Seriously... who cares... the only thing I truly want to know about the Donald is whether that's a toupee or not. Says a lot about it huh? BUT I TRULY WANNA KNOW..... DANG IT.

No toupee could possibly be that bad.

Finally---something we can all agree on----bad hair!!

I believe Donald Trump is a patriot and a qualified dynamic leader. He cited more truthful and substantive responses (which included realistic resolutions) to questions than any other politician I have listened to in 15 yrs. Donald's hair discussion is just another example of the static complacency we, as citizens, actually think has some sort of merit. People, get real. This man is standing up for all of us and is posed to expose the hypocrisy of our own government and stand up to nations who pose an economical or terrorist threat to the US of America, first and foremost. I hope he decides to run, I believe he is the one to return the respect our great nation deserves! Mr. Trump, You Are Hired!

Community organizer. You bet. Never has our country ever elected anyone as unqualified to be president. Obama is an educated idiot. Obama is an education ideologue. He has no clue as to what makes a nation great and zero idea about how anything runs, particularly an economy.

His latest idea is to provide high speed wireless to everyone in America! What a moron. A dangerous clueless moron. To think that someone needs to explain economics 101 to a president! Well, ok I will be fair ... explain economics 101 to all Dumbocrats. Really. People go out to dinner, they buy a dinner for $30, if the dinner were not worth $30 to them they would not buy it. Now, there are plenty of companies more than willing to provide high speed wireless to everybody living off teh grid in boondocks-everywhere. It might cost them $250 / month / customer but they would be happy to provide it. The problem is that there are very few customers willing to pay $250 a month for the service. In otherwords teh service is not worth $250 to them . It does not provide as many "utils" of enjoyment as spending that $250 on something else. Therefore the product should not be provided. Now the government can not provide service at any price less than the $250 so to do so would be a waste of resources. The proof is that the people living in the boondocks would rather spend there money on something else themselves. Now this is not to say that if you gave them the service by stealing money from everyone else in the country they would not gladly take it. Of course they would. But what free markets do is guarantee that we maximize the value of products we all consume. Government subsidize guarantee that no such maximization occurs. Therefore they guarantee that we all live poorer lives. This is so very basic even if I don't explain it very well.

As an independent that usually votes toward the liberal side I say Donald if you run, Which in my opinion you should you will have my support and vote

Cathleen you call repealing health care reform, protecting gun rights, and yet more anti-abortion "standing up for all of us"!? I beg to differ. This narcissistic billionaire ego does not stand up for me, or for any women as far as I can see. He's just trying to play to the far right wing base, living the fantasy...

To LyndaAZ...actually, he does speak for me. The man has come back from bankruptcy and made himself all over again. He knows business and knows how to get things done. When America was a conservative nation (i.e. think back to the 1940's and 1950's when things were family based and not everything was out there for the world to see), we were a much better place, respected and feared, not laughed at and mocked. If we can get any semblence of that time back, and he can do it, why not? Do you really believe that the way things are in this country, right now, either created by Republicans or Democrats, is the way we should continue? It's this partisan, liberal thinking that got us into this mess. Let's see if he can get us out. My 7-year-old could do a better job than Obama is doing now.

Hey, Bob, repeating conservative talking points is.... real unnessisary. Just because Boehner hasn't done squat for jobs yet, doesn't mean you should bring Obama to a article that doesn't mention his name..... once. Real sad, real sad.

Also, if he chooses to run, then I want to see what he stands on first before making a decision, although I have encountered Mr. Trump once while I was in New York, and he was a total jerkoff. Excuse my french.

Fiesty, this man did not ahieve what he has by being an idiot. What are your achievments?

Mr. Trump has been Bankrupt three times and each time was allowed to wiggle out of owing millions.

It is a sad statement of the irrational hatred of Obama to see Mr. Trump as a viable alt.

No thanks.

It is going to take someone like Trump to handle ll of our problems. Please help me help you Donald!!!! Go for it!!

I like Trump...he's an accomplished businessman and knows how to win.

