Perhaps yopu need to watch his interview..he clearly stated that China & OPEC are at fault.

I have watched his many interviews. And it still comes down to the fact that China and OPEC are doing what they can get away with and the current leadership is doing nothing about it. So in a way, I guess, they can be blamed, but the biggest blame goes to the so-called representative of the people who are a bunch of do-nothings. Meanwhile, China & OPEC run roughshod over American because, well, they *can*. Who’s going to stop them?

Bitter Libertarian:
You are absolutely correct today. Trump is blaming OPEC and China. This will get votes. Telling people to look in the mirror for the blame will get you nowhere. Trump / Palin ?? How about Mickey Mouse/ Inanimate object (rock or stick)!! Ron Paul is the only real candidate among those mentioned so far. But all these people would not like the bitter medicine needed to recover this country. My prediction; Trump or some other goofball will win the Republican nomination and then Obama will win and we will go down the tubes even more.

Actually, companies moved to China for several reasons. One was Clinton gave China “favored nation status” during his presidency. Then there’s the problem of regulations that have gone from reasonable and necessary to truly stupid. And there’s minimum wage which has resulted in record numbers of unemployed teens and companies picking up where they don’t have to spend all of their capital just to get past these mazes and can get down to actually doing business. This is a global economy, and we have to compete in it.

As I said, if you willing to work for nothing. Labor laws and environmental laws are huge drivers. However, they help create the middle class. Gave us safer working conditions. They gave us clean air and water. No more burning rivers. It is a global economy, I do not want the US being turned into a third world country.

With all our companies moving to other countries due to the excessive regulations, our third world status is coming.

I’m not saying that all regulations are bad. But we have far too many that require far too much duplicated effort, which costs a lot of time and money to ANY business. Too many can’t afford them.

It is true that labor is cheaper in other countries. It is cheaper primarily because the labor there isn’t trained and have few skills. If you are working with computers and other electronics, cheap labor is a waste of time.

Yea ! maybe we need to move too! ~ Find us a little grass hut somewhere, plant a little garden and raise chickens.

i didn’t say he’d be worse than o. i don’t want to vote for somebody because they’d be better than what we have. i want to vote for somebody because i believe he/she has our country’s best interests at heart. that would not be trump.

barbm – re your “i want to vote for somebody because i believe he/she has our country’s best interests at heart”

Wouldn’t that be a pleasant change of pace -

Yes it would. That’s why all the encumbents have to go, except for the Doctors Paul.

hello, did you not catch the part about cain thinking we don’t need to audit the fed? if you just want a black man with no political background, how about west? he’s as qualified and black as cain. both are black and neither is qualified. i just can’t get beyond the fact that he was chairman of the k.c. fed and thinks there should be no audit. and west is a military man who just might think war is great. we need to be very careful whom we choose to back and need to find somebody that the majority will vote for. so far, ron paul is the only one we all seem to agree on, but manyu of us also agree that the msm will NOT let him win. and you can bet your cowboy boots the media is in charge for waaaay too many people.

No, all of us don’t agree that Ron Paul is the best candidate. I like the fact that unlike Cain, he wants to audit the Fed, but otherwise… The fact of the matter is that no one candidate is going to be perfect. Right now I’m leaning towards Trump because he has the cajones to take on the hard topics and ask the hard questions. Whether it’s on energy, trade, American sovereignty, the border, and yes, the off-limits questions about the birth certificate, his “in your face” attitude is refreshing. And it’s good to see that there’s someone who really wants to make sure that America and Americans prosper.

nobody said he smokes pot. he says that america’s war on drugs has lead to a lot of folks being in jail, families destroyed, and ease of children buying it. we are not one step closer to stopping the use of pot than we were on day one. and we’ve spent a fortune. our govt is so backwards on this issue that we aren’t allowed to even grow it for hemp to make clothing, ropes, etc. that last nearly forever. it’s a cash crop whether smoked or used otherwise. he compares it to prohibition back when that brought us la cosa nostra. don’t go around accusing people of doing something illegal without having anything to back it up.

ron paul thinks all drugs, not just pot, should be legalized. does that mean he uses them? i think not.

barbm, I am so with you on this one! I do not advocate the use of drugs, nor do I use them, but our govts. “war on drugs” is a dismal failure and has done more harm than it has done any good. And you have to seriously question the illegality of some drugs like marijuana when alcohol and tobacco are legal, not to mention the side effects that a lot of the psychotropic drugs have as well as how they are grossly abused – yet, they are legal!

OMG, Thamera! We agree on something!

Bear,

I have never watched his tv show, and I’m listening to him as a successful businessman who knows his stuff. So I have no preconceived notions about him. I like his attitude, what he has to say, and the fact that he asks the hard questions that the MSM, Dems, and RINOS would prefer that no one would ask.

libertytrain,
Thanks for the common sense!!

VERY good point! He’s used to getting his way period! That leaves vey little wiggle room. Many are calling him the new US Hitler.

karolyn,
Surely you are still talking about Obama.

Gee, I wonder who would be saying and repeating this?…”Many are calling him the new US Hitler”.

Just talk I’ve heard ’round about.

Yeah, and if I listened to hearsay and the socialist controlled media I’d think Obama was all about America, the Constitution, freedom and liberty but I’m open minded and do my research so I know better.

