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Ben Carson Reveals Who Is NOT On Donald Trump VP List…
Conservative Treehouse ^ | 5/14/2016 | Sundance

Posted on 05/15/2016 3:56:39 PM PDT by GilGil

Donald Trump climbed to the top of the real estate world in the most ruthless, cut-throat, predatory and brutally competitive venues in the world, New York City. Trump did not become the multi-billion-dollar successful deal-maker through naive decisions or suffering with fools – that’s not how success in that business venue works...

Understand this and you understand why Donald Trump’s inner circle is life-long or multi-decades deep. Understand this – and you also understand that everything outside of that nucleus is disposable. Everything outside that circle is a tool.

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To: Baynative

nice list...


41 posted on 05/15/2016 5:28:50 PM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: GilGil

I would be inclined to go with Newt.
He is a true Conservative, knowledgeable and generally well liked and respected. He knows the ins and outs and could be of great assistance to Donald.


42 posted on 05/15/2016 5:30:15 PM PDT by patriot08 (5th generation Texan (girl type) ANGRY? REFUSE TO VOTE? HELLO HILLARY!)
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To: Windflier

You might be reading Newt wrong. He may already know that he’s been chosen as Chief of Staff.
________________________

Chief of staff would be awesome for Newt. The best.


43 posted on 05/15/2016 5:34:10 PM PDT by GilGil
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To: Aria
Yeah, he's a pro Trump guy.

I think The Donald should interview him. I would.

44 posted on 05/15/2016 5:34:52 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: Baynative

“Trump’s Presidential qualifications…

Obama is against Trump… Check . . .”

Nice little list of reasons why a lot of Americans like the guy.


45 posted on 05/15/2016 5:36:01 PM PDT by StAntKnee (Add your own danged sarc tag)
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To: Aria

Duncan Hunter vp and Gingrich chief of staff. That makes sense.


46 posted on 05/15/2016 5:41:30 PM PDT by GilGil
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To: GilGil

He should name a 35 year old Jewish mother of three with a newborn....

yes, Ivanka Trump for VP!


47 posted on 05/15/2016 5:45:13 PM PDT by ChuteTheMall (Tagline: (optional, printed after your name on post):)
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To: GilGil

I think it may very well be a female, but not Brewer.


48 posted on 05/15/2016 5:48:18 PM PDT by slipper (It is almost too late;)
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To: Cobra64

That would be a good pick.


49 posted on 05/15/2016 5:49:00 PM PDT by Carthego delenda est
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To: Right-wing Librarian; All

http://www.foxnews.com/story/2004/02/12/retiring-senator-stood-up-for-principles.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Fitzgerald_(politician)

I sent the following letter to 7 individuals associated with the Trump VP Selection Committee, along with print outs of the above sites.

The recipients were:
MR. Donald Trump, MS. Ivanka Trump, MR. Eric Trump, MR. Donald Trump JR, MR. Corey Lewandowski, MR. Jared Kushner, and Trump’s legal team in LA, Manatt, Phelps and Phillips... all by certified letter. Four letters have already reached NY, and 3 are on the way. Woot! Woot!

Dear Mr. Trump,

I am contacting you today to suggest a person that I believe is worthy of consideration for the position of Vice President in a Trump Administration. The person’s name is Peter Goslin Fitzgerald. Mr. Fitzgerald last held the position of United States Senator, as a Republican: representing the State of Illinois, serving as one of Illinois’s two U. S. Senators, for one full term; spanning the years 1998 – 2004.

Prior to being elected to the US Senate, Mr. Fitzgerald served a full term as an Illinois State Senator, from 1993 through 1998. He was an anti-establishment candidate, and was elected in that cycle with a group of four other anti-establishment candidates, known collectively as “The Fab Five.”

As you may already know, Illinois is one of the most politically corrupt states in the nation, having consecutive governors convicted of felonies, resulting in incarceration in Federal prison, incredibly- serving a portion of their sentences at the same time! Former Governor, Republican- George Ryan, and former Governor, Democrat- Rod Blagojevich, are exhibits One, and Two, for proof positive of systemic corruption on both sides of the aisle in Illinois politics.

Just as Washington, D.C., is a viper’s pit of politicians, forming a cabal, commonly referred to as the Uni-Party, so too, is Illinois, and more specifically Chicago. The local name used to describe this unholy alliance, is “The Combine.”

Mr. Fitzgerald, ran against the Republican Party’s, establishment candidate in the GOP Primary, in 1998, defeating sitting Illinois Comptroller, Loleta Didrickson. He then went on to face the Democrat’s U. S. Senate candidate: incumbent U. S. Senator, Carol Mosely-Braun. Senator Braun was the first female, and first African American, to be elected to the U. S. Senate. To say that the Illinois GOP establishment was less than enthused in helping Mr. Fitzgerald win his election, would be a gross understatement.

