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Political Hay
Mogul Alert
Trump, having previously praised Obama and Pelosi, calls Bush “evil” and “worst president.” Conservatives know the routine.
“You know how to whistle, don’t you Steve? You just put your lips together and blow.” — Lauren Bacall to Humphrey Bogart in To Have and Have Not
Uh-oh.
Donald Trump doesn’t know how to whistle.
He’s in distinguished company, though. Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush, Bob Dole, occasionally George W. Bush and a considerable list of others had the same problem.
Ronald Reagan? Now there was a man who knew how to whistle.
First, The Donald.
The other night, Trump said thus of President Obama to Sean Hannity on Hannity’s Fox TV show:
“And look, he’s been a horrible president. I always said the worst president was Jimmy Carter. Guess what? Jimmy Carter goes to second place. Barack Obama has been the worst president ever in the history of this country — Barack Obama is number one.”
Well, actually, Trump has not always said he thought Jimmy Carter was the worst president.
As they say, “let’s go to the videotape.” Here it is, The Donald on local channel New York 1, shortly after the 2008 election.
For those who prefer print, here’s the quote:
“McCain, really, that was almost an impossible situation. Bush has been so bad, maybe the worst president in the history of this country. He has been so incompetent, so bad, so evil that I don’t think any Republican could have won.”
Then Trump compared Bush — unfavorably — to Obama:
“I think he has a chance to go down as a great president. Now, if he’s not a great president, this country is in serious trouble. I think [Obama’s] going to lead through consensus. It’s not going to be just a bull run like Bush did. He just did whatever the hell he wanted. He’d go into a country, attack Iraq, which had nothing to do with the World Trade Center and just do it because he wanted to do it.”
Ouch.
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Jeffrey Lord is a former Reagan White House political director and author. He writes from Pennsylvania at jlpa1@aol.com.
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Carlos the First | 4.19.11 @ 6:30AM
I'd like a real conservative, like Jim DeMint,
Michelle Bachmann, Marco Rubio, or Rand Paul.
If we can't have that, I'd go for Trump over the
retreads like Newt, Romney, Huckabee, or Santorum. Trump to me is fascinating to listen to.
And I agree with his criticism of George Bush II.
Mike D.| 4.19.11 @ 7:42AM
Thats the saddest part, the Republicans DO have some excellent candidates and in the end we'll get stuck with the next RINO retread who's turn has come up. If Mitt Romney is the candidate, then its four more years of Obamao. Take that to the bank.
Gerald Y.| 4.19.11 @ 10:02AM
The GOP 2012 presidentail contenders are a bag of stale peanuts.
Ho hum. Not one of them can offer any fresh governing insight.
Can't you all see that we have already lost the election?
Stale peanuts!
USSAlabama| 4.19.11 @ 12:00PM
Gerald, that is stupid.
Sounds like everyone has been listening to the pundits have a panic attack over a few polls showing Trump rising.
Of course he would be. He says what no politician will say and America is sick of politicians as we well know their ways.
Pundits, please - stop panicking that Donald Trump will make it all the way to a Republican nomination and it is not "your guy". Author included.
You people are going to tear down anyone in your own party before their is even a solid candidate in the field. STOP IT - we don't need the recycled, regurgitated, 'we'll guide your way' rhetoric to the next RINO or entrenched establishment politician.
Alky| 4.19.11 @ 9:24PM
You really have to worry that Trump doesn't decide to run as Independant... remember Ross Perot? He helped to lock in the Libs by splitting the Conservative vote :(
Occam's Tool| 4.19.11 @ 1:10PM
Dear Gerald:
Cain---good candidate. Executive experience.
West---Dream Rabbit. Colonel in charge of troops in the field.
Bolton---Dream Rabbit. Most effective UN ambassador, ever (tied with Kirkpatrick).
Palin---Good candidate.
Bachmann--good candidate. Tax attorney.
That's 5 without thinking too much.
canuckistani| 4.19.11 @ 4:22PM
Ok, here's the consensus view on your cabal of stars, meaning the 60% of voters that do not belong to the reliable fringe 20% of each party that dive into the deepend when the bells toll:
1) Cain: whack job. "Will not place a muslim in his cabinet". Way to backhand 150 years of civil rights! The MSM and black constituencies will paint him as a Judas and the public will be suspicious and easily discard him.
2) West: too structured and rigid to make nuanced decisions that will play in multiple constituencies. Military man as colonel just barely made it to political class within military, and can be painted as living off government for his career.
3) Bolton: disavowed nutjob, resurrected by the same president who nominated Harriet....nuff said.
4) Palin: quitter, has peaked and now being marginalized as a footnote
5) Bachmann: creeps out rational women and stands for nothing but canned soundbites.
I'll add several more:
1) Santorum: angry one-issue loser
2) Rubio: not yet, 2016, first Latino, floridian, decent cons cred - may be Jeb's way of influencing if he agrees to support him.
3) Huntsman: vanilla, no record to pound the electorate with
4) Barbour: racist redneck
5) Paul: doesn't matter which one....DOA
This is Mitt's to lose. He will lose the general, and the party will go through a necessary purging of the useful idiots until a new batch can be hatched post 2014 midterms.
The article about Trump is amusing but irrelevant. He has zero to gain from actually running and will retreat soon after the TV show finale.
carnot| 4.20.11 @ 6:12AM
you don't seem to get it: the issue really isn't the bonafides of some Republican candidate.....it's the destructive and terminal consequences of reelecting the current boob.
canuckistani| 4.20.11 @ 10:10AM
Believe me I know!
People fail to understand that it took two centuries and a civil war to get us to this point and it will not be suddenly unwound in one spectacular term.
The country is divided deeply and putting up a poster child for the fringe of any party will lead to the same intransigence we have seen since we tried to impeach a president for a BJ.
Trump is a clown and I have yet to see an adult emerge from the goo this cycle.
Volare| 4.24.11 @ 10:38AM
That`s what you call "thinking"? Did Alan West ever see combat? Or was he just a good kiss-up, paper-pusher, like most officers up for promotion are, with AA bonus points for his CO?
And how about that Michele Bachmann abandoning birtherism? Very anti-Trump.
russel| 4.19.11 @ 11:57AM
Agree Carlos . Whatever Trump is , he is recognizable to the vast masses who dine on Amrican culture and haven't a clue about our country's situation . They're the ones who bot Zero's garbage , nicely packaged for an American Idol consumer . Ask them who our vice president is and witness dead air . As of now , all we need is someone who can win and let's worry about the details later . At least the Trumpster is no socialist .
pencil| 4.19.11 @ 4:13PM
Did you watch the video?? If you are a conservative then you have needlessly concluding that millions of Americans that do not trust Trump are just bots. If on the other hand you are a liberal then you are clearly still wrong. Either way this post is just not right.
canuckistani| 4.20.11 @ 10:14AM
No socialist?
He inherited rent-controlled properties all over NY, has gone bankrupt three times seeking protection by the very government he claims to consider insidious and uphelpful. He also supported TARP, probably the most socialist intervention into the free economy ever.
mames| 4.19.11 @ 12:19PM
Trump is a narcisistic idiot but as they say .. a stopped clock...
