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Flashback: In Chicago, Trump Hits Headwinds (George Soros bailed out Donald Trump in 2008)
Wall Street Journal ^ | OCTOBER 29, 2008 | ALEX FRANGOS

Posted on 04/17/2011 11:12:28 AM PDT by jimbo123

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To: Alberta's Child

Trump is about Trump. If he was serious about anything, he would have been on board the Tea Party Express from day one. Instead, he ignored TP candidates and rallies, and kept touting Obamacare.


81 posted on 04/17/2011 4:25:41 PM PDT by rintense (The GOP elite & friends can pound sand.)
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

Yet, lessons from not vetting Obama withstanding, freepers are ignoring Trump’s liberal past (historically and recent).


82 posted on 04/17/2011 4:30:27 PM PDT by rintense (The GOP elite & friends can pound sand.)
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To: jimbo123; Will88; LucyT; justiceseeker93; Admin Moderator

Total BS. One of Soros companies invested a small percentage of the total amount upfront before the project ever started. He was never involved in a bailout of Trump.

Please correct the misleading and incorrect headline!


83 posted on 04/17/2011 4:32:11 PM PDT by Brown Deer (Pray for 0bama. Psalm 109:8)
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To: Brown Deer

BTTT


84 posted on 04/17/2011 4:35:07 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle (Overproduction, one of the top five worries of the American Farmer each and every year..)
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To: PoloSec
Same here. Seeing him have to read just about everything he said made me really notice how his words are NOT a part of him at all.

Do you visit the FL FR board? There is info posted about the luncheon event on the Yacht Anticipation on the 26th from 11:45 - 2:30.
http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/profiles?location=57

85 posted on 04/17/2011 4:45:09 PM PDT by seekthetruth (My Dream Ticket For 2012: Allen West / Scott Walker)
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To: seekthetruth

The lucheon event on the 26th will be attended by Allen West and he will be speaking. Meant to say this in my post above...More info on the FL FR board.


86 posted on 04/17/2011 4:49:07 PM PDT by seekthetruth (My Dream Ticket For 2012: Allen West / Scott Walker)
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To: T. Jefferson
Thanks for the excellent post there, TJ.

What's pathetic is that if everything you've posted there is true (and I have no doubt it is), then Trump is eminently qualified to be this sorry nation's chief executive.

87 posted on 04/17/2011 4:54:56 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("If you touch my junk, I'm gonna have you arrested.")
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To: Brown Deer
OK, Brown Deer, it was not a bailout but it was a substantial loan made by that Soros company to Trump.
88 posted on 04/17/2011 5:16:03 PM PDT by justiceseeker93
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To: UCFRoadWarrior

Seems they are coming out of the woodwork against the Donald this weekend. He must have earned a spot on some shit lists with the recent polling. I’m neither for or against him at this point(I still feel burned from FRed Thompson), but I’m very interested to see where it all goes. He sure has hell has as much going for him as the dog show we knew as the GOP field before he jumped in.


89 posted on 04/17/2011 5:16:27 PM PDT by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: justiceseeker93
It was not a loan, it was an investment from several firms, not just Soros. The total investment from was less than 20% of the entire project and amounted to less than 0.5% of their combined investment portfolios - hardly substantial. Soros was only one of the three investors! This investment was also made back in 2004, not 2008!
90 posted on 04/17/2011 5:41:07 PM PDT by Brown Deer (Pray for 0bama. Psalm 109:8)
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To: Liz
I honestly don't think this is the case--that this is a plot to help Obama's chances. I don't think Trump is really going anywhere, and he just loves to hear himself talk.

Remember, McCain took Soros money. Lots of RINOs did. Soros has tried to own everybody at some point. He spread it around.

All this talk about Obama's past is not helping Obama. Trump is making the birthers non-radioactive. The states are asking to see the BC. And Trump is talking about the millions spent to keep the BC hidden. I don't see this as helping O at all.

If anything, it might be helping Hillary, who probably lusts for revenge. I hear she can really hold a grudge.

What does Trump want? I'm sure that attention is one of the things he wants.

