Posted on 04/19/2011 11:23:14 AM PDT by PSYCHO-FREEP
Donald Trump fired back at Karl Rove on Tuesday for labeling his possible White House bid a “joke,” saying the one-time senior adviser to President George W. Bush “should be ashamed of himself” for the role he played in pushing an agenda that turned voters against Republicans and paved the way for the Obama presidency.
Mr. Trump, the billionaire real estate developer and reality-TV-show star still weighing a 2012 race, said in an interview that the Republican brand was so tarnished after the Bush-Rove years that even “Abraham Lincoln couldn’t have beaten” President Obama in the 2008 presidential race.
“Honestly, Karl Rove ought to go back and start thinking about other things because what he did is, he gave us, indirectly through President Bush, he gave us Barack Obama,” Mr. Trump said in an interview on The Washington Times-affiliated “America's Morning News” radio show. “In all fairness to [Arizona Sen.] John McCain, nobody could have won that election because of what happened with Rove’s policies or Bush’s policies.”
In the wide-ranging interview, Mr. Trump also came out strongly against raising the federal debt ceiling, saying the debate over whether to raise the government’s borrowing limit was “the strongest negotiating point the Republicans have.”
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No one is saying trust him... we are saying... keep kicking his arse Trump!
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Bush was in no way evil. I mean even his wife slammed him for being pro life... now Laura on the other hand...
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"Just in case you haven't figured it out yet (and it seems you're so light in the loafers you actually haven't)..."
And you think he needs to grow up? Wow.
Yep... I do not need his dossier to enjoy his demolition expertise!
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Barry Goldwater was a staunch physical conservative, but he was not socially conservative, Anne Coulter believes that was the biggest reason he was defeated, probably correctly.
It really comes down to Libertarianism vs Conservatism, they are in agreement much of the time, but perversion always follows in libertarian societies.
I believe our country has been lost to perversion, it was well planned, but we asked for it, by accepting it.
Each generation, takes to excess, what the previous generation accepted in moderation.
The man definitely has big brass ones. No matter what his ideology may be... he is a real man... something highly unusual in the world that he lives in.
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They see so much in other people that they fail to see in themselves......
I love what he's doing in kicking the arse of Bambi, I really do, he's showing how easy it is to take down Bambi to most of the other GOPers .
Regardless of how well I like this show, I'm not going to get behind a candidate who is to the left of Olympia Snow, that's for sure.
Your words, not mine.
You really live in a strange world.
Yeah it is over the top.
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“Chilling expose on Palin”
It’s just so sad that this same media can’t be bothered to even question why Obama spends millions to prevent his BC, grades, or thesis from being released.
No interest in his background at all.
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1. light in his loafers, magnets Euphemism for homosexual man, especially when implying femininity. (From Wikipedia)
Any questions? Ask Pissant what implications like this start for beginners.
Not really... but we can admit a mistake when we make them and rove was a hell of a mistake.
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Which is pretty apparent from your posting history with me.
If you want to think I called you gay, just go right ahead.
I really never took Trump seriously but his comments of late are priceless.
Well then, if you were as smart as you think you are then you would have known what you were actually saying. That “Light in the Loafers” referes to Gay men.
As far as you being of such a high level of intelligence and above me, don’t flatter yourself. You shot that theory all to hell on your own.
Well I will not ask you to support him as a nominee but just kick back and enjoy watching him do what no other has dared to do. Rush said Trump will have to answer hard questions about his past and that he will. I’d like to see him serve in Commerce or some area where he can use his skills to defang our economic enemies.
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The show has been enjoyable, I’ll continue to cheer him every time he takes down Bambi and what he’s doing to the country.
You're behaving like the dog that craps in the yard then wants to run away from the stink.
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