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Subscribe to RSSAs most Americans have probably noticed by now, Donald Trump has a lot of strong opinions.
The TV host/ real estate tycoon/ interminable bombast generator has done scores of media interviews throughout his years in the spotlight, building – along with something in the ballpark of 95 percent national name recognition -- a Google-ready quote trove for journalists and political opponents to mine.
News outlets, including First Read, have already noted Trump’s potentially problematic statements about his onetime support for universal health care, his praise for the stimulus plan, and his flip-flop on abortion.
Digging through those transcripts, we also found some instances of Trump opining on famous folks, from a former president of the United States to, um, K-Fed.
Here’s a few of them.
On Paris Hilton:
“Paris said she wants to build a brand just like Donald Trump and I don't know if she's done it the same way but she is smart like a fox … I also happen to think that I believe she's very beautiful. A lot of people don't agree with me, you know. Some people say ‘Oh, she's really not.’ I happen to think she's very beautiful.” (CNN/ October 9, 2006)
On Angelina Jolie:
“She's been with so many guys she makes me look like a baby, OK, with the other side. And I just don't even find her attractive.” (CNN/ October 9, 2006)
On former Rep. Mark Foley:
“And, you know, if I were gay, which is perhaps a well-known story that I'm not, I would admit that I'm gay. But he would come in with magnificent-looking women. It was like torture to me watching this.” (CNN/ October 9, 2006)
On former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich:
“I don't say he’s a rocket scientist.” (Fox News, May 24, 2010)
On onetime presidential candidate Pat Buchanan:
“He's a Hitler lover. I guess he's an anti-Semite. He doesn't like the blacks, he doesn't like the gays. It's just incredible that anybody could embrace this guy. And maybe he'll get 4 or 5 percent of the vote and it'll be a really staunch right wacko vote.” (NBC, October 24, 1999)
On O.J. Simpson:
“This is probably the least innocent person I`ve ever seen.” (CNN, September 19, 2007)
On Kevin Federline, ex-husband of Britney Spears:
“You know when somebody likes you, you say ‘Hey.’ So, I totally changed my mind. I think Kevin Federline is fantastic.” (CNN/ October 9, 2006)
On former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice:
“Condoleezza Rice, who's a lovely woman but she never makes a deal. She doesn't make deals. She waves. She gets off the plane. She waves. She sits down with some dictator, 45-degree angle. They do the camera shot. She waves again. She gets back on the plane. She waves. No deal ever happens.” (CNN/ March 16 2007)
On the cast of 'The View':
“Barbara Walters is a person that I know very well. I mean, she picked me last year as one of her top 10 people of whatever it's called. So, it's not like I dislike Barbara, but I'm disappointed in Barbara.”
And: “I don't even know Joy Behar. I just think she has no talent whatsoever.”
And: “Elisabeth Hasselbeck is not, as I said, is not the brightest light on the planet.” (Fox, May 31, 2007)
On Rosie O’Donnell:
“She went to my wedding. She had lots and lots of cake, and I'll tell you what, she is a terrible human being.” (FOX, May 29, 2007)
On God:
Caller: “Number one, where is the best real estate to buy right now? And number two, what do you think about God?”
Trump: I love God. I believe in God, much more important question. And number two, real estate is good all over depending on if you know the location.” (CNN, March 9, 2006)
On Michael Jackson
“Yes, he's a friend of mine. I mean, he's a good guy. You know, he's a little different.” (CNN, May 17, 2005)
On Sir Richard Branson, billionaire founder of the Virgin brand
“I'm not a man of the people, right? He is. But the fact is that, you know, as far as Branson's concerned, I doubt -- I personally don't see how he could be a billionaire. He's in the airline business. Who's a billionaire in the airline business?” (CNN, November 24, 2004)
On President Bill Clinton
“Why do they keep revealing the details? He had sex, but now they talk about the kind of sex, the--where it took place, where it was, on the desk, off the desk--I mean, it's--it's so out-of-control. I've never seen anything like it.” (CNBC, August 27, 1998)
On Clinton’s accusers
Trump: These people are just, I don't know, where he met them - where he found them … The whole group, Paula Jones, Lewinsky, it's just a really unattractive group. I'm not just talking about physical.
Interviewer: Would it be any different if it were a supermodel crowd?
Trump: I think at least it would be more pleasant to watch. (FOX, August 19, 1998)
On President Bill Clinton vs. President Trump?
“Can you imagine how controversial I'd be? You think about him with the women. How about me with the women? Can you imagine?” (CNBC, August 27, 1998)
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So far, my all time favorite has got to be:
'I have a great relationship with blacks'!
God help us if the 'Donald' is actually elected - this idiot and his gaffes are going to make 'W' look like a Rhodes Scholar!
In this case - ignorance is NOT bliss!
One more quote:
Trump said his wives have a had time staying married to him because he works so hard.
No, actually the reason his wives have a hard time staying married to him is because he cheats on them.
Good one Pat! This is commonly referred to as the Newt 'defense'!
As much as I wish it could be true. The Donald will not be a serious contender. Yes, he's simply a pretender...and a poor one at that.
And a great one at that Ron
I don't know if you saw this in FT-- What can you say about the Pacers and the Bulls (smiles)
Happy Easter Dr. Ron.
On onetime presidential candidate Pat Buchanan:
“He's a Hitler lover. I guess he's an anti-Semite. He doesn't like the blacks, he doesn't like the gays. It's just incredible that anybody could embrace this guy.
Wow, is Uncle Pat gonna take that? I wonder?
Must say I have to agree with the Donald. I don't even understand how anyone can embrace Pat Buchanan. For that matter, I can't see how MSNBC can keep this cantankerous old man on staff.
This should just let him read the news.
Trump is not a candidate.
He's the spokesperson for the GOP whipping up not only more emotional hatred for the president, but also using the birther movement to try and cement an implacable bloc of voters who might save a bunch of at-risk GOP members of the House and Senate. As soon as Trump says he's not in the race, he loses his platform for this dirty work.
I just posted a 'Vine article on this, if anyone wants more:
http://langewinckler.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/22/6513121-birthers-won-312-years-ago-but-a-risk-in-2012
Thank you Bev.
And a Happy Good Friday and Easter to you as well.
The guy's Sarah Palin all over again. Already blaming his 'dumb-ass' immage on the big bad media already, instead of his own foolishness. What a hoot.
Reminds me of like when you were a little kid, and one kid would ask another "Well, smarty- what's 246 times 7899?" and the other kid would say "I know.... but I'm not gonna tell YOU!".
