Why does GOP continue to tolerate Trump?
To ease us back into the political world after a great holiday weekend, a semi-playful little question:
What is it with the Republicans and Donald Trump?
The guy’s a Class A jerk who’s still out there peddling the toxic nonsense that Barack Obama was born in Kenya. He’s also publicly lobbying for a prime speaking spot at the GOP convention in Tampa, and for all we know, he may actually get one.
I mean, Mike Huckabee has seriously suggested Trump as a replacement for Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, and Mitt Romney continues to play along with the fool as well, both seeking and touting Trump’s endorsement. Romney has even agreed to appear at a major fundraiser hosted by Trump tonight in Las Vegas. (Newt Gingrich is expected to attend as well, creating a concentration of egomania that may very well skew the Earth’s gravitational field.)
And how does Romney respond to the question that he lends credibility to Trump and his birther nonsense by publicly appearing by his side?
“You know, I don’t agree with all the people who support me and my guess is they don’t all agree with everything I believe in. But I need to get 50.1 percent or more and I’m appreciative to have the help of a lot of good people.”
I’m not the George Will fan that I used to be, but over the weekend Will got it right:
“I do not understand the cost benefit here. The costs are clear. The benefit — what voter is going to vote for (Romney) because he is seen with Donald Trump? The cost of appearing with this bloviating ignoramus is obvious, it seems to me. Donald Trump is redundant evidence that if your net worth is high enough, your IQ can be very low and you can still intrude into American politics.”
To which Trump responded via Twitter:
As insults go, Will definitely wins higher marks, although it should also be said that with Trump as his target, Will had a little better raw material to work with. And while “bloviating ignoramus” earns bonus points as a nice, rhythmic, multi-syllabic compound, it falls well short of the classic description of Trump as a “short-fingered Vulgarian.”
The return fire from Trump, however, was disappointedly pedestrian. The American people have come to expect more from a veteran of media feuds with the likes of Rosie O’Donnell and others. They know that while Trump has always lacked wit, his utter lack of class and manners has usually served as a rhetorical combover to hide those shortcomings. Boilerplate such as “dumbest and most overrated” simply is not up to — or more accurately down to — what we’ve come to expect from The Donald.
– Jay Bookman
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RB from Gwinnett
May 29th, 2012
12:05 pm
Your still stuck with Obama, Jay. No amount of R bashing is going to change that.
I notice you failed to mention “undecided” is giving Obama a strong challeng in quite a few states D primaries. Can you tell us more about the policies of this “undecided” character?
josef
May 29th, 2012
12:05 pm
USinUK
And it’s about to get even messier…
Brosephus™
May 29th, 2012
12:07 pm
Peadawg
You know that’s not how the game is played. There’s no complaining on Kyle’s other than liberal complaining.
stands for decibels
May 29th, 2012
12:07 pm
let’s see … multiply by three … carry the bankruptcy …
You forgot the bit about “start with 100 million of Dad’s money to spend in a booming NYC real estate market where anyone with an IQ above that of donkey crap could’ve prospered…”
JamVet
May 29th, 2012
12:07 pm
Soros, Gates, Buffet and many others have given away zillions of dollars to charity. In fact they give away more every year than the bloviating ignoramus has in his entire tawdry, narcissistic, “It’s ALL about ME!!” life.
APRIL 12–During the recent Comedy Central roast of Donald Trump, the presidential aspirant used his rebuttal time to remind the audience–and a dais of tormentors–that he had “seven billion f&cking dollars in the bank.” He delivered this rebuke with the kind of pure joy seen when a boy discovers Santa has brought him a puppy for Christmas.
More than his towering ego, vituperative tongue, or peculiar hairstyle, money has defined Trump during the 30-plus years he has spent in the public eye. He frequently brags of his billions, and even sued a journalist who had the nerve to question whether those 10-figure pronouncements were severely inflated.
