"Sure I'm obnoxious. But you're all still talking about me aren't you?" |
Oh, what am I saying? We have been covering Sarah Palin for over seven years, of course you do.
So my favorite bit of Trump news was the incredible Rick Perry smackdown:
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who has already emerged as one of the GOP presidential field’s most vocal critics of Donald Trump, ratcheted up his rhetoric again Wednesday as he slammed the real estate mogul’s presidential bid as a “cancer on conservatism” and warned that, left unchecked, Trump could be the demise of the Republican Party.
“He offers a barking carnival act that can be best described as Trumpism: a toxic mix of demagoguery, mean-spiritedness and nonsense that will lead the Republican Party to perdition if pursued,” Perry charged during an address at the Willard Hotel in downtown Washington. “Let no one be mistaken: Donald Trump’s candidacy is a cancer on conservatism, and it must be clearly diagnosed, excised and discarded.”
“Donald Trump, the reality television star, is a great generator of ratings. But Donald Trump the candidate is a sower of division, wrongly demonizing Mexican-Americans for political sport,” Perry said. “He has piqued the interest of some Republican voters who have legitimate concerns about a porous border and broken immigration system. But instead of offering those voters leadership or solutions, he has offered fear and sound bites. This cannot stand.”
Okay that was pretty satisfying.
I'm sure many of you remember that Trump suggested that Perry should take an IQ test before being allowed onto the debate stage, and in fact used Perry as a barometer to suggest that Lindsey Graham was even dumber.
Speaking of Lindsey Graham, he released this video in response to "The Donald" giving out his cell phone number.
Marco Rubio also piled on, but he flubbed the shot by also insulting President Obama:
“I don’t think that the way he’s behaved over the last few weeks is either dignified or worthy of the office that he seeks. We already have a president now that has no class," he said.
Bullshit, the man has more class than can be found in the entire Rubio family.
In other news Trump finally released his actual financial-disclosure report. (Kind of.):
The document, released publicly by the government agency Wednesday, provides an unusually detailed look at the range of the magnate’s holdings. But the disclosure is unlikely to stem the ongoing debate over Trump’s net worth.
Last week, Trump claimed that his net worth for 2015 had reached more than $10 billion. There is no way to corroborate that figure from the document, which requires candidates to list assets, income and liabilities only in broad ranges.
So yeah, we still don't know exactly how much this asshole is worth.
The good news in all of this is that it appears that Trump may have peaked and according to PPP his numbers are likely to level off or even go down from here on.
Even after Trump is finally finished, which I think may not take place until he gets his time on the debate stage, you just know that certain GOP candidates are going to be kissing his ass in the hopes that he does not savage them, or better yet agrees to endorse their candidacy.
Which means that this idiot is going to be a political force in this country for years to come, whether we like it or not.
Update: Big surprise Trump is lying about his net worth.
I will not be surprised if Trump debates in Palin fashion ignoring the questions, obliviating spewing extreme things.
ReplyDeleteI agree
DeleteYou say "...this idiot is going to be a political force..." I say he already IS a political farce.
ReplyDeletePolitical fart.
DeletePolitical Drunk Uncle!
DeleteI am enjoying this election season so much. It is just astounding how things are playing out.
ReplyDeleteI really liked this article from Nate Silver...
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/donald-trump-is-the-worlds-greatest-troll/
Now Trump is threateningly suggesting a 3rd party run. This is just gold.
Indeed.
DeleteOne wonders if there is ANYthing Trump wants or cares about, apart from attention, which he is getting in spades. With Palin, TPTB could yank away the money and trust that she would fall as flat as her chest without the Belmonts. I mean, sure, she makes some noise, but precious few people care anymore, and she clearly isn't running...for anything. If she had been a more intelligent, less psychotic human being, she could have been reined in if they'd tossed her some sort of ceremonial bone. Trump, however, is his own backer, and one can't imagine he's gunning to be Secretary of Commerce or something (nor that anyone would offer him that sort of position). Not much left except to strive to be king, and/or strive to be loud.
Third party run! That screws the Republicans who have treated Trump horribly. I can't help but think it would serve them right. They've been a mess now for years as to their leadership and direction.
