Trump hits Obama -- and Romney on policy

From NBC's Jason Seher
Donald Trump spent the weekend pushing his "common sense" agenda and attacking his potential opponents. 

Appearing on CNN's “State of the Union,” the New York business tycoon told host Candy Crowley that GOP primary voters will prefer him to declared Republican candidate Mitt Romney because, according to Trump, he has a much more substantial track record of creating jobs and generating profits.

"I'm a much bigger business man," Trump said Sunday. "And I have a much, much bigger net worth. My net worth is many, many, many times Mitt Romney," Trump said.

Trump repeatedly criticized Romney's business background throughout the interview, first calling him a "fund guy" before asserting the former Massachusetts governor "didn't create" jobs. Before launching his political career, Romney co-founded and led Bain Capital, now one of the nation's top private-equity firms. According to a 2007 New York Times article, under Romney the group specialized in leveraged buyouts -- buying existing firms with money borrowed against their assets -- that sometimes led to layoffs. During his 1994 Senate bid, Romney's opponent, Ted Kennedy, cut a series of commercials focusing on laid-off workers. Now Trump is summoning those charges to hit Romney.

"He would buy companies," Trump said. "He'd close companies, he'd get rid of jobs."

Even though he will not announce if he is running for president until his reality television show, “Celebrity Apprentice,” finishes airing in June, Trump said his ability to put people to work and make deals is not only "what this country needs" -- but also distinguishes from potential primary foes like Romney and President Obama. Trump made it a point to dress down Obama's position on every policy point Crowley raised, blaming the president for mishandling the crisis in Libya and for allowing China to manipulate its currency without reprisal.

"It's the messenger," Trump told Crowley. "Obama is not the right messenger. We are not a respected nation anymore. The world is laughing at us."

While he focused strictly on Obama's policies Sunday, in an interview aired Friday night, Trump told FOX’s Sean Hannity he believes former Weatherman Bill Ayers authored the president’s first book, “Dreams From My Father.”
 
"Bill Ayers wrote the book," Trump said, though not providing any evidence Ayers wrote it.

Trump claimed the president "made a big mistake" by publishing his second book, "The Audacity of Hope," insisting its inferior narrative quality raises serious questions about whether the president wrote the best-selling memoir he published in 1995, prior to launching his political career.  Referencing his best-selling books -- including “The Art of the Deal” -- Trump asserted former Obama mentor and "super-genius" Bill Ayers is the true author of Dreams From My Father. 

"I know something about writing," Trump told Hannity, "and I want to tell you, the guy that wrote the first book didn't write the second book.  Obama made a big mistake when we wrote the second book because the second book was not Ernest Hemmingway; it was about 37 classes below. So, the first book is Ernest Hemingway-plus. The second book was written by somebody that was much more average."

In his conversation, Trump also reaffirmed his commitment to investigating President Obama's birth, saying he has "a real doubt" Obama was born in Hawaii. While Trump acknowledged he originally "assumed he was born here," Trump said he will continue to investigate Obama's birth certificate until he finds a satisfactory answer.  Trump also said journalists give the president a "free ride," and accused unnamed media members of protecting Obama from these issues.

"I have some reporters," Trump said, "you could see they are visibly angry at me for even bringing [the birther] thing up."

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What, nothing on Obama's total lie about signing statements?

Huh, how surprising.

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#1 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 4:19 PM EDT

Hey...

Wait a minute...

Trump again?

What happened to Sarah Palin, MSNBC?

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#1.1 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 4:40 PM EDT

Well, MSN made the correct call.

With Palin, you only get Palin.

With Trump, you get Trump, plus that creature on his head:)

Thought I would comment prior to Feisty:)))

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#1.2 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:01 PM EDT

With Trump, you get Trump, plus that creature on his head:)

Just make sure you don't poke it with a sharp stick BigBear! ;o)

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#1.3 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:09 PM EDT

Oh let them have their fun.

Clearly debt rating, debt service, and deficits are this gang's bag.

I would really really love the big brains at first read to provide so actual insight into Obama's "revenue cutting" devices in the tax code. I been around awhile, an spent a great deal of time dealing with the IRC, but have never seen or heard of such a thing.

I must have missed it. Obama wouyld flat out lie to us, would he?

Say Bev. what's MoveOn got on the subject? How about this pesky little signing statement thing-y?

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#1.4 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:11 PM EDT

BigBear62

Well, MSN made the correct call.

With Palin, you only get Palin.

