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DeepModem Mom

(38,402 posts)
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 12:39 PM Aug 2015

Worrisome: Donald Trump as President? ("Any Girl You Have, I Can Take from You")

Read this totally crazy talk out of the mouth of Donald Trump (from Daily Beast): "Donald Trump's Douchebaggiest Interview Ever: 'Any Girl You Have, I Can Take from You'":

It seems that, crazy though it may sound, it’s time to take Donald Trump seriously as a 2016 presidential candidate.

In a national poll released Thursday, the elaborately coiffed blowhard was revealed to be leading the GOP presidential field by a very wide margin, with twenty percent of Republican-leaning voters saying they’d vote for Trump, compared to 13 percent for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, and 10 percent for Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. The twenty percent share collected by Trump is the largest of any candidate in the Quinnipiac University poll’s two-year history. And the Democrats have officially taken notice, assigning a DNC staffer to monitor The Donald “like a serious presidential candidate,” according to The Guardian....

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/08/02/donald-trump-s-douchebaggiest-interview-ever-any-girl-you-have-i-can-take-from-you.html?via=desktop&source=twitter

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Worrisome: Donald Trump as President? ("Any Girl You Have, I Can Take from You") (Original Post) DeepModem Mom Aug 2015 OP
My conclusion still remains the same Iliyah Aug 2015 #1
Yep. Having Trump in the lead works out well for Jeb. Yavin4 Aug 2015 #2
Audio of the fight between AJ and Donal Trump on the Howard Stern show Yavin4 Aug 2015 #3
OMG. Haven't heard Stern in many years. Thanks for posting! nt DeepModem Mom Aug 2015 #4

Yavin4

(35,441 posts)
2. Yep. Having Trump in the lead works out well for Jeb.
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 01:37 PM
Aug 2015

One, Trump energizes the crazies, and when these same crazies finally realize that Trump won't get the nomination, they will fall in line behind Jeb as usual. Second, Trump gives Jeb room to look moderate and statesmanlike.

Yavin4

(35,441 posts)
3. Audio of the fight between AJ and Donal Trump on the Howard Stern show
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 01:44 PM
Aug 2015

Is this the man that the Republicans want to nominate for President?

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