I too agree with him "W". "W" may not be evil but he was a useful idiot for evil. He was and is a socialist in GOP clothing and he and his family have done great damage to this country.
Dai Alanye | 4.19.11 @ 12:35PM
Santorum is hardly a retread. He's one of the strongest conservatives out there, and a great debater and defender of conservative principles.
As for Trump, I don't see much intelligence, only blather and boasting. He's had his failures at business and in the field of marriage, too. The wives he's bought don't seem to stay bought.
Seek| 4.19.11 @ 12:49PM
His current wife does. At any rate, Trump isn't running for national marriage counselor. He's running for president. Go for it.
Margie| 4.19.11 @ 7:37PM
Character counts.
Rev Trask| 4.20.11 @ 8:52PM
I`d hate to see Rick "Google Me" Santorum`s name discussed on family shows and that is what would happen if he is the nominee. Yecch!
Alan Brooks| 4.19.11 @ 6:53AM
Bush 1 & 2 were afterbirth from Reaganism.
mames| 4.19.11 @ 12:21PM
They were not after birth they were the excrement that sometimes comes in the needed push. Have you never been at a live birth? The after birth provided much to the life of the infant and the Bushes did not.
Oldefarte| 4.19.11 @ 2:01PM
BS! We all disagree with the father's and son's policies, but for God's sake, you're both being untruthfully cruel. GHW Bush has honorably served his country both in WWII and in various positions within our government. W did likewise, though not militarily in wartime. What is your comparable military record, AB? Did you fly bombing missions in WWII, have your plane shot down, etc [or how have you served your country]? It's one thing to critisize, but untruthfully doing so is slander, moron! Stick to the facts when arguing and leave the playground BS to imbiciles [unless you want to be likewise smeared by lies]!!!!!!!
mames| 4.19.11 @ 3:54PM
Military experience does not an American make. Fidelity to our Republic does. Daddy made his support for a New World Order very public and that, my friend, is as socialist/fed reserve as it gets. "W" tried to get away with appointing a lib to the Supreme Court, slapped Scalia by giving the Chief role to Roberts, signed an unconstitutional bill on campaign finance reform and spent his little butt off. Those facts enough for ya? All I can say is neither one of them kissed me first.
Oldefarte| 4.19.11 @ 4:50PM
As the billboard says [with W's picture inclosed]......MISS ME YET? I'll take the Bushes any day/month/year/century over the domestic terrorists that are now running our country. Bush didn't sit in front of Wright for 20 years soaking up the radical racism, either, now did he? Did the Bushes institute WELFARECARE or NON-STIMULUS?????????
Oldefarte| 4.19.11 @ 4:53PM
Do the Bushes' appontments to the SCOTUS [or lower ones] equate with those of the current office holder in liberalisti, radical legal views?????????
Rev Trask| 4.20.11 @ 8:55PM
Ever hear of TARP?
And, "Deficits Don`t Matter--Ronald Reagan proved that"?
Alan Brooks| 4.19.11 @ 6:54AM
... but just watch, the GOP will run another Bush-type in '12, and elect a Bush-type in '16.
mames| 4.19.11 @ 12:23PM
If they do the only alternative for reclaiming our Republic WILL BE VIOLENCE just as Jefferson recommended.
carnot| 4.20.11 @ 6:18AM
no...it will be non-participation....the first component of which...destructive and personally risky as it might be.....is to constrain consumption to bedrock minimum. Liberalism cannot survive manifest incompetence - spelled persistent mass unemployment.
Bill Hussein O'Stalin| 4.19.11 @ 6:55AM
I'm not so sure Trump has painted himself in a corner. Nor Romney.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not making an endorsement here. But you have to remember the public, not the pundits when looking at politicians.
Amazingly, Trump has come out of nowhere and knocked the entire field of pulpitudinous Republican candidates flat on their back.
And how did he do it? He's not afraid to speak his mind which is precisely something the political class runs from. What the public desires is truth.
What they get from the politicians including Bush 43 is/was deceit.
That along may explain his high numbers and the public's fascination with Trump. He's an outsider who speaks his mind and his heart. Too many politicians simply lie and get away with it.
As far as Mitt Romney his explanation his reasonable and don't kid yourself, there are still many in the public who have their hands out. If Romney can use his business acumen to convince the public he can straigten the health care mess out, then he's the next President. In fact, he should point to it proudly and state, "Yes, there it is with all its warts and pimples but I'm proud of the fact that I tried to straigthen out a mess. Although I started with good intentions the program has changed and will change some more. It represents an experiment at fairness. Perhaps it should have been designed a little better but I see its faults and I am a better man for that." It's totally believable and I think he could go far on that alone.
That brings us to the rest of the field you didn't mention. Several have global warming problems. In my opinion that's unfixable. Same with the illegal immigration amnesty crowed. That may be fixable but it will take some good verbal acrobating.
That leaves Sarah Palin and Herman Cain. Of the two Cain can make the best case because he never quit at anything.
Like Trump he's a a winner, but he also appears to be a true Conservative.
Bill Hussein O'Stalin| 4.19.11 @ 11:29AM
Here's precisely why Trump is taking the field so to speak. Why isn't this being done now? Our troops should be getting paid by the governments of Iraq and Afghanistan. Those same governments should also be compensating wounded soldiers.
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wi.....-producers
Potential GOP White House candidate Donald Trump is vowing an aggressive approach to ensure more plentiful oil supplies from OPEC producers to combat higher prices at the gas pump.
In an interview Monday with ABC News, Trump said Saudi Arabia — the dominant OPEC producer that has a longstanding security relationship with the U.S. — should be providing more oil.
And the businessman and TV celebrity more broadly bashed OPEC, which includes other nations with security ties to the U.S., including Kuwait.
“These 12 guys sit around a table and they say, ‘Let’s just screw the United States.’ And frankly, the rest of the world,” Trump said. “I’m going to look 'em in the eye and say, ‘Fellas, you’ve had your fun. Your fun is over.’ ” Asked if he would threaten to take away security protection, Trump replied: “Absolutely.”
He also suggested that the U.S. should take control of Iraqi oil supplies.
pencil| 4.19.11 @ 4:20PM
He will not get the vote if he isn't pro life. If he is not pro life and people elect him in spite of it then America will have lost its soul.
canuckistani| 4.19.11 @ 4:36PM
Oh, please.
A pro-life candidate will get elected when he also supports the welfare safety net and targets men as sharing in the role of supporting an unwanted child - or devise a plan that includes cash to induce a woman to give the child up for adoption. Think about it.
Having a soul means more that a billboard summary of your views on abortion - and realizing a real human being will need support, and that means $$$$ over prayers.
Margie| 4.19.11 @ 7:41PM
Cannutki,
There are plenty of parents looking to adopt here, it's a good alternative to abortion.
Abortion is Murder. There's NO excuse for it.
carnot| 4.20.11 @ 6:20AM
no it doesn't. you don't seem to recognize taking the system down through passive resistance as an option. you know...same tactics the Left likes to employ. what do you think is going on now? 40%+ of the population have a powerful weapon should they chose to exercise it.........
Margie| 4.19.11 @ 7:39PM
So, he isn't for drilling for oil here?
If not, why not?
