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Trump for President!

#1



Matt²

http://news.yahoo.com/s/dailybeast/...DeW5faGVhZGxpbmVfbGlzdARzbGsDZG9uYWxkdHJ1bXBz

Iran: You're Fired!
China: You're Hired!


#2

strawman

strawman

Whatever happens, it's going to be a very interesting republican convention. I can't wait to see Palin and Trump clash.

Honestly, though, I was for Perot, and I think Trump's business savvy could count for a lot. The real wars in the future will be economic, not militaristic, and we need to put ourselves in a good position now if we're going to stand a chance.


#3

Officer_Charon

Officer_Charon

Plus, the man is a definite shark. That's sort of what we need right now.

I do agree that he might be a touch too thin-skinned, though... hopefully he has the sense to listen to his political advisors. I do agree that he could do very good things for an economic turnaround of this country, though.


#4

phil

phil

I propose a new constitutional amendment that you must have been on at least one reality show to run for president.


The situation in 2020!


#5



Matt²

Officer_Charon said:
Plus, the man is a definite shark. That's sort of what we need right now.

I do agree that he might be a touch too thin-skinned, though... hopefully he has the sense to listen to his political advisors. I do agree that he could do very good things for an economic turnaround of this country, though.
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Yeah just Google Trump + Rosie feud. ;)


#6

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

Trump is the first person to ever lose money running casinos, he can't be that good.


#7



Iaculus

Yeah, can't see him as the sort of guy who'd help improve your budget deficit.

I mean, have you seen inside Trump Tower?


#8



Matt²

Iaculus said:
Yeah, can't see him as the sort of guy who'd help improve your budget deficit.

I mean, have you seen inside Trump Tower?
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No no... the question for Trump (and with which he would lose all his votes) would be "Have you ever seen the inside of a Wal-Mart?" followed by "What is the price of a gallon of milk?"


#9

Krisken

Krisken

Business savy?

Trump Entertainment Resorts- Chapter 11 bankruptcy 2009
Trump Plaza Hotel- Chapter 11 bankruptcy 1992

I think I'll pass on this one.


#10



Iaculus

Then again, if it does turn out to be him or Palin... huh.


#11

Charlie Don't Surf

The Lovely Boehner

Finally, a president that will bend over backwards for the interests of big business.


#12



Wasabi Poptart

Having worked for one of his properties in Atlantic City, he is not business savvy. He knows how to borrow money and borrow against his own assets. We were forever hearing about how there was a big note coming due at our property or another one in the city. Next thing you'd know people were losing their jobs and our benefits were cut to shreds. I left before my department was eliminated.


#13

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

Iaculus said:
Then again, if it does turn out to be him or Palin... huh.
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Obama.


#14

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

Yeah... I just can't see Trump being a qualified President. CEO of a company, sure, but not President of the United States.

Donald Trump is an entrepreneur. This makes him good at business, but the nature of the beast is taking a chance on many ventures, having most fail, and hoping one will turn big and give profit to cover the rest. Not exactly the same thing as leading a nation.


#15

LittleSin

LittleSin

I don't know. A buisness man could make a good leader.

Danny Williams is the recently retired premier of my province. He's a lawyer and business man....and thanks to him for the first time in years we are no longer in a decline. We're actually making money and we're attracting growth and development.


#16

Adam

Adammon

LittleSin said:
I don't know. A buisness man could make a good leader.

Danny Williams is the recently retired premier of my province. He's a lawyer and business man....and thanks to him for the first time in years we are no longer in a decline. We're actually making money and we're attracting growth and development.
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I'm sure that had nothing to do with discovering shitloads of oil...


#17

Officer_Charon

Officer_Charon

Ooh! Is it time for Newfie-bashing? I LOVE this game!


#18

Adam

Adammon

Trump = Palin

Self-promoting, consistent failures who cash in on their name purely to suckers who believe that he/she represents the path to success.


#19

North_Ranger

North_Ranger

mr_thehun said:
But whos to say if he is wrong. At least he is 1 billion times better than palin
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One billion times zero presidential qualities... that's still pretty little ;)

Also: No. Simply no.