Now that Trump is again threatening to run for president–and has, for the first time, gained some political traction thanks to his embrace of the “birther” movement–The Smoking Gun has examined how the 64-year-old developer has spent some of that massive fortune. Specifically, Trump’s philanthropy over the past 20 years, which has been channeled through the Donald J. Trump Foundation.
A TSG review of the group’s Internal Revenue Service returns dating back to 1990 reveals that Trump, the foundation’s president, may be the least charitable billionaire in the United States.
How miserly is The Donald?
From 1990 through 2009, Trump has personally donated a total of just $3.7 million to his foundation, which was incorporated in 1987. In fact, the billionaire is not even the largest contributor to his own charitable organization.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/celebrity/trump-least-charitable-billionaire-109247
barking frog
May 29th, 2012
12:08 pm
josef
Think it will be read this
time?
mm
May 29th, 2012
12:08 pm
“list. Anyone tolerating obozo needs to have their head examined…yes, im talking about you…Demonuts.”
Isn’t it amazing how the GOP has convinced their dumbed down voters that everything was perfect until Obama got elected?
bman
May 29th, 2012
12:08 pm
Romney fundraising with Trump? If you can’t choose someone better & “do the right thing” say, like Spike Lee to raise some dough, you don’t deserve to be President.
josef
May 29th, 2012
12:08 pm
Soros=puts his money where his mouth is
Trump=puts his mouth where his money is
Joe Hussein Mama
May 29th, 2012
12:08 pm
RB — “I notice you failed to mention “undecided” is giving Obama a strong challeng in quite a few states D primaries. Can you tell us more about the policies of this “undecided” character?”
Why would it matter, when all the states involved are solidly red?
KJHF
May 29th, 2012
12:09 pm
JamVet
May 29th, 2012 Only to the fringes of either side.
9:21 am
USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout
May 29th, 2012
12:10 pm
excellent josef – thanks – train reading for the ride home!
Adam
May 29th, 2012
12:10 pm
Peadawg: All the GOPers on here whining about why Jay doesn’t call out Democrats for stoopid sh*t….do y’all whine over on Kyle’s blog too for not calling out the GOP for the mountain of crap they pull?
Heh.
BTW, any of the same whiners notice more than one person calling out “a black man” earlier? Thought not./
How about this time Jay got rid of one of my “liberal” posts: http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2011/09/07/phil-kent-criticism-is-a-strike-against-freedom-of-speech/?cp=13#comment-715535
USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout
May 29th, 2012
12:10 pm
“Trump=puts his mouth where his money is”
I thought it was put his foot where his mouth is
josef
May 29th, 2012
12:11 pm
frog
It’s hard to say. Whatever happens though the bloodshed has only started. There’s just too many scores to settle now to avoid it…
USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout
May 29th, 2012
12:12 pm
josef – 12:05 – civil war is like that … I think AQ will try to get a toe-hold there, but the people have been dealing with Assad long enough, they won’t tolerate it
Paul
May 29th, 2012
12:12 pm
“Why does GOP continue to tolerate Trump?”
“Romney has even agreed to appear at a major fundraiser hosted by Trump tonight in Las Vegas.”
Because money is the mother’s milk of politics.
Period.
josef
May 29th, 2012
12:13 pm
USinUK
Nyanh. There’s a silver spoon in the way.
JamVet
May 29th, 2012
12:13 pm
Both the amount of money Trump has donated to his own foundation as well as the aggregate contributions made by the not-for-profit group are pitiful when compared to the philanthropy of other high-profile tycoons like Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Larry Ellison, Ted Turner, Michael Bloomberg, David Geffen, or S.I. Newhouse.
For example, in 2008 alone, Bloomberg’s charitable contributions totaled $235 million. In 2009, Ellison gave his medical foundation stock worth $73.2 million, according to IRS records. Newhouse’s foundation reported making donations totaling $11.8 million on its 2009 IRS return. And a tax return filed last year revealed that the late entertainer Johnny Carson even left his charitable foundation $156 million.