LFOD| 4.19.11 @ 12:01PM
"And how did he do it? He's not afraid to speak his mind which is precisely something the political class runs from. What the public desires is truth. What they get from the politicians including Bush 43 is/was deceit.
That along may explain his high numbers and the public's fascination with Trump. He's an outsider who speaks his mind and his heart. Too many politicians simply lie and get away with it."
You nailed it, and the pundits are still scratching their heads. I might add that Trump could care less about the self-imposed censorship that is "politically correct". If some real conservatives don't stand up and start asking the same questions and speaking truthfully without fear then Trump has a good chance of pulling a Perot or (shudder) winning the Republican nomination.
Mimi| 4.19.11 @ 7:16AM
You gotta just LOVE.. "THE DONALD"....We watch the SHOW with glee, It's so much fun!!!
but......
A country that is parched with thirst for a strong CONSERVATIVE...To reign in a SPEND-A-HOLIC nation...A responsible, serious, highly respected LEADER...Must not again indulge in a new popularity game!!! Our choice this TIME must be carefully scutinized. God Bless Trump... he puts some JOY to the news watching..But Folks.... We have worked so hard to save the country we cannot ever risk for one second losing the 2012 election !!!!
Ore Gone| 4.19.11 @ 7:36PM
Thank You Mimi! Keep your eye on the target!
Alan Brooks| 4.19.11 @ 7:20AM
"we cannot ever risk for one second losing the 2012 election !!!!"
So you can elect another Bushclone-type? No thanks.
Redstateboy| 4.19.11 @ 11:10AM
Hey Brooks... what's it like being a fawning syncophant for the Messiah? Is he not an incompetent blithering idiot?
Oldefarte| 4.19.11 @ 2:05PM
As the billboard proclaims, fool: MISS ME YET? A. You damned right we do, thanks to the moronic idiot-imbiciles that elected this community organizer, friend of weatherunderground domestic terrorists, as president in 2008 [and who are so proud of same that they STUPIDLY proclaim their intentions to do likewise in 2012]!!!!!!!
s bennett| 4.19.11 @ 8:02AM
Herman Cain and Paul Ryan. I say again pass it on.
Maryland Lady| 4.19.11 @ 9:48AM
Throw Allan West, Chris Christie and Rubio into that possible list of candidates. They are so, SO much more effective than Romney. He's another RINO in an empty elephant suit.
Rev Trask| 4.20.11 @ 8:58PM
I say just pass on Ryan`s middle-class killing supply-side fantasy budget.
Ken (Old Texican)| 4.19.11 @ 8:12AM
Sooner than later, Trump's mouth will end his run.
USSAlabama| 4.19.11 @ 12:06PM
Since this is the most obvious factually accurate statement on the board perhaps the panic attack could cease and we can enjoy hearing at least someone engage in the politically forbidden.
Burt| 4.19.11 @ 8:21AM
Jeffery , another DC out of touch Rhino ELITE has spoken and he has decided to astroturf Trump an outsider who IS THE ONLY ONE TAKING ON THE SOROS PUPPET AND THE AXELROD SPIN AND LIE DC MEDIA MACHINE!
Well, I am SICK AND TIRED OF CLUELESS DC NO NOTHINGS barking out orders for the serfs about who was can support or NOT !
Where is the Karl Rove 's fav MITTENS Romney in the fight against Barry's illegal regime ??
Well Mittens was crying that Trump was being unfair and mean to Barry !
Yeah, Mittens is quite the street fighter (NOT) !
In Trump ,WE need a Street fighter who is taking BRASS KNUCKLES TO A FIGHT not a Squash racket .
And while TRUMP is taking on the most vile vicious
crooked pack of thugs and their Soros funded media we have Mittens who is aggressively working on his summer tennis .
So , Jeffrey, why not work on taking down this radical Socialist regime and not the GUY who has the NUTS and ENERGY to fight them head on !
JimH| 4.19.11 @ 8:23AM
Trump is not conservative and maybe not even Republican. I remember him from years back being tight with all the NY and NJ Democratic politicians. It might be interesting to go back and look at his contributions. He is a self promoter and not even a particularly good businessman. A number of his deals have gone bust. I’d rather see him go have another match with Vince McMahon in the WWE than stinking up the Republican Party.
Mike W| 4.19.11 @ 8:36AM
As a conservative Republican, I will say that the Republican Party already stinks. Between the so called elites that gave us McCain/Romney and now, of all pe0ple, Mitch Daniels, to the goofballs like Palin and Cain, the party has putrified.
Trump is probably not trustworthy but he is blunt. George Bush Jr. was a lousy, lousy president and the Iraq war was a bad idea. China does need to be reined in, etc.. Republicans need to hear this instead.
Instead, in their delusional dreams they will hear "President Palin".
Drunken Sailor| 4.19.11 @ 10:25AM
Cain a goofball? Please explain.
pencil| 4.19.11 @ 4:27PM
I smell liberal troll. So YOU support Trump eh? Maybe thats because you want Palin to loose?
pencil| 4.19.11 @ 4:34PM
My apologies. I guess I was being a bit unfair as even some conservatives don't trust Palin . . . but she is much better than Trump by a long shot . . .and then you seem to be ok with that . . ok. I have been doing my research. Palin, Bachman, and Herman cain are the BEST candidates. The rest in my opinion are out because they don't have the guts to stand up for conservative morals. Trump is just lieing through his teeth. I think you should at least look at Micheal Bachman before you decide to just give up. She is thinking of running. But if you don't like Bachman then I will know you are a liberal.
Margie| 4.19.11 @ 7:43PM
If you think Herman Cain's a goofball, you're crazy. I bet you haven't even listened to him speak.
He is absolutely AWESOME and would make an EXCELLENT President.
He's a business man, but a conservative one. Not like Trump.
William S. | 4.19.11 @ 8:26AM
Trump should run as a one-term candidate. Tell the public he only wants to defeat Obama and put the ecomomic policies in place to put the country back on track. This will allow time for the young Rebublicans in the farm league like Ryan, Rubio, and Bachmann to gain more experience before becoming serious contenders for 2016.
Trump has his issues, but he is the only one with the balls to go up against Obama. He already has his fortune and fame, so he does not need to tiptoe around like the others.
USSAlabama| 4.19.11 @ 12:08PM
Hello? William he has said he would be a one termer.
Adds to the appeal.
pencil| 4.19.11 @ 4:37PM
Trump is lieing. Please watch the video.
The Big E| 4.19.11 @ 8:53AM
The mere fact that we're even talking about a Trump candidacy shows how pathetic the Republican field is at this point. The only reason anybody's paying any attention to him at all is because he's saying what the serious candidates should say, but won't say because they either (a) lack the courage to say anything controversial, or (b) don't really have any principles to stand on and just don't want us to know it.
Does Donald Trump make some good points on economics? Sure he does. Does the fact he has a few good ideas make him Presidential material? Not in a month of Sundays.
Seriously, folks. Do you really want to vote for a publicity hound? Do you really think someone who's best known leadership quality is saying, "You're fired!" to a bunch of desperate, washed up celebrities on a second rate reality TV show is fit to be the leader of the free world?
Get real people.