Hey, I know- let's change the subject to signing statements or flip-flops or something unrealted to this story so Bob, JAS and NoJo NoCred and the others can join in, too!!
Just what America needs Donald Chump for President
On Angelina Jolie:
“She's been with so many guys she makes me look like a baby, OK, with the other side. And I just don't even find her attractive.”
What is wrong with the Trumper?
Boy OH Boy - these tea baggers are sure getting an earful back home! LMAO!
They sure have managed to poke the hornets nest!
Trump is obviously not going to run, but he is providing great entertainment for most of us by stirring up the gullible, owned-by-Obama media and their far-left audience. In the words of of Bart Simpson, don't have a cow dudes, the Donald's just having some fun!
Big Bear, I actually don't think Angelina Jolie is attractive anymore either. She was at one time, but she's got zero to back up her looks with. All she does is B movies, and the only one I ever saw was Mr. & Mrs. Smith because of all the controversy around it. But I guess I really lost a lot of love for her because she was so insensitive about Jennifer Anniston. Anywho, Angelina is just creepy now, in my view.
I believe the quote was, " I have a great relationship with the blacks", let's get it correct. See how you twist things around?
Feisty,
I read that earlier and how about that Ryan Town Hall.
When Ryan presented his plan he asked that the Democrats not to make it a campaign issue. Now he didn’t really expect that to happen, did he?
But I think it is much worse than he expected since voters are against it by over 70% including 64% of Independents and, even worse, 54% of Republicans (ouch).
And what about that promise, just a few months ago, to listen to their constituents?
Look at all the "resident wits" taking their shots at what might be the easiest target since the "broad side of a barn"...
The 1st place for political ephemera...
You (FR) legitimize the guy by your incessant chronicling of his every banal utterance. His detractors legitimize him by their "comments"
Bread and Circuses...and really hysterical hair...
We shouldn't make fun of a man who is leading in the polls of Republicans choosing their candidate.
The Donald has also bemoaned the loss of jobs to countries overseas, a position that has fueled his concerns about the struggles of the middle class -- which is a perspective the leftists around here tout incessantly.
He has also been forthright about how the Chinese are playing us for a patsy and eating our lunch, a point of view that resonates with a lot of just plain folks.
He has also been forthright about our relationships with Middle East oil producers: To wit, without the technical expertise the West provides to get their black gold out of the ground, they'd be building castles with all their desert sand. So stop screwing us -- another point of view that resonates with just plain folks.
His idea to confiscate Iraqi oil to repay us for disposing of Sadaam might be over the top, but it does speaks directly to the frustration of Americans who are fed up with how our human and financial sacrifice in Iraq has not only not been compensated, but how these jokers can't bring themselves to even pay lip service to expressing gratitude.
I'm not saying this guy has a legitimate shot at being president, heck he probably won't even win the Republican nomination. But I am saying that he says some things that have a lot of appeal to many people. More to the point, he says things that resonate with both Republicans and Democrats and that kind of a message could be powerful in a political environment that is so highly polarized.
Having said that, FR as per usual tries to diminish folks they don't like by pulling out old quotes that (they think) make him look frivolous. Actually, I thought most were pretty funny. I mean pointing out that Michael Jackson was "a little different" was hilarious understatement. And who could argue that during the Clinton saga most of us of the male persuasion would have been more entertained by watching a parade of super models rather than the slugs he was actually fooling around with? And most of us know that Behar and Hassleback are idiots, so what's not to like?
The liberals and the press attackes now begin for the 2012 election. All Liberals fear anyone they think might get elected over their chosen one. He speaks his mind. And he's right about Rosie. She is horrible.
Donald...
At least Rosie O'Donnell isn't a moron that wears a dead possum on her head...get my drift? What a freakin idiot! God help us.
amy, is it time for your oxycotin fix?
First, I think having Donald as a candidate would be great - he may be unelectable, but he will say anything, so he's not a coward like ALL of the other politicians including our pathetic president.
Next, back to class warfare and taxes as the liberals cannot help themselves from sinking to in every damn post - let's say you tax the rich like Obama wants to do - that raises about $70 billion a year if they do not change their behavior (which they will). This is a rounding error in our budget - and the democrats went screaming that old people would die if they cut that amount from our budget, so exactly what will this do? Honestly, i hope your cowards can pull it off, as you will then know that this is not your solution to the morons who inhabit DC and blow nearly $4 Trillion annually.
Then you want to raise taxes on Obama's buddy at GE - more power to you. Exactly what do you think will happen if they are facing billions in new taxes? I have an answer - they will avoid this - better to spend the money on something they can write off than waste it giving it to the government.
So now you have your high rates, you aren't getting nearly the revenue you thought you would, and business is running for the hills to escape you lazy greedy numbskulls.
What do you do now?
Yeah, thought so. You're an idiot.
Now what does most of this blathering have to do with Donald Trump? Nothing, except for Feisty Fart-Face (FFF) to cherry pick her news quotes and make disparaging and derogatory remarks about the Tea Party, the GOP, and anyone to the right of Communism... I'm just wondering if FFF is a writer for that other snarky A hole, Mahr??? Seems like her remarks follow a similar thread. But hey, free speech, correct? Hey, FFF: remember when daddy told you there ain't nothin' free? Your BS rants have social consequences, and perhaps it's time you realized that all you're doing is enraging those who have a more positive, optimistic view of... oh...everything!
Feisty,
You know he was the guy that was on the Real World. and he's the congressmen who is living in his office to save money to send home to the wife raising five kiddos alone. He doesn't even know what he voted for and is arguing about the vouchers?
PS. I agree with Trump on Buchanan. Funny how now he's going for that SAME vote. And by funny - I'm not laughing. With Donald Trump the Republicans now have their very own Rod Blagoivich. They are both LEGENDS in their own minds.
Thank you Tony! I can't think of a higher compliment someone could pay me! ;o)
Yeah I saw that Clara! They thought the seniors wouldn't notice - love the line about it not affecting them and the other guys retort back!
Meanwhile, back in the REAL world...
These baggers have bitten off more than they can chew & there's NO stuffing THAT genie back into the bottle!
Why look? Here's another one:
You can piss on the people some of the time, but, it's only a matter of time before the 'people' start pissing back! lol
This is all media hype. This guy is a blow hard joke who has no chance of being president. Trump will be like Ross Perot and split the Republican vote ensuring an Obama victory. Unless you want another four years of Obama tell Trump to shut up and sit down.
The "FRUMP" once again has made a complete fool of himself ...notice how he backed away when asked what his private detectives had found ? Now .... he doesn't want to talk about that ! His ego has cost him he presidency...the out rite lies ... similar to palin and micky bachmann... his dad was right !
