Donald Trump and the F-bomb
With scores of people across the South yet to be buried, with houses and schools and businesses and churches to be rebuilt, Donald Trump may be a strange topic to focus on. But perhaps the hazards of real life – flesh, metal and futures twisted by tumultuous winds of fate — are precisely the tools needed to illuminate the tin-foil nature of American politics.
Two days after Donald Trump claimed credit for President Barack Obama’s decision to release his Hawaiian birth certificate, the real estate mogul and prospective GOP candidate late Thursday night gave a speech laced with F-bombs to a Las Vegas crowd of several hundred Republicans, promising to subject rival nuclear powers to dialogue provided by Elmore Leonard.
As if he could treat Hu Jintao as if he were a Chinese version of Gary Busey.
You may find all of Trump’s incestuous recommendations, in their entirety, on YouTube. Here’s a cleaned up version from CBS:
Southerners know how to cuss, with a rhythm and color worthy of study by many New Yorkers. We do not shy away from expressing ourselves. But the best of us demand an elevated form of public dialogue. This is the land where Rhett earned his most grievous black mark for declaring — on the printed, public page — that he didn’t give a damn about Scarlett.
Martin Luther King Jr. surely employed locker-room language to privately rail against the indignities of segregation. But in public, he used G-rated words – powerful, biblical stuff — to bring down Jim Crow.
Unfortunately, what’s said in Las Vegas can’t always stay in Las Vegas. It must, given the networked nature of the world, come our way. Someone needs to tell me how Trump and his language – not just his choice of words, but his ideas, too — can play a constructive role in the Southern heart of the Republican party.
- By Jim Galloway, Political Insider
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Georgia Voter
April 29th, 2011
11:00 pm
Well said, Mr. Galloway!
jg bennet
April 29th, 2011
11:07 pm
“When I want my men to remember something important, to really make it stick, I give it to them double dirty. It may not sound nice to some bunch of little old ladies at an afternoon tea party, but it helps my soldiers to remember. You can’t run an army without profanity; and it has to be eloquent profanity. An army without profanity couldn’t fight it’s way out of a piss-soaked paper bag.”
“As for the types of comments I make”, he continued with a wry smile, “Sometimes I just, By God, get carried away with my own eloquence.”
George Patton
Trump has some Patton in him….
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jg bennet
April 29th, 2011
11:17 pm
How about Trump being anti free trade? That is Lincoln Republican not neoliberal Eastern Progressive Republican…
**Northern Progressives sought free trade to undermine the power base of Republicans** –
Woodrow Wilson would admit as much in a speech to Congress. A brief resurgence by Republicans in the 1920s was disastrous for them. Woodrow Wilson’s ideological understudy, Franklin Roosevelt, would essentially blame the Great Depression upon the protectionist policies exemplified by the previous Republican President, Herbert Hoover……….
So if a “socialist” Democrat like FDR supported free trade and was against protectionism to undermine the Republicans why is it that Republicans so staunchly support it today? Look at CATO, Heritage et al…
Republicans dominated American politics until around the early 20th century. President William McKinley stated the United States’ stance under the Republican Party as thus:
“Under free trade the trader is the master and the producer the slave. Protection is but the law of nature, the law of self-preservation, of self-development, of securing the highest and best destiny of the race of man. [It is said] that protection is immoral….
Well, they say, ‘Buy where you can buy the cheapest’…. Of course, that applies to labor as to everything else. Let me give you a maxim that is a thousand times better than that, and it is the protection maxim: ‘Buy where you can pay the easiest.’ And that spot of earth is where labor wins its highest rewards.”
And Remember all of those Reagan Democrats? Trump and Reagan have a ;ot in common
May 30, 1988
The Reagan Record On Trade:
Rhetoric Vs. Reality THE CATO INSTITUTE
The Reagan administration has failed to promote free trade. Ronald Reagan by his actions has become the most protectionist president since Herbert Hoover, the heavyweight champion of protectionists.
THE ENTIRE ARTICLE IS HERE http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa107.html
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April 29th, 2011
11:21 pm
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Peto
April 29th, 2011
11:30 pm
It is not Donald Trump that is sick, twisted and ignorant, it is any part of a country that would entertain (even for a second) his presence as a leader or someone whose values we would want leading this country. He is a clown. From the period of January 2001 to January 2009, we should know the consequence of having a clown in the oval office. Everyone who so voted wants to forget those consequences (debt, stupid war, loss of international respect, bi-partisan rancor, failed economic policy, lack of regulation and government protection, greater disparity between the wealthy and the middle class). What does it say, that anyone in this country would support him?
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phipip
April 29th, 2011
11:45 pm
we still have another clow only rhis one wears the crown better
Mary Elizabeth
April 29th, 2011
11:45 pm
Donald Trump’s leadership style is the polar opposite of President Obama’s. Trump’s antics help to clarify, starkly, that difference.
Southerners, and all Americans, can see – quite dramatically – the difference in inner strength between the two. Trump is betting on the likelihood that the American psyche still respects the bully. His belief is that one “wins” by intimidation. Obama knows better. His strength comes from the deepest resources of his character. He does not need to bluff. His inner strength shows forth when he leads through his insight and impact, as did MLK Jr. Having strength, by those traits, eludes Trump’s consciousness.
If both were actors, Trump would put on the mask, with nothing going on inside; Obama would deliver the character from the deepest resources of his being.
