So, if you've been in a bubble the last twenty-four hours, you might have missed that the man sporting America's Favorite Combover has offered $5 MILLION to President Obama's charity of choice if the President will release his college transcripts and applications and a few passport details.
I'm not a Birther in the strictest sense of the meaning, but I have to agree with Donald Trump when he indicates this is a very secretive president. Why do we know so little about young Obama? And why do we not consider it batshit crazy that a U.S. President wrote a fabricated autobiography?
Dreams From My Father has a disclaimer in the front:
”For the sake of compression, some of the characters that appear are composites of people I’ve known, and some events appear out of precise chronology. With the exception of my family and a handful of public figures, the names of most characters have been changed for the sake of their privacy.”
Hey I write composite characters, too, but it's called fiction. We have a President who is delighted to provide a fictional accounting of his life in hopes we like him better.
Which brings me back to my first question: What would it take for you to reveal your deepest, darkest secret?
I'm easy here. A few years ago I made a concerted effort to live full-out, all the time. I cleaned up whatever lies I'd told myself and stories I'd let others assume and let it all hang out. Oh, it wasn't pretty, but darn it. It's so much easier! And I'm a lot more fun now.
You will be spared. I shall not provide a list of my secrets, because technically I don't have any now. For me it was a matter of living authentically and it was a gift I gave myself. You can have my college transcripts for the asking if you'd like, though. They are kind of awesome.
But why is President Obama so quiet about his past? Why do his ancestors make their way into stories under one set of details only to have those details unwound when the stories are obviously untrue?
I have my own answer. I'll probably lay it out in the comments later. But I want to know what you think. Bring it on.
He gives a lot to charity. He's not a Democrat.
http://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/06/us/first-black-elected-to-head-harvard-s-law-review.html
Funny that a candidate is forced to release tax transcripts for fishing expeditions.
Notice that polygamy is not an issue that the media is harping about during this election. I wonder why :)
What is Trump trying to imply? That Barack Obama took the place of a more deserving white student?
And last Hoffa checked, that kind of fraud is still a crime.
I'd like to see Trump's college transcripts, myself, or maybe his SATs. We could all have a good laugh.
Is Trump running for public office?
When was Trump formally and actively running for public office as a declared candidate? Hoffa wasn't aware of this - can you provide a link?
Donald Trump is an ego maniac and will do anything to get publicity. I personally don't care about Obama's transcripts or Romney's tax returns. For the political right if transcripts were so important, then why are they demanding the release of Scott Walker's MU transcripts? Beyond being hypocritical, it just doesn't matter. One of the casualties of the Information Age is privacy.
Calling for the release of records that either can't be produced due to legal or security concerns or that won't be produced because they're immaterial and doing so would be open the floodgates to non-stop requests for similar crap is a time honored tradition in our political system. Rather than getting our undies in a bundle over the same thing repeatedly, maybe we should be asking how much longer we're going to continue to participate in this foolishness? It wouldn't keep coming up if we didn't all respond as desired over and over again. In this case, Donald Trump got exactly what he desired by utilizing it, as did the press, the talking heads...all the way down to rock bottom - this level - where we can swat each other over the heads with it. If you truly want it to stop, don't play along.
http://www.amazon.com/Scott-Walkers-Wisconsin-Conservative-ebook/dp/B009E6CPKO