Posted on 05/18/2011 8:01:07 AM PDT by Albion Wilde
The only thing quicker than Donald Trump’s maybe-run as the GOP presidential candidate will be the time spent wondering why he bowed out...
Political insiders [said] The Donald’s biggest obstacle was not how serious he might actually be, but how to attract the talent needed for a serious run. “For him to be taken seriously he probably has to come up with somebody with some credibility,” said one long-time Republican strategist. “I don’t think he can run this thing with his internal Trump organization. Not that those people may not be capable, but to be taken seriously he’s gonna have to come up with a serious campaign team.”
In April, Trump sought a Christening by the Archbishop of Conservatism, Charles Krauthammer, only to be damned...
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Because he never was a Republican and he would rather feed his ego running as the first “No Labels” guy.
He dropped out because his one-trick-pony, jumping on the birther bandwagon, was taken out behind the woodshed and shot in the head.
He was no better than Ron Paul, a fringe joke candidate who runs on a “I’m not that guy!” platform.
Trump was a one-issue candidate. Once 0bama released his birth certificate, his issue was gone.
It also has been speculated that Trump knew - for a fact - that releasing his personal financials would be most embarrassing.
So, he bailed.
But whatever. He did the job he was supposed to do: He made Obozo look like a fool. He got the birth certificate issue front and center. He set the bar for real conservatices to follow. And he ticked off a lot of anti-birther RINO’s like Krautheimer, Rove et al.
God Bless Donald Trump. Now, may he go away.
Trump, first of all is not Repub or conservative. He bought political protection from NY socialists by demanding obambi produce a birth certificate....and, voila! The certificate, another complete fake, and no hard copy... is produced. He HELPED OBAMA, and he also did so because he was going to lose his slot on the “apprentice” show. Hollywood leads Trump... that and the corrupt building codes people in NYC- under the direction of Bloomberg. So, how long does it take some dumbass repub party hack to figure that out, and not waste valuable time on trumpie? Apparently quite a while.
I love to blame the RNC and beltway Republicans any chance I get, which is often. But that’s not the issue here. Trump imploded because it was inevitable that he would. He is simply not a Republican and certainly way way way outside the mainstream of the conservative ascendency that is under way.
This happened because it had to happen. Period.
I don’t know if it helped Obama or not. some think that focusing on BC only distracted from the real issues. Personally, that will always be a thorn in my side that Obummer is a fraud, but I alas, I am but a peon in the scheme of things.
I say it had to do with his Soros connections. That and he couldn’t handle the heat anymore. Maybe Soros got to him.
He was no better than Ron Paul, a fringe joke candidate who runs on a “I’m not that guy!” platform.
Hmmm, and your specialty seems to be personal attacks and name calling. Perhaps, you are as irrelevant as the people you attack.
He dropped out because he was in cahoots with Obama on the birth certificate issue. His job is done.
I think this is exactly it. Trump is no doubt a wealthy man, but the extent of his wealth has long been in question. I think the closer he got to it, he realized that the gap between his mouth and his bank account was going to turn him into a laughingstock.
Er,... I mean, ... too much of a laughingstock to win the Presidency or be able to show his face in New York. I think once he hit 'national laughingstock', he started to lose his nerve, and the idea of going further was too much for him.
I see a new reality show coming..
I don’t agree with that at all. He has hammered on a number of policies, primarily economic and weak international leadership for some time now. I am surprised to see him duck out so quickly after the birth certificate because he could have made another round talking about the other issues and help shape the debate before opting out. Very strange timing. In fact, a week of rounds in the media on these issues would have gone a long way to hurt obama. A number of bad economic news stories are out since OBL that are being glossed over by the media. Only Trump could have refocused the discussion right now.
This was all about self-promotion... never about running for President.
Adios to the chump.
That's almost right.
The “BC” was a big part of it, but the issue isn't gone, it just got harder. Donald never did the hard work necessary to understand the eligibility issue. After the BC came out, he knew he didn't have the information to continue and wasn't willing to become informed.
His F-Bomb laced speech was equally responsible for his dropping out. It was not presidential, offended the Christian base, and was just low rent.
Losing his position on his TV show and giving up a big pay increase, was just too much to give up.
I agree with many aspects of the above posts, except that I did detect in Trump’s foray a surprisingly sincere degree of desire to help correct the course.
Other than that, I remain so in hopes that someone could supply the magic bullets that Reagan had been able to through his long training as a public spokesman — someone who could cut through the clutter and market an idea to an increasingly dumb, hostile and indoctrinated public.
Trump seemed able to supply the thing that is most missing from the conservative side — a necessary cynicism and ruthlessness about marketing a new direction for the nation. He has a deep understanding of the fickle loyalites and essential laziness of the public. He knows how to package a few simplified concepts (as the left has skillfully done for the past century) and sell them on a silver platter.
Plus, Trump’s many downsides have already been aired; those of any new contenders have yet to be trotted out the week before the election. It seems that familiarity with Trump instead bred contempt. Republicans are still yearning for the golden days of the 50s, when earnest moral scrupulousity was the leading edge for a candidate.
Now, we are in a horrible crisis, and our knight in shining armor should be expected to arrive bearing the bloody scars and bitterness of many past battles. We are not up against Obama, folks. We are up against Soros and the one-world international banking barons.
The donald wasn’t serious from the beginning of his little ego trip.
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