Kind of a nasty comment Karolyn from someone who claims to see the bright side of everything(not).

Bruce – Give me a break! I can’t even post hearsay without being chastised? Are you just trying to find things to say about my posts?

Hearsay is a very nasty Liberal strategy. One that they use often. Don’t try to pretend you do not know what you are doing. You have used it before and try to cover it up with a lot of fluff.

Bruce – Why does everything have to be a plot?

TOCB there is no place in this discussion for the crap your slinging. Autocrat my butt, it’s all about you protecting the greatest criminal felon in American history, Barry Soetero, the impostor in chief. Your obviously a democrat apologist who has a man crush on that slime ball defiling our White House. Patriots aren’t interested in your drivel, we’ll deal with you at the appropriate time!

For your information, your boy tele-prompter Barry couldn’t carry Donald’s water. A five year old is more qualified than the ineligible serial prevaricator pushing America into a death spiral along with his enablers.

Violating one’s oath of office is treason, a hanging offense. Doing so while soiling the White House makes hanging seem way to light a punishment.

and boy we sure are still paying for what that washed up actor did to this country!

It heard on the radio this morning that at this point in RR’s presidency his approval rating was 36%, and Obama’s is at 46%.

k, try Obama at 41%, which matches his lowest.

At this time in RR’s presidency, the economy was starting to recover from the mess that Jimmy Carter (Obama I) had done to it. It didn’t happen overnight, and the MSM was brutal to Reagan. When things really started to turn around, they stopped covering the economy. It was the second time my eyes were opened about the ethics/standards of the mainstream media and the hard job that the president had to do(the first was Jimmy Carter, and the last time I voted for a Dem for president). James Carville (Dem pundit from Lousiana) stated that 80% of Democrats don’t have enough sense to know when something is bad for them. When I see people fanatically defending Obama in spite of the downturn of this country under his watch and almost seemingly by design, I figure that he’s probably correct.

Trump and Palin??? They are almost diametrically opposed!!!

Lyudmila,
Your insights are good. The two party system is filled with disguised anti-Americans who keep us in turmoil while pretending to be “what we need.” What I don’t want to see is us allowing the progressive liberals aided in their attempts to discredit Donald Trump like they have with Sara Palin. I feel like Trump is a much better street fighter than Palin will ever be and she can certainly learn from him. I don’t think a ticket with her running in the back would work though. She has already been there and most likely would put in her own bid for the number one slot. At this point, she would have too much work to do to rebuild her credibility starting with why she and McCain did not call Obama out on the elligibility issue during the 08′ debates. They knew back then that he was not properly vetted. If you really care about our Constitution and know what it says about being an American citizen born in this country, you should have pushed that issue from the get go. She and McCain did not. As much as I like Sara Palin, I have serious issues with what she and McCain did not do.

The difference between God and Obama? God doesn’t think He is Obama.

Good one, O.p.

Way to go Oldpoop. I love it.

wanda.. You are right about the media… Donald Trump can stand up to them. Have you ever watched him do an interview? If the time comes where he actually is in a debate with Barry, he will wipe the floor with him!

I’d enjoy seeing such an event. The Donald has only two things to his advantage, blind ignorance to what he doesn’t actually know and the ability to lay down a steady stream of bull $hit that can be seen as appealing to people that are equally in the dark.

Bob,
I’d like to see that floor cleaning as well. You might like to know something though. The Donald is not uneducated and he is not lacking in the intellectual field. He is very much up on world events and he does not have to lay out a line of BS. He understands credibility and how it works and you might want to be aware of that fact as what you just bloged might come back to bite you in the ass. We are very much in the light.

Donald has a lot more than that in his favor. And he knows a lot more than what he’s letting on. Do you know what he knows? Probably not. But with his ongoing success, his education and business savvy, and his ability to speak extemporaneously, he will clean BHO’s clock on the debate dais. Watching him control (instead of being controlled by) the interviews tells me a lot about his character and his impatience with stupidity.

There is knowing and then these is knowing. ~ In this case any president has a full staff to keep him informed plus a national security briefing every morning. ~ If You think the Donald can somehow manage to get ahead of that and win your trust ~ so be it ~ you had him a winner before they might start.

I’m not attempting to discredit Trump, ~ but I feel you have him greatly overvalued on a political topic debate. ~ Leveraged buy out and sell off, robbing peoples retirement pension, throwing Granny in the street, hostile take overs? bankruptcy, gaming industry my money would be on Trump.

I appreciate leadership with a set of brass balls as much as anyone might, but you need to consider what harm such leadership could create in a very short time. The Donald is not the only man in the world with a set of brass balls. The world is full of such men, many of which are serving time in Crowbar Institutions advancing their criminal education.

Ditto on the debate from here. No matter what, I’d clear my schedule to see that! Trump would absolutely clean his clock. Sans teleprompter.

If Allen West were the VP pick, he would clean bite me Biden’s clock also.

I voted for Romney over McCain in the last election but Romney is also a flip flopper and not a true Conservative. Even though Gingrich is given credit for the Contract with America in the 90s there are many who were in Congress then that said Gingrich betrayed the conservative movement with his compulsion to compromise. Trump does not have any more baggage than either one of those two.

I would purchase tickets to see it.

