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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0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
May 29th, 2012
1:04 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsFR8DbSRQE (More Flexibility !)
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
May 29th, 2012
1:05 pm
Out on patrol. Everyone be nice.
stands for decibels
May 29th, 2012
1:05 pm
ceiling SHEETZ.
josef
May 29th, 2012
1:05 pm
SCOUT
READ the article…it ain’t about what he’s SAID but what’s he’s DONE…and it ain’t particularly flattering, btw…
*******
Oh, so now us in the public schools are supposed to accept that we aren’t deserving of the same security…hmmmm….
USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout
May 29th, 2012
1:06 pm
“The Obama’s send their kids to a private school because of “security issues”? Really? ”
really.
“Are you saying and admitting that private schools in general are safer because there is more discipline?”
not security from other children – but from people who would like to harm them
“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?”
yes. that’s exactly what I’m saying
Doggone/GA - 999.999.999.999 (preserving my anonymity)
May 29th, 2012
1:06 pm
“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.”
When did I make any comment on where they Obamas send their children to school?
Thulsa Doom
May 29th, 2012
1:06 pm
Joe Mama,
What I was thinking was that he can publicly repudiate Maher and send a clear message to the superpac. Just like Romney did a few days ago. Its a matter of class, decency, and just doing the right thing Joe.
http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/romney-campaign-repudiates-superpac-plan-to-revive-rev-wright-story/
USMC
May 29th, 2012
1:07 pm
“What does the Green Party have to do with your love of Trump? Are ypou saying you love the nut case Cynthia as well? Is it just universal love you have for ALL nutcases lol?”–fred TM
I guess Fred is one of the mindless sheep that live on a steady diet of Fast Food, Video Games and Hate Talk Radio/MSNBC and have no Critical Thinking skills to help them sort out the issues.
Someone please tell fred that Cynthia was a democRat representative. The Donald doesn’t the Republican party as Jay would like you to believe May be fred has a fetish for the Donald’s “Doo”.
(I am totally kidding with you fred. LOL!) Happy belated Memorial Day to you!
Peter
May 29th, 2012
1:07 pm
Not a single GOP folk on the blog has anything to say, but good at changing the subject……… and of course.never ever answers a question directed at them concerning their remarks.
Just like Cheney did…..lie and .. spew crap !
Cost plus contracts Good ! Bin Laden and Saddam working together ! Weapons of Mass destruction…………… and the best one yet…….. “deficits don’t matter ” !
Gee no wonder the GOP is financially, and morally bankrupt….. and trying hard to make all of America the same !
barking frog
May 29th, 2012
1:08 pm
Was it any funnier when John McCain called his wife
that?
………
“Hello, that.”
josef
May 29th, 2012
1:08 pm
The Obamas and the private school…
More plantation liberalism, imauo. But, what else is new?
Dee
May 29th, 2012
1:08 pm
The Bush girls nor The Carter’s daughter attended public school (the Bush girls knew how to party)
See there is this wonderful webwsite called ummm Google
You can look things up
Joe Hussein Mama
May 29th, 2012
1:10 pm
Doom — “What I was thinking was that he can publicly repudiate Maher and send a clear message to the superpac. Just like Romney did a few days ago. Its a matter of class, decency, and just doing the right thing Joe.”
A fair point, fairly articulated. Don’t know why he’s not.
josef
May 29th, 2012
1:11 pm
USMC
Fred’s been fatwah’d…the Imam’s in a foul fetter today…
Doggone/GA - 999.999.999.999 (preserving my anonymity)
May 29th, 2012
1:11 pm
“Oh, so now us in the public schools are supposed to accept that we aren’t deserving of the same security…hmmmm”
How well do you think you could teach if each child present in your school had one or more Secret Service agents near them? Come on Josef, you know perfectly well it’s not the “same security” – it’s the ability and facilities to manage EXTRAORDINARY measures of security.
John Birch
May 29th, 2012
1:14 pm
We are doomed by the polarization of the parties and the politiicians didn’t even do that. It was mostly the work of the media, Rush and Maher feeding the frenzy to build ratings. So we have posters calling Obama ‘fab pres’????? Okay we got bin Laden on his watch (not necessarily his accomplishment) and the fake unemployment number is down a little although more than half the jobless no longer recieve benefits and, therefore, aren’t counted. Oh and he promised we’d stay below 8% and we’re still above that even using the fake number. What is the Obama legacy to date? Failed diplomacy in the ME and the largest deficits in history. Doesn’t look much different than W’s to me.
Where is George W. Bush?
May 29th, 2012
1:15 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0kFNGNiAs4
Bruno
May 29th, 2012
1:15 pm
Quick straw poll. Obama vs. Romney will result in:
A. A big win for Obama
B. A tight victory for Obama
C. A big win for Romney
D. A tight victory for Romney
Bragging rights are at stake…….
Where is George W. Bush?
