Is The Donald, Don Corleone or John Gotti?

Does he expect them to kiss his ring?

Where is the real reporting?

Is The Donald, Don Corleone or John Gotti?

He's certainly NO Tony Soprano!

Fiesty - you should totally write into your local paper and ask them to write an Op. Ed. about the candidate's hair.

It's super important to all, as you know. By the by, have you cancelled your subscription yet old gal?

Say, Bev, how about Rep. Cleaver? You think he's right - the CBC would be "marching on the White House" if it was anyone but Obama?

And really what is it about Obama that makes him different?

Bev, it almost seems as though Rep. Cleaver, and in fact the entire CBC is treating Obama different based upon his race.

The CBC could not possibly be racist, could they? It's only the dreaded Tea Party that treats people differently because of race, right Bev? That's what ThinkProgress says anyway.

What a pair Mr. Bankrupt Donald and Mr. Bain capital Mitt.wonder if Donald is going to give williard some hair tips nothing like learnig how to do the perfect comb over!!!!!!!

Too bad they aren't meeting in Los Angeles. The famous Franch dip restuaruant by Chinatown - about a block away from the train station - is where the area's retired circus performers gather. Ideal setting for these two goofballs to talk their three-ring brand of politics.

Donald Trump is to financial wisdom what Zsa Zsa Gabor is to marriage counseling. Why does anyone want Trump's endorsement? He's a carney barker.

Spanky-

Fiesty - you should totally write into your local paper and ask them to write an Op. Ed. about the candidate's hair.

It's super important to all, as you know. By the by, have you cancelled your subscription yet old gal?

Say, Bev, how about Rep. Cleaver? You think he's right - the CBC would be "marching on the White House" if it was anyone but Obama?

And really what is it about Obama that makes him different?

Bev, it almost seems as though Rep. Cleaver, and in fact the entire CBC is treating Obama different based upon his race.

The CBC could not possibly be racist, could they? It's only the dreaded Tea Party that treats people differently because of race, right Bev? That's what ThinkProgress says anyway.

SPANKY!

Haven't you learned ANYTHING from hanging out here? I have been told many times (by certain individuals on this vine) that...

"You can't be racist if you're black!"

This whole article is funny. Who cares who or what Trump endorses. Really.

He went broke in the Casino business! That's like starving to death inside of a grocery store.

Besides I thought conservarives did not like hollywood actors in the entertainment industry.

Let's see Trump is an amusing guy, with silly hair.

He also employs thousands of people.

Mitt, funny underwear, fantastic teeth.

Also an astute business man that at various times employed, through all those corporations he owned, thousands of people.

Obama, no magic underwear, greying hair, and has never employed a single person.

Plus lets face it - Trump has a hot wife, who I presume lets him eat what he wants.

But then again, Michele could take them all in arm wrestling.

Funny thing is Sick the blacks, um, might not be racists, but they sure seem to hate gays.

I wonder why that is?

ahh, Feisty, the jokes write themselves. I bet you this night of debauchery doesn't have the same 'flair' as The Donald had last week with Rick Perry. LOL

Courtin' the Batshyt crazy vote is now 'mainstream'? LMFAO,...we libbies just CAN'T make up material as rich as this. Bill Maher is going to have a FIELD day!

Bill Maher is going to have a FIELD day!

Hiya GF!

Did you happen to catch Bill's line from Friday nights show to Glen Rice regarding Sarah Palin?

paraphrasing

Bill told Glen the next time he f@&#s someones brains out to please put THEM back in... lmao!

So much material SO little time! ;o)

The Donald and Romney can reminisce about how many people they got rid of to make a buck, aw yes the good ol' days when the stroke from their pen could put hard working Americans on the street and in the poorhouse. I bet one could not use all your fingers and toes put together to count how many illegals each one of these jokers has employed taking care of their estates, hope the "bad" cabbage is part of the meal they enjoy together while bantering back and forth about who is the master at screwing the American worker.

Feisty, I never miss Bill Maher. He is the funniest thing out there and his points were spot on. The bit at the end was a little lame; but it was still a quality season premier - with Keith Olbermann! whoo hoo!

Romney and Trump...

