By Jeanie

April 22, 2011 6:56 AM | Link to this

He’s really not that good of a businessman folks…he’s filed bankruptcy FOUR times.

By Charles

April 22, 2011 7:07 AM | Link to this

Yes. His buisness and public support of the U.S. and lack of pandering to those who do not have our interests at heart make him a very viable candidate. Look at where we are with the career politicians. Washington still does not hear the American people. Time for a serious new direction.

By Sorry Charlie

April 22, 2011 7:20 AM | Link to this

Jeanie is right! Trump’s filed bankruptcy multiple times. When you file bankruptcy, someone is left “holding the bag”. When Donald files, he leaves investors and bondholders holding the bag and comes out smelling like a rose. DC would be business as usual with different rhetoric. He’s also spoke out against OPEC concerning oil prices. If you think OPEC sets oil prices you need to do more research.

By Common Sense

April 22, 2011 7:59 AM | Link to this

So let me get this straight. People are actually considering someone who has filed bankruptcy several times (and left investors and others to lose money from those dealings), can’t keep a relationship going, has came out and said how he has screwed people in real estate deals (this basically being his foreign relation experience), and the list goes on and on. So this is what America is looking for in a POTUS. UNBELIEVEABLE!

By Squirrellygirl

April 22, 2011 8:19 AM | Link to this

Trump has flip flopped on the issues, and I’m not convinced he is a true Republican. He contributed more money to Democrats. Also, I don’t agree with him about just taking Libyan oil. I think that would cause more of a hatred for America if he did that. I also don’t like the way he talks about provoking China. We don’t want to wake the sleeping giant who very well could eliminate America. I would vote for the Republican candidate no matter who it is because Obama cannot be reelected or that will be the end of our Republic. There is no doubt in my mind that Obama’s agenda is Anti-American. I also am afraid of the people that Obama has surrounded himself with. Van Jones, Bill Ayers, Union thugs, the way he has been redistributing our tax money OUT of our country, and the way he promotes the Islam religion and their radical laws…I find Obama very scary and a threat to our Republic and our freedoms.

By Squirrellygirl

April 22, 2011 8:26 AM | Link to this

If you look at the deflation of our dollar and the rise of the price of oil/gas, you will see they are the same. The monetizing of our debt has caused the rising oil/gas prices. Obama would rather make you think it is the evil oil companies, but they make less profit than other companies. We should make the Fed reveal who the banks are and their assets. We should make them stop monetizing our debt now. They’ve done enough damage. The money that is being printed by the fed is being reentered into circulation, and our dollar will be worth 20% less by the time they are done with this round of it.

By Jim

April 22, 2011 8:41 AM | Link to this

Squirrellygirl, I find ignorant people like you far more of a threat to our country then President Obama. Obama has hardly “surrounded himself” with people you mentioned, nor has he promoted Islam and their radical laws. You need a reality check. The current lineup of GOP candidates looks like a buffoon-fest.

By Jonald

April 22, 2011 8:52 AM | Link to this

What Jim said.

By To Jeanie

April 22, 2011 8:58 AM | Link to this

Filing bankruptcy four times guarantees he is a good businessman. bet he has more money than you do.

By Navin Johnson

April 22, 2011 8:59 AM | Link to this

Trump’s biggest strength has always been self promotion. He will not run. He is doing what he has always done, using and manipulating the gullible media to his advantage, just like Obama does. The election is a long way off, and Trump will become bored, then move on to other things. At least he is asking the questions the press will not ask. The election is a year and 1/2 away, and you barely heard Obama’s name this far out from the last election. Someone will emerge. Jim, why do you have to call names? You may or may not agree with Sq-G, but she reads and does research, and what you call ignorant are points she can back up with facts. Check her statements out, ask her to cite where she gets her opinions before you resort to name calling. You are the one who proven his ignorance with your factless post.

By Scott

April 22, 2011 9:07 AM | Link to this

Jim,aka union guy has a low iq and name calling is all he can do.His intellectual limitations show.

By Jim is predictable.

April 22, 2011 9:11 AM | Link to this

The Dems always resort to name calling.You know, Navin, not the most intellectual bunch.

By You go Donald

April 22, 2011 9:15 AM | Link to this

The Donald will make the Dems runforhigh water!

By Love Dayton

April 22, 2011 9:17 AM | Link to this

Is it possible to have S-girl and people of her ilk deported? What a drain on resources, time, energy and money. Get a job, SG.

