Courtesy buzzpal
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Who’s fired?
After a roller-coaster flirtation with a presidential bid, Donald Trump bowed out of the 2012 contest in true Trump fashion on Monday, saying that while he would not be a candidate this year, if he had run, he would have been able to win the primary and the general election too.
“I maintain the strong conviction that if I were to run, I would be able to win the primary and ultimately, the general election,” Trump said in a statement on Monday. “I have spent the past several months unofficially campaigning and recognize that running for public office cannot be done half heartedly. Ultimately, however, business is my greatest passion and I am not ready to leave the private sector.”
“This decision does not come easily or without regret; especially when my potential candidacy continues to be validated by ranking at the top of the Republican contenders in polls across the country,” Trump said in the statement.
In the end, however, his decision almost certainly had more to do with his lucrative NBC television contract for his “Apprentice” franchise than anything else. Trump was running out of time to decide whether he would sign on for another season of the “Celebrity Apprentice.”
The momentum for a Trump campaign started to wane earlier this month when Trump’s views on President Obama’s birth certificate, and his refusal to release his tax returns, began to draw a barrage of popular criticism — even mockery — from opponents.
Perhaps he’s smarter than he seems. Did careful thought overcome an ego the size of a small planet? And how thick is his skin? Trump, who says he’s a billionaire, is suing the author of a book in which three unnamed sources said Trump’s net worth is between $150 million and $250 million. The Donald claims it was malicious, and it hurt his business. It might be fun to speculate on the changes such a man would attempt to make in our government.
What was that poll option?…… Oh yeah:
HAHAAAHHHHAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
So who’s left? It doesn’t look good on the GOP side.
But it’s a looonnnnnggggggg ways to election day.
# 31 Glenn E. said, “I’d like to know if “the Donald” received any of that federal money, one gets for declaring to be a political candidate?”
He never declared his candidacy. He literally could NOT become an official candidate until the end of his TV show. It would have violated too many campaign laws. Same thing for Huckabee. That’s why there was an announcement from both “I will not be a candidate.” Not: I’m quitting being a candidate.
#33 foobar: No argument from me. But it does make me wonder if the entire campaign is going to that brutal. If so, this could be an interesting election afterall. 😉
Animby. Is it my imagination or has Gingrich already imploded?
“Perhaps he’s smarter than he seems.”
He must be.