[sten]

the ones with mafia ties are the clintons.

did you miss that?

any builder of any note would have had to deal with the mafia, especially in NYC.

hell, if you’re a mid sized retail business man in MA, you have to deal with the mafia to get your trash picked up.

[psjones]

Keep hoping, I doubt Trump will act as a statesman, he would have already be doing so. I read an article that goes back many years, in the article, the reporter mentioned Trump’s bullying, so if in all these years, he’s still a bully, it would probably just be worse if he were to be president. No less a bully than the current guy in the WH.

[heights]

Sorry, when a candidate accuses another of committing a Felony, Tax Fraud’, he’s a piece of s___. After today, there is no way I would even consider voting for teddy.

[digger48]

"First of all you're going to have to grease the local politicians for the sudden zoning problems that always come up."

"Then there's the kickbacks to the carpenters, and if you plan on using any cement in this building I'm sure the teamsters would like to have a little chat with ya, and that'll cost ya."

" Oh and don't forget a little something for the building inspectors. "

"Then there's long term costs such as waste disposal. I don't know if you're familiar with who runs that business but I assure you it's not the boyscouts."

[Eddie01]

Save America.

or

Wring hands over spectacularly insignificant sht.

I’ll take Save America.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Trump should not release his tax returns, they are almost as tall as I am stacked up.

We still don’t really know if the man in the White House is really Barry Soetoro, Indonesian citizen.

[Dr. Sivana]

There’s nothing wrong with holding a presidential candidate to a higher level of transparency. The Dems will use the same attack, so Trump may as well take this opportunity to address it or practice arguing why he shouldn’t.

[freedomjusticeruleoflaw]

You either work with the gumbahs in NY, or you don’t build. Period. Move along, there’s no story here boys and girls.

[chris37]

Mafia? What mafia? I don't see any mafia. Do you see any mafia?

[euram]

Cruz put on his tinfoil hat, and accuses Trump of hiding his mafia connections in his tax return, what idiocy is that? He must have gotten that line of attack from his pal Glenn Beck. Next we’ll see Cruz adopting one of Beck’s favorite tactics, accuse anyone he disagrees with of being a “racist” or a “Nazi.”

[TTFlyer]

AFAIK just about every construction trade in NYC has mob connections in one way or another. Been that way for a 100 years.

[Bidimus1]

Very well said sir, but sadly I must state I doubt he will suddenly have a rejuvenation of character to become someone I can be proud to call my president but then again few have. He is he’s always been a loud boisterous bully who might actually bully his way into the White House and we should all be ashamed of that.

[paltz]

LINK

A commission member said that Trump had made contributions through more than a dozen companies.

“Why aren’t these political contributions just made solely in your name?”

“Well, my attorneys basically said that this was the proper way of doing it,” Trump said.

Trump told the commission that he also provided financial help to candidates in another way. In June 1985, he guaranteed a $50,000 loan for Andrew Stein, a Democrat who was running to be New York’s City Council president.

Six months later, Trump paid off the loan.

“I was under the impression at the time it was made that I would be getting my money back,” Trump told the commission.

“And when were you disabused of that notion?”

“When it was time to get my money back,” Trump said.

Asked whether he considered such transactions as a “cost of doing business,” Trump was equivocal. “I personally don’t,” he said. “But I can see that some people might very well feel that way, sir.”

Stein told The Post he did not recall the loan, but he said developers were close to city officials at the time.

[CodeToad]

There is no bigger and more powerful mafia than Wall Street bankers...and Ted Cruz’s wife is one of them and he is backed by them.

[CMailBag]

I would say that Obama and Hellery have a HUGE “mafia” problem namely the IRS and the FBI.

[MNJohnnie]

Love the way the same people who reacted with hysterics when the Dems did this to Romney now think it just fine for them to use these tactics.

[LostPassword]

His mafia ties are nothing. Trump could have paid to have terrorists take down flight MH370 in order to help CNN’s ratings.

And Trump probably funded Sirhan Sirhan. We won’t know for sure until Trump releases his taxes from the 1960s.

And that cave Bin Laden lived in for a few years may have been Trump property and Trump may have been letting him live there for free instead of charging fair market rent. That’s not to say Trump was aware of Bin Laden’s activities but can we afford to have a president who hangs out with a crowd like that?

And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. We’ll continue digging into Trumps possible backgrounds until something sticks. We hope to get some real good “facts” in a conference call with Hollywood screenwriters tomorrow.

[BobL]

As I noted elsewhere: The guy DOES CONSTRUCTION IN NEW YORK CITY...who was he supposed to get to do the work, Mother Teresa?

[Johnny B.]

He might as well release them, especially if they contain something damning.

If he doesn't, the Obama IRS will leak them once Trump has the nomination sewed up. They will also leak whatever the Obama FBI knows about his dealings with organized crime.

Unless Trump is as pure as the driven snow (and we all know better than that), his dirty laundry will be aired.

The only question is whether the timing suits Trump, or whether it suits the Democrats.

[dragnet2]

The mafia? Are they joking? Who's the real genuine danger to America?

Dallas Texas 2006, during war time, under Republican George Bush.

500,000 illegal aliens march on Dallas Texas pushing foreign flags in our faces and while making demands and threats. All while Bush celebrated Cinco De Mayo up in the White House...During war time.

And this went on in most all major American cities.