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applegrove

(118,658 posts)
Tue Jun 16, 2015, 11:37 PM Jun 2015

Democrats had a brilliant response to Donald Trump's candidacy

Democrats had a brilliant response to Donald Trump's candidacy

by Brett Logiurato at Business Insider


http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-running-president-democrats-2015-6

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The Democratic National Committee had a clever response to Donald Trump's announcement that he is running for president, treating a candidacy observers often view with suspicion as the most serious yet.

"Today, Donald Trump became the second major Republican candidate to announce for president in two days," DNC national press secretary Holly Shulman said in a statement. "He adds some much-needed seriousness that has previously been lacking from the GOP field, and we look forward hearing more about his ideas for the nation."

Compare that to the DNC's statements on other candidates. Shulman called fellow GOP candidate Rick Santorum's ideas "backwards." The committee compared former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) to "Arrested Development" character Gob Bluth. It even called former New York Gov. George Pataki (R), who is considered an afterthought of a candidate, someone whose agenda is "wrong for the middle class."

It's not surprising that Democrats are seeking to elevate Trump, who is now perhaps the GOP's most controversial candidate. He's currently in the top 10 of polling, which would put him in position to be on the GOP debate stage in August.



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Democrats had a brilliant response to Donald Trump's candidacy (Original Post) applegrove Jun 2015 OP
Something wicked in me wants him to make it to the debate! oldandhappy Jun 2015 #1
I hear you. I certainly do not feel sorry for the GOP with all these narcissists using them. They applegrove Jun 2015 #3
I wish I could be polled. herding cats Jun 2015 #2
I'm all in for Trump getting the nomination Kalidurga Jun 2015 #4
Never going to happen. herding cats Jun 2015 #6
yeah I know Kalidurga Jun 2015 #8
He's a populist. People who aspire to be rich and conservative love him. I hope he is in all the GOP applegrove Jun 2015 #5
I wish he'd make it to at least a few of them. herding cats Jun 2015 #7

applegrove

(118,658 posts)
3. I hear you. I certainly do not feel sorry for the GOP with all these narcissists using them. They
Wed Jun 17, 2015, 12:03 AM
Jun 2015

invited them in with their policies.

herding cats

(19,564 posts)
2. I wish I could be polled.
Tue Jun 16, 2015, 11:54 PM
Jun 2015

I'm all in for Trump at the debates. Imagine the fun we could have watching that one.

herding cats

(19,564 posts)
6. Never going to happen.
Wed Jun 17, 2015, 12:12 AM
Jun 2015

Season 15 of The Apprentice starts before then. He'll have used up all the publicity he plans to use and move on long before that.

applegrove

(118,658 posts)
5. He's a populist. People who aspire to be rich and conservative love him. I hope he is in all the GOP
Wed Jun 17, 2015, 12:03 AM
Jun 2015

debates. I hope he makes it.

herding cats

(19,564 posts)
7. I wish he'd make it to at least a few of them.
Wed Jun 17, 2015, 12:14 AM
Jun 2015

He's so out there it's fun to watch. He's the classic born wealthy type who has no clue about the real world.

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