Posted on 05/05/2011 10:09:28 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
American commandos eliminated Osama bin Laden this week. Did they also liquidate Donald Trump's presidential run?
A week ago, Trump was riding high. President Obama had been forced to go on television to confirm for the world what most of it already knew: that he had been born in the United States. True to his nature, Trump claimed credit -- and immediately embarked on a tour of New Hampshire in what seemed like a victory lap, as he talked incessantly about running for president.
But there's an old axiom in Washington: The more time the media -- and everyone else -- become consumed by silliness by, as Obama might put it, "sideshows and carnival barkers," the more likely something serious will come along to wipe the whole business away. Perhaps it's just a form of karmic payback.
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Trump has largely been silent this week, other than congratulating Obama and the U.S. military on a job well done and picking a fight with David Letterman. His moment in the limelight could well be over, although knowing him, he won't surrender it without a squawk. After all, there's still "Celebrity Apprentice" to promote -- and we're all dying to know whether Meat Loaf will beat out LaToya Jackson. We're only human.
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1. Trump's 15 minutes of being the head birther in charge were up. But at least he got on Obama's nerves and got the LFBC released. Then Obama went and personally killed OBL effectively ending the focus on Trump's success on making Bammie look like a fool.
2. How severe must the brain damage be for ANYONE to think Trump had a chance at being the president? His recent theatrics were all about calling attention to him.
I hope so, he was getting old and it was sad watching even people here break out the Trump brand knee-pads.
Trump may want to see the photos, I know I want to see them also.
RELEASE THE PHOTOS!!!!
He's at ground zero now....making a big political move.
Trump is a cross between a used car salesman and a game show host
This is what convinces me that Trump is done — if he had any interest in staying in this thing, he’d be all over the “release the photo” bandwagon.
It is tailor made for him, yet he isn’t making any noise about it.
Trump may want to see the photos, I know I want to see them also.
RELEASE THE PHOTOS!!!!
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Don’t tell anyone, because Ivanna asked me to keep it a secret, but Donald has sent a crack investigative team to Abbottabad to uncover the REAL TRUTH of the OBL raid.
~shhhh~
Trump is smart.
He’s simply laying low instead of being fodder for the media at this time....
Trump may or may not run. But he did one thing: He showed the lame ass republicans how to beat obama. And, it isn’t playing nice with liberals. Like him or not, he got more attention that any wannabe republican candidate except for maybe Palin. I doubt any of them learned the valuable lesson he gave them.
I was thinking the same thing...where is he...he will probably come out soon...apolagizing and supporting Obama.
Stick a fork in him ... he’s done.
Let’s hope so - The Donald is as big a clown as The Barry.
James you are an idiot, guess you do not have a grasp of the political life times to go this cycle.
The Donald my be a clown, but at least he’s not an anti-American clown.
“Trump is a cross between a used car salesman and a game show host”
This is true, but it is also why he is more attractive that the vast majority of existing American politicians and officeholders. When the options are to watch Reid snarl or Boehner cry, the carnival show of dunk the clown Obama as presented by barker Trump is waaaaaaaay better. In short, Trump is attractive because the professional political class is so vapid and squalid.
Obama and his media drones never cease to amaze me.
Trump's one man circus road show died when he gave a public speech dropping F bombs and calling the Chinese mother****ers. Traditional conservative primary voters are not going to cast a ballot for someone who talks like that in public. It was shades of the "Dean scream", only worse.
1. Trump's 15 minutes of being the head birther in charge were up. But at least he got on Obama's nerves and got the LFBC released. Then Obama went and personally killed OBL effectively ending the focus on Trump's success on making Bammie look like a fool.
Leading the birther brigades was never going to get Trump anywhere. The issue was always a sideshow. Once Hussein released the long form the entire conspiracy theory was blown to pieces. Trump claimed he had investigators on the case who "could not believe what they were finding". As we've heard nothing about the Trump sponsored birther investigation I am going to assume they couldn't believe that they found absolutely nothing.
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