#20

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

Adammon said:
Trump = Palin
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Hey hey hey hey... I think he's a terrible choice for presidential candidate too, but let's not resort to cruel name calling.


#21

Tress

Tress

I was talking to a friend of mine today and I brought this up. He started laughing and saying it was a good idea. I was started to argue, and he said:

"No wait, hear me out. If Trump wins, he'll just start spending the country into oblivion. Approve everything for the military, spend whatever the people want... then BOOM! The country declares bankruptcy. We default, tell China to fuck off because we ain't paying them, and start from scratch with our shiny new hardware. It'll be perfect!"


#22



Matt²

yeeeks... I can actually see this happening, imagine this ticket: Palin for Pres, with Trump as her Vice President.


#23

LittleSin

LittleSin

Adammon said:
I'm sure that had nothing to do with discovering shitloads of oil...
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The oil was around years before Danny. We were getting shat on because mainland Canada had laid 'claim' to it...there's nothing wrong with that but at the time we were gaining no profits from the oil OR the lower churchil development (hydro-plant) despite it being here.

It took a lot of work and bitching on Dannys part for us to see any profits.


#24

strawman

strawman

Michigan has an entrepreneur for governer now, so I'm interested to see how it plays out here. For what it's worth, I don't know that Trump is a good example of an entrepreneur that could truly do well, but that doesn't mean that entrepreneurs are not suited to the job.

Quite frankly I think we need more engineers in government. Too bad it pays so little compared to a good position in silicon valley.


#25

phil

phil

First Lady Puffinstuff said:
Michigan has an entrepreneur for governer now, so I'm interested to see how it plays out here. For what it's worth, I don't know that Trump is a good example of an entrepreneur that could truly do well, but that doesn't mean that entrepreneurs are not suited to the job.

Quite frankly I think we need more engineers in government. Too bad it pays so little compared to a good position in silicon valley.
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We should make being in congress like jury duty. Everyone with a PHD gets randomly selected. After their 4 years are up we'll let them know where we stashed their family.


#26

fade

fade

First Lady Puffinstuff said:
Michigan has an entrepreneur for governer now, so I'm interested to see how it plays out here. For what it's worth, I don't know that Trump is a good example of an entrepreneur that could truly do well, but that doesn't mean that entrepreneurs are not suited to the job.

Quite frankly I think we need more engineers in government. Too bad it pays so little compared to a good position in silicon valley.
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You could probably extend that to "we need people who are qualified to actually do the things they say they will do as president". Not just charismatic speakers. That applies equally to all political parties.


#27

Mathias

Mathias

You know, republicans can puke all over at the Clinton administration, but the facts are there supporting it as one of the best presidencies of the 20th century. The guy was a Rhodes scholar and came from a rich education background. You would think the American public would hands down vote for more of these kinds of people. You know, those wacky good grade scholar types. I can't see how it would hurt to get a Bill Clinton type up there again with a Ph.D. in - oh I don't know- ECONOMICS AND/OR LAW!

It's funny how the ranked 'Greatest President's' have an extremely endowed educational profile.


Trump would be another W. in office. W. was also a "savvy" business man. Just like Trump, he took an almost unfuckupable (that's my newly invented word) business model (OIL INDUSTRY), and drove his ventures into the toilet.


#28

Adam

Adammon

The Prime Minister of Canada has a Master's degree in Economics. And is one of the most non-charismatic speakers in Canadian politics. But he gets the job done.


#29

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker



America just won't vote for a bureaucrat.


#30

North_Ranger

North_Ranger

Intellectuals don't fare much better, either.

Which is a shame. I hate it when people use the term intellectual like a curse word :rolleyes:


#31

Espy

Espy

Trump can only work to make the other candidates look good.


#32

North_Ranger

North_Ranger

Espy said:
Trump can only work to make the other candidates look good.
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Not even him can make Sarah Palin look good.


#33

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

North_Ranger said:
Not even him can make Sarah Palin look good.
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He made Rosie O'Donnell look good.


#34

Espy

Espy

Thats a pretty damn convincing argument there.


