The real estate mogul and reality TV star mocked Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-Ky.) height, warned Carly Fiorina not to publicly challenge him, and jabbed at former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush over an early campaign stumble about whether he would invade Iraq. Trump singled out Paul, who in recent weeks has pledged to expose Trump’s past record supporting Democratic causes. “Rand, I’ve had you up to here,” Trump said, holding his hand halfway up his chest to indicate that’s how tall the Kentucky Republican stands.
Trump also claimed that Paul was "scamming" the people of Kentucky by running for president while also keeping a return to the Senate as his back up plan.
At one point saying:
“Either run for Senate and do a good job or run for president. You don’t run for president and say if I don’t make it, I will become your senator reluctantly. If I were a good, strong Republican from Kentucky, I would run against him in a heartbeat.”
Trump also pretended that he would not attack a woman when referring to Carly Fiorina right before he launched this in her direction:
“Carly was a little nasty to me,” Trump said. “Be careful, Carly. Be careful. But actually, I can’t say anything to her because she’s a woman and I don’t want to be accused of being tough on women.”
“I promised I wouldn’t say that she ran Hewlett Packard into the ground,” Trump said. “I said I would not say it. That her stock value tanked. That she laid off tens of thousands of people and she got viciously fired. I said I would not say it. And that she then went out and ran against Barbara Boxer for senator of California, and it’s a race that should have been won and she lost in a landslide, and I said, I will not say that, ok? So I’m not going to say it.”
But when it came to Jeb Bush Trump did not bother to pretend that he was not going for the jugular:
“The other day, I’m watching, and [Bush] said, ‘Well, we got Saddam Hussein out, didn’t we?’ ” Trump said. “I’m not a fan of Saddam Hussein, but he ran the place, and he had no weapons of mass destruction, and now instead of Saddam Hussein, we are far more brutal, we have ISIS and we will have Iran because they are already making deals.”
Trump followed that up with this:
“The Iraq War is a disaster for the Bushes. The last thing we need is another Bush,” Trump said. “Saddam Hussein, instead of him, you have ISIS, you have Iran taking over. You tell me, was it worth what we paid for?”
Okay I have to admit that I usually watch Trump with more than a small portion of disgust, but some of these things he was saying last night actually had me cheering him on a little.
Now don't get me wrong, I still think the man is a pig.
However I kind of like it when the GOP pigs start oinking at each other, and taking chunks out of each others hide.
The media no longer use the term "tea party." I wonder why. Donald Trump was the darling of the tea party GOP back when he was a birther, threatening President Obama and the blacks. Of course, he was bound to turn on his own party. The GOP created Trump, and now they're quaking in their boots. I suspect he has much more dirt on Jeb and his other idiot brothers Marvin and Neil. Who knows, Trump might even start talking about George Bush's old girlfriends and their abortions.
ReplyDeleteHis jab at Rand Paul was hilarious.
Every sleazy dive bar in the country has at least one drunken asshole saying the same things that Trump is saying -
ReplyDeleteand it doesn't make any of them Presidential, either.
THIS. Exactly.
DeleteThe GOP today is just awful and a embarrassment.
DeleteDoes any of this sound familiar?
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVb59TS6LQ0
No one knows how to handle Trump! Amazing to watch!
ReplyDeleteWe sure aren't hearing much negative about President Obama anymore! What a treat!
For one short guy to make fun of another very short guy is always good for a laugh. I agree that Rand Paul should be called out for his backup plan Senate run. That said, Trump is one passive aggressive little bastard.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of Jeb here is a Daily Kos Diary that covered some of his recent campaigning.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/08/14/1412104/-Jeb-Is-On-FIRE-But-Not-In-A-Good-Way
The introduction got my attention.
"Jeb! has been on fire lately. I mean in the sense that he's burning down his candidacy faster than a pyromaniac on crack. Jeb! was never going to win over voters on the basis of his charisma; he's not a man to set anybody's pulse racing. "
Well- unless you think invading Iran might be an even worse debacle than what Dumbya did for US in Afghanistan and the Iraq. Because I am sure that if somehow Jeb was in the driver's seat with the big red button, the world would crash in flames.
