Posted on 08/14/2015 11:18:10 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
In Rand Paul’s campaign book, Courage to Stand, published in May, he actually cited Donald Trump as an example of an effective private citizen accomplishing what government bureaucracies can’t:
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Think of Donald Trump.
Wollman Rink is an ice-skating rink that is an iconic fixture and has been the backdrop of movies such as Love Story for well over half a century in Central Park. By 1980 it had fallen into the disrepair of urban blight. The City of New York and its then-mayor, Ed Koch, promised to renovate the rink. Six years after the mayor made his promise, in an entanglement of bureaucracy and big government lethargy, the reclamation project was in shambles, with little hope for completion. Enter Donald Trump. Though not quite the household name he is today, Mr. Trump then ran one of New York City’s biggest apartment construction and management companies. He was also just as brash then as he his now. He challenged Mayor Koch to let him take over the project. At first Koch said no, but public pressure forced the mayor to give the private builder a chance. Three months later, New Yorkers and tourists alike were skating in a beautifully renovated Wollman Rink, and nearly thirty years later it’s still one of the most popular and well-run destinations in Central Park.
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Nevertheless, Trump’s efforts with Wollman Rink improved the surrounding natural area of the park. Some of the profit the rink turned — the first time it had done so – was given to the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, which helps keep Central Park and other New York City parks beautiful. Trump’s rescue of Wollman Park also exposed the ineptitude of government-run construction projects and the dominion over private enterprise it holds.
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This is all true. I don’t know what has gotten into Rand Paul, unless he is under McConnell’s orders to yap at Trump. I think Donald looks at him like he is a yapping chihuahua.
The yapping chihuahua is on the GOPE big team.
Paul is failing and also falling out of contention in this race, and I think he went into the debate and pot-debate focused on making as much noise as possible in going at Trump and at Christie. For better or worse, he left the debate stage with more memorable moments than Cruz or Walker...two leading him in the race.
Anyone who has a pet finds they become a member of the family. People talk to their pets about everything, telling them all their secrets and dreams all between those pat’s of love on the head. Yes, I can see RP as a yapping chihuahua searching for a home.
This race is separating the men from the boys.
That ice rink story is excellent, and one that needs to be brought up often in Trump’s campaign. Even back in 1980 Trump had individual solutions for government problems.
The RNC/<cConnell is probably telling PPaul that they will try to take his senate seat away if they don’t follow orders.
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