I agree, but he’s not really as “nice” as you seem to believe. He only comes across as nice to those that don’t really know him. He’s a snake in the grass, of garden variety.

bob,
You must be talking about Obama.

bob, I thought you were leaving this site, disgusted with all of the ignorants that frequent it? You’ve decided to join those you are disgusted with? If you knew just half of what you pontificate you just might be taken a little more seriously…I can only suggest that you bring yourself “up to date” with the real world or do as you so falsely said you would do…LEAVE! Just my opinion of course.

No that as Bob, not bob wire. Wire won’t go away.

I was just on my way out the door ! bad habits are hard to break ~

BYE! ~ going fishing !

wandamurline,
You have good points here. Take one more thing into consideration. Which one or ones or those you name have ventured into no man’s land as Trump has in calling Obama on his elligibility, or the Chinese for their confiscation of the world economy, or our military for working all over the world for free? Trump is not a politician. He is a businessman who sees a problem and then, as a businessman, asks the question, “why is this being allowed to exist?” He looks at problems that hamper success and works to eliminate them. That is what a businessman does. A politician, on the other hand, trys to cover them up and hope that no one else sees them and blames him for them. We need a leader who, unlike Huckabee, can be intimidating and can stand in the world arena and win. Nice politicians can not do that. It’s time to take of the “gloves of diplomacy” and start fighting to regain our greatness and “political correctness” has no place in this arena. Trump understands this. Listen to some of his interviews like the one where the interviewer tries to tell him that Obama’s certificate of live birth proves he was born in Hawaii and see how Trump stops him and corrects him. Trump does not allow some news person to run over him.

I agree wandamurline. There is no way Huckabee can beat Obama. Maybe Romney could, I am not sure. Certainly Gingrich would make Obama look foolish in the debates but he needs to want it. He has too much back off and people sense his hesitancy. He does not generate any interest.

karolyn,
Have you ever been in the military? We have boots on the ground all over this planet and we are getting nothing in return. Trump has pointed out that we should be getting something back from South Korea where our troops are helping keep the Communist North out of the South. Our troops do more in one day than anyone can imagine and with nothing coming back to America. To a businessman, that is unacceptable. To a politician, that is business as usual. Like Trump said, to the victor belongs the spoils. We should have the oil or something for our efforts or do you like sending billions to Brazil for oil exploration that will only benefit China as Obama has done? None of the world has respect for us like it use to. We need to get that back along with our freedoms and Trump has a clear shot at making that happen. None of the other potential candidates are sticking their necks out to wake America up to the real problems like Trump is. To me, the rest of them are more like turtles.

Our role in history is not to “take” resources from other countries. However, I do think once we help a country with a natural disaster or keeping the commies at bay, we should demand and get more respect from them. Continuing to dole out resources, “Treasure”, and money to “buy” their friendship has caused the expected ungrateful behavior you get from children when you spoil them. We need to stop spoiling other countries and just help them to help themselves as any Christian nation would do. And, that is what this country is, “Christian”. Not completely in individual make-up, but in DEED. Much as Obama states he wishes it weren’t so.

Dagney,
Good assesment. I do feel, however, that the countries that we occupy for the purpose of aiding their freedoms, should be paying us for doing so. The cost of maintaining troops in any foreign country is enormous and you and I are footing the bill. Getting them to start paying us for our presence is only appropriate and would help us reduce our debt. Why should I pay for my neighbors security system?

Once we started pumping money into Iraq to rebuild and stabilize their country we should have demanded it be paid back with their oil fields as collateral. Trump is also wise to demand repayment for military protection from South Korea. Something has to give and the GOP has put forth no one who can make anything happen.

Lyudmila,
Bulls eye! The left wants to deminish the people who question Obama’s elligibility by labeling them “Birthers.” That’s what the left always does. They come up with a name that has a negative connotation. Why don’t we start calling them “Denyers?” This nation has a Declaration of Independence, a Constitution and a Bill of Rights. These document confirm our God given rights and outline a set of rules by which we run our country and our Government. Liberal progressives don’t like to play by the rules and they don’t like accountability. That’s why they attack those of us who point out those rules and how they are disregarding them. On this subject, there is no middle ground. Thanks for being and seeing as you do.

Agreed bullseye! Trump doesn’t represent the status quo and both the left and right fear him because of that. They do not even want him in the race stating his positions. They fear him even talking so try to diminish him as they did Sarah Palin. No, he is not like ever body else and is not the ho hum candidates we have become accustom to. He is not even be a strict conservative but most likely would be able to accomplish more than the normal run of the mill wimpy candidate who fears to make a mistake in the pressed. He certainly has more to say than the birth issue for those willing to listen. I fear more maintaining the status quo that we will get from the top GOP candidates.