The world is continually evolving in consciousness. Americans have a clear choice through which to express who they presently are. I’m betting they have evolved past the time when they were perceived to be “the ugly Americans.” Bullies have never really been respected. I’m betting the majority of Americans will call Trump’s bluff.
As far as Southerners are concerned, they could always recognize real class, which has nothing to do with a “colorful” word, or two, being expressed with gusto, but has more to do with innate dignity. Money can’t buy class. You either have it or you don’t. Trump doesn’t. Obama does. Southerners know the difference. I only hope Southerners will vote what they inherently know to be class and strength.
Hunter S Tomboy
April 29th, 2011
11:57 pm
Trump is a double-talking snake that cares only about Trump. He’s bankrupted 4 times, and skated on the debts (who absorbs that debt?). He’s crossed over on every issue he was ever for. His only purpose is the elevation of Trump. He’s earned horrible marks on foreign labor issues. If it fills his pockets, he’s for it- at that time.
I can just imagine Lady Liberty toppled so there can be a big vertical word “TRUMP” in her place, as Donald turns us into Trumpistan, declares our debts as non-existent, and runs our credit rating into the ground while turning us into an economic wasteland.
Folks need to quit getting all buttery in their nether-regions over what Trump says, and look at what Trump has done- repeatedly.
page schlomm
April 30th, 2011
12:05 am
Donald Trump is a cheesey windbag.
gnorwood
April 30th, 2011
12:17 am
Trump is amusing and hilarious, as well as on point. His diatribe (I believe) was done intentionally to remove himself from the race, after firing rockets at the dems and hopefully motivating repubs to step to the plate and start swinging. The man is a genius and I wish I could use his comments as the ringtone on my cell phone. What a guy!!
The Thin Guy
April 30th, 2011
12:32 am
When describing demoncraps billingsgate is permissible. You can’t discuss a skunk without mentioning the smell. As Plugs would say, what’s the Big FFing deal? The Donald has some warts but he is an American and is proud of it which more than you can say for the subhuman vermin infesting The White House. Øbungle spends other people’s money. The Donald makes billions. We need a leader not a teleprompter reader. The Donald is a pit bull and Jug Ears is a wharf rat. Go Donald go!!!
CJohnson
April 30th, 2011
12:33 am
Mr. Galloway: It is obvious you have no problem dismissing Trump as not a serious candidate for President and no problem labeling him a side show or clown. If he wins the Presidency will you be saying that we should not speak against him and have more respect for him. He is going to be running against Obama if he runs for President…did you want him to glorify him as you in the MSM do. The American public is tired of all the tip toe through the tulips walk with this Wizard of Oz …after 3 years of him running this nation in the ground do you think we cannot see what’s going on behind the curtain? Call Mr. Trump anything but crazy until you have mastered a way to increase your wealth as he took his father’s money and increased it into the billions. I believe he can do it. No I do not like cursing and it upsets my sensibilities because I never hear it but at least it’s not Joe Biden not knowing the mike is on. I think Donald sees what’s gong on with his own businesses and he will make our country prosperous again …and he will not bow to leaders of fhe world. He was reading the comments sections of articles and knew that people were not getting answers to their questions regarding Obama’s murky past. You guys will not touch vetting Obama at all….afraid I guess of being called racist. The birthers are not racist they just are intelligent people that knew the packaging didn’t match the contents of what you have presented as the ideal and glorious Obama. I don’t blame the President but the Puppet masters.
Sam
April 30th, 2011
1:31 am
I want Trump to name his investigators. You know, the ones that never existed. He is clearly lied about that. He said that what his investigators found would be shocking. Still waiting to hear what was so shocking about what these fake investigators found. The fact that Obama was born in this nation is not that shocking. Still waiting to hear the shocking news that Trump promised to deliver–the shocking news from this invisible investigators.
He lied. He is a sick version of Yellow Journalism run wild. He should work for the National Inquirer. Maybe he can have some made-up investigators do a fake story on the Roswell Aliens or search for big foot or something. What a stupid nation to fall for this garbage. Oh yeah, Obama’s mother was an American citizen. Doesn’t that nullify all of the birther talk anyway? Funny, how the republicans love the Constitution so much. Too bad they never seem to read it or know what it contains. Birther=someone who does not know the basic concepts of our Constitution.
mikeokie
April 30th, 2011
3:44 am
This is because Mr Trump is a 100%, ( F—ing ) correct !
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Z
April 30th, 2011
4:01 am
OMG, Puleeeezzzz do not put Trump in the same playing field as General Patton. Trump got more deferments from Military duty than did X VP Cheney..Patton, I’m sure would roll over in his grave at even the thought of this clown being mentioned in the same sentence. Trump is a showman, a barker, a fruitcake, he likes to hear himself talk, and such an egotistical wacky human being, it is what he does for a living and of course the Sheep fall for “it” hook line and sinker..
And, the Cato Institute, nothing but a right-wing think tank, funded most likely by the Koch brothers, Faux Nutty Nuz owners..out there in never never land to make bigger fools out of the camp followers..Pay attention people, they want you to vote against your own self interest, don’t let them fool you. Reseach, research, research, vote smart.
mike
April 30th, 2011
4:07 am
It would be interesting to see how you know what words MLK used during those private strategy meetings to combat segregation. Or unlike the video of Trump you just assumed he used those words. It is not hard to see there is a place for Trump, his words and his ideas in the Southern heart of the Republican Party. Georgia’s governor used the term ghetto grandmothers in his campaign speech. Ole Barbour of MS said while growing up a kluxer group was okay as well as maybe he should okay an auto tag honoring the founder of the klan. And at the tea baggers rallies, I just loved all the racial caricatures of the President and his family by all those patriots and christians.
