"The Donald", pictured at left in his quintessential "I'm the boss" pose, has little substance to offer when it comes to politics. Ham on Wry fails to understand why any candidate would embrace his support. One can't dispute his wealth, but he blows a lot of hot air, much like the Big, Bad, Wolf of The Three Little Pigs fame.
Trump has great talent for affecting a scowling, grumpy demeanor and garnering media attention, but it's the kind of attention any serious politician should eschew. He delights in offending people and will say anything that pops into his brain. Mitt Romney should have carefully examined the effects of Trump's support before accepting it.
He plays to the lowest, common denominator, which makes him appealing to Birthers, those who still doubt that President Obama was born in Hawaii. He mentioned his doubts about Obama's citizenship at the North Carolina Republican convention a week ago and received rousing applause. Greta Van Sustern questioned Trump about it on her show May 29th, asking him why he would still have doubts when ample evidence has been presented that Barack Obama was born in Hawaii. Trump never presented any hard facts to dispute Obama's citizenship. Unfortunately, Trump is like many who prefer to ignore renowned fact checking organizations because of their dislike for the President. I leave it to readers to draw conclusions about that particular brand of ignorance.
Continuing his pompousness, he proclaimed that he could refute claims of racism leveled against him because he hired Arsenio Hall in the latest version of Celebrity Apprentice. Really? Does that prove he isn't a racist? I don't know whether he has a bias against minorities or not, but I do know that his example proves nothing and illustrates my point. He huffs and he puffs, but he doesn't blown down any houses of substance.
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