I grew up in the former Soviet Union and many years ago came to be a proud American and hope to work freely for the better future of myself and my children, and now grandchildren.
What democrats are doing (with willing help of RINO politicians) in America – they leading us, this great nation, to the brink of collapse, and they use all strategy and tactics of past “bolsheviks” headed by Lenin-Stalin: 1) take over mass-media to control communication and “message”; 2) take over banks – to control money and economy; 3) give false promises – similar to “bolsheviks” motto back in 1917 – “land to farmers” (and it was taken away in 5 short years), “mills to workers (unions are representatives of the real workers – sounds familier?) and “peace to people and nations” (do you see how prasident Obama – Nobel Peace Prise winner acting – in addition to two wars he engaged without concent of the Congress in yet another war in Libia wher he spent already unauthorized Billions..for what? helping whom? rebels whom they even dod not know till now? who are most likely turned to be like Taliban fighters or even worse, muslim radicals who gain foothold there to proclaim destruction of Israel and the USA?)
Therefore, I know by my life experience that NOTHING good will come for America if we will not elect REAL people patriots to Congress and a patriot to the White House… Is not that enough that our President blame America while oversees and block our own energy resources (oil, natural gas and coal) development – thus intentionally putting us in disadvange vs. our enemies and rivals?
Just think about it – and common sense would say that among potential candidates there are basicly few telling naked Truth – Sarah Palin and Michel Backman – couragius women – and Donal Trump – leader and businessman and NOT a “good speeking politician” (that’s for sure).
That is probably the reason why conventional mass media is trying to dismiss them and deminish etc.
Americans will see it through…Go Donal Trump!

Lyudmila, I love you already. Thank you for your good words, your praises for freedom and for being in this country.

As long as his records are sealed, Obama is not legitimate. No matter how many certificates, explanations, MSNBC trips to Hawaii, or other type of so-called “explanations” are done about Obama’s birthplace, nothing is “settled,” as they would have you believe. AS LONG AS THERE IS NO BIRTH CERTIFICATE, THERE IS STILL A QUESTION OF HIS ELIGIBILITY. And he could settle it *just like that.*

The problem that both sides are having with Trump is that he has established credibility with both sides. The H’wood elite has been fawning over him for years. The View sat there and argued with him, but walked off when Bill O’Reilly said that Muslims brought down the WTC.

People know and like Trump, and many more appreciate his words and his attitude even if they don’t care for the man. Either way, Trump has landed center stage, and has turned what could have been a boring campaign season into something with substance.

And, frankly, I don’t think Palin has any place in this campaign. Too many negatives, quitting the governorship, etc. I love what she stands for and at any other time would have made a great running mate, but I don’t think that she would add anything positive to the perception of seriousness to the ticket. She makes a *great* cheerleader for the need to change course, though.

Bear,
Read my post above!!

Joe H.
OK, I read it. What’s the point? Trump did change his view on abortion and he did in fact tell us why. That my friend is transparency. How he feels about Obama? He told us why. That again is transparency. No one ever said that this billionaire has made every decision without flaw. Neither have you and I. He was bankrupt at one point but look where he is now. I don’t have my own TV show, do you? He has two divorces, notice I did not say “failed marriages.” Just because we choose to separate from someone who we have been married does not mean failure. Staying with someone who we do not love and are not compatible IS a failure and the committing of a dishonesty with one’s self. For what reason do you choose to judge Donald Trump as you do? He has demonstrated that he is human, that he has made bad decisions and he probably will in the future. Can you say anything different about yourself? We look at someone like our President as someone who should be way above what we call normal standards and we tend to forget that they are human like the rest of us. The big difference that I see is that our leader should listen to the people and should be, at least, open and honest about who he is and where he stands with his core values. Values can and do change and a man who takes the time to explain to you and me why his views have changed is telling you and me that our feelings about who he is, is of value to him. That in itself is a huge value and one that Trump has brought to the table. You should not fail to see that.

Bear for President! Seriously, you’re correct on every point. Obama clearly lied about transparency, at this point, Trump has been nothing but transparent – at least by comparison.

One of the problems we have in this country is that many are looking for a god to be president and none have ever run. Some think they are the next best thing, but that is a common mental disease, and not just in politicians. If we are looking for a perfect politician we are looking for what never was and never will be. I’m told that only one perfect person ever lived and we all know what the politicians did to him, they crucified him! Thrump may not be the best candidate but I haven’t heard much that I didn’t like. I’d like to see what Obama is hiding on his birth certificate too, but I’m not going to make a big deal out of it. Neither would Trump but the lemming-like media can talk of nothing else. To bad we can’t vote to get rid of them and get some real journalists.

Bear,
He has been bankrupt THREE times. If he goes bankrupt as a businessman, he affects a few people. If he goes bankrupt as President, he affects the whole nation! I still say you guys are ignoring the fact that he voted for Nobummer when even WE could see before he was not the man for the job!! HE VOTED FOR NOBUMMER!!! So he had to agree with at least some of what nobummer SAID!!!

Bear, the “transparency” of these little flip-flops is NOT the issue. It’s their TIMING: Just in time to run as a “conservative” in the next presidential race!

Furthermore, I would NEVER support someone who SAYS he’s conservative, but yet has contributed significantly to numerous liberal Democrats running for office (even quite recently)!

Bear there is no doubt Donald Trump loves this country. Obama has gone out of his way to prove to the world he does not.

Brude D.
Good point…..and made with clarity.

Trump has said over and over again, “I love this country and I hate what’s happening to it.” Has Obama **even once** said “I love this country”?

I should have known that one of the only times I agree with Ben Crystal, most posters here would disagree with him!

Yes, you should have and so should Ben Crystal.

Sorry karolyn,
I’ve read several of your posts and feel you keep up withthngs pretty well and definitely have a good mind about things but I know too much on a personal level about the Trumps to allow Crystal to say what he said. That’s why I made the statement about his personal agendas. I feel he needs to be put on the defensive and let him know that we don’t swallow everything he says just because of who he is. Keep the open mind and check out more on Donald.