John
April 30th, 2011
7:56 am
What a silly p.o.v. and I love the low brow invoking of MLK and the clarification that he spoke in one manner privately and a more pleasant manner when in a speaking to the public.
Folks…that’s two faced. I don’t like Trump for pres, I voted for Obama. I will vote for anyone besides the disappointing O again. At least with Donald Trump what you see is what you get.
Speaking of seeing…may we know see all your college transcripts, your selective service record, etc..
Haha no is the answer.
Clinton "Skink" Tyree
April 30th, 2011
8:20 am
@jg bennet: Shut your mouth! To even use the name Patton in the same sentence with the draft deferring, 4-F seeking, flatulence spewing Trump is an abomination!
Trump is what he is and that is a self-promoting, publicity seeking empty suit who is all hat and no cattle. He has no intention of running, but is playing a desperate pool of anti-Obama miscreates like a banjo.
The only good thing that has been accomplished by the Trump antics is that they have put Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann and Newt Gingrich on the back burner.
If the Tea Party/ Republicn Party is smart they’ll soon spit Trump and these other fire breathers out like sunflower seeds and try to find an intelligent candidate who stands a chance of winning. But, my guess is they’ll continue their march to the fringes and wander off into the wilderness of mediocrity and defeat.
And, so it goes. . . .
Charles Brooks
April 30th, 2011
8:21 am
another Republican clown!!!!
Gunluvr
April 30th, 2011
8:23 am
Trump and his style of talk is best suited for the regional area that he lives in(New York). We southerners are sensitive when it comes to the use of profane and vulgar language. We don’t mind using it but there should be a valid and immediate point being made not just repetitive cursing intending to try to shock the public.
We have moved beyond being shocked as most of primetime TV constantly use such profanities in some kind of attempt to be “hip” often employing young actors to corrupt our youth and make such language acceptable; it is not and I don’t tolerate it in my home nor do the people that I associate with and least of all would I tolerate it in someone who wants me to vote for him as the next President.
Travis McGee
April 30th, 2011
8:29 am
There’s only one thing you can say about The Donald with no fear of contradiction and that is he’ll climb a tree to tell a lie when he could stand on the ground and tell the truth.
The ol’ boy is so used to lying that he can’t tell the difference between the truth and a lie. And, you know he’s lying when his lips are moving.
pragmatic
April 30th, 2011
8:32 am
President Obama chooses to stop Boeing from relocating to the south since we are a right to work state and Ol Jim is worried about some dufus saying the F word. Typical left wing bias Jim, stay away from real issues and focus on nonsense so we lose track of the issues.
outsider
April 30th, 2011
8:33 am
I notice there is a certain segment of the population who thinks that tough talk is a sign of someone’s courage. (Hence, the bizarre comparison in these comments of Trump to Patton.) I noticed the same phenomenon with Dick Cheney. Both Trump and Cheney did everything they could to avoid military service. I also notice a certain segment of the population seems willing to overlook Trump’s bailouts and bankruptcies. I can’t imagine how Trump would have ever been “successful” if he didn’t have the head start.
When I hear bluster like this, I think of a bully. A bully would make the worst sort of president. When I consider the most courageous presidents in American history, I can’t imagine any of them would act like Donald Trump.
jconservative
April 30th, 2011
8:35 am
Trump lost me when he played the race card on the birth certificate thing. Haley Barbour lost me when he lied on national TV about the spending during the Bush administration. Michele Bachmann lost me when she opened her mouth and noise came out. Same for Palin. Huckabee lost me when he played the race card on the Obama youth years. John Bolton lost me when he opened his mouth and noise came out. Rudy (I’m gonna wait till the race is over and put all my assets in the Florida primary) Giuliani lost me when he gave away the 2008 nomination.
Does anyone have any influence with Governor Chris Christie? Can we get him in the race? So far he has not lost me.
Will salty language ( I realize I am soft pedalling his language) fly in the Bible-belt South? I can handle Trump’s language. Most of my evangelical friends say they object to such language.
Now we shall see if they have been honest about their objections.
I would love to be able to vote for a conservative for president but the Republicans haven’t nominated one since Eisenhower (I was to young to vote) and the Democrats are incapable of nominating one.
So it appears we will go liberal again in 2012.
The Voice of Reason
April 30th, 2011
8:49 am
We are a frustrated people and Trump is articulating our frustrations.
However, if you’ll just get you head out of your posterior, you’d realize that his rantings are insane and the consequences of his proposed actions would be catastrophic.
And, his limited vocabulary is appalling, causing him to appear to be as stupid as the folks he says are stupid.
So, as ol’ Forrest Gump said, “Stupid is as stupid does” or something like that.
Clinton "Skink" Tyree
April 30th, 2011
8:52 am
Looks like the Republican primaries are going to be a real hoot this year.
Clinton "Skink" Tyree
April 30th, 2011
10:11 am
@Pragmatic: You better tell the folks down in Charleston, SC, because they’re building a plant for the Boeing 777 Dreamliner. Dang, I bet they’re going to be PO’ed with all that money spent and no Boeing.
Nah!
Why tell the truth when a lie better fits you partisan views?