DeleteAnd, then we'd get to welcome President Hillary Clinton for sure in 2016.
Look at all the time and money Republicans have spent bashing Hillary Clinton - as well as the media who is also now stating all over the place that Hillary's polls are down, down, down and she might not make it into the primaries! They wish!!!
Jesus H. Christ, do Republicans really think the electorate majority to be retards? Remember, they did (both times!) when President Obama was elected and just could not believe the results. Hells bells! They still don't believe he is POTUS - to include Mr. Trump! (Remember his birth certificate issue as to President Obama? What a joke!)
Fuck their party!
Love this the best:
Delete"Trolls are skilled at taking advantage of this landscape and making the news cycle feed on its own tail, accelerating the feedback loop and producing particularly large bounces and busts in the polls. In 2012, Gingrich’s whole strategy seemed to involve trolling the media, and he went through a couple of boom-and-bust cycles in polls. In 2008, Sarah Palin, though beloved by Republicans, was brilliant at trolling Democrats and the media. She was extremely popular at first, although her popularity was ultimately short-lived."
Must Watch: Rachel Maddow Explains Trump’s Campaign And The Danger Of Fox News (VIDEO)
ReplyDeletehttp://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/07/23/maddow-trump-latenight/
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/maddow-and-seth-meyers-cant-stop-laughing-at-trump-a-gift-from-god/
Jon Stewart: Covering Donald Trump’s Campaign Feels Like Masturbation (VIDEO)
Jon Stewart tonight tried to move on from Donald Trump to more important issues because, he said, “Much like incessant masturbation, eventually you feel a deep sense of shame. Not enough to stop you from doing it entirely, but enough to slow you down a bit.”
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/jon-stewart-tries-to-move-on-from-trump-masturbation/
I am soooo going to miss him!
DeleteThe clown car of Republican candidates are doing as much idiotic stuff as they can to be recognized so they may make the top ten for the debate on FOX.
ReplyDeleteI could get kicked off this blog, but there are things about Trump I like. He has everyone talking that is for sure! No other Republicans answer questions straight on - they all say basically the same thing (bash President Obama,etc)! They are rehearsed and told what the conversation points will be!!
Rubio was an ass saying what he did about President Obama. President Obama wasn't even part of the conversation for Christ's sake. The kid is too young, immature, inexperienced and in over his head as a presidential candidate!
I can hardly wait for the debates. Trump is too smart and too well educated not to be prepared for them. He'll either go down or not - will be interesting to see.
This has gotten so ridiculous CBS evening news is doing a new segment called "Keeping Up With The Republicans" .
ReplyDeleteThe first episode featured The Donald reading out Ms. Lindsey's phone number with the counter video of Ms. Lindsey destroying his cell phone.
Only the GOP could turn a presidential campaign into a reality (or unreality cuz who can believe these clowns) show.
It would be hilarious if his numbers tanked, and he didn't make the debate cut. Can you imagine the mega-tantrum he would throw? Awesome sauce!
ReplyDeleteSince 1982, Forbes has been tracking Trump’s net worth in great detail. That’s more than thirty years.....
ReplyDeletehttp://www.forbes.com/sites/erincarlyle/2015/06/16/trump-exaggerating-his-net-worth-by-100-in-presidential-bid/
That Forbes article was written June 16, before Macy's, Univision, NBC, etc. dumped his ass.
DeleteWhile they value the Miss USA and Universe pageants as 0 and his suit brands at $128 million, every little bit hurts.
I'd say his worth is less than the $4.1 billion they estimated a month ago. And dropping by the day.
Shit! I'd love having a net worth of four billion!!!
DeleteI especially enjoy the fact Trump is paying for his own presidential campaign and won't be beholding to anyone.
Which is not at all like the many candidates in the Republican clown car. They are ALL bought and paid for!
The lobbyist and some corporations must be so frustrated with Trump. They are paying the big bucks to get the media out there with all the negative about Trump. He is driving them bug fuckin' crazy! Fun to watch as they aren't prepared for this type candidate!