“but I know too much on a personal level about the Trumps to allow Crystal to say what he said.” if you keep company with the likes of trump and know him well enough to call him donald, you aren’t from the same side of the tracks as i and many others on here are. i guess money will always tell. hard to take you seriously now.

not everybody disagrees with you. i’m with you, so you go girl!!

Thanks, Barb. It gets a bit tiresome dodging all the sticks and stones thrown at me just for saying what I believe. And for anyone who would say “Why do you come here?” It’s because it’s a habit; and believe it or not, I have learned a great deal here. One thing I’ve learned is that there are a lot more hateful, rude, nasty people than I imagined.

Karolyn, I’m with you on this Trump thing as well.

ever hear of general custer? he didn’t care much for indians. in texas, gentlemen don’t speak to ladies like you just did. shame on you.

Barb – genteel he is not; uncouth and foul, seems to be.

Richard… He isn’t only talking about China and the birth certificate, he has much to say about all of things that the politicians don’t or won’t. I for one don’t trust any of the politicians. Maybe trusting a businessman is risky, but no more risky than what we currently are experiencing.
Ben… You are going to have to come up with some hard core facts to prove he would not be a good candidate. Yes, he has contributed to both parties. Yes, we know he has declared bankruptcy in the past. Why would these issues cloud a presidential run? You cannot find the perfect candidate. I am anxious to hear your pick. Hopefully it will be someone with a backbone!

Robin,
My problem with Trump is that he flip flops too much! He was pro-choice now he’s pro-life, he voted for Nobummer and now he’s scum? come on, we could see that nobummer was worthless but a very astute businessman/billionare couldn’t??? I was against nobummer from the start as he didn’t have enough experience, he preached redistribute the wealth, and he was going to catagorically change the US. Trump couldn’t see this??? Or was he really FOR what nobummer was promising????

Joe H… I lived a good portion of my life as a pro-choice person. I am now dead set against abortion. It doesn’t make much difference to anybody what my opinion is, but if Trump has also seen the error of his ways, I don’t think that is a bad thing. Besides, he is a businessman, not a politician. Just cause he changes his mind now is not really flip-flopping. Career politicians who change their minds is another thing altogether. Donald Trump had an opinion before. Now what he says is platform material and he knows it. He also knows that America has come out of the coma it’s been in for years and that if he is nominated and elected that he will be held to a higher standard. If you want the same ole crap to keep going on in Washington, then don’t vote for anyone but a politician. Change was needed, but not the kind we are getting! Someone else with a backbone is going to have to step up and so far Trump seems to be the one.

Exactly! As Ben stated, The Donald has a checkered past. He supported many liberal/Democratic causes and candidates with his money. What does he really believe in today and is this a genuine, permanent change of his fundamental viewpoints? Mostly, it appears that he is seeking to determine for himself whether or not he is a viable candidate for president while increasing publicity for himself which might be for other personal business goals. Only time can confirm that Trump has sincerely changed his views on some matters that are now political issues.

The key thing about politicians is they flip/flop many more times than once. Since politicians lie, any apparent flip/flop is just more evidence of their lies.

Regular people will change their opinions when they are offered and accept good reasons to change.

What does Trump stand for? I’ve never seen him on interviews in the past (before the presidential posturing) giving anything but milktoast sycophantic answers to political questions. Okay, so he’s challenging Obama’s managerial capabilities. What’s that mean? Nothing is what.
He attacks Obama’s birth, and the masses (hungry for anybody that isn’t Obama) swoon. Ridiculous. Remember people that Big Government and their Crony Capitalists are what got us into this mess in the first place.
We need somebody in that office who promotes Free Markets. Give the power back to the consumers. We were doing just fine before Big Government convinced us that we need their protection in every aspect of our lives.
Here’s what Peter Grier of the Chrisian Science Moniter thinks:
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/The-Vote/2011/0414/Donald-Trump-s-three-point-plan-to-solve-the-national-debt

But Robin, isn’t the timing of his flip flops a bit coincidental?

Donald Trump on Hannity two years ago:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gj88Q-_wDM

Pay attention. This guy doesn’t want to decrease Government’s size. He just wants to redirect it.
“You shouldn’t help General Motors other than get financing”. Get financing? Why should Government be involved at all?
“It can’t get better until you destroy OPEC”. Oh yeah, and how do you do that with smaller Government?
He wants to make sure the charitable deduction stays. You mean people won’t give to charity without Government’s shove? I would rather have people give to charity because they have big hearts, not because they will get a tax deduction.
The best thing would be to get rid of the byzantine Income Tax system. Would Donald do that? Doubtful. That’s one of the biggest Government tools to aid their Crony Capitalists.

Now he’s talking Protectionism? That was one of the main contributors to the Great Depression. The Misean economists know that:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAnGBwjwpHI&feature=related

“We are rebuilding China”? NO! China is rebuilding China by loosening up on their economic controls. We are trying our ignorant best to follow in the old China’s footsteps with Big Stifling Government, and it doesn’t look to me that Trump is planning to change that.

Please read this treatise on the causes of the Great Depression. Learn. Let’s not repeat history with the likes of Big Government lovers like Donald Trump:
http://mises.org/rothbard/agd.pdf

We need to get Government out of the Marketplace, not involve it even more like Trump wants.