Not true; with Palin you a squeaky voice, an empty head and a falling xxx star who can't draw a crowd any more.

TweeetNews: Sarah Palin gets a cool reception in Wisconsin

[snip]

Sarah Palin visited Madison, Wisconsin for a tax day-themed Tea Party rally. But even with a celebrity like Palin, the Tea Partiers couldn't outnumber the pro-worker crowd. workingamerica.org

An estimated crowd of 6,500 people sat through sleet and wind to wait for conservative favorite Sarah Palin to take the stage Saturday at a tax day tea party rally. But not everyone was waiting for the same reasons. A solid core of Tea Partiers were near the stage, but they were surrounded on all sides by union protesters who have dominated protests at the Capitol for months. workingamerica.org

The tea party folks had the microphone, but the crowd had the volume, literally and figuratively. They made it difficult to hear unless you were with a hundred feet of the speakers. workingamerica.org

http://www.presstv.ir/usdetail/175514.html

Oh that heifer got cow belled. The unions rung them to drown out the that screechy voice.

Btw: where was Snot Walker?


With Trump, you get Trump, plus that creature on his head:)

I agree with you about that slumlord Donald Trump.

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#1.5 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:37 PM EDT

The leftwing crowd at the Palin event in Wisconsin made Bev proud; they yelled out threats and obscenities, even when a 14 yr old was on stage.

They used words even foulmouthed Beverly hadnt heard.

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#1.6 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:43 PM EDT

even when a 14 yr old was on stage.

So she was pimping out her kid again! OH NO say it ain't SO!

Would that be the same 14 year old who got busted for posting foul language & obscenities on FaceBook?

  • 5 votes
#1.7 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:46 PM EDT

Anyone who thinks America doesn't need taxes should go to this site.  You can plug in your income and what you paid in taxes and see where it goes:

Your Federal Taxpayer Receipt

  • 4 votes
#1.8 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:47 PM EDT

You KNOW it's been a rough day for tea baggers when, they're the ones bringing up Palin! LMAO!!!

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#1.9 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:50 PM EDT

Spanky-

Say Bev. what's MoveOn got on the subject? How about this pesky little signing statement thing-y?

Must you always go quod erat demonstrandum in your continuous, mindless, pyscho, babble perpetrated by the right?

Everyone wants something from the president in a minute. Georgie boy signed off on the torture of KSM. President Obama didn't.

Besides Democrats went along with Bush and Republicans on attacking Afghanistan, invading Iraq, the PATRIOT Act, and even on domesticwiretapping, for which Congress legally indemnified cooperating phone companies.

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#1.10 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:50 PM EDT

Psst Bev., dear, how about them signing statements.

Do you find it similar or distinct from his comments on the debt ceiling?

Flipping, or flopping? Or just lying?

Why does it keep seeming like his world view changed fairly radically after he got elected? Seems as though he kinda figured out the way the world works now, not then, right Bev?

1. Guantanamo;

2. military tribunals;

3. starting up wars;

4. Not ending wars;

5. taxes for the rich;

6. signing statements;

7. Corporate income taxes - he and his buddy Immelt are against them.

I mean we could go on all day with the flipity flopping, no?

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#1.11 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:54 PM EDT

Spanky-

Psst Bev., dear, how about them signing statements.

I mean we could go on all day with the flipity flopping, no?

Isn't that the way you like it; Sweetie?

FYI: Read what Eric Holder had to say. The President promised but Nimby dems and republicans caved and would not do the funding. Get it right; O-kay.

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#1.12 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:03 PM EDT

What's the matter Bev, old gal MoveOn hasn't posted anything good in response to the signing statement lie?

That's ok, I really just wanted to hear your perspective. Even in my jaded, cynical view I hold out hope that even you, one of the true believers finds this to be a little disturbing.

So Bev. what you got?

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#1.13 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:11 PM EDT

Has anyone watched Trumps interview over the weekend? He is still talking about Obama's birth certificate. I guess he hired PI to look into it. He also talked about Obama's association with Ayers, Dohrn, Rezko and Rev. Wright.

He said the media give Obama a pass - Here is a part of his interview

TRUMP: Tony Rezko is his pretty much mentor. Was his big political contributor. There's another guy he dropped like a hot rock.

So, you got Reverend Wright, you got Bill Ayers, you got Tony Rezko. He drops these guys and the press leaves him alone. He took -- he buys a house, and then Tony Rezko, his biggest political supporter who is in jail, and a, you know, mobster, buys the lot next to him. I'm a great real estate guy. I made a lot of money, you will see maybe. Assuming I run, OK? You're going to love it. You will be very impressed with my numbers, I'm a really good real estate guy.

