get a passport) and see what it says on it. Make note of what information is included (and which info is not included.) Take a good look at what it’s titled.
You are very likely to find that it is pretty much exactly like the birth certificate President Obama has made public (each state may have slight differences.) In which case I think there are only two conclusions you can come to:
1. You’ve been a complete loon in doubting the President’s birthplace for no good reason. The President was born in Hawaii just as his birth certificate says. (Welcome back to reality.)
2. You were born in Kenya too.
By the way: Obama is actually the only sitting President in history to have made his birth certificate public record.
Obama’s Kenyan Grandmother
This whole ridiculous conspiracy theory may have started with the idea that Obama’s grandmother claimed he was born in Kenya in a telephone interview in 2008. Unfortunately for birthers that’s simply not true: Sarah Obama said Barack was born in America. Obviously.
They say this because at the top of the Hawaiian birth certificate that Obama has released publicly it says “Certification of Live Birth” and not “Birth Certificate.”
This is complete nonsense. Every state has their own official wording for birth certificate and Hawaii’s happens to be “Certification of Live Birth.” This does not mean it’s a different document from the “real birth certificate.” It’s just official terminology for the exact same thing. When President Obama asked for a copy of his official birth certificate from Hawaii this is what was sent to him.
This is it. The document Obama made public is his official birth certificate and it states that Barack Hussein Obama II was born at 7:24 PM on August 4, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
So this my challenge to all “Birthers” (including Donald Trump): Take a look at your own birth certificate (the official document sent to you by the state you were born in that you use to get a passport) and see what it says on it. Make note of what information is included (and which info is not included.) Take a good look at what it’s titled.
You are very likely to find that it is pretty much exactly like the birth certificate President Obama has made public (each state may have slight differences.) In which case I think there are only two conclusions you can come to:
1. You’ve been a complete loon in doubting the President’s birthplace for no good reason. The President was born in Hawaii just as his birth certificate says. (Welcome back to reality.)
2. You were born in Kenya too.
By the way: Obama is actually the only sitting President in history to have made his birth certificate public record.
Obama’s Kenyan Grandmother
This whole ridiculous conspiracy theory may have started with the idea that Obama’s grandmother claimed he was born in Kenya in a telephone interview in 2008. Unfortunately for birthers that’s simply not true: Sarah Obama said Barack was born in America. Obviously.
Republican House Bills Are Not Serious
Democrats in the House switched their votes from “No” to “Present” today to force the Republicans to decide amongst themselves which budget they support.
Because of this the Republicans had to hold the vote open after it was supposed to have ended so some of them could change their votes from “Yes” to “No” because otherwise the far right wing budget (even more far right wing than the Paul Ryan budget) they were voting on would have become the Republican’s official budget proposal (replacing Ryan’s plan to eliminate Medicare and cut taxes even more on the rich.)
Many Republicans switched their votes from “Yes” to “No” when they realized that the bill might actually pass. This proves beyond any shadow of a doubt that their original “Yes” votes were for show only. This bill was not intended to be a serious proposal. It was only to brought to the floor to appease the far right wing Tea Party types.
Because of this the Republicans had to hold the vote open after it was supposed to have ended so some of them could change their votes from “Yes” to “No” because otherwise the far right wing budget (even more far right wing than the Paul Ryan budget) they were voting on would have become the Republican’s official budget proposal (replacing Ryan’s plan to eliminate Medicare and cut taxes even more on the rich.)
Many Republicans switched their votes from “Yes” to “No” when they realized that the bill might actually pass. This proves beyond any shadow of a doubt that their original “Yes” votes were for show only. This bill was not intended to be a serious proposal. It was only to brought to the floor to appease the far right wing Tea Party types.
GOP Loses Control: Donald Trump in the Lead
Republican leadership has to be completely freaked out by the latest PPP national polling for the Republican presidential nomination.
According to this poll; the punchline known as Donald Trump has opened up a significant lead among Republicans as their top choice to represent the party in the 2012 general election against President Barack Obama.
Trump is, of course, a complete joke who has gone bankrupt on many occasions and inherited his wealth from his millionaire father.
The fact that Trump is in first place among Republicans tells us two things: the other GOP candidates for President are not very interesting or exciting even to Republican voters and that the base of the Republican Party (ie: “Tea Party”) is completely off their rockers (according to this poll 23% won’t vote for a “non-birther“) and doesn’t seem to care at all about nominating a reasonable candidate to take on the President in November of 2012.
PPP GOP Poll Results:
Donald Trump 26%
Mike Huckabee 17%
Mitt Romney 15%
Newt Gingrich 11%
Sarah Palin 8%
Ron Paul 5%
Michele Bachmann 4%
Tim Pawlenty 4%
Mike Huckabee Might Not Even Run
There’s a good chance that second place Huckabee won’t bother making a run for it. Where would his supporters go? Neither Trump nor Romney seem like a good fit for Evangelical Huckabee voters considering one has a very checkered past (Trump) and the other is a Mormon (Romney.)
According to this poll; the punchline known as Donald Trump has opened up a significant lead among Republicans as their top choice to represent the party in the 2012 general election against President Barack Obama.
Trump is, of course, a complete joke who has gone bankrupt on many occasions and inherited his wealth from his millionaire father.
The fact that Trump is in first place among Republicans tells us two things: the other GOP candidates for President are not very interesting or exciting even to Republican voters and that the base of the Republican Party (ie: “Tea Party”) is completely off their rockers (according to this poll 23% won’t vote for a “non-birther“) and doesn’t seem to care at all about nominating a reasonable candidate to take on the President in November of 2012.
PPP GOP Poll Results:
Donald Trump 26%
Mike Huckabee 17%
Mitt Romney 15%
Newt Gingrich 11%
Sarah Palin 8%
Ron Paul 5%
Michele Bachmann 4%
Tim Pawlenty 4%
Mike Huckabee Might Not Even Run
There’s a good chance that second place Huckabee won’t bother making a run for it. Where would his supporters go? Neither Trump nor Romney seem like a good fit for Evangelical Huckabee voters considering one has a very checkered past (Trump) and the other is a Mormon (Romney.)
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