May 29th, 2012
1:19 pm
Bruno@1:15 none of the above.
They BOTH spoke
May 29th, 2012
1:19 pm
Bruno
Hope you enjoyed your weekend
B is my pick………. especially in the total vote count
Billybob
May 29th, 2012
1:22 pm
Why does the AJC continue to tolerate Bookman? wow, is your paper hiring jay, b/c i can do that too…..
jm
May 29th, 2012
1:25 pm
RE FL, bath salts, LSD etc (getalife / TBS / Scout / frog)
Yeah, totally whacked out. I’ve been over that bridge several times…… even walked down in that area…. may think twice about that one in the future….
“Miami brings a new meaning
to “have a friend for dinner”.”
vomit….
Jay
May 29th, 2012
1:29 pm
“Do you think that increasing the debt will get our finances in order?
No, Straitroad, I do not. However, I also recognize that the GOP proposals do nothing but make the problem even worse.
Seriously, how can a party claim to be serious about the deficit when raising defense spending and cutting taxes remain the two main planks in their party platform? It makes no sense whatsoever.
josef
May 29th, 2012
1:30 pm
Doggone
I went to a public school at a time we had a federale in every classroom AND at every entry and exit…and we learned A LOT from teachers who TAUGHT…Jackson, Mississippi, 1970.
Thulsa Doom
May 29th, 2012
1:33 pm
“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.”
Ask and you shall receive Adam. And after I show you these studies we will then ask the teachers what they think shall we?
In the first set of analyses, all private schools were
compared to all public schools. The average private
school mean reading score was 14.7 points higher
than the average public school mean reading score,
The average private
school mean mathematics score was 7.8 points higher
than the average public school mean mathematics score,
The average private school
mean reading score was 18.1 points higher than the
average public school mean reading score
Now of course this study rather than looking at the absolute differences then “adjusted for differences” in the way of race and various other factors to arrive at the conclusion that public schools did as well or possibly even better than private schools. The study of course was funded by the U.S. govt(no bias there huh) and as I said did certain “adjustments” to get the scores they wanted. But the absolute numbers before “adjustments” were higher in the private schools Adam. There ya have it!
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pdf/studies/2006461.pdf
Billybob
May 29th, 2012
1:35 pm
jay,
fyi……big gov’t leftist liberalism in a country with a constitution that vows limited gov’t is what makes no sense whatsoever……you will realize that in nov
Thulsa Doom
May 29th, 2012
1:38 pm
USinUK,
Perhaps you can provide a link of Sidwell showing its vast defense network and its state of the art security and missile defense systems to back up your statement about why its facilities are so much more secure than say a DC public school.
JamVet
May 29th, 2012
1:39 pm
We are doomed by the polarization of the parties and the politiicians (sic) didn’t even do that. It was mostly the work of the media, Rush and Maher feeding the frenzy to build ratings.
Nope.
Per the exact words of Representative Tom Price – GA, it is because of the leadership in the two parties.
ken
May 29th, 2012
1:40 pm
And why do you put up with George Soros ????
Adam
May 29th, 2012
1:40 pm
Several pages and so far the most prominent argument against tolerating Trump is Tu Quoque.
Are there any Republican supporters with a better argument? If they exist they must not be frequenting this blog….
Bill Orvis White
May 29th, 2012
1:42 pm
So a man who has a little bit of confidence is called a jerk? Methinks yer a tad jealous of a successful businessman who has an acumen for running classy operations – AND HAS REAL-WORLD experience as compared to the Theorist-in-Chief.
I love Mr. Trump just as much or even more than the honorable Governor Willard “Mitt” Romney. Mr. Trump has more leadership skills in his pinky than all of what’s in the Hussein Obama “administration.”
Amen,
Bill
Pass the Cheesy Grits Please
May 29th, 2012
1:43 pm
Seriously, how can a party claim to be serious about the deficit when raising defense spending and cutting taxes remain the two main planks in their party platform? It makes no sense whatsoever.
Reality and the Republicans have never been the closest of friends.
Only way out of this financial mess is to raise taxes and cut spending with most of the cuts coming in defense spending.
The Republicans will never allow either. The party is tied to the failed ideology of “trickle down” economics. The problem is nothing ever trickles down. It just stays with the rich.
Adam
May 29th, 2012
1:45 pm
Alright Thulsa, if the private schools turn out a better product statistically speaking, as you are showing, how do you explain that people taken from public schools are not doing any better after being put in private schools? Are the scores in the study broken down by students who have always been in private school and those who have not?
Further, how does this fit into your larger argument that private is always better than public in terms of efficiency?
Pass the Cheesy Grits Please
May 29th, 2012
1:45 pm
Mr. Trump has more leadership skills in his pinky than all of what’s in the Hussein Obama “administration.”
And he is white !!!! Bonus !!!!
Pass the Cheesy Grits Please
May 29th, 2012
1:52 pm
Further, how does this fit into your larger argument that private is always better than public in terms of efficiency?
