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apples and oranges

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Mon Jun 4, 2012, 03:36 PM Jun 2012

"‘How can I be a racist? I just picked Arsenio Hall!" [View all]



Donald Trump's bizarre racism defense: I’m not a bigot, my show’s latest winner is black.

The billionaire blowhard offered that zany explanation after critics blasted his new birther rants as race-baiting.

In an address at the North Carolina State Republican Convention, Trump said the outcome of this season’s “Celebrity Apprentice” shows he’s no racist.

“Somebody said, ‘Oh, because I brought up the birth certificate, I’m a racist,’ ” Trump said Friday.

“I said, ‘How can I be a racist? I just picked Arsenio Hall.’ ”




Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/donal-trump-picking-arsenio-hall-winner-celebrity-apprentice-proves-racist-article-1.1089041

This is pathetic. I hope Arsenio pwns Trump, and soon.
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