so lets all play Conservative Review Checkers,
the Cruz vs Trump classic.
Posted on 01/10/2016 7:40:46 AM PST by mandaladon
From the moment 17-year-old Donald Trump was named a captain for his senior year at New York Military Academy, he ordered the officers under his command to keep strict discipline. Shoes had to be shined. Beds had to be made. Underclassmen had to spring to attention.
Then, a month into Trump’s tenure in the fall of 1963, came an abrupt change.
The tall, confident senior with a shock of blond hair was removed from that coveted post atop A Company and transferred to a new job on the school staff — another prestigious assignment, but one with no command responsibilities. He moved out of the barracks and into the administration building, swapping jobs with a fellow high-ranking senior who took command of Trump’s old group.
Explanations vary as to what actually happened.
In Trump’s telling, he was elevated as a reward for stellar performance. “I had total control over the cadets,†he said in a recent interview. “That’s why I got a promotion — because I did so good.â€
Former cadets recall the change differently. They say school administrators transferred Trump after a freshman named Lee Ains complained of being hazed by a sergeant under Trump’s command. School officials, those cadets say, were concerned that Trump’s style of delegating leadership responsibilities while spending a lot of time in his room, away from his team, allowed problems to fester.
“They felt he wasn’t paying attention to his other officers as closely as he should have,†said Ains, who lives in Connecticut and works in the aerospace industry.
Bill Specht, the cadet who switched places with Trump, recalled an administrator telling him about the hazing incident and saying that “the school has decided that they are going to make a switch.â€
The incident, previously unreported, offered an early glimpse into a pattern that would follow Trump through much of his life and has been evident in his rise as a leading Republican presidential candidate. Often the center of controversy, he finds a way to emerge by declaring victory and claiming success, even if the facts are more complicated and some people around him are left with sour feelings.
I meant taboo. Its a typo.
Next they'll be trying to rent the apartment just below the Trumps' in the top of Trump Tower, like they did to Sarah Palin moving a leftie nutjob reporter next door to her.
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“Not Charles L Chickenfethers”
At age 17, he should certainly have been perfect! That does it! I'm voting for Rand Paul!
NOT.
I know, right? The article also said he went straight to his room after dinner. Whassup wi dat? Maybe he went to his room to study! Yikes! Acting white!
I wouldn't doubt it. We have two in our family. They, too, were "mischievous" and "difficult" in school (as he is described as being before he went to military school) because they were bored to death among the other pupils (and most of the teachers) and also because they simply see more possibilities than others do when they look around.
The other interesting phenomenon is that school administrators regarded them as troublemakers and pooh-poohed the idea that they were bored out of their minds -- until they got the test results -- "Oh." Both were then skipped a grade and given other accommodations.
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