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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-16-11 12:11 PM
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Trump: "If I were to run I would be able to win...I am not ready to leave the private sector."
Donald Trump: Hail to Someone Else -- I'm Not Running

10 minutes ago by TMZ Staff

Donald Trump says if he ran for President of the United States he'd win, but he still decided against doing it.

http://www.tmz.com/2011/05/05/donald-trump-not-running-for-president-celebrity-apprentice-candidate-press-release-republican-nomination-candidate-candidacy/



Trump says, "I maintain the strong conviction that if I were to run I would be able to win the primary and ultimately the general election." But, Trump concludes, "Ultimately business is my greatest passion and I am not ready to leave the private sector."

Trump, always shy, says, it was a hard decision, "especially when my potential candidacy continues to be validated by ranking at the top of the Republican contenders in polls across the country."

And in a shocker, Trump didn't wait until the finale of "Celebrity Apprentice" -- he pulled out a week before he crowns the winner. Timing, Donald.
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-16-11 12:12 PM
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1. In other words ... if he was going to run ...
he'd have to disclose his $$$ ... and he doesn't want to do that ...
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Ichingcarpenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-16-11 12:13 PM
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2. His Ego
Jeffrey Ross on Donald Trump’s Ego

“Donald’s ego is so big, he videotapes himself masturbating, and then masturbates to that video
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smirkymonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-16-11 12:30 PM
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10. +1000
:rofl:

Also, he's completely lost contact with reality.
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Ichingcarpenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-16-11 02:06 PM
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19. Donald Trump bows out of presidential race, citing
Donald Trump bows out of presidential race, citing inability to prove he wasn't born a douchebag.
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smirkymonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-16-11 03:40 PM
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24. ....leads to new movement called the "douchebaggers". The
United States is the Official Laughingstock of the entire Galaxy.
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Rainbowreflect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-16-11 12:54 PM
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14. LOL
:spray: :rofl:
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-16-11 12:13 PM
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3. And he is a comedian!
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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ecstatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-16-11 12:15 PM
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5. By far the funniest of the teabagger potentials!
The other candidates are only indirectly funny due to mocking by others. Trump himself is funny, no need to mock him, he IS the joke.
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tularetom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-16-11 12:15 PM
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4. Well, he got what he wanted from his little caper
His crappy TV show got renewed, although at considerable cost to whatever dignity he ever had.

And um, I don't think he's been following the polls all that closely. The latest polls had him down amongst the Santorums, Cains, and Pawlentys.
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-16-11 12:19 PM
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6. Sounds like a variation of "The dog ate my homework" story.
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Maru Kitteh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-16-11 02:11 PM
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20. The dog ate my homework - but I got a 100! I got all them answers right.
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wtmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-16-11 12:22 PM
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7. What a dickhead. nt
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CTyankee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-16-11 12:25 PM
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9. Obama wiped the floor with him at the WHC dinner.
Then came the take out of OBL. Trump looked like the idiot he is...
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librechik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-16-11 12:23 PM
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8. ha ha ha
no one wants to put that to the test, Don. Go away.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-16-11 12:31 PM
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11. Fuck you racist idiot Donald Trump
:puke:
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Amonester Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-16-11 02:33 PM
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23. Ditto.
And I'll add :puke: fascist in the middle.
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-16-11 03:46 PM
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26. You know, it's sad. Before this wank off session, he had more credibility.
We knew him as a flamboyant egomaniac who called out Bush-Cheney-Rice for being inept managers with crappy judgment. Now it turns out that he was only pissed off that whoever was in charge wasn't him. What terrible judgment; what horrible marketing. He New-Coked himself.
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Tommy_Carcetti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-16-11 12:34 PM
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12. Just admit Donald....
...you're a loser and a joke and no one, not even enough braindead Republicans, could take you seriously.

Buh-bye. Don't let NBC cancel The Apprentice on your way out.
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Dulcinea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-16-11 12:43 PM
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13. It was all a publicity stunt.
No publicity is bad publicity to The Donald.
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-16-11 03:50 PM
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27. This birther wankery will prove to be bad for him.
He's hurt his own good will with the public. He used to be a big ego who took audacious risks, which occasionally paid off. Now he seems like an out of control ego who has crappy judgment. Now he's a joke. I see a sad decline for his ratings in the coming months. There's a difference between pissing off your audience and turning off your audience. The Do' seems to have crossed that line by going full birther.
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cherish44 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-16-11 01:48 PM
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15. Aw dang
I was hoping he'd run....ah well we still have Michelle Bachmann to cheer on
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immoderate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-16-11 01:56 PM
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16. And who could resist a Trump/Gingrich "dream" ticket.
Actually, who could resist waking up from that?

--imm
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Randy_P Donating Member (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-16-11 02:04 PM
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17. DAMN, those grapes must taste sour!
Now go back to your little TV show, where you get to pretend that you're important.
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AsahinaKimi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-16-11 02:05 PM
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18. Yes, and if Trump were in the MISS UNIVERSE contest....
HE would win that too, no doubt... :P
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redwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-16-11 02:14 PM
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21. Especially in the hair talent competition!
;-)
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-16-11 02:15 PM
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22. The douche is strong in that one.
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-16-11 03:43 PM
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25. "If I were to run, all the other candidates would melt from the heat of my awesomeness. But...
I consider "Leader of the Free World" a step down from my current job as game show emcee."

--actual quote from Donald Trump, upon learning that "President of the United States" isn't a broadcast show and that he can't tell Supreme Court Justices that they're fired whenever he likes.
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tanyev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-16-11 04:14 PM
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28. "I'm the best player on this team but because you are all being so mean to me
I'm taking my ball and going home!"

:cry:
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TNLib Donating Member (683 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-16-11 04:18 PM
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29. I kind of wanted to see him run and watch the GOP completely melt down after he won the Primary
I hope another tea bagger nutter runs.
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