By old buck

April 22, 2011 9:24 AM | Link to this

Donald Trump is the biggest phony in America.Do you really think people will elect a person who has been married three times,filed bankruptcy three times and stiffed countless people.This clown has as much of a chance to be elected as squirrly girl!!!!

By Squirrellygirl

April 22, 2011 9:51 AM | Link to this

I think Donald’s running will take votes away from the Republicans and could cause Obama to be reelected. If you research Donald, you will find he has donated a lot of money to the Democratic party, so I find it very suspect that he is running for the Republican party. I don’t think he is genuine on his stands. The questions he is asking are not the right ones. He should stick to the issues. But instead he wants to steal Libya’s oil and harrass China, neither idea is very good nor smart. I hope he pulls out before he does real damage to this country. Trump is a possible plant. I hope he’s not elected to run for Republican party, and I hope he doesn’t run as an Independent, it would be bad for America. Really bad.

By Common Sense

April 22, 2011 9:58 AM | Link to this

@ Jeanie, are you serious? Filing bankruptcy four times means he is a good busisnessman. And btw he started out with money from his family. He was never a self made man. It’s a lot easier to have and make money when you start out with a boatload. Please check before making silly come back comments. You must be really impressed by someone because they have money. Which is the kind of people he is looking for to vote for him, should he run for the office of POTUS. Do some research on this guy before you start to adore him.

By chain of fools

April 22, 2011 10:12 AM | Link to this

This country may need someone who knows how to file for bankruptcy. Is there some reason we are repaying our debt to China? All they do is sell us crappy products that fall apart after one use if they don’t make you sick. Bullshit. If I were President Obama, I would come up with a plan to protect Social Security. He needs another signature issue.

By Common Sense

April 22, 2011 10:20 AM | Link to this

@ Chain, You might want to check to see why we are indebted to China. Look at the housing scam. That should tell you a lot.

By We need substance, not celebrity

April 22, 2011 10:28 AM | Link to this

A Republican nomination of Donald Trump would guarantee an Obama second term.

By @common sense

April 22, 2011 10:59 AM | Link to this

It was your precious free market that sold those mortgages, and I suppose you’re feeling pretty good about those defense contractors who scammed you recently? Wow, I would love to have you as my judge after I embezzle a few million. I guess I would be a real “citizen” then, huh?

By lol

April 22, 2011 11:40 AM | Link to this

When ‘@common sense’ refers to ‘your precious free market’ when referring to the mortgage crisis, I’m assuming they have conveniently forgotten that it was democrat policy that forced banks to loan money to people that could not pay it back. Without that little detail, the bad mortgages that sunk the economy would have been practically non-existent. Then it would not have really mattered what was done with the mortgages after they were sold, because they would have been solid investments in the first place… Libtard ignorance never fails to amaze.

By TYGO

April 22, 2011 11:50 AM | Link to this

SQ has no clue and as far as her diligent research, she picks and chooses what she wants to believe. Most of the wealthy and large corporations donate heavily to both parties, as did The Donald. As far as “having our interests at heart” ask whats left of Trump Corp. stockholders. He raped them. But then again, that would make him a good, viable Republican candidate.

By not that funny

April 22, 2011 11:56 AM | Link to this

I wouldn’t call you retarded, only because it’s an insult to people with special needs. Remember, genius tea partiers, deregulate, deregulate, deregulate? http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110415/tsaltafp/useconomyfinancefraud. The president has a job to do, and Bush did nothing. No one forced those banks to do anything. That was the problem. HERE YOU GO REPUBLICANS: IN A WORLD OF FAST INCREASING COMPLEXITY, BUSH DID NOTHING, AT BEST. IN FACT, HE WAS NEVER AT THE WHITE HOUSE. EVEN WHEN THE S**T REALLY HIT THE FAN IN 2008, HE DID NOTHING. Still happy with the results of laissez-faire economics? What’s your solution, do nothing? I think we’ve tried that.

By Common Sense

April 22, 2011 12:08 PM | Link to this

The policy was inacted to try to free up the requirements to get a loan to buy a home. It wasn’t to be taken to the point to give anyone that breathes a loan for a home. The banking industry did that on their own, and was not forced to dole out bad loans. They all knew what they were doing from the appraisers to the loan officers.

By J

April 22, 2011 12:40 PM | Link to this

A man that cannot accept his own baldness would not make a good President.

By Trump the Magnificent

April 22, 2011 1:36 PM | Link to this

Trump reminds me of the narcissist/look at me high schooler we’ve all had to deal with. As mentioned, numerous bankruptcies, he has a mouth that works before the brain engages, is the sterotypical “used car salesman” (“owned/driven by the church lady…really!”)…and generally has a falseness/cheapness around his personna/personality. I’m trying to pin it down…but the guy “ain’r right” for the Presidency.

