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Paris Hilton Could Out-Trump Trump in 2016
National Review ^ | August 20, 2015 | Kevin D. Williamson

Posted on 08/20/2015 1:31:42 PM PDT by Steelfish

Paris Hilton Could Out-Trump Trump in 2016

by Kevin D. Williamson August 20, 2015

Donald Trump’s admirers, like those of Ross Perot in an earlier epoch, cite his business success as his main qualification and believe that the acumen that he has demonstrated in making himself rich enough to do incredibly vulgar things like gold-plating the seatbelt buckles in his airplane is a skill that’s transferable to things like trade policy and immigration law. There may be something to that line of thinking, but Ross Perot is not the entrepreneur whom Trump most closely resembles.

You heard it here first: Paris Hilton 2016. Trump has a great deal in common with Hilton, much more than a famous blond hair-do. Hilton is — or was, more on that in a bit — an heiress to a splendid fortune based in part on real estate. Trump, despite his eternal posturing as novus homo, is a New York City trust-fund brat who inherited a vast real-estate portfolio from his father.

Hilton used her standing as a figure of public interest to create a career for herself as a celebrity, as someone who is “famous for being famous,” as the saying goes. Trump still owns a great deal of real estate, but his largest asset, according to his own financial statements, is his celebrity: He values his personal brand at many billions of dollars, more than any building or golf course or property he owns. .

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Politics
KEYWORDS: 2016election; donaldtrump; election2016; kevindwilliamson; mindlessmeanderings; nationalreview; newyork; parishilton; pig; trump
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To: Steelfish

Kevin Williamson is such a pathetic nonentity.

NR has descended below the level of a joke.

Jokes are at least funny.


21 posted on 08/20/2015 1:53:05 PM PDT by Empire View
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To: Steelfish

This is from National Review???? Wm. F. Buckley is rolling over in his grave!!


22 posted on 08/20/2015 1:55:01 PM PDT by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: nickcarraway

Mr. Trump expanded on what he received from his father and multiplied it many times. Did Miss Hilton do that? You sound jealous, by the way.


23 posted on 08/20/2015 1:55:43 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: Steelfish
Hilton used her standing as a figure of public interest

More like, Hilton used her figure to stand in the public interest.

How does he stack up to Paris Hilton?

Is Paris more stacked than Trump? I hope so. What a goofy article.

24 posted on 08/20/2015 1:56:25 PM PDT by Jim W N
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; nickcarraway
Mr. Trump expanded on what he received from his father and multiplied it many times. Did Miss Hilton do that?

Apparently so.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2465252/Paris-Hilton-If-Im-vacuous-blonde-did-I-make-billion.html

25 posted on 08/20/2015 1:59:48 PM PDT by South40 (Falling for Trump's rhetoric while ignoring his liberal past is incredibly foolish)
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To: Leep
She's famous for other things.

Being yet another tart with an allegedly "leaked" sex tape,
being a bad actress,
allegedly getting kicked out of gramp's will,
allegedly having an STD,
being obnoxious enough to get featured on South Park (a quick check has Trump mentioned in a news report in S05),
...

26 posted on 08/20/2015 2:00:16 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Prove it. Trump underperformed with the money he was given and had to be bailed out twice or he would have lost it all. I don’t know about Paris Hilton, but I bet if you compared she did much better.


27 posted on 08/20/2015 2:02:41 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Prove it. Trump underperformed with the money he was given and had to be bailed out twice or he would have lost it all. I don’t know about Paris Hilton, but I bet if you compared she did much better.


28 posted on 08/20/2015 2:03:01 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Bailed out by whom?


29 posted on 08/20/2015 2:04:29 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: South40

The Hilton family (Mormons) are worth many billions.


30 posted on 08/20/2015 2:05:25 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
The Hilton family (Mormons) are worth many billions.

Less than 3 billion, 97% of which went to charities.

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20168283,00.html

31 posted on 08/20/2015 2:08:06 PM PDT by South40 (Falling for Trump's rhetoric while ignoring his liberal past is incredibly foolish)
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To: South40

People magazine? C’mon!! LOL


32 posted on 08/20/2015 2:08:56 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: nikos1121
They did the exact same thing to Reagan.

What, 35 years ago?

Buckley and Reagan were friends.

The magazine supported Reagan.

George Will didn't at first, but he didn't speak for the magazine.

33 posted on 08/20/2015 2:09:15 PM PDT by x
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To: Steelfish

Then the TDS sufferers at National Review should recruit Paris to be their super standard bearer for president.


34 posted on 08/20/2015 2:09:20 PM PDT by Red Steel (Ted Cruz: 'I'm a Big Fan of Donald Trump')
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
You're free to find your own source. Or would you rather continue spouting about things of which you have absolutely no clue?

https://www.google.com/#q=barron+hilton+gives+fortune+to+charity

35 posted on 08/20/2015 2:10:49 PM PDT by South40 (Falling for Trump's rhetoric while ignoring his liberal past is incredibly foolish)
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To: Steelfish

Whatever shred of credibility this guy had working for NR was lost about 10 Trump hit pieces ago.

This is pathetic.

Once more, Buckley must be rolling in his grave.


36 posted on 08/20/2015 2:13:13 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: nikos1121
This guy continually writes this kind of stuff.

He's their attack dog. After a while it gets hard to turn off the attack reflex. He's got too much invested in it or he takes too much pride in it. It gets hard to suppress it or stop it. Something similar happened with David Frum and Ann Coulter.

37 posted on 08/20/2015 2:13:30 PM PDT by x
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To: Ann Archy

Ha ha—I see you already posted my comment!


38 posted on 08/20/2015 2:13:57 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: South40; nickcarraway

I love when you guys go to the “high ground” argument when your sources are questioned. Are you and nick in some kind of “He-Man, Donald Trump Haters Club” or something? LOL


39 posted on 08/20/2015 2:14:51 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; South40

It’s called the Ronald Reagan Socialist Fighters Club.


40 posted on 08/20/2015 2:20:05 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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