Donald Trump to George Stephanopoulos: You're Co-Opted By Obama Minions!

Things got awfully heated on Good Morning America yesterday as Donald Trump discussed his potential presidential run with ABC's George Stephanopoulos.

In short, George took him to task and the Donald didn't appreciate it.

Stephanopoulos mentioned that some Republican heavyweights call him a “flawed messenger for the party” and “a joke candidate.” Why do they think this?

By continuing to question President Obama’s birth certificate and citizenship. Trump replied by ... going off about Obama's citizenship. You gotta see this:

Donald Trump GMA Interview

As the two men argued back and forth on the topic, an increasingly agitated Trump accused George of being “co-opted” by the President and his “minions.”

He stressed that the "birther" issue is “not a big focus of my campaign.” Kind of hard to believe, since he brought it up again, and again later in the interview.

Stephanopoulos asked if he would release tax returns. “Maybe I’ll do the tax returns when Obama does his birth certificate,” the real estate mogul replied.

Obama Chimp Email, Photo Spark Outcry, Calls For California Republican's Resignation

A California Republican who e-mailed a racist "family photo" of President Barack Obama superimposed as a chimpanzee is now facing widespread criticism.
State Assembly member Marilyn Davenport, who later apologized, says she received and forwarded the Obama email because she "thought it was funny."
Not the word a lot of people are using to describe it.
Here's the image the GOP official emailed out to dozens of friends and fellow Republicans, featuring Obama as a baby chimpanzee with its parents ...

The moron who forwarded this has apologized in two statements.

"To my fellow Americans and to everyone else who has seen this e-mail I forwarded and was offended by my action, I humbly apologize and ask for your forgiveness of my unwise behavior," the 74-year-old Davenport wrote.
"At the time I forwarded the e-mail, I didn't stop to think about the historic implications and other examples of how this could be offensive."
"I would never do anything to intentionally harm or berate others regardless of ethnicity. Everyone who knows me knows that to be true."
Ostensibly, this was part of a joke tying into the ongoing Obama birth certificate controversy. But this is taking it pretty far over the line.
Despite the apologies, Davenport, who in 2009 defended a former mayor in California for sending a similarly racist e-mail about Obama, claims to have received threats since her "Internet joke" gained national attention.
She's also been slammed with calls for her to step down.
"When we send communications to our fellow elected officials it is a public action that reflects on the sender, the recipient, and this committee," GOP chairman Scott Baugh, who called the racist e-mail "despicable," said Monday.
Rev. Al Sharpton said that Davenport needed to "go immediately."
What do you think? Harmless? Offensive? REALLY offensive?

Donald Trump on Possible White House Run: The Country Needs Me!

Donald Trump recently sat down with CNN's Candy Crowley about his possible 2012 presidential run and why the country needs him. Some highlights:

• He has a common sense mentality.
• He "stirs the pot" because he tells it like it is.
• He has name recognition because of SUCCESS.
• Mitt Romney is basically a "small business guy."
• The Trump Organization is BIG, strong and more powerful than you KNOW.
• He has an ability to build HUGE NET WORTH and will put that to use for US!

Donald Trump Talks Presidential Bid on CNN

Government Shutdown 2011: What You Need to Know

Negotiations continue in an effort to forestall the great federal government shutdown of 2011, but both parties continue to dig in their heels in D.C.
With all the rhetorical arguments, the finger pointing and buzzwords surfacing around this potentially cataclysmic event, it's easy to get confused.
It's also crucial to stay informed about what really matters.
Lucky for you, THG's here. Here are 10 things you need to know about the impending shutdown, which will occur at midnight if no deal is reached:

1. The President is the tanner of these two guys, but not by that much.
2. Congress' awesome 23 percent approval rating may REALLY tank!
3. FEAR NOT, Congress will still be paid, though. Their staff? Nah.
4. Planned Parenthood funding is involved. We're not going there.
5. The Bachelor host Chris Harrison is being sent in to mediate.
6. You may actually get a reprieve from all that junk mail soon!
7. 2011 is not 1995. No, seriously, it's not. It's 16 years later.
8. The United States government can't figure out how to cut spending, or raise taxes to pay for all that spending, or some combination thereof.
9. Donald Trump will somehow use this to plug Celebrity Apprentice, tout his fiscal conservative credentials, and question Obama's nationality.
10. THG will remain open throughout any shutdown. Many services face lengthy interruption and an uncertain future, but not celebrity gossip.

President Obama Announces Campaign For Re-Election; Republicans Unmoved

President Barack Obama is running for reelection in 2012. That comes as no surprise, but the chief executive made the announcement official this morning.
Declaring that he remains wholly “focused on the job you elected me to do,” Obama announced his bid for another term in an email (with video) to supporters.
Hours later, several possible Republican presidential hopefuls (none has officially declared their intent to challenge him) used this news to criticize him.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney Tweeted @barackobama: "I look forward to hearing details on your jobs plan, as are 14m unemployed Americans."
Romney's comment highlights a point about the shaky economic recovery that Democrats acknowledge could be a vulnerability for the President.
Another likely candidate, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, responded with a dramatic video - a trademark of his nascent presidential campaign.
“How can America win the future when we’re losing the present?” it asks. “In order for America to take a new direction, it’s going to take a new President.”