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  • #1

    The "Donald"

    wants to try and run again for the US Presidency.

    while working I was listening to NPRs On Point Program and they devoted a whole hour to this subject

    OK

    does anyone think he might have a chance?
    does anyone whose worth is less than 6 or 7 Billionreally think that Ol Donald would make a good Pres?
    will all his financial dealing stand up to complete transparancy?
    will his 2 divorces and 3 bankrupties count against him?
    will his flip-flopping positions make him a target?
    is he doing this just for the publicity?
    will the Trump "brand" recognition make a difference? and by brand I mean the hotels, the property, the dolls, the TV show, etc.
    is this just a slow news season ie. Easter?

    will this truely make the US Federal government a "slave" to business?
    I'm lost without a paddle and I'm headed up sh*t creek.

    I got one foot on a banana peel and the other in the Twilight Zone.
    The Fools - Life Sucks Then You Die
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  • #2
    Originally posted by Racket_Man View Post
    does anyone think he might have a chance?
    does anyone whose worth is less than 6 or 7 Billionreally think that Ol Donald would make a good Pres?
    will all his financial dealing stand up to complete transparancy?
    will his 2 divorces and 3 bankrupties count against him?
    will his flip-flopping positions make him a target?
    is he doing this just for the publicity?
    will the Trump "brand" recognition make a difference? and by brand I mean the hotels, the property, the dolls, the TV show, etc.
    is this just a slow news season ie. Easter?

    will this truely make the US Federal government a "slave" to business?
    No
    No
    No
    Yes
    Yes
    Yes
    Yes
    Yes
    Yes

    Basically, no, he won't be running for president. While many people see him as a successful businessman, there are plenty who also remember that he's ruined companies before too. His morals are questionable. He's dumb enough to publicly state that he thinks Obama wasn't born in America.

    I'd do a better job than him.
    Violence has resolved more conflicts than anything else. The contrary opinion that violence doesn't solve anything is merely wishful thinking at its worst. - Starship Troopers

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    • #3
      The man started with everything he could possibly need to be a successful businessman, and then systematically run every business he's every owned straight into the ground.

      Add in that he's into the birther nuttery as well as a few other choice lunatic fringe positions, and you've got a recipe for someone who stands no chance at all of even making it past the primaries.

      ^-.-^
      Faith is about what you do. It's about aspiring to be better and nobler and kinder than you are. It's about making sacrifices for the good of others. - Dresden

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      • #4
        So wait a minute, he's actually going to try to run this time? Not make the claim to trump up (pun not intended) his stupid reality show this time?

        I ask because his last claim that he was doing so lasted roughly 12 seconds and was to get people watching The Apprentice.

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        • #5
          I'd rather vote for Donald Duck.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by HotelKatz View Post
            I'd rather vote for Donald Duck.
            Given the way the copyright laws are extended everytime Mousecorp's (tm) rights are approaching deadline, I think that's slightly more likely that one would want to think

            Rapscallion
            Proud to be a W.A.N.K.E.R. - Womanless And No Kids - Exciting Rubbing!
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            • #7
              As much as I love some of the buildings he's put up, and agree with some of his ideas, such as not giving his kids a job at one of his companies unless they really wanted it, and had the skills to do it (unlike so many boss's kids who got their jobs despite being total idiots), I have lost a lot of what respect I had for him since this whole thing started.

              First of all, aligning himself with the birthers and the tea party. WTF?
              Second, him going on about "I'm Christian and Pro-life. Again, WTF? He's never publicly shown much of an interest in religion, or expressed religious beliefs before, now he's going on like this? Puh-lease! A lot of the conservative Christian sects he's trying to pander to wouldn't accept him anyway because of the multiple divorces and remarriages alone, because according to their beliefs, divorce is a no-no, and remarrying after a divorce is also a no-no. (Seriously, some churches consider remarrying after a divorce to be akin to adultery, because they do not recognize the divorce as valid)
              At least George W's religious beliefs were sincere- he made no bones about the fact that he was a religious man, it was part of his character. Not something he suddenly whipped out as a pandering device.
              And third- his comment about having a great relationship with "The Blacks". Even "The Black community" would have sounded better, and a lot less like "You people", as one black commentator put it. I find myself wondering- on what basis does he claim a relationship with the black community? Has he done anything to help traditionally black neighborhoods in NYC?

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              • #8
                Let me put it this way. I don't care who is running for president. So long as I can sell newspapers on Ebay for twice what I bought them for I'm good.

                Inauguration Edition of the Burlington Free Press: 75 cents.
                Listing on Ebay: 20 cents.
                Customer paid: 20$

                Wishing you had thought to buy twice as many copies of the paper: Priceless.
                Somethings in life money can't buy. For everything else, there's the possibilty of either another ethnic minority, a woman, or Donald Trump getting elected. And then, I can pay off my Mastercard.
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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Andara Bledin View Post
                  The man started with everything he could possibly need to be a successful businessman, and then systematically run every business he's every owned straight into the ground.

                  Add in that he's into the birther nuttery as well as a few other choice lunatic fringe positions, and you've got a recipe for someone who stands no chance at all of even making it past the primaries.

                  ^-.-^
                  I disagree. I think whoever comes out of those primaries WILL be a birther because almost all the leading GOP candidates for 2012 are.

                  Kinda scary huh?

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Crazedclerkthe2nd View Post
                    I disagree. I think whoever comes out of those primaries WILL be a birther because almost all the leading GOP candidates for 2012 are.
                    Considering that the current front-runner is Huckabee.... >_<

                    ^-.-^
                    Faith is about what you do. It's about aspiring to be better and nobler and kinder than you are. It's about making sacrifices for the good of others. - Dresden

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Andara Bledin View Post
                      Considering that the current front-runner is Huckabee.... >_<

                      ^-.-^
                      But didn't you hear? Beck has now told everyone that Huckabee is a PROGRESSIVE.
                      If Huckabee's a progressive, I wonder <insert conspiracy voice here> if he's being controlled by the great liberal puppet master....SOROS!!!!! Huckabee MUST be a deep-cover liberal.

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                      • #12
                        Oh lord, look at my Republican options......

                        I think this will be another election in which I will NOT vote.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by blas87 View Post
                          Oh lord, look at my Republican options......

                          I think this will be another election in which I will NOT vote.
                          Vote for yourself.
                          Violence has resolved more conflicts than anything else. The contrary opinion that violence doesn't solve anything is merely wishful thinking at its worst. - Starship Troopers

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                          • #14
                            I'm too young to be president

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by blas87 View Post
                              I'm too young to be president
                              You can't possibly do any worse than the current candidates.
                              Violence has resolved more conflicts than anything else. The contrary opinion that violence doesn't solve anything is merely wishful thinking at its worst. - Starship Troopers

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