Posted on 04/10/2011 12:57:15 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Donald Trump. Really?
The federal government is running out of money. The country's armed forces are involved in three wars. President Obama has kick-started his reelection campaign. And who is getting the most ink as a potential Republican presidential candidate? The Donald. Seriously?
"I have never been so serious as I am now," says Trump, who was also a potential candidate in 2000, 2004, and 2008. What Trump is really serious about is his brand name.
"I have great respect for Donald Trump, but that's the last thing the country needs is a showboat," said Glenn Beck in a recent interview with Bill O'Reilly. Guess it takes one to know one. Beck appeared to be a potential candidate himself after holding that giant rally in Washington last year. But last week he was fired by Fox News for losing advertisers as well as audience share.
Suddenly, Beck is day-old bread. Meanwhile, Fox News has signed up Trump to do a "Monday Mornings with Trump" segment on the show Fox & Friends. Since Trump won't be paid, he can do the show unless and until he officially declares himself a candidate, when federal election rules would kick in.
Trump says his paid TV gig will determine the timing of any announcement. He has to wait until Celebrity Apprentice is over. That show accounts for a lot of his popularity. But Trump for president?
The thought cannot be dismissed. Not when the latest NBC/Wall Street Journal poll of expected Republican primary voters shows Trump tied for second place with former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee. They both got 17 percent, with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney well within range at 21 percent.
But here's the kicker: Trump leads the other contenders among Republicans who identify themselves as tea-party followers. Trump got 20 percent of the support from that group to Romney's 17 percent and Huckabee's 14 percent.
You can't help but draw a line from Trump's appeal to tea-party folks to his remarks questioning Obama's being born in the United States. The "birther" movement is strong among tea-party activists. In a Today Show interview last week, Trump actually used the word lying in reference to Obama. He claimed the president has spent $2 million to hide the truth.
People who like Trump talk about his business acumen, how he was on the bottom and is back on top. They like what they see on Celebrity Apprentice, where Trump often fires people based on a gut feeling - a contrast to Obama's logic-driven approach.
But it's Trump's attacks on Obama's citizenship that signal the type of campaign he would run. It wouldn't be about finding the truth; it would be about further dividing America. Here's hoping those polls showing that's the direction in which Republican voters are leaning are wrong.
The Dems want Romney. Easier for them to beat and if he wins he is just another one like them.
If Romney got the nomination, the huge bolt to a 3rd party would insure Dems retaining power, and the death of the Republican label.
What we need is "sunlight" to expose who is really driving this and the end of the Dem (Commie) party.
Daisyjane, you wrote: “I am no expert, but I think Trump is doing this because he is simply mortified at the state of this nation.”
I believe your statement is absolutely spot-on. Trump loves Our Nation and hates seeing what has become of it as do the hundreds of thousands and perhaps millions (?) of “Birthers.”
I don’t know if I’ll will vote for Mr. Trump for President, but I will be writing a letter of support for him to rid Our Nation of the Putative President Obama.
I recommend other Freepers do the same. Send the letter by certified mail to:
Mr. Michael D. Cohen, Executive Vice President
and Special Counsel
The Trump Organization
725 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10022
“And who is getting the most ink”
Let me get this straight. The above complaint is coming from “The Editors” at the Philadelphia Inquirer??
If you have problems with who is getting what kind and volume of coverage, go after the MSM. Oh, wait a minute, you ARE the MSM.
That’s the left’s narrative, but doesn’t match up to the facts.
I think it’s more likely he’s just doing too much to even worry about it Rush gave up his show, which wasn’t even as labor intensive,b ecause it was too much to do in a 24-hour cycle when he was doing 3 hours/ day radio. Add Beck’s weekend shows and the travel, a family -life, the books, etc., etc.I don’t see how he has done it as long as he has. Plus he has gotten a little over-exposed.
Newsmax
Bachmann Voted Against $39 Billion Deal
Saturday, April 9, 2011 10:31 AM
House Speaker John Boehner and President Barack Obama are hailing Friday night’s last-minute budget deal that averted a Michele Bachmann, Government Shutdowngovernment shutdown. But Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann is not a fan of the agreement that will slice $38.5 billion in spending, calling it a “disappointment.”
After the deal was struck Friday night, Bachmann voted against a stopgap meaure that will keep the federal government operating until final details in the budget deal can be hammered out, Politico reports. A final vote on the deal should come by the middle of next week. Bachmann says she also will vote against that.
“The deal that was reached tonight is a disappointment for me and for millions of Americans who expected $100 billion in cuts, who wanted to make sure their tax dollars stopped flowing to the nation’s largest abortion provider, and who wanted us to defund Obamacare,” she said in a statement issued to the media.
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