The Iraq. Haha, good one.
DeleteI find Trump repulsive, BUT he is saving Hillary and Bernie a LOT of time by taking those shots at Jeb! and the rest of those losers. Pointing out the truth about these clowns makes them so upset. Sayig that Jeb! is the "smart one" makes the rest of the family seem like idiots.
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DeleteIf I had to pick between Trump and Bush, I'd pick Trump. At least, Trump gets your attention - good and bad. Bush is boring as hell and boring to watch/listen to!
DeleteTrump, at least, keeps folks talking and isn't afraid to say what he thinks without reading from a script!
7:20 -
DeleteIt's a very difficult choice but I would probably be forced to choose Bush over Trump (boy, my stomach turns just typing that!). Although we know that Bush is a warmonger from a long line of warmongers, at least there are limits to the countries with which he wants to start a war. His administration would just be a repeat of his brother's, which would be a disaster for our country, but at least a predictable disaster. He would also listen to his advisors, as dangerous as they might be to our economy.
Trump, however, is a misogynistic, volatile, unpredictable egomaniac who has no sense of boundaries on what comes out of his mouth. He thinks he knows everything about everything, and won't listen to anyone but himself. He would likely end up alienating most of our closest allies and exponentially expanding our list of enemies. Can you just imagine what he would say about Germany's Angela Merkel if she dared to disagree with him on an an economic issue? "You're a stupid, ugly, loser bimbo and if you tried to come on my wildly successful television show I'd fire you!"
We survived Bush I and II and, although we're still recovering from the last Bush disaster, we would survive Bush III. I'm not sure we would survive Trump.
I sadly agree with you, 8:19. How depressing. I thought there was nothing on this earth that could be worse than another Bush administration. Thanks, Donnie.
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DeleteI'm 8:19 and I worked for a state agency years ago when a new governor from the opposite party came into power. As expected, we soon got a new commissioner who had grown up in the public eye as a spoiled rich kid and somehow got the impression that it had been a coronation instead of a political appointment. She proceeded to run our agency like the Queen of Hearts...firing, demoting or transferring whomever dared to disagree with her (sounding familar yet?). She ruled her little monarchy for a decade, and we survived only thanks to the many dedicated career professionals who cleaned up her messes.
At a special event for kids with physical disabilities, she was heard by several witnesses saying to her assistant after speaking at Opening Ceremonies, "Let's get out of here before we catch something." It's a good thing I didn't hear her myself because my reactions no doubt would have resulted in me being fired that night!
The rumor around the agency's headquarters was that the governor's transition team knew they owed her for the megabucks she donated to his campaign, looked at all the state agencies, and gave her the one where she could do the least damage. Lucky us.
I've seen what unpredictable egomaniacs can do on a much smaller scale than the White House, and without access to the world's most expensive military. Maybe that's why Trump scares me so much.
Hair Farce One on it's way to Iowa!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cnn.com/2015/08/15/politics/donald-trump-iowa-rick-santorum/
tRUMP probably plans to jam a corn dog on a stick somewhere- just like Markkus Bachmann.
Donald Trump Was Also A Dirtbag To Native Americans
ReplyDeleteIt turns out they got the last laugh.
Donald Trump, the real estate tycoon and surprise Republican presidential frontrunner, has been spewing insults (out of his mouth or wherever) for quite some time. In the months since he announced his run for the GOP nomination, Trump has targeted Mexicans, prisoners of war, women and The Huffington Post.
But before he became a TV personality of "The Apprentice" fame, Trump sharpened his teeth with racist attacks against the Mashantucket Pequot Nation, a Native American tribe in Connecticut.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-was-also-a-dirtbag-to-native-americans_55cb9290e4b0923c12bf0688
Not to worry. If any group has escaped his attention, just Tweet him about it. Donald Trump is an equal-opportunity bigot; he hates everyone.
Delete“What a mistake Iraq was. And I heard Jeb Bush talking about it. First of all it took him five days to give an answer,” Trump said, referring to Bush’s comments earlier this year during which he struggled to answer whether, in hindsight, he would have invaded Iraq, as his brother did. “And after the pollsters told him what to say, he said it was bad. Now he’s trying to backtrack. Probably because his brother said, ‘Hey, wait a minute, you’re killing me here. You said it’s bad. That’s my legacy. The Iraq war.’ The Iraq war is a disaster for the Bushes.”
