I haven't went through this entire thread, plus I said my piece on Trump in the other thread, but I don't think Trump is racist per say. At least not in the KKKish view of the term, or even the mom/pop occasional nigger joke behind closed doors description of being racist. What I do believe is he's race bating in a subtle manner by pandering to certain elements within the crowd of Obama haters. I can't call the Tea Party racist because there's black Tea Partiers, but there's enough racists in the Tea Party to conjure the old thought of where there's smoke, there's...........
I believe Trump is playing on the conservative crowd's inability to narrow down a viable candidate to run against Obama come election time. You want to know the crazy part to me? Call me nuts, but he has no intention on running, this is all strictly a popularity move, and he's playing all of these passionate anti-Obama crowds for the fools that they are. Just like throwing chum into the ocean to attract sharks, Thee Donald will throw a little bit of Birther into the water, a little bit of Affirmative Action via questioning Obama's academic credentials, and anything else to continue stoking the fire of Obama's detractors. He's pretty much playing the role of Vince Mcmahon in the political arena.
That's my two cents anyway. One thing that bugs me though, is his language. I thought that was completely inappropriate, and it actually played to my JW upbringing because I swear people are getting cruder and more vulger in public than ever before. I was hoping at some point there would be a backlash against that kind of language, but it seems like the entire country as a culture is going to continue pushing the boundaries on profanity. Who would have thought a movie with child actors entitled "Kick-Ass" would be acceptable thirty years ago? It's not right. Maybe I'm getting older, but the crude language, tattoos, kids cussing, naked people on TV, Reality TV.......we're turning into a nation of savages.