Vote as many Republican folks out of office that you can folks! Across the nation, in your states and communities. They have done nothing but spread hate, fear, evil and nastiness for the past ten years!
Thank you President Obama, VP Biden and your Administration!
Perry wants to 'excise the cancer"? Excise is a kind of tax which isn't something he generally promotes. He probably meant 'exorcise' which is a religious term for getting rid of evil spirits, not a way doctors generally treat cancer.
ReplyDeleteperry's not the sharpest tool in the shed, far from it ..
DeleteExcise used as a VERB means to cut out and remove. Incision:Excision. Cut into:Cut away from.
Deletehttp://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/excise
Perry's use of this word was correct. Also, the verb IS generally used to describe removal of a cancer.
No, you're mistaken on this one. Perry (or more likely his speechwriter) is using the term correctly; his tool is plenty sharp on this one (pun intended :-D).
Delete"Excise" has multiple meanings, including the following:
ex·cise
ikˈsīz/
verb
cut out surgically.
"the precision with which surgeons can excise brain tumors"
synonyms: cut out/off/away, take out, extract, remove;
technical: resect
"the tumors were excised"
ReplyDeleteTrump exaggerating net worth..
http://www.forbes.com/sites/erincarlyle/2015/06/16/trump-exaggerating-his-net-worth-by-100-in-presidential-bid/
That article is out of date, written June 16.
DeleteI'm sure he's lost net worth from all the blowback since then.
Exactly, mlaiuppa.
DeleteEverything about him is exaggerated! ()
DeleteIt's like playing "whack-a-mole with these nutty republican forces. When one goes down, another takes its place!
ReplyDeleteThey are bellowing in their bourbon!
DeleteSaw Trump deplane in Laredo. Very windy. We know what photos look like when his hair meets the wind. He wore that hat for one reason only--not because of the campaign slogan on it but because of the jokes that would have been made. Too bad the hat didn't blow off.
ReplyDeleteEven better. As a smart guy observed, they've created their own Hunger Games.
ReplyDeleteAnd last man standing loses in the end.
Pass the popcorn.
Down With The Confederate Flag, Up With Donald Trump!
ReplyDeletehttp://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/donald-trump-confederate-flag
Rubio, can I call you rube ?
ReplyDeleteSince you said that someone with class, has no class, and you , as someone with no class , are simply someone's, future bitch.
Know what I mean?
Bend over, Rubio! There are many that would like to kick you in your ass. You idiot!!!
DeleteNow he's saying he'll run third party! I am really starting to like Trump! I think he may single handedly destroy the republican party for decades! Best gift the Dems could have ever hoped for!
ReplyDeleteThird party run, please!! -- pick SP as VP !!! All 26 of the the pee-ponders would vote for them.
DeleteI seriously doubt Donald Trump would be that stupid to have the idiot Sarah Palin as his running mate. He watched her run once before - turning on John McCain and losing the race for them. She'd turn on Trump in a heartbeat and he knows it!
DeletePlus, I seriously doubt she'd accept any ticket - from anyone - as to running in the second position. Her friggin' ego is way too big!!!
If he is taking her for street pizza then there is your answer...shrug...
DeleteLol...your NOT hired!
DeleteGOP, Not Media, to Blame for ‘Weaponizing’ Donald Trump
ReplyDeletehttp://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/frank-rich-gop-not-media-to-blame-for-weaponizing-donald-trump/268119
The GOP Only Has Itself to Blame for Weaponizing Donald Trump
Delete...The GOP can blame the media all it wants, but the party has no one to blame but itself for weaponizing Trump. It subsidized and encouraged the market for what Trump is now selling. Now the Republicans’ only really hope is that Trump will blow himself up, Herman Cain style. Maybe he will, and he certainly has no chance of getting the nomination no matter what he does. But in the meantime he can keep wreaking havoc. Nine other GOP candidates were onstage at the Ames, Iowa, forum last weekend where he trashed McCain, and no one remembers anything anyone else there said unless it was in response to Trump. The same may well happen at the first national debate on Fox News on August 6, which is likely (because of Trump, and much to his delight) to be the highest rated primary debate in history.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/07/gop-only-has-itself-to-blame-for-trump.html
He's the bowling ball with all the rethiglican pinheads in the game of politics! Get em in one shot Donald!
