Posted on 04/18/2011 4:15:22 PM PDT by HorowitzianConservative
Before I sat down to write this article, I pinched myself just to make sure I was awake and today’s subject wasn’t some weird dream. But alas, talking heads on both sides of the political spectrum really are seriously entertaining the possibility of President Donald Trump.
At the Daily Beast, Jim DeFede reports on why several Florida Tea Partiers have said they’re backing the Donald:
"We need a real businessman," said Linda Kogelman, 63, a retired postal worker. "The lawyers don't know how to run the country. They bow down to too many people." Kogelman said no one else in the Republican field excites her.
"There is no one there," she continued. "Romney is old hat. Newt is old hat. It's just the same old same old. We need new blood."
Her husband, Ken, 64, who closed his crane business in 2009 because of the downturn in the economy, nodded in agreement.
"They've destroyed this country," he spit. Who?
"The Democrats."
Standing nearby, 78-year-old Richard Walters was holding on to a letter he had written. He was hoping to be able to hand it to Trump.
"I used to be the Rolls Royce dealer in Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach," said Walters, who is now retired. "And he was one of my customers."
Fond memories of The Donald?
"I didn't like him," Walters said. "He was an arrogant bastard. But I love him now. He is the only person in this country who can right the ship."
(Excerpt) Read more at newsrealblog.com ...
But, since I am only a little "r" republican these days the choice is up to party members. I only hope they choose wisely; albeit faint hope as the GOP primary system is still totally broken, IMHO.
Loks like the Obama Supporters are having a major hissy fit....and all the linking Trump to Soros stuff is not working
The problem is not with Trump....the problem is a Liberal GOP who is more in tune with protecting Barack Obama than pushing for the release of his Long Form BC.
Also, the Phony Con media of Beck, Coulter, Levin, O’Reilly, Breitbart, and others who have attacked Birthers, and provided cover for Obama
Had the GOP and GOP Media took Obama Eligibility seriously...there would be no Trump, and no Obama.
Trump, nor the American people, are the ones to blame. Blame the anti-Birthers in the GOP
The embarrassment is that we have a bunch of tired old politicians as candidates who aren't connecting with the voters. They are afraid to talk about Obama's phony and contrived past and his curious associations with terrorists, racists, and mobsters. McCain ruled out going after Obama on these issues in 2008. The current crop of potential GOP candidates, except for Trump, seem to be following the same line, i.e., they will talk about policy but shy away from any personal attacks on Obama where he is most vulnerable.
I’m one of the biggest Palin supporters there is. But do you understand why Joe Sixpack and Suzie SoccerMom might like a gruff, straight shooting guy who doesn’t hold back in his criticism and derision of Obama, the Democrats and the RINOs? A guy who talks about taboo subjects like the birth certificate, China and OPEC? In my opinion, Governor Palin is the most outspoken of the other candidates and deserves a second look from everyone here and voters everywhere. Watch her speech in Wisconsin last weekend!
So why is he so popular? What can the other potential Rep candidates learn from him? I notice that Bachmann is now taking up the BC issue. The Donald is communicating with the people. He has tapped into what concerns and motivates them. Instead of castigating Trump, we should be demanding that the other candidates start acting like Trump when it comes to attacking Obama’s personal narrative.
The embarrassment is that we have a bunch of tired old politicians as candidates who aren’t connecting with the voters. They are afraid to talk about Obama’s phony and contrived past and his curious associations with terrorists, racists, and mobsters. McCain ruled out going after Obama on these issues in 2008. The current crop of potential GOP candidates, except for Trump, seem to be following the same line, i.e., they will talk about policy but shy away from any personal attacks on Obama where he is most vulnerable.
Excellent post. One all should read...and heed. Thanks
You are damned right conservatives are desperate, look at the alternatives.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
Trump running might be the best thing that could happen for Palin’s campaign.
All of you folks trashing Trump, and looking for the next “Reagan” to pop up and lead us out of this wilderness - - it’s just not gonna happen. Sadly, Reagan is gone, and is not coming back. (I voted for him twice). This is now 2012 not 1980.
This fight is not about Liberal vs Conservative. It’s about a Socialist vs America. It’s about our survival.
Whining for an ideological litmus test, is only going to marginalize things.
People are clamoring for a FIGHTER to save this country.
We need someone has has the GUTS to fight, and has record of FIGHTING.
The only two in the hunt so far that have that in their resume is PALIN and TRUMP. Everyone else, is just another wannabe.
I truly don’t care anymore on the “conservative” label, I only care about RESULTS in saving this country from socialism.
People will always go for style over substance, they like Donald’s style, even if they may not see eye-to-eye politically on everything.
The minute she does, The Donald will be nothing but a bleached cowlick in the rear-view mirror.
You two sound like you write for the New York Times.
Palin /West would be great;
Trump/ Palin would be great.
3rd party would re-elect the commie.
and the ones that do seem to have some guts sometimes seem incapable of putting two sentences together.
The epitaph of the GOP: They were even less principled than Donald Trump.
[All of you folks trashing Trump, and looking for the next “Reagan” to pop up and lead us out of this wilderness - - it’s just not gonna happen. ]
It isn’t trashing him to point out he comes with a carpet bag full of skeletons. I like the guy, I work in commercial real estate and know the water he swims in though. With Trump, it would be like putting all your money on red on the roulette table. I just don’t know what you’d get.
It’s early yet, real early. Getting all worked up over Trump’s popularity now is premature.
However, to correct you, no I don't write for the NY Times.
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