#35

Tress

Tress

Mathias said:
You know, republicans can puke all over at the Clinton administration, but the facts are there supporting it as one of the best presidencies of the 20th century. The guy was a Rhodes scholar and came from a rich education background. You would think the American public would hands down vote for more of these kinds of people. You know, those wacky good grade scholar types. I can't see how it would hurt to get a Bill Clinton type up there again with a Ph.D. in - oh I don't know- ECONOMICS AND/OR LAW!

It's funny how the ranked 'Greatest President's' have an extremely endowed educational profile.


Trump would be another W. in office. W. was also a "savvy" business man. Just like Trump, he took an almost unfuckupable (that's my newly invented word) business model (OIL INDUSTRY), and drove his ventures into the toilet.
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The only problem with your logic is that some of the highly educated presidents have been bad too. So, education and intelligence is not always an indicator for success as a president.


#36



Matt²

sixpackshaker said:
He made Rosie O'Donnell look good.
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Sigmund Freud said:
Tell me about yer muzzer...
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That was just loony toones there..


#37

Mathias

Mathias

Tress said:
The only problem with your logic is that some of the highly educated presidents have been bad too. So, education and intelligence is not always an indicator for success as a president.
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Like who?


#38

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

Well Mathias, Glen Beck hates Woodrow Wilson...


which makes Wilson the greatest president in history.


#39

Tress

Tress

Wilson is a prime example of a highly educated president who did not do well in office (despite that Beck agrees... even a blind squirrel finds a nut sometimes). I'm not saying he was bad, I'm just saying he wasn't successful. You could also say Franklin Pierce, Warren G. Harding, and a few others I'm too lazy to look up right now.


#40

Cheesy1

Cheesy1

Ain't gonna happen:

Trump announces he will not run for president


#41

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

Damn, Obama might have to work after all.


#42

Krisken

Krisken

Still not overly impressed with the field.


#43

Gared

Gared

The Republican side has just Romney and Gingrich now, correct? With a possibility that Palin will run? Huckabee announced that he will not be running, though little has been said about why aside from a possible link to a PR disaster concerning a quadruple murder against police officers committed by a man he once pardoned against the recommendation of his state prosecutor.

Oh, and Ron Paul will run, last I heard. Not sure whose ticket he's on though.

The Dems so far have Obama that I know of. Anyone else?


#44

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

If anyone runs next year against Obama in the primaries, it will be mainly to the purpose of getting his name out there for 2016


#45

Covar

Covar

I'm still not entirely convinced that he was planning to run in the first place.


#46



Chibibar

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110516/ap_on_en_tv/us_trump2012

Nope. He officially said he is not interested now (he was) but I am guessing he can't find his birth certificate!


#47

Tress

Tress

sixpackshaker said:
If anyone runs next year against Obama in the primaries, it will be mainly to the purpose of getting his name out there for 2016
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It won't happen. It simply isn't done.


#48

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

Tress said:
It won't happen. It simply isn't done.
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No it is always done.


#49

Fun Size

Fun Size

It is sometimes done.

Glad I could help.


#50

Tress

Tress

sixpackshaker said:
No it is always done.
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Not a real candidate, no.


#51



Wasabi Poptart

It doesn't surprise me considering how poorly his casinos are doing. The signs are coming off of Trump Marina as you read this to make way for the new Golden Nugget (which just cracks me up since the Nugget was one of the original AC casinos and was sold years ago).


#52

Mathias

Mathias

Krisken said:
Business savy?

Trump Entertainment Resorts- Chapter 11 bankruptcy 2009
Trump Plaza Hotel- Chapter 11 bankruptcy 1992

I think I'll pass on this one.
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I was about to say, his business savvy amounts to jumping ship and filing Chapter 11 as soon as things swing southward. The only thing that makes him a good businessman is BAILOUTS!


#53

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

Teddy Kennedy was pretty real. Pat Buchanan was pretty real... They made a lot of noise and let people know that not their entire party was behind the president.

A president needs to be very unpopular for one of these guys to get traction in the primaries.

Neither George HW Bush, Jimmy Carter, nor George W Bush were unpopular enough to lose any primaries.


#54

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

Of course we knew he wasn't going to run. He did not take a job at Fox News.


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