Actually, the "Trump" family name is "Drumpf". Sounds dumpy and frumpy. I guess that is why they changed it.
No, I think he is making a fool of the Republican Party and the Tea Party -and he knows exactly what he is doing.
Man, you say the truth about Obama and the media just jumps on you. This country has not changed at all, in fact its gotten worse and the media still protects Obama. I will never understand the stupidity.
Let the liberal press attacks begin.!!!! WHoever runs as a Republican will be attacked unmercifully by the (gag) press. Trump is correct about Rosie, she is a terrible human being.
I can see Trump in the White House---running DC to AC gambling junkets 20 times a day. Putting "Trump" in flashing lights on the Washington Monument, replacing Lincoln on the monument with his own figure, carved in stone and plated in 24K gold leafing. Foreign dignitaries could eat at the all you can eat buffet, (left over from Trump's casinos)---ah, nothing like dining with plastic picnic ware. Slot Machines would replace the busts of former Presidents--ah--a glorious series of thoughts!
NBC; shouldn't sign another contract with Trump if they know what good for the network.
They would be better off letting Celebrities host their own Charity show's and let people be more aware of the different organizations that help people and show case the work they do.
Are you listening NBC?
I have to laugh at the Tea Partiers and the far right people on this post. Bad mouthing Obama while defending a piece of garbage like Donald Trump. Tells a lot about their lack of intelligence and integrity.
But I like him. I really really like him.
One. Yes one comment that even mentioned Obama and you attack anyone who is a Tea Party or conservative person. Not to mention I don't see anyone on hear actually defending Trump except someone who said he was embassing the right. Talk about lack of intelligence.
Once again people the only office Trump is running for is; the town idiot. He just filed chapter 13 two weeks ago on a Casino the he has filed on twice before.
Ps; Obama is doing a great job when you filter out all the misinformation the right wing puts out.
OBAMA 2012 works for me...........................
Victoria - so true!
Liberals killed our schools systems. They sent millions of Africans to Jail on experimental legal course work. They tried and crucified Jesus. They banished "G_D from US public life. Stole our constitution. Now they found self made millionaire to attack right within their door step. Go ahead wicked. He has a better personality than any liberal that has no idea which side to stand...
I figure if Trump ran and actually got elected, he'd have the USA declaring bankruptcy before the inauguration ceremony was even over. That's how he the Donald does business.
The Imperial - what have you been smoking? Liberals tried and crucified Jesus? Are you demented???? No one has done more damage to this country than the far right - wanting to control everyone's life and lying and cheating while they do it. And, let's not forget wars to kill people for no reason. The insanity of your comments is beyond belief
Imperial, you must be a product of that destroyed school system. I hate to throw water on your little diatribe, but you might want to look at who actually crucified Jesus. It was the religious purists - the Pharisees and the Sadducees. How sad for you.
How about the governor of Texas who wanted to secede from the US until his state started burning down and now he wants help from the federal government. Personally, since Texas gets more federal money than they pay in and was "home" to two of the worst presidents in the history of our country, I wouldn't care if the federal government gave Texas back to the Mexicans and let them fight the Alamo all over again. The whole state is a bunch of hypocritical crooks with visions of grandeur.
Hey Larry-2260635. Exactly what is it about you that assumes superiority (or maybe I should say 'visions of grandeur') over ALL of the people who live in Texas? Can you even find it on the map?
So, if an idiotic statement comes out of the mouth of a democrat, does it simply vanish into the ether?
"you know, the Oval Office, I always thought I was going to have like real cool phones and stuff. I'm like, 'come on guys. I'm the president of the United States. Where's the fancy buttons and stuff, and the big screen comes up'. It doesn't happen".
Barack Obama- to idiots so far gone they actually give him money when he says this stuff.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704658704576275061542909404.html
''I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe -- I believe what I believe is right.''
—President George W. Bush, Rome, Italy, July 22, 2001
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBkQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%
HUH? WTF?
''You know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror.''
—President George W. Bush, interview with CBS News' Katie Couric, Sept. 6, 2006
''If God had not intended for us to eat animals, how come He made them out of meat?''
—Sarah Palin, in ''Going Rogue''
''I think on a national level your Department of Law there in the White House would look at some of the things that we've been charged with and automatically throw them out.''
—Sarah Palin, referring to a department that does not exist while attempting to explain why as president she wouldn't be subjected to the same ethics investigations that compelled her to resign as governor of Alaska, ABC News interview, July 7, 2009
''They're in charge of the U.S. Senate so if they want to they can really get in there with the senators and make a lot of good policy changes that will make life better for Brandon and his family and his classroom.''
—Sarah Palin, getting the vice president's constitutional role wrong after being asked by a third grader what the vice president does, interview with NBC affiliate KUSA in Colorado, Oct. 21, 2008
Some scarry stuff, there, Feisty. Wonder how many of these kinds of things will be collected from the small-mouthed guy with the big mouth?
Hay, Feisty- suppose Palin would have done better if she had refered to herself as 'The Sarah'? Ha Ha Ha Ha what the hell's wrong with people ?
Hey Tim, sorry I hurt your feeling but I speak what I feel. Name one thing that came out of Texas besides oil that ever helped the American people. Tom Delay?? Lyndon Johnson?? George Bush?? Joe Barton?? Ron Paul?? I'm sorry but I'm at a lost just what Texas is good for except causing more problems for the rest of the country.
In all fairness to the people of Texas I would have to say there are a lot of good people there but for the majority to elect some of these a-holes doesn't say much for the whole state.
Hiheels
I am for any contender oh i mean candidate that is going for Obama's throat on my behalf.. bring it.
Obama cuts off his azz holes pleasure every time he does a speach.
Miss thang
You ain't classy. You don't even know if President Obama has female body guards with real stilettos that can rock ya fifthly, treasonous, mouth.
Give it a second thought before you start talking about cutting anything.
Miss thang could use a bit more education, too. Who in the world posts on a site that is read by millions of people around the world and can't spell the word "speech" correctly and can't properly punctuate a sentence? And imagine, this creature wants to be taken seriously. The real icing on the cake is that this creature has the nerve to talk ugly about someone else. The Bible is right. One shouldn't point out others' faults without looking at one's own first!
JoAnn,,,,are you Blonde perhaps?
How about President Obama's brazen flip flop on signing statements?
Shhhhh.... MSNBC wont dare mention it.
Preferable to use up the last shred of its journalistic credibility in endlessly flogging an irrelevant NBC celebrity...