Dan Hirsch| 4.19.11 @ 9:10AM
Mr.Lord;
In all fairness, you are assailing 'the Donald' for his 2008 prognostications on Obama's future performance. In 2008, I commented to my circle, "Obama will make Jimmy Carter look like Ronald Reagan." So I am a better judge of politicians than Donald Trump. (Now I say Obama's making Moammar Qadffi look like Ronald Reagan.)
That Carter has been rescued from Presidential last place by Obama's dismal performance has been observed by many. I concur.
As to Bush 43, can't we agree that the term "compassionate conservative" is an impicit acceptance of the ridiculous notion that conservatism is cruel or harsh on some disadvantaged segments of the citizenry. This is true only for those disadvantaged by their wishing to be wards of the state or engaging in other sociopathic behaviors, (criminals, perverts, et al.) So I agree that George W. was the worst Republican President for conservatives, i.e. those who adhere tightly to constitutional principles.
When looking at 'The Donald' we need to remember that he is a developer, his profits have come from making deals with financiers and local politicians. He certainly must understand those groups and know how to work with them. One thing is certain, he can sell anything. Obama, we have seen, couldn't sell lifeboats on the sinking Titanic.
I have done a lot of sales work in my career. One key ingredient to making the sale is to be convinced and convincing. Trump has shown that he can do that. What we cannot infer is what his underlying principles are, other than that he is a man determined to succeed.
His definition of success is the big question - and I hate to invoke Nancy Pelosi, but in this case she'd be right if she said 'We have to elect him, to find out what's in him.'
We must consider his long record of public statements as 'commercial speech.' This will show that he has alternately praised and assailed a long list of people and we cannot infer much more from that than what deal he was trying to close when he made a particular statement.
In short, President Trump would view himself as successful if he got a lot of things done, long term consequences, fundamental principles be damned. I think we could do better.
I am happy that he is taking Obama head on in a way that few others have, showing that it can be done and it ain't that hard. If only others would learn from him.
Nolite me conculcare!
Mimi| 4.19.11 @ 9:44AM
I think Sarah Palin took notice....she gave a blister of a speech in Wisconsin! Three more like it and ....she's OFF!!
Redstateboy| 4.19.11 @ 11:16AM
Uh-oh.. you mentioned the "P" word.. and you know just the mention of Sarah Palin draws ravings from the likes of Alan Brooks like moths to a flame.
mames| 4.19.11 @ 12:28PM
I like Sarah where she is. Dont forget she ran with and endorsed for the Senate the maniacal RINO, McCain. She is not as solid as many of us would like to think. There is a lot of the Donald's self serving in her. I prefer Michelle who has actually proven her bona fides..
Grzmlyk| 4.19.11 @ 2:18PM
Mimi, I loved Palin's speech in Wisconsin.
The problem is, of course, the GOP club will only allow the nomination of a "go along to get along" candidate.
For those like Krauthammer and others supposedly on our side who think Palin's too stupid - or crass or ignorant -to be president, I have two words:
Barack Obama.
Our non-entity in chief is both an idiot and a fool, he's crass as hell and, when it comes to ignorance, well, that's the only area in which Obama excels.
Throw in the fact that he's jaw-droppingly immature, and Palin looks like a giant by comparison.
Palin's self-made stature, her common sense and her sincere ideological bona fides blow most of the Republican wannabes out of the arena.
And she's shown an incredible amount of courage in the face of withering hatred and vitriol from all quarters.
rdman| 4.19.11 @ 8:10PM
GAME ON, Grmlyk...
Sarah was ripping into Obami long before Trump arrived on the scene. I think Trump is taking a lesson from Sarah, but for the wrong reasons.
Trump feels like a Trojan Horse (Perot Horse) given his liberal background... they may be attempting to split the vote, because, despite all the unqualified/not smart enough chatter, the lefties and the inside-the-beltway establishment quake in FEAR of Sarah Palin...
C S Lewis| 4.19.11 @ 3:17PM
I agree, while everyone else is jabbering away, Sarah Palin took on Obama, the Left, and the GOP! Last Saturday. Guess some here were sleeping in. And she didn't mince words.
She went to Madison WI and faced down a rude, ugly, bunch of scum to stand with those brave folks in WI and Tea Party Patriots.
Sarah Palin will be the next President of The United States. In 2012!
pencil| 4.19.11 @ 4:44PM
Michelle Bachman, Herman cain, and Palin are definitely the best candidates. I hope one of them comes out on top . . . soon.
Bill Hussein O'Stalin| 4.19.11 @ 11:19AM
Dan Hirsch:
An excellent well thought out comment!
Maddox| 4.19.11 @ 11:32AM
You do make some excellent points and I am also glad to see someone with a voice call out the puppet POTUS. Where we differ is in the words "convinced and convincing." I would have chosen to use "Contrived and conniving."
Grzmlyk| 4.19.11 @ 3:08PM
Dan, I couldn't agree with you more about "compassionate conservatism."
But even though I am cheerleading Trump's flogging of the left with Obama's birth certificate issue, among other things, the man is not in any way a viable - or serious - candidate for dog catcher, let alone president.
He is a quasi-shady businessman who has successfully parlayed a brand - a brand of questionable real worth, if you take all the banks out of the equation - into a household name.
But he is clearly not a serious person in any way. Yes, I've read all the breathless paeans to him, but they leave me scracthing my head. I'm sorry, I, too, have been in business and the man is in no way the real deal.
And he's all over the map on politics. It's clear he doesn't really understand the issues with any degree of sophistication or complexity.
And a reliable conservative? Come on - The Donald is about one thing and one thing only: promoting The Donald. His only ideology is opportunism.
It's one thing to criticize the quarterback from one's armchair. It's another thing entirely to suit up and play the game.
Trump has no political experience, despite his international deal making - much of the heavy lifting of which is done by his capable underlings.
In a way, he reminds me of Obama - a lot of bluster and confidence, but there's very little "there" there. He's all hat and no cattle, and not remotely the right guy to lead this country out of its most existentially threatening crisis since the Civil War.
Fortunately, unless he's been believing his own press releases a little to much, I still don't think he's remotely interested in actually running.
Margie| 4.19.11 @ 8:06PM
You write well.
When you said that about Trump showing it can be done, I immediately thought of John the Baptist.
His purpose was to "prepare the way.."
Perhaps the Donald's purpose IS to show the others.. what you said.
Interesting point!
Margie| 4.19.11 @ 8:08PM
My post was to Dan Hirsch.
BackToBasics| 4.20.11 @ 10:36PM
Obams the worst president for sure. I think second worst goes to Lyndon Johnson with Carter a close third. Johnson catalyzed the fire of the slowly burning government nanny state started by FDR. His ramp-up and handling of the VietNam war was worse than Iraq, Afghanistan, Serbia/Kosovo and Libya put together.
Dee See| 4.19.11 @ 9:10AM
AGAIN
Trump was a prime, presiding figure throughout
our 3 decades of RED China wampum economy
and soft porn, franchise slum, casino 'culture'.
As he himself will probably brag ---he, in fact, brought it in.
ALL WE NEED TO KNOW
Donna| 4.19.11 @ 9:46AM
Well said and my thoughts too when reading this article. One more point to yours: It used to be Rush’s Bo Snerdley as the “Official Obama Criticizer” because of his skin color (not to mention sense which is given). What I admire most about Trump is he is criticizing Obama from a business and economic perspective. Amazingly, the race card has not been played on Trump. Isn’t the race card what the Washington elite were stated to be afraid of? No one wants to be labeled as Racist and if I criticize Obama, I’ll be labeled and political career over.