But he buys the house next door. The lot next door. Obama wants to expand his house. So, Rezko sells him a little chunk of that lot at from what I can see, under market value, under market value.

HANNITY: Rendering his lot unbuildable.

TRUMP: Rendering Rezko's lot, either unbuildable or nobody wants it. Nobody wants to have a -- hey, Mr. Schwartz goes up to buy the house next door. And what happens to the back of it? I mean, where is the back of my lot, I don't want to buy this lot. So, Rezko, gives him a piece under market and more importantly, destroys the value of the lot he has.

Now, when I heard that, I said oh, that's the end of his campaign he's out. Because if it was you, me or anybody else -- so, here's a guy, did one deal in his entire life and it was Tony Rezko. That's the only deal he has ever done. It is pretty amazing how nothing happened. And it is pretty amazing how Rezko, is in jail now and he never ratted out Obama.

Trump whats to get the word out because he feels the media didn't do the Job in 2008.

    #1.14 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:18 PM EDT

    Bev,

    So if a bigot is someone who is intolerant of other opinions and views, what are union guys who intentionally go to another parties meeting to drown out their speech?

    UBA - United Bigots of America?

    AFB - American Federation of Bigots"

    IBB - International Brotherhodhood of Bigots?

    I know, I know ..... there name is the SEIU, the AFSCME, the AFT, the UAW, the AFL-CIO ........

    Why are liberals so against free speech?

    Please give us an answer (and another example closed minded, gutless bigotry and stupidity.)

    Thanks Bev.

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    #1.15 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:47 PM EDT

    thetotas

    Now, when I heard that, I said oh, that's the end of his campaign he's out. Because if it was you, me or anybody else -- so, here's a guy, did one deal in his entire life and it was Tony Rezko. That's the only deal he has ever done. It is pretty amazing how nothing happened. And it is pretty amazing how Rezko, is in jail now and he never ratted out Obama.

    Trump whats to get the word out because he feels the media didn't do the Job in 2008.


    FYI;Hannity scrambled facts to baselessly speculate about Obama-Rezko "quid pro quo"

    Contrary to Hannity's claim that Rezko sold Obama the land "[a]nd then" Obama supported Rezko's housing project, Obama wrote the letter in support of Rezko's housing project on October 28, 1998 -- well before Obama purchased his house in 2005. Moreover, Obama and Rezko attorney Joseph Duffy have reportedly said that Rezko did not ask Obama to write the letter, which was sent to officials at the Illinois Department of Housing and Illinois Housing Development Authority. In a March interview with the Chicago Sun-Times, Obama said of the letter that Rezko "did not solicit that from me. ... This was one of many form letters, or letters of recommendation we would send out constantly for all sorts of projects. And my understanding is that our letter was just one of many. And I wasn't a decision maker in any of this process." In a June 13, 2007, article, the Sun-Times reported: "Asked about the Obama letters, Rezko's attorney, Joseph Duffy, said Tuesday, 'Mr. Rezko never spoke with, nor sought a letter from, Senator Obama in connection with that project.' "

    http://media1.suntimes.com/multimedia/obamaletters2.pdf_20070612_17_11_03_906.imageContent

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    #1.16 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 7:00 PM EDT

    One obvious fact at this point is obama is not a leader, and his decisions are made by his incompetent staff.

      #1.17 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 7:17 PM EDT

      The Donald is trying to be the leader of the tea bagger-birther- racist-party. Wow, it takes an a$$ h@le and Donald fills that slot.

      • 1 vote
      #1.18 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 7:36 PM EDT

      If Trump and Obama are on the ticket for POTUS, I will case a write in vote...

      But my vote will not count anyway, because my mail-in will not have a US Post mark, and the Democrat controlled NC State Board of Election, throws those out, along with the foreign deployed US Military votes...

        #1.19 - Tue Apr 19, 2011 2:02 AM EDT
        Reply

        Headline:

        Donald Trump sez:

        "HEY everybody, LOOK at ME! "

        Press goes wild. (Meanwhile, Buzz strikes a note from a past life on 'the boards' once again.....)

        • 4 votes
        #2 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 4:24 PM EDT

        "I'm a much bigger business man," Trump said Sunday. "And I have a much, much bigger net worth. My net worth is many, many, many times Mitt Romney

        And of course, he NEVER allows his MUCH BIGGER ego to get in the way!