Trump’s miniscule donations have also been dwarfed by the charitable contributions of Leona Helmsley, whom Trump took great pleasure in mercilessly skewering. Helmsley, who died in 2007, left billions to her charitable trust, which last month alone made donations totaling $12.93 million (or nearly twice what Trump’s foundation has donated in the past 20 years).
In the aftermath of national tragedies like September 11 and Hurricane Katrina–when public figures worth a fraction of Trump were donating seven figures to relief organizations–the billionaire apparently misplaced his checkbook somewhere in his triplex atop Trump Tower.
Helmsley, by comparison, gave $5 million to the American Red Cross when New Orleans was submerged, and, post-9/11, she gave $5 million to the New York Police and Fire Widows’ and Children’s Benefit Fund.
In 2006, Trump’s foundation did give $1000 to the New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Fund, a controversial Scientology program (co-founded by Tom Cruise) that promoted a “purification rundown” for firemen and others who inhaled toxins while working near the smoldering remains of the World Trade Center.
No wonder the self-obsessed – though neer-do-well versions – revere him so…
mm
May 29th, 2012
12:14 pm
“Can you tell us more about the policies of this “undecided” character?”
Yeah, he could also defeat Robmey in November.
barking frog
May 29th, 2012
12:15 pm
josef
It’s the way a war on terror works.
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
May 29th, 2012
12:15 pm
How much time have you spent in Mississippi? What DO you know about the state?
Oh my! Looks like this Joe Cool done stepped in it. There’s two things you can’t do when josef’s around: trash Mississippi and make fun of rednecks. Next thing you know, josef will be telling Joe Cool he’s going to be mashed into the pavement. Me, I just wish josef was poorer and needed to teach in the summer. It’s going to be awful hot on this blog with him on here all the time.
JamVet
May 29th, 2012
12:16 pm
You cons can run, but you cannot hide. Donald Trump is MAINSTREAM Republican.
Notwithstanding that he is a creepy little lunatic in the Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Dick Cheney mold…
Billybob
May 29th, 2012
12:16 pm
trump is a sideshow, but your column illustrates which side is the side of intolerance……it’s sad jay, that you and the left are only left with trump insults to try and paint your political opponents in a bad light…..speaks well for conservatives in nov though…..oh, and it was funny to hear obama say vietnam vets were treated bad when they came back and it was disgraceful……i guess he accidentally left the part out where it was his own ilk, including john kerry, in the democrat party that were the ones who treated and spoke of the vets that way…….fun stuff and easy to expose liberals hypocrisy
josef
May 29th, 2012
12:17 pm
USinUK
The al Qaaida link…I’m not too sure about that…even they can’t figure it out…they have been notably absent.
Unmentionable said that he thought the reason we were “staying out of it” was so that when the Sunni come in, they’ll take care of the Shia and the Iran surrogate…
Whatever comes, the Christians and Alawai are about to face their own Armageddon…
Jay
May 29th, 2012
12:18 pm
MiltonMan, what exactly is your problem with Soros?
I mean, other than the fact that you’ve been indoctrinated to believe that mere mention of his name should make children cringe in horror and dogs hide under the bed. What exactly has he done or said to make him such an object of hate?
RAMZAD
May 29th, 2012
12:18 pm
The answer is simple, and it creates an unprecedented danger for the Republican Party, in particular, and for social conservatives in general. Their hate for Obama is so profound, so all consuming, so universal that Republican ilk and apparatchik will associate with any low life, vulture, vampire, insect, reptile, termite, scavenger- Limbaugh, Coulter, Malkin, Trump, Norquist, Arpaio, Hannity, et al that expresses disdain for Obama. Intellect and reason and good government has nothing to do with it.
It is not logical, but it is real. This hate for Obama has been and continues to be an object lesson for all Americans to see that the Republican Party is not about the good of America, but about its incredible self serving lust for power and aggrandizing wealth for its lemmings.
USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout
May 29th, 2012
12:21 pm
josef – 12:17 – I saw a report that there are a few AQ there, but that the people don’t support them –
But, as it emerges during our conversation, he does not like al-Qaeda. He fears them and what they would do in Syria. And he does not believe the bombings in Damascus were done by al-Qaeda.
“This lie is being used again and again by the regime”, he said. “The regime lies all the time. They even lie about the weather. Are they telling the truth now that al-Qaeda is behind these bombings? The bombings are done by the regime.”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18193504
Thulsa Doom
May 29th, 2012
12:21 pm
“1) Citing that certain companies prefer to hire people if they see a particular university’s name is not evidence that university is turning out a better product”- Adam
Sure Adam. Companies preferring to hire folks from some universities over others is no proof that some universities turn out a better product. And I’m sure you can prove this right? Or is it just more of your opinion posing as truth.
2) We aren’t JUST talking about universities. Let’s also look at K-12, and see if the determining factor is mostly or always due to private sector involvement, shall we?- Adam
Well of course Adam. Lets just look at the micro level to start off with shall we? Do the Obama’s send their kids to Washington DC public schools or the prestigious Sidwell school?
USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout
May 29th, 2012
12:23 pm
Jay – 12:18 – I’ve got £5 that says his answer involves MoveOn and/or manipulation of the pound.
Thulsa Doom
May 29th, 2012
12:24 pm
Joe Mama,
Yes. I think we all know that the candidates don’t control superpacs. But O is the president of the U.S. So are you telling me that if the potus told his superpac that he wanted the money returned from Maher that they wouldn’t return it? Is this man’s power and influence so limited or so inconsequential that they would not heed his request? He is the potus after all.
They both suck,
Go ahead and criticize W all ya want. Won’t bother me none. He probably deserves most of it.
Doggone/GA - 999.999.999.999 (preserving my anonymity)
May 29th, 2012
12:24 pm
” Do the Obama’s send their kids to Washington DC public schools or the prestigious Sidwell school?”
Digging deep into that trash heap aren’t you?
USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout
May 29th, 2012
12:25 pm
“Do the Obama’s send their kids to Washington DC public schools or the prestigious Sidwell school?”
the Sidwell school, where Chelsea Clinton went, so they know that the school can handle the security issues …
sheesh.
Joe Hussein Mama
May 29th, 2012
12:25 pm
billybob — “……i guess he accidentally left the part out where it was his own ilk, including john kerry, in the democrat party that were the ones who treated and spoke of the vets that way…….”
No, he didn’t. And it’s pretty clear that you’ve never actually READ what Kerry actually said.
Besides that, the GOP has a long history of treating the *active* military fairly well, but not treating *veterans* as well as they’d like for people to think. I’m a disabled veteran myself, and I pay *very* close attention to how lawmakers vote on veterans’ issues. I suspect the truth would surprise you.
Normal Free...Pro Human Rights Thug...And liking it!
May 29th, 2012
12:26 pm
josef
May 29th, 2012
11:18 am
Josef,
I wonder if President Obama will issue a deck of cards for his “kill list”…
BTW: Delusional Lickspittle Plantation Liberal… You know? The initials to have a ring to them DLPL…sorta rolls off the tongue…
JamVet
May 29th, 2012
12:26 pm
Poor Mitt, if he had a working spine, he would back away from Donnie like he had the plague. (which in a matter of speaking, he does.)
But his handlers know that to do so, would kill the anyy chance he has of getting the rabid right, albeit lukewarm, “base” out to vote for him.
Clearly Romney is not really interested in the independent/centrist voters.
And why he will lose just like McCain did. ESPECIALLY after he chooses some new version of Sarah Palin.
Billybob, just curious.
As you are a big friend of veterans, were you also a big fan of the swiftboaters?
235 more days
May 29th, 2012
12:27 pm
Do you think calling Palin a cun# is comedy?
How many of you lefties agree with his thoughts. You have a sick sence of humor.
Now regarding Trump, he isn’t one of my conservative choices. I think he is a spoiled brat.