Of greater importance...he is a conservative, realist and won't take any crap from anyone. Just what we need after this and the previous Presidential joke.

The right man for the job in my opinion. No more damn politicians..no more Hillary, Pelosi, Palin...yes, dopes on both sides.

We need a real change.....here's our chance.

Donald PLEASE RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's about time that we have a man in the White House that has some KAHUNNA'S, and would give this country it's respect back and not be a puppet like our present president is. I would support you any way I could to have you as the next president. I am a military veteran and we need some one like you to b...uild up our military and defend our allies like Israel. We need someone like you who could put this country back as a Christian Nation which it was formed under and not have people try to convert it to the country they came from. If they want to come to this country then let them learn ENGLISH and come here LEAGELY. They should not be allowed to come here for our WELLFARE system which is bankrupting this nation. It's about time some one has the strength to set this country back on the right course and I know you could do the job. You know what it is to run a billion dollar business and balance the books, not like most of our politions today. I could go on and on about the changes that need to be made and I know you could bring respest to this nation once again.

Rita -

Just because YOU are ultra-conservative does not mean that everyone else is, or everyone else wants to live that way. If you want to live your life in that manner, fine. But DO NOT push your beliefs on other people. I can push the idea of smaller government and more freedom MUCH further than your pathetic conservative values will ever be able to handle. I want to push "personal responsibility" so far that it would frighten the Tea Party. But I also realize that, although I am strong enough to handle it, someone like you can not.

This is a different era than the 40s and 50s. Information is much more prevalent, the job landscape has changed, values and priorities shift as knowledge spreads. People have realized that "family based" goals do not apply for everyone . . . people are different, things have changed, deal with it.

LEAGELY. - WELLFARE

I tend to stay away from commenting on someones lack of education - but sorry Bob, you win the prize today for representing the stuck on stupid crowd!

OMG, this man is not going to run, he is merely seeking publicity. He has about as much diplomacy as a pit bull. Most likely any of his three wives could attest to that. He just wants to stir up a controversy. This man represents large corporations and corporations absolutely do not care about people, they care about their stakeholders.

Mans got my vote. At least he is not a GD politician.

Fayse

I hope your meant shareholders, cause the workforce is usually left orts.

he is a sick man. Now he is even sicker

I for one would like to see him run. He probably would not get the nomination anyway but it would be fun to watch. How could he be any worse for America than what we have now??

While everyone is extolling Donald Trump's virtues as wonderful business man, I still remember the fact that he filed bankruptcy in the past and cheated on his wife - remember Marla Maples?

Donald won't get my vote. If you cheat on your wife and file bankruptcy, what else is he willing to do or not do when to going gets tough?

Please stop covering this man like he is a serious candidate. The man is a blowhard trust fund baby. He doesn't know the first thing about running a successful business, which is why he has to keep selling them and his name rights so he isn't put in the poor house. Please do a poll pitting him again Obama, so everyone can see he stands even less of a chance then Ron Paul who he choose to single out. The man needs to be put in his place. If it wasn't for mommy and daddy he would just be another con man like Madoff.

For all those praising Trump as a successful business man, do a little freak'n research instead of assuming he is successful because you see him on TV with his Apprentice show. I mean come on, how much of a joke is the show that it is now using celebrities? I think My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss was a more realistic business reality TV show then the Apprentice. And as for the Forbes top 100 richest rating, the magazine has even admitted that Trump calls them every year and tells them how much they are under estimating his value. He has no value, he is living off of other people's money like many of the other people on Wall Street. He probably has more debt then assets, but the debt payments are just in the future. He is making the minimum monthly payment and living high on the horse in the meantime because idiots keep lending him money. How many times does a man need to go bankrupt before people will stop lending him money? If it was you or I, we would have not been able to get those loans.

Another point that hasn't been made is that he's not even a conservative. I've heard him on a few interviews and he'd probably be considered middle of the road and I believe he's said he voted for Obama. And like most rich people today he inherited his money. It's not like he ever did anything to earn it.

Interview with Larry King on February 5, 2009

Conservative credibility...