        Trump/Palin 2012 - Where do I send a check? lol

        • 8 votes
        #2.1 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 4:33 PM EDT

        I can see the bumper-sdticker now:

        Big Hair, Big Glasses. Ripe for Ridicule, Right for America.- Trump/Palin 2012.

        • 6 votes
        #2.2 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 4:35 PM EDT

        Ripe for Ridicule, Right for America.- Trump/Palin 2012

        I LOVE it! lmao

        • 4 votes
        #2.3 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 4:37 PM EDT

        Trump is nothing more than a legend in his own mind. This clown is an egotistical maniac and he well not be in the Presidential Election come 2012. He will self destruct long before that.

        • 4 votes
        #2.4 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 4:38 PM EDT

        What happened to Palin?

        Didn't she just give a totally unacceptable speech on some issue, or something?

        We used to get blanket coverage!

        What happened...?

        You guys are sooooooooooooo fickle.

        • 5 votes
        #2.5 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 4:43 PM EDT

        MB- we get it already. We saw the earlier post above.

        Gosh, think you'll get over it??

        • 4 votes
        #2.6 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 4:45 PM EDT

        DBO, you're so right. The press goes wild over the whacky.

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        #2.7 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 4:56 PM EDT

        dbo-

        You get it...?

        OK.

        Surprised...

        But...you guys are still fickle, dbo.

        I love First Read!

        • 3 votes
        #2.8 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:02 PM EDT

        Trump's solution for Libya--just "go in and take the oil".

        Lawrence O'Donnell gave some of the viewers suggestions for Trump slogans. My favorite (can't remember the name of the person who suggested it): Trump/Palin 2012, You're Fired/I quit.

        • 5 votes
        #2.9 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:07 PM EDT

        Hold the phone. Drive By - are you advocating a "stop beating the deadhorse" zone here?

        At First Read?

        Get out!

        Huh, let's see - how would your "we get it already. We saw the earlier post above." position play with certain regulars?

        Think man - it would literally lead to the end of Feisty forever. Cause Boehner is still orange, Christie fat, Bachmann batsh!t crazy and Trump....

        THink before you speak DBO. Your words are sometimes unintentionally hurtful.

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        #2.10 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:17 PM EDT

        Well, hey there, Spanks.

        Saaaaay- did you and your pals grab some of the old 'smores out of the grub stockpile, grab your canteens and armaments and sit around the campfire singing anti-gubmint songs this weekend? OR- did you all hang around on MSNBC sites and complain about how much you don't like their blogs?

        • 5 votes
        #2.11 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:23 PM EDT

        Mixed B. Didn't you hear? Karl Rove and republican strategists launched a plan to get the half governor off the public campaign stage; and it worked. Rove wanted a serious republican candidate. I'm sure that as we post here, Rove and friends are looking at how to get Trump off stage as well.

        • 5 votes
        #2.12 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:36 PM EDT

        Karl Rove and republican strategists launched a plan to get the half governor off the public campaign stage

        Ohh soo true Jody! I said a year ago that the party of pale, male & stale would allow the Alaskan Screech Owl to run around ginning up the crazies...

        That's what ultimately happens to charlatans! YOU Betcha!

        • 5 votes
        #2.13 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:44 PM EDT

        Did you just refer to MSNBC on the weekend? COme on DBO, you know better than that.

        Nope me and the kids did some spring time snow boarding. Totally great - 70 degrees, but plenty of snow. Super fun. And hey, Friday is weekend in Vegas. Got me a suite at the shiny new Cosmo hotel, center strip. I hear there are multiple adult only pools. I do so love "european bathing.": )

        But don't worry I get it - you were trying to make fun at me because I have supplies in the case of a natural disaster. Yep, I'm sure I am being totally stupid. What could possibly happen here in sunny Cali?

        And why is it I bet your backup plan is relying on the government? Sure, they will come get you when it hits the fan.

        And really DBO - I love this blog. You can't buy this type of entertainment. You seek to entertain me, don't you DBO? You are really good at it after all.

        • 2 votes
        #2.14 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:48 PM EDT

        Sounds like Chris Matthews is worried about the S&P downgrade to "negative" in terms of the prospects of investing in U.S. government debt.

        What's the worry, Chris?

        President Obama is on it, isn't he?

        Where's the "tingle", Chris?

        • 3 votes
        #2.15 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:49 PM EDT

        I am so bummed the moved him to so early in the day.

        Matthews is the best, squishiest Obama fan out there. And always the same three regulars.

