Trump 'Seriously Considering' 2012 Presidential Bid

[bemildred]

You can't make this stuff up.

He's not exactly throwing his hat in the ring yet, but real estate mogul Donald Trump told Fox News on Tuesday that he's giving his first serious consideration to running for president in 2012.

Trump, who said that America has lost global respect, said he's been asked to run as a Reform Party candidate before but if he were to give it a go, he'd be on the Republican ticket.

"I'm a Republican so if I did anything, I'd do it, I guess, as a Republican," Trump said. "I'm totally being serious because I can't stand what's happening to the country. First time I am being serious about it. I've been asked for years to do it. And I had no interest. This is the first time I am -- at least I'm considering it. That doesn't say I'm going to do it ... but I am seriously considering it."

Trump openly discussed the option after Time magazine reported that somebody had been polling New Hampshire residents on possible 2012 presidential candidates -- the survey included dozens of questions about Trump.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/10/05/trump-seriously-considering-presidential-bid/

[marmar]

1. YOU'RE FIRED before you even get started.....Sit your ass down, Donald.....

..... and please change your rug.

[wtmusic]

11. ROFL!

Don't hold back marmar. :rofl:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Oh for fuck's sake.

Trump?


:rofl: :rofl:

[piratefish08]

6. I'd laugh my ass off with you, except I remember once saying "Reagan"??

[Mz Pip]

16. Thing about Reagan

was that he did jump though the necessary hoops to become President. He went from President of the Screen Actors Guild to Governor of CA for 2 terms before he ran for President so he had enough credibility to appear qualified.

Has Trump done anything in the public sector? Firing people on TV doesn't count.

[Brickbat]

3. Some days, I'm really sick of trying to make a difference.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. I hear ya, sweetie...

:hug:

[Aramchek]

5. fine with me, He can Perot the Repuke

[EnviroBat]

7. This guy is a fucking idiot.

TRUMP PALIN 2012!!!

I'd have to leave the country for good...

[Mz Pip]

8. Gag me with a spoon.

Money alone won't do it. Just look at CA.

[SidDithers]

9. Please, please, please run...

can you imagine the primary debates with Palin, Trump, Huckabee and Mittens? Maybe throw Jindal and Newt in too?

Fucking comedy gold.

Sid

[independent_voter]

10. his TV show blew his image for anyone that wasnt snowed

having people out in the street selling slices of pizza as a way to size people up?

remember when he had a meeting with sen schumer as a prize for the winning team?

[lonestarnot]

12. Fucking A comb over.

[Warren Stupidity]

13. Is his toupee going along with this idiocy too?

I'm guessing the hairpiece will wig out.

[BlueDemKev]

14. Oh, Brother.....

....if he runs the country as well as he ran the United States Football League (USFL), we're in serious trouble.

:eyes:

[gratuitous]

15. Right up until he gets to the line about his personal holdings

Then Donald will suddenly find something else to do. God, I hate the Bored Wealthy. They cause more trouble than every gang-banger, terrorist, and poor person in the world. Combined.

[WinkyDink]

17. He's smart enough to know that name recognition is a major battle of the war.

[blue_onyx]

18. He won't run

He's just enjoys the media attention. He will continue to "seriously consider" running for the next year and a half before having a big "news" conference to announce he's not running.

[TreasonousBastard]

21. Just like the last time.

[Renew Deal]

19. I think he should run, but not as a republican

He's too liberal for them. They will eat him alive.

[Atman]

20. I hate the douchebag. But he's right.

If you listened to his rant on teevee this morning, if you could get past the self-promotional plugs, you'd have heard that he is absolutely correct. We've been GIVING AWAY this country. Not we as in "the American public." We as in Washington corporatists. We've given away the Panama Canal. We've given away Kuwait, which we spent billions to "liberate," but now they won't let us in, nor will they consider paying us back. Why? FUCKING WHY? I don't know that Donald Trump can be the guy to change all that, but at least he's able to recognize what the real issues are.

.

[4lbs]

22. He'll run up until someone asks him to explain why his last 3 or 4 business ventures failed

and became bankrupt.

"Trump Towers Declares Bankruptcy"

http://www.therealestatebloggers.com/%20/condos/trump-tower-tampa-declares-chapter-11-bankruptcy/


"Trump Casinos Declare Bankruptcy"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/17/donald-trumps-casino-comp_n_167474.html


That's two. There is at least one more.


How can he run the country when he can't even successfully run a business?

[TexasObserver]

23. If it persuades him to replace that dead animal on his head, good.

[Gman]

24. Can you just imagine what they will do to each other in the primaries?

Palin attacking Trump unmercifully, Gingrich attacking Trump unmercifully, Trump having to get ugly right back, Trump having to kowtow to the fundies, he's not conservative in the right way, ad nauseum.

[PoliticAverse]

25. I'm 'seriously considering' laughing at him. n/t

[Blue_Tires]

26. Revised headline: "Trump desperate to get back in the news again"