Sure enough RoBo-BoB, President Obama said No Boots on the Ground in Lybia, now we see McCain walking the streets on Benghazi.
So much for that, McCains Boots are there!
We are all Lybians today, huh Bob?
Happy Easter, bunnies.
Umm, Rick, BOG means Soldiers, but I'm sure you already new that. Glad to see he sent Predators though. He's inching towards Soldiers and most likely it will happen, an election is coming up.
TO: Bob-1887910a who wrote:
"How about President Obama's brazen flip flop on signing statements?..."
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
How about Republicans come up with something other than "hot air"?
Your freaking empty rhetoric about POTUS is getting dumber and dumber because you are NOT saying anything intelligent. What is your freaking complaint, and what do want to do about it? If you can put those two things together then you could have a conversation.
Scheesh!
TROLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For the last time, it's spelled "Libya"....
Okay, American Girl, here's some not-so-empty rhetoric for you... who's going to pay off the national debt to the tune of some $14 TRILLION that Obama spent? Oh and by the way, what exactly, emphasis on EXACTLY, has that $14 TRILLION actually bought us? You know, us, the American people, the ones who for GENERATIONS to come will NEVER be able to pay off that debt. The idiot at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue spends money like a drunken sailor (with all due respect to drunken sailor the world over).
Excuse Me. Obama been in office fro half a term and that 14 trillion your talking about was ran up by the last 4 Republilican presidents lok at what they did not what they say. Obama inherited this whole mess from George Bush and all the republican's want to say is it's Obama's fault. Shame on you and the rest of the republican party for your actions and believing in the big lie. Really America wake up and look at what they have done to this country and it's people. Low paying jobs so corporations can rape record profits from us while they raise prices and and not our pay instead giving tax breks to companys to send our jobs to other countrys. Subsidizing oil company's for importing foreign oil, Why not for American oil that produces jobs her not in Saudi Arabia. PLEASE PLEASE WAKE UP AMERICA!!!!!!!!
David - moronic post. First the national debit is not at $14 trillion. And, most of the debt was run up by George even though you hate to admit the facts. And to the totally moronic post of Please Insult Me - we're intelligent and not on food stamps. My guess is you are not intelligent and are on food stamps.
Republican president spending = okey dokey
Democratic president spending = Oh my god, the sky is falling! We're on the road to ruin!
The only real difference is the spending by republicans was specifically directed to make wealthy people wealthier (tax cuts for wealthy and BIG bonuses for defense contractors). And it worked!
Now take the financial bailout (TARP). Repubs scream about how we spent so many hundreds of billions of dollars but then they somehow forget to mention how 7/8ths of the bailout money has actually been repaid. Obviously I'd like to think that they just missed that 1-second segment on Fox News, but maybe they're actually purposefully misleading the rest of the uneducated country.
Bob-1887910
How about President Obama's brazen flip flop on signing statements?
Shhhhh.... MSNBC wont dare mention it.
Preferable to use up the last shred of its journalistic credibility in endlessly flogging an irrelevant NBC celebrity...
I really am finding this a moot point. Your fascination with the hard left is laughable. You, the very one who finds everything a liberal does incorrect; right?
First of all, no matter what many liberals on the hard believe, President Obama does not posess autocratic power; nor did George W. Bush. Bush got away with dramatic incursions on civil liberties because he had the consent of Congress, not over its opposition. Congress after 9/11 was eager to go along with almost any expansion of the natioanl security state that Bush and his authoritarian crew could propose. Democrats went along with Bush and Republicans on attacking Afghanistan, invading Iraq, the PATRIOT Act, and even on domestic wiretapping, for which Congress legally indemnified cooperating phone companies, and on torture, which Congress not only refused to investigate or told hold Bush administration officials, to include judges like Jay Bybee the president and vice president, accountable via impeachment, but which also, at the leadership level, apparently signed off on the torture of KSM.
http://dissentingjustice.blogspot.com/2009/01/hold-them-accountable-too-many.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/24/bush-admin-plan-to-broade_n_83177.html
http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/15940.html
The President followed the Constitution. Ditto that with DADT.
President Obama is governing as a pragmatic progressive. This, despite a media that's endlessly fascinated by conservatives and their narratives, and a liberal movement that failed to keep up while the right built the media and political infrastructure to implement their agenda over the long term.
FYI: in November 2009, the Obama administration tried another tack: they plan to move 100 remaining Gitmo detainees (not including KSM and other 9/11 direct suspects) to an all-but abandoned, state-of-the-art prison in Illinois. The rural town wanted the deal, and the jobs that would come with it. Again, the deal was blocked, and demogogued, by Congressional Republicans, and as of today, the "Gitmo North" plan seems to be dead on arrival.
- Then, this past December, 2010, Congress went in for the kill:
Since da donald sees himself as above the fray, he should change his name to Tarumpus. Very Roman and sinister. Drumpf was a rotten name. da donald is a rotten person. Some things you just can't change! How many times bankrupt? 3 or 4?
While I'm not impressed with President Obama's overall track record, it's a damn sight better then Bush/Cheney. They allowed the Fed, corporations, banks and brokers to steal more money than we can print. They took a profitable nation and effectively broke it, they ran our dept to unimaginable heights.
As for 2012, unless the GOP has concrete answers to Americas' problems and not more tax breaks for the wealthy and corporations and lowering our dept on the backs of the middle class, you wouldn't think they stand a chance. However with that said look at what got elected Governor of Florida. The voting public never ceases to amaze me.
All I can say is AMERICA WAKE UP AND SMELL THE ROSES
David - it's empty rhetoric
The national debt was over 10 trillion when Obama took office. The 1st years budget and deficit was in place on Obama's first day in office. Obama has had to live with the Bush tax cuts and unpaid for wars. I could go on and on but I understand that you are trying to make a point. You don't like Obama.
"…the national debt to the tune of some $14 TRILLION that Obama spent…what exactly, emphasis on EXACTLY, has that $14 TRILLION actually bought us?"
Obama's 2009 inherited debt from Bush was $10.02 trillion of that $14 trillion you attribute to Obama alone. Bush's 2001 inherited debt was $5.67 trillion. That means Bush built a $4.35 trillion debt in his 8-year term, $2 trillion of which was spent in Iraq and Afghanistan. Clinton added $1.26 trillion to the debt in 8 years.
The Obama 'debt load' includes multiple stimulus packages that now total $4.27 trillion. Including what is being spent in Iraq and Afghanistan, and now Lybia.
