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Title: Bill O'Reilly pounds birther Donald Trump
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URL Source: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/52271.html
Published: Mar 30, 2011
Author: MAGGIE HABERMAN
Post Date: 2011-03-30 22:30:52 by Skip Intro
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Views: 2178
Comments: 8
Fox News host Bill O'Reilly slapped back guest Donald Trump on his show Wednesday night for embracing the "birther"chatter about President Barack Obama — and insisted he doesn't think it's heartfelt rhetoric by the by the real estate mogul. O'Reilly, who faced a walk-off from the ladies of "The View" in a recent appearance, noted that Trump mixed it up with host Whoopi Goldberg over the debunked questions about whether the president was born in the U.S. Continue Reading "That was worse than what I did," said O'Reilly, who's pushed back hard on the "birther" arguments in the past after looking into it himself. "We very early on did an investigation into Barack Obama's birth certificate," O'Reilly said, noting that his team had turned up two Obama birth announcements in local Hawaiian newspapers, "[So] I just dismissed it but you made a big deal out of it." Trump said of the birth announcements: "I grew up with Wall Street geniuses. What they do in terms of fraud, and how they change documents — and I'll tell you something, if you notice, those dates were three days later. And here's what I ask people — who puts announcements? [Here's] two poor people, a man and a woman with no money, they have a baby. There's announcements in the newspaper? ... Nelson Rockefeller doesn't put announcements in. I've never seen one." "They're common," said O'Reilly to Trump, interrupting him. Noting that he'd provided his birth certificate, saying reporters said "the one I gave [originally] wasn't good enough," Trump added, "I have a birth certificate. I have my birth certificate. ... People have birth certificates. He doesn't have a birth certificate. Now, he may have one but there is something on that birth certificate — maybe religion, maybe it says he's a Muslim, I don't know. Maybe he doesn't want that. Or, he may not have one. "But I will tell you this," Trump added. "If he wasn't born in this country it's one of the great scams of all time." "Absolutely," O'Reilly replied, but he added, "But I don't think that's the case. ... I don't think you believe that either. You get a lot of attention raising the question." Trump insisted, "Two weeks ago I felt like probably he was born in the country. Today it's possibly. I'm telling you, it's changed. I've seen too many things." Later, former Bush political guru Karl Rove said he thought the "birther" approach by Trump "is a mistake. It will marginalize him." Trump also discussing anti-Muslim sentiment in the country, saying "There is a Muslim problem in the world. Absolutely. You just have to turn on your television set." He added there are also "fabulous Muslims."
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#1. To: Skip Intro (#0)
Bill O'Reilly is to the left of Joy Behar. He's been jockeying for position ever since that joke Glenn Beck too over the house neo-con role.
Well, [W.A-R.'s] got to do something for attention, his multiple personalities aren't speaking to him any more, and his imaginary friends keep finding excuses not to come over.
I can always count on you for a good laugh. Thanks.
"Am I for or against abstinence?" - Sarah Palin
The birth certificate issue comes up at about 8 minutes into it.
I recall a re-run of MASH I saw where this uber right winger named Colonel Flagg... O'Reilly's been down on the plantation licking hObama's boots ever since Whoopie biach slapped him. Well, before that too. He IS the premier house negro.
I recall a re-run of MASH I saw where this uber right winger named Colonel Flagg... Oh man, THAT'S a relief!! I thought this was another yukon type thread about O'Reilly and Trump!!
And the sheep will bleat their submission, Burma Shave.
O'Really? doesn't care what he believes. He just needs an audience. It wouldn't surprise me if he were yu-klown.
Well, [W.A-R.'s] got to do something for attention, his multiple personalities aren't speaking to him any more, and his imaginary friends keep finding excuses not to come over.
I don't buy the 'birther' conspiracy theory. But Trump did suggest something that actually makes sense on this weird topic. Its possible Owe-bama doesn't want the long form birth certificate released as McCain did, or Bush, or Kerry or or or, for one simple reason. It just might list 'religion'. If its Muslim...well, that explains everything. No 'non citizen became POTUS'...just Muslim.
I hear you knockin...go back where you been....
You see religion listed anywhere on there, Dick?
#2. To: Rudgear (#1)
Bill O'Reilly is to the left of Joy Behar.
#3. To: Skip Intro (#0)
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
Godwinson posted on 2011-02-23 11:47:32 ET
http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=18011&Disp=46#C46
#4. To: Rudgear (#1)
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
Godwinson posted on 2011-02-23 11:47:32 ET
http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=18011&Disp=46#C46
#5. To: Skip Intro (#0)
Bill O'Reilly POUNDS birther Donald Trump
Seeing the others as fools,
Not knowing nor even caring,
They've become no more than tools.
#6. To: hondo68 (#4)
#7. To: All (#0)
#8. To: Boofer (#7)
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