Robin,
you didn’t address the last part of my post. WE could see from the start that nobummer was not the person for the job, but a billionair, astute, savy businessman couldn’t and VOTED FOR NOBUMMER???? no wonder he went bankrupt three times!!

I agree Robin. Trump needs to be in this race for sure. He may or may not win but his voice needs to be heard. There is no reason to try to silence Donald Trump. If some one doesn’t like him they do not have to vote for him. He is not as conservative as most of us would like and in business he has played both sides. Who of us cannot cannot find some joy in the way Trump handles the press. If Carl Rove doesn’t like Trump that alone is a good reason to vote for him. Lets face it we have a weak group to choose from. There are some good Republicans out there that would make a good president but they are not running this time around. If Republicans cannot do a better job in negotiating a deal when raising the debt level it will be difficult taking them seriously also.

Karl Rove is a joke and needs to go someplace and shut up. His shenanigans helped to give us Obama.

i’ll make it easy for you folks. this is the home page http://www.garyjohnson2012.com/ and this is the issue page http://www.garyjohnson2012.com/issues

Considering the scam Obama is pulling on us , how could Donald Trump do any worse? At this point in Obamas presidency I think that baby chimp with his face pasted on it could do a better job…

jmortensen,
Trump (or even my youngest son) would be better than obamer. I’m glad Trump is bringing up the “cons” about obamer’s lack of leadership on the economy (I know BO is collapsing USA on purpose) and his lack of proof of citizenship, BUT frankly, I think Trump is a “foil character in this presidential puppet show”, a set up by TPTB (NWO folks) and probably their pick for the Republican party. I can hear the Left Loonies shouting now, “… NO RICH man for our president… tax the rich, he is our enemy.”

There are better choices from the “Conservative” side such as Paul Ryan, Michelle Bachman, … and others that I feel are TRUE STATESMEN/WOMEN who have the Constitution, Rule of Law, small government, balanced budget, and American Free Markets as their best interest for being the Leader of the (use to be) Free World.

People do not realize that men in Trump’s financial position donate money to both sides, because you never know when you might need their support. This scenario is no different from the negotiating that goes on in Congress. You could pick a name at random from the phone book of any major city, and probably do no worse than Obama.

The birth fraud that ole barry has pulled on us, is PIVOTAL and the rest of the GOP needs to Wake up!!! Thank goodness Trump has the guts to press it Hard! Some of these other GOP nitwits better look at the CONSTITUTION and read it again, instead of like the LIB DEM SOCIALIST SCUM, ignore it!! Ole barry is NOT fit for office of ANY kind, not the least of which, is according to the CONSTITUTION!! IMPEACH NOW!!! WAKE UP GOP!!!

robin, i dont think the birth certificate is the only thing trump is looking into obama has broken many laws and i think trump is using the birth certificate as a smoke screen for his other investigations

richard… We can only hope!

I believe you swear an oath to tell the truth when you fill out your census form, and Obama violated this when he classified himself as “BLACK”, when he should have chosen the truthful option of “MIXED RACE” for himself and his children.

jim, How do you wake up the Gone Out Pissing (GOP) spending drunks?

WIA,

Take away their “credit cards” ( that would be our TAX money paid to teh evil IRS) so they can NOT buy booze and stay in a drunken stupor.

To ALL in Congress: Immediate Reduction in pay, only show up to WA, DC for six months out of the year, then go home and work at your occupation and be a TAX PAYING, healthcare-paying, social security paying, medicaid-paying, citizen following the LAWS they pass like the rest of us.

By the way many in the GOP may be out to lunch, but what is the excuse for the socialist wackjobs in the DNC (Dumb Nucklehead Communists)…hhmmm???

Agree – he is very smart and NOT self-serving as democrats want us to believe…unlike current president who is surely self-centered and has no respect for America as the Sovereign nation under God!
Go Trump – and do more than “bither” thing – you can help American people to gain self-respect and re-establish our nation standing on the world scale..
God bless America.
Vote for Donald Trump!

I can tell you if the people in this country do no wake up and if they re-elect this Socialist, then they deserve what they get. You think your taxes are high now; it will only the beginning and your freedoms will disappear and you will be living under Socialism, not Capitalism.

Mr. Crystal doesn’t seem to realize that 45 per cent of the population are now saying there aren’t certain the President was born in the U.S. wheras 33 per cent think he was. The fact is Trump is probably the only person with the money to beat Obama because the unions and George Soros, the Socialist will be pouring money into the Obama campaign funds.

In spite of the overwhelming amount of information that he wasn’t born in the U.S.. His grandmother and his own wife said he was born in Kenya; there is no record, I repeat no record of his birth in Hawaii and the Certificate of Live Birth is a fake because it lists the father as African when Negro was the term used internationally at that time, Secondly, you don’t have to be born in the U.S. to get a certificate of live birth. I believe the President cannot produce a birth certificate and if all of a sudden one appears, it needs to be checked for authenticity or will they do the same as before and not properly vett him. There are questions about his passport, his social security number and a number of other things. A well known Libertarian who went to school with Obama said he was follower of Marxism. I believe Donald Trump will try to obtain information about his days in Indonesia and his mothers citizenship and look into the records available from Kenya. If it is found that the mother denounced her U.S. Citizenship while she was in Indonesia, what was her status when she returned to Hawaii? This may be what he is trying to hide.

