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Obama’s Trump Card The damage the Donald can do
National Review online ^ | April 26, 2011 | Thomas Sowell

Posted on 04/26/2011 9:28:40 AM PDT by jmaroneps37

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To: Publius6961
Yes. And yes. Most of us have held our noses and voted the "party" because conventiontional wisdom says the alternative guarantees a win for the real 'Rats. How has that worked out for you? Hell, for us all?

Got that right, Publius! Trump makes all the other potential candidates pale by comparison. He's on fire right now. Secretariat comes to mind just about now.

41 posted on 04/26/2011 10:12:45 AM PDT by Samizdat
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To: curiosity

Yes I checked it unlike you. Why it’s not true because you said it? So are you saying Obama has released all these records? If so, then please send me ALL the links to this information. Since EVERYONE in the country is making this up since Obama has released ALL this personal information and is not HIDING anything... Please link it. The Supreme Court has even chimed in on ALL the law suits. All the news media outlets have reported. Even the Pro Obama crowd reports it. You are the ONLY one saying Obama has released all his records and is HIDING nothing.

The facts show he is paying a law firm to HIDE his birth certificate, school records, employment records and medical record. Obama REFUSES to release them. Obama has multiple law suits on him. What are you saying this is not happening? The law suits are not hidden!


42 posted on 04/26/2011 10:13:02 AM PDT by Sprite518
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To: Cicero

Excellent post. Trump is like Ron Paul. Neither will be the nominee, but each has a few important things to say that the establishment Rs are too cowardly to mention. I’m happy to have Trump “pimp-slap” the MSM talking heads and Obama. It’s not only entertaining, but much of what he has to say gets a hearing from the Reagan Ds and independents that the Romneys, Huckabees, and Newts will never reach. Trump will probably fade by the end of summer, but in the interim he will have damaged Obama on economics, foreign policy, and eligibility.


43 posted on 04/26/2011 10:14:13 AM PDT by achilles2000 ("I'll agree to save the whales as long as we can deport the liberals")
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To: Servant of the Cross

We can do better than the Donald.
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As of right now, in the “field of candidates” we currently have, only Sarah Palin would be better that the Donald.


44 posted on 04/26/2011 10:14:47 AM PDT by no dems (At least Trump has a pair. If the GOP has no fire in the belly in 2012, we're going down.)
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To: jmaroneps37

Any birther who believes Trump wants to solve the birther issue is politically naive. He will use it to get some conservative street cred, and will toss it overboard as soon as it no longer serves his purpose. In the meantime, he will keep hinting at all the “evidence” he’s uncovered.


45 posted on 04/26/2011 10:17:21 AM PDT by Tex-Con-Man
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To: curiosity
"Out of curiosity, did you ever bother to check whether there is any evidence, any at all, that would substantiate the rumor you repeated above?"

Regardless of whether or not the evidence is true, this entire debate has been covered up relentlessly since it became and issue, which leads any rational THINKING person to question why the issue has not been put to rest.

46 posted on 04/26/2011 10:21:04 AM PDT by EnigmaticAnomaly ("Mantra of the left: 'It's only okay when WE do it.'")
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To: curiosity

O.K. curiosity; I’m starting to get embarrassed for you, my man. I’m not a birther,; “It’s the economy stupid.” But, WHERE IS THE FRIGGIN’ BIRTH CERTIFICATE? A State Senator from Hawaii, said last week: “I don’t understand why anyone, espcecially the President of the United States would spend millions of dollars to keep his birth certificate and school records secret.”

I GUESS YOU AGREE THAT OBAMA REALLY NEVER KNEW WHAT REVEREND WRIGHT BELIEVED, OR THAT HE NEVER BROKE BREAD WITH LOUIE FARRAKHAN OR THAT HE DIDN’T KNOW BILL AYERS WAS A TERRORIST.........

Chill out Bro.


47 posted on 04/26/2011 10:21:15 AM PDT by no dems (At least Trump has a pair. If the GOP has no fire in the belly in 2012, we're going down.)
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To: curiosity

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48 posted on 04/26/2011 10:21:43 AM PDT by EnigmaticAnomaly ("Mantra of the left: 'It's only okay when WE do it.'")
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To: scooby321
See the Obama Machine throws at the Donald ( most would whimper away, that alone make him ok in my book.)