Anthony| 4.19.11 @ 9:49AM
So Trump is a conservative with a big heart. Gee, that kinda sounds like compassionate conservativism, from the man Trump thought was the worst president, George Bush, err Jimmy Carter, err Obozo.
Trump is a very smart guy, but he traded in his seriousness and integrity long ago. He has been for decades a showman and egotist of the first order. The MSM is gaga over this guy because he is the hot item of the month, pathetic truly pathetic, from Limbaugh to Hannity. Why Levin wants this guy on his show is beyond me, but he's ticked off the Donald has shunned him.
Trump will fade away as more and more comes out on him. For those not from the NY area, opposition research would require no more than 2 decades of reading the NY Post and the NY Daily News, where his exploits in business and in the bedroom have been page 1 material.
Trump loved nothing more than wives and girl friends, telling the world on page 1, what a great lover he was. The renumerations for them were well worth the tabloid tell all, I'm sure.
Anyway, I have enjoyed his going after Obozo on his birth certificate, unlike the rest of the timid conservatives, but that is also a calculated gambit of his, to glom onto an issue that he can own solely.
Thanks Donald, now please go away.
loulou| 4.19.11 @ 9:54AM
We are so starved for leadership we're looking to the Donald.
It's not that we don't have courageous leaders like Bachmann, Palin, West, DeMint, Pence, Ryan, Steve King and others but none has come out with the crucial questioning of Obama's Constitutional eligibility to be POTUS like the Donald has.
Romney, Pawlenty, Huntsman (who?), etc. are not leaders. They are elite party members who think it just might be THEIR turn to run for President.l
Dan Hirsch| 4.19.11 @ 10:51AM
I don't think that "we," the not so silent majority, have turned to the Donald; it is Fox and the other MSM outlets looking for a story. Donald is selling his television show and he well knows: There is no such thing as bad publicity.
The primaries are too far off for us to be seriously evaluating candidates' relative positions. We would do well to look at them, as we are. But, we're just going to have to wait and watch the 24-7 media and blogosphere sell ads and clicks...
Nolite me conculcare!
loulou| 4.19.11 @ 11:04AM
If we wait too long we'll be stuck with another GOP elite nonentity guaranteed to lose in 2012.
We are looking at them and we don't like what we see. We like Cain, Bachmann, DeMint, West, Mike Pence but they're not running.
Brian Mc| 4.19.11 @ 10:00AM
This on the heels of Fox News Radio this morning bemoaning the fact that both sides have stated that NOT raising the debt ceiling will be "catastrophic". We are so screwed and we don't even know it.
I am so damned tired of the left beating our collective heads against the wall I could scream. We are battered and bloodied and dizzy and yet, we continue to send more of the same to DC who, in turn, beat our heads against that same wall. How can we ever win just so long as the masses continue to believe that it is the government's job to be compassionate at everone's expense?
The liberal juggernaut is unstoppable just so long as we keep sending conservatives to DC who vote under the credo that they must first be 'liked' vs. defend the G-damned Constitution!
The progress of the 'progressives' is the WALL.
Nightmare on Obama Street| 4.19.11 @ 10:03AM
We need to be very careful regarding Mr. Trump. This is beginning to remind me of how Arnold Swartzenegger came across here in California as a hard core conservative who was, by god, going to take on the commiecrat party and unions and after his first defeat turned into a liberal disaster. Trump's attraction is that he is taking Obama head on which is what we all have been wanting the Republicans to do since before the 2008 election and is asking the hard questions about our first Communist in Chief but.
we need to be very circumspect regarding a Trump presdency. He has had some very liberal positions in the past.
Dan Hirsch| 4.19.11 @ 10:53AM
Right on! Right on! Right on!!!
jrobinson| 4.19.11 @ 10:54AM
Okay, granted, I just woke up after working until 6am... and my movie trivia computer brain hasn't quite booted up yet... but wasn't that quote about whistling from Mae West to WC Fields?
John Carnal| 4.19.11 @ 11:28AM
No. This quote is about as well known as "frankly my dear I don't give a damn" from "Beach Blanket Bingo."
JimH| 4.19.11 @ 12:59PM
I think you misheard in that movie. It was 'Frankie my dear.' ;->
Mimi| 4.19.11 @ 1:54PM
Those words spoken to Scarlet O Hara in Gone with The Wind
Occam's Tool| 4.19.11 @ 1:16PM
No. It was in To Have and have Not, starring Humphrey Bogart and another gorgeous and smart Jewish Actress.
The ultimate in smart gorgeous Jewish actresses was Hedy Lamarr. If you don't know why she's smart, you're missing out on her essential contribution to telecommunications in the 20th and 21st Centuries. And for the smartasses, I'm talking about an important technical innovation that allowed cellphones to be created.
jrobinson| 4.19.11 @ 2:16PM
I know all about Lamarr and her genius way of randomizing frequencies... "skipping" it was called, wasn't it? I've been looking online, and I find a lot of people have attributed this quote to Mae West as well:
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/show/137412
I'm not doubting you, but I haven't seen either movie in such a long time, I can't say for sure. I just have this image in my brain of Mae West saying it. Oh well; got better things to do today, for sure.
JimH| 4.20.11 @ 8:18AM
Thats Hedly.
Butch | 4.19.11 @ 3:38PM
I think Mae West's quote was "Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?" Don't know who it was made to, or in which movie.
Petronius| 4.19.11 @ 10:57AM
An eastern version of Ross for boss. The Donald's mission is to confuse the voters to prevent any real conservative from winning any major primary. And if he wins, the real power behind the throne will be Chucky -ban all guns Shumer.
Redstateboy| 4.19.11 @ 11:17AM
I want "the Donald" at a debate podium for one reason and one reason only.... he'll rip Hussein a new one and say some things that need to be said.
John Carnal| 4.19.11 @ 11:24AM
Ah. A new fancy adjectival phrase to help us tag our "enemies within": tactical conservative. I guess it takes an Ivy League education to foreswear "lying backstabber" and adopt tactical conservative.
PattyMor| 4.19.11 @ 11:36AM
The Rat Party doesn't need The Donald. I'm all for Donald to throw a few bombs and put little Barry back on his heels and on the defensive. But I don't want Donald as president.
Contrary to what the Marxist Media portrays, Sarah Palin has more real experience as mayor of little ole' Wasilla, than Barry every had. Just what is a community organizer? Its communist/marxist rabble rousing and voter registration with a touch of voter fraud mixed in.
We are at the end of the line for America. Either we elect people who are willing to undo the damage or we will sink into socialist mediocracy; forever changed.
Mimi| 4.19.11 @ 12:10PM
Patty , I love too the way he takes it to "O"', but can't imagine him as President. My greatest fear is Schumer put him up to this "FUN" to run a 3rd party race and assure a victory for OBAMA. I think the DEMS know full well "O" doesn't have the states or the votes to win again. How could he ? The black, white, Independent, even Democrat vote is down. This week the nonsense deficit speech, The Standard & Poor report, everything he does reckless as HECK is all bad...and it gets worse...and worse...and WORSE!!! He's toast!
