It's Donald Trump, a man who thinks that President Obama was born in Kenya (false), who thinks he could meet with leaders of other nations and tell them in the eye, "This is how it is going to be," and who cannot answer a question about whether the right to privacy is in the US Constitution and how that relates to abortion.
Wow.
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/21/medias-spotlight-shines-less-brightly-on-palin/
The Donald Trump media spectacle will follow the same path as the Charlie Sheen spectacle. Absurdity followed by mockery. I suspect the GOP elders are glad that he's chearleading the birther conspiracies so that they can lay the issue to rest when they bury him.
ReplyDeleteHere's a good take on the whole affair.
ReplyDeletehttp://dilbert.com/blog/entry/donald_trump_magnificent_bastard/
I would laugh if it weren't so sad...especially since the two most talked about candidates have reality TV shows. I think this is an example of what happens when we get so obsessed with "fluff" news we let it just take over. Last night On Point had a whole show about what the Trump candidacy means for the GOP and the country (I couldn't bear to listen for too long) and I was just thinking, why don't we just stop elections and determine the presidency SURVIVOR style? Take 10 people from each side (because third parties don't matter!), ship 'em to nowhere, let us all text in our votes (as many times as we wish, at .99 per message of course!) and the last two standing can have a fight to the death. Winner takes all!
ReplyDeleteOr maybe I shouldn't put sarcasm such as this in print just in case a TV exec stumbles across it and decides it's a great idea.
If Donald Trump is elected president I am packing up and moving to Europe. If a man that has filed bankruptcy multiple times would make a good president we should just shoot ourselves in the foot. That's exactly what we need, a man that cannot even manage his own money to manage an entire country. Sarah Palin even defended him. I think they are both idiots. Donald Trump would make a horrible president. His platform could be on the benefits of Rogain and having B-list celebrities endorse you. What is sad is that some people would actually vote for him.
ReplyDeleteDonald Trump is simply the Sarah Palin of 2011. But, if Georgia managed to elect the Republican Governor Nathan Deal who has also filed for bankruptcy multiple times, then i wouldn't put it past the Republican community electing the Donald. Makes sense to elect those who can’t manage their own finances to run the country during one of the worst economic crises in history. But in my opinion, trump isn’t going to get anywhere close to the Presidency (at least I hope to god) the stories in the media simply sell—everyone wants to hear about the dead beat Donald Trump and his farfetched dreams of the presidential nomination.
ReplyDeleteThe one good sign is that his candidacy was confirmed and talked about during his comedy central roast.
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