Edie
April 30th, 2011
10:37 am
Trump has mental issues. He is locked-in at a juvenile level of development. He is obsessed with over compensating for his insecurities. He is still the obnixous little boy nobody really likes, with a ” I’ll show them” sound track going on in his head all day long.
Bless his “little” heart.
Who's Really Stupid?
April 30th, 2011
10:48 am
Trump shows a total lack of understanding about how government works. He seems oblivious to the political process, so many of his remarks fall into the “stupid remarks” category.
Government is not a business. It doesn’t work that way. And, duly elected members of congress will not be steamrolled by a president with a CEO mentality.
Good CEOs make bad politicians. Bad CEOs make horrendous politicians. Shouting “You’re Fired” at Gary Bussey is not the same as dealing with congress.
But, of course, this is all a publicity seeking hoax and very soon the “Celebrity Apprentice” season finale will show how The Donald played gullible and desperate Republicans like a banjo. He took them for the fools they are for thinking he in any way would be an acceptable candidate and effective leader of the American people.
The Donald is quite the prankster!
Bob Silo
April 30th, 2011
10:57 am
Wow! Trump sounds as angry as I!!!
downtowner
April 30th, 2011
11:00 am
Trump reveals something else besides bullying, lying, and meglomania. His contemptuous remarks about our elected President Obama consistently show the racism that is behind much of the opposition to the President. There is the “birther” nonsense. There is the claim that the President could not possibly have gotten his Harvard degree on his own powers. There is the statement reported here that the President spends all his time on the basketball court. Over and over Trump’s words are racially coded attacks on the President. We should be glad that he is revealing this so starkly.
You Can Tell By The Smell
April 30th, 2011
11:06 am
As a life long conservative and a disabled veteran who served in two wars, I wouldn’t vote for Trump…that draft dodging, foul mouthed, clown…under any circumstances! Unfortunately, the rest of the so-called Republican crowd don’t look much better either. These losers are part of our problem…not the solution and make even liberal President Obama look that the best choice of a sorry lot. If this is the best the Republicans can do I predict Obama will carry Georgia and win re-election. Oh for an independent conservative candidate who is a combination of Ronald Reagan, Harry Truman, and Ross Perot and will do what is necessary to bring back manufacturing jobs, restore national pride, and lead us out of this financial nightmare before China forecloses on the debt we owe it!
Richard
April 30th, 2011
11:07 am
Profanity is an ignorant person’s feeble attempt at communication. Trump thinks it makes him look tough. It makes him look like the stupid fool that he is. He has the nerve to say that our leaders are stupid. Everything about Trump reenforces his stupidity. If the Republicans nominate him for president, they may as well say, take another four years to the Democrats
double
April 30th, 2011
11:17 am
CJohnson Can you not see beyond 3 years back?If someone else elected president the Puppet Masters will be the same.Richard it’s not the leaders that’s stupid as Trump says.It’s the people playing this D or R game.While the elected use us like pawns.
John McCain
April 30th, 2011
11:33 am
Well, folks, there’s always “Joe the Plumber.” Hey. “Where’s Joe the Plumber?”
You know, ol’ Joe is looking better every day.
Richard
April 30th, 2011
11:50 am
Trump actually reminds me of the typical inferiority complex type of person. He attempts to make himself look superior by trying to downgrade and bully others. The only difference between him and the school yard bully is that Trump has money (not as much as he says he’s worth) A real man doesn’t have to brag about his worth and his power since real power comes from within. Trump is nothing but a phony bag of hot air.
Last Man Standing
April 30th, 2011
11:52 am
Although I haven’t yet decided exactly how I feel about Trump, he is a breath of fresh air compared to the pompous, lying excuse for a president who now occupies the White House. Time will tell if he is a serious candidate, but I suspect that he is. The battle cry now is “Anybody but Obama”, and if that “anybody” is Trump, he has my vote and whatever financial support I can give him.
V
April 30th, 2011
12:02 pm
I demand to see a list of all the women Donald Trump has slept with. Because while he refers to President Obama about playing ball, atleast he isn’t sticking them in everyone.
pb
April 30th, 2011
12:11 pm
The “Donald” is pretty funny to me. Although he is obviously intelligent and knows how to make money, he is more of a show biz guy than serious politician. Hard to believe he would actually run, and lose all his TV power. Think all he is doing now is further stirring up the Republican side and ultimately, helping Obama.
Richard
April 30th, 2011
12:22 pm
How do we know if he was actually born in the US or dropped from another planet. What kind of academic student was he, or are his credentials really authentic. He reminds me of a modern day KKK. Dumb, ignorant, and hatefull. No I am not a black man trying to instigate things. I am a white, educated man who graduated with a 3.84 GPA and you can check it Donald.
Mrs. Norris
April 30th, 2011
12:25 pm
Donald Trump’s F@#$ing Tour of Truth! Ha Ha, I love it. Politics has turned into a three-ring circus these days and The Donald makes a very good ringmaster. Viva le Donald!
Clinton "Skink" Tyree
April 30th, 2011
12:30 pm
@LMS — May I commend you on your intelligent approach to electing the President of the United States. And, may I commend you for your help?
You’d think the McCain/Palin/Joe the Plumber embarrassment never happened as the Republican/Tea Party rush headlong into another presidential fiasco. You guys have the greatest capacity for snatching defeat from the mouth of victory.
And, again, may I commend you on your stategic approach to 2012.