By Jeanie

April 22, 2011 1:44 PM | Link to this

@Common Sense: Uh…are YOU serious? Me? Look up to someone like Trump? LOLOLOLOLOLOL. Thanks for the laugh today.

By Common Sense

April 22, 2011 1:51 PM | Link to this

@ Jeanie, My appologies to you. I misread the response. Again very sorry, that should have been directed toward the person that responded to your comment.

By Give a black guy a chance....

April 22, 2011 1:52 PM | Link to this

I ask that all conservatives reading this give Herman Cain of Georgia a chance. He’s an “ABC”>>>a black conservative…turned numerous failing companies around that were failing, has loads of “common sense”,(as opposed to liberals “feelings…nothing more than feelings”…add your own music score) understands business, and knows that the U.S. is a business…if you take in more money than you spend, watch your costs, deal with U.S. societal problems with an even hand (IE: common sense), I believe even the hard core “takers” (liberals/progressives, and their supporters, the communists in the administration…Van Jones/Anita Dunn, and others not known at this time) might see that things are looking better with him at the helm. Oh…he doesn’t break into “Ebonics” to make a point. He’s a really good man…a rariety these days.

By Hope to Change

April 22, 2011 1:57 PM | Link to this

Trump- filed bankruptcy vs Obama runs country into bankruptcy. Trump- Made billions vs Obama billion war chest for re-election. Trump - Pompous, narcissistic a*s vs Obama (well, about the same).

By taxpayer

April 22, 2011 2:04 PM | Link to this

squirrellygirl…..YOU are too good to be true…. your thoughtful comments are just what is NEEDED to get some of those Liberals to THINK….. opps did I say THINK………..&LOL…you are right on…………Bush did spend TOOOOO MUCH….BUT he is a pauper next to our current President….Come now America let’s STOP SPENDING…. & stop kidding ourselves….. Obama is just not a good president……..He didn’t even have the experience….needed…. even Hillery said that…….But he did make a GOOD 20 minute speech during the campaign to become President…What a GUY…………

By Freedomlover

April 22, 2011 2:14 PM | Link to this

I wouldn’t vote for Donald Trump for president, but I have to give him credit for standing up against the liberal media, and demanding Obama show his long form birth certificate.

By Squirrellygirl

April 22, 2011 2:18 PM | Link to this

Obama voted to bail out those banks. And the banks were forced to give loans to people who couldn’t pay them back. Now we have to worry about the FED monetizing our debt to the point where if they continue our dollar will be worth 20% less. We are already feeling it at the gas pump. I think the fact that this administration is sitting on oil permits makes them very suspect as to what their true intentions are for America. I choose to believe Obama’s own words about how his energy policy would make energy prices “necessarily skyrocket”—you have to know that fits into his “green” agenda to get the cars off the road—even at the expense of our failing economy. Very suspect, indeed.

By Irishguy

April 22, 2011 2:38 PM | Link to this

Trump’s very entertaining, but I don’t think he’ll get too far if he runs in the primaries, he has too many negatives.

By Ron

April 22, 2011 4:13 PM | Link to this

First off, I’m not a Obama supporter. However, would you please explain to me how sitting on oil permits is driving up the cost of gasoline? As of yet I’ve seen no shortage of gas. How will more oil improve the value of my money? Everybody thinks if you’ve got more of something it’s automatically cheaper. That’s not true when the problem is the currency devaluation we are being subjected to by our benevolent government/corporate leaders. (on both sides of the isle with very few exceptions)

By The Old Cold Warrior

April 22, 2011 4:55 PM | Link to this

No. The true-beliver and bottom-feeder party people, with their pet media ‘hos, will gang up on him just like they did with H. Ross Perot and Pat Buchanan; because they were and are not true-believer party people. Worse, they put their country first! Like they did with the Bushmen, old Bob Dole, and Lame Brain McCain, the Republicuns will do the rejection and selection for us and our own good, far away from our ‘hoods.

By Richard

April 22, 2011 8:03 PM | Link to this

Viable? Yes. He is also a viable egomaniac, pompous a*s, and bankruptcy expert, among other things. Before he runs, I want to see documents relating to the color of the sky on HIS native planet. Rich does not equal smart.

By earl

April 22, 2011 8:05 PM | Link to this

Of coarse not, but I sure do like the way he plays the media. I am sure Trump feels the pleasure of a puppet master as he causes them to react to his every word. You go media; America needs a good village idiot in these trying times.