King: What about the whole concept of bailouts?

Trump: Well, it's a little bit different. A lot of people are not in favor of bailouts. You know, we talked about all the different things going on in this country. Let's face it, Larry, we are in a depression.

If they didn't do the bailout, you would be in depression No. 2 and maybe just as big as depression No. 1, so they really had to do something. The problem is they're giving millions and billions of dollars to banks and the banks aren't loaning it.

If you are a prime customer of a bank and if you need 10 cents, you can't get it. The banks are out of business. They're not loaning. Now, billions of dollars has been given. They're supposed to be loaning out that money and they're using it for other purposes, so it is a real mess.

King: If you were in the Senate, would you vote for the stimulus plan?

Trump: Well, I'd vote for a stimulus plan. I'm not sure that all of the things in there are appropriate. Some of the little toys that they have are not really appropriate, and they're a little surprising that they seem to want it, because the publicity on it has been terrible.

I would certainly vote for a stimulus, but I would really vote for banks having to loan out the money because they're not doing that.

Remember Trump supported the stimulus. I was for the stimulus before I was against it? The most amusing part is that the banks got money from TARP passed under George W. Bush not the stimulus, but I guess Trump doesn't need to deal with facts. To give Trump the benefit of the doubt, Larry did talk about bailouts prior to pivoting to the stimulus, so maybe poor Donald got confused.

Same interview with Larry King on February 5, 2009

Conservative credibility Part II

Larry King: Is Obama right or wrong to go after these executives with salary caps?

Donald Trump: Well, I think he's absolutely right. Billions of dollars is being given to banks and others. You know, once you start using taxpayer money, it's a whole new game. So I absolutely think he's right.

Doesn't sound very free market to me. For starters most conservatives think the banks should have been allowed to fail and the government should not have been involved. Beyond that, if the banks were saved, conservatives would not be for government directing businesses what to compensate their employees. The man is only saying what he thinks is popular with the public. If he were to run for a public office he would run as a populist which means he would be a centrist not a conservative.

I agree with salary caps, but who gets the money Thats the part I'm worried about.. also I'm pretty tired of the government law by law taking our rights away

soazDan

Different reality show in case you aren't familar with it. Most libs will see a sentence with 'tribe' and 'Obama' in it and scream RACIST!! Sorry folks it isn't...

soazDan After the marathon we had yesterday, I got one thing to say to you buddy, you're a lying hypocrite. it's so convenient for people like you to hide behind this mantra "it's his policies". You people know full well it's all about his color; you liars. Had it not been for his policies America would be in the abyss.

What kills me is the way you all repeat verbatim FOX NOISE TALKING POINTS i.e. Muslim, Hiltler, weak, Marxist, commie, community organizer, yada yada. Let me tell ya'll something. Jesus was a community organizer. Show me one thing, the republicans have done in the last ten years. Haa! You can't

A new site from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is tracking how long it’s been since the Republicans assumed control of the House of Representatives without proposing a single jobs-related bill. It’s all about “when” the GOP promises of jobs creation will finally come to fruition.

http://WhenAreTheJobs.com/

If you click on the link you'll zero jobs created

Unless you factor in Islamophobia, repealing tenets of the Constitution which made this country a beautiful diverse place to live in, a denial of the history of Thomas Jefferson that all you can say the rabid right has done. You should be SORRY.

Texas schools board rewrites US history with lessons promoting God and guns

US Christian conservatives drop references to slave trade and sideline Thomas Jefferson who backed church-state separation.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/16/texas-schools-rewrites-us-history

Rewrite the history of blacks by denying slavery as well as deny blacks and Hispanics contributions, taking over a woman's body, giving tax breaks to the top tier of the 2% richest American, considering a corporation to be a person, distributing hate and bigotry in imagery and the media. I could go on and on. But, you people ALREADY KNOW YOU'RE A BUNCH OF LYING HYPOCRITES SO OUT OF TOUCH WITH TODAY'S WORLD.