Now having said that, I could also throw out my choices of comparisions from the left side, but I won’t go there
East Lake Ira
May 29th, 2012
12:28 pm
Uh Oh!
If you take a trillion dollars, for instance, out of the first year of the federal budget, that would shrink G.D.P. over 5 percent. That is by definition throwing us into recession or depression. So I’m not going to do that, of course…
I don’t want to have us go into a recession in order to balance the budget. I’d like to have us have high rates of growth at the same time we bring down federal spending, on, if you will, a ramp that’s affordable, but that does not cause us to enter into an economic decline.
stands for decibels
May 29th, 2012
12:29 pm
I’ve got £5 that says his answer involves MoveOn and/or manipulation of the pound.
My money is on TEH NAZZI’S!!!11!
getalife
May 29th, 2012
12:29 pm
Fred,
Go to drudge.
No moderation on links links using disqus..
Enjoy.
Joe Hussein Mama
May 29th, 2012
12:31 pm
Doom — “Yes. I think we all know that the candidates don’t control superpacs. But O is the president of the U.S. So are you telling me that if the potus told his superpac that he wanted the money returned from Maher that they wouldn’t return it? Is this man’s power and influence so limited or so inconsequential that they would not heed his request? He is the potus after all.”
Read my previous post more closely, Doom. It would be a campaign finance violation for him to tell an associated superpac what to do. He can’t *legally* do it, and neither can anyone from his campaign. Playing fast and loose campaign finance can get you in all kinds of hot water; that’s why John Edwards is on trial right now.
Frankly, if you think that’s a simple and practical action for any candidate to take (not just Obama), then I seriously recommend that you do some reading about campaign finance laws and regulations. Candidates and their campaigns aren’t allowed to have ANY control whatsoever over outside PACs and superPACs. That disconnect was what induced congress to support campaign finance “reform.”
Billybob
May 29th, 2012
12:31 pm
joe,
i do know what kerry said through the years and you can ignore it based on politics if you want since you are a liberal democrat, but i hear what people say and hold them to it…..
Adam
May 29th, 2012
12:31 pm
Thulsa: Sure Adam. Companies preferring to hire folks from some universities over others is no proof that some universities turn out a better product. And I’m sure you can prove this right?
It’s easy enough: just because some companies prefer to hire from certain schools because their hiring managers made that decision does not PROVE that those schools turn out a better product. It may mean many things, but “turning out a better product” statistically is not one of the things that correlates to. Surely someone who is not “foolish,” such as yourself, would recognize the truth that those decisions are not necessarily based on anything other than a perception?
Well of course Adam. Lets just look at the micro level to start off with shall we? Do the Obama’s send their kids to Washington DC public schools or the prestigious Sidwell school?
Deflection. Answer the original: Do private schools in this country turn out a better product than public schools? Where specific people put their children doesn’t prove anything. Show me studies that speak to the question, not to logical fallacies.
Milo83
May 29th, 2012
12:32 pm
Who is Brett Kimberlin?
Since 2006, Justice Through Music has collected $1.8 million in contributions from a list of donors including the George Soros-funded Tides Foundation, Barbara Streisand and Senator John Kerry’s wife, Teresa Heinz-Kerry.
Joe Hussein Mama
May 29th, 2012
12:32 pm
timestamp — “How many of you lefties agree with his thoughts.”
Left you a response to your Friday meltdown, pal. You’re funny when you get angry.
Adam
May 29th, 2012
12:34 pm
LUNCH. I’ll be back later for Thulsa’s response. One thing it will not contain: Any studies that show private education in this country turns out a better product than public, especially on the K-12 side.
Joe Hussein Mama
May 29th, 2012
12:34 pm
billybob — “i do know what kerry said through the years”
You pretty clearly *don’t* know what he said.
“and you can ignore it based on politics if you want”
I don’t ignore it at all. In fact, I can quote it.
“since you are a liberal democrat”
No, disaffected Republican. You’re zero-for-two now, so be careful with your next swing, Slugger.
