Posted on 02/16/2016 7:25:33 PM PST by reegs
"I wish Trump would drop all of the personal ad hominem things which he seems to enjoy so much. I think it weakens the country, I think it weakens him, I think it makes us look stupid. Uh, and I'm not defending Cruz or anybody else. I'm just saying... I think the whole politics of this kind of personal stuff is almost deranged. It makes no sense to me to spend this kind of time on this kind of personality stuff."
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Fight Back
Much as it pays to emphasize the positive, there are times when the only choice is confrontation. In most cases I’m very easy to get along with. I’m very good to people who are good to me. But when people treat me badly or unfairly or try to take advantage of me, my general attitude, all my life, has been to fight back very hard. The risk is that you’ll make a bad situation worse, and I certainly don’t recommend this approach to everyone. But my experience is that if you’re fighting for something you believe in— even if it means alienating some people along the way— things usually work out for the best in the end.
When the city unfairly denied me, on Trump Tower, the standard tax break every developer had been getting, I fought them in six different courts. It cost me a lot of money, I was considered highly likely to lose, and people told me it was a no-win situation politically. I would have considered it worth the effort regardless of the outcome. In this case, I won— which made it even better.
When Holiday Inns, once my partners at the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, ran a casino that consistently performed among the bottom 50 percent of casinos in town, I fought them very hard and they finally sold out their share to me. Then I began to think about trying to take over the Holiday Inns company altogether.
Even if I never went on the offensive, there are a lot of people gunning for me now. One of the problems when you become successful is that jealousy and envy inevitably follow. There are people— I categorize them as life’s losers— who get their sense of accomplishment and achievement from trying to stop others. As far as I’m concerned, if they had any real ability they wouldn’t be fighting me, they’d be doing something constructive themselves.
Trump, Donald J.; Schwartz, Tony (2009-12-18). Trump: The Art of the Deal (Kindle Locations 765-779). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
Says Newt ..the one that savaged Romney relentlessly , thereby damaging him for the general election ..it all worked out though because hopefully Trump will be our next Prez ...
Yep, came here to say that I agree with Newt’s sentiment, but I’ll take what I can get.
“I think the whole politics of this kind of personal stuff is almost deranged”.
Nail on the head. TDS is Trump derangement syndrome, but in TDS it is Trump and his supporters who are deranged.
He’s right, you know.
After over 7 years of being on the receiving end of this kind of rhetoric, we’re fed up Newt. You establishment people just don’t get it yet.
I agree with Newt on this point.
I agree with Newt, but on the other hand, it destroyed JEB!
I’m voting for Bozo instead:
1) He actually *admits* he’s a clown.
2) Better hair.
“After over 7 years of being on the receiving end of this kind of rhetoric, we’re fed up Newt. You establishment people just don’t get it yet.”
Then Trump should be focusing his vitriol on the Establishment, not Ted Cruz.
Newt campsign was bankrolled by Adelson the cheap labor express King.
Never trusted him after that fact came to light .
Trump is just being his old New York self, bada-bing bada-boo.
Newt has zero credibility ... absolutely zero
But you trust Newt’s support of Trump?
What Newt thinks has been shown over and over again to have little relevance in this election cycle.
Last I looked Bush is establishment and Cruz did lie. These are facts.
A smear campaign financed by a evil New York Hedge Fund Billionaire trying to buy the WH so his 6 billion tax scam problem can go away .
that makes sense to whom ?
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