Here's hoping all you faux Christians and Islamophobes enjoy your fundies

@BOB KURTZ

Donald PLEASE RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!! We need someone like you who could put this country back as a Christian Nation which it was formed under and not have people try to convert it to the country they came from. If they want to come to this country then let them learn ENGLISH and come here LEAGELY.

Keep jaw jacking, buddy and learn how to spell.

If the Donald is so qualified why has he gone bankrupt on several occasions?

FYI: The Founding Fathers did not find a Christian Nation. They, the majority of them were Deist.

You should be happy in that fundie with the rest of the hypocrites.

I fear this country is doomed. And it is not because of Barack Obama.

We are doomed because some people are led, like lemmings who jump the cliff, to vote totally against their own best interests.

The average Republican, sorry to say this, is plain ignorant and misinformed. You pick up talking points and that's all you know.

If any of you visited for any length of time a progressive blog, you would see discussion where Democrats do NOT always agree with the President. In fact, comments often are down right nasty to President Obama. Democrats do not march lock step.

Anyone who thinks any person who becomes president will make everyone happy all the time is the biggest idiot of all time. The Obama Derangement Syndrome is off the rails.

I wish just one of you "haters" would get honest and simply admit you hate a black man being in the White House.

Donald Trump? Can you imagine him speaking to foreign leaders? Can you imagine him being at all diplomatic when diplomacy ( Greece ) is necessary?

The amount of stupid on some comments, if read by citizens of other countries, does not put America and Americans in good standing.

nicely put chandler. running a country isn't the same as running a business. you can't fire congress or world leaders. donald trump is a self-important vulgarian and clown who inherited his wealth from his father, and then managed to make so many bad business decisions that he required three government bailouts. and all that notwithstanding, do we really want his mail-order wifebot as our first lady?

If it came down to Trump and Obama I would vote against Trump. with any luck the primaries will eliminate that possibility!

He is such a loser, no body would vote for him, He can't afford the close financial scrutiny that such a candidate would have to under go. He has been bailed out more times then Chrysler, Ford and GM combined. He is the biggest loser!!, will never get elected so we cant even fire him.

He has a big L tattooed on his forehead that he hides with his hideous comb over.

What many oh here wrote of Mr. Trump is almost funny...claiming you would not vote for him..or that since he went nearly bankrupt several times he is not qualified to be president..Would think he has been able to do what he says because he has stood behind what he has said he would do...worked well for the banks he borrowed from for sure...you folks would not vote for him ...but keep reelecting the same congressional people everytime...and then wonder why this country has gone down as much as it has. Considering what our elected have done for us..it is about time we started electing people that have never been in politics..then maybe we counld get things in thisd country done as we wished ...not as the elected we have now do...We need, for an honest government, to stop lobbyist and their bribe money from "donating" to our elected..that to me would be a good place to start...

noelle-367634...........I think its a shame we can not fire the politicans we have in congress now..you complain that Trump has none I guess...even as many..of our elected today..are under going investigations of one kind or the other..and their ethics are a joke.

I sense that Trump thinks he can do something despite his marital history. Okay, that's what primaries are for. How does he hold onto his million$ after so many failures?

America loves celebrities.

And, the parade continues. Who's next?

Trump/Gump 2012.

Hay, No Jo- what's ya odds on Forrest and the Donald?

Trump/O'Donnell, LMAO. 6 months into the race Trump to Odd'Donnel, "Witch, your fired"

I am hoping for Trump/Ventura

I hope he does run.At least he got balls to say your FIRED!

The Donald running for President? Oh come on libbie MSNBC, is it that bad of a news day? Where do you libbie folks get this dribble?

Donald is doing nothing more than getting a few minutes of face time - just like the Bamster does on a daily basis.

When it is time to "fish or cut bait" the Don is out. Let's write in either Bev or Feisty - they have all of the answers. And you don't even have to ask with them they will tell you in each post.

Bob-513575..finally you show how little you know about President Obama...No need to enlighten you, as you are too ignorant to understand....

sounds like a better plan than what seems to be out there

donald is, for sure, very very successful ---- not to sure about global affairs, but then who is in this day and age.