        So fun, so entertaining. Not like Schultz - too much yelling, no enough actual thought.

        • 2 votes
        #2.16 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:56 PM EDT

        The new book by one of Palin's staffers comes out September 20th. I can smell the fear from here.

        • 2 votes
        #2.17 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:11 PM EDT

        See Mixed Bag - this one "smells fear.."

        There are not fickle. Just short attention spans.

          #2.18 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:13 PM EDT

          Why is First Read giving so much attention to Trump. We have real problems here in this country.

          • 1 vote
          #2.19 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 8:10 PM EDT

          Hi Drive By, I Love this.

          "Big Hair, Big Glasses. Ripe for Ridicule, Right for America.- Trump/Palin 2012."

          • 1 vote
          #2.20 - Tue Apr 19, 2011 8:39 AM EDT
          Reply

          " My net worth is many, many, many times Mitt Romney," Trump said."

          Mr Trump went on to also ridicule the size of Mr Romney's hair, refering to him as 'chrome-dome'.

          • 7 votes
          Reply#3 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 4:33 PM EDT

          So is the size of Trump's ego.

          • 1 vote
          #3.1 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:27 PM EDT

          " My net worth is many, many, many times Mitt Romney," Trump said."

          So what's he saying.? By the fact that his net worth is many,many, and many more times greater than Romney's, that he'll pay off the national out of his own pocket, and still have many times that of Romney.? What a good person that Donald Trump. He'll prove that he really does love this country.

            #3.2 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:30 PM EDT

            Ggap, what it is, is this:

            Remember when you were in high school, and all the guys bragged about how much bigger theirs was than the next guy's? Well, some of those guys never grew up.

            • 3 votes
            #3.3 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:39 PM EDT

            Trump also said: "I've had way way way more wives than you Mitt, I have filed for bankruptcy way way way more times than you, and my hair do has way way way more parts than yours, and my name is Donald and yours is Mitt"

            • 1 vote
            #3.4 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 8:51 PM EDT
            Reply

            "I know something about writing," Trump told Hannity"

            So why does the cover of his own book "The Art of the Deal" say it's by Donald J. Trump "and Tony Schwartz"?

            • 4 votes
            Reply#4 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 4:36 PM EDT

            Dang publishers, always want to give credit to the actual authors.

            • 2 votes
            #4.1 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 4:50 PM EDT

            Good one, JoAnne PA. Trump is so jealous of President Obama, he can't stand it.

            • 4 votes
            #4.2 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:09 PM EDT

            There is a larger issue for the Republican Party with Trump currently going after their front runner, Romney. If Trump turns Romney into damaged goods prior to the election really getting underway, who do they have to run then? Trump could do some real damage, and while I think Romney is an unelectable as Trump is, I am at a loss as to who could run for President for the Republicans that wouldn't be seen as a cartoon character. The Republicans deserve this, given leadership's refusal to step on the birther nonsense. It is a measure of how divorced the Republicans are from reality.

            • 6 votes
            #4.3 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:17 PM EDT

            newdayDAWNING10

            Did you see his Sister's video.

            Obama's sister call's Trump's birther rant "a shame"


            http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/11/obamas-sister-criticizes-birthers/

            Can you believe the nutty rightosphere is now attacking her?

            What a bunch of losers.

            • 4 votes
            #4.4 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:24 PM EDT

            I haven't seen it Beverly, but will watch it now, thanks!

            • 1 vote
            #4.5 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 7:13 PM EDT

            Beverley,
            I did see that clip!

            president Obama's sister is one classy lady. It's clear their mother was very bright, and gave them an enriching if unconventional, childhood.
            What a remarkable family.

            • 2 votes
            #4.6 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 8:35 PM EDT
            Reply

            Trump hits on policy. That's the headline. Now read the article. Where does it describe one policy that Trump would institute. Trump really is Palin redux: high on (lame) put-downs, low on substance.

            Please get your story straight, MSNBC.

            • 3 votes
            Reply#5 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 4:48 PM EDT

            Here we go. Trump goes after Romney claiming he's got much, much more business experience and way more money--he's also got more X-Wives. So the battle of the millionaires begins. Sorry, Trump, I've read both of President Obama's beautifully written books and it is obvious they were written by the same man, Obama himself--something the Donald isn't smart enough to do.

            Trump is nothing but a con man and a liar. He just can't stand the idea that President Obama (or anyone) is smarter than he is and most of all, that Obama is of far better character than Trump ever could be.