DeleteDonald Trump Threatens Third Party Run If GOP Rejects Him
ReplyDeletehttps://www.opposingviews.com/i/politics/new-interview-trump-blames-john-roberts-obamacare
http://www.alan.com/2015/07/22/trump-cant-answer-questions-on-specifics/
Ooooo. Let him! He'll split the right wing nutjob vote.
DeleteBut you know he won't. He is no Ross Perot and he won't squander his money on a run he knows he'll lose. It's all hot air and bravado, like so much of what he says.
I wonder if he knows he can't win??His already overly inflated Ego is out of control!
DeleteThat Perry speech sounds way to literate for Perry. He probably bought the best speech writer money could buy.
ReplyDeleteDonald is so narcissistic he wouldn't bother having anyone write anything for him. I think it's pretty obvious what you hear is what you get.
I think at long last the GOP has exactly what it deserves....there is no one more obnoxious than The Donald. The poster boy for blow holes spewing shit while stroking their never ending egos.
ReplyDeleteI lived in NJ and our corp had its convention every year at Trumps...seen the man in the flesh and he is creepy, pasty pale with those fish lips and hair that is a comb overs nightmare. He wears more make up than a woman. They have kissed his ring, let him loose on Obama from the beginning with that birther shit.....Fox crowned him king years ago. Watching the old guard remain silent is hysterical, they have no control over their Frankenstein monster.
On the other hand....it is so embarrassing as an American that the entire globe is watching our "democracy" at its worst. While Obama is working night & day to better the world this is what the GOP has to offer. I would love to see a Green Party emerge...the GOP is dead.
Lol..He reminds me of Drunk Uncle!
DeleteHas SARAH PALIN been giving RICK PERRY HAND JOBS all these years?
ReplyDeleteSarah Palin had to be giving Rick Perry something all these years for him not to say SHIT about Sarah Palin!
Now change "Donald Trump" to "SARAH PALIN" and all references about Trump to PALIN. Is Rick Perry's statement still a true statement if he was talking SARAH PALIN? So why hasn't Perry spoken out against SARAH PALIN? Is it because Sarah Palin winks, licks her lips and rolls her tongue at Rick Perry and now he has a woody for Sarah Palin’s hoohah?
If Rick Perry's Comment Was Modified :
SHE offers a barking carnival act that can be best described as PALINism: a toxic mix of demagoguery, mean-spiritedness and nonsense that will lead the Republican Party to perdition if pursued,” Perry charged during an address at the Willard Hotel in downtown Washington. “Let no one be mistaken: SARAH PALIN'S candidacy is a cancer on conservatism, and it must be clearly diagnosed, excised and discarded.”
“SARAH PALIN, the reality television star, is a great generator of ratings. But SARAH PALIN the candidate is a sower of division
That's why Sarah Palin only teases she's running for president in 2008 and 2012.
DeleteSarah knows the other Republican presidential candidates won't allow Sarah Palin to rain on their parade. What Rick Perry said about Donald Trump would also be directed towards Sarah Palin.
She will never run.
DeleteThat was known to all the Alaskan political insiders by July 3, 2009 when she was forced to resign.
Sullivan is not an Alaskan, but he knows what happened too.
#it won't be a secret forever
#she did WHAT?!
Rick Perry's evangelistic language creeped me out.
ReplyDeleteGotta love The Donald for calling him on I! Thinks he's smarter! Haha!
