To: Welsh Rabbit; FairOpinion; cyborg; WestCoastGal; MomwithHope; Royal Guardsman; redlipstick; ...
Couldn't happen to a nicer jerk...
Why is Donald Trump a jerk? Sounds like you have capitalist envy.
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18 posted on
03/30/2004 5:32:57 PM PST by
ClintonBeGone
(John Kerry is the Democrat's Bob Dole)
To: ClintonBeGone
Trump is a jerk, but a money making jerk and CEOs of his caliber do not get there by being nicey nicey with everyone. I am always careful when dishing out hate for rich people. Sometimes envy can be a real itch one is tempted to scratch.
20 posted on
03/30/2004 5:37:27 PM PST by
cyborg
(troll on a stick)
To: ClintonBeGone
Well, actually, I think Trump's a jerk too. Although a fairly entertaining one. (And it has nothing to do with his degree of financial success.)
To: ClintonBeGone
Why is Donald Trump a jerk? Sounds like you have capitalist envy.
Just the impression I got when he used to call up Howard Stern to brag about his sex life. Divulging intimate details about your lover to millions of listeners is jerk behavior. I love capitalism and don't begrudge Trump's business success, but there are venture capitalists more successful than him who don't seek out tabloid publicity or do pizza commercials to get there face on TV. I'm just generally turned off by people who seek publicity for publicity's sake, but upon reflection, I regret being snide about his current financial woes because his losses hurt the system as a whole.
To: ClintonBeGone
"Why is Donald Trump a jerk? Sounds like you have capitalist envy." This comment showed up in "New Posts To You," although I didn't make any postings to this thread. So I never said that I thought Trump was a jerk.
What Donald Trump is - is a self-styled self-aggrandizer, which he has every right to be, who engages our system of capitalism and either succeeds or fails, as he has every right to, and has legions of admirers and detractors, which is par for the course when you're flamboyant and move lots of money around - whether it's yours or someone else's.
I admire at least one thing about him - he really doesn't give a flyin' flip whether you like or dislike him or his dealings. He's going to do what he wants to do and you are free to have your own opinion.
I've done plenty of things in my lifetime that have displeased others, but - as I told my wife last night - I DID find ONE person who loves me unconditionally - HER - and that is all that matters. I'd never comport myself as The Donald has, but he's free to do what he likes within the law. He knows that bold behavior invites criticism, and just doesn't care.
Michael
33 posted on
03/31/2004 6:24:22 AM PST by
Wright is right!
(It's amazing how fun times when you're having flies.)
To: ClintonBeGone
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