What Distrubed Me More Than Trump's Lack Of Response To The Guy That Asked The Muslim Question.....

[global1]

was the tone of the voice of the man that asked the question. It was filled with hatred and fostered violence.

Watching the video - the cameras were only on Trump and not on any of the questioners. I'm wondering if any of the photographers in the room took a picture of this guy or if anyone identified this guy that asked the question?

Trump is probably looking for him today to pay him off and have the guy say that he was a plant in the room to embarrass Trump. Maybe that's why Trump cancelled his appearance today.

[Fred Sanders]

1. Strange how such a vocal, passionate "attendee" seems so hard to find or identify??

Strange how in all the crowd this one fellow was picked on to ask a question in the same hateful ignorant way candidate John McCain was asked by a woman in 2007 about "Obama is a Muslim"....and many in the extreme right wing blame The One Who Picked Palin's calm and correct response including "He is a good man", to have lost Mr. McGrump the election.....Trump did it right for these folks.

The gloves are off, the fangs have been bares and to me it is all a precursor to the GOP's inevitable collapse, no matter how desperately the corporate media tries to prop them up.

Bullshit Mountain is about to collapse under the weight of it's own daily heaps of excrement.

[spanone]

4. all the networks were there, cable & broadcast....you KNOW they have him on camera

[Fred Sanders]

5. Where did he go? Why the sudden inability of all of the mass media to find one guy...to "clarify"?

The racist hate monger* seems to have no problem speaking his mind with national cameras trained on him!

*meaning the one who asked the genocidal question.

[jberryhill]

13. It's been less than 24 hours

It was a while before anyone caught up with crazy McCain lady or crazy Mike Castle lady too.

You couch this as an "inability" for no discernible reason.

It was *WEEKS* between "important lion killed in Africa" to "American dentist". Remember when it was initially someone from Spain?

And that's even assuming there is a news producer somewhere who wants to spend money on "hey, let's get an interview with an ignorant dumbfuck". So, you clearly have information to the effect that anyone has bothered to track him down, and have been "unable" to do so. How about you share this information with us?

[Fred Sanders]

16. No offence intended! Why taken?

See comment # 11.

[jberryhill]

26. A 'plant' to make Trump and his supporters look bad?

"Look" bad?

Trump says this shit himself. Why on earth would any "plant" someone to say exactly the shit he and his supporters say on their own, with regularity and dependability?

It's like hiding rosaries around the Vatican to make the Pope look Catholic.

[pinboy3niner]

35. "It's like hiding rosaries around the Vatican to make the Pope look Catholic."

[jberryhill]

38. I mean, really

It seems to be unimaginable to some that people believe this shit and are able to shout it into a microphone.

It reminds me of the "lone nut anti-defamation defense league" which comes out to defend every lone nut who does something crazy because, well, a lone nut couldn't possibly have done something nutty on their own. It HAD to be a conspiracy.

[jberryhill]

41. I am asking you to simply back up what you said

You referred to an "inability" to track down this guy's identity (and, I'll bet it's known in a few days - just like Joe the Plumber).

I would like to know what is your factual premise for saying the media is "unable" to identify him.

That no one has identified him yet is not evidence of "inability". Perhaps no one in particular really gives a shit about chasing down the one guy in America who doesn't like Muslims and thinks Obama is a foreign born one.

So, why did you use this word?

[Fred Sanders]

44. "...the one guy in America who does not like Muslims...". Are we on the same planet?!

And no one ever seriously claimed there was no image of the racist bigoted asshole questioner who could easily be mistaken for a plant, Trump shirt and all, but the real issue is the response of Trump....encouraging racism and bigotry and even today, Birtherism.

If folks can not or refuse to see the burgeoning fascism heaped on the backs of Muslims and minorities in America that this all represents, that is their handicap.

[jberryhill]

45. So I should take your response to mean...

...that you were stating something as fact that you cannot back up.

[Cali_Democrat]

2. The video I saw showed the questioner from the side

Looked like a very angry white male.

[pinboy3niner]

3. Yes, that camera panned from Trump to the questioner...

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[jberryhill]

6. This is the fourth thread today I've seen...

...in which there is the assertion there is no picture of the guy.

Really weird.

[Fred Sanders]

8. More of a cut to the racist questioner than a pan....Where's Waldo now?

[pinboy3niner]

20. You're correct. A cut, not a pan. nt

[pinboy3niner]

11. Yes, I saw your reply with vid in an earlier thread

Maybe some saw a different vid that stayed on Trump. But all the news media have been using the vid showing the questioner. There's no mystery about that.

A second issue is that some want to see the questioner identified and questioned about his remarks, especially in light of the suggestion that the guy was a "plant" to make Trump and his supporters look bad.

[Skidmore]

12. I was watching Matthews' show on MSNBC

which was broadcasting it live at the time. The camera stayed on Trump. Matthews took Trump apart over his response afterward. None of the footage I saw yesterday evening or this morning showed the questioner.