“but i hear what people say and hold them to it…..”
Okay, I’ll bite. What did Kerry say that’s got you so offended?
Watch closely, folks. This should be GOOD.
JOE COOL~DoWnToWn THUG
May 29th, 2012
12:36 pm
-Al-Qaeda No2 in Afghanistan killed, NATO says-
http://news.yahoo.com/al-qaeda-no2-afghanistan-killed-nato-says-084739426.html
“Another One Bites the Dust”
They BOTH spoke
May 29th, 2012
12:36 pm
“but i hear what people say and hold them to it….”
Based on this comment, guess you will not be voting for Romney, correct?
USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout
May 29th, 2012
12:36 pm
dB – egads … Debbie Schlussel … I just had 2 nice cookies, and now they’re threatening to come back up … thanks for that …
getalife
May 29th, 2012
12:37 pm
cnn fecklessly calls out willard for not standing up to unhinged birthers like mccain.
Gave it five seconds of their precious time.
Talk about corporate media taking a dive for the gop.
Geez.
Paul
May 29th, 2012
12:37 pm
Afternoon, Jay
“MiltonMan, what exactly is your problem with Soros?”
As MiltonMan hasn’t answered, I’ll offer it’s likely Soros supporting MediaMatters, Center for American Progress to the tune of millions of dollars. It’s not only that MediaMatters has such a love affair with Fox, it’s that such groups (banded together in Accountability Now) also target moderate Democrats, or in their words “Congressional Democrats who vote out of line with their more liberal constituencies will face some tough times in the next election cycle.”
So Soros donates millions to groups that target not just conservatives, but moderate Democrats. I’d say that’s why his name doesn’t sit too well.
Soros’s name has the same effect upon many on the Right as mentioning the Koch brothers to many on the Left. Tends to fast forward to extreme emotions and responses.
JamVet
May 29th, 2012
12:38 pm
But for whatever reasons–gratitude, empathy, naming rights, religious beliefs, guilt, good publicity, take your pick–the country’s wealthiest families have historically helped fund hospitals, libraries, research facilities, museums, schools, and cultural institutions via significant contributions and/or recurring pledges.
But for Trump, the only buildings bearing his name have tacky gold gilding and are stuffed with overpriced condominiums.
The anti-philanthropist is a good stooge for Romney…
Thug
May 29th, 2012
12:38 pm
What do dems see in little barry?
Obama is over
May 29th, 2012
12:39 pm
Trump is a pretty easy target. I have wondered why the Democratic party puts up with Al Sharpton. His entire business model is based on maintaining the status quo. He cannot acknowledge any progress in race relations because that is the source of his money as a community organizer. Despite the fact that we have a Black President and attorney general, Sharpton would have the world believe that there are no opportunities for minorities in the United States.
JamVet
May 29th, 2012
12:40 pm
Trump is a pretty easy target.
Please do expound!
Since he is the topic…
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
May 29th, 2012
12:43 pm
“Why does GOP continue to tolerate Trump?”
“WHY DO THE DEMS. CONTINUE TO TOLERATE SHARPTON?”
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
May 29th, 2012
12:44 pm
President Doper:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/a-users-guide-to-smoking-pot-with-barack-obama
Joe Hussein Mama
May 29th, 2012
12:45 pm
0311 — “WHY DO THE DEMS. CONTINUE TO TOLERATE SHARPTON?”
Damn, Jay, that’s got to be a new record. You sent someone into fulll-throated meltdown before he even had time to compose his first post.
josef
May 29th, 2012
12:46 pm
MILTON MAN
I’m waiting, too…and while you’re at it, prove SFD wrong.
NORMAL
Does have a ring to it, doesn’t it?
USinUK
I don’t think any of the various factions would want al Qaaida involved on their behalf..
USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout
May 29th, 2012
12:47 pm
“What do dems see in little barry?”
a FAB prez.
jm
May 29th, 2012
12:47 pm
Scout – hopefully obama will lay off the LSD. Don’t want him eating the face of Bibi or Merkel…..
