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Why Trump Wimped Out
By Joshua Green
Per ABC News, Donald Trump has just put out a statement announcing he will not run for president.At this point, the news is hardly shocking. It's hard to recall anyone in the recent history of American politics who managed to humiliate himself as quickly and thoroughly as Trump did in his now-aborted semi-candidacy. From his debut as a pseudo-candidate at the Conservative Political Action Committee in February to his Hawaiian "birther investigators" to his becoming a stone-faced national laughingstock at the White House Correspondents Dinner, Trump demonstrated a level of jackassery heretofore unknown, even in national politics.
Seriously, let's pause for a second and contemplate the amount of damage he's inflicted on himself: three short months ago, Donald Trump was our vulgar national mascot of money, a guy who seemed likable enough, kind of funny, amusing on television, and possibly even in on the joke himself (you could never quite tell). He had an easy, enduring celebrity, and a successful show on NBC. Flash forward to today: Trump's name is virtually synonymous with discredited, far-right race-baiting; his political foray underscored the fact that he'd flip-flopped on most issues, which made his hateful blather even more ridiculous; and his once-successful franchise, "Celebrity Apprentice," saw its ratings collapse as its liberal audience abandoned it in droves. And now that show is under threat from ABC. It's pretty remarkable that a "presidential campaign" that probably started as a ratings-boosting gimmick didn't even make it to the season finale of "Celebrity Apprentice," when we were all supposed to tune in for the big announcement.
Who knows why Trump did what he did? But I have a theory about why he's bailing out early. And it has nothing to do with preserving his last shred of dignity, because that's long gone and Trump never seemed overly concerned with holding onto it anyway.Like any politician who's screwed up, Trump is now playing defense, trying to hold onto what he has. In the realm of celebrity, which is what he seems to care about most, that's primarily "Celebrity Apprentice." When the news broke yesterday that NBC was re-upping with Trump for another run of "Apprentice," it was pretty clear that he was going to abandon his political ambitions--if he ever really had any to begin with.Given that the last three months were so detrimental to his ratings, I wouldn't be surprised if his NBC deal included a clause that he fold up his tent and shut down the circus. That's just good business sense -- and in Trump's case, it doubles as an act of mercy.
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^^^^
did you get that from the nat enq?
LOL I kid, I kid...
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For more than 20 years, the billionaire has teased about a possible presidential run with various iterations of the same statement, saying he "might" run for president (in 1988), was "considering" it (in 2000) or was "very seriously" mulling it over (in 2004).
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and then he struck tv gold with the apprentice...
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3333 to the booth.. calling 3333...
post a youtube about this...maybe a shopped picture..hahhahhaah fuckin loser
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I have never seen anyone eat a bitchslap as bad as Trump did from Obama's hand.
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That's what happens when you surround yourself with people who are afraid to tell you "no".
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He got offered $60 mill for next year.
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LMAO... done
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LMAO... done
Agreed.
www.gallup.com
www.usdebtclock.com
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Agreed.
www.gallup.com
www.usdebtclock.com
so thats two that you made "official threads for" that are done.. and why you bitching over fag shit, Obama killin bin Laden and shit.. get your mind right beyoch
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Oh please. You are are a proto-typical 95% er.
Sad but true.
Obama could don a white sheet and your ass would vote for him. Typical of racist minorities who care only about color and race and not about the impacy of the policies of those they vote for.
You voted for this communist asshole moron - take ownership of it.
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Oh please. You are are a proto-typical 95% er.
Sad but true.
Obama could don a white sheet and your ass would vote for him. Typical of racist minorities who care only about color and race and not about the impacy of the policies of those they vote for.
You voted for this communist asshole moron - take ownership of it.
youre so angry,, you mad because i wont make up shit about him like you do..
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youre so angry,, you mad because i wont make up shit about him like you do..
::) Like I said 95%er. You are a sheep, and nothing else. Fuck, even Cornell West admits what you pathetic clowns won't. You were played for a bitch and a fool, just admit it.
Freaking sad bro - Obama could change his name to "Barack O'Duke and your sad ass would vote for him for no other reason than the color of his skin. It is what it what it is at this point. Shit - even Tavis Smiley admits what a con obama pulled on you idiots and morons, yet you are too blind to see it.
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He got offered $60 mill for next year.
$60mil > Saving America.
At least we know his price. And for someone who claims to be worth "many times more" than the estimated Forbes $2.7 Billion..... $60 mil is well, meh....
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$60mil > Saving America.
Glad to see you admitting that Obama is destroying America. That means you are voting in 2012 for anyone but Obama. Right? Right?
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Glad to see you admitting that Obama is destroying America. That means you are voting in 2012 for anyone but Obama. Right? Right?
Anybody but obama or Palin.
I like hunts and bachmann more than newt or romney, but any of them will get my vote.
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Anybody but obama or Palin.
I like hunts and bachmann more than newt or romney, but any of them will get my vote.
bachmann is a sure loser,that's like palin with a different hairdo
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Anybody but obama or Palin.
I like hunts and bachmann more than newt or romney, but any of them will get my vote.
At this point, I'm not kididng - I would take huntsman. I'm not happy about his global warming garbage, but by the time obama is out of office - we need ANYONE who is remoltely serious about our issues.
Fuck, obama gave a speech to DNC donors saying that "the budget debate needs to be about more than math."
I mean come on already! This asshole is not even funny any more with his treason. and those who still support him like benny, mal, andre, et al are just as bad. WTF? we are near collapse and this disgusting ghetto thug pofs is still playing the hope and change bullshit? screw that.
Fuck obama and his supporters, let them go to the same play as osama for all I care at this point.
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bachmann is a sure loser,that's like palin with a different hairdo
You must be a retarded psychic. Short yellow bus is looking for you. ;D ;D ;D
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You must be a retarded psychic. Short yellow bus is looking for you. ;D ;D ;D
if your dumb enough to nominate bachmann then you deserve to lose ;D
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if your dumb enough to nominate bachmann then you deserve to lose ;D
Bachmann is far more qualified than Obama was. And obama is already a proven failure.
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if your dumb enough to nominate bachmann then you deserve to lose ;D
Shut up, retard. You are the same moron that voted for Obama. How is that hope and change working out for you, mental midget?
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Shut up, retard. You are the same moron that voted for Obama. How is that hope and change working out for you, mental midget?
I thought for a few days I missed blackens' posts. i was wrong. He is still a moron.
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Shut up, retard. You are the same moron that voted for Obama. How is that hope and change working out for you, mental midget?
meltdown :D :D,typ. retard, put bachmann in and wonder why you lost and cry about it for the next 4 years on getbig ;D
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Bachmann is more qualified than the grifter obama.
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Bachmann is more qualified than the grifter obama.
Oh, you did it now. Blacken the retard will report it as a racist post.
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Oh, you did it now. Blacken the retard will report it as a racist post.
"grifter" is a racist term now?