Posted on 04/22/2011 6:59:22 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
While Kraut.... is brilliant, he is also of the old Republican establishment that does not like to see newcomers or anyone not sanctioned by the old Republican establishment.
We have Bachmann or Palin but polls show Obama would beat them.
Even Reagan was a slow starter but sadly I don’t see anybody taking Obama but Trump.
I want 0 to lose in 2012. I am looking at the ticket of Palin\Bachman, but if the GOP primaries gets Trump... I’ll support him.
I did the 3rd party route in ‘96, no more 3rd party!!
I agree...RUSH; Is enjoying it, too. 
...it keeps the RATS roilin'...refuting "the Donald's" points.
the Quisling Press; can't / won't stay on the Liberal Plantation..
"We must have universal healthcare," wrote Trump. "I'm a conservative on most issues but a liberal on this one. We should not hear so many stories of families ruined by healthcare expenses."
Probably from his book that year. If you have the entire quote, for context purposes, please post it.
Found it. On Slate.
Let’s see if now that he’s seen how Romneycare worked out if he still feels that way.
Found it. On Slate.
Let’s see if now that he’s seen how Romneycare worked out if he still feels that way.
Yes, you are stupid. West is a man of honor. Trump is pond skum.
I think a couple of reasons. As you say, he is a threat to their favored candidate, Palin or some other. And he doesn't pass their idealogical purity test, and has changed views on issues, as have many others when they decided to run for national office.
In the end, I think we decide based on how we believe a candidate will actually govern if elected. The past is not always prologue.
“Gary Busey said on the ‘Today Show’ yesterday that Donald Trump would make a great President. Now Trump just needs endorsements from Randy Quaid and Charlie Sheen.” –Conan O’Brien
“Donald Trump said he’d release his personal tax returns if Obama shows his birth certificate, which is probably the first you-show-me-yours-and-I’ll-show-you-mine in a presidential campaign since, well, Clinton probably.” –Jimmy Kimmel
“If Trump does become president, I hope he puts a wig on his plane and calls it Hair Force One.” –Jimmy Kimmel
“Donald Trump said that if President Obama releases his birth certificate, Trump will release his tax return. Obama said he won’t run for a second term if Trump releases that thing on his head.” –Conan O’Brien
“Donald Trump insists that he is going to run for president. I guess he figures if he can pull off that hairstyle, he can do anything.” –Jimmy Kimmel
“NBC executives say that if Donald Trump does run for president, they will not renew ‘The Apprentice.’ So some good may come out of this.” –Conan O’Brien
“Donald Trump said he will not decide about a possible run for the presidency until after the current season of “Celebrity Apprentice” wraps up. Say what you want about Trump, at least this guy has his priorities in order. He doesn’t want to let any reality get in the way of his reality show.” –Jay Leno
“According to a CNN poll, Trump nearly doubled his support from March. Actually, he just combed his March numbers over his current ones.” –Conan O’Brien
“Donald Trump is going to make an announcement about running for President on the season finale of ‘Celebrity Apprentice.’ Not to be outdone, the same night the Cake Boss will reveal his plan for overhauling Medicare.” –Conan O’Brien
“Donald Trump has a great campaign slogan: ‘A complex world demands complex hair.’” –David Letterman
“In an interview yesterday, Donald Trump said he has a good relationship with ‘the blacks.’ Well, not anymore.” –Jimmy Kimmel
“Donald Trump showed his birth certificate to reporters. Who cares about his birth certificate? I want to know if that thing on his head has had its vaccinations.” –Craig Ferguson
“Donald Trump might be running for president and he just released his birth certificate. It lists his eyes as ‘blue’ and his hair as ‘ridiculous.’” –Conan O’Brien
“The White House is saying Donald Trump has ‘zero percent chance’ of being elected. Isn’t that a little high?” –David Letterman
“Insiders say that Trump is running for president as a publicity stunt. That’s not the Donald Trump I know.” –David Letterman
“Donald Trump announced he got his own segment every Monday morning on Fox News. Just what Fox News needs — another blonde airhead.” —Bill Maher
“Trump is very reluctant to release his tax returns. Either he doesn’t make as much money as he wants people to think he does, or he doesn’t want anyone to know he claims his hairpiece as a dependent.” –Jimmy Kimmel
“If Donald Trump loves America so much, why does he keep outsourcing the job of his wife?” –Seth Meyers
“Trump is a little tone-deaf to the average American. He unveiled his slogan this week: ‘Are you better off than you were four wives ago?’” —Bill Maher
“Critics say it’s illegal for Donald Trump to run for president while hosting a TV show. It’s also illegal to run for president if your hair wasn’t born in this country.” –Conan O’Brien
