Posted on 04/16/2011 2:26:34 PM PDT by SonOfDarkSkies
Sounding increasingly like a candidate, Donald Trump repeatedly told a raucous tea party crowd today he has the qualities needed in the White House and the conservative ideals necessary to seal the Republican nomination should he decide to run.
Trump struck familiar themes and talked about his own business acumen in his speech to hundreds gathered at a park here, where his name festooned signs, buttons and T-shirts of supporters. The real estate mogul even talked about the type of people he'd have serve as diplomats and said he was looking forward to releasing his financial disclosures.
"Most very successful people, the kind of people that we need running our country, don't want to be scrutinized and abused," he said. "This is the kind of person that this country must have right now."
He derided President Barack Obama, calling him the worst to occupy the White House in history. He again questioned whether the president was born in the U.S., even though the fact has been affirmed by officials in Hawaii, where Obama was born. And he maligned China, saying the U.S. should take control of Iraqi oil and described American infrastructure as third world.
Trump ticked through a number of issues seen as bedrocks for conservative candidates, saying he is anti-abortion, against gun control and wants to repeal Obama's health care law. Throughout the speech, he portrayed the U.S. as a nation in decline and himself as its potential savior.
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I know that Rin. And I agree with 99.9% of what you post.
Trump can hit Obama at every turn all he wants. I'll support him. But I will not support him for President.
Fair enough. But as long as he is kicking the kenyan's butt.......I'm all in. Let's wait until he declares, then choices will have to be made. Right now, I say we just enjoy the show.......
You are acting like Trump would be a walkover against Obama with absolutely nothing to back that up but your own opinion. Such is the typical approach of the Romney/Rudy/Trump pimp - MY GUY WILL WIN (with no proof of such)! PROVE YOUR GUY CAN WIN (note the demand for proof when none was given for the candidate being pimped).
We've seen it all before, Trumpet. You're just the latest pinhead coming along singing the same ol' WIN WIN at the expense of conservatism dance.
Who? Donald Trump? I’m sorry, where was he when we were protesting? Where was he?
I know him not.
“The Idea is to WIN WIN!
Sorry, the idea is to promote conservatism while winning. We’ve seen where the WIN WIN mentality has taken us.”
Sure show me how your guy Jeb can win??
Lets call it a draw.
After all, since we both oppose Obama and Trump, we can’t be all bad.
And should a guy without any conservative credentials be our candidate for President just because he's brought up a subject brought up by conservatives 3 years AFTER the rest of us started discussing it?
Trump is NO conservative, and he's a few years behind.
Where have you been??
I’m enjoying the show too! It’s even more interesting because the MSM is running around like ants whose hill has been stomped. They don’t know what to do, what to report or how to react.
You have done nothing to make the case that Trump can beat Obama - other than your own hyperventaliting rants - yet you demand I make the case for someone else?
What a twerp.
Nice to see you too - I left for a month to calm down.
It didn’t work.
Heheh
Well, I ain’t bad at all. It’s a draw. :)
“Oh poor baby! You’ll be waiting for a long time.”
Why GW was a NE liberal,there answered it for you.
Yes that's for certain. I'll get back to you later. Things to do. :-)
We’ve even seen the playbook before: MSM touts and love McCain, then once he gets the nod, WHAM!
“No you show me Bush’s that is what got rinsie of the deep end!
Was that a sentence before you typed it out? If it was, there was a tragic mishap somewhere along the way.”
Who knows? I was trying to drag GW’s birthplace out of her!
I agree with you.
>We’re in a war here and the other side cheats. If Obama is to be stopped, someone is going to have to stand up to him, his machine, and his media and bring them down.<
Exactly.
Conservatives “pray”, Dems cheat. That simple. We play by the rules, they don’t and will do whatever is necc to win.
Damn conservatives are too timid to get in other people’s faces. Heck, I;m in West Hollywood and told my friends that fags disgust me...in the middle of Fag Central of L.A.
Hey - ASSWIPE - quit pulling such statements out of your ass. I have NEVER supported Jeb for president. I have NEVER support Mitt, or Huck, or Obama. Your claim that I am doing such is as baseless as the claims of Trump's conservatism.
You really are a flaming a-hole who is doing nothing positive to promote your point of view.
If Obama can be beat a dead rat could beat him.
You do know where Texas is on a map, right?
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