Exhibit A for consideration.
Posted on 04/19/2011 7:40:15 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
Here is the hot, new theory as to why Donald Trump has been acting like such an ass lately:
Trump has no real roots in the Republican Party. He has been both a registered Republican and a registered Democrat. He has made campaign contributions to Republicans such as John McCain and George W. Bush and to Democrats such as Hillary Clinton and Rahm Emanuel.
“I go for the person, not necessarily the party,” he has said. “I mean, I vote for Republicans and I vote for Democrats.”
While not an unreasonable statement, it is not what Republicans usually look for in a GOP presidential nominee.
And while Trump’s personal life is not outrageous by today’s standards, he has been married three times and said in 2006, when he was 59, that his daughter, then 24, “does have a very nice figure. I’ve said if Ivanka weren’t my daughter, perhaps I’d be dating her.” It probably does not meet the definition of traditional Republican family values, even if those values are sometimes breached more than observed.
So Trump, entertaining notions of running for the Republican nomination, desperately needed an entrée to what he perceives as the heart and soul of the party. And that entrée, Trump decided, was the scurrilous and discredited “birther” attack against President Barack Obama.
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He thinks for himself because he has had to think for himself. He thinks of survival in the world of business, which is a whole different and more practical and more moral discipline than survival in the world of politics.
His main asset and appeal is that he is not a politician, by history or by mentality.
Can you explain what is conservative about Trump, other than that he's bashing Obama at the moment?
“His main asset and appeal is that he is not a politician, by history or by mentality.”
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There’s a lot to be said/thought of being other than scum!
To be honest, I grew weary of reasoning and explaining to the numnutz long ago...
And spineless. Don’t forget spineless.
The Donald might actually be right about that.
GOP is stupid.
true.
Trump is a joke.
true.
So in other words, you can’t make a conservative case for the Donald. But hey, he’s carrying water for the birther movement! So he’s A-OK!
Trump attacks at the national level.
Tea Party people are making changes at the local level. This worries both parties.
The old saying: All politics are local.
Little Georgie Stuffitupallofus tried his best to say this AMthat NObama’s COLB was the same as a birth certificate and Donald wasn’t having it.
He told Little Georgie that “he had been co-opted by Obama”.
Over & over again Georgie tried to provoke Donald into a response about what Donald’s investigators have already found & Trump finally said “Next Question, George”.
It is going to be an interesting 20 months ahead.
Someone in Trump’scamp needs to remind him that the ‘citizenship status” of Obama’s father is the bigger key to his not being eligible. Daddy was not an American citizen when he ws born, therefore, Obama cannot ever be considered ‘Natural born American” for any purpose—regardless of his place of bith-—which I believe is Kenya.
that’s your assignment—find out!
cease dumping on others—seek your own knowledge...
most of these posts are intended only for a select few with eyes and ears...
I have found out - Trump is a stinkin NE RINO by any sane definition of such.
most of these posts are intended only for a select few with eyes and ears...
Ah, so you have to have the secret decoder ring to see how Trump is really a conservative.
Do you realize just how ridiculous that sounds?
I have come to the conclusion that these sudden Trump supporters have no idea how ridiculous they sound. When the Donald finally dumps on them it’s not going to be pretty around here.
“I have come to the conclusion that these sudden Trump supporters have no idea how ridiculous they sound. When the Donald finally dumps on them it’s not going to be pretty around here.”
You will probably be proven correct. I like Trump, but do not trust him. That said, he is more appealing to me than a half dozen of the GOP suits-on-a-rack that are mentioned all the time now. That really is the key to this small surge of Trump’s. He is publicly attacking Obama, and he is not one of the drab Party retreads. It is that simple, and unfortunately it is that thin.
Exhibit A for consideration.
The Donald is quite correct in his assessment that the GOP is stupid.
Harlem Globetrotters vs. Washington Generals
Trump is just dealing with the obvious.
It IS the stupid party for a reason.
Boehner backed down.
Trent Lott sold us out and is now a lobbyist.
out ENTIRE GOP presidential field is a bunch of weakings and wusses.
he’s got a point...they are pretty stupid
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