Posted on 09/26/2015 8:59:03 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Don’t say Donald Trump has never sacrificed for the red, white and blue. As The Daily Beast reporter Olivia Nuzzi has amply documented, the real estate mogul and 2016 presidential contender has sued a stunning number of individuals, companies and countries over the years, for a whole host of reasons. But perhaps the most patriotic lawsuit Trump ever filed was in defense of a super-sized American flag he sported outside of his Mar-a-Lago country club estate in Palm Beach. According to an Associated Press report from the time, Trump sued the town of Palm Beach in 1996 for millions of dollars after he was cited for flying a large American flag on an 80-foot pole, which apparently violated Palm Beach regulations mandating flags be flown on flag poles no higher than 42-feet. “A smaller flag and pole on Mar-a-Lago’s property would be lost given its massive size, look silly instead of make a statement, and most importantly would fail to appropriately express the magnitude of Donald J. Trump’s and the Club’s members’ patriotism,” the lawsuit reportedly declared, before going on to state the town’s actions were in violation of, among other things, the First, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. In a later filing obtained by The Daily Caller, Trump’s lawyers noted that Mar-a-Lago is larger than the White House, before explaining, “The size of the Club and its property demand that any flag on the premises be large in order to be viewed and to communicate the Club’s and Mr. Trump’s commitment to the flag and the nation.” Before bringing the lawsuit, Trump lamented, “The day you need a permit to put up the American flag, that will be a sad day for this country.”
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“Trump shows traits of paranoid personality disorder”
You have no idea what that phrase means. You Hillary voters should find another site to troll. We are not so stupid as to follow your ridiculous propaganda.
Reagan NEVER said “America First”.
He never said a word against Chinese trade deficit.
He was not a deal maker par excellence.
But he certainly loved United States of America,
and thought it was exceptional country...
polar opposite of Barack Hussein Obama, the Muslim narcissist.
As opposed to you, I prefer to offer some evidence. If you are a poster of substance, you should be able to refute my evidence presented below, item by item.
Trump is conservative on these issues:
Pro life since at least 2011, wanted to ban partial birth abortion as far back as 2000.
Pro Traditional marriage. "Gay rights is not my thing."
Pro capital punishment "Capital punishment isn't uncivilized; murderers living is"
Hold Judges accountable
Opposes "Common core is a disaster" Teach citizenship, quit "dumbing down".
Anti education unions (2000)
For school choice
"Climate Change is a hoax"
"No Cap-and-Tax"
For drilling our own.
On Environment "Good development enhances the environment"
Stressed the importance of a strong family & culture of life (2015)
Supports Israel
Opposes Iran deal and letting Iran obtain the bomb.
Wants to crush ISIS quickly.
Wants a military so strong no one will challenge us.
Against unbalanced trade deals that kill American jobs.
Against warrant-less government surveillance of citizens.
Is against having a high national debt. Warns that $24T is a point of no return.
Against gun control
For assault weapon ban but says the AR-15 shouldn't be considered an assault weapon.
Wants to repeal Obamacare and replace it with market driven polices and increased competition among insurance companies.
Wants to increase military spending.
Will close the border to illegals
Will send the criminals and sponges back.
Will deport all illegals but will let the hard working ones go through the legal process to come back.
Against Anchor babies
Knows unemployment is much higher than official stats.
Will bring jobs back through better trade negotiation.
Attended military academy and Wharton Business School.
Stood up for Birthers and challenged Obama on his fraud. Believes USA is "the greatest force for freedom the world has ever known"
Wants to honor commitments on Social Security and Medicare, which we can afford to do if he gets the economy going full steam.
Wants to reduce the fraud in disability and other programs.
Against marriage penalties in tax code.
Wants to simplify tax code with just 3 simple brackets.
Wants to reduce income taxes and eliminate corporate tax.
Wants to rebuld our infrastructure.
Wants to apply welfare-to-work to 76 other welfare programs (2011)
Doesn't have time for political correctness.
Not afraid to call out either party or both when they are wrong.
Not a puppet to rich campaign donors.
Registered Republican in 2000 or 2001.
Even if he weren’t a Republican, who cares?
Look at the Republicans in power now; they’re terrible!
Yeah it’s easy to SAY your a republican while democrat..
Democrats have no compunctions about lying.. (LIKE MUSLIMS)..
Promising one thing while campaigning and doing another..
The Gold Thumb goes those who do- what they say- they’ll do.. i.e. Ted Cruz..
WILL TRUMP Do what he says he will do?.. NOBODY KNOWS..
Which is OK.. with the more GULLIBLE amongst us..
It's worse than that. They refuse to acknowledge what is abundantly available. They'll sit and sneer that Trump refuses to give policy details, when it's all a mouse click away. Book excerpts, old interviews, policy papers, all right there.