ReplyDeleteNext was a hit on Paul, who’s been repeatedly attacking Trump.
“Rand Paul, you have to understand, is a disaster in the polls. He’s a disaster on military and defense,” Trump said. “He is doing so badly because he figured out he has to go out and attack Trump because I’m leading by a lot, everywhere.”
Trump made sure to knock Paul for running simultaneously for re-election to the Senate and for president. He said a Republican should challenge Paul in the primary.
“If I were a good, strong Republican from Kentucky, I would run against him in a heartbeat and win,” Trump said during the press conference. He followed up with more hits during his speech, saying, “Rand Paul’s been hitting me because his polls have been going down.”
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/trump-bad-mouths-his-rivals-121389.html?ml=po
Why would you repost what Gryph has already posted above?
DeleteTrump still dominating the right wing news? Darn, looks like you all are about to crown a true psychopath with a 3rd grade speaking level. I haven't have this much fun since the arrival of the 1/2 term governor and her salad speech.
ReplyDeleteTrump won by putting together a coalition of misogynists, xenophobes, racists, Birthers, Jade Helm conspirators, anarchists, and the people who think that Pope Francis is the anti-Christ. This turns out to be 3/4 of the Republican party.
ReplyDeleteThat perfectly sums up his popularity!
DeleteCharacteristics of Trump's authoritarian loving followers :
ReplyDelete"They tend to be very religious, with moderate to little education, trusting of untrustworthy authorities, prejudiced (e.g., with respect to gay marriage); they are typically mean-spirited, narrow-minded, intolerant, bullying, zealous, dogmatic, uncritical of their chosen authority, hypocritical, inconsistent, prone to panic easily, highly self-righteous, moralistic, strict disciplinarian, severely punitive; they also demand loyalty and return it, have little self-awareness, and are typically politically and economically conservative Republicans."(John Dean)
Trump 101: How to Win Friends and Influence People. "He's a loser, a disaster, a dum dum. But I'm sure he's a good person. Not really. He's a total loser, a complete failure, everybody hates him."
ReplyDeleteThink Reality TV Is Sexist? Blame Donald Trump.
ReplyDeleteHow ‘The Apprentice’ helped to create two of reality TV’s most bigoted tropes
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/08/donald-trump-2016-reality-tv-sexist-121381.html?ml=po#.Vc9Y6JeDhLE
Trump would also never accept the job of president, as tempting as it might seem. It would mean giving up direct control of his global business empire. He would also have to forfeit the hundreds of millions of dollars he receives in endorsement deals every year. Four years as president, cut off from all business dealings and steady cash flow from endorsements could seriously put his financial empire at risk.
ReplyDeleteSo don't worry, America. Trump will find a reason to pull out of the race - eventually. For now, he'll milk his new-found notoriety and influence for all its worth.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mario-almonte/relax-america-donald-trum_b_7983354.html
So don't worry, America. Trump will find a reason to pull out of the race - eventually.
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Let's hope so, in the mean time I think it is great he is slamming all the other candidates, with the truth no less and the democrats can concentrate on speaking about the issues.
Concerning his women comment (and I am one):
ReplyDeleteIf you're running for the highest office in the land, you should be able to take anything thrown at you, period. "Oh, I have to guard my comments because she's a 'woman'." Puh-leeze.
Look at the vile, racist, sexual innuendo laced comments that $arah spews constantly. She gets away with it because she's a woman? She sure comes unglued and screams "victim" if someone fires back. So much for straightening the still spine. I'm sorry, but this is a two-way street. If you can't stand the heat......
I think he was being sarcastic with his remark, "Oh, I have to guard my comments because she's a 'woman'." because of the Kelly fiasco.
DeleteNotice how it didn't stop him from saying exactly what he intended to say about Fiona.
Watching this episode of GOP hatefulness and deciding whether one of them said something potentially based on important reality, enough for them to be a viable threat to our voting outcome, feels kind of like identifying which rattlesnake you'd have the most respect for.