The truth is, we know nothing about our current President and he has made sure you don’t find out anything because he has spent some 2 million dollars to prevent anything about his past from being revealed. The question should be why is he doing this unless he has something to hide.

Robin from Arcadia, IN,
Good words, my friend. At least we know who Trump is and where he’s from. If Ben Crystal wants someone to go tell Trump his latest 15 minutes are up, maybe HE should do it himself. Anyone with any smarts at all knows that billionairs donate to specific politicians and those are the ones who they feel will work with them in their endevors. To hell with their political affiliation. Sure Trump had a financial crash, but look where he is now. Ben, show me another presidential hopeful who has anywhere near this kind of record. Sounds to me like Crystal has his own agenda and trying to knock the stilts out from under a successful man is part of it. Trump is raising questions and he is telling us where he stands and he is even telling us why. Who else is doing that? All the rest of them are walking on eggs trying not to get anyone upset. I for one am sick and tired of the politician’s balancing acts. I, for one, am ready for a man who will say, “YOU’RE FIRED!”

Yes, Bear – you right on target.
I agree with your good analysis and if Trump will run – sure we will hear more from Donald Trump himself – not such pundits like Ben Crystal (collaborator who pushes such RINO politicians whom we are betrayed time and time again under the banner of “compromise” with socialistic democratic party – where they are responsible “blue-dogs”…) and even so “wise” Charles Krauthammer…pushing for sure failure with such as Romney or Huckabee…
Best ticket might be Trump & Palin!
Let’s help them win our country back! Economy and moral grounds – that should be restored first. Honesty in views are very appreciated – and Trump is going to be very candid – and he already said it publicly that he will not hide anything unlike current occupire of the White House.

“Best ticket might be Trump & Palin!” How bout Trump and West?

Trump/Palin:
“You’re Fired”/”I Quit”

Trump with either Palin or West would certainly be interesting. The country could be in such a mess in 18 months that no matter who runs they are not going to be able to quick fix what the 110th Congress (2006-2010) and now the 111th has spent. We can’t turn back the inflation that the squandering of money is going to cause. The dam has already been breeched and we live down stream. Only those who want the flood of inflation are denying it is coming. The rest are preparing or in shock. Still the right people in office could help the American public adjust to the lower standard of living for all that all this spending is going to cost. Of course the president always gets blamed for everything but it is congress who passes the budgets and controls the money and often gets off scot free. Remember just 18 months till the election and hopefully we can retire a few more dozen of them.

Palin has become a media diva for the big bucks. She talks the talk, but leave her off the ticket. There are many better.

Bud Tugly says:
“Palin has become a media diva for the big bucks. She talks the talk, but leave her off the ticket. There are many better.”

If there are many better I am sure you will have no trouble providing names and why you think they are better. Start with just 3 examples.

Lyudmila, Charlie “Crapslammer” is a loser, think Romney The Morman Moron and Bible Thumping Huckster these shady Progressives.

There’s a conservative dog catcher in our town, she would do nicely.

Thanks Bear. I know on this blog that you are either for someone, or against them. I would love to be able to go to the polls in our next election and feel good about who I am voting for, instead of voting for the lesser of two evils!

Thanks back to you Robin,
Yes, perhaps Donald Trump and I are much alike. I have less patience with a liar than I do a thief and the middle ground of compromise is nothing more than wasteland. Wars should be fought to win and the news media should stay at home. Political correctness is the foundation of decay and transparency means you can see what I am doing and understand why I am doing it. I feel that Donald Trump will bring these values to fruition. The best of us will never be perfect in the eyes of all but the endeavors of one who tries to bring greatness will be seen in the eyes of all. I do believe Trump can do this.

Robin from Arcadia, IN says:
“I would love to be able to go to the polls in our next election and feel good about who I am voting for, instead of voting for the lesser of two evils!”

Vote Libertarian (www.lp.org) When enough of us stop believing in the false claim that failing to vote for (lesser)evil will just let evil win, then evil will loose.

For many many years we voted for the lessor of 2 evils. What do we have to show for it? Just more evil. Vote Libertarian. Its the only way to be sure.

I’m afraid, Vicky, that most of the citizens have been so thoroughly brainwashed by the public schools that they have no idea what Freedom is anymore. They are convinced that it isn’t Big Government that is the problem, rather it is which major party is running the show. It’s going to be a very uphill battle.

Bear,
If Trump is the best that the GOP have to offer, and he may be, then President Obama’s re election will be a cake walk

Peter,
Take some time to look into this man who you perceive as less than adequate for the job. A lot of people said the same thing about Ronald Reagan. I haven’t seen one single potential candidate on either side of the fence come out as candidly as Trump has. You don’t fight the tigers from behind the fence, pal.

peter…. Overconfidence is not always the best way to view things.