Private isn’t better. Its almost always more wasteful. You wouldn’t believe the amount of money that is wasted in the private sector. Ive worked at companies where it was nothing to spend a thousand bucks to feed the staff for a day.
Go to your local courthouse or local government office and see how many times they have done that.
A: Never
Obviously im not for making everything government owned. Both have their place.
But the idea somehow that private sector is so efficient and doesn’t waste anything is just plain false.
Adam
May 29th, 2012
2:05 pm
But the idea somehow that private sector is so efficient and doesn’t waste anything is just plain false.
Exactly.
Jay
May 29th, 2012
2:23 pm
“Reagan had a Democrat Congress which heavily influenced spending (drove much of it),
Absolutely false, as any close look at the history of that period will demonstrate. Year after year, the final budgets passed by Congress in that era came in almost exactly at the amount that President Reagan had requested. That’s just a simple mathematical fact.
Jay
May 29th, 2012
2:27 pm
Mr. Burgundy, your analysis would do your namesake proud.
I'm a liberal and believe everything I read and nothing the other side comes up with...cause we're smart and they are not
May 29th, 2012
2:42 pm
Romney booed out of inner city Philly neighborhood today with heckles of ” what are you doing here”……..And then in the next week or two on a Sunday morning news program we will here a Democratic Mayor from a heavy Democratic city tell us that Romney has not reached out to us. Beautiful, just beautiful.
Jay
May 29th, 2012
2:43 pm
Ron Burgundy, stop peddling such blatant nonsense. Craig Robinson was rehired by Oregon State because, as Factcheck.org points out, “he has led his team to the most wins it has had in back-to-back seasons in almost 20 years.”
http://www.factcheck.org/2010/03/stimulus-saves-first-ladys-brother/
Once again, the capability of the right wing to generate, propagate and then believe in such volumes of unmitigated baloney is astounding. And it never stops. Once one rumor is shot down, they generate another 20 in its place, each of them equally unbelievable.
It is truly a phenomenon, and one that does not speak highly of those who get swept up in it. Just another example of life on the conservative Holo-deck.
I'm a liberal and believe everything I read and nothing the other side comes up with...cause we're smart and they are not
May 29th, 2012
2:47 pm
Bain infusion of cash to a company= jobs any way you spin in. People get rich. You bet. Funny we only here about that failed ones…..and speaking of failing, the executives who drove Fannie Mae into to mountain, who ought to be in jail, have ALL showed up with positions on Obama’s reelection campaign staff………………….Unbelievable.
Jay
May 29th, 2012
5:53 pm
JohnnyReb, that’s a much more accurate and fair assessment, although I’d note that it attributes increased spending to Obama that he had nothing to do with and that were driven automatically by the high jobless rate, declining income etc.
It’s also important to note its bottom line:
“All told, government spending now appears to be growing at an annual rate of roughly 3 percent over the 2010-2013 period, rather than the 0.4 percent claimed by Obama and the MarketWatch analysis.”
That 3 percent annual increase is a lot less than under any previous president since Carter, and less than half the increase of Reagan and Bush II. So my point still stands: Obama is thrifty compared to his predecessors, and far from the free-spending caricature drawn by the right.
Z
May 29th, 2012
7:08 pm
Mitt Romney needs his republican buddies to hold down Trump and cut his hair..Birds of a Feather flock together, both hucksters..snake oil salesmen..
ODD OWL
May 29th, 2012
8:07 pm
Mittens “Mucho Pasos” Romney’s association with that bloviating ignoramus Donald Trump, causes one to question Romney’s character or lack thereof…
Donald Trump Critic
May 29th, 2012
8:09 pm
Jay why did you use that particular picture? You could have used the other one where Trump had just returned from the hairdresser!!!
ODD OWL
May 29th, 2012
9:48 pm
Mittens Romney have surrounded himself with morally reprehensible, despicabe people…
Mr Right
May 29th, 2012
11:52 pm
Gordon
May 29th, 2012
8:58 am
I guess the same reason the Democrats continue to tolerate Al Sharpton.
You got em good!
Mr Right
May 29th, 2012
11:54 pm
Mittens Romney have surrounded himself with morally reprehensible, despicabe people…
I wonder if they paid their taxes ?
Mr Right
May 29th, 2012
11:57 pm
Jay
May 29th, 2012
5:53 pm
Wow what would the debt be if Obama wasn’t so thrifty ? Nice try Jay
ld
May 30th, 2012
12:43 am
Fred
Though I prefer the humor of Jon Stewart, I usually find Bill Mahar entertaining even when I may disagree with him.
Given the snobby attitude of many Republicans, including some that post here, this independent suspects that the reason some Republicans like to keep Trump around is the hope that they look more sane by comparison.
Joel Edge
May 30th, 2012
6:11 am
“Why does GOP continue to tolerate Trump?”
It’s called freedom. Look it up.