            • 6 votes
            Reply#6 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 4:53 PM EDT

            I think that Trump has a different agenda not only going after Obama and his birth certificate, but I think he would love nothing more then to bring Obama's past to the forefront. He has said in interviews that he could not believe how the media gave him pass in 2008.

              #6.1 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:46 PM EDT

              thetotas

              I think that Trump has a different agenda not only going after Obama and his birth certificate, but I think he would love nothing more then to bring Obama's past to the forefront. He has said in interviews that he could not believe how the media gave him pass in 2008

              You mean like who he was in kindergarten with the President or the hospital nursery?

              I doubt if Chump can remember who sat next to him on the circle in his kindergarten class.

              Trump has taken this way way way over the top by slandering the President's 's mother and family. That is not Presidential material.

              • 2 votes
              #6.2 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 7:33 PM EDT
              Reply

              Donald Trump epitomizes what's wrong with conservative Republicans today. Maybe MSNBC should interview some of his former employees from Donald's "good old bankruptcy days." Or maybe Romney's Bain Capital leveraged one of The Donald's Hotels?!? Are we getting closer to the truth, Donald?

              Would love to hear from you...

              • 3 votes
              Reply#7 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 4:55 PM EDT

              In late 2003, Trump along with his siblings sold their father's real estate empire to a group of investors that included Bain Capital, KKR, and LamboNuni Bank reportedly for $783 million. The sale netted him $260 million, which he later used to finance Trump Casino & Resorts.

              So, Donald you should be giving loving kisses to Mitt...seems that he he'ped you out...to create more jobs.

              • 1 vote
              #7.1 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:23 PM EDT
              Reply

              Trump dashed my last hope by firing Gary Busey last night on "The Apprentice". Having a grand finale pitting Busey against LaToya Jackson would have been like having a Presidential debate between Trump and Michelle Bachmann......only not quite as crazy......

              • 3 votes
              Reply#8 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:01 PM EDT

              Are you sure it's Janet, not Michael?:)

                #8.1 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:02 PM EDT
                Reply

                The Donald oh if only he would run! He would get his loud bullying butt trounced and thoroughly embarrassed when the voters told him he was fired. Trump is just grandstanding. Steve Forbes anyone?

                • 4 votes
                Reply#9 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:09 PM EDT

                "Trampy Trump" the "Bonehead Birther" should be the last person to be talking about economic policy. He has never developed an economic policy, and going bankrupt is not an economic policy. That is just economically evil, and mentally confused. This Tea Begger is the "Super Spewer" of the year, and he is not only a poltical joke but also an economic joke. This circus act of Trampy Trump on the Stump" is just another GOP/RNC "zombie" gone nuts. Has anyone made a call to the local mental hospital yet?? It only takes two signatures, and we can have old "Trampy Trump" committed. At the mental hospital he will be joined by the other "Super Spewers." Over the loud speakers at the hospital they will be constantly playing that Pink Floyd classic song correctly stating that. "The Lunatics are the Grass." In group therapy Trampy Trump will be in with "Bonehead Boehner" who loves to cry all the time. Even with very strong medications, he just keeps crying. Then there is "Crazy Cantor" who loves to wear his Hitler mustache and goose step too dinner every evening. The other resident the old hospital, is "Puppet Palin" the puke of politics, who loves to shoot off guns in the afternoon, and drink moonshine all evening. Then the other resident is "Bitchy Bachmann" who loves to tell fictional stories, and just bitch away all night long with the "Dizzy Diva of Dumbness." AKA. Puppet Palin who is roaring drunk by 8 PM. Out in the hallway, Romulan Romney is yelling out political sayings from his home world Romulus in a Klingon Uniform. On the front lawn Barbarian Barbour is in his KKK outfit burning a cross, and the fire department is sick of have to put it out every evening. Are you getting a real clear picture of how nuts the GOP/RNC is now America?? I hope so!

                • 2 votes
                Reply#10 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:28 PM EDT

                Mr. Trump said "I work so hard no woman would stay with me and that's what the country should expect of our men". Marla Maples, the Mistress? Apparently he wasn't working too hard since he worked in the mistress & the baby & with 3 wives and counting sounds like he and Gringrich set the record for a "New Kind Of Politician"

                Bottom line this guys' a joke, he doesn't have the money he says he has, he's using the public to boost his ratings, people should tune "out" and he's proven to be one of the Biggest Liars that will say anything for a Buck. As the kids say he just says S***.

