So what? So has George Soros and any number of progressive/leftist business people. There are many hugely successful Democratic business folks, do you think they would make a good President? It is a plus for a candidate to have run a business and understand the real world, but it is only one factor among many when weighing who would make a good President.
Today the taking point is "He is a racist".
I'm just sticking with clown. His is a larger than life yet buffoonish reality TV star, he has not the slightest chance of winning the GOP nomination. The only way he could really remain relevant would be to run 3rd party, in which case he'd siphon off anti-Obama votes and guarantee Hussein another term.
Is Rubio a NBC?
Born in Miami and most certainly qualified to hold the office of President. He will undoubtedly run in 2016 if Obama is re-elected for another term in 2012.
You miss the point (purposefully I think), the point is that Donald lead and won the victory in two months that the other conservatives would not even mention.
The point is, that a reality TV star with a wide audience banged away at a conspiracy theory and got Obama to release his long form is simply not much of an achievement. The whole birther thing has been a distraction and silly conspiracy theory from the start.
We have no conservative leaders of that magnitude and I'm not willing to accept half baked spineless beginners.
Donald Trump is NOT a conservative. Period. What your saying is you'd rather nominate a candidate (Trump) who has a track record of supporting populist leftwing positions (socialized health care, massive wealth taxes, etc) and has zero track record of intellectually conservative thought, over one of the many perfectly good candidates that will likely emerge through our primaries. It is media spin that the Republicans don't have a good field of candidates. There is nothing wrong with the actual conservatives that are potentially going to run - Palin, Bachmann, Gingrich, Pawlenty, etc. None are perfect of course, but all are actual conservatives with a history to prove it - unlike Donald Trump who is NOT a conservative at all and has a history of supporting the kinds of things Bernie Sanders (Socialist, VT) supports.
Okay, you lost me when you said there is nothing wrong with Gingrich. The man caved to Clinton when he was Speaker and he caved to Pelosi on the couch. He’s also a serial adulterer. The fact is, our slate of candidates suck, which is why I was hoping the “birther” thing would pan out.
"There are many hugely successful Democratic business folks, do you think they would make a good President?"
Which one of the people have taken on 0bama, DNC and the RNC head on?
I am a Conservative Independent, therefore I am not in lockstep with the GOP.
"His is a larger than life yet buffoonish reality TV star, he has not the slightest chance of winning the GOP nomination."
Another Billionaire Buffoon? What are the chances?
"Born in Miami and most certainly qualified to hold the office of President."
As you know, it does not matter where HE is born as much as if both of his parents were US Citizens?
Do you have any proof of the parents citizenship?
Is he a Natural Born Citizen?
"The whole birther thing has been a distraction and silly conspiracy theory from the start. "
Yeah, requiring a candidate to comply with the Constitution that they take an oath to defend and uphold is a real "distraction".
How silly of us to even ask for any proof of eligibility,
"What your saying is you'd rather nominate a candidate (Trump) who has a track record of supporting populist leftwing positions (socialized health care, massive wealth taxes, etc) and has zero track record of intellectually conservative thought, over one of the many perfectly good candidates that will likely emerge through our primaries."
You purposefully misstate what I am saying.
What I actually said is I would support a leader over a Conservative candidate that does not have the nerve or skills to lead.
We are not in the primaries, so you can not state who will emerge from the primaries as the GOP candidate.
Remember, McCain won the primaries last time around.
"There is nothing wrong with the actual conservatives that are potentially going to run - Palin, Bachmann, Gingrich, Pawlenty, etc."
All of them lack the business experience and deal making experience of Trump, Palin is the only leader in the bunch that you mention although West is a definite leader unafraid of a conformation and able to kicka$$.