Posted on 04/16/2011 9:46:27 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
You mean this whole Trump for President thing isn't a joke? Whoa.
One day last week a New York City tabloid published a cover illustration of The Donald in clownface. The joke turned out to be on those editors, though, because the next day CNN reported that Trump was tied for first place when Republicans nationwide were polled about whom they support for the 2012 presidential nomination, right up there alongside Mike Huckabee. In a separate NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, Mitt Romney was only two points ahead of Trump and Huckabee, with other contenders trailing.
Surely those pollsters failed to reach out to New Yorkers. We know this guy Trump better. Most of us find it hard to imagine that this is anything other than another Trump ego trip, like plastering his name on some four dozen buildings, or maybe an effort to promote his next "Apprentice" TV show.
The man was born rich, but his arrogance is an acquired trait. The very name "Trump" now equates with excess and narcissism. Do people genuinely believe he deserves space in an important political debate that ought to be about our economic security, environmental legacy and hope for world peace?
Mind you, there's nothing wrong with a business leader getting into politics. Mitt Romney is the contemporary model of that. And we long ago got over our aversion to entertainers skipping over to the political stage, if that's the career niche you see Trump now occupying. Ronald Reagan turned out to be a much better politician than he was an actor.
But you would have to say that both of those fellows, Romney and Reagan, whether or not you share their politics, demonstrated deep understanding of public affairs long before they launched presidential campaigns. Trump's claim to fame is fame. It's his only qualification.
Certainly he hasn't been a successful businessman. If he tries to sell that line, he'll have to explain the bankruptcies of many of his companies, the forced sales of his prime Manhattan properties so he could stay afloat in the 1990s and the airline that survived only briefly after he had painted his name on all the jets.
Nor does he have credentials as a fiscal conservative, which is a key element of the Republican agenda. How can a guy claim to be concerned about deficit financing of federal operations when his own businesses are so heavily leveraged? We might need to review his stewardship of the millions of dollars he inherited and turned into a $4 billion debt.
And he has shown no grasp of the issues that ought to be the focus of presidential politics. On Thursday, when he was asked on Talk 1300, a local radio station, why he might run, he said: "I look at the country. It's never been worse. It's run at a level that -- I've never seen anything like it."
You think he might run the country as well as he ran Trump Air? Or the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City? Great. Following his usual pattern, we would expect President Trump to mortgage the Trump House (formerly White House) within months of his inauguration, then make deals to annex Central America into the United States in exchange for yielding operational control of the Mid-Atlantic states to United Fruit Co.
Trump's major impact on the presidential race so far has been to reignite some interest in the fundamentally dishonest question about Barack Obama's citizenship. Most Republican leaders want nothing to do with this issue. Every serious investigation has concluded that Obama is as American as, well, Donald Trump. Focusing on the question, though, is a cheap way to question the President's patriotism.
Why should we care that Trump seems to be running for president? Because his intrusion into the race draws attention away from the serious issues that must occupy the political debate.
We are engaged in two wars -- or two and a half, if you count Libya -- with uncertain goals and cloudy exit strategies. Our recovery from the Great Recession is proceeding slowly, a partisan split over economic strategy yielding no clear path to speed the delivery of jobs to more Americans. The debate over our health care system seems far from over, with the future of both Medicare and Medicaid now thrown into question. The very nature of American government seems to be a question that voters will weigh in the 2012 election.
Into these serious waters now wades this clown Trump. Really, folks: Get him off the set. Make room for the real contenders. There's no time for this.
Scott Brown would have been a shoo-in last year.
Sometimes the masses, even the R’s, are simply this pathetic
Trump is closer to Reagan than that RINO Romney is.
So is Dennis Kucinich. LOL
No one else need apply.
DOWN WITH THE 'RULING CLASS' and 'POLITICAL ELITES'.
I don't give a damn if you're Karl Rove or Eric Cantor!
The socialists are taking down this country, and some are
aiming their guns in the wrong direction!
Here, read... THIS - it sums it all up for me.
Trump is closer to Obama than he will ever be to Reagan.
Trump and Romney could pass for twins separated at birth.
Both are liberals.
WOW! That's a slap in the face of Trump! I notice you always post your most damaging anti-Trump comments after midnight when Trump is most vulnerable. You've finally figured out that the birthers are less likely to be on after midnightto protect him since Coast To Coast is on the radio at this time of night. I got you pegged.
Reagan was conservative while Trump and Romney are not. However both Romney and Reagan have/had good hair.
Congrats! Got that right.
Its what we conservatives do on FRee Republic, after midnight, 24-7-365! Its always open season on liberals around here. And their enablers too.
>>>>>I got you pegged.
You got jacksquat, trumpster. LOL
Let's see Sarah Palin or Allen West come out and take the air out of Trump's balloon by promising the American people that:
"when they move into the White House the new attorney general will initiate a thorough and complete investigation in order to clarify to the American people that Barack Obama was indeed eligible and was the legitimate President of these United States. However, if by some chance the accusations turn out to be correct, there is a promise that anybody in Congress republican or democrat will be legally accountable. Justice will be served for any wrong doing and illegal activity. Let that be a warning to the leaders of Congress who have taken the oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States of America."
This message alone will lift the hairs on the backs of the necks of those failing to do their job. These leaders have received packages and copies of affidavits so they do know what’s being alleged.
This message will most likely prompt some to start taking action so that when the new President comes in they will not be caught with their pants down and possibly face jail time.
It will over-shadow Trumps on this issue. And suck the air out of Trump’s message. Especially if Trump is planning on holding on to all he knows for an October surprise.
Remember, John Edwards may be going to prison so justice can prevail. If there's been any wrong doing it would not be impossible to see Pelosi being sent to prison. Question is... is there any other Republican candidate that has more cojones than Donald Trump?
If so, now’s their chance.
Trump is a pseudo-con. A wealthy, influential one at that.
As a politcal outsider, he can raise issues like Obama’s illegitimacy with little regard for mainstream consequence.
He could run as a third party candidate. He would serve as a spoiler if he did. There hasn’t been a real spoiler since Ross Perot,whose candidacy gave us Clinton by siphoning certain fiscal conservative, independent and libertarian votes. ( mine was one in 1992).
I should hope he’s not that influential, although I do appreciate his attention on illegiitmacy.
Trump hit it out of he ballfield again tonight. When the Judge asked him about his idea of taking the oil when we go to war, and asked him about our standing in the Arab world, he said, “WHO CARES!!!!” I was saying the same exact thing at home. He’s just saying what we’re all thinking. And it’s about time. I wish it were someone other than Trump, but it is him, but I’m still glad someone is saying it.
“The very name “Trump” now equates with excess and narcissism”
WTF?!?
Excess and narcissism is Little Stevie Dunham’s claim to fame!!!!!
The only difference IS Trump loves America....Little Stevie Dunham-—DOESN’T.
Many do. And now there's possible social security fraud (which normally happens when somebody has no birth certificate to prove they are a US citizen). So, this issue is now moving to something bigger.
Polls show that many Americans appreciate his attention on illegiitmacy. It's time that others start running with this issue too. (but only after they've looked into what has been found.
“Certainly he (Trump) hasn’t been a successful businessman. (he just bought a vineyard for 6 million...)
And, Little Stevie Dunham has run....a lemonade stand? A Girl Scout Cookie Drive?
America into the ground? THAT’S IT!!!! (he’s good at that!)
No need to read past this...
Personally, I think Reagan would get along well with Trump. However, I also believe he would be ashamed of you and your bitter, manic postings.
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