                Wonder how's those Morals, lies and deciet working for him? He also lied and said that NBC offered him a 5YR contract to extend the You're Fired Show. Does any network do that, seems they are looking and holding on with baited breath just to get renewed for the next year.

                Finally NBC is loosing viewers because anyone who uses the Network to promote lies and demeans our Country, should be "Fired"

                • 4 votes
                Reply#11 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:29 PM EDT

                NBC is losing viewers, and MSNBC online is losing readers, due to blatant bias in favor of Obama. Including spending too much time on the Donald Trump sideshow, and the birther issue.

                Gov Mitch Daniels needs to get into the race.

                • 3 votes
                #11.1 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:46 PM EDT

                MSNBC online is losing readers

                Yet - here you are?

                Signed - #1 Moonbat Fan! *wink wink*

                • 1 vote
                #11.2 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:47 PM EDT

                Bob-1887910

                NBC is losing viewers, and MSNBC online is losing readers, due to blatant bias in favor of Obama. Including spending too much time on the Donald Trump sideshow, and the birther issue.

                When will you get lost booby trap?

                • 1 vote
                #11.3 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:28 PM EDT
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                He is not the best candidate the Republicans have run versus President Obama.

                • 1 vote
                Reply#12 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:50 PM EDT

                Trump is picking on Obama like a TV contestant. He is the first guy to Bush and Obama- two of the most incompetent presidents in American history. If he runs he will be the president. "Obama, you're fired!"

                  Reply#13 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:09 PM EDT

                  Sorry the first guy to slam Bush and Obama.

                    Reply#14 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:10 PM EDT

                    "STANDARD & POOR'S RATING SVC. said it was lowering the outlook for U.S. sovereign debt to "Negative" from "Stable" due to the risk posed by the growing deficit. "

                    Someone should tell THE Obama administration the news ! OH WAIT, Obama's out campaigning again and it's too bad Biden is asleep.

                    • 1 vote
                    Reply#15 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:17 PM EDT

                    Either Gov. Chris Cristie , Marco Rubio or Paul Ryan could blow Obama out of the water. The Liberal media would be afraid to destroy them , like they've done to so many .

                    Maybe Obama will show his real self and pick one of his friends to run with and lose that way. Let's see.....Obama / Bill Ayers or Obama / Van Jones Or even Obama / Farrukan.

                    • 1 vote
                    Reply#16 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:27 PM EDT

                    Either Gov. Chris Cristie , Marco Rubio or Paul Ryan could blow Obama out of the water.

                    REALLY? Just where did you come up with THAT? WAIT! I know, because LEONA says so! LOL

                    I found this interesting 'morsel' this morning on Govenor Christie that's most definetly share 'worthy'!

                    NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is often mentioned as a presidential contender, but fewer than one in four voters in his home state would back him as a candidate, a poll released on Thursday said.

                    Two-thirds of registered voters "oppose Chris Christie for president in 2012," according to the Rutgers-Eagleton Poll.

                    Fewer than half of Republicans and a quarter of independents support Christie as a candidate, the poll found.

                    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/14/chris-christie-poll_n_849095.html

                    The higher the climb, the harder the fall!

                    PS: Allow me to break it down for you LEONA, so even you can understand...

                    Fewer than one in four equates to LESS < than 25%

                    • 2 votes
                    #16.1 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:46 PM EDT

                    LEONA,

                    Obama's closest contest came against Mike Huckabee, whom he edged 48% to 43%. Obama also topped Mitt Romney 47% to 41%, beat Chris Christie 48% to 39%, and led Rand Paul 48% to 38%.Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin polled further back, trailing Obama 52%-38%, and 54%-36% respectively. (TMP 04/14/2011)

                    http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/04/poll-obama-leads-gopers-for-reelection-despite-low-approval-rating.php

                      #16.2 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:58 PM EDT
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                      Trump is a very conceited man who seems to think that the world actually wants to hear his idiotic remarks. This man belongs in a circus or a side show where he can sell his pompous attitude to a crowd of people who are only there for a laugh !!! He not only looks like a clown he acts like one !!!!

                      If this is the best the GOP can offer then the rest of the world must be sitting back and shaking their heads in disbelief. I did not think that the GOP could go down any lower but obviously I was wrong.

                      • 1 vote
                      Reply#17 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:33 PM EDT

                      By the way Leona there is no one at the moment who could "blow Obama out of the water. " What planet are you living on? This man is by far the best there is to be President of the USA and you should be grateful that you have someone who actually has a brain and knows how to use it. You forget the the problems that were left by the Bush team.

