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Hollywood Partyers, Soldiering On (Trump in March 2003 at Beginning of War, Opposing War)
Washington Post ^ | 25 Mar 2003 | William Booth, Sharon Waxman

Posted on 02/16/2016 11:18:28 AM PST by xzins

Donald Trump, with Amazonian beauty Melania Knauss at his side, pronounces on the war and the stock market: "If they keep fighting it the way they did today, they're going to have a real problem."

Looking as pensive as a "Nightline" talking head, the Donald concludes, "The war's a mess," before sweeping off into the crowd.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2003; iraq; trump
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To: ifinnegan

http://www.lp.org/story/10-reasons-why-the-usa-should-not-attack-iraq


21 posted on 02/16/2016 11:54:55 AM PST by xzins (Have YOU Donated to the Freep-a-Thon? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: xzins

Yes.

Ron Paul is a loony leftist on those issues in that he shares and has appropriated the left world view.


22 posted on 02/16/2016 11:55:54 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: TXSearcher

“These are the people he “hangs with” because they have similar philosophies....or similar piles of money/power.”

Hey, it could be much worse. Venue could been the homoerotic, weirdo Bohemian Grove.


23 posted on 02/16/2016 11:56:42 AM PST by Psalm 144 ("Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded" - James Madison)
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To: ifinnegan

Partyers....you are right.

My eye slipped on that one. I typed instead of copy/pasted, too. Sure to have an error in that.


24 posted on 02/16/2016 11:57:02 AM PST by xzins (Have YOU Donated to the Freep-a-Thon? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: ifinnegan

Iraq was not a national security threat to the United States at the time. Supporting war because someone with an R decided to do it doesn’t make one conservative.


25 posted on 02/16/2016 11:58:04 AM PST by bjcoop
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To: ifinnegan

Oh God......you still living in 2003 when we all had to love the Iraq War. You still love that overrated horrid war? I suppose we all have to or we are not patriotic. That is long done........don’t even bother trying it now. The marketing worked in 2003.....won’t in 2016.


26 posted on 02/16/2016 11:58:43 AM PST by napscoordinator
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To: xzins

There were a lot of libertarians partying in Hollywood at the time. /s

Trump also wrote we should attack Iraq before the war.

He says anything at any time for whatever reason if it may benefit him and it seems also for no real reason.


27 posted on 02/16/2016 11:59:08 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ifinnegan

libertarians are not leftists in my book


28 posted on 02/16/2016 11:59:12 AM PST by xzins (Have YOU Donated to the Freep-a-Thon? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: xzins

Pat is a genuine conservative. Others have secret motives.


29 posted on 02/16/2016 11:59:39 AM PST by Bogie (Just a coincidence?)
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To: ifinnegan

So Ron Paul and Pat Buchannan are hardcore leftists?


30 posted on 02/16/2016 12:00:07 PM PST by Hugin ("First thing--get yourself a firearm!" Sheriff Ed Galt, Last Man St anding.)
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To: ifinnegan

That was 2000.

This is 2003.


31 posted on 02/16/2016 12:00:25 PM PST by xzins (Have YOU Donated to the Freep-a-Thon? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: xzins

Libertarians are not leftists in my book either but they share common world view with them on many issues, most congruently US foreign policy.


32 posted on 02/16/2016 12:01:37 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ifinnegan

much of that was before 9/11. After 9/11, we made a colossal error by the Iraq focus. Obama and Bush bear a lot of blame for the mess. the uniparty needs to be broken up.


33 posted on 02/16/2016 12:01:38 PM PST by bjcoop
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To: Hugin

In some areas Paul and Buchanan were the same as leftists and, as I pointed out, Buchanan recognized this and did ally with The Nation on some issues.

I have been amazed when talking to lefty West LA people how much they sound like Pat Buchanan. Hardcore leftists actually respect Pat Buchanan but think he is racist etc...

It is a weird dynamic but it is true how the fringes meet, but come at it from different sides.


34 posted on 02/16/2016 12:06:25 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: JhawkAtty
True conservatives must support every war started by a Republican president!

I was happy to see most Republicans (except crazies like McCain and Linda Graham) oppose Obama and Hillary's intervention in Libya in 2011, but I often wonder whether these same people would be 100% in favor of the intervention if it were done by a Republican administration, even with the same net result of destabilizing the region.

35 posted on 02/16/2016 12:07:30 PM PST by ek_hornbeck
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To: xzins

The change from Partyers to,partners was probably autocorrect.


36 posted on 02/16/2016 12:07:38 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: xzins
more of these will turn up

Since Trump is open and vocal about his opposition to the Second Gulf War today, how is this supposed to be some revelation or embarrassment for him? Trump has backpedaled on a lot of issues (including immigration and health care) and should be called on it, but this isn't one of them.

37 posted on 02/16/2016 12:08:50 PM PST by ek_hornbeck
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To: ifinnegan

Leftist then. Leftist now.

In March 2003 only hardcore leftists were saying this as the war was no way a mess at that time.

________________________

I’m a conservative and was against the war. Conservatives usually end wars, not start them.

Afghanistan was a mess for the Russians.

what’s new?


38 posted on 02/16/2016 12:13:25 PM PST by GeaugaRepublican ("Donald Trump is the last hope for America." Phyllis Schlafly)
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To: bjcoop

After 911 there was no way to know if Iraq was developing a bomb which they could use on us via Al Qaeda.

It was established well before 911 that Al Qaeda and Iraq were cooperating on weapons development (if you don’t believe that, see the bin Laden 1998 indictment).

After 911 there was no way we could not have gone in and overthrown Hussein and made sure there was no danger or threat of an Iraq developed bomb.

People forget so easily.

Today there is absolutely no danger that Iraq is developing a bomb or that any bomb they develop could be used.

Hussein in power for the last 15 years would not guarantee that.

We were much more secure after the war and Iraq was much better off.

Obama caused the horror show that began a few years ago by removing troops.

Even with the horror show, we are much safer than if Hussein had been in power.


39 posted on 02/16/2016 12:14:51 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: GeaugaRepublican

Why were you against removing Saddam Hussein?


40 posted on 02/16/2016 12:15:55 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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