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Related: About this forumDonald Trump’s Latest Challenge to Obama Renders Him Irrelevant
Its not us. Its you. Youve been annoying in the past. Youve also been good copy. But your latest pitiful attempt to keep your name in headlines is one empty bid for attention too many. By Lloyd Grove.Its been fun, Donald. Youve provided your share of colorful copy and driven more than your share of online traffic with your attention-getting antics and desperate PR stunts. In the spirit of taking responsibility, lets acknowledge that we in the media have been your enablers.
Even today, we couldnt help ourselves after you promised a very big announcement concerning President Obama, the subject of intense speculation about divorce papers and other gossipy detritus since you teased it on Mondays Fox & Friends. We clicked on your Twitter feed at noononly to discover that, once again, you had tricked us with another Trumpian exercise in self-promotion.
To be fair, we did enjoy your impression of Dr. Evil as you sat behind your very big desk and shouted into the camera, vowing to contribute five mill-ion dol-lars! to the charity of the presidents choice if he releases to my satisfaction! all of his college records and passport applications by, appropriately enough, Halloween at 5 p.m.
But all good (and, in this case, bad) things must come to an end. So, with well, not regret, but an overpowering sense of relief we at The Daily Beast offer our own announcement: effective immediately, in light of your latest foolish attempt at seeming important, we will ignore you and your hot air for the foreseeable futureor, at the very least, until after the Nov. 6 election. Every other media outlet, of course, will have to make its own determination, but, for the health of the body politic, we humbly urge them to do the same.
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Donald Trump’s Latest Challenge to Obama Renders Him Irrelevant (Original Post)
DonViejo
Oct 2012
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Tarheel_Dem
(31,241 posts)1. He's only "irrelevant" if we stop talking about him. He knows how to stir up the media. Can we....
just act as if he doesn't exist? And here's to his impending "irrelevance".
LeftofObama
(4,243 posts)2. The key words being,
to my satisfaction!
Even if The President gave in to this domestic terrorist, nothing he released would be to donald trump's satisfaction. Go f*ck yourself donny, you deserve nothing less.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)3. Trump has a new relevance, making Romney look like a desperate fool!
You have to wonder if Obama's debate coach helped him look and sound sooo pathetic