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What Donald Trump’s Popularity Means for the Rest of the 2012 Field
David Horowitz's NewsReal Blog ^ | April 18, 2011 | Calvin Freiburger

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 ...


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To: mo

Very good point.


41 posted on 04/19/2011 6:25:56 AM PDT by HorowitzianConservative
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