Bob, the gang that write this blog are in no danger of ever getting a Pulitzer. They had to spend some little amount of time correcting the misapprehension that they are not "professional journalists"- as was believed by one of Obama's staunchest supporters.
I, personally, think she was right.
The attitude here seems to be that, when thi gs are going poorly for their team- that is, Team Obama- quick, deflect to something else.
For months that was Palin. I guess it go old, so, now, it's the Donald.
One thing is certain- they will never lose their Obama secret decoder pins. And the pom Pima are safe.
"For months that was Palin. I guess it go old, so, now, it's the Donald."
NoCred- Are you a completely dishonest nit-witt, or do you just play one on here. Palin is not in the news every day any more for saying stupid things like Donald Trump now IS.
Obama can't say ANYTHING, but what you trash HIM, but let a screwball like Trump open his mouth and no one is supposed to challenge what comes out??
Sheeesh.
Uh, dive by? You look at the dates of most of those quotes? Some of them go back to the Clinton administration.
I am no more a fan of Palin than of Trump- but I know a diversionary tactic when I see one. After the week he has had, Team Obama really had to scramble.
Jody was right. They are not professional journalists. Really ardent cheerleaders, yes. Paid propagandists, yes.
But journalists?
Unh. Unh.
By the way, see my post above for just one of Obama's (recent) pearls of wisdom.
Journalists? Not sure, but then again this IS 'the place for politics'....
Anyway, how about it? We need to NOT say anything bad about Trump, but it's ok to say LOTS bad about the president of our country?
And I have to agree about things going back to Clinton. Hell, I've seen stuff on here about Kennedy and Kopekne.
Am I understanding this right Buzz - the NJ nut job is now telling us that gaffes have a expiration date?
Too freakin funny!
And you get my YES vote on a completely dishonest idiot!
Notice when people ignore her the more viscous she becomes? ;o)
All I'm asking for is an explanation as to why it's ok to zing Obama, but not Trump??
Why is that so hard?
Now here's where I have a problem. Sure the deficit is $14 trillion dollars but Obama did not spend that much. George W Bush left office with a deficit over $10 trillion dollars which was over double what is was when he took office and signed a stimulus bill before he left office that was close to another trillion. At least the money Obama has spent has been for the good of the country where the money Bush spend was blown. Period. Blown on what no one knows or at least they aren't telling. Billions of dollars just disappeared in supposedly Iraq but no one can really find where it went. Probably in a Swish bank under the names of someone else. Like Bush, Cheney, Rice, Halliburton, etc.
And another thing, if those that think that this is a liberal rag, why are you here? If you want to hear a lie you like, go to the FAUX (aka FOX) Network and they'll feed you more BS than you can swallow in one day.
no joe, no bo, nj
"Bob, the gang that write this blog are in no danger of ever getting a Pulitzer. They had to spend some little amount of time correcting the misapprehension that they are not "professional journalists"- as was believed by one of Obama's staunchest supporters."
"Jody was right. They are not professional journalists."
NJ...you hate the President, you hate Progressives, and apparently don't care for the writers of this site.
So tell me....other than providing me with a cage (you) to poke my (proverbial) stick (which, admittedly, I enjoy) WHY OH WHY do you come here every day? Because I'm sensing you and I might just have one thing in common... the stick! That's it...right???
I'm in 100% agreement on that one. Why is it ok to zing Obama but not Palin, Trump, McCain, Bush, Rumsfeld, Cheney or any of the other Crooks that left the White House in 2009? And let's not forget about good old Attorney General Alberto "I don't recall" Gonzales who couldn't even remember why he was being questioned by congress.
Drive by, Vermont girl, Larry-
You might have noticed that none of the people you mentioned are currently the president of this country?
None of them is responsible for adding FOUR TRILLION DOLLARS to the debt- single handedly- in just two years.
None of them is responsible for having the outlook for out debt decline-
Mishandling the Middle East-
Or this
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/report-obama-deficit-plan-falls-short-of-fiscal-commission-house-gop-targets/2011/04/21/AFHjzyHE_story.html
This story, I might idd, is responsible for this entire thread.
I do not know where Carrie did her internship- I suspect it was Organizing for America- but, come on- out blatantly obvious do these people have to get?
Then again, for most of you, this represents balance.
People who have imaginary clubhouses as adults are not exactly rooted in reality.
Umm - to the NJ ding bat- if your EVER answered a direct question posed to you - YOU just might regain what little credibility you have left on this thread....
In the MEANTIME - RAVE ON you old bat!
And by all means pimp outkidney failure & Grand BRAT of yours will ya?
Been there and DONE THAT with you!
You're a pathetic old lady - WHO lives her life through your cats....
I don't expect you to respond to me - after all you're a lying bitch who claims you have me on ignore! LMAO!!!
After 3+ years of listening to your daily incohernat rants - all I can say is once again, it''s no wonder your kidneys FAILED - the human body is only capable of processing SO much waste in one day!
Have a nice Easter Donna in Lincroft NJ - you're neighbors will be relieved!
Lord,bless America 2 come back 2 it's senses, love each other, help, support each other and worship You, n Jesus name, amen...
Why does their party have to consist of a bunch of circus clowns? Is there a rule somewhere?
Happy Easter Ron, Feisty, Pat, Bev, Navy, DBO and all my FR buddies.
Thank you, Greg. And a Good Friday to you, sir.
Right back at cha & the rest of my FR family! ;o)
Heading out to get the ham this afternoon!
See ya all over at the Dew Drop Inn later - us ladies will be sporting our Easter Bonnets!
Feisty- Speaking of hams, I remember a raffle once that was held at work. Some guy started getting all excited because he'd won 2nd prize. I asked him what it was, and he said 'a night with Michelle Bachmann'. I congratulated him, and asked what 1st prize was. He replied "a canned ham".
I find myself in rare of agreement with Larry O'Donnell, with whom I almost always disagree...although I have a great deal of respect for his views on legislative matters generally, given his background.
I don't think Trump will run for President...many of his statements are so controversial, and so over-the-top, it's increasingly hard to believe that, as much as he loves the limelight and the attention, he'll subject himself to what the MSM will have in store for him.
What was done to Sarah Palin pales in comparison to what awaits Trump should he actually declare his candidacy for POTUS...and, he must know this.
So...he's likely just having a bit of fun on the MSM's tab.
After all...they simply can't resist him, can they?
Especially with the whole "birther" thing...that's really whacking the old beehive, isn't it?
I'm thinking that O'Donnell most likely has this one right.
ROTFLMFAO!