The Thin Guy
May 29th, 2012
12:48 pm
The Donald is an expert on making money, losing money, seducing women, and getting rid of women. That makes him an expert on something whereas in the White House we have Dumb and Dumber who couldn’t find shoes in a shoebox. Nice photo of The Donald, Jay. Have you ever had a bad hair day?
josef
May 29th, 2012
12:48 pm
And for reasons I think y’all can understand, I have a problem with any government official who doesn’t send his/her kids to public school…
They BOTH spoke
May 29th, 2012
12:48 pm
Scout
That website about Obama smoking dope 30 yrs ago will sway as many voters as the weak story that Jay put up a few weeks ago about Romney being a bully in the 10th grade or whenever it was…..
getalife
May 29th, 2012
12:48 pm
jm,
Bath salts.
USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout
May 29th, 2012
12:48 pm
josef – 12:46 – no kidding … “um, thank you SO much for your KIND offer to help, but really, we don’t want to put you out. we know you have so many other fatwas you’re juggling right now – so, don’t feel that you need to get involved in our little dispute … but, thank you again for offering to help … no, really, don’t let the door hit you … “
getalife
May 29th, 2012
12:49 pm
trump is a publicity stunt and an expert in bankruptcy and divorce.
Doggone/GA - 999.999.999.999 (preserving my anonymity)
May 29th, 2012
12:49 pm
“WHY DO THE DEMS. CONTINUE TO TOLERATE SHARPTON?”
For the same reason we continue to tolerate you.
josef
May 29th, 2012
12:49 pm
JM
What you mean, see the face of Bibi? They go to bed together every night and wake up together every morning…
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
May 29th, 2012
12:50 pm
Headline: “Veterans Give Romney Big Lead Over Obama”
“58% to 34%”
http://www.gallup.com/poll/154904/Veterans-Give-Romney-Big-Lead-Obama.aspx?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=syndication&utm_content=morelink&utm_term=Politics
They BOTH spoke
May 29th, 2012
12:51 pm
josef @ 12:48
I agree. I can see why public officials send their kids to private school, but if they were really doing something to impact public schools in a positive way, they would be leading the way with their children
josef
May 29th, 2012
12:51 pm
SCOUT
You need to go read that NYT article…seems you and President Obama are on the same page on some issues…
Joe Hussein Mama
May 29th, 2012
12:52 pm
Doggone — “For the same reason we continue to tolerate you.”
Come now, 0311’s been calming down a bit of late. We don’t agree on much, but he and I have actually had some civil conversations in recent weeks.
barking frog
May 29th, 2012
12:52 pm
Wasted days and wasted
bytes…
They BOTH spoke
May 29th, 2012
12:52 pm
Scout
Veterans at this time in 08 were polling about the same for McCain……..
I’m sure you are aware of the overall election results
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May 29th, 2012
12:52 pm
jm:
I hear you. That was a pretty sick thing down there in Florida !
Generation$crewed
May 29th, 2012
12:53 pm
Jay,
The Right tolerates Trump because of money, not so much his personal money but the amount he is able to raise. He helps with fundraising.
Now a simple question is it worse to have a “birther” as a fundraiser, or is it worse to appoint a “truther” to ones adiministration (Van Jones)?
Just curious which one you think is worse?
getalife
May 29th, 2012
12:54 pm
Don’t smoke fake weed or do fake coke.
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May 29th, 2012
12:54 pm
josef:
Some? Perhaps ………. as is true in any candidate/election.
It’s the important ones and the future of this country that count the most for me.
P.S.
Are you off for the rest of the summer? Good to have you on here all day.
They BOTH spoke
May 29th, 2012
12:54 pm
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2008/12/the-veteran-vot/
josef
May 29th, 2012
12:54 pm
BOTH
As Granddaddy always said, don’t try to sell a product you wouldn’t buy yourself.
getalife
May 29th, 2012
12:54 pm
van jones was fired.