What you fail to grasp is that Trump is part of the Obama machine. Who did Trump vote for in 2008? Whose campaigns did Trump donate money to over the last 10-20 years? Can you name a single conservative that Trump ever supported in an election? Can you name a single issue, before 2011, on which Trump ever took the conservative side?

49 posted on 04/26/2011 10:23:25 AM PDT by curiosity
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To: Joann37
Find us this “conservative with Trump’s balls”, and we’ll support him. Meanwhile, Trump is the best we’ve got.

Trump is not a conservative. His views on health care, trade, taxation, etc, are populist progressive/left. Other than the birther stuff, Trump stated policy positions on some of the major issues are not much different than Senator Bernie Sanders (Socialist, Vermont).

Trump is most certainly NOT "the best we've got". Virtually ALL of our potential candidates are better just by the fact that most of them are either conservative or somewhat conservative. Trump has almost no conservative credentials or track record to speak of.

And I am still trying to figure out why people on a supposedly conservative website are supporting candidates like Trump who are clearly not at all conservative.

50 posted on 04/26/2011 10:23:59 AM PDT by Longbow1969
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To: jmaroneps37

Thomas Sowell a jackass? Have you lost every ounce of common sense with which you were born?

The rest of us in FReeperland don’t want to see FR birthers tying some of our best conservative voices to the track of the Donald Trump Express. Support The Donald if you wish, but don’t start trashing our best conservatives.


51 posted on 04/26/2011 10:30:41 AM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. *4192*)
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To: jmaroneps37

Having anyone look at a professional entrepreneurs background looking for political stability is farcical at best.

Of course “the Donald” has said and done contradictory things! His business persona and fiduciary responsibility made him go with whatever he needed at the time to get the job done, or exhibit the image he needed, when necessary.

That said and done, he has done quite well for himself inside the Capitalist system. He has created many jobs, and his enterprises have generated untold millions in tax revenue, as opposed to just about any of the politicians attacking him from Washington, or highly intelligent writers comparing his past business actions and survival tactics with future political decisions.

Can “The Donald” make decisions...I’d say yes.

Does “The Donald” respect America...I’d say yes.

Has “The Donald” repeatedly, or ever, complained about the constraints of the Constitution, and the shortcomings of our forefathers creation...no, not so much.

Has “The Donald” gone out of his way to praise a Communist country with slave labor, implying America should be more like them...no, never.

Has “The Donald” ever bemoaned the fact he wasn’t president of that same Communist country, because it would be easier to get things done, (without free citizens)...no, never.

I posit we have never seen a political Donald Trump. We cannot use his past decisions in the private sector to judge him, except to determine whether he has the ability to collect, sort and absorb facts, and, along with his advisers, reach decisive, logical decisions.

From his past successes, I’d say yes.

Does his vast world-wide experience give him a sufficient worldview to run the worlds largest Capitalist system?

I’d say YES!

Putting Trump and obama side by side, is there any position, issue, or level of experience that obama has that comes near Trump’s?

I’d say, (EMPHATICALLY), NO!

We tried an inexperienced, American-values hating failure, This time, lets go with an experienced, American-values promoting success.


52 posted on 04/26/2011 10:30:45 AM PDT by realetybytes (realetybytes.com)
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To: xjcsa

Job one right now is to get Zero the hell out of office. Nomatter what it takes. We will have to figure the rest of it out afterwards. If he wins again this country is really screwed. Trump is flawed just like all the other politicians, and I don’t trust him either, but he is strong enough and has enough name recognition, and cash, to knock Zero out. I don’t see any real conservative, aside from Sarah who they will demonize to the ends of the earth, who is strong enough to get the job done. If someone else doesn’t emerge soon, Trump may be the best shot we have to unseat El Diablo. Give him a chance. The alternative will be devastating!!


53 posted on 04/26/2011 10:31:45 AM PDT by Batman11 (Obama's poll numbers are so low the Kenyans are claiming he was born in the USA!)
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To: Longbow1969
Trump is not a conservative.