Wrong! A night with Michele Bachmann would deinitely have been "The Booby Prize"!
wow you dumbass libs actually celebrate Easter.After all it IS a religious holiday. i thought you didnt believe in that "fairy in the sky"
a night with bachmann????? a night with palin would be better. i think she's got better stuff.
Then you'd prefer a snake if you could hold it by the ears!
John A and others- here's what's going to happen:
There will be a butt-load of repub. candidates, but none that expect to win. They will all take the 'exploratory-phase' contributions, of course. They will also all appear on countless 'debates', so as to get TV coverage of them all, one after the other, saying horrible things about Obama and the Democrats. Kind of a 'tag-team' match witout an opponent in the ring, so to speak.
Free publicity like this is surely in the game plan. Wait and see.
DBO:
I agree with all of your observations. After all of the stone throwing, then a dark horse repub candidate will emerge to challenge Obama.
Unlike before, Obama has a record now, both good and bad, and the GOP will move mountains to exploit it.
AND- with the Citizens United case now in the books, Greg, the sky's gonna be the limit!
dob-
Should there be no long-term bipartisan agreement to address the debt crisis (with negative consequences in the bond markets where U.S. government debt is traded), and should gasoline prices remain at (or move beyond) record levels...the Republican nominee will be a contender, no matter what.
If that's what's coming in 2012, the election will be all about President Obama's performance.
Voters will either endorse that performance...or choose the alternative.
I'm obviously not a supporter of the President's policies...if I were, I would find his current nose-dive in job approval poll numbers very, very alarming.
Gotta give you a nod today, Mixed.
Good points. BUT- the challengers WILL have to offer up some ideas and proposals of their own that make MORE sense than what Obama has done. AND explain how they will be BETTER for the most people that will go a'votin'. They will NOT be allowed to challenge based solely on "YOUR guy's a DOOFUS" or "YOUR guy's a Kenyan" or some such arguments.
I hope with all my heart we put Obama out of our White House PERIOD.
Then once the election is over, they'll all go work for Fox News!
Alert!! GOP is getting desperate again!!
Did you see the one where the repub party is paying people in shots to sign petitions?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/42713812#42713812
I'm serious.
Greg- were the shots 'ACORN' flavored brandy? Ha Ha Ha....
Nope. Acorns are extinct,.....remember? The shots in question were crow flavored as a warm up.
The GOP will be chasing their portions of humble pie with the crow-flavored brandy in 2012!!
"Unlike before, Obama has a record now, both good and bad, and the GOP will move mountains to exploit it.'
let me fix that post ...
"Unlike before, Obama has a record now, both horribly atrociously putridly bad, and, well.....let's stop here...."
A great record wouldn't you say Booby?
etc,...etc,...etc...
Now if Obama could only figure out a way to grind up republicans and put them into our gas tanks we would be all set. :o)
So help me- I can't wait to see if Bin Laden is caught under Obama's watch. Not so much that I can't wait to see an A. H. like Bin Laden get what's coming to him, but to see how it gets spun into something horrible that Obama should be made to resign over!
Oh my God, Greg, I just laughed diet soda out my nose - that stuff hurts!
You will never see OBL either captured or executed. EVER!
And unfortunately I agree with the reason.
If OBL was caught you would have every Islamic extremest strapping a bomb to (her)himself trying to secure his release in every city in the U.S.A. Did you see what the burning of one little Koran did a couple weeks ago? Turn OBL into a martyr and you will see scores of Americans getting murdered every day all over the world.
I feel it more than I know it, but trust me on this one,....he is better off left where he is. He's runnin' scared.
As Steven Segal once said,
You Dems are just that "dim"....
Obama is the worse president in the history of the United States. What I find stunning is that he hasn't been impeached, his administration recalled, and all the czars fired! $787 Billion stimulus or "spin-us-dems" and creates the biggest "entitlement" culture ever.
2012 if Obama isn't impeached, Trump is going to give him a run for the money (no problem for Trump). On the other side of the coin, Obama will enlist Oprah as his Vice President. Think about, Oprah, money, business guru, owns a network, and Obama loves seeing his face on TV, first women V.P...what a perfect second term! The "O O" ticket "Obama and Oprah"! Really, think about it...what a blessing!
I see you're back with your impeachment BS aliceanne!
Last weekend multiple posters asked you to elaborate on what grounds - which you refused to do!
Do you care to give it another try? Or shall we write you off as another right wing crack pot 'impeacher'?
Roselle, Il....the dimmest of the Dems, the land of "Blogo", Obama's best friend (birds of a feather). There is one reason right there! Right in your dirty corrupt backyard! Although, Oprah did well in Chicago!
Well OKAY then! lol
Thank you for the well thought out & coherant answer, aliceanne!
All you've PROVEN is you're another run of the mill right wing raving lunatic - might be a good idea to take some deep breaths - the med cart should be there shortly!
aliceanne
You Dems are just that "dim"....
Obama is the worse president in the history of the United States. What I find stunning is that he hasn't been impeached, his administration recalled, and all the czars fired!
The FP Top 100 Global Thinkers
Foreign Policy presents a unique portrait of 2010's global marketplace of ideas and the thinkers who make them.
3. Barack Obama
for charting a course through criticism.
PRESIDENT | WASHINGTON
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/11/29/the_fp_top_100_global_thinkers?page=0,2
President Barack Obama is Americans' Most Admired Man of 2010, substantially ahead of the former presidents, iconic religious leaders, and others who fill out the top 10 list. Obama first became Americans' Most Admired Man in 2008, shortly after his election as the nation's 44thpresident, and has held the title since the
http://www.gallup.com/poll/145394/barack-obama-hillary-clinton-2010-admired.aspx
You couldn't be sure about that? It is typical for right wing wackos to suffer from delusions. The worst President GW Bush in history and his turd blossom brain Karl Rove should be sitting in the Hague plotting out a way to break out of jail.
The end of Bush's disastrous presidency has generated a lot of commentary, which describes him as the worst president in U.S. history.
http://dissentingjustice.blogspot.com/2009/01/hold-them-accountable-too-many.html
They should be kissing President Obama's feet for not prosecuting them for war crimes
2012 if Obama isn't impeached, Trump is going to give him a run for the money (no problem for Trump).
You're right no problem Obama won't be impeached. Obama/ Biden is gonna kick Trump's @aa, should he run, and what ever stooge he chooses to put on the ticket
And this man thinks he should be taken seriously? I had actually thought that "The Apprentice" would be about real entrepreneurship. Turns out it is all about silly trivial challenges and trying to create soap opera controversies around the contestants. It's a spectacle of a TV show, not a serious anything. That is "The Donald". He is a spectacle all about himself. Hardly something we want in government.