BackToBasics| 4.20.11 @ 10:27PM
"My greatest fear is Schumer put him up to this "FUN" to run a 3rd party race and assure a victory for OBAMA"
I don't know if it was Schumer or even if he's vying for a 3rd party spot although maybe you are right, but I don't trust this whole scenario with Trump. A liberal birther? It just doesn't add up.
I am glad to see caution regarding him among the conservatives posting here.
DANSHANTEAL| 4.19.11 @ 12:40PM
TRUMP REMINDS ME OF THE PICADORE IN THE BULLRING SOFTENING UP THE SINEWS BEFORE THE MATADOR MAKES THE KILL.
George S| 4.19.11 @ 1:25PM
The Trump bandwagon will come to a screeching halt when it comes time for prospective candidates to put out their financial disclosure statements. Trump will guard that with more ferocity than a certain someone's birth certificate.
Hope and Change: he's not going anywhere unless he hopes to get the rules changed.
Intelligent Design| 4.19.11 @ 1:36PM
If elected, Trump would have an immediate problem. Whenever he gets on or off Marine One, the rotors would make his hairdo very un-presidential. Trump should stick to real estate.
I think Governor Christie of NJ would be just the right kind of guy to have in the Oval Office. He is smart, creative, principled, confident, and conservative. The Republican names most often mentioned don't have a prayer of getting elected.
George S| 4.19.11 @ 1:59PM
Trump has a solution to that one: put Marine One on a pair of poles to be lugged on the shoulders of illegals. Leadership -- sweating out the small details.
syd chaden| 4.19.11 @ 1:44PM
Bush was a lousy president, and Obama is even worse. Much worse. In comparison, Trump has some things going for him: 1. He is not a lawyer. He can count, and he has actually managed something and been successful. 2. He is not a member of the political establishment He has alienated the kingmakers of both parties. 3. He calls things as he sees them, even if that means changing his tune from a past serenade. Other candidates have done that, and don't want that held against them. Every present member of the Tea Party once was not a member, and Trump is entitled to the same flexibility. 4. Trump is not a politically correct wimp. Anything but. He says what he thinks, and not what he thinks you want to hear. 5. Trump advocates smaller government and reduced government spending, as does every other conservative potential candidate. The difference between Trump and others is that he has set and managed projects, budgets and goals, not just talked about them. 6. Trump is a ruthless son-of-a-bitch, which is exactly what we need in these times. He may not be truthful at all times, but the issue is whether he can be a successful politician, for which lying is a required ability. 7. Most importantly, Trump is not Obama.
Oldefarte| 4.19.11 @ 2:14PM
Jeffrey, I'm not disagreeing with your points, but I think that someone with Trump's qualifications needs to be voted for in 2012. Like him, the candidate should be more concerned with THE ART OF THE DEAL business-type decision that needs to be done [weighing all of the pertinent facts and thereafter coming to a sound conclusion/decision]. That/this is how successful businesspersons' run/administer things successfully/profitably. Politicians on the other hand do not have that ability usually, and want to PLAY THE MIDDLE, not infuriate any particular group/sector, and consequently, nothing substantial ever gets accompolished. Businesspersons are risk takers/bold, whereas politicians are ars-kissers [usually], and that is why this country historically run by politicians, is now on the brink of financial disaster. Romney and Trump both have business intelligence, but the former would be killed by the D's over his Romneycare and the latter, by his personal life adventures etc. The country needs a definitive decision maker, with a no-holds-barred mentality [aka Trump-like], or we'll be dead meat financially in several years!!!!!!!!
jrobinson| 4.19.11 @ 2:25PM
I can totally understand the worry about Trump being a "stealth liberal"; but I simply can't worry about it. On one hand I have Trump - who may end up a little squishy, but being a businessman he is probably malleable in some areas... and on the other hand, I have a hardcore socialist/marxist idealogue bent on destroying the country. Is there really any question? I would take Jimmy Carter back at this point, so I'm not sure why everyone is splitting hairs about it. We may survive Jimmy Carter's second term... but I'm not sure we can survive Obama's.
somnolence| 4.19.11 @ 2:46PM
I won't sell out my conservative principles and cast a vote for a man who supported Chuck Schumer, Anthony Weiner, Charlie Rangel, and Rahm Emanuel. Even if that one vote means the difference of four more years of Obama. McCain was the last straw for me, but there was no evidence he monetarily supported Democratic liberals in elections. So if Trump is the nominee, I probably will just stay home and not vote. If he's elected and steers the proper conservative course, overseeing spending cuts, continued tax cuts, curbing trade deficits, etc. I'll be happy to support him in 2016. Otherwise, like millions of others, I'm sure, I will go into survival mode until then.
jrobinson| 4.19.11 @ 5:18PM
I'd never sell out my principles; I just won't sell out my country because I don't get my "perfect conservative" to vote for. In the past 40 years, there haven't been many candidates that were "perfect conservatives". So, waiting could leave you out of the game for a long long time.
It all comes down to the Kenyan devil you know, and the might-be-devilish New Yorker you don't. Regardless of all the little "clues" that Trump may not be perfect, I've got stacks of evidence that Obama is the antithesis of everything I believe in.
So what do I sacrifice? Do I sacrifice the opportunity to stand up for my principles by not removing the person who jeopardizes all of my principles simply because I want a "cleaner battle"?
The time for half-measures, maybe-I'll-see what happens, and he's not a perfect conservative so I'll stay home are over. This is literally a fight to the death for this country now... it will not survive a second Obama term. I'm happy you'd rather "go into survival mode", the sad thing is you're gambling that there'll be a country left when you crawl out of your bunker.
In your effort to ensure that your principles are kept "pristine", you potentially sacrifice them ever being expressed politically again. Put yet another way: regardless of how conservative or not conservative Trump is, he very well be your last chance to ever vote for anything even conservative-ish ever again.
Cpm| 4.19.11 @ 3:29PM
Trump isn't running for president. He is a frontrunner and a self promoter, notice his comments about Bush in the wake of Obama's victory, trying to bask in Barry's glow, now Obama is the worst of all time? He is too much of a loose cannon, doesn't believe what he says, but he says things to see what effect he can get and what profit he can get from it. When that dries up he walks away. I do appreciate his birther comments because even if they are nonsense he raises interesting points that nobody else of his stature has the guts (or bad judgment) to raise. Coming from him they can't be easily ignored or swept under the rug. I'm sure in a few month's time he will change his mind entirely and move on to something new.
Margie| 4.19.11 @ 5:17PM
Who else says GW is evil?
Does Trump also believe the Pentagon is a terrorist organization?
Who else speaks like this?
The Paul-bots, that's who!
Sorry Donny boy, no can do!!
Jeamar37| 4.19.11 @ 5:40PM
Sorry. Can't take Trump seriously until he gets a new hair stylist. Really.
RCV| 4.19.11 @ 5:47PM
How can it be that people in the GOP are willing to take this guy seriously? His personal life is a moral disgrace, he is not a serious conservative intellectually, and he is a merciless self-promoter. Just at a time when people like Paul Ryan are raising serious proposals about serious issues and engaging the American people, this clown rises to the tops in the polls. Go figure.