Charlie Sheen
April 30th, 2011
12:37 pm
I sent The Donald some of my Tiger Blood and look what happened. He became me.
Poke 'Em With A Stick
April 30th, 2011
1:10 pm
I stand on my conviction that 80% of the American population is retarded. Look at all of the posts supporting Trump. So 20%’ers, you know who you are, please be sure and vote, since only 35% of the eligible voters ever show up, we’ve got it in the bag!
Mojo
April 30th, 2011
1:12 pm
Who among us hasn’t cursed a blue streak over what politicians are doing to our country? What good is “class” when the country is in crisis. We don’t need “class”; we need a strong leader with common sense ideas and a ruthless resolve to solve our problems. I’m tired of weak, wimpy, lying politicians.
Last Man Standing
April 30th, 2011
1:26 pm
Clinton “Skink” Tyree:
That you for your gracious commendation! My approach to choosing a candidate sure beats the hell out of the one taken by those voting for Hussein last time around, and will stand me in good stead in this coming election. I’ve had all the “hope” and “change” I can stand. Now, it’s time to elect something other than globe-trotting, America apologist, inflation creating, energy producing deficient, community organizing, union standard bearing empty suit.
All the college degrees in the world does one no good if he is unable to perform the tasks at hand.
If my meaning is not clear enough, let me know and I’ll try to break it down a little more.
Clinton "Skink" Tyree
April 30th, 2011
1:32 pm
@MOJO — Forget about his classless use of vulgarity and profanity. If you think he’s offering common sense ideas that you need a reality check.
His rants are insane.
He’s all hat and no cattle.
He’s a lying, draft dodging, flatulent spewing hoax. Can’t you understand that?
j. i remember
April 30th, 2011
1:41 pm
OK, where were all these Pres.Obama bashers during 2001-2009?? Where…?? Did you all think that this prefabricated financial mess could be corrected in three years….?? WOW…come together and support the Man at 1600…he didn’t create this mess….Donald, the rating chaser, Trump..please shut up and go away….
Clinton "Skink" Tyree
April 30th, 2011
1:42 pm
We’ll see. The American people have a way of coming to their senses at the eleventh hour.
Oh, by the way. Where was the stock market three years ago? Where is it today?
What is the rate of inflation now?
How much have your taxes gone up?
How’d that gulf oil spill work for you? How much did ExxonMobile make this past quarter as gas prices were escalating?
How about those subsidies and tax breaks so the oil companies can make record profits? Why should they increase production when they’re making record profits?
And, don’t bother responding. I’m not interested. You give away your agenda by constantly, and in a rather juvenile fashion, referring to the president using his middle name.
Michael
April 30th, 2011
1:54 pm
Refuse the federal aid southerners, its SOCIALIST!!! Or just continue along your hypocritical ways because of that R behind your name.
Facts
April 30th, 2011
1:58 pm
Maybe we should create another Reality Show “The Next American President” and the winner actually will become the next President of the U.S.
Last Man Standing
April 30th, 2011
2:25 pm
Now we can’t call him Dubya anymore . . .
chris
April 30th, 2011
2:27 pm
Trump can afford to “care less” about what happens to any or all of us, he can live any place like a king. He is choosing to make a stand for this country. Can you not think that his vocabulary might not have been so harsh if the people and criteria he was referring to didn’t deserve it? Go Mr. Trump!
Last Man Standing
April 30th, 2011
2:32 pm
Anyone who thinks that inflation isn’t a factor now needs to rethink this. They do NOT count fuel and food in the equation anymore. Makes everything look pretty good, if you believe it. Unfortunately, I know what gas and diesel fuel costs, and I know what food costs, too.
Never fear! Soon we will be driving wind powered cars. We’ll just have to connect them to televisions to refuel them when the teleprompter makes a speech. That is the biggest source of hot air on the planet.
double
April 30th, 2011
3:58 pm
LMS look at your 2;32 post.!st portion sounds good ,sensible like something a mature person would say.Now read the last part how does that sound to you..I’m not asking for you to reply.Prefere you did not.Just read and form own opinion.
Last Man Standing
April 30th, 2011
4:54 pm
double:
The truth shall stand when everything else falls.
mehlman rings twice
April 30th, 2011
4:58 pm
Do you know how sometimes you have to give the crying kid some candy just to shut him up while you’re talking to other adults. That is what President Obama did with his long form birth certificate.
Last Man Standing
April 30th, 2011
6:33 pm
Hussein could have produced this birth certificate when all the questions were posed even prior to the election if this birth certificate was available at that time. Why wait until now? Could it just be remotely possible that this certificate did not, in fact, exist then? Only now, with the re-election campaign in the offing, has this certificate surfaced. I submit that it creates far more questions than answers. Of course, there are mindless millions who will accept it without question. I am not mindless . . .
Tom (Independent)
April 30th, 2011
6:40 pm
Ok libs, let’s get past the profanity for a moment! His ideas – (1)China and Japan, who sell billions of dollars of products in this country, putting a tax like 25% on them? (2) South Korea, Libria, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc – if we protect them, they should be paying for our protection. (3) Why are we building schools in Afghanistan, when our schools here need the money?(4) Why are we paying billions to Mexico, just to be good neighbors? They can not stop the flow of illegal immigrants from their side! Help me to understand why these are not good ideas even though a little bit of profanity was used!! It’s not all Obama’s fault, include former president Bush in this mess too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
cmaukonen
April 30th, 2011
6:43 pm
Someone needs to tell me how Trump and his language – not just his choice of words, but his ideas, too — can play a constructive role in the Southern heart of the Republican party.