The donald knows how to make money, can create jobs, and he does have balls to say your FIRED!!!

Way to go Donald!!!!

More reality star candidates . . . wonderful. Maybe the Republicans can talk to Snooki as well.

Can you run government like you run a business? Can governments file for bankruptcy? How many times has Donald Trump filed for bankruptcy protection? How many times has Barack Obama filed for bankruptcy protection? Case closed. NEXT!

... GOP will nominate someone unelectable with hopes of saving their best candidate for 2016.

Right on Ursula !!! (many believe they did that in 2008!)

Michelle for America, 2016!

You would be wrong there, Ursula.

Read here

http://www.gallup.com/poll/146021/Obama-Approval-Rating-Deficit-Sinks-New-Low.aspx

Read all the way down to the chart that shows his approval- actually, lack thereof- on eight major issues. Pay close attention to the independent voters approval numbers.

Now, consider this data along with the CNN data showing that 51% either definitely or probably WILL NOT vote to reelect Obama.

He cannot play the role of Zelig in this campaign- he has a record, and the public rejects it.

The unelectable one in 2012 is Obama.

Yeah, you might take that as an indicator, or you might look at more than one poll like Real Clear Politics does: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_obama_job_approval-1044.html

Do you honestly believe independents will vote for a Tea Party-leaning candidate?

Great question Ursula. What do you think unemployment will be next year? How about the debt/deficit? Will there be any movement DOWN on either by then?

Well, let me check my crystal ball...

Do you think a Republican-led Congress will accomplish anything on either of those items?

You tell me, Ursula.

What happened in the midterms again?

Oh, yeah.

Ursula - is it you belief that the Congress is run by the Republicans? Really?

My question was not about crystal balls, rather related to yours about what independents would do.

Okay. All you with your nobama blinders on, just remember to come back and own up to your convoluted wishing when we don't have a tea party president, and Obama wins a second term. ( I can't even believe there are more than two people i'd have to point that out to. And I live in a dark RED state!)

Spanky - How about the debt/deficit?

Y'all are tiresome - stop channelling Herbert Hoover already!

What do you think unemployment will be next year?

Well, if YESTERDAY was any indication (lowest UE claims since before Obama was elected to fix y'all's mess!) then the answer is "Even better, thanks!" (stay tuned for even more good news on that front tomorrow!)

Well, if we could jump from Nov 2010 to Nov 2012 perhaps the mood would be the same and the President would get another shellacking. But since there's two years in the middle, a lot can happen - a lot already has.

Even so, the GOP has some serious challenges to find and nominate a viable candidate for 2012 without fracturing itself in the process.

What happened in the midterms (said in my shouting voice)? Oh wait, what happened was what always happens in a new president's first midterm election, a power shift. Clinton still beat Dole, Obama will still beat whoever he runs against. Besides, its time for candidates to declare themselves, and no one is even stepping up. Could it be they don't want to ruin their chances for 2016?

I don't like to weigh in on politics, but trust me here folks, I know you are having a party acting like a self made billionaire has no power in the political arena, but this is no joke. Donal Trump could put the US back on the global economic map in a new york minute. He owns a thousand businesses. Read that again, a thousand businesses. He makes more money in one day than an American citizen will make in a lifetime and he has done that thousands of times already. He knows money, he knows business, he knows people's need to be led by the nose. If he can't help the US, there is no one who can. And given only a FEW more years on the bottom of this feeding frenzy of America's riches, we will no longer have the chance to recapture our heritage, our clout or our future and will become in every single way a true third world nation against our own will. This is no joke stuff here. Donald Trump as president would do more for our country than a million Sara Palins. Or should I say, more than ANYONE other than Sara Palin.

Do not underestimate Donald Trump. He has integrity, speaks his mind, has respect for all and above all is a hard worker. If he watches over our country the way he has his family (each one is a hard worker) maybe we stand a chance of going back to being the great superpower we were once and get respected.

I hope he does run..At least he got the balls and the mouth to say Your Fired!