Can we assume that there's no earth-shaking Palin or Bachmann "news" to report on?

lol

This is why we all love First Read.

And, why...speaking for myself...we keep coming back.

Hiya, Clara darlin'...!

Mixed Bag

Romney and Trump...

Can we assume that there's no earth-shaking Palin or Bachmann "news" to report on?

If you want to avoid stories about Republicans making fools of themselves, cancel all your newspaper subscriptions and don't watch any TV news. Especially avoid Fox News, where Republicans gather to make fools of themselves every day of the week.

Shhhh, don't tell Rush Limbaugh.

Apparently all the "hopefuls" are visiting various conservatives like Sheriff Arpaio in Arizona too -- I guess for endorsements? Like anyone cares what the right-wing peanut gallery or carnival barkers think.

Bob in case you did not realize it yet, Trump is a shill for the Democrats, a wolf in sheep's clothing, he is a good sport though, he got republican birthers all worked up and then let Obama shove that birth certificate right up his ass, but not before he sold some tickets to the show. Wait and watch how this turns out in the end for Mitt Romney, it won't turn out to be pretty for him. Those Hollywood writers they are kind of clever, and Trump has turned out to be a pretty good actor when given a good script. I can't wait to see the surprise ending on this one, you gotta love the entertainment industry, Donald Trump sure does, that is how he makes his living these days.

far more lucrative than commercial real estate and casinos. for realz.

Donald Trump works for NBC, Republicans will tell you MSNBC is in the tank for Democrats. NBC is owned by GE, and Republicans will tell you the top man at GE is Obama's BFF. I'm pretty sure Trump will be a valuble asset to Republicans, what could possibly go wrong when you got a shrewd businessman like Trump on your side. Ha I'm thinking this will be fun to watch.

Amy,

no...all thug corrupt unions bribe Democrats to do their bidding.

No doubt there is a real union for circus performers, and no doubt it is largely responsible for ruining the circus industry.

Bob-1887910

How come he, Trump, wasn't smart enough to know his insinuations about the President's birth certificate amounted to birtherism? What's SMART in GOP/TP world.....stupid or foolish?

Amy that is the only union republicans support these days. Do you think they know their hero Ronald Reagan was president of the screen actors union? Why they idolize a socialist, union thug like Reagan is beyond me.

What's SMART in GOP/TP world.....stupid or foolish?

I would venture to say both!

"Hair summit"

Plastic hair Ken meets cotton candy hair G.I. Joe!

Maybe they can swap 'comb-over' tips!

Rob in ma-3189632

and when you open yours, big fat trap, lies and red meat drops everywhere. Do you know where Greece is on the world map........check and see the truth affecting the market world wide today and probably, this whole week. Drop your hand out and do a research.

Ahh yes....Greece, the progressive paradise where the unions riot in the streets.

As bloomberg said it's america's future. Hand delievered by Obama and the Losers on the left.

Yes, Rob, that's why the average profit margin amongst the Fortune 500 was a record 8.9% in Q2 of this year.

Yeah, no, the corporate fat-cats are hurting big-time right now!

Rob in ma-3189632

Losers?LMAO..... you and the rest GOP/TP conservatives are already winning the Race to Bottom Contest.

Your lies has caught up with your dump ass.

ROB -- If you bother reading the financials the market was set to tank over EU crisis among other things. Not what a President says. Get educated.

Rob in ma-3189632

Glad you brought up the situation in Greece, as it turns out they are in debt largely due to widespread TAX EVASION. Greeks have raised not paying taxes to a fine art and their economy is crumbling as a result! Sometimes, paying your taxes is the patriotic thing to do!

Dont_carry_it_all

ROB reasoning is an evidence of why it's a bad idea to cut education and researches in order to fund tax cuts for the rich and corp.

funny how conveniently some pay NO attention to the headlines over the weekend and spout off about things they clearly know nothing about.

Can anyone say Greece?

Which of these is NOT like the other?

Hey, Amy? Want to run that patriotic tax paying idea past Buffett? Seems he talks out of both sides of his mouth- yelling about paying higher rates, all the while fighting against paying FOUR BILLION dollars in back taxes.

Maybe tell him Pay Up, or Shut Up.