[bettyellen]

30. OH SHIT NO. Also, he looks like he's had quite the face lift.

[Fred Sanders]

9. The man is clearly identified....and in the video tapes of all the major and minor networks

that are still inexplicably giving fascism a huge platform.

It really is more scary how the mass media is handling this than the actual clown they are promoting.

[pinboy3niner]

15. CNN was all over Trump's birtherism

I was pleased to see them run all the old clips of Trump questioning Obama's birth and citizenship.

[Fred Sanders]

17. Did they now? Interesting....and how did any of them attempt to defend the birtherism/racism?

[pinboy3niner]

21. CNN didn't defend Trump at all, but one of their guests was a Trump supporter

He made excuses for Trump's failure to correct the questioner, of course.

[Fred Sanders]

23. What fucking "excuses", excuse my language....if anyone else did not call the Trump asshole an

asshole then they at CNN are all assholes.

[pinboy3niner]

24. If you expect a CNN anchor to call Trump an "asshole" on air, don't hold your breath

What they DID do was damn him with his own birther statements, replayed. And while they aired the weak protestations of the Trumpista guest, they also aired the condemnations of other guests as well as a clip of Hillary Clinton's excellent response.

Overall, CNN did a good job on this.

[randys1]

32. Had a weird thought today. Remember Bill Clinton and Fuckhead had that meeting right before

fuckhead (trump) announced he was running?

They may have made a deal.

Maybe Trump actually knows the country will devolve into total chaos and misery if the Koch bros get their way and has decided to do this and then go 3rd party when the time comes.

Nobody will be surprised if he breaks his promise to the GOP.

He would of course guarantee a dem victory if he ran 3rd party.

It wouldnt be like Perot.

[napkinz]

7. remember when Trump said his supporters were "passionate"?

Trump, on supporters who beat Hispanic man: 'People who are following me are very passionate'

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/08/20/1413904/-Trump-on-supporters-who-beat-Hispanic-man-People-who-are-following-me-are-very-passionate

[Fred Sanders]

10. "Passionate" is the new definition of "racist" for the mass media to try out in the public.

[moondust]

14. Probably an Alex Jones or Glenn Beck fan.

Aren't they the ones still pushing the birther bunk, "Muslim training camps," Jade Helm CT, etc.?

[Fred Sanders]

18. Also apparently have little problem with pushing these wing hut conspiracies is Trump himself!

A bridge too far to cross, even for CNN, now that they profited so handsomely from their debate ad revenue? Is the quid pro quo complete?

We will see.

[jberryhill]

40. Do you mean the wing nut conspiracy theory about this guy being a plant?

[cwydro]

19. That's a great point.

It occurred to me too.

It was so over the top, I had to wonder if it was a plant by Jeb, et.al.

Still, Trump blew a chance to show leadership.

I remember McCain with that nutso woman during his campaign.

[Fred Sanders]

22. Yes, who does not remember that moment and McCain's response. Where is Waldo and who planted

him?

Trump's response, which did not seem scripted, was the opposite of McCain's!

[cwydro]

25. I know. I really thought that too.

And as the narrative has continued, I think it more.

I mean that idiot "audience member" was so over the top.

Not saying there are not idiots out there like that, but I just don't think this one was genuine.

[Fast Walker 52]

27. the questioner did seem kind of fake but Trump's response was simply disgusting

he even seemed to egg the guy on to some extent

[cwydro]

31. I think he was floored.

And he knew he was cornered.

He handled it horribly.

Not that I care lol.

[jberryhill]

28. This speech is much more compelling

And note the crowd reaction.

That's a county in Delaware, by the way.

[cwydro]

33. She's an idiot.

But he handled that well.

And hey, why did my birth certificate not come with a little flag???!!

[jberryhill]

36. "he handled that well"

And lost the primary to Christine O'Donnell.

These people are quite numerous.

[Cali_Democrat]

42. Don't forget how Obama tried to nuke South Carolina...

[jberryhill]

43. Ah another classic

And for the "why aren't there pictures of him" crowd... yet another

[virtualobserver]

29. his tone sounded scripted, like a bad actor

[randys1]

34. And I remember my reaction to what McCain said "What is so wrong if he is a Muslim?"

But I am a liberal.

[jberryhill]

37. "No, he's a nice, family man"

Therefore, apparently not Muslim.

Yeah, McCain's response was just as craven as the accusation.

[restorefreedom]

39. hey, trump, you made them

now deal with them

[Tipperary]

46. I think he was some kind of plant from another campaign. Probably another republican, but sadly

it would not surprise me if it came from our side. Politics is a dirty business. Sometimes it might be the campaign staff without the knowledge of the candidate him/herself. But I would bet Christie or Bush. Lee Atwater type crap.

[Bluenorthwest]

47. Racist buffoon candidate attracts racist buffoon supporters.

Why would anyone think that the flame has to plant the moths?