Posted on 04/11/2011 9:38:25 PM PDT by Uncledave
{snip} “I hate what’s happening to the country,” said Mr. Trump, a real estate tycoon and host of the NBC show “Celebrity Apprentice.” He will not formally make a decision until June, however, when this season of his television show is over. “I can’t run during the airing of that show,” Mr. Trump said, “I’m not allowed to.” But he said he would make an announcement “by June” and his candidacy looks increasingly likely.
Mr. Trump’s candidacy would complicate matters for the GOP as it looks to front someone who can unite the fractious party and mount a serious challenge to President Obama’s reelection bid. A recent Wall Street Journal/NBC poll recently found Mr. Trump tied for second place with former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee among likely voters in a GOP primary. Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor who moved a step closer to formally declaring his own candidacy Monday, is still the frontrunner, though not by a wide margin.
“I think the Republicans are very concerned that I [may] run as an independent,” Mr. Trump said. His support is highest among the conservative wing of the party, not least because he is among the so-called “birthers” who doubt that President Obama in fact was born in the U.S. “It’s a very important issue,” Mr. Trump said of demanding that President Obama show his birth certificate, which has separately been reviewed by the media and deemed legitimate. “I’m not ashamed of having raised that issue.”
“I am very conservative,” said Mr. Trump. “The concern is if I don’t win [the GOP primary] will I run as an independent, and I think the answer is probably yes.” Mr. Trump said he thought he “could possibly win as an independent,” adding, “I’m not doing it for any other reason. I like winning.”
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Maybe that’s what Donald Perot is up to.
We need ONE candidate, Period and NO Spoilers.
Handgrenade with a bad hairdo?
Good Lord, this guy is all over the place! One day he won’t run as an independent because he knows how high the stakes are and the next day he will. I think he’s had is political 15 minutes now.
Cindie
uh-oh
And there it is.
I’ve been saying this whole time he was nothing but this decade’s Perot.
And this is how Obama gets his second term.
well....that means the Democrats win....how wonderful/s
I foresee a lot of “new” Independents signing on.
The GOP IS the DNC. “Mittens” is proof.
What does this mean? It has never been seen...don't even know what hospital he was born in, do we? They must be referring to the certificate of live birth...which of course we already know that Obama was apparently born at some point - that isn't in dispute.
Trump is a spoiler. He’s probably working with Rudy. Shades of Fred Thompson and John McCain.
Ginning up Perot Mark II, running to protect the back side of JC Mark II. How else can he win with just 40% of the vote? Judging by current polls, too many on our side are buying it.
I smell a rat. Screams birth certificate and all the tea party faithful split their vote.
How convenient.
Screw you Trump.
If the GOP is going to push Myth on me, I will be glad to vote Independent. After this weak a$$ budget deal, I owe the Repubics nothing.
That’s the trouble with a loose cannon. Sometimes it hits your enemy. Sometimes it hits nothing. Sometimes it hits you.
[quote]If the GOP is going to push Myth on me, I will be glad to vote Independent. After this weak a$$ budget deal, I owe the Repubics nothing.[/quote]
You’re not alone.
born June 14, 1946 in Queens, New York, NY (Meets the Jus Soli Requirement)
Parents were
Frederick Christ Trump, born October 11, 1905 in Queens, NY, died June 1999 in Queens, NY
Mary Ann MacLeod, born May 10, 1912 in SCOTLAND, died August 7, 2000 in Queens, NY. Arrived in US October 5, 1935. Married January 1936. Naturalized as a US Citizen March 10, 1942.
Both parents were US Citizens at the time of his birth (Meets the Jus Sanguinis Requirement)
Donald Trump is a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN unlike Comrade Barry Soetoro aka Barack Hussein Obama.
Am I correct in thinking that no third party candidate in history has ever done anything except split the vote and give the victory to the party least like them?
If the MSM and the elites select Mitt for us, then I think he should...
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