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People and Politics by Patrick Roberts

Obama finally lashes back at Donald Trump -- and about time too

Posted on Sunday, May 01, 2011 at 08:25 AM

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seanomelbourne | May 04, 2011, 07:44 PM EDT

Trump should join the dead squirrel society to pass the time as he will never be president.

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PhlutiePhan | May 04, 2011, 12:04 PM EDT

The strange by-product of this issue is the interruption of "Celebrity Apprentice" on the night of the Osama killing. There were seconds left on the announcement of just whom "The Donald" would fire. Since the president did not speak for some 45 minutes, it appeared to be intentionally aimed at Trump. Obviously, Trump has gotten "under the skin" of the president. If Trump is so wrong in his claims, why does the president not "step over him" like a squirrel hit by a car in the road. It is obvious that Trump has "struck a nerve" of truth with his claims.

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seanomelbourne | May 03, 2011, 03:48 AM EDT

I like the joke asking for the long certificate for the squirrel on Trumps head.

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McNamara31 | May 02, 2011, 07:32 PM EDT

TheOldPerfessor and doomboy..Well Said!

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TheOldPerfessor | May 02, 2011, 01:57 PM EDT

I see here that the President is thin-skinned. This man has endured the most sustained smear campaign I have ever seen. After two years of that, I have never heard him tell me to hate any person or group of people. Ever. He is a good example for you "Christians" to follow.

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doomboy | May 02, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT

francisquinn and feeneykc, Of course Obama has a larger ego than Trump. Obama is the most powerful man on this planet. And, he gets the credit for killing Bin Laden. I think Obama is not wasting his time with these cutting remarks. The president has to show leadership when national discussions becomes so side-tracked with non-issues such as the one(s) that Trump is raising. We are in very perilous times. In 2008, business went away. Citibank, which handles much of our international business and trade accounts, was about to close its banking ops. If that happened--and it almost did,--our major US corporations would have retrenched by closing out their international operations. Catapiller, Exxon, GE, Honeywell, .... would have released much of their people, our balance of payment accounts would have gone through the roof, and quite possibly the dollar would no longer have been the currency used to settle oil contract deliveries. In short, we nearly went down the tubes in the Fall of 2008. Obama, Bernanke, and Geithner have been trying to engineer a recovery but business in this country can and likely will be ruined if people remain blissfully unaware of threats to our welfare. The petty issues raised by marginal politicians do a disservice to this country. One thinks that much of the radio talk-show rants are intended only to make people angry over the most trivial things, as though there is a conspiracy to divert people's attention from our very delicate economic plight: Yes, residential real estate prices crashed, but there is the commercial real estate debt hanging out there. If we were to pull together, take pride in our country's progress in making our way out of this muck, then possibly we can avoid the second or third shoe dropping. But, would you rather concentrate of whose ego is greater, Donald's or Obama's?

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feeneycj | May 02, 2011, 10:22 AM EDT

Trump is not a politician. So why is Obama wasting his time? so (not) funny I forgot to laugh

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DLW12183 | May 02, 2011, 09:05 AM EDT

Just think-this is the same president who called for more civility! Which of his two faces are we looking at today?

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francisquinn | May 02, 2011, 07:35 AM EDT

Who has the bigger EGO....Trump has the HAIR while BO has the TELEPROMPTER..But BO still has the 1.8% growth this quarter...Has he mentioned that lately..???

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VernonC | May 01, 2011, 11:01 PM EDT

Doomboy, I don't know where the Dutch business came from, it's one of the few nationalities I can't claim but they seem to be well adjusted and decent. If bigots are to be hunted down, you'd be wise to go into hiding.

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doomboy | May 01, 2011, 10:20 PM EDT

VernonC is pathetically out of touch with the times--"history will eventually side with Trump" After he's re-elected all you Dutch-Irish bigots will be hunted down and destroyed.

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VernonC | May 01, 2011, 09:32 PM EDT

I believe Obama is completely without class, his needling wasn't humorous, it was overbearing and hateful. Had a white president mocked a black candidate in the same manner he would have been ridiculed unto his last day. The birth certificate issue is being squashed but it's far from being settled and history will eventually side with Trump.

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cpcpcp1 | May 01, 2011, 08:36 PM EDT

I notice Obama does this when he has a large crowd and the other person is in a position not to talk back. He won't do it face to face. He did the same thing to the supreme court justice when he knew the justice couldn't talk back. I think he is a cowardly person.

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seanomelbourne | May 01, 2011, 06:24 PM EDT

It's about time the president put that wannabe trump in his stall.

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Jeannie0121 | May 01, 2011, 06:13 PM EDT

very presidental

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