I am 70 yrs. old and I would vote for him.. He knows all about money and that seems to be some of the issues.. and he can spot a phony ..plus he has got it.. forget the hair, if you look at photos of the past, the same. no wig would look like that.. I like him because he is not afraid to speak up on issues. grandma of 8..Plus is is sharp.. in all aspects.

"he knows all about money"....ok, so THAT'S now the test of presidential material? Sharp at what, exactly? Right...this is the guy you want with his hand on the nuclear button??

come on--the only one deluded enough to actually believe Donald Trump would carry one single state let alone win the Republican nomination is the ego-maniac himself.

OMG just what this country needs the donald what a piece of work he is nothing but an arrogant ass

Obviously everyone has forgotton how many times this man has filed chapter 11 (and been married). Good business? I seriously doubt it. He already knows how the system works .....cheat, steal, lie, and find the most lucrative way to get out of it all while the people of this country pay for it. He is no Ross Perot.

"Still, I find it hard to believe anyone could be worse than the amatuers we have in this administration."

Just couldn't comment on Trump only, could you? You just HAD to work this in somehow. We get it already! You are unhappy with Obama, and have been since before he took office (your screen name gave it away, since you've been using it since BEFORE the election, for God's sake!).

Hmmm Joe - "a (religious) state worldwide"

You're no dummy for history; refresh my memory about who started that particular trend :

Was It the Moors, traveling over 3000 miles, off and on (mostly on) for over 700 years, to attack Buckingham palace?

Oh... no, sorry ... other way around, huh? (Ever see the Chris Rock Routine, "If it's all WHITE, it's allright!" ?)

So, dbo- your argument to my POINT would be?

I'll tellyou as soon as you come up with one that isn't centered on Obama, and all his evil, imcompetent, etc etc etc.

No Joe - All Blow

As in this case.....there are very rarely any arguments to your "points".....because no one needs to argue your typical useless "points"...they are what they are....worthless!

You say it is 1979 all over again.....if you are talking about the ineptness of the intelligence - I would say you don't need to go back to 1979.....just go back one adminstration and you will find all the ineptness to last a lifetime!

B dune, the ineptitude of Obama's intel team was already established, but displayed again for the entire world to see.

AFTER Obama gives a speech congratulating the Egyptian people for bring about "change"- Mubarak announces he is going NOWHERE.

That is one heck of an I tel team he put together! It's a nine days wonder they can find the restrooms.

No Joe - All Blow

well - the all blow came through again.....

let me repeat - "you want the ultimate in ineptness in intel....go back one administration - it will be the lowest of standards that all administrations will be measured against"!

Wow people on here are morons..... So Obama's supposed to know exactly what Mubarak was going to do?? It doesn't matter how good your intel is, unless they're mind readers then you can never be 100% certain. But of course instead of actually using your brain lets just blame Obama since apparently that's the "cool" thing to do these days. If only McCain and Palin had been elected everything would be right in the world and we would all be eating ice cream right now... sigh.

Try this Veraky-

Don't give a speech about an event that has not happened. Wait until AFTER Mubarak speaks, before YOU speak on it.

If he'd been a republican, you'd be excoriating him for making a fool of himself, and the country.

The difference is, so would republicans.

As to Clapper- it takes a special brand of stupidity to claim that the Muslim Brotherhood, whose motto is Islam is the Answer, is a secular organization. A group that believes that all lands from Spain to Indonesia are Muslim lands. That gave birth to Hamas, and Al Queda - is somehow a peace loving group of guys- you know, like the Rotary.

Obama hired him. That makes him his fai,rue.

Added to a string of others,

Sigh.

Y'know,... if the complaining and namecalling, and the whining about how horrible he was had not started AS SOON as he threw in his hat to be elected over three years agom,, and if the whining were not non-stop on topics from what he puts on his burger to having the nerve to give congrats to a soldier who deserved the medal of Honor,... these people who whine Obama 24/7 would be taken seriously.

