Posted on 04/15/2011 6:15:34 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
As the number of Republicans declaring themselves potential presidential candidates has begun to look like a conga line without music, hope lingered that somewhere unnoticed was a brilliant dark horse biding his sweet time.
Wherever pundits and pinots merged, a mantra materialized. Surely, a miracle would occur, and The Candidate would emerge at just the right moment to rescue an ennui-stricken electorate from establishmentarians and their Tea-Partying ankle-biters. Cymbals would sound; angels would succumb to arias; Democrats would quake. And prosperity, world peace and well-adjusted children would follow. But who?
Turns out: The Candidate would be tall and rich and sport a coif that defies party identification. He would be a reality TV star. And his name would be known to all, such that even jaded veterans would slap their foreheads as the obvious became clear. But of course!
The Donald...
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I can remember when “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In” used to get huge laughs when they would refer to “President Ronald Reagan” in their “The News Twenty Years From Today” skits.
Watch out about Trump — he has an incredible liberal past. He said Pelosi and Obama were great, accused Bush of being the “worst” president ever and a liar about the Iraq War. Now he is telling conservatives exactly what they want to hear. He may be too good to be true: he may be an Obama plant or a Perot.
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