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Trump addresses tea party crowd in Boca Raton (hundreds gathered)
tbo.com/AP ^ | 4/16/2011

Posted on 04/16/2011 2:26:34 PM PDT by SonOfDarkSkies

Sounding increasingly like a candidate, Donald Trump repeatedly told a raucous tea party crowd today he has the qualities needed in the White House and the conservative ideals necessary to seal the Republican nomination should he decide to run.

Trump struck familiar themes and talked about his own business acumen in his speech to hundreds gathered at a park here, where his name festooned signs, buttons and T-shirts of supporters. The real estate mogul even talked about the type of people he'd have serve as diplomats and said he was looking forward to releasing his financial disclosures.

"Most very successful people, the kind of people that we need running our country, don't want to be scrutinized and abused," he said. "This is the kind of person that this country must have right now."

He derided President Barack Obama, calling him the worst to occupy the White House in history. He again questioned whether the president was born in the U.S., even though the fact has been affirmed by officials in Hawaii, where Obama was born. And he maligned China, saying the U.S. should take control of Iraqi oil and described American infrastructure as third world.

Trump ticked through a number of issues seen as bedrocks for conservative candidates, saying he is anti-abortion, against gun control and wants to repeal Obama's health care law. Throughout the speech, he portrayed the U.S. as a nation in decline and himself as its potential savior.

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KEYWORDS: antiobamacare; certifigate; donaldtrump; naturalborncitizen; proamerican; probusiness; progun; prolife; trump
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To: Red Steel

Words you will never hear from Donald Trump: “You have nothing to fear from an Obama Presidency”. (Juan McStain 2008).


21 posted on 04/16/2011 2:47:48 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Sacajaweau

FGS, you are judging Trump on the basis of a television program?????????????


22 posted on 04/16/2011 2:48:45 PM PDT by Carley ( TYPICAL STREET THUG, NASTY BULLY, THAT'S OUR PRESIDENT.)
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To: crz
I love Palin, but the media just killed her. When they pull the same crap on Trump, he'll kick them in the teeth.

Sarah will get there eventually, but the media won't go along willingly.

23 posted on 04/16/2011 2:49:50 PM PDT by SonOfDarkSkies
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To: SonOfDarkSkies
Chump: "...talked about his own business acumen in his speech to hundreds gathered at a park here..."

Palin: Spoke to 14,000 in cold & snow.

Advantage - Sarah!

24 posted on 04/16/2011 2:50:11 PM PDT by newfreep (Palin/West 2012 - Bolton: Secy of State)
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To: Zuben Elgenubi
"If there’s one executive who knows how to manage and thrive in nearly-overwhelming debt, it’s Donald Trump."

Yes, quite a few casino corporations in the West have also gone into bankruptcy. Good riddance. ;-)


25 posted on 04/16/2011 2:51:01 PM PDT by familyop ("Nice girl, but about as sharp as a sack of wet mice." --Foghorn Leghorn)
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To: Ax

It’s south Florida. Rudeness is the norm. I should know....lived here for 55 years. Next year: Out. Of. Here.


26 posted on 04/16/2011 2:51:12 PM PDT by clintonh8r (Member Emeritus of Vitriolics Anonymous.)
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To: Aria
I'm still pissed at that loser John “you have nothing to fear from a President Obama, can't say Hussein” McCain.

Here it is again. McCain admonishing his supporters...

"McCain Booed For Calling Obama A "Decent Man You Don't Have To Be Afraid Of""

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTMloaj6b68

27 posted on 04/16/2011 2:51:24 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Ax

well, maybe those rude weasels were in Boca today...maybe your place tomorrow...cheers..and good luck with the house...


28 posted on 04/16/2011 2:51:29 PM PDT by sternup
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To: familyop
He’s so far ahead that they won’t see him until it’s all over.

Yep. He's got the bone between his teeth and, bulldog that he is, he isn't going to let go til inauguration day.

29 posted on 04/16/2011 2:51:50 PM PDT by SonOfDarkSkies
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To: Georgia Girl 2

See post 27.


30 posted on 04/16/2011 2:52:57 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: crz

I like both Trump and Palin. They’re the only 2 out there who speak their mind. Neither is a party hack. Both are outsiders to DC intrigue. I’d love to see them run together in whichever order. Each has assets the other doesn’t.

Not that it will ever happen, but that would be such a FUN team to stick it to both the Dems an the GOP establishment.


31 posted on 04/16/2011 2:52:57 PM PDT by EDINVA (wh)
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To: familyop
You are correct . The Trump haters miss the point. No one knows if he could be elected if he ran . What we do know is , he is taking it to O who had to go on ABC to make the birth case . It was weak , he wound up spouting about horns on his head. We also know he is showing us that we have no bench . Most of the 2012 wannabees look small . weak and stale . It is what it is .
32 posted on 04/16/2011 2:53:24 PM PDT by fantom (,)
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To: Sacajaweau
"Many of us have seen Trump on the Apprentice "

I'll bet that many more of us here have never watched "The Apprentice" or Americal Idol but I greatly respect and admire what I'm hearing from him now, as well as Sarah Palin.

33 posted on 04/16/2011 2:55:08 PM PDT by matthew fuller (TRUMP RESONATES WITH AMERICA!)
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To: fantom

I like Trump. But Levin’s expose of thing’s he’s said in the past make me very wary. Still I’d rather vote for him than 0.


34 posted on 04/16/2011 2:55:19 PM PDT by Mmogamer (I refudiate the lamestream media, leftists and their prevaricutions.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2
And you will never hear a conservative call Bush 'evil' and the 'worst President in our history'.

video here

35 posted on 04/16/2011 2:56:47 PM PDT by rintense (The GOP elite & friends can pound sand.)
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To: impimp

who said anything about protection money? He said he’s ready to spend a billion of his own money. Obama’s huge edge is instantly wiped out.


36 posted on 04/16/2011 2:57:19 PM PDT by jeltz25
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To: crz
Well. here we go. One one side we have the Palin bunch and the other the Trump crew. Which will mean the primary will be interesting.

Trump is not attacking Palin, and neither is he sending forth armies of back-stabbing minions to do the dirty deed.

Likewise, Palin is not attacking Trump.

Both are well aware that the real enemies are Obama, the establishment Democrats and RINOs, and the communist media.

Trump is knocking the RINOs Romney and Huckabee out of the top spots, and very effectively. He is disarming the media from their planned attacks on Palin.

Palin welcomed Trump into the race, saying "competition is good; the more the merrier." Palin's percentage of primary voters dropped temporarily, and she can recover those lost points in the campaign, but the long-term damage Trump has done to Romney, Huck, and Pawlenty is not recoverable and that is a very good thing.

The GOP primary needs to be between Palin, Trump, and Bachmann. The rest need to go (back) over to the Democrats.

37 posted on 04/16/2011 2:58:05 PM PDT by meadsjn (Sarah 2012, or sooner)
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To: familyop
"He’s so far ahead that they won’t see him until it’s all over."

Too early.

Have to admit, there is nothing else like him out there.
Trump/Petreus - wow.

38 posted on 04/16/2011 2:58:55 PM PDT by AGreatPer (Voting for the crazy conservative gave us Ronald Reagan....Ann Coulter)
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To: meadsjn
The GOP primary needs to be between Palin, Trump, and Bachmann

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If these are our options then we are screwed.

39 posted on 04/16/2011 2:59:52 PM PDT by wtc911 ("How you gonna get down that hill?")
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