Easy. he was preaching to the choir.
Jezel
April 30th, 2011
8:31 pm
Trump can be the best “cusser” there is. He can use the dirtiest language there is. But people are not going to listen to him long…even if he does becomes eloquent. Why? Look at the company he keeps. He BLEW it already.
There is no "Wharton School of Finance."
April 30th, 2011
9:08 pm
Ever notice how Trump conveniently neglects to mention he attended Fordham for two years before transferring to Wharton? I wonder what else he’s hiding?
smart dawg
April 30th, 2011
9:53 pm
While I can’t get excited about supporting Trump (but if his name appears as the only choice in 2012, I’ll hold my nose and vote against Barry), some of you seem to have forgotten that your beloved vice pres also has a major issue with profanity. Audio clips also float around the web with Barry using foul language as well.
I’m glad I don’t have a 5 year old who wants to know “What does f%&* mean? The source is of secondary concern.
So what was your point with this column, Jimbo?
Eli
April 30th, 2011
10:11 pm
Trump likes to talk about how he is a successful business man and all that…but lets not forget that he inherited $200million from his father.
We are not talking about a self made millionaire here. President Obama is a self made man…Trump is not. How hard is it to hire the best and the brightest when you inherit a fortune…then claim it was all your idea.
Somebody (namely NBC) needs to fire Trump.
Polly
April 30th, 2011
10:12 pm
Does Donald Trump ever have a good hair day? He needs to stay out of politics, improve his hair cut or lack thereof, and try to project a better image for all of his children; personally and professionally. Just my opinion and not that Donald Trump even cares.
cj
April 30th, 2011
10:31 pm
Quick question, LMS:
Going to call Trump “John”? Or do you just do that the President’s who are black?
smart dawg
April 30th, 2011
10:45 pm
Eli says obama is a self made man. Not exactly, someone made him. The question is who pulls the strings that control him? Who writes the promps on the teleprompter that tell him what to say? He can’t put a sentence together by himself.
double
April 30th, 2011
11:49 pm
Blame it all on the Greenspan Put.Do your research.
Bobby Anthony
May 1st, 2011
2:25 am
It seems most of the people in this blog are too young to remember one of the best Presidents of the last century. He was a (D) and used salty language. Trump has other issues which would detract from him being our leader. He would not be worthy to hold HST’s jockey strap.
smart dawg
May 1st, 2011
3:00 am
Bobby Anthony,
You are correct. HST did use salty language, but he knew when NOT to use it. That’s the difference. The posers of today are clueless. The saddest thing is —it doesn’t have to be this way. We have devolved as a nation.
who cares who I am?
May 1st, 2011
7:31 am
LMS:
The fact that you insist on calling Obama “Hussein” says everything we need to know about you.
Pinky Lee
May 1st, 2011
7:53 am
All I can say is f—ing A, Mr. Trump.
larry
May 1st, 2011
8:19 am
the fools already voted for one unqualified african american and made him president- that shows anything is possible-Trump just tells it like it is and how it should be- he is tired of the pussification of America by the Losers on the Left that want to blame their low status on the socio-economic ladder on everything except the poor choices that they have made in life.I will vote for him just because he is not part of either partys corrupt system- this country needs a few more Fbombs to shock it into the reality that nothing is free- the losers that are on any kind of public assistance need to learn this lesson and to the countries who get the use of the US Armed Forces as free security services, they also need to pay for those services. To hell with the rest of the world – its us versus them- To the Victors be the spoils of war
bigapplegeorgiapeach
May 1st, 2011
9:02 am
Yes, yes….where IS Joe the Plumber?
Doris M
May 1st, 2011
9:38 am
larry you are as crazy as Donald Trump. And Donald Trump IS CRAZY!!!
Last Man Standing
May 1st, 2011
9:39 am
http://www.prisonplanet.com/obama-birth-certificate-number-proves-forgery.html
GaBlue
May 1st, 2011
10:04 am
Obama to Trump at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner last night: “Where are Biggie and Tupac?” HAHAHAHA!
khc
May 1st, 2011
10:07 am
trump got his fat arse handed to him….he thinks he can dish it , but can’t take it……bachman on fox still and idiot…..wallace could hardly keep a straight face
GaBlue
May 1st, 2011
10:10 am
I fell out of my chair when he played his birth video. HAHAHA! Way to return fire, Mr. President! Why didn’t he do THAT sooner? Fire the speech writers, bring on the joke writers and give the Birf’tards what they deserve. Hahaha!
valerie
May 1st, 2011
10:20 am
Nice to see the faux christian conservatives suspending their pious morals to support this d-bag.
khc
May 1st, 2011
10:43 am
rubio, as fla speaker had some issues, but he is holding his own on meet the press…
Greg Capers
May 1st, 2011
10:55 am
Down South we think of profanity as a less intelligent man’s way of venting his frustrations. So Mr. Trump must be one helluva stupid, frustrated SOB.
Ole Guy
May 1st, 2011
11:09 am
It would be rather nice to have someone in office whose both feet and head are on Mother Earth. As far as his liberal use of profanity…SO THE HELL WHAT!? We, as a supposedly informed constituency, continue to allow ourselves the distractions of the superflous. Politicians know this, and they fully exploit this weakness; all they have to do to sidestep these issues is polish their act, say what the sheeple want to hear, and…POOF!…they’re in office.