DeleteWe Polled True Activist Grassroots Republicans, And Here's Who They're Backing
ReplyDeleteHistory shows it's the views of the most plugged-in Republicans that really matter right now.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/republican-activists-primary-poll_55afd500e4b0a9b9485352ad?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592
Rupert Murdoch Wants to Stop Donald Trump, But First He’s Got to Rein In Roger Ailes
ReplyDeleteThe mounting problem Donald Trump poses to Republicans is also a mounting problem for the country’s most powerful conservative media mogul: Rupert Murdoch. This morning’s New York Times gives front-page treatment to the billionaire grudge match that has become a major story line in this year’s (already) fractious GOP primary. The piece by political reporters Amy Chozick and Ashley Parker chronicles Murdoch’s intensifying efforts over the past week to blunt Trump’s surge to the top of the crowded GOP field. In recent days, Murdoch has tweeted that Trump is “wrong” and “embarrassing.” On Sunday, the New York Post mocked Trump on the cover with the headline “DON VOYAGE” and featured him marooned on a life raft being circled by a shark. The same day, The Wall Street Journal ran a scathing editorial that labeled Trump a “catastrophe.”
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/07/on-trump-murdoch-has-lost-control-of-ailes-fox.html
Control freaks cannot control themselves! Murdick eat crow!
DeleteTrump: 'I think I'll get the nomination'
ReplyDeletehttp://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/248997-trump-i-think-ill-get-the-nomination
I don't understand why any progressive gets upset when Donald Trump shows up and sucks all the oxygen out of every venue where he appears.
ReplyDeleteI hope he stays in the campaign as a republican candidate through next year's convention when he'll have to switch to independent.
Almost every time he opens his mouth these days he's attacking one of his fellow candidates and they end up looking more and more foolish with their responses.
The first debate coming up in a few weeks will be the best television reality program ever and I can't wait. I hope they put up telephone numbers to call and vote for your favorite candidate.
Remember that kid on American Idol with the rooster hairdo?
Vote early! Vote often!
I'll tell you why. I have to laugh and shake my head at Trump and his followers. However, I find it frightening To see that their are people who are even more stupid and gullible than I thought. That's very scary to me.
DeleteShit he's saying what most think! So! I think he's funny and I don't think he's going to have the Time to be President! Why would he give up profits for politics? Naw he's just playing now!
DeleteNew PAC wants to fire Trump
ReplyDeleteA new political group has a message for Donald Trump: No, you’re fired!
The Let’s Fire TRUMP PAC filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to create the political action committee on Wednesday that turns Trump’s famous catchphrase from his time as the host of NBC’s “The Apprentice” back on him.
In order to follow FEC rules that only allow a candidate’s name to be used in an authorized group, the filing notes that TRUMP is an “acronym of Terrible Radicals Undermining Middle Class People.”
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/248959-new-pac-wants-to-fire-trump
Donald Trump is the Charlie Sheen of politics. Every time he toots his own horn I hear the voice of Charlie Sheen saying "winning!"
ReplyDeleteWhy Donald Trump Truly Terrifies Republicans
ReplyDeleteIt’s not just the threat of a third-party challenge
In years past, Republicans didn’t think of Trumpism as a liability so long as Trump was outside the tent pissing further out. When Trump was busily whipping up reactionary sentiment, indulging birther conspiracies, Republicans didn’t see a “jackass”—they saw an opportunity. They recognized his appeal to a segment of white voters, and concluded it could be put to good use, so long as he marshaled his followers into the Republican electorate. They didn’t call him a media creation back then—they sought his endorsement.
Trump is now inside the tent, pissing everywhere.
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/122350/why-donald-trump-terrifies-republicans
I think he is going to challenge them to the end! Get em off their butts! :)
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ReplyDeleteDonald Trump’s Bizarro World: How the Billionaire Blowhard Is Duping America
For weeks now, reporters have breathlessly tracked Trump's surging popularity. There's just one problem...
http://www.alternet.org/media/donald-trumps-bizarro-world-how-billionaire-blowhard-duping-america
SNL Drunk Uncle = The Donald
DeleteTo which, Trump responded "I got class up the ass. I got so fuckin' much class it makes my nuts hurt."
ReplyDeleteBut instead of offering those voters leadership or solutions, he has offered fear and sound bites. This cannot stand.”
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Oops, he just described ALL the Republican candidates. Don’t tell me they are going to actual offer solutions this time around, how innovative!
I hope The Donald lasts long after the debates, after all this is only July 2015. I want to see the GOP continue to eat their own every time he opens his mouth.
Bet David Letterman is kicking himself for retiring.