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May 29th, 2012
12:55 pm
Generation$crewed:
Good one ! Thank you.
Doggone/GA - 999.999.999.999 (preserving my anonymity)
May 29th, 2012
12:55 pm
“Come now, 0311’s been calming down a bit of late. We don’t agree on much, but he and I have actually had some civil conversations in recent weeks”
that’s why I said we tolerate him
getalife
May 29th, 2012
12:56 pm
President Obama stood up for vets like scout and del.
They BOTH spoke
May 29th, 2012
12:56 pm
jm and Mick
Not sure where you live in FL, but hope you didn’t receive any property damage due to the storm
barking frog
May 29th, 2012
12:57 pm
Jm,1801
Miami brings a new meaning
to “have a friend for dinner”.
josef
May 29th, 2012
12:59 pm
FROG
@ 12:52
SCOUT
We have to be back the last week of July…I’m sorry but that just ain’t right…I don’t care if it does jibe with the days count. And good to be here…
But as for the article, I’m being drop-dead serious when I say he sounds like you…
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That Florida one…now THAT’s bizarre!
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May 29th, 2012
12:59 pm
Anything to get a vote or two. He’s desperate !
USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout
May 29th, 2012
1:00 pm
barking – 12:57 – horrible story … gah
USMC
May 29th, 2012
1:00 pm
Why does the DemocRat party continue to tolerate Minister Farrakhan?
FARRAKHAN: Soon Whites ‘Will Be Minority’ in Country They ‘Took’…
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/farrakhan-laments-sad-that-mexico-lost-california-arizona-colorado-new-mexico-through-american-trickery-soon-whites-will-be-the-minority-in-the-country-they-took/
Generation$crewed
May 29th, 2012
1:01 pm
getalife
May 29th, 2012
12:54 pm
To be fired one must be HIRED,
Are u saying they only found out at the time they fired him? Or did they know and either hire him or allow him to keep his job?
If they didn’t know, what does that say about them and who they are willing to appoint to positions that effect us all?
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May 29th, 2012
1:01 pm
josef:
“But as for the article, I’m being drop-dead serious when I say he sounds like you…”
Sounds like and being are two different things. He will do anything (say anything) to get those votes and then ……………………..
“AFTER THE ELECTION I WILL HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY ………. (COMRADE)” !
getalife
May 29th, 2012
1:01 pm
No scout,
President Obama stood up for you knowing that cons like you will never vote for him.
Carry on .
Thulsa Doom
May 29th, 2012
1:02 pm
Doggone,
Why the Obama’s send their kids to private school is a legitimate question. Just because you don’t like it doesn’t make it less so.
USinUK,
The Obama’s send their kids to a private school because of “security issues”? Really?
Sooooo,
Are you saying and admitting that private schools in general are safer because there is more discipline?
Or are you saying that the secret service for whatever reason can protect kids at a private school but can’t do the same job at a public school? Amy Carter and I believe the Bush daughters all went to public school so right there your argument is looking ridiculously weak.
Or are you saying that the Sidwell school is just better security wise because it has a moat filled with ferocious gators, an electrified barbed wired fence to keep out child molesters, and a team of ex seal mercenaries to deal with any intruders and hence Sidwell in particular is safer?
josef
May 29th, 2012
1:02 pm
FROG
@ 12:57
You’re on a roll today…
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And Ole Scout is always ready to throw us a curve ball just when you think you’ve got him pegged…and don’t put him and Del in the same context. Scout’s not by spirit mean and hateful. Del is. IMAUO
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
May 29th, 2012
1:03 pm
Countdown
Was it any funnier when John McCain called his wife that?
getalife
May 29th, 2012
1:03 pm
gs.
Fired.
He opines at the aol blog.
Doggone/GA - 999.999.999.999 (preserving my anonymity)
May 29th, 2012
1:03 pm
“Why does the DemocRat party continue to tolerate Minister Farrakhan?”
For the same reason we tolerate you.