“Donald Trump said he can’t make a final decision about whether he will run for president or not until this season of ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ is over. Which is maybe the best excuse from a guy who might run for the presidency ever — I am unable to decide on whether or not I will run for President until I decide whether Latoya Jackson or Jose Canseco will be my new Apprentice.” –Jimmy Kimmel
“President Obama wants to raise taxes on the country’s richest people. And you thought Donald Trump hated him before.” –Jay Leno
“In an exclusive interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network Donald Trump said ‘I believe in god.’ But of course Donald thought he was talking about himself.” –Jay Leno
“Maybe he should ease into this - by running for a lower office first, like President of the Hair Club for Men.” –Jimmy Kimmel
“If Donald Trump wins, my guess is America will look a lot like it did in ‘Back to the Future 2,’ when Biff was in charge.” –Jimmy Kimmel
“On Fox News, Donald Trump said Obama’s birth certificate could indicate that he’s a Muslim. Trump said he doesn’t trust anyone with a foreign-sounding name, and neither does his daughter Ivanka.” –Conan O’Brien
“Donald Trump called George W. Bush ‘the worst president in the history of the United States.’ Then he added, ‘Until, of course, I’m elected.’” –Conan O’Brien
“Donald Trump says he will run for president. He’ll have to find a cabinet position for that thing on his head.” –David Letterman
“Donald Trump is attacking President Obama’s background. And I said, ‘Wait a minute, Trump also is from a mixed background. He’s half jack and half ass.’” –David Letterman
“Donald Trump came out as a birther, which is Republican for, ‘I’m running for president.’” –Lewis Black
“Stupid presidents, smart presidents, white presidents, black presidents — doesn’t work! What this country needs is a crazy Third World dictator. And Donald Trump has what it takes to be that. He’s already got a plane with his name on it, solid gold buildings, a harem...” –Lewis Black, on Donald Trump
“This is what I’ve been waiting for my whole life. A President who’s not afraid to tell the truth about being a lying a**hole.” –Lewis Black
“Trump says that if he’s elected, he won’t let the presidency interfere with the Miss Universe pageant.” –David Letterman
“How would Trump travel as president? Obviously, he’d use Hair Force One.” –David Letterman
“It’s starting to look like Donald Trump may be a serious presidential candidate. If you’re in my line of work, Trump running for president for real is the greatest thing that has ever happened.” –Conan O’Brien
I could go for a Trump/West ticket for victory, freedom and prosperity.
Post #90
Obama has single handedly set back race relations 20-50 years and poisoned the well for anyone of color running for President, no matter how solid they are. This may be a way for Col. West to actually circumvent that mess. O
Strategically speaking, here's what our 2012 options are, and my preference of those options, best to worst.
1. A strong conservative President.
2. A RINO President
3. A Democrat President with an American mindset.
4. Barack Obama reelected, but politically neutered and helpless against a GOP congress.
5. Barack Obama reelected after crushing a weak GOP contender, and running rampant for another 4 years.
I'd love number 1, but I'd hate number 5. When you get down to it, Obama is so bad for America, that 2-4 are far better strategies than rolling the dice on #1 when we don't have a #1 that generates really competitive odds.
In other words, if it takes a RINO or a Clinton to dislodge Obama, then the country has survived RINOs and Clintons before. It will again. What Obama is doing to our economy and future prospects as a nation is potentially irreversible.
Giving Obama an easy win against a friendly, aww-shucks midwestern governor and letting him come through strong and unscathed may be a great gesture of conservative ideals, but can American withstand another four years of a politically unchecked Obama?
isn’t Trump a germ freak? ie he does not like to shake hands with public. i don’t know where i heard this, but would like to know if it is true.
Rove is now just another media talking head, discredited by his failures after 2004. He controls NOTHING. Why some Freepers are fixated on him is a mystery to me.
He's a political operative with a paid position with Fox News which he uses to undercut potential candidates he opposes and to built up potential candidates he favors. He doesn't have to control anything. Often influence is more powerful than control.
And once the campaigns begin, he'll be out there raising funds from big donors and directing them to his favored candidates just as he did during the 2010 elections.
He's still a player who can influence some voters and direct a lot of money to chosen candidates. Fox should not be giving him the platform he has because he's still an operative and not an objective commentator or analyst.
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