I worked on his campaign as a volunteer, from January, through mid-October, and as paid staff, the final three weeks, in the run up to election-day. My primary job was to pick up and deliver campaign materials throughout the state of Illinois, and on occasion, manufacture 4’ x 8’ yard/field signs. I also delivered all manner of materials, to include bumper stickers, handouts, voter guides, yard/field signs, polling day footprint signs, etc. I delivered these materials to county coordinators, some of which were GOP establishment apparatchiks. On many deliveries, I would discover that the materials from previous deliveries sat stockpiled and unused. The intentional hoarding was to prevent the distribution of said materials, in an effort to harm Mr. Fitzgerald’s chances for election.

I bring this last detail up to reinforce the fact that Mr. Fitzgerald had to fight his own party and his opponent, in the primary, and again his own party and his opponent in the general election.
Mr. Fitzgerald’s U. S. Senate record speaks for itself. He cast several votes in the best interest of the citizens of both Illinois, and the United States, earning the ire of many in his own party, especially the party hacks in Congress (House of Representatives) resulting in U. S. Speaker of the House, Dennis Hastert , from Yorkville, IL., and U. S. Representative, Ray LaHood, from Peoria, Il., approaching Mr. Fitzgerald, to convey to him- the IL. GOP Party’s plans to primary him in the upcoming election.

Mr. Fitzgerald, reasoned that he could fight his opponent, but to fight his own party once again, this time at the Federal level, was a hill he wasn’t interested in climbing. That, coupled with the fact that his son Jake, who was 12 years old at the time, and would be 18 and off to college at the end of his second U. S. Senate term, meaning- the entire 18 years of his life would be impacted by Mr. Fitzgerald’s public service, was a price too high for Mr. Fitzgerald and his family to pay.

Fast forward: Dennis Hastert has been sentenced to Federal prison for failing to report withdrawals of large sums of money, as he is purported to have been paying a blackmailer off, for what is allegedly a bribe to keep quiet for sexual misconduct to a student, or students, while coach of wrestling teams at Yorkville High School.

Ray LaHood, having successfully taken Mr. Fitzgerald out of the U. S. Senate race, one that was ultimately won by the relatively unknown Barack Hussein Obama, was nominated by (now) U. S. President Obama, for his Transportation Secretary. Incredible coincidence? Hardly. Illinois/Washington, D. C., politics at it’s finest, or more appropriately- at it’s worst!

Mr. Fitzgerald, self-financed much of his primary and again his general election campaign by loaning millions of his own dollars to his effort.
Mr. Fitzgerald, may in fact, not be interested in returning to public service, having left the public eye in 2004, in order to return to the family business of banking. I would be remiss in not suggesting this fine man as a possible candidate for such an important position as Vice President of the United States. This man’s character is beyond reproach. He epitomizes an anti-establishment candidate, and shares many attributes with Mr. Trump.

Please give consideration to Mr. Fitzgerald when seeking someone to stand along Mr. Trump, in order to Make America Great Again! Mr. Fitzgerald, and Mr. Trump, should they meet, might enjoy comparing their battle scars.

Thank you very much,
XXXXX XXXXXX


50 posted on 05/15/2016 5:54:13 PM PDT by freepersup (Patrolling the waters off Free Republic one dhow at a time.)
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To: Cobra64

Yesterday I was reading the Lame Cherry blog (a little hard to get through due to language and weird writing style but it can be prescient) and it said that last week Trump had ditched Duncan Hunter Jr in favor of meeting with the GOP big wigs. Wonder if this is true or a head fake or what?

BTW I once asked someone about the weird LC writing style and was told it was probably done to throw off those who have tools that can analyze writing style and figure out who the author is.


51 posted on 05/15/2016 5:55:08 PM PDT by Aria (2016: The gravy train v Donald Trump)
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To: Windflier

Roger Staubach! Except he is 74 years old. Successful businessman, smart, a winner. Not a politician.


52 posted on 05/15/2016 6:03:04 PM PDT by USNBandit (Sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: lee martell

Calm...or comatose?


53 posted on 05/15/2016 6:04:40 PM PDT by JediJones (Looks like those clowns in Congress did it again. What a bunch of clowns.)
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To: Jonty30

Could be Boehner.


54 posted on 05/15/2016 6:06:13 PM PDT by JediJones (Looks like those clowns in Congress did it again. What a bunch of clowns.)
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To: Aria

Thanks for sharing that with me. I’d guess that Trump put off the meeting due to time constraints with the GOP folks. I hope Trump circles back and meets with Hunter. I believe that a Major in the Marines is an honest, loyal, upstanding individual. His overall resume is impressive.


55 posted on 05/15/2016 6:13:22 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: USNBandit

Roger Staubach is 74?

Man, I’m getting old.

Go Cowboys!


56 posted on 05/15/2016 6:16:19 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: GilGil

Giuliani?


57 posted on 05/15/2016 6:18:34 PM PDT by Mamzelle
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To: Cobra64

I agree with you about his qualifications. We shall see.


58 posted on 05/15/2016 6:22:20 PM PDT by Aria (2016: The gravy train v Donald Trump)
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To: TexasCruzin

That is very very astute observation.


59 posted on 05/15/2016 6:26:34 PM PDT by Hildy
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