Economy: President Obama unveiled a plan Monday to cut the national debt by $3 trillion over the next decade.

Because the president's plan includes tax increases, investors are skeptical that Washington will ever be able to pass anything.

Just for the record....

Today's market drop is not solely related to Greece. The above was cut and paste from CNN's website. Unlike MSNBC, CNN obviously is not 100% in the tank for Obama. Close but not 100%

No Joe - Quit rambling and pay your fair share.

Coming off the Dow's largest weekly point gain since the week ending July 1, the focus was squarely on Europe. Attention was trained again on Greece's debt crisis after a weekend meeting of European finance ministers on the continent's sovereign-debt woes showed little progress. Euro-zone governments threatened to withhold the next round of scheduled aid to Greece, sparking increased fear of a default. European stocks were broadly lower. Japan's stock market was closed, but Asian stocks also fell sharply. The Shanghai Composite index and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index set new 52-week lows.

Investors were also digesting President Barack Obama's plan to cut the budget deficit. In a speech at the White House Rose Garden, the president proposed cutting more than $3 trillion from the nation's deficit by ending tax breaks for the wealthy and making changes to changes to Medicare and Medicaid. The plan, immediately opposed by House Republicans, calls for $1.5 trillion in new taxes.

That was from the Wall Street Journal. Funny...they didn't seem to blame the President at all.

Now, they couldn't possibly be in the tank for the President, could they? Oh, that would be rich...

...uh, I mean, "Job Creator"!

@ Pen before you tell someone to quit rambling, this piece does seem to point to Buffet to talking out both sides.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/29/warren-buffett-taxes-berkshire-hathaway_n_941099.html

I don't know about the WSJ, but the Chicago Teibune sure has left the Obama express

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-chapman-obama-reelection,0,622512.column

This on the heels of another editorial that called the Solyndra scandal an example of the "Chicago Way".

Wonder when they go all out and call for his resignation?

A far Right columnist says the same as you (quit -- the
sooner the better) and we should be astonished by this?

http://townhall.com/columnists/stevechapman/

ksw62118

This is not about Buffet rather an American issues of what fairness is. What we're experiencing in the US is a case of mega rich or mega poor. Appeasing the rich so they can create this illusionary jobs and by the way, we're the jobs?

Demand is what will create jobs and the mean money in the pocket of the poor and the middle class not just the affluent. If care is not taken, American streets will be littered with destitutes that's GOP meaning of fairness.

Da Noid said well.

I agree everyone should pay their fare share but I find it quite hypocritical for someone to call out to raise taxes when their own company owes back taxes.

I guess John KSs is also. Conservative?

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-09-18/news/ct-met-kass-0918-20110918_1_solyndra-loan-guarantee-obama-fundraisers-obama-white-house

It's funny- I seem to recall the Trib endorsing ObMa for President.

Looks like they are also caught in another trend- people who have loat hope and are looking to make a change.

Fancy that.

No Joe - bla bla bla bla ...... pay your fair share.

Solyndra -- supported by Republican Senators like Ensign.
Big whoop !!!

Poor Dennis. No amount of spin can change the facts-

Solyndra was turned down for loans by the Buah administration on 1/9/09. Poor financials. In fact, it was estimated they'd go bankrupt by Septwmber 2011. When it costs six dollars to make a product you are selling for three, and you haw competitors selling the same product for a buck fifty, that's a pretty obvious result.

Obama took office, and Solyndra found new life- at least, their loan app,ication did. I suppose Kaiser's donAtions helped.

Then, when Solyndra started circling the drain sooner than everyone thought, ObMa restructured the loans so Kaiser got paid first- rather than the taxpayers, who, by law, SHOULD have been first.

The stench of corruption will not come out in the spin cycle. We need to clean house- the White House, that is.

No Joe,

Why is it important for you to start every rebuttal in a condescending tone?

It says a lot about you.

Dennis,

Absent fact or substance, condescension is the only tool left in her box,...so to speak. Personally, I think she thinks it makes her seem legitimate and authoritarian; but really, it just highlights the rest of the lies in the words around the condescension; but hey, that's just how I call 'em from the cheap seats.

