Trump cheats at golf - the ONE and ONLY politics thread

He's no George Stephanopoulos when it comes to "objective journlism."

 

An earlier poster referred to Obama as multi-ethnic. Prior to the day Obama won the election the rule for being black in America was to have "one drop" of black blood. They made popular movies about this. Imitation of Life (1959) - IMDb

Because Obama had a white mother and a father (rather than a grand-father or great-grand-father) who lived in Africa all of a sudden he is mixed-race; not a true American because he didn't descend from slaves.

Fifty percent white does not make Obama particularly "light-skinded" as black people go. For example there are Kareem Abdul Jabbar , Reggie Jackson and the late Malcolm X , all with fairer complexions.

 

No, he's not.

Hannity doesn't consider himself - and does not try to be - objective or a journalist. He's a shill.

 

If Obama isn't multi-ethnic, what does that make Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson?

 

Trump made five speeches last week, all on a TelePrompTer. He apologized for insulting his rivals in the Republican primary. He's trying to reach out to minorities, and even started to back off his deportation pledges.

All along, @YankeeFan has sworn to us that The Donald is actually a really nice guy who is simply misunderstood. It's interesting to see him try to present that side of himself now. I also wonder how much he feels bad about his un-nuanced immigration rhetoric. I assume he's had his eyes opened throughout this experience.

 

While his surrogates continue to push the "Hillary isn't healthy" junk from a quack doctor who heads an organization that thinks shaken baby syndrome is actually caused by vaccines.

 

Hannity is a clown but at least he's upfront about his political leanings.

 

There's a clip where a bunch of reporters shout a question at Hillary at once from short range, and she bobs her head comically in reaction. Fox has been playing it - without audio, of course - like the Zapruder film and pushing the narrative that she had a "seizure." It's despicable.

 

Health concerns have been used against Reagan, Dole, and McCain.

Let's not pretend that this is unfair in Presidential politics.

Let's also not pretend that previous campaigns have not contributed to putting these issues into play.

Hillary is old. She hadn't held a press conference all year. She keeps a light schedule. When she marches in a parade -- like NYC's Pride Parade -- it's only for a few blocks. She constantly has a "resting stool" handy.

There's nothing illegitimate about pointing this out, and it has the added benefit of getting under her skin, and putting her campaign on the defensive.

Dems would be making the exact same points if the situation was reversed.

 

Trump finally wised up. Read from the teleprompter, stay above the fray, and let his henchmen blow the dog whistles for him. Might be too late, or it might not.

 

So much for that softer side. He was back on Twitter calling TV hosts clowns again.

 

Plus she had that seizure when answering a question. Totally fair to point that out.