This guy’s got the spheroids this Country needs at the leadership helm. The last President with anything resembling political spheroids was assasinated back in 63. He, in essence, told those SOBs to get there fu_ _ ing a_ _es back where they belonged, OR ELSE! No one, since then, would EVER have the spheroids to act thusly.
As far as the homefront goes, he’s been there. He knows how to make a buck…and it’s that simple. He knows how to surround himself with people who are worth a poop, and get things done. So he cusses like a Soldier at the bar…BIG FREQUIN DEAL!
khc
May 1st, 2011
11:15 am
weren’t you a regular skit on SNL?
outspoken1
May 1st, 2011
11:32 am
you dropped a bomb on me, baby, you dropped a bomb on me….
GO DON DON, GO!
Patriot
May 1st, 2011
11:40 am
Herman Cain for president!
Last Man Standing
May 1st, 2011
12:03 pm
ABO
Here Is My F-Bomb
May 1st, 2011
1:09 pm
F&%K Donald Trump!!!!
valerie
May 1st, 2011
1:13 pm
The president’ s time was well-spent .
He is such a remarkable gent!
While still showing much class,
He was kickin’ much a$$.
What a clever and cool way to vent!
well'swell
May 1st, 2011
1:46 pm
Well “smart dawg” (LMAO)
So tell us o wise one WHO “made” Obama. It has been established that the snot Trump was “made” by daddy with $200 mil, which it has long been established he was a “trust fund baby”. WHO “made” Obama. And you have to let go of this silly idea of the President’s ability to speak. Firstly, ALL modern Presidents used a teleprompter for public speaking and have had official speechwriters. Secondly, do you forget Barack went toe to toe and HANDLED foreign and domestic policy against the likes of Hilary Clinton, John Edwards, etc on the Democratic side, and John McCain on the Repub side?
It’s the Biggie/Tupac thing isn’t it?? Oh… and to the other individual who posed the question of why not release the birth certificate when initially requested. Here is your answer, it’s called PLAYING YOU LIKE A FIDDLE, which is a highly enjoyable activity to partake to make those who try to $— on you look like utter fools. For one, he is required to show none of you morons his birth certificate. That was handled during the candidate certification process. Checkmate!!
Stuart
May 1st, 2011
1:51 pm
Trump is a breath of fresh air??? Maybe if you consider fresh air the first spring breeze from a turkey house. And to the laughable point that because he cusses, he’s got a little “Patton” in him….my grandmother cussed like a sailor, and nobody in the family wanted to piss her off. But she also couldn’t balance a checkbook or read above a 5th grade level. Trump is a buffoon filled with bluster and horsesh*t. He lies with such ease that he can’t even remember the lies he’s told. Anyone who thinks this idiot should be President, I suggest you put down your juice boxes and try reading books that aren’t mostly pictures or drawings.
JesusFreak
May 1st, 2011
2:29 pm
@The Thin Guy, LOL! You made me laugh. Thanks, I needed that today, be blessed.
Olderandwiser49
May 1st, 2011
2:46 pm
@ Mary Elizabeth,
Obama has no class. He operates on sheer arrogance, and if you ever read his writings, you would know that. He doesn’t consider himself “above the fray.” He considers himself both above the law and above the people. As far as his “deepest resources” are concerned, those would be whatever the unions tell him they are. And as for conservatives, we know Trump won’t be President, but we respect the fact that he is willing to call attention to Obama’s destructive and devisive nature. Obama, after over two years of hiding it, finally showed his long-form birth certificate, because of Trump! Interestingly enough, a computer expert (and you can see this on Youtube) has proven that many parts of the form, including the date and mother’s signature, have been doctored. It ain’t over yet!!
valerie
May 1st, 2011
3:11 pm
trump’s a draft-dodger!
Clinton "Skink" Tyree
May 1st, 2011
3:22 pm
Presidents that shoot from the lip get the country into conflicts that cost hundreds and thousands of young lives. As has been the case since the beginning of this country, the sons of rich men stay home while the rest shed their blood so the rich can get richer and their sons can preen before an adoring public.
To assign to Trump manly qualities because he can cuss up a storm and posture before an adoring audience is to ignore his history of deferrments and his 4-F— just like Cheney and the other chicken hawks who are so quick to shed the blood of others for their country.
To this ilk I say simply horse hockey!
jlaud12
May 1st, 2011
3:51 pm
Trump would beat Obama in any debate. Obama is buffoon and comical to watch. He is an embarrassment for this country. Trump has the right idea. This is coming from someone who made the mistake of voting for Obama.
Emmelle
May 1st, 2011
4:05 pm
Unfortunately, cursing and use of the F-word is common these days. I witnessed a young ‘lady’, talking loudly on her cell, use the F-word a half a dozen times. When she got off the phone, I asked her if she realized she’d done that. She didn’t even say ‘oops’, ‘my bad’ or apologize. She just turned and walk away as if to say, ‘You old fogey’. It’s only a matter of time until it is part of everyday language.
Mona Williams
May 1st, 2011
4:39 pm
Trump’s got my vote…like him or lump him, the guy’s a winner who knows how to make money & is a $ucce$$ful bu$ine$$ man who tells it like it is
Mike
May 1st, 2011
5:16 pm
Donald Trump is nothing more than an egotistical lunatic. He is a disgrace to mankind.
