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Jerry Seinfeld embroiled in row with Trump [ Seinfeld finally discovers issue he's passionate about]
telegraph.co.uk ^ | 4-23-11 | By Toby Harnden

Posted on 04/24/2011 4:10:07 PM PDT by NoLibZone

Jerry Seinfeld, the comedian, has cancelled a charity appearance in protest at the property mogul Donald Trump's campaign questioning President Barack Obama's citizenship.

Seinfeld pulled out of a September event to raise money for the St Jude Children's Research Hospital, hosted by the tycoon's son Eric, because, his spokesman said, "Jerry has grown increasingly uncomfortable" with the way Mr Trump is casting doubt on Mr Obama's birthplace and " feels this kind of demagoguery has no place in public discourse".

The move by Seinfeld is the first sign of a celebrity backlash against Mr Trump's improbable but high-profile flirtation with the Republican presidential nomination.

Mr Trump hit back in characteristic fashion in a letter obtained by the "New York Post" that lambasted Seinfeld for pulling out of the Eric Trump Foundation event.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; US: New York
KEYWORDS: seinfeld; trump
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To: Rokurota

Never saw it.

larry david isnt seinfeld or trump.


61 posted on 04/24/2011 4:45:59 PM PDT by mylife
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To: chickadee

I always assumed he was a liberal, or at the very least apolitical. Quite a lack of “character” to do it this way, no pun intended.


62 posted on 04/24/2011 4:46:39 PM PDT by commonguymd (Freedom is a myth anymore it seems)
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To: NoLibZone
Donald Trump

born June 14, 1946 in Queens, New York, NY (Meets the Jus Soli Requirement)

Parents were
Frederick Christ Trump, born October 11, 1905 in Queens, NY, died June 1999 in Queens, NY
Mary Ann MacLeod, born May 10, 1912 in SCOTLAND, died August 7, 2000 in Queens, NY. Arrived in US October 5, 1935. Naturalized as a US Citizen March 10, 1942.

Both parents were US Citizens at the time of his birth (Meets the Jus Sanguinis Requirement)

Donald Trump is a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN unlike Comrade Barry Soetoro aka Barack Hussein Obama.

63 posted on 04/24/2011 4:46:57 PM PDT by ASA Vet (Natural-born citizens, are those born in the country, of parents who are citizens. De Vattel)
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To: Yaelle

But the stations got set back.


64 posted on 04/24/2011 4:47:20 PM PDT by mylife
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To: onyx

Steinfeld just ain’t funny!


65 posted on 04/24/2011 4:47:22 PM PDT by dennisw (tabks! :))
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To: NoLibZone

Thanks for keeping this front and center in the news, though, Jerry~!

Obama can end it all for $12


66 posted on 04/24/2011 4:47:30 PM PDT by Mr. K (this administration is WEARING OUT MY CAPSLOCK KEY~!! [Palin/Bachman 2012])
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To: NoLibZone

Jerry: Thanks for helping to keep NBC in the forefront. “Natural Born Citizen”, not National Broadcasting Corporation. For a guy who made out during Shindler’s List, you obviously have not paid enough attention to the facts of NBC.


67 posted on 04/24/2011 4:48:02 PM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all......)
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To: MisterArtery; MestaMachine; dennisw

Yikes! I never knew anything about him either!


68 posted on 04/24/2011 4:48:23 PM PDT by onyx (If you truly support Sarah Palin and want to be on her busy ping list, let me know!)
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To: MestaMachine

It’s possible and of course, anything can happen. IMOFWIW, DT didn’t become as rich as he is making stupid decisions and trusting in fools. If he’s literally willing to risk everything he has (his business dealings/partners, reputation/hell for his family) then he already knows the outcome.

People need to realize that billionaires live in a very different world than we do. When they want something, in this case, info proving BO is a fraud) they simply hire people to get that info and pay whatever is needed to accomplish that task. To them it’s the cost of doing business. “Business” in this case meaning protecting his assets, present and future.

To be sure, Trump’s people deal with ‘shady people’ in ‘grey areas’ but money doesn’t change hands on ‘maybe this is true’...at least not on the stuff that makes the difference. Palms greased? Bad leads? Sure wasted cash happens. But not for the real stuff.

As good as the DNC is at rewriting history, they aren’t perfect and DT can easily afford TEAMS of investigators and forensic accountants to dig through it all. Like I said, this is info he had before he ever opened his mouth.

As new info comes out, those boys and girls are still on the payroll to cross-reference it to what they already know.

Now, just to be clear, I am not a DT supporter for prez (Palin/West fan), nor do I think he’s some political saint with no skeletons in his own closet. I just think the meme that DT is nuts/a distraction either aren’t looking at this whole thing critically or they are pushing their own agenda.


69 posted on 04/24/2011 4:49:02 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: smokingfrog

Oh Hooee!!!


70 posted on 04/24/2011 4:51:05 PM PDT by mylife
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To: mylife
park on a driveway; drive on a parkway...

one & done...

do forget jason alexander, too.

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71 posted on 04/24/2011 4:51:21 PM PDT by Cyber Ninja
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To: Rokurota

I kinda think the entire show was poking fun at bad behavior.


72 posted on 04/24/2011 4:52:11 PM PDT by mylife
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To: GreenHornet
I realize that his sitcom was tremendously popular, but I never thought it was very good, or even mildly funny. It seemed to me it was just 20 minutes of the main characters whining about some petty little everyday annoyance that all of us encounter from time to time.

I'm with you. There are a lot of "Seinfeld" aficionados here on FR and I could never understand why they liked the show. It was, IMO, boring. Seriously boring.

73 posted on 04/24/2011 4:52:22 PM PDT by raybbr (People who still support Obama are either a Marxist or a moron.)
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To: Mr. K

TWELVE...DOLLARS.


74 posted on 04/24/2011 4:55:38 PM PDT by CommieCutter (Promote Liberal Extinction: Support gay marriage and abortion!)
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To: NoLibZone

What do we expect from a Lefty liberal like Jerry Seinfeld. If life came to them on a silver plate with a cherry on top, they would manage to screw it up. Sometime I think they take amusement in screwing things up. Anything to protect his image in the Left wing Hollywood cesspool.


75 posted on 04/24/2011 4:55:55 PM PDT by jonrick46 (2012 can't come soon enough.)
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To: Cyber Ninja

The show was hilarious. Still is.


76 posted on 04/24/2011 4:56:08 PM PDT by mylife
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To: NoLibZone
So Seinfeld, who is all about nothing, double crosses Danny Thomas, who was all about kids and family.

George Soros would be proud.

77 posted on 04/24/2011 5:04:21 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Sarah and the Conservatives will rock your world.)
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To: mylife
Come on, mylife; a toothbrush in the commode?... please

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shrinkage defined...

78 posted on 04/24/2011 5:05:17 PM PDT by Cyber Ninja
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To: MestaMachine
We’ll see, but I think Trump trusted someone who is not trustworthy

Isn't Seinfeld the guy who stole his current wife from some guy just weeks after she married said other guy? Thought so.

79 posted on 04/24/2011 5:08:02 PM PDT by KevinB (We'll stop treating Obama like a dog when he stops treating us like a fire hydrant - Fred Grandy)
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To: GreenHornet

Never watched it, still don’t. It’s crap.


80 posted on 04/24/2011 5:08:25 PM PDT by Mmogamer (I refudiate the lamestream media, leftists and their prevaricutions.)
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