I’ve been railing about this on Twitter quite a bit today, but I guess I should lay it out here. I think Trump is a buffoon and he plays his biggest fans for suckers. But then again what do I know? I keep saying that no one cares what he thinks and then stuff like this happens. I find it embarrassing.
The GOP field already has a sitcom-ish feel given all of the troubles of late. What on earth are these people thinking inviting Trump to participate. Was Hulk Hogan not available?
It is as mindless as having Newt Gingrich become the Nominee.
Which will obviously give the Democrats 4 more years in the Executive, as well as sinking numerous Candidates across the Country fighting in State and Local elections.
The comedy grows...
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseJonah, you forget one simple point here. Wouldn't it be better for Trump to moderate the debate then to be a participant in the debate?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseMitt Romney can't moderate and participate simulataneously.
Jonah, what precisely are the policy differences between Trump and Romney?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIt seems like Trump can moderate a debate as well as MSNBC/Politico and the rest of the liberal media can.
I'm not saying I'm a fan of Trump, but who's not acceptable to moderate debates if MSNBC is?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWho else remembers how much enthusiasm there was in the comments here at NRO for Trump a few months back? I suspect that many of the same people who burned their fingers on Trump also burned their fingers on Bachmann, Perry, Cain, and are now shoving their hands enthusiastically into the fire for Newton. Dislike/distrust of Mittens (can't really blame 'em!) has had the unfortunate side effect of causing a non-trivial number of conservatives to entirely lose the ability to rationally assess a candidate's fitness...
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseMaybe. I suspect there's more to the mania of guys like Matt X than hatred of Romney. He's like a bunny on crack with all the pro-Gingrich posts. There's got to be something else.
Then again, maybe you've nails it and even the bunnies on crack hate Mormons.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseDude,
You think that Republicans are obligated to kiss Romney's ass.
You can brown nose the man if you want but I have some self esteem and my own thoughts.
You better get used to the man being criticized. That's part of what being president is all about. I wouldn't take it so personally. Just some friendly advice for you, brother.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseJust because I'm not coo-coo for cocoa-puffs over Gingrich does not mean I'm in the bag for Romney. What's wrong with you? Get a grip on yourself.
Newt is is a flake. He has always been a flake. The guy thinks he is the porcine version of Alexander the Great. Make him the face of the party and it is curtains for the GOP.
Pick another candidate.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI'll pick another candidate when I see one that can beat Romney in the primary.
Romney's no conservative and I don't want to make a liberal Republican the face of the party. Founding Bain Capital does not a conservative make.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThis is why it's called The Stupid Party. From The Pizza Man to Big Hair Boy...I have every confidence that the Republicans will do whatever it takes to lose to the beatable BHO.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWhat in the wide world of sports has happened to the G.O.P.? As if this field of clownish self-destructing candidates wasn't enough. As if the fall and rise and fall and rise of Newt I-am-the-nominee Gingrich isn't enough. Now we have one of the most ridiculous opportunistic blowhards on the airwaves, Trump, as a moderator?
Who is next, Victoria Jackson?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseMaybe Trump can fire one or two from the field. I still have no idea why Huntsman gets invited to participate in these debates. I think I am polling even with Huntsman right now. And, while I agree with a lot of what Santorum says, he lost to Bob Casey. And, Obama is no Bob Casey.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI personally think that Trump has one issue that he is so correct on, that I forgive him his grandiose persona:
China. He recognizes the idiocy of continuing free trade between the US and China.
You can't trade with thieves who cut corners and employ small children.
Trump recognizes this and so does Mitt Romney.
And, Trump won't let Newt Gingrich weasel his way out of the question of what he would do about China. No deferring to Huntsman this time Newt! Answer the question you fat weasel!
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIt's a joke, just another example of the dumbing down of American culture. Cordially, Bill
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThe Republican 2012 process is a complete joke. I'm embarrassed to be a Republican. Trump is an idiot and Newt is a windbag and a fraud. Why not just annoint Obama the winnder today and be done with it?
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse"The GOP field already has a sitcom-ish feel given all of the troubles of late". That's why someone stepping in at this late hour would be a breath of fresh air
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseAmen, Brother Goldberg.It makes the Republican party and conservetives look small and unserious. I have to say that this whole crop of candidates is a bust, but what are we to do? I propose Operation Chaos II, in which Republican primary voters deliberatly deny a majority of delegates to any of the current candidates. We would then have an open convention where we could argue out our differences and then draft [insert your favorite Republican non-candidate here] as our nominee and go about the business of getting Obama and his crew out of the White House. What say you?
btw: The idea of an NRO glossary is a good one. I have many questions, such as "Why the Star Trek ban?" Did someone accuse another of being a Ferengi and too many feelings got hurt?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseFirst we had bread and now we have circuses.
"Go on camera 2...cue Nero...on 1...5,4,3,2..."
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseYeah, he must have a lot of suckers out there because if Donald Trump is, as you say Jonah, a buffoon, he sure is a successful one.
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse"I think Trump is a buffoon and he plays his biggest fans for suckers."
And yet candidates still meet with him for some reason. He's kind of like the mandatory speech at Liberty University, except with lousy pizza and a plastic fork.
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