H/T Red Phillips at Conservative Heritage Times and Just American in IPR comments, Dylan Stableford at Yahoo News reports:
On Monday’s “Tonight Show With Jay Leno,” Maher said he would donate $5 million to the charity of Trump’s choice (Maher suggested Hair Club for Men, among others) if the “Celebrity Apprentice” host could prove he is not the “spawn of his mother having sex with an orangutan.” Maher was mocking Trump’s much-publicized announcement in October that he would donate $5 million to charity if Obama would release his college records.
On Tuesday, a lawyer for Trump sent the letter to Maher with the birth certificate attached, asking the “Real Time” host to make good on his late-night offer:
Attached hereto is a copy of Mr. Trump’s birth certificate, demonstrating that he is the son of Fred Trump, not an orangutan. Please remit the $5 million to Mr. Trump immediately and he will ensure that the money be donated to the following five charities in equal amounts: Hurricane Sandy Victims, The Police Athletic League, The American Cancer Society, The March of Dimes, and The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Trump changed his registration to Independence Party (allied with the Reform Party) back in 1999 and won several Reform Party presidential primaries in 2000.
In 2011-2012, Trump suggested at various times that he might run for President as a Republican, independent or Americans Elect nominee, and changed his registration from Republican to independent.
See Ballot Access News:
Donald Trump Ran For President in 2000 in Several Reform Party Presidential Primaries
and
Donald Trump Changes His Party Affiliation from “Republican” to “Independent”.
For his part, Maher at one time called himself a libertarian, although I know of no time that he indicated that meant the Libertarian Party. He no longer calls himself a libertarian, though.
10 responses so far ↓
1 wolfefan // Jan 12, 2013 at 1:13 am
Just because an official birth certificate says something doesn’t mean it’s true. That’s Trump’s whole schtick. Goose/gander/etc.
2 Jill Pyeatt // Jan 12, 2013 at 1:51 am
I can’t think of two people I dislike more than Bill Maher and Donald Trump. At least Bill tries to be funny, but Trump comes across to me like a silly clown. I can’t believe anyone takes him seriously.
3 Oranje Mike // Jan 12, 2013 at 2:04 am
Bill Maher is a pretentious hack. Like Glenn Beck he has referred to himself as a “libertarian” before. Drives me nuts.
The Donald is just a media whore.
4 paulie // Jan 12, 2013 at 4:45 am
I actually find Maher to be very funny, and right on a good chunk of the time. Even on the many occasions I don’t agree with him, I still think he’s funny.
Trump can be very funny too, but I don’t get the sense that it’s intentional. I also read and enjoyed one of his books, The Art of the Deal. I did see him actually try to be funny once or twice, and he wasn’t very good, but then that’s not his profession.
On the birther “issue” I think Maher trumps Trump (IE, I agree with wolfefan @1) but I’m far too tired of the (non) issue to argue about it.
The college records – I’m open to the possibility that Obama may actually have something to hide. Since I’ve personally talked to people that remember him from college, it’s not that he didn’t attend. Not necessarily his grades, although it could be (not that it would indicate any lack of intelligence if it is, maybe he partied a lot) – it could have been something on his application, or some incident, or any number of things. Or, maybe he doesn’t have anything to hide, and just likes to make his critics look stupid by chasing their own tail, as I suspect may well be the case with the birth certificate.
5 Steve M // Jan 14, 2013 at 11:42 pm
“it could have been something on his application, or some incident, or any number of things. Or, maybe he doesn’t have anything to hide, and just likes to make his critics look stupid by chasing their own tail, as I suspect may well be the case with the birth certificate.”
None of this has ever been asked or demanded from any previous candidate. It frankly comes off as racist. We libertarians should not be associated with making new demands on a presidential candidate other then for the policies we desire.
6 paulie // Jan 14, 2013 at 11:48 pm
I’m not issuing any demands.
7 Jill Pyeatt // Jan 15, 2013 at 12:15 am
I am NOT a birther. Even if there’s something to it, proving he was born in Kenya won’t change a thing. The people who have died because Obama is president will still be dead. I understand that the college issue is that he went to college on scholarships for foreign exchange students, and no has found that he has become a citizen since then. So, did he commit fraud? I think that might be the most valid of the Obama questions.
Yes, it comes off as racist.
8 Follow the White Rabbit // Jan 15, 2013 at 12:31 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YWWH-lcrXg0
Everyone says there is a race problem.
Everyone says this race problem will be solved when the third world pours into every
white country and only white countries.
The Netherlands and Belgium are just as crowded as Japan or Taiwan, but nobody
says Japan or Taiwan will solve this RACE problem by bringing in millions of third
worlders and quote assimilating unquote with them.
Everybody says the final solution to this RACE problem is for EVERY white country
and ONLY white countries to “assimilate,” i.e., intermarry, with all those non-whites.
What if I said there was this RACE problem and this RACE problem would be solved
only if hundreds of millions of non-blacks were brought into EVERY black country
and ONLY into black countries?
How long would it take anyone to realize I’m not talking about a RACE problem.
I am talking about the final solution to the BLACK problem?
And how long would it take any sane black man to notice this and what kind of
psycho black man wouldn’t object to this?
But if I tell that obvious truth about the ongoing program of genocide against my race,
the white race, Liberals and respectable conservatives agree that I am a
naziwhowantstokillsixmillionjews.
They say they are anti-racist. What they are is anti-white.
Anti-racist is a code word for anti-white.
9 Fred Jabin // Mar 12, 2013 at 10:03 pm
I don’t generally believe in ad hominem attacks but your comments, White Rabbit, only make me wonder–What the fuck is the matter with you?
Racism is one of the stupidest and least useful inventions of mankind.
10 paulie // Mar 22, 2013 at 9:07 am
Fetal alcohol syndrome + shaken baby syndrome?
Amen!
Leave a Comment