Big surprise Trump is lying about his net worth.
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Whoopee $ 4 billion instead of $10 billion, we are still taking billions here. What I want to know is how much he paid in income taxes, probable less than I did.
Republican voters want Trump as their nominee, but choosing him to represent their party would be akin to political suicide. Trump trails Hillary Clinton 50-37 percent in a head to head match-up. He also trails Bernie Sanders 47-37 percent, making him by far the weakest Republican candidate surveyed, when pitted against a Democratic opponent.
ReplyDeleteThe PPP poll also found that if Republicans choose not to nominate Trump, he could still inflict fatal damage on the party if he decides to follow through on his threat to run as an Independent candidate for president. For example, in a three-way race between Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush and Donald Trump, the Democrats would win in a landslide. In that hypothetical match-up, Hillary Clinton polls 43 percent, followed by Jeb Bush at 25 percent, and Donald Trump at 23 percent.
Republican voters find Trump’s demagoguery appealing. By a 49-36 percent margin they hold favorable views of the bombastic billionaire. However, American voters in general view Trump negatively, with just 29 percent seeing him favorably compared to 61 percent who dislike him.
http://www.politicususa.com/2015/07/23/republicans-trump-crushed-clinton-sanders.html
Explaining the Evangelical Attraction to Donald Trump
ReplyDelete...Donald Trump operates in a world of absolutes: A world of right and wrong; a world of winners (him) and losers (McCain, Perry, etc); a world of put up or shut up (literally). Trump's world is colored in black and white. There ain't much grey. And what does Trump get for speaking out so boldly without holding back? Public ridicule.
Now, think of conservative evangelicals. In their quest to champion biblical values, their mindset is much the same. It is a world of absolutes. They believe the Bible to be the inerrant word of God. Non-negotiable. They believe there is only one way to heaven and that is through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Non-negotiable. They see the world through the lens of spiritual warfare (good vs. evil). And what do evangelicals get for speaking out so boldly without holding back? That’s right: public ridicule.
You see folks; Donald Trump and evangelicals are breaking bread together because there is this common bond that I just laid out above. They like his boldness. They relate to him because when they've been bold about their faith they get blasted too. It's a kinship in a strange sort of way.
http://blogs.cbn.com/thebrodyfile/archive/2015/07/23/explaining-the-evangelical-attraction-to-donald-trump.aspx
http://religiondispatches.org/strangest-hot-take-of-the-day-why-evangelicals-like-trump/
‘Cuckservative’ Is a Conservative Who Isn’t Quite Racist Enough For Donald Trump Fans
ReplyDeleteThe term is blowing up on Twitter right now.
http://thedailybanter.com/2015/07/cuckservative-is-a-conservative-who-isnt-quite-racist-enough-for-donald-trump-fans/
ross perot
ReplyDeleteI almost lost my lunch when Rick Perry gave his evangelicalesque homily about Donald Trump. His cadence and tone was almost like Ornstein, whomever wrote his speech knows the target audience.
ReplyDeleteRubio, what can I say? Go gulp water or something, it's free!!! but don't dare compare President Obama in any manner with Trump, don't even use his name in the same sentence, President Obama;s shed dead skin cells with more substance and brains than Donald Trump could ever dream of buying.
The best was his speech at the wall. "Many Many people, waving flags shouting my name and voicing their support after my private jet landed" Andrea Mitchell reported something close to , "meh, not even close to a hundred" ,
He wore a cap with "Make America Great Again" on his toupee'. We all know how his hair tries to secede from his scalp on windy days. Yeah, Don, build that fabulous wall, and make mexico pay for it.
This guy is even better than herpes, he's single handedly got his nose up the GOP's collective nostrils, while they shit their pants wondering who's next on his hit list.,he's the gift that keeps giving to the Democratic Party.
Third Party? Brilliant Idea. Go for it!!!
I love how the GOP has created this monster and perhaps because of this twisted support they continuously display for "the donald", will subsequently destroy whatever remains of their party. Trump tis merely a wealthy celebrity. If this is their candidate (bwahaha), the President Elect will be a democrat...think Bernie '16.
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