For me, Lincoln captured the essence of a conservative American with this...

“You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.

You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.

You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.

You cannot build character and courage by taking away men’s initiative and independence.

You cannot help men permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves.”

— Abraham Lincoln

I believe Trump adhere's to these principles just fine.

54 posted on 04/26/2011 10:36:55 AM PDT by AmusedBystander (The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next)
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To: tsowellfan

“Pelosi took it upon herself to sign two documents to confirming him as eligibility without even verifying it.”

Actually, FWIU, she and Reid signed two DIFFERENT documents for McCain and obama. The one for McCain said he was found constitutionally elibible, obama’s did not have that wording.

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=109363


55 posted on 04/26/2011 10:37:03 AM PDT by realetybytes (realetybytes.com)
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To: The Cajun
Interesting comments by you there troll about birthers. Even more interesting is the post by Jim Robinson about the birth certificate.

I have to admire Jim Robinson's patience.

It has become clear to me that Obama's "election" was planned for years. As part of the plan, I've noticed that a good number of posters on FR since the Islamic Candidate was elected have a Freeper signup date of 2004 through 2006, "peaking" in 2005. Most, if not all of them have been posting like mad since then, adopting new Freeper identities as they are unmasked and posting positive remarks about the Obama and the 111th Congress, and tossing hand grenades in discussions among the promising Republican candidates for the 2012 presidential election.

I wish I had Jim Robinson's data as to "new members" for those three years to see the spike of invisible Freepers who came to life during the campaign and election of the "Great Uniter," and continue posting, getting banned, and returning under new identities.
Personally I ignore them, but they seem to have a positive influence in the direction of discussions on FR.

You got to admire that kind of organization.

56 posted on 04/26/2011 10:39:46 AM PDT by Publius6961 (There has Never been a "Tax On The Rich" that has not reached the middle class)
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To: Longbow1969
And I am still trying to figure out why people on a supposedly conservative website are supporting candidates like Trump who are clearly not at all conservative.

Not everyone is supporting Trump as a candidate.

Some of us just support the the fact that he's making Obama and his minions talk about something they really don't want to talk about.

57 posted on 04/26/2011 10:44:00 AM PDT by digger48
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To: jmaroneps37

donald wasn’t vetted by dana pe-rino and karl rove.


58 posted on 04/26/2011 10:45:56 AM PDT by ken21 (dem taxes + regs + unions = jobs overseas.)
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To: realetybytes
We tried an inexperienced, American-values hating failure, This time, lets go with an experienced, American-values promoting success.

You Trumpsters are really embarrassing yourselves. Either that, or many people here singing the praises of Trump weren't really conservative in the first place.

Trump is NOT a conservative. He just isn't. His policy positions are much more progressive/left. Trump has advocated a complete government take over of health care in the form of a Canadian single payer socialist system, Trump has advocated for a 5.7 trillion dollar wealth surtax, Trump doesn't support Paul Ryan's plan - not because it doesn't go far enough, but because Trump thinks we shouldn't touch medicare and medicaid. The list goes on and on. Trump is NOT a conservative.

Why is anyone on a conservative forum supporting a candidate that is not in any way a conservative? Trump has zero track record of supporting ideologically conservative positions, he gives huge amounts of money to Democrats, he is best friends with folks like Chuckie Schumer, his crowd is northeastern liberals. Trump is not in any way, shape or form a conservative.

I am beginning to think that if uber-progressive Ed Schultz latched onto the birther stuff and wanted to run for President that he'd actually get support here. Nevermind that he isn't in any way conservative, just so long as spends oodles of time on an issue that will have absolutely no impact on the 2012 election.

59 posted on 04/26/2011 10:51:10 AM PDT by Longbow1969
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To: AmusedBystander
“You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.” Classic American voter disconnect being exploited every election cycle and now always and every day is the Truth that the democrats whine they're trying to achieve a brotherhood of humankind while doing everything they consciously can imagine to do that will further class hatred and envy in the too easily duped American democraps and feckless independents.
60 posted on 04/26/2011 10:51:10 AM PDT by MHGinTN (Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
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