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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Perhaps you and your type are. Not Conservatives.
Yep Obama looked very weak there on his birth certificate. If Trump saw this segment he saw a loser. Trump has him running scared. Obama will “cave like a punk” to use Malik Shabazz’s words, Shabazz leads the New Black Panther Party.
I can’t wait to see more Obama shuck and jive on the birth certificate. If Obama is running scared on Trump his top handlers like Plouffe and Axelrod are in full panic mode
“Palin has enemies all over and has she destroyed any?”
If she would have perhaps she’d still be governor of Alaska.
So now he’s courting the TEA party?
I found lots of contributions to liberal Democrats but I’ve had a hard time finding his TEA party contributions:
http://newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?st=NY&last=trump&first=donald
For the real scoop on the opportunist Trump listen to the first 45 minutes of Mark Levin’s show from Friday (15th):
http://marklevinshow.com/sectional.asp?id=32930
“One thing I’ll say for Trump. He will back down to no one. He won’t play anyone’s games”
Sure he will, thats why he works so successfully with the unions of NYC.
Trump is certainly not my favorite but he is taking control where none of the other candidates can. That's why he's rising in the polls. The Tea Partiers see it.
This is no longer about politics!
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.
“The GOP primary needs to be between Palin, Trump, and Bachmann.”
I wholeheartedly agree, The wort thing that can happen in 2012 is to have Huck or Mitt take the GOP primary. That is who the dems want and without a ramrod like Trump they have a much better chance. 2008 GOP failures need to be defeated in the primary!
“One thing I’ll say for Trump. He will back down to no one. He won’t play anyone’s games.”
Weren’t you the guy excusing his payments to only democrats and RINOs as “the cost of doing business”?
“He derided President Barack Obama, calling him the worst to occupy the White House in history.”
He derided President Bush, calling him the worst to occupy the White House in history.
He derided President Carter, calling him the worst to occupy the White House in history.
“Nailed it”?
“Palin has enemies all over and has she destroyed any?”
Ask the Republican party in Alaska that question.
And the mediots claim we have a weak bench. Keep fighting Donald.
Schumer, Weiner, and Clinton are the people Trump gives money too. wow
He said the same of Bush.
He doesn’t want people working for the government “scrutinized”?
?
“....He won’t play anyone’s games”
You’re right, he plays games with unions, and for that matter EVERYONE, because he’s an opportunist and a manipulator.
Funny some of the same people that criticize Romney (another wrong choice) for not standing consistently on principle are now praising Trump.
Lets try, Trump Lies to tea party crowd in Boca Raton.
Or maybe, Trump hoodwinks tea party crowd in Boca Raton.
How about, wake up folks! Trump is not a conservative.
“Ask the Republican party in Alaska that question.”
You mean the corrupt politicians that she ‘destroyed’ to get elected?
How bout the ones who stood in her way of the various projects she’s pushed through?
Trump has screwed a lot of people for sure, many of them were investors in his businesses.
I just hope they don't run away to Vegas and get married!;-)
I was at that rally today and there are a few key points missing. There were several speakers and the lead-in to Donald Trump was none other than Col. Allen West. Cong. West rocked the place when he defended his vote against the budget deal and reminded everyone that the “cuts” were already spent before Obama even signed it. West also rocked Obama as Commander in Chief and the reckless, leaderless attack on Libya. There were many Trump / West 2012 signs in the crowd - very interesting that the 2 were speaking at the same event.
The pre-speech band was a mostly black jazz band that played Route 66 and rocked the place. The lead singer raised a cheer when he said ‘I thought the Tea Party is racist and then pointed to the many black folks at the event, participating fully. Tito Puente jr. played there and is a fantastic drummer like his dad and rocked Santana’s Oye Como Va. The so-called racist white audience rocked to it and there were latins participating as well.
Donald Trump has a very attractive, magnetic speaking style. No political mumbo jumbo, just very straight, easy to follow common sense conversational style. This I think is going to make him very formidable. Although he had some papers with him on the lectern, it appeared to be an outline and not a word-for-word speech. No TOTUS here. He comes across as very authentic and this is speaking to a very smart, no-nonsense tea party crowd. Spoke very bluntly about how he goes to Qatar and they have the most modern airports and infrastructure and then comes back to LaGuardia airport and is embarrassed at the comparison. Explains very easily how there is no recovery with the price of oil where it is, up 67% since Obama came in and we are not drilling. Notes the impact of inflation on the cotton industry and how this impacts price of clothes. Talks straight about how he knows smart, educated people from Latin America and Europe and other places that come to him for help to get into the country and could help grow our economy and be a credit to America. Very straight - we get the borders and immigration under control and stop bringing in criminals or we have no country.
The crowd shouted for him to talk about Obama’s scandals and very straight talked about how he himself went to Wharton and knows lots of people with kids with straight A’s can’t get into Harvard. He said ‘how did somebody with lousy grades like Obama get into Harvard in the first place?’ Crowd asked about Rezko and Ayers. The Ayers part was probably best and Trump without flinching said he believes Ayers wrote the first book and it was like Hemingway wrote it. The 2nd book he bluntly said he read and no way was written by the guy who wrote that first book. Flat out said ‘it’s like comparing chicken salad to chicken sh**’. Explained that it used to be when you win a war you win it and get the spoils. With him in charge he will take control of Iraq and that he has friends with knowledge on the situation who assures that once we leave Iran will take Iraq and are planning it already. Blasted Obama on Libya and made it very clear that in Iraq and Libya we will take the oil profits to pay ourselves, our allies and pay us with a profit.
All this and more was very well delivered and I can tell you the Tea Party loved it.
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