ReplyDeleteOink Oink!
ReplyDeleteIs Trump the third little pig who built his house with bricks and the big bad wolf (RINOS) couldn't blow his house down?
Works for me, and he's loving every minute of it! Pass the popcorn.
Delete“Trump is generating a lot controversy, but he is not taken seriously as a potential president,” a New Hampshire Republican said. “I have heard from many people who say ‘I love him! Love what he’s saying!’ But when I ask if they would really vote for him, they say, ‘hell no.’”
ReplyDeleteRead more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/insiders-trump-cant-win-early-states-121349.html#ixzz3itmi5OTW
I can't imagine Trump meeting with the Pope; if he disagreed with an issue, he'd be disparaging him right and left with insults, like, your hat is on crooked, or your robes don't meet dress code on my golf course...........the world would be in ashes within 3 months of a Trump presidency.
ReplyDeleteDonald Trump, American Demagogue
ReplyDelete...The standard American demagogue relies on anger and resentment to attract supporters. But Trump’s fury is too comic to stir the masses. He makes angry faces but he’s almost never really mad. Instead, to cultivate the disaffected he pins his banner to his standing as a political outsider, as a champ who can’t be beaten. Trump’s loose mouth—a liability attached to any another candidate—becomes an asset for him. “Finally! A candidate who speaks his mind without filters!” you can almost hear his supporters say, even if most of what he speaks is rubbish. The ambiguity of the Trump message—his promises to make America great again, to show the Chinese and the Russians and the Mexicans that we mean business—goes down like lite beer. “I play to people’s fantasies,” he wrote in 1987 Trump: The Art of the Deal. “A little hyperbole never hurts. People want to believe that something is the biggest and the greatest and the most spectacular.”
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/08/dont-write-trumps-obit-yet-121232.html
Telling a woman that you won't "attack" her because you want to avoid criticism is a typical way to side-line women. I have experienced this in the workplace. It's the third grade playground tactic of "I am so big and important and capable of really hurting you, but I won't". In an adult man, it's the sign of a really small penis and cowardice.
ReplyDeleteMy response is "Say whatever you need to cover your inadequacies. It will not alter my purpose in any way." I skip mentioning the probable small penis. Don't want to damage their little pysche any more than necessary.
Hate to say this, but check out Trump's hands and digits! I seriously doubt he has a small penis, albeit it fun thinking he does!
DeleteOh, please 8:17. That is such an old wives tale.
DeleteTrump's penis is too small for his inflated ego. He blusters to make himself feel better. If he couldn't keep the first 2 wives satisfied....
DeleteThe only "bulge" that attracts some women to Trump is his huge, masculine, well endowed wallet and stock portfolio. As a woman, I'm more attracted to a man's eyes and what's between his ears first and foremost. If there's nothing there, then why bother with the other "assets"??
DeleteDonald Trump Campaign Rally in Hampton, New Hampshire
ReplyDeletehttp://www.c-span.org/video/?327605-1/donald-trump-campaign-rally-hampton-new-hampshire
I watched 5 minutes of this and when Trump said, "...Rush Limbaugh is a great guy," (unquote) I shut it off.
DeleteAlso, he said, "I'm not into spas -- I don't like people touching me." (said three times for emphasis, even made a funny face about it).
Wonder what that is all about?
8:47 AM
DeleteHis comment earlier about "women come up to me and tell me..." What a crock. An anonymous poster here commented about bring in Vegas and security came in to suddenly block everyone from the concourse while he came through like the pompous ass he is.
If Donald Trump said "I can't criticize this opponent or that opponent because, hey, it's not politically correct to attack a black man", the uproar would blow him right out of the campaign.
ReplyDeleteIt is every bit as horrifying to say the same thing but substitute "woman" for "black man". However, the current political environment is that is JUST FINE to mock a woman with words that be explosive if used against a black man.
I've listened to this f'ing crap my whole life. I am crying right now. Because the little 3 year niece is going to hear the same f'ing crap her whole life. FU Donald Trump and every little excuse for a human being that doesn't call him out for the misogynist he is. Every reporter, every media entity that let's f'ing crap like this go deserves to burn (figuratively).