Bump that!
“Trump shows traits of paranoid personality disorder.”
Malarky. Trump may be an idiot, but he’s not that kinda idiot. Your own example doesn’t even support that claim — people with paranoid personality disorder do not believe they have the right to throw their weight around without getting in trouble; they believe someone (or everyone) is out to get them.
You forgot to mention he has a forked tail.
And when he’s alone, he has horns.
And when alone his breath is known to have fire in it at times.
And his teeth are really pointy, but he had work done.
HosePipe, you are destroying your credibility here.
You throw around terms like “he is not a conservative” without any recent evidence.
True I do that.. but that is the problem..
A sever liberal history with his whole complete family being arch-liberals.. leaves room for *CAUTION* when dealing with Donald Trump...
He changes like the *WIND... known by anyone that’s watched him do it.. i.e. researched..
Would NOT be a problem IF he was the ONLY game in Town.. i.e. trump
BUT alas he is NOT.. only Ted Cruz is reliably REPUBLICAN..
The ONLY game in town for this election...
I even voted for Myth Romney.. because I had no CHOICE..
DO NOT WANT to make that mistake happen AGAIN in 2016..
AM Jones’ing for a REAL REPUBLICAN this time..
You forgot to mention he has a forked tail. And when he’s alone, he has horns. And when alone his breath is known to have fire in it at times. And his teeth are really pointy, but he had work done. HosePipe, you are destroying your credibility here.
NO.. Credibility because I WARN Against Donald Trump?..
Don’t wag my tail, with tongue hanging out like a puppy..
Expect a history of conservative political DO’ings..
At least some conservative political history..
And am willing to wait for it to be PROVEN.... when it’s not been..
Donald Trump HAS NO Credibility AS a conservative.. or even as a republican..
AND YOU SAY I have no credibility as a conservative.?.
What a immense difference between Ted Cruz and Donald Trump.. i.e. IT’S YUGE..
This is a thread about Trump flying a large flag and going up against a home owner’s association to do it. He was called a patriot.
Here you waltz in to simply disrupt.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3341636/posts?page=19#19
You offer nothing of substance related to the subject at hand. You prattle off comments that are easily refuted. You’re just a malcontent disrupter. People engage you to tell you that or disagree, and you run with it for hours. Stop it.
What’s the difference between you and a person from Democrat Underground showing up to disrupt? NOTHING!
You couch your actions in the idea that you are just a Conservative speaking out against a Liberal, but can’t point to one single Leftist thing Trump is supporting or has placed in his platform.
You are not the only one doing this. You folks need to stop it.
If you have something relevant to the topic, offer it.
Otherwise stay off the thread.
This little dog n pony show you folks are running, is getting tedious. Has been for some time. Knock it off.
This little spew from you doesn’t change the reality of what you are doing.
You are acting the part of a disrupter on Trump threads.
If you don’t have anything on topic to offer, stay off the thread.
WRONG......... I responded to a post you MADE TO ME...
Answered in my own way an accusation.. leveled against me.. BY YOU..
SHUT AND SIT DOWN.. does not work with me.. SKIPPY..
I'm NOT your wife..
Tone it down a bit.
“Credibility because I WARN Against Donald Trump?”
A few posts is fine, but 15-20 or more on a thread is overdoing it.
It’s getting to look like spamming.
Thanks
This little spew from you doesn’t change the reality of what you are doing. You are acting the part of a disrupter on Trump threads. If you don’t have anything on topic to offer, stay off the thread.
So let me get this right.. ANY anti-trump feelings, ideas, communications, postings, or TRUTH is NOT ALLOWED HERE?..
AND is regarded as a “disruption”... trolling.. or negative feedback.. and is not allowed..
Is that your premise?..
I linked your first post to this thread.
It was off topic and simply a disruption which you parlayed into a spat between you and numerous other posters on this thread. That served your purposes because it was disruptive.
If you have nothing to offer on topic, get lost.
If you have nothing to offer up on other Trump threads on topic, stay off them.
You can tell yourself you have every right to do this, and try to make it look like I’m being unfair to you. It won’t fly. Stop it.
He did not stand for ANY intolerance or prejudice for his pole being bigger than other poles.
If you offer up something related to the topic at hand that refutes a certain image of Trump, by all means provide it.
If you’re here just to make a negative comment about Trump off topic, get lost.
Nobody’s buying your disruptive tactics. If you’re going to continue disrupting across Trump threads, it will sooner or later be addressed by someone other than me.
What you are doing is not in the spirit of expanding understanding. It’s merely an attempt to let everyone know you are an obnoxious fool. Why should that be tolerated?
I said Reagan was patriotic.
Amen
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