Margie| 4.19.11 @ 5:50PM
RCV,
You almost sound like you'd vote for Paul Ryan!
RCV| 4.19.11 @ 6:47PM
I have great respect for Ryan, even on issues I disagree with him on. His proposals on health care reform, for example, are well-thought out and serious proposals that address real needs of reform in a market-based manner. I'm not saying that I think he's ready for prime-time yet, but I wouldn't personally write him off.
The damage Trump could do to the GOP and its chances in 2012 are incalculable.
Margie| 4.19.11 @ 6:49PM
RCV,
I agree with you!
Would you vote for Paul Ryan if he ran?
Oldefarte| 4.20.11 @ 11:44AM
As was indicated above, I'd [and hopefully most here would agree to] vote for a DOG IN HEAT as opposed to the current occupant of the WH [Also indicated is the correct thought that the purity of conservatism now has less relevance to the fact that if El Chosen One is allowed another four years in office, there will be no USA in existence thereafter, so if the choice comes down to Trump etc versus Barry, there is but one choice available!!!!!
Margie| 4.20.11 @ 9:37PM
Oldefarte,
Right on, dude. I'd vote for Trump if he did become the nominee, as well as Ron Paul.
Proving that I am NOT a Republican in Name Only.
LOL!
RCV| 4.20.11 @ 12:52PM
Can't say in the abstract - haven't heard from him on a lot of issues, don't know who his running mate would be, etc. But it's not inconceivable.
Nice to see you back in the conversation!
Margie| 4.20.11 @ 9:36PM
Thank you, RCV.
jrobinson| 4.19.11 @ 5:53PM
Has trump dissed Ryan, or did I miss something? We need someone who can at least READ a balance sheet. After Obama's last speech where he completely slapped Ryan and his budget, I decided I would vote for Kermit the Frog before I let this marxist have another term. And I would vote for Kermit without a birth certificate, and without even asking any questions about the dude standing behind him with his hand up his a**. OBAMA HAS TO GO AT ALL COSTS.
Clint| 4.19.11 @ 5:53PM
John McCain:
"U.S. Sen. John McCain reiterated his criticism of the Bush administration's handling of the war in Iraq on Saturday.
McCain also took aim at the Bush administration on the issue of global warming.
"Probably one of the great failings of the Bush administration in my view is not to acknowledge that climate change was indeed a threat to our planet," he said.
"Sen. John McCain, who is in New Orleans today, said that he would have handled Katrina differently if he had been president. He was openly critical of the Bush administration. From the New York Times:
Mr. McCain, who was on the fourth day of a tour of America’s “forgotten places” to try to prove that he is a kinder, gentler Republican, ticked off a long list of mistakes: “There was unqualified people in charge, there was a total misreading of the dimensions of the disaster, there was a failure of communications.’’
jrobinson| 4.19.11 @ 6:08PM
Please please tell me these are old quotes. tell me that McCain hasn't skipped over Obama to criticize... Bush? And please tell me he isn't thinking of running again. Stick a fork in McCain, he's done.
Margie| 4.19.11 @ 6:47PM
LOL. Clint/Tim* is the Master of cut and Paste here.
Part of his above quotes were taken from '07~ the part, "on Saturday".
The rest of it was from '08.
Clint| 4.19.11 @ 10:51PM
Laugh Out Louder.
Apocalyptic Crank Lady Is A Fixated RINO CINO Israel Firster,Who Serial Badmouths Our Tea Party Co-Favorite Dr.Ron Paul, While She Backed The Serial Traitor To Conservatism John McCain Of MacCain-Feingold, McCain-Kennedy,McCain-Lieberman, Gang Of 14, Opposing Bush Tax Cuts Of 2001 & 2003, Tarp.
The Joisey Broad Is A Chickenhawk Traitor For Her Isreal Firster Agenda.
Margie| 4.20.11 @ 9:40PM
Stick it, low-life.
axbucxdu| 4.19.11 @ 10:13PM
So what if they are old quotes. He still believes what he said.
Sure, he'll lay low while the Tea Partiers are roaming the halls of congress, but if they should have a great fall, he'll sound off just like the "maverick" he was before, and probably do so in a joint news conference with The Don.
Margie| 4.20.11 @ 9:41PM
Why is McCain even an issue here? Hmmm?
LOL. Still gotta foment about the past?
We have an election to win.
Get real.
axbucxdu| 4.21.11 @ 10:26PM
Obviously the past cannot be changed, but Mc Scam IS part of our now permanent reality. I'm commenting about a present that in fact can no longer be changed peacefully from the inside, through the political system. There's nothing ideational in that statement, just a realistic assessment that relies on previous episodes in the history of human frailty.
While I continue to hope for the best, I have a feeling that the Almighty is going to straighten this mess out once and for all by using His economic version of fire and brimstone. It may not be subtle, but as you know it is effective.
Preparation for THAT reality is in order.
Margie| 4.22.11 @ 1:17AM
Oh, please. Now we have to have insurrection?
You Clint/Tim* anarchists are for the birds.
And who cares what McCain has to say? Ignore him.
I voted for him as the Republican nominee, and will vote for the next one because it's the right thing to do for our country.
If defeating the real enemy is not your thing, then whose side are you really on?
Writing in your brother-in-law on the ballot is stupid, immature, and senseless.
Time for the Liberalterriers to grow up and vote like a man.
Beat your chests to no avail and go down beating them then while responsible human beings actually vote Republican in order to hound the Democrats out of office.
Why you Liberalterriors always to side with the Left instead of strengthening your side is beyond me and stinks to high Heaven of hypocrisy.
A RINO is someone who says they're Republican but doesn't vote Republican.
The hypocrisy is mind numbing.
axbucxdu| 4.22.11 @ 7:41PM
No hypocrisy, not at all. When your brand comes up with something conservative, drop me a line.
axbucxdu| 4.22.11 @ 8:01PM
BTW, don't make assumptions Marge. I wasn't calling for armed rebellion. I was saying that government finances are so untenable that they cannot be addressed peacefully through the political system. It will be an external event that causes all Americans to change their ways, not internal reform. The internal consequences to us of that event are likely to be severe and violent. That is all.
I'm not beating my chest, I wish circumstances were otherwise, but like I said previous history indicates they're not. Root for your mealy mouthed team all you want, I don't begrudge you, and when they come up with something original like a conservative backbone, let me know.
rdman| 4.19.11 @ 6:16PM
I heard an interesting analogy the other day…
The inside-the-beltway establishment political scene is like professional wrestling… the fight is rehearsed behind the scenes before the performance is offered to the audience.
wnmc| 4.19.11 @ 6:44PM
Good discussion here. I think Trump is a mistake. If he gets legs, he will run as an independent like Perot and hand the election to BO on a platter. I like that he takes BO to the woodshed but am very suspicious of the remarks he has made in this interview. I am a Canadian and I really do not like what is happening in your country right now. BO shows himself to be a pompous, leftist prig (witness the interview yesterday).
If you guys had any brains you would be recruiting Rubio, Christie, Ryan or Palin. Palin's speech this weekend showed she has cojones and can take BO to the woodshed better than the Donald.
