Battling Trump on birth certificate issue won't be easy

Battling Trump on birth certificate issue won't be easy

Enid News and Eagle (OK) ^ | 4/11/2011 | Cindy Allen

Posted on Monday, April 11, 2011 11:41:27 AM by SonOfDarkSkies

A familiar tactic by politicos is to try to marginalize the opposition.
We’ve seen it done by both parties; however, the Democrats are probably better at it than the Republicans are.
By marginalize, I mean when someone raises a sticky issue or perhaps even an explosive one, the opposition sets out to make that opponent sound stupid, or someone who is not serious or smart, etc.
Enter into the fray, Donald Trump. Trump started out with some minor questions about President Barack Obama’s birth certificate, but it seems to have turned into a quest.
Now, Obama’s supporters already have tried to marginalize this issue by branding those who believe it “birthers.” I really don’t know where that term comes from, but it is akin to those who believe the 9-11 attacks were orchestrated from within the George W. Bush administration being called “truthers.”
(Really, who comes up with these names?)

Still, you hear the word “birther” and automatically you might think of some nut-job.
And, since Trump has “trumped” up the issue to a new level, several have tried to marginalize his efforts as a “waste of time,” or calling him an attention-(expletive), etc.
The problem is, Trump is not one who can be marginalized easily. He is a master marketer and he’s got a huge media platform. He’s rich, visible, articulate and compelling. He’s also got a weird hairdo that everyone loves to make fun of, and I think he keeps that hair the way it is just because it is something people talk about. He is not afraid of attention -- in fact he craves it.

So, Trump is not intimidated by those who want to try to marginalize him or cast him as a lunatic.

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