So, plausible, but not convincing as yet.

91 posted on 04/17/2011 6:18:11 PM PDT by Mamzelle
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To: justiceseeker93; All

Thanks for the ping. Very good back and forth thread with some twists, turns and new information. Thanks to all posters.


92 posted on 04/17/2011 6:49:11 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: jimbo123

“he’s dead Jim...”


93 posted on 04/17/2011 6:53:54 PM PDT by Crim (Palin / West '12)
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To: seekthetruth
Many Floridians are looking forward to seeing Adam Hasner face Bill Nelson in 2012!

I've yet to hear Hasner.

I hope he can explain his past voting record. I'm a bit leary of the established RINO's in the Florida GOP.

As of now, my candidate to replace Nelson is Mike McAlister...

http://www.mikemccalisterforsenate.com/

94 posted on 04/17/2011 7:15:16 PM PDT by mcmuffin ("Wanting your country back is not the same thing as working to take it back." JB Williams, Patriot U)
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To: mnehring
And here is a RICO lawsuit against both Soros and Trump regarding this deal...

Thanks for the link, and while I've enjoyed watching Trump trash Obama lately, am concerned about any possible connections to Soros. What was the outcome of the trial, or did it make it that far, etc? Isn't RICO something usually brought forth by a DA? I will of course research this further on my own, but interested in any further details you may have. Thanks again.

95 posted on 04/17/2011 7:16:43 PM PDT by Golden Eagle (Buy American)
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To: justiceseeker93

My take is soros and the donald know der reader is toast, so they’re moving him out of the way with the birth certificate, SS#’s, etc., and the hildebeaste will be the heir apparant. Then the donald will split the Republican vote with Sarah, who they know they will have to face. That’s their last/best hope for ‘12. There’ll be tremendous pressure on the donald, and he’ll begin to look transparent, and just enabling the hildebeaste. that’s my story & I’m stickin’ to it.


96 posted on 04/17/2011 7:18:16 PM PDT by stickywillie
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To: stickywillie; justiceseeker93
My take is soros and the donald know der reader is toast, so they’re moving him out of the way with the birth certificate, SS#’s, etc., and the hildebeaste will be the heir apparant. Then the donald will split the Republican vote with Sarah, who they know they will have to face. That’s their last/best hope for ‘12. There’ll be tremendous pressure on the donald, and he’ll begin to look transparent, and just enabling the hildebeaste. that’s my story & I’m stickin’ to it.

If this is true, look for a new set of talking points to appear soon on the "progressive" Web sites, and listen for your local "progressive" to start singing a different tune about BO and Trump.

97 posted on 04/17/2011 7:21:41 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: seekthetruth
Now that I have heard Donald Trump in person, I’m sure his TV interviews were scripted....Trump made several of the same comments he has made over and over during his many TV appearances, but needed to READ THEM off notes during his Boca Raton appearance yesterday...those comments and beliefs/stands on issues are not from his heart.

Thanks for the first hand report, and excellent observation. Trump has definitely been making the media rounds, and I've enjoyed every single snippet I've seen of him bashing Obama, but it has been very repetitive. I've actually quit watching him as frequently as I was because I already seem to know exactly what he's going to say. Maybe he's just ramming a winning message home, but it's time for some new material for those of us closely watching.

98 posted on 04/17/2011 7:24:52 PM PDT by Golden Eagle (Buy American)
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To: justiceseeker93; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; ColdOne; ...

Trump’s candidacy is already creating a third party; while it shouldn’t be a surprise that Trump really wants the job, he has expediency in place of ideology, so he’s more along the lines of Arnold S. And he’d be better than Zero. But so would my dead cat.


99 posted on 04/17/2011 7:27:51 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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To: Chgogal

I voted for the Soros Person who had Palin on the ticket as opposed to the Other Soros Person with Plugs The Plagiarizer on the ticket.

Right, be great not to vote for Soros for a change.


100 posted on 04/17/2011 7:28:23 PM PDT by lookout88 (.combat officer's dad)
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