Please do not select another Dolesque figure (Romney) as your nominee. You will lose.
wnmc| 4.19.11 @ 6:49PM
Oh and another thing. Bush (43) was successful because he understood that money wins elections. BO knows this too. He already has a formidable war chest and the ability to double it. The RNC needs to emulate Bush's fundraising strategies if they want to win and they need to start now.
jrobinson| 4.19.11 @ 7:50PM
There's no way to emulate The Annointed One's fundraising... his war chest includes billions in unspent stimulus money. To think that the DNC won't find a way to funnel that to the re-election campaign is ludicrous.
Mimi| 4.19.11 @ 8:00PM
wnme..Hi and thanks for your input from the North. I don't think money will be a problem in the 2012 election....When all the try-outs are over and every one has had their say... The cream will rise to the TOP and people will contribute in droves...It will come from many, many people for we Love our country and are fully aware that we cannot trust OBAMA or The DEMOCRATS ever again....
gary siebel| 4.19.11 @ 7:20PM
There is little ideological connection remaining between The Left and The Liberals. The Left has yet to reconstitute itself in any coherent manner since the utter (and desrved, though not quite yet complete) collapse of The Commies, and The Liberals glommed on to Leftism, like leeches. Leftists are head breakers and know how to fight, and are willing to do so, if necessary. Liberals are spineless and mushy, wonderfully sweet people who know how to party much better than Conservatives, are frequently more charitable and generous than those who call themselves "Christians," but they are so full of sympathy for everything from wet dogs found on the beach to men wanting to marry each other that they have no clue how, or desire, to bust heads. Hence they insist we not go to war while simultaneously demanding we "save" the Libyans!
Obama is clearly a Liberal because of his lack of eagerness to put the smack down on well deserving Repubs, for example, in regards to the deficit, which is a bastard child Repubs would like to disown, even though it has their DNA (both Reagan and Bushwit's).
I'm not sure Bush wins the worst president award, but Cheney certainly deserves the worst Vice-president gold medal. Bush's main political problem was that the VP cannot be fired, but his mistake was his reluctance to do so even if he could have.
My dark horse Repub candidate remains the Guv of Az, but she may not be viable until 2016, after all the immigration based lawsuits are settled.
jrobinson| 4.19.11 @ 8:06PM
Seriously? Liberals are just fun-loving, always meaning well, puppy dogs?
Its that kind of blanket excuse that allows people like Obama to get to power. Liberals are not more charitable - all the statistics prove this. They are not kinder - some of the most vile, reprehensible lies and distortions come from their mouths. You think Obama is liberal because he refuses to be mean...? That last budget speech was one of the most dishonest, slap-in-the-face, political speeches I've ever heard. That liberal actually said that the republicans were pitting the handicapped against millionaires, and that Paul Ryan just wanted to kill people on Medicare. (This, after, ObamaCare guts 500billion from the medicare budget without any indication of how to replace it.)
And while your so concerned about the DNA of the economy, go check out USDebtClock dot org. Look at the figure in the lower right - unfunded mandates. 112TRILLION! That's not war. That's not tax cuts for the rich. That's every liberal Progressive wet dream of the last 100 years.
Cheney was just a guy. It's the Leftists that made him out to be Darth Vader. Biden is a non-stop, 24/7, 365, gaff-o-meter. You must be biased... if Biden was Republican, you wouldn't excuse any of his BS, and we wouldn't even be having this conversation.
The only thing definitive about liberals is that they can't handle reality; they want it all - especially if contradictory and illogical. It's this wishywashiness, that allows hardcore marxist ideologues to come to power. What you consider their greatest strength, is our country's greatest weakness. They won't just trade liberty for security, they'll trade it for a hamburger next tuesday... or a cheezy healthcare plan.
somnolence| 4.19.11 @ 8:26PM
I'm not swayed by your arguments that this country won't survive another Obama presidency. The track record shows that even with the "correct " Congress and President we've squandered hope in the not too distant past. It is up to the American people in such a scenario to determine their fate, whether by vote, recall, or survival mode bloodshed with no let-up.
somnolence| 4.19.11 @ 8:30PM
A writer for this very magazine, Ben Stein, this afternoon told Neil Cavuto that Obama would be reelected, unless of course, inflation is rampant this time next year. Does anyone really see inflation being curbed at this time? That's why I say I'm more patient; I'm not really going to get interested in the seriousness about the election until next February. Hopefully, Trump will find another hobby by that time to pursue, giving Sarah more time to blister Obama's hide for 3 years of failure and disregard for the law and the Constitution.
Rev Trask| 4.23.11 @ 6:51PM
Sorry to break your heart, but Salmon Sarah isn`t going anywhere anytime soon:
http://politicalwire.com/archi.....laska.html
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April 20, 2011
Palin Sinks Like a Stone in Alaska
A new Dittman Research poll in Alaska shows Sarah Palin's favorable rating is upside down at 36% to 61%.
For comparison, the U.S. Senate candidate Palin backed, Joe Miller (R), is even worse off at 18% to 73%. And her arch nemesis, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), is at a sky high approval of 71% to 27%.
somnolence| 4.19.11 @ 8:36PM
MY vote is one of my life's precious commodities; and no, I won't have any pangs of conscience whatsoever if I don't vote. But rest assured, I'll keep speaking out whether I vote or not. I won't be a complete ass like the late Bill Safire, who voted for Perot in1992. The only other time I haven't voted was in 1976. I was definitely a Reagan man in 1976 all through the last day of the convention. Like I say, for me, Sarah, Michele, Herman, or Rick. No others need apply, and I do mean it.
Ore Gone| 4.20.11 @ 5:11AM
I like all of them! Just give me a person who is truthful and has morales and ethics. That narrows the field significantly and most certainly leaves the POTUS pretender out.
Rev Trask| 4.23.11 @ 6:55PM
Would you consider a Newt Gingrich-John Ensign ticket?
Kingofthenet| 4.19.11 @ 9:41PM
Man, 'The Donald' done gone and F'ed up real good with that 'right to privacy' question, mind as well just done an abortion hisself right then and there! Time to 'drop ze bombz' and pull out the Palin.
axbucxdu| 4.19.11 @ 10:24PM
Much ado about nothing. The more important question is what number of fiscal conservatives will be running for congress in 2012. How about working to build veto-proof majorities in both houses so we don't have to give shiite who's elected POTUS in 2012. Recent history has shown that when it comes to the executive branch, it's meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
Dee See| 4.21.11 @ 3:19AM
"----Folks, the system really has been poisoned.
really. These people are all fronts. They've all
sworn alegiance to the CFR and the Globalist
agenda (destruction of sovereignty, consolidation,
mass EUGENICS). You have to STOP voting altogether. You have to root it and them out. You have to. You have no choice."
-ALAN WATT
(eesntial online coverage)
He's right.
Motorcycle Accident Lawyer | 4.21.11 @ 10:34AM
Trump may be a great businessman, but he's probably not ready for the business of politics in Washington.
Rev Trask| 4.21.11 @ 9:38PM
Trump was right the first time. He should quit (like Sarah Palin) while he`s still ahead.
Christian Louboutin | 6.23.11 @ 6:01AM
He's in distinguished company, though. Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush, Bob Dole, occasionally George W. Bush and a considerable list of others had the same problem.
Creative Recreation | 8.10.11 @ 10:08PM
is good