Alabama Communist
May 1st, 2011
5:30 pm
Martin Luther King Jr. surely employed locker-room language to privately rail against the indignities of segregation* Jimbo
No doubt you have never been in a NFL locker-room at half time playing on a Team that is 0-15 as the season ends….
Last Man Standing
May 1st, 2011
5:46 pm
who cares who I am?:
cj:
Yes, I refer to him as Hussein. I could easily call him something else, but I prefer to keep it civil. Do I respect him? No, not at all.
valerie
May 1st, 2011
6:13 pm
jesus was known to drop a few g-dammits after a few bottles of vino.
well'swell
May 1st, 2011
7:33 pm
@LMS
It’s okay. We know what you like to call him. Just make sure you shove it rightfully after “Head” , followed by “In Charge”! YES! THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THE WORLD! NOTHING that dribbles from those pork little lips of yours can change that fact.
brian
May 1st, 2011
7:52 pm
Plain and simple Trump is the dictator this country needs to pull it from its knees. Get rid of the senate and congress give him sole power for 4 years. We will get improved service for all us citizens. Rule #1 if you dont drive an american car you pay 10% tariff to lower insurance costs for american car buyers.
Vote for Pedro
May 1st, 2011
8:40 pm
If you seen enough of the Apprentice you know The Donald likes his painkillers a little too much sometimes
RGB
May 1st, 2011
8:55 pm
THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THE WORLD IS NOTHING
SouthGeorgiaDawg
May 1st, 2011
8:58 pm
Not to drag up a non-important issue again accept to point out that the Republican’ts kept harping on it because they have no real answers to any of the serious problems facing the Nation. They have no idea how to fix the economy, when actually there are two items that would do wonders towards solving two of the problems. 1. Place requlations back on the energy fields, oil and natural gas. Take both of these items off the commodities market and institute a wind falls profit tax as Jimmy Carter did when OPEC called for an embargo in the late 70’s. This would stop the crippling of the American economy by greedy individuals and companies by freeing up moneies for other sectors of the economy. 2. Raise taxes on the wealthier individals and companies. This is the only ay government has of raising money to carry on the activities that every citizen believes is a must – defense, education, protection (fire and law enforcement), senior citizens and health and safety in our food, clothing, medicine and other everyday necessiaties. s any good businessman knows, when his/her businedss is going in the red, they do not cut incoming revenue and raise spending. And yes before you Republican’ts start, raising spending on military and corporate welfare is just as bad as giving to underserving individuals. As an accounting or bean counter as we are sometimes known, we see everyday what is happening to the little man and small business, not from the Democrats but from the Republican’ts who are only interested in helping the big become inflated at the expense of the masses. America was a great n ation as long as it wanted to help those who needed the help or protection because they fueled the economy not a select few inflated windbags.
jcwalker
May 1st, 2011
9:29 pm
Trump should know that what happens in Vegas actually does NOT stay in Vegas. Remember Tiger Woods?
Richard
May 1st, 2011
9:56 pm
Trump inherited 200 million but I see no one mention that his mismanagement of his money caused him to go bankrupt also. Oh we conveniently left that out of the financial genius braggard. Tell me one thing that great American has ever done for this country. Tell me how much of his fortune is clean. He wants to question Obama, but how many skeletons are hiding in his closet.
Trump/Sheen in 2012!
May 1st, 2011
10:29 pm
duh…. WINNING!
Ole Guy
May 1st, 2011
10:51 pm
Valerie, and many others, seem to delight in non-issues/inconsequential issues which, at the end of the day, mean next to nothing. At this particular point in time, I don’t believe a presidential contender’s Draft status is a big issue. I am not alltogether sure if, given Trump’s age, the issue even exists. Given that he was born way way after the Draft was abolished, your remark, Val, exemplifies the empty-headed (I won’t even call them remarks) blatherings which seem to pop out of the woodwork of bafoons, idiots, and people who really have nothing remotely resembling constructive remarks. Sometimes, Val, it is far better to remain silent than to blab out and remove all doubt.
Rich, you seem to be overlooking one small item: the 200 million which Trump (allegedly) mismanaged was HIS, repeat, HIS to mismanage…NOT public monies but HIS. Be that as it may, Rich, no one can dispute the fact that the mans got the “political gamesmanship” to step out and do what needs doing. Since the Kennedy administration, we have seen, primarily, “fireman leadership. Rather than take proactive measures in warding off the potential “fires” within society (fire prevention), we have seen administration after administration fighting fires which, with well-thought out policies, could have been prevented. I believe Trump has that experience to lay the groundwork for success, both domestic and on the global arena.
The REAL GodHatesTrash, Superstar
May 2nd, 2011
6:58 am
This clown is one of the biggest fooktards in the world. No wonder the GOPers love him.
Bhorsoft
May 2nd, 2011
12:56 pm
The man is the 21st Century version of P.T. Barnum — and he knows “there is a sucker born every minute.”
TMan
May 4th, 2011
8:40 am
Donald Trump is a disgusting, arrogant, incompetent, vulgar person. If the nation even considers electing him it will show the depths to which we have fallen morally.
Who could imagine just a few years ago a candidate for president using the F-bomb in a speech!
I would vote for the Democrat who ran against him if he were the Republican nominee. I’ve never voted Democrat but I’d do so if their candidate were a decent person. Trump makes the abortion supporting President Obama look like a choir boy.