TRUMP BOMBSHELL: The REAL Reason He Avoided Vietnam

And this might be why he never runs... not the F-bombs... it sounds like Trump has the quintessential rich politician problem: Vietnam.

According to a new document unearthed by The Smoking Gun: Donald Trump received 4 student deferments, and one medical deferment, which is in contradiction to a previous quote explaining his draft status: “I actually got lucky because I had a very high draft number. I’ll never forget, that was an amazing period of time in my life.”

Technically, that doesn't have to be a lie. Eventually Trump got a high draft number, but it appears that it's definitely not the only way he avoided the war.

Again, that Vietnam service has been an issue for many candidates is known to everyone, and for someone who was born wealthy -- and going to Wharton at the time -- the deferrals look worse.

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JEANNE CUMMINGS EXCLUSIVE -

- "New Dem. money group to take on GOP" - Bill Burton:

 "The days of a double standard are over" -- "Democrats with ties to the Obama White House on Friday are launching a two-pronged fundraising effort aimed at countering deep-pocketed GOP groups in 2012 - and adopting some of the same policies on unlimited, secret donations that President Barack Obama himself has long opposed ... The two groups, Priorities USA and Priorities USA Action, aim to raise $100 million to defend Obama's re-election from an expected onslaught of attack ads from similar Republican outside money organizations activated in the 2010 midterms ... The Priorities companion committees will have one that discloses donors - and one that doesn't, a practice Obama hammered during last year's election cycle as undermining the democratic process. The Priorities group also is jettisoning an Obama rule aimed at limiting the influence of special interests by welcoming unlimited contributions from lobbyists, labor unions, corporations, and political action committees - sources that are still banned from giving to the president's re-election campaign ...

"'While we agree that fundamental campaign finance reforms are needed, Karl Rove and the Koch brothers cannot live by one set of rules as our values and our candidates are overrun with their hundreds of millions of dollars,' said Bill Burton, a former White House spokesman and co-founder of the organization. 'We will follow the rules as the Supreme Court has laid them out, but the days of a double standard are over' ... [The] leadership team includes Burton, a former deputy White House press secretary; Sean Sweeney, who was a senior adviser to former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, and former Clinton political strategist Paul Begala. Geoff Garin, who was a senior adviser to Hillary Clinton's 2008 campaign, is also among the group's top strategists and will be its lead polling expert.

"Among the group's first donors are Ellen Malcolm, the wealthy founder of the pro-abortion rights group Emily's List; Harold Ickes, a former Clinton adviser; Jon Youngdahl, a Service Employees International Union political strategist. They also include Jay Dunn, a long-time party fundraiser; Greg Speed, a long-time progressive advocate and media consultant; and Rob McKay, a major Democratic donor who is head of the McKay Family Foundation. The influential SEIU, one of the nation's largest labor unions, also is among the first donors to the joint effort. Hollywood producer Jeffrey Katzenberg donated to the effort and has agreed to help raise money for the committees. ... Priorities USA will be registered under the tax code as a social welfare group, which means it does not have to disclose its donors, according to a memo outlining the effort. Crossroads GPS is registered under the same tax code.'

Former Obama aide: Where are Trump's tax returns?

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Now that President Obama has released his long-form birth certificate to appease those questioning the site of his birth, a former member of Obama's team is asking Donald Trump to provide some documentation as well -- his tax returns.

"Donald Trump said he'd release his tax returns as soon as the president released his birth certificate, so the ball is in his court now, and I know everybody is anxious to see his tax returns over the last 10 years," former White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told Politico.

In response to Gibbs' remarks, Trump told Politico, "Gibbs is a loser."
Trump, who says he is considering a run for the Republican presidential nomination, has insisted that people will be "shocked" by how strong his financial records are, but has said he won't release them until he's actually in the race. In an interview with ABC earlier this month, Trump tied the release of his tax returns to his persistent questions about Mr. Obama's birth certificate.

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"Maybe I'm going to do the tax returns when Obama does his birth certificate," he said. "I'd love to give my tax returns. I may tie my tax returns into Obama's birth certificate."

ABC News asked Trump yesterday if he would follow through on that, and Trump said it's "something I would be thinking about doing anyway."

"But before I do anything I have to make the decision [to run] in June, and the first thing I'm going to be releasing will be financials," Trump said. Specifically with respect to releasing his tax returns, Trump said, "at the appropriate time I'm going to do it."


Meanwhile, Republican Sen. Rand Paul -- whose father, Republican Rep. Ron Paul, is also running for president -- used the release of Mr. Obama's birth certificate to take a jab at Trump's past ties to the Democratic party.

"I want to see the original long form, with embossed seal, of Donald Trump's Republican registration," Paul said at a New Hampshire fundraiser, the Los Angeles Times reports.