The Incompetence Tour 2012

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For the remainder of the time until the election, I will be highlighting some people who have just been flat out incompetent and, quite frankly, have no idea what's going on or when to shut up.

Our first stop on the Incompetence Tour 2012 is Donald Trump. This guy has been weaving in-and-out of politics quite often over the past couple of years. He's also been trying to bring the Obama and Democratic campaigns down for about the same amount of time (to no prevail I might add).

Enter his "big announcement" that would apparently "shake up the election." Trump, not surprisingly, paraded around Fox News claiming it was "bigger than anybody would know." He made the announcement in a "ransom"-like video, as described by the Orlando Sentinel, yesterday making a proposition to the president: he would donate $5 million to a charity of Mr. Obama's choice if the president released his college transcripts and passport records in return.

Ok...WHAT?!?

I honestly don't get why (a) Trump would make such an "announcement" like that and (b) why anyone would give a rat's ass about Mr. Obama's college and passport records. What are those documents going to prove? That Obama was a partier in college? That Obama pulled all nighters to study for an exam? That Obama traveled outside the country on vacation? Yea those are big election shakers, people!

Trump's "announcement" sparked, well, a bunch of laughter and disapproval from both sides. According to the Christian Science Monitor, Conservative commentator, Michelle Malkin, cited Trump's past donations to Democrats and called him a "tea party pretender." Democratic senator from California, Barbara Boxer, said she would give Trump $50 if he would "stop making this election about himself."

I do believe that's all he's really doing. Trump is going back to his birther argument under the delusion that there's something in Obama's past that prevents him from holding the Oval Office. I'll revert to what my mom has told me time and time again when we've been discussing this: "if our system is that corrupted to allow someone not qualified to be president, we have a serious problem." Of course, it's not so The Donald should, once again, just go away. He will never get anywhere with this extortion and blackmail plot against the president!

That's all for this stop on the Incompetence Tour 2012.

Next Stop: People on Facebook