                      • 1 vote
                      Reply#18 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:39 PM EDT

                      LEONA-2986819

                      Either Gov. Chris Cristie , Marco Rubio or Paul Ryan could blow Obama out of the water. The Liberal media would be afraid to destroy them , like they've done to so many .

                      Every one Hannity has chosen via his teleprompter and Roger Ailes whispering in his ear has turned out to be losing in the polls. Ole hand jive Hannity just can't do that thing anymore. Maybe Hannity's back is sore fom carrying the water for Murdock/ Ailes?

                      Hey we got rid of Beck. Who knows Hannity may be next?


                      Maybe Obama will show his real self and pick one of his friends to run with and lose that way. Let's see.....Obama / Bill Ayers or Obama / Van Jones Or even Obama / Farrukan.


                      None of the above have anything on Hannity, the unrepentant bigot, and his Neo-Nazi friend Hal Turner.

                      Low-Class, Unrepentant Bigot Sean Hannity Once Again Smears President Barack Obama Using Anti-Muslim/Anti-Arab Racism

                      This, to Hannity (who continues to attack Obama over his associations while ignoring his own associations with racists like neo-Nazi Hal Turner) it seems, is improper. Remember when all of those liberals were being so tough on poor George W. Bush and they were being labeled as "anti-American" for not supporting the president? Is it anti-American of Sean Hannity to openly criticize our president (our commander-in-chief) for trying to work to bridge gaps between our country and Arabs and Muslims from around the world? Hannity's new show is a pathetic shell of what it was when he was paired with Alan Colmes, who put in big-time work to make oftentimes hate-driven and conflict-obsessed Hannity a success on the airwaves. It's sad to listen to Hannity still crying about Wright, Ayers, Farrakhan and others. Too bad he doesn't spend as much time worrying about his nefarious associations with wicked racists like Turner.


                      http://simmerdown3.wordpress.com/2009/01/29/low-class-unrepentant-bigot-sean-hannity-once-again-smears-president-barack-obama-using-anti-muslimanti-arab-racism/

                        Reply#19 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:40 PM EDT

                        What a clown .....i still want to see a birth certificate for that thing on his head !

                        • 1 vote
                        Reply#20 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:45 PM EDT

                        The Donald is trying to be the leader of the tea bagger-birther- racist-party. Wow, it takes an a$$ h@le and Donald fills that slot.

                          Reply#21 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 7:38 PM EDT

                          i thought i'd enter'd the twightlight zone. as i was reading the comments i truly thought i had returned to an age where neanderthals roamed free .i was in disbelief that anyone with the iq. of lets say a democrat could actually form sentences you people are the ipitamy of stupidity. if you want respect show respect thats probably beyond you but who knows there's always a chance

                            Reply#22 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 8:06 PM EDT

                            Say it aint so

                            I keep telling ya'll Donnie's Toupee, ITS the "Puppet Master"!

                            Jeebus how do these "Talking Heads" keep a straight face when talking about these "Clowns"?

                            Obama or a "Clown" America you choose.........or NOT

                            How about Ron Paul and Ralph Nader in 2012 instead?

                            Ron's got the Experience and Ralph makes a really good "Big Stick" to wave at all them "Rober Barons".

                            Join the R & R Tea Party Express (new and improved) pulling into Washington DC 2013!

                              Reply#23 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 10:30 PM EDT

                              IMO - lefties are losing this battle with their emotional attempt to state facts. It is clear some of you have no idea how sheltered you are while debating from your college dorm room or while at home after finishing your 9-5 job. It is easy to regurgitate information that is fed to you by the bias liberal media. That is the problem with a large portion of the US population - many are spoon-fed false information and they run with it. How do you think Obama got elected? Naive voters who actually believed he would bring change and or handouts...

                              • 1 vote
                              Reply#24 - Mon Apr 18, 2011 10:51 PM EDT

                              They voted against McCain/Palin more so then believing that Obama could deliver on any real change in his first term.

                                #24.1 - Wed Apr 20, 2011 9:48 AM EDT
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                                As I read the ridicule of Trump, it seems that we are more interested in how a person looks than what he is made of? I may not be a fan, but the guy is telling what needs to be said: the world IS laughing at the USA because of the lack of everything regarding Obama; all of you that think you are so smart--come live in the post communist Eastern Europe and really experience the life that Obama wants for all of you! You are spoon-fed crap and carry it like a torch without using your own research and brains...touche, Susan!

                                  Reply#25 - Tue Apr 19, 2011 3:00 AM EDT
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