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Playinghardball

(11,665 posts)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 05:03 PM Oct 2012

Trump’s ‘bombshell’ Obama disclosure turns out to be literally nothing

When Donald Trump teased Fox News viewers with a “gigantic” bombshell of a disclosure about President Barack Obama that could potentially alter the course of the election, the media was expecting at least something. Anything, really.

And on Wednesday, they got absolutely, literally nothing at all.

Speculation about Trump’s “bombshell” had reached a fever pitch Wednesday morning after gossip surfaced about a nameless old Obama college buddy who was allegedly prepared to swear that the president used to sell cocaine. Other blogs speculated that Trump may have unearthed divorce papers drawn up by Michelle Obama during a rocky point in their relationship.

It turns out there’s not a lick of truth to any of that. In a video published on YouTube Wednesday afternoon, Trump offered to buy Obama’s college and passport records with a $5 million donation to the charity of Obama’s choice.

Raw Story (http://s.tt/1qTUH)

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Trump’s ‘bombshell’ Obama disclosure turns out to be literally nothing (Original Post) Playinghardball Oct 2012 OP
He might have changed plans when he realized the divorce papers were likely to backfire. DCBob Oct 2012 #1
Ha--what a fucking loser! MADem Oct 2012 #2
man, the only way this could be better, is if Geraldo Rivera was covering the announcement live! Salviati Oct 2012 #3

DCBob

(24,689 posts)
1. He might have changed plans when he realized the divorce papers were likely to backfire.
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 05:09 PM
Oct 2012

This 5M offer for transcripts and passport is so lame it sounds like something he just made up today.

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