Posted on 04/18/2011 3:59:30 AM PDT by jenk
Donald Trump was a topic of discussion at work the other day. It was right after we heard Trump on Rush Limbaugh's radio show. Every lady in the room shook her head.
First of all, Trump seems kind of cheap. This is beside the point of my main thrust here, but I want to mention it because I was kind of put off. Friday's show was the annual Cure-A-Thon for Leukemia/Lymphoma that Rush does every year. Rush started off the show by announcing that he and Katherine would contribute $500,000. A half a mil.
Now, Trump has been handing money out to Democrats his whole career, and all he could muster for the poor cancer folks was a measly $100,000? Awkward!
Back to work. The ladies and I listened to Trump, some of the stuff he said really jumped out. There is a lot that Trump said that is worthy of needling, but just at face value, Trump doesn't make enough sense to make us want to vote for him. From Rush's site:
"I'm doing great -- and, by the way, if I run, then you'll see how great I've done. Because I'll put in a financial statement which will knock people's socks off. Just knock their socks off -- and, you know, I'm very proud of it. So I'll make a decision prior to June, and we'll see what happens."He's a salesman. Not that there is anything wrong with that, but you have to go on faith. Some of his deals in the past have been great, but some have been monumentally bad. I mean, really, really bad, believe me.
If you listen to him long enough, you start to talk/write like him, believe me. A lot of his sentences end with "believe me."
"DONALD TRUMP: Yeah, you're right, Rush, but I will say this. You know, I've dealt with Democrats and Republicans all my life, and somebody said, "Oh, do you have that much experience politically?" You know, I've dealt -- and understand this better than anybody. I've dealt with politicians all of my life. I've also dealt with foreign countries. I'm doing jobs all over the world. I've dealt with foreign countries for a long period of time. The fact is, I think somebody that got along with the Democrats -- and I do get along -- now, you know, that could change instantaneously. You understand that. But the level of animosity... You know, in the old days "across the aisle" wasn't the worst thing. People got along. Today, the level of hatred, the level of anger -- and I'm the most militaristic person there is, if they treat me improperly. But I think having a little bit of a relationship on the other side of the aisle is not so bad, Rush, where deals can be made. But good deals, not the deal like Obama gave the other day."
So what did he basically say? I deal with the dems, I deal with the Chinese, I deal with Republicans.... that's what he is, a dealer, a wheeler dealer, a deal-maker. A negotiator. A compromise-maker. I don't want to make a deal, compromise whatever. For me, he's a deal-breaker, and the ladies at work think so too.
When Rush put some hard truth to the Donald, Trump reacted in a very curious way.
RUSH: But they're not gonna want you to succeed at anything. They will stop progress for America. Your relationship with them will change once you become elected. If you become president, you might have the ability to bring them in line, but they will not start that way. They will be out to destroy you to preserve their way of life, their political ideology. Remember, their power derives from creating more and more people dependent on government for their daily needs.DONALD TRUMP: Right.
RUSH: You don't believe that.
DONALD TRUMP: Rush, you're probably right and probably it won't work out in the kind of manner which makes sense and would be good and then they'll see the real Donald Trump, because I do much better under adversity than I do the other way. I'd love to see it work where people could actually get together and go down the line and straighten out this country. You're probably right, and that's fine, and then I'll do I think an even better job.
Trump said, the best laid plans don't work out, but then, then I'll really shine, believe me.
No, I don't think so. These aren't policies and directions for the country. These are brags on the ability of a prolific builder of buildings. The first thing a salesman has to do is convince his investors that he has a plan. Trump doesn't do that. He asks us to rely on trust and belief. How different is that from Obama's campaign? Not much.
One other thing marked our workday conversation. Trump seems like the kind of guy that gets his mind set on big deals, and does not let go. No matter what the obstacle, the cost, the insanity of the deal, he seems like the type who will double down, and for what? Not to lead the nation, but to win the contest at becoming President. We all agreed that that egotism is dangerous.
The Tea Party is the “original GOP”, or the “REAGAN GOP”.
I’m no fan of Trump and I was sorry to hear Rush give him such a suck-up interview, but to call him cheap for donating $100K to a cause is really off, IMO.
Having Trump as president would be like the Fox watching the chicken coop. Think about it.
Why the helllp is Trump on Fox every half hour?
Yeah, we get. You’re all smarter than Trump; you’re all more Conservative than Trump; and you’re goal in life is to trash Trump. We get it. There is a band of little elves here at FR who just can’t wait to get their little blog publicized by hacking away at Trump. We get it. You don’t like Trump. Now you can safely come out for Mitt and Huck without feeling sheepish. Enough already.
Hey pal, I’m a fellow freeper, and I don’t have to write about Trump the Chump to get it publicized. You sound like a shrieking woman.
Rove probably arranged it.
possible
The post I was responding to inferred the Tea Party is a 3rd party, its not. Its not democratic or republican and certainly not independent.
Mission Statement (http://www.teapartypatriots.org/Mission.aspx)
The impetus for the Tea Party movement is excessive government spending and taxation. Our mission is to attract, educate, organize, and mobilize our fellow citizens to secure public policy consistent with our three core values of Fiscal Responsibility, Constitutionally Limited Government and Free Markets.
I don’t care, if you heard or (go to the link provided) read the interview, he wanted to know how much Rush raises before he put some money up, and with all his big brags on how great he is, only came up with a month’s worth of rent.
This one sentence illustrates that in her zeal to destroy Trump the author is willing to forego logic and common sense, say day is night, and black is white. Here's a suggestion on how to make a more convincing case: Just write 500 times, Trump is outpolling my guy and it's not fair!
Nice talking to you, too
no offense, but teapartypatriots isn’t even the tea party in total. Individuals don’t all necessarily like to “belong” to a group.
Why is Trump on Fox every half hour? What else is happening that they are keeping out of the news?
Any further discussion on the economy or the deficit.
The budget the House just passed.
My guy? Who is my guy? Trump’s a chump.
Trump isn’t outpolling anyone yet. Kinda hard to do that when nobody is running yet.
it usually is
Amazing how easily it is to get ‘conservatives’ to start attacking each other.
I’m not attacking you, I’m stating fact.
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