And that's the thing. no one but NO one will call any of them out on it. Why? Because news is no longer news, but titillation.
DeleteDoes your 3 years old niece cuddle up and ask Auntie "Why the ef are you crying, Aunt? We've heard the same f'ing things like for f'ing forever. Just say "FU (insert f'ing mysoginist name)! Ef!
DeleteThe 3 year old niece already knows that "you throw/run/etc. like a girl" is the biggest, baddest, most male thing a boy can say to her. She already knows she can never find a satisfactory retort. She's got the message.
DeleteShe also knows that only boys can become priests/pope. It's a busy world that's made sure a 3 year old knows her place.
I saw something you might like, Gryphen.
ReplyDeleteApologies if it's already been shared.
https://twitter.com/BunkiePerkins/status/629463962963197952/photo/1
He's right on calling out the Bushes. Hussein wasn't even the problem, that was Dubya taking him out to please Daddy after Kuwait. Big bucks to Cheney through Halliburton contracts, while HE sat with his feet up on his desk watching the WTC towers burn licking his lips in satisfaction.
ReplyDeleteLinguistics Analysis CONFIRMS: Donald Trump Talks Like A 4th Grade Boy…A Very Bigoted 4th Grade Boy
ReplyDeletehttp://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/08/15/linguistics-analysis-confirms-donald-trump-talks-like-a-4th-grade-boy-a-very-bigoted-4th-grade-boy/
I've been thinking from the start that Trump is some kind of plant being used to destroy the GOP. Even if Trump is a clown, always has been a clown, it's seems like he's taken it to a whole new level, indeed like something out of a comedy show.
ReplyDeleteImagine this. Hillary and Trump talking and the both of them agreeing that GOP listen to only GOP, so how to get it out there to the GOP base that this "deep bench" is full of nothing but clowns? Certainly, none of them will listen to what democrats have to say, you know, cuz we're all lyin' libruls, right?
Now, with Trump in the spotlight and pointing out what ass clowns they all are, the GOP base is "actually listening" and they now know what a bunch of completely bought off, incompetent wing nuts this "deep bench" is full of.
I can't even begin to wrap my head around giving Trump the credit to come up with this plan, but if that isn't what he set out to do, it's certainly how it's turning out. And all he has to do next is run as an independent and their whole base collapses. I love it!
I think Trump is just using the GOP playbook against them, he has got them on the defensive, they are spending all their time responding to his accusations. He keeps swift boating all of them and they are dumb enough to react. I want to see if any one asks Trump what exactly are his policies, because so far all I've heard are bumper sticker quotes.
DeletePeople love me, yea I bet Hilter said the same thing.
That is what the GOP did with Obama during his two campaigns, the Democrats were wasting time responding to all the wild accusations instead of the issues. Lucky for America it didn't work.
It is still very early, but if the Democrats don't win, any of these Neanderthals would be a nightmare. They will undo 8 years of progress and the US can't afford that.
I watched the sideshow in Iowa today. Bernie had the best line, paraphrasing.... "I didn't bring my helicopter today, I left it in the garage",
ReplyDeleteThe "big event" was a bloviated ego with a waaaay too tight baseball cap stapled and taped to his toupee landing in a helicopter, then taking kids on a free heelycopter ride! Whoooopeeeee!!! He went on and on about blah blah blah, took a few jabs at Hillary and his fellow circus freaks, repeated ad nauseum, his "huge fence" with a "huge door" that the mexicans will pay for because he loves mexicans, he makes deals with mexicans, sold apartments in Trump Tower to mexicans. He loves women, he loves veterans etc etc etc.
He also said his business will be in "fine hands" when he's elected president, he has a "team" in place along with his smart kids, did he mention his kids are smart? They get that from their dad. In essence, he's relying on the poll numbers now, it's still early, and he's got plenty of chances to sink his own battleship over a year from now.
If he thinks he can run the country like he runs his business, he's sadly mistaken. Imagine him on the floor of the UN along side of other world leaders?
Yeah, me neither. Sunday's Stephanopolous hour has an exclusive! Martha Radditz joins Trump and the kids on a free heelycopter ride over the land of fried everything and butter, lots of butter.