I watched it the first night it came on and never again.
And Trump says he stands by his convictions. Funny, all his convictions ever got him was some prison time and a few bankruptcies.....let alone Ivanna!
The majority of the population does not care what Trump has to say about anyone or anything.
Please, it's "The" blacks. He also has a great relationship with "The" Gays, as if each of them was somehow a different species then he is. I wonder how he feels about "The" Jews.
All the hubbub around Trump's "candidacy" reminds me of a line from Firesign Theatre: "Give them a light, and they'll follow it anywhere!"
This man actually makes Sarah Palin appear intelligent by comparison, and let's not forget his political "views," if one could actually call these random non-sequiturs he keeps dispensing "views," put him slightly to the right of Attila the Hun.
Please, people! Give this buffoon his just desserts and ignore him, the one thing he can't stomach.
and his "comb-over is soooooooo big it's a construction site"!!!!
If he ANYTHING you'd be pi$$ed
If he said NOTHING you'd be pi$$ed
What a bunch of pointless buII$hit. No matter what he said or how he said it you'd be pissed or insulted or whatever. And if it was a (conservative) you'd be falling over yourself spewing how they were "in touch with the people."
Look at that! All I had to do was change "lib" to "conservative" and you're talking about Obama. Easiest hypocrite I ever quoted!
actually any those responses would have been a hellauva lot better than the blacks.
Donald the clown Trump is making himself known publicly as the imbicile and liar he is. I am quite enjoying it!
Really! Lets get him a red rubber nose.
Trump is nothing but a clown in a pin stripe suit.
Anyone who supports Trump for president is lamer than he is.
You know I said the same thing about Obama supporters, "What a bunch of losers they are" and I was right after all. What a bunch of losers.
Now we are all losers because of Obama.
no just you.....walk a inch in Obamas shoes...you can't and will never have the balls to do so...it takes courage to take on Bush debt...lol..Obama haters...too funny.....
Sure is easy for you neocons to cast stones.
Could ANYBODY explain to me just why is it that all the nutjobs are also right-wing lunatic liars?
Is it in the water or whatever they drink at the RNC meetings?
If I could get banks to loan me money, build a few huge buildings then take bankruptcy several times and still keep my buildings or whatever, I belive I could accumulate some wealth too.Money for nothin!
I can only think he may also have a problem with Jesus Christ as will.
Trump: "You know that Jesus guy? His hair is way too long, and he hangs around with a lot of guys, if you know what I mean. And what's with Mary Magdalene? She's not that hot. And my treasury is bigger than the one Judas is in charge of."
I love you Donald Trump You made a comeback . Like no other ......Beat that all you losers.Â
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Sure he did, utilizing Other People's Money!
Good grief Marilyn, Did you run out of your antipsychotics?
I personally think Trump would be a good president for a number of reason:
1. He is a true american
2. He obiously knows ALOT about money
3. He wants America to be number 1 again
4. He wants to bring the jobs and businesses back to america
5. He knows how to take control and really knows how to circulate money
6. He knos the obstacles that businesses face.
7. He wants to stop letting China and India steal all the American Jobs and money.
8 He is smart enough to do all these things and has the tools to do so
9. again. he is a true patriot and not one of those boring, dead wood politicians
What have you been smoking?
daryl-2183015
You weren't supposed to start drinking until after work on Friday.
No He was smoking, any body to say this is STONED!!!!!!!
Hey Donald Trump, don't you have better things to do than respond to articles written about yourself????
I am both highly entertained by this response and shamefully embarrassed that I "get" it... "ODing on Romulan" LMAO!!!
Right
I bet you were fooled by the Bush camp, too. Donald Trump is a clown with money. That's all. Even if he was as smart as you think he is, I personally would find it very difficult to vote for someone who's mouth looks like an a-hole, which seems to suit him well...considering that he's always spewing bull.
Jackb979, I'll give you credit for taking time to actually list the reasons you think Trump might make a good president.
#1. What is a "true American"?
#2. Just because a person has money and knows how to make money does not mean that person would make a good president. All those financial whiz kids on Wall Street made millions and billions and collapsed the global economy in the process leaving the rest of us high and dry, millions unemployed, etc. Former President George W. Bush ran an oil company and bankrupted it, was a pretty good Governor of Texas but none of that translated into being a good president. Donald Trump has declared bankruptcy at least 3 times and he does it on purpose; Trump knows how to "milk" the system.
#3. President Obama wants to make America #1 again, too, so does everyone. Green technology innovation, emphasis on education, investing in America are what is needed to do this.
#4. President Obama has asked Congress repeatedly to eliminate the tax breaks and subsidies given American business to ship jobs overseas. It must be done yet republicans and blue dog democrats are in the pockets of those same big businesses who ship those jobs overseas to up their profits.
#5. Take control of what? Exactly what has Trump done the past month to convince us he is a serious candidate. What he has done is shown he knows how to get attention but he gets it by telling lies.
#6. Businesses face obstacles every day, some self made, some made by others. But the biggest obstacle "real" small businesses have (the Mom & Pops, the local contractor, the pizza place around the corner) are those created by the breaks of the so-called small businesses like Koch Industries and Bechtel; the rules favor the big "small" businesses and interfere with the genuine ones.
#7. Interesting since it is American companies headquartered in the USA which ships the jobs to China, India and elsewhere for cheap labor--that isn't China or India's fault, that the fault of US companies. I haven't heard Donald Trump get tough with American businesses for doing this and I doubt he ever will. It is easier to blame those foreign countries than it is to actually do something about the US firms who practice this.
#8. If he were smart enough to do all these things, then why has he spent all his time pushing lies and nonsense. The few serious comments Trump has made regarding Libya, OPEC, China and India show a complete lack of knowledge. OPEC does not set the price of oil just the supply and we have a huge supply. Haven't heard trump mention that $.75 of the current per gallon price of gas (per Goldman Sachs) is because of Wall Street speculators, commodities traders--OPEC doesn't control that. In addition, the USA's biggest supplier of oil is not the middle east, it is Canada. He didn't even understand that the Constitution's guarantee of right to privacy is the basis for legal abortion.
#9. Again, what is a "true American"?
Jody, Iowa
Jody, Iowa
Jackb979, I'll give you credit for taking time to actually list the reasons you think Trump might make a good president.
That's very nice of Jackb979 I agree . Donald Trump has declared bankruptcy at least 3 times and he does it on purpose; Trump knows how to "milk" the system
It'll be interesting to see Jack's reply.