Trump? President? Meh,... How can people honestly consider this,... BILL GATES would be a better choice,.. he has more than and been more of a success than the Donald ever was.

tsk,.. Of course Bill knows better.

i thought that this article was about Donald Trump. The man has presidential qualities. I seriously doubt that he will run. It wouldn't matter anyway, I guess his conservative views don't include adultery. Ask is first wife about that.

Obviously the speech was a bad idea in hindsight but in the grande scheme of things it's minor. And if it had been a Republican I would be saying the same thing. I am apparently in the minority here in that I'am not a "groupie" for any political party. Hell if the Republicans hadn't put up the dumbest duo possible in McCain & Palin I wouldn't have so easily voted for Obama. And Until Obama makes what I consider a critical mistake he has my support.

Well, if $840billion for "shovel ready" jobs he later admitted do not exist didn't do it. . .

And 600,000 new jobs due to the stimulous in summer 2009 that never materialized didn't do it. ..

And the summer of recovery that never happened didn't do it. . .

I guess you will never admit that he is a failure.

The rest of the electorate, however, thinks differently. They said it with votes, just a couple of months ago.

Never heard Bush or Cheney ever say they made a mistake,,,,yet when they left out country in the dump,,,minus thousands of innocent lives they gave away,,,and thousands more they helped kill in two wars of their choice,,,,,was this a good example of leadership for eight years? Oh,,,and BTW, do any of you rightwing intellectuals know where Bush put that $350 BILLION that seems to be missing,,,or the 750 Billion that Bush and Paulson gave away strings free?

Bobr, I presume you are speaking of the TARP funds.

They have been pid ba k- with interest.

Here is a really good question no one in the Obama Administration has been able to answer-

Since the deficit when he took office(fiscal year 2008, ending 9/30/08), was $450 billion, and,

The projected deficit, based on the TARP funds, was $1.3 trillion, and,

Those funds were repaid,

What did Obama do with that money?!?!

There is $800 billion unaccounted for, bobr. What on earth did he do with it?

I was against the TARP, by the way. For reasons too complicated to go into this late at night. Still, it was repaid, with interest, which was widely touted by the media- even this site - until the uncomfortable question of "where are those funds" was raised.

Then it got dropped.

So, do you know?

wow the US is going to hell in a handbasket.....what else is there to say!

Hey jlbf,

I hear they're starting a little democracy in Egypt. Wanna move?

That may be exactly where they are heading, Ursula, and the entertainment will be non stop.

did I miss something? Did someone start a third party?

yes but which one would pick Palin and which one would pick Trump? Both are losers.

Veraky

Wow people on here are morons..... So Obama's supposed to know exactly what Mubarak was going to do?? It doesn't matter how good your intel is, unless they're mind readers then you can never be 100% certain

I'm sure you feel the same way about George W. Bush and the WMD issue ??? Just sayin'

"And the Headline on PMSNBC..."

Say, that's cute. PMSnbc.... Cute, but where have I heard it before? Hmmm.....where could it have been? Does any one have an OxyContin they can spot me while I try to remember where I have heard this? Seems like maybe it was on the radio....some bloated, loud-mouthed guy....

Hey anyone think it may be time to fire Clapper? Could he be more of a Clown. Come on, Napolitano is bad, but this is pure buffoonery.

And I gotta go with Drive By on the PMSNBC thing - ain't none of those guys menstrating. Not Schultz, Matthews, Maddow, O'Donnell. Well, maybe Matthews, but no way those other dudes would.

...Don't know that I heard Obama express an opinion one way or the other on whether Trump would run? What's your source ;)

I don't know Robert...people are very stupid with their votes....looks who's the president now.

seems like "stupid" is what you use for "don't agree with".

your just used to too much graft and corruption,you either work for the oil industry or nasa, put some one in the seat that knows how to work for a living not suck off the taxpayers

2red - LMFAO! Thanks!

Now you know how most of the good people in America felt when obame was elected illegally.

I wonder if he is trying to do what Perot did? Perot ran not because he thought that he would win, he just wanted to make sure that Bush was defeated. Remember when he danced across the stage with his wife in celebration of Bushe's defeat? But, I seriously doubt that Trump would be as effective as Perot. Trump and Palin have one thing in common, ignorance. Yes they both have made money. Palin because McCain was stupid enough to choose her and Trump because he was born into wealth.