By 2012 News Leak

April 22, 2011 8:25 PM | Link to this

Who knows about Trump, but it will soon be leaked to the Press that Barack Obama has chosen Sylvester Stallone for his 2012 running mate, and Nancy Pelosi for Secretary of State. They will run as “Sambo, Rambo, and Bimbo.” That should cover all the black vote (23%), half the gun vote (20%), and most of the radical/crazy vote (8%). This adds up to 51% and gauranteed re-election. Good plan.

By SPOON

April 22, 2011 10:27 PM | Link to this

Surely you republicans have to be smarter than that. Havent you realized by now thay screaming about terrorist ties Bill Ayres AND NOT BORN HERE DOESNT WORK?

By jimmie

April 22, 2011 10:29 PM | Link to this

Maybe not the best candidate, but a step up over what we have now.

By The Duke of Hazard

April 22, 2011 10:30 PM | Link to this

Note the insanity, hypocrisy and feeellinngggss,regarding Donald Trump’s bankruptcy and dealings, by people who have hired and fired no one, for profit or for fun, especially those taxtaking government ones. If Trump and his other business brothers could simply raise their debt ceilings, like the feds, they would not have to worry about paying off their debts or going out of business.

By The Old Cold Warrior

April 22, 2011 10:35 PM | Link to this

Like ya know, let’s dump Trump like we Buchanan and Perot, like ya know. And get those genius Gore Whores to negotiate, without hostility or hate, more great free trade and foreign aid deals. To show we are fair and really care, we ought to sell and share our jobs that are not yet over there.

By SPOON

April 22, 2011 10:36 PM | Link to this

Dont you guys realize that if there were any inkling that Obama wasnt born in Hawaii that the greatest republican brainchild of all time[swollen head Karl Rove] would’ve cried foul? or for that matter even the Clintons?For all you Trump believers do your homework , im not talking about his personal problems but just a year ago he PRAISED Obama, but that little known fact got little press. Aint no way in hades Trump or your little cheerleader Palin will run they are making your part a laughing stock if thats all you got please run and better yet ,put them on the same ticket and if so ,the election results will be over before the eleven o’clock news JUST LIKE 2008!

By Wondering

April 22, 2011 10:52 PM | Link to this

Has Donny’s team of investigators turned up any conclusive evidence that Barack Obama was not born in Hawaii?

By Sassy

April 23, 2011 8:57 AM | Link to this

Trump has filed multiple bankruptcies and multiple wives. Seems like he has some issues with commitment. The Repubs won’t give Trump or Palin the nomination, they would embarrass the party. But, it would make for good comedy, folks would be laughing their butt off.

By @by spoon

April 26, 2011 11:14 AM | Link to this

“Havent you realized by now thay screaming about terrorist ties Bill Ayres AND NOT BORN HERE DOESNT WORK?” Um, whether or not Obama was born in the US is not settled; however, you can yahoo to find out what Bill Ayers’ past is, and Obama started his political career via Bill Ayers. So…Bill Ayers is an associate of Obama’s, no matter whether Obama acknowledges it, or not. Actually Obama tried to separate his ties with Rev Wright after he was caught on tape saying “GD America” and expressing his hatred towards white people. It didn’t work because Obama attended Rev Wright’s church for 20 years+, so it was hard for Obama to hide that fact. At any cost, I’m more concerned about what the Dictator Obama is doing right now and what he has done to our country. Whether or not he was born in US may never be known because of his access to money to buy people off.

By TrumpMightBeAPlant

April 26, 2011 1:39 PM | Link to this

Trump might be a plant. He’s diverting conversation from Obama’s social agenda to whether or not he was born in Hawaii…Americans wants someone who is bold enough to bring up important issues but also someone who will bring up the right issues. This is not the right issue. The fact that Trump contributed more to the Democratic party than he did to the Republican party should be a hint. Also a hint is how Trump spoke favorably of Obama. Most Republican abhore what Obama is doing to our country. I wouldn’t vote for Trump because I don’t trust him. I don’t think he has a Republican agenda. I also don’t think Trump cares for Christians much. I certainly don’t care for the way he talks about and treats women. No, I don’t think Trump is an asset to the Republican party, and he could steal votes away from Republicans if he runs as an Independent. I think he’s bad for our country.

By Jim Drake

April 27, 2011 7:38 PM | Link to this

Yes. He is an egotistical, narcistical, sociopathic racist. What more qualities does he really need to have to garner support from the right wing nut jobs in the good ole US of A. God bless America. Right god?