Donald Trump's Companies Filed for Bankruptcy 4 Times
Doug Heller, the executive director of Consumer Watchdog, said Trump is the "most egregious, almost comical example" of the disparity between what the average American faces when going through bankruptcy and the "ease with which the very rich can move in and out of bankruptcy."
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trump-filed-bankruptcy-times/story?id=13419250
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Of the most outstanding attributes a leader and a president needs is disciple! Donald does have either.
Feisty Redhead Roselle, IL Comment collapsed by the community
So far, my all time favorite has got to be:
'I have a great relationship with blacks'!
God help us if the 'Donald' is actually elected - this idiot and his gaffes are going to make 'W' look like a Rhodes Scholar!
In this case - ignorance is NOT bliss!
Jody, Iowa you get ALL of the credit!!! Thank you for setting out the facts and pointing out that just because you have $ and a big name doesn't mean that that translates into running a country. This country is not a corporation to be managed, it is a country with a heart and soul that needs to be nurtured. It seems that we have been lied to so many times in the past that we don't reconize or even care anymore. DT is NOTHING more than a manipulator and bully and I hope and pray that one day we as a nation will stop giving those kind of people anything more than our backs as we turn away.
On a more personal note, I think it speaks volumes that D.T. thinks Paris H., a total waste of oxygen, is beautiful but Angelina, a thoughtful and generous woman, isn't attractive. Shallow seems to rule The Donald's world, great pres material, if you want to relive the bush catastrophe.
The more I read, the more I am convinced his hair is really just pomeded cobwebs.
Thanks jackb979
He says what most of us are thinking.
He can do something about it.
Carrie. Since everyone knows, including you, that Donald is not running, why not more characters like the "The Rent Is To Damn high" candidate, maybe you could even do a reality show for candidates who want to run, but stand no chance in hell of winning?
daryl. Hatch came into office declaring that elected office should be for public service and not a full time job. Since that time, my youngest son was born, educated,married,started his career,bought his first home, bought his second home, now his son is ready to begin elementary school, my son is now 35 which is older then I was when Hatch first took office. So much for public service
And Carrie your point would be with thie piece?? I like the fact that Donald is direct, to the point, and says exactly what I'm thinking. If he can kick the crap out of Obama -- I'm on board. Please - write some more about what he says about others. I really like it!
Go back under your bouffant Donald! Isn't that the pot calling the kettle black making an ugly comment about Angelina Jolie? Not that you would know but she happens to be amazing and beautiful. The only thing amazing about you is that you can see where you're going with that helmet on! You may have a lot of money but you just can't buy class!
"The TV host/ real estate tycoon/ interminable bombast generator" I like it! (I just wish the term bloviator had been used instead of bombast generator, but I'm not complaining)
If the idiot DEMOCRAPS aren't havng a cow over something, their just not happy, but they sure need to clean there own house before running everybody else down. Just a bunch of bleeding heart crybaby whiners who are always unhappy. You democraps need to try and get an education because waking up stupid and going to bed stupid is sure a sorry way for you jackwagons to live. Even more glad I don't live in your moronic world of rank stupidity!!!!!
....really? Let's see how living in YOUR "world" stacks up...
If the idiot DEMOCRAPS aren't havng a cow over something, their (THEY'RE - a conjunction of "they" and "are." "Their" is used to show ownership, to put it to you like a second grader) just not happy, but they sure need to clean there own house before running everybody else down (this just... doesn't make any sense whatsoever). Just a bunch of bleeding heart crybaby whiners who are always unhappy (I'm pretty sure this is not even a complete sentence). You democraps (really? I know you're trying to be clever *see how I used "you're" properly* but it is not working for you) need to try and get an education because waking up stupid and going to bed stupid is sure a sorry way for you jackwagons to live (this sentence actually hurts my brain. get an education? says who, you? They guy who cannot distinguish between "their" and "they're" come on! That's grade school stuff!). Even more glad I don't live in your moronic world of rank stupidity!!!!! (to be honest, I'm kinda glad that you live in "another world" also buddy.... Good Luck with that)
Good job, Kaily! You see, DMAC-1004611, spouting off and name-calling just don't do you the justice you so want. Instead, it just makes you look stupid and moronic yourself.
Proper grammar and correct spelling will make you seem like a moron to most republicans. The solution is to cut education so we can all be hillbillies. Or the super rich will be hillwilliams.
Will, I have never seen the Tea Party definition condensed into a more succinct, and comprehensive description than what you just wrote.
You are awesome.
I've got two words....pompous-ass
LisaB, you are referring to Obama, right? Pompous-ass
Mostly Will, but I bet if you took the money out of it, that Palin would fade away into a trailer park somewhere.
She is in it strictly for whatever she can wring out of her worshipers at those "fleece the idiots" rallies that she runs. Cash motivated. Exclusively.
Matter of fact,....I think if the Dems offered her more money she'd be in the Democrat's camp.
Whatever you may call the man, be fair to say that at least here is a guy who makes things happen. He is a doer. An achiever. He gets things done. Compare him with all the guys we have in high government. All the inertia. All the excuses. All the mulling that is going on in the Capitol. The hyperblowviating....! Nothing real meaningful has been accomplished so far, and our president has not much time left to get what he wants done - DONE. It is a shame. I feel sorry for all those in this present administration. All a bunch of losers. Is that not why we the people have given them an "F" for effort? And why is it that the word "dirty" has become associated with "politician"? How is it that so many of those we voted for - to cut spending and to get the deficit down become all of a sudden into all kinds of pork and earmarks?
Let me ask all of you who have issues with what I am saying this: how come our tax burdens are getting heavier and heavier? Should not the government be doing whatever it can do to lighten them? How is it that the old and retired members of our communities are progressively given the short end of the stick? Should they not be relieved of having to pay more and more taxes? They have worked al their lives. Surely they should be given a break, so that they will be more able to enjoy the fruits of their labors.
Sounds to me like the political establishment in general is more worried about Donald Trump than anyone else. It must mean Trump just might be the one they're most in danger of losing their power to. Maybe Trump could stir up the pot and help to get rid of a lot of the dead wood. He certainly knows more about economics than 99% of the idiots in Washington.
I had that exact same thought, seems a bit peculiar that the biased media is digging this stuff up and parading it like the comments happened yesterday and no one has yet heard them. Old news in reality yet very strange.
Exactly! Sieze the opportunity to demean! Dig up any old crap you can find and emphasize the negative! I'm sure there will be more 'in-depth' coverage of DT and his past gaffs... he doesn't appear to be spending millions to conceal his records or his past... as opposed to our current Commander In Chief who has reportedly spent millions guarding/concealing his past.