AnaBanana,

Happy to say that to Arnold, but unfortunately, we received Moonbeam 2.0 in return.....

Let's hope Jerry does in fact, cut government, reduce the entitlements, balance the budget with his Spending Party friends, while working with the public service employee unions to go the same direction as the private sector companies in CA.

Hey Anabanana, any retort to my comments?

I can't speak for Ana, but, I just ran across something hilarious I had forgotten:

In 1980, Jerry Brown 1.0 was seen as the "domestic agenda expert" of the future for the Democratic party. Of course, this was vetoer he started seeing UFO's. Maybe he thought that would polish up his foreign policy credentials.

Anyway, I tripped over that when I was looking up the GOP field in 1980- I remembered it being pretty crowded at this point, but it was a while ago, so I really did not remember.

There were EIGHT primary candidate. An additional TWO dropped out before the primaries- for a total of ten. The media had a field day with the FIFTEEN who declined to run- including former president Ford, and Delaware governor DuPont. Seemed to conclude that it meant that the GOP had no chance at all against Carter.

The rest, as they say, is history.

Seems we have a pretty good corollary next year to 1980. A totally incompetent democrat takes office due to a wounded GOP, campaigning on "change". The economy staggers, he is a proponent of pie in the sky energy schemes, totally out of his depth on foreign affairs- heck, the only thing Obama is missing is a pet rock!

Safecracker,

Sorry! Wan't ignoring. Thanks for reminding me of Moonbeam 2.0. I'm very much for Brown. Think he is working hard for California. Much like I am sure President Obama is working hard for America and will be rewarded 2012.

no joe, no bo, nj

Totally incompetent. Really? That's the best you can say about a president working his a@# off keeping us from a depression Bush and his cronies almost caused. Ooops!.....Forgot. You have your talking points for the year memorized.

AnaBanana,

Where did you learn about politics? Evidently, from a marxist high school teacher.

Your Mr. Obama is making a complete fool out of himself with the Mubarak fiasco! This is 1979 Iran all over again unless Mubarak can manage to stay in office and come up with some kind of decent constitution for Egypt. Hopefully, he really does love Egypt and will do the "right thing". Otherwise, all is lost.

Mr. Obama's new guy Mr. Clapper is a complete idiot. Ever heard of the "blind-leading-the-blind"?

Teresa, A birth certificate? I don't think he even has a GED. Better make sure first though.

Um,

it's business that wrought this. It's business that steals us blind. It's business that benefits from strife.

Hey byron, some of us were glad to get rid of him and his bunch of lemmings. So far two have come back, one more and it is the burbs for me!

boy are you in for a very, very big shock.

And in 2012 when he is re elected, live with it.

Send him back to Chicago? Why not send him back to the foreign country where he was born!

Gee, I thought we had that real "business expert" with Bush....oil, baseball, beer....

Running a business and running the Country are two separate things. Corporations could care less about those who sweat and toil to make them millions, their only goal is to increase their profits and take care of their stakeholders. Business looks at each of their employees as dispensible. If you believe that the corporation cares about you or is loyal to you, you will be sadly disappointed.

Who are you callin stupid?Do you know a guy named Biden?

funny how you insinuate that republicans are stupid yet you think the legal age to run for president is 18.....

Now, there's a fellow like the Donald who represents the business of America on which it was built.. Unlike that fake that we have now.

"Donald - you are too honest"....

Bet that is the first thing his ex wives say about him!

I could almost agree with you but you lost me at honest and intelligent. Ask Ivana and Marla what they would say about that. The third wife probably won't last either.

aferall Keith.....he does have experience in bankrupting companies.....that's balancing a budget!

Aw please let him run. Trump/Palin, Trump/Bachmann either way the result would be the same.

Obama 2012 Yes we will.

Palin's first book was pretty funny, and further proved whe is an idiot in her own words.