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To: trebb
Did the "Dump Trump" riff-raff enlist you to stick here? Just askin'.....

I have been here 15 years. I have been consistent. I remember in 2011 Trump supporters saying terrible thing about me, because I said he wouldn't run in 2012. They insisted he would. I have always been against Democrat socialist Trump as a nominee for Republicans. If he wants to run, he should do ti as a Democrat.

I have been consistent since before he announced this time.

I wish someone would pay me.

By the way, just curious, do you think Carrie Prejean deserved Trump having her humiliated on national TV?

141 posted on 04/01/2016 11:11:28 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
What you talking about? He tried to be very supportive but still had to consider contractual issues - Wikipedia has a fair outline of the deal:

Prejean stated that she was told by Miss California USA pageant officials that she "need[ed] to not talk about" her faith and was pressured to apologize for her statement.[11]

Donald Trump, who owns most of the Miss Universe Organization, defended Prejean's answer, saying that "Miss California has done a wonderful job" and that "It wasn't a bad answer. That was simply her belief." He then added that the question was "a bit unlucky" and that no matter which way she answered the question "she was going to get killed".[20] Several elected officials, including Gavin Newsom, mayor of San Francisco and a prominent supporter of same-sex marriage, and political pundits criticized Hilton and defended Prejean for honestly stating her personal beliefs.[21][22][23] The New York Times said her beliefs are representative of mainstream U.S. opinion on the issue, stating "while a majority of Americans believe that gay couples should be able to enter into unions with some of the legal protections of marriage," only "a minority believe that gays and lesbians should be permitted to 'marry,' per se."[24]

Post-Miss USA Pageant[edit] Later, the National Organization for Marriage used footage from the pageant for a television advertisement that warned that same-sex marriage activists wanted to silence opposition.[25] Prejean also hired a Christian public relations firm.[26] In late April, Prejean presented an award at the Gospel Music Association's 2009 Dove Awards in Nashville, Tennessee.[11] Prejean also spoke at Liberty University's final convocation of the year on April 29, 2009.[27]

On May 1, 2009, Prejean stated on On the Record w/ Greta Van Susteren that she did not have an opinion on civil unions for same-sex couples, but that she supports certain rights of same-sex couples, such as hospital visitations.[28] She has stated that she would be willing to meet with representatives from California's largest gay rights group "as long as it's not political".[11]

Contract termination[edit] Pageant organizers investigated Prejean for violating the terms of her contract after a photograph of Prejean partially nude with her back turned to the camera appeared on a celebrity gossip blog. Prejean defended the shots as legitimate modeling,[29][30] and Miss USA owner Donald Trump agreed, stating, "We are in the 21st century. We have determined the pictures taken are fine" and that "in some cases the pictures were lovely."[31] Trump went on to compare Prejean's views on same sex-marriage as being in line with those of President Barack Obama,[32] and National Organization for Marriage president Maggie Gallagher stated on May 5 that the release would not affect Prejean's role with her group.[29]

Despite his initial support, Trump agreed to terminate Prejean's contract on June 10, 2009, citing "continued breach of contract issues."[33] Prejean claimed that K2 Productions, producers of the Miss California USA pageant, wanted her to pose for Playboy and appear on the reality television show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here!, though K2 Productions executive Keith Lewis claimed he was simply notifying Prejean of all offers for appearances.[33]

He may have allowed a bad choice to be on the panel, but he didn't go about trying to humiliate her. Unless there's ssomething new going on, this is the type example i keep citing - folks ignore a lot of Cruz's warts, even as they go at least a bit contrary to what a "Brilliant Constitutionalist Christian Champion of the People" as he has claimed to be, yet they will go back years and skew things about Trump to invent "some serious issues".

146 posted on 04/02/2016 2:44:47 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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