Of course,...many of us figured this out back when she was still Donna from Lincroft and thanks to the lovely Ignore Author feature,...I don't have to put up with it anymore. You should try it, Dennis.

her box,...so to speak.

CLEANUP ON AISLE THREE PRONTO!

Wasn't she also Econ-Donna the phony PHD or something like that?

Again, Clara- I never denied that I was Donna from Lincroft. I changed monikers because certain of your lovely group appropriated my name and used it to post pro Obama drivel.

Can't do that with this one.

Ignorance is bliss, it is said- so it is no small wonder that most liberals are still head over heels with Obama. I imagine it is quite vexatious to you that so many have realized that he is a disaster as president- the facts never intrude in your lovely little pink cloud of hopeful changiness.

Don't give up- I'm pretty sure MSNBC will see him as a ratings goldmine. You can listen to his rantings to your hearts' content- and the rest of the country will get on with the business of recovering from this nightmare.

no joe: "and the rest of the country will get on with the business of recovering from this nightmare."

no joe, you are right . Obama's administration called this past summer "recovery summer" . We'll call the post-Obama phase "recovery from Obama."

They are going to go to Chuckie Cheese!

They are going to go to Chuckie Cheese!

How about Godfather's?

How about Godfather's?

Did they invite Herman Cain too?

Nah, I think Obama is the kingmaker.

And it also seems that the Chicago Trib. is the kingslayer.

[shout out to Game of Thrones- I'm hoping for a Jamie/Brienne hook up].

So, Spanky-

Are you with me on Jon Snow's parentage? Cause, from where I sit, all that "promise me, Ned", leads ME to believe he's really Lyanna's son- with Rhaegar.

And, I think Conningham is pulling a fraud. No WAAY is he Dany's nephew.

Almost done with book five- cannot wait for six.

Go, Drogon!

I just started book 4 yesterday. Three was the best yet.

I don't know about Jon's parents, but I'm thinking he and Daenarys will end up married as King and Queen.

But don't spoil anything. I should be done with 4 this week.

Four is a slog- fair warning. It was supposed to be one book with five- and he cut them apart.

Stick with it, though, because there is a lot information you need to understand the nuances in five- which is great!

I cannot wait for six- it is supposed to be the final, tying up all loose ends.

I agree with you about Jamie and Brienne, by the way. Won't that just fry Cersie's cheese?

And, I've had the same thoughts about Jon and Dany- despite his having taken the black.

You are right about Al Sharpton. I wonder what Al's ratings on msnbc are ? He's some host, that is, if you can understand what the heck he's saying !

mkeMike: "2) Will the candidate lose to Obama? "I think he [Obama] has a chance to go down as a great president."
--Interview with NY1, November 2008"

hey Mike, This the only thing you listed that is worth mentioning. Obama HAD a chance and he blew it. Obama is the most partisan President we've ever had, there is 9.2% unemployment, he added $4 trillion to the debt, 2-3 wars, s&p downgrade, open borders, and he gives tax money to Union pension funds, and "stimulus" to failing "green" companies regardless of the ominous warnings . ( all reasons why Trump is backing Republicans. Trump is a business man. Obama is anti-business.)

Leona,

You have a short memory.

The unemployment rate started to go up before Obama took office, during the Bush administration.

Bush added 88% to the deficit. Obama 7%.

Not sure what three wars you're talking about, but Bush started the Iraq War and the Afghanistan War. I suppose you think Libya was war #3 and was wrong. I guess that makes you a whacky Ghadaffi supporter, so that explains a lot right there.

S&P downgrade was more the fault of the GOP House, but I'll split the blame evenly just to give you half a point. Only Obama has proposed anything that would remedy that.

Obama has deported more people than Bush did during his entire term. Not really open borders.

Not every government expenditure is going to work the way it was intended, any more than not every private venture works the way it was intended. It's a risk we take, a small one. The Chinese undermined Solyndra with .33/hr labor and no benefits. They're doing that a lot. Yet, American companies continue to flock to China. Soon, they won't have any customers that can afford their products.

Trump suits himself. Misguided, uneducated voters like yourself that can't even figure out that voting GOP is voting against their own self interests, only compound the problem.