Some 200,000 a year move out of the county each year now. If Obama is re-elected that number will skyrocket. Neither the dollar nor the economy will survive another six years of spending like the last four and a half (since the Democrats took over congress in 2006 and began the spending spree that even George Bush gets blamed for). IT IS CONGRESS WHO CONTROLS THE BUDGET. If Obama is replaced but Congress remains the same things will just freeze as they are next year, with gas over $4 a gallon for good and maybe $5 on it’s way to the $10 or $12 that is desired by George Soros and the liberals who want to refashion the USA into a socialist republic in what the first President Bush called the New World Order. I don’t know who would be the best president but I know you can’t spend money you don’t have if you don’t produce anything and have to import everything from foreigners. No wonder they don’t want to loan us the money any more and why they want a new world currency that is stable or is at least controlled by people who are stable. To bad our congress didn’t have the courage to be like Iceland who just repudiated the debt the banks ran up and who, unlike us, refused to borrow billions to pay off foreigners. So far Iceland is doing fine with a bad international credit rating and no big debt to foreigners, and employment has even gone up a bit. We, one the other hand, Democrats and Republicans alike, rushed to give hundreds of billions to all who lost money in the speculative schemes of those in high finance back in 2008, so they have their money intact, but the nation is poorer and inflation, although it takes a long time to work it’s way through the system, will eventually affect us all. I recently heard someone say that if Obama gets re-elected then the nation will deserve what happens but I think the inflation that will be caused by all the spending has already been set in motion. I would believe the administration cared about this if they actually were willing to reduce all this waste, or that EPA cares about how much gas and oil we use if we could buy cars like the five passenger, 107 mph, VW Polo that gets a real world 71 mpg of diesel fuel but they only want electric cars run my windmills. Almost makes me glad I don’t have any children who have to grow up in what this country is becoming. Vote wisely in 18 months or you will not like the results no matter who gets blamed for it. May God help us because the government certainly isn’t going to be able to do so!

Right, and a man who has the guts to say it without fear of being called a racist, bigot, insensitive, or any of those other descriptions of a man who is not a petuous child.

please tell me that you have more sense than to vote for that clown. gary johnson will be formally announcing his candidacy from the steps of the new hampshire capitol today. PLEASE check him out. i was a passionate ron paul supporter if that gives you an indication of how i lean. we’re already making ourselves a laughing stock with the libs by even entertaining the idea of electing donald trump.

People laughed at Seward when he bought Alaska from Russia. Who’s laughing now?

that was then, this is now. we have computers and a lot of ways to get info they didn’t have back then. first it’s palin, now it’s trump. if a person is good at being loud, boisterous, and rude, seems y’all like them. you don’t even look at the big picture. gary johnson was only a politician for 8 years from 1995 to 2003. that’s not being entrenched in politics and making it a career. he started the our america initiative in 2009. from wikipedia, “The Our America Initiative is a 501c4 political advocacy committee formed by Gary E. Johnson, a Republican politician who served as the 29th Governor of the U.S. state of New Mexico from 1995 to 2003 [1]. The 501(c)(4) was created in December 2009, when Johnson hired stategist Ronald T. Nielson of NSON Opinion Strategy to help organize the 501c4 committee [2]. The two have worked together since 1993, when Nielson ran Johnson’s successful gubernatorial campaign.

Gary Johnson currently serves as the Honorary Chairman for the Our America Initiative. The focus of the organization is to speak out on issues regarding topics such as government efficiency, lowering taxes, winning the war on drug abuse, protecting civil liberties, revitalizing the economy and promoting entrepreneurship and privatization.

The mission statement of the Our America Initiative: OUR America Initiative seeks to broaden the parameters of the public policy debate of current topics in the national arena. We look to enlighten the population about civil liberties, free enterprise, limited government, and traditional American values. It is our aim to increase the amount of discussion and involvement regarding all-important issues.”

Barbm,
Your soap box seems a little high. True enough, that was then and this is now. So what? People still mock what they don’t know or understand. So, you support Gary Johnson and that is fine with me. But, what I don’t need is someone else to tell me what we need. What I already know that we need is someone to step up to the plate and start making people accountable and responsible for what they say and do. At this point Gary Johnson has not done that, Donald Trump has. Tell your boy, Gary to start putting Obama and his people on the firing line and I’ll take a look at him. Till then, don’t even try to compare Trump to Palin or anyone else out there. That dog doesn’t hunt!

if having somebody question o’s birth place is the only issue you’re concerned about, by all means jump on trump’s band wagon. i’m more concerned about the economy, illegal immigration, and govt growth (stopping it, that is). i don’t want to go to the polls and find that my only serious choices are obama or mccain like we had last time. i voted for chuck baldwin in the general because i vote my conscience and because i knew mccain didn’t have a snowball’s chance in hades of winning. there has to be somebody out there that we can all agree on. so far, i haven’t seen him/her.

Operating the Government more efficiently isn’t going to do the trick. We need to close down whole useless Federal Agencies, like the Department of Education, the Department of Energy, the FCC, and many more. We need to end the Failed War on Drugs. We need to get Government out of our Marketplaces, and out of the business of protecting us from ourselves, and return them to their only legitimate functions — protecting us from force and fraud. Now they are the Forcers and the Frauds.
And Donald Trump isn’t going to do that.

barbm,
I’m totally in your corner on the McCain thing and that is spite of the fact that I am a Vietmnam vet. McCain and Palin had the cahnce to torpedo Obama in the debates and didn’t even line up the shot much less take it. They knew he wasn’t properly vetted and chose to ignore it.

Presidents should turn over these records – remember Clinton’s visit to Moscow in the 1960s? Or W Bush’s “military” records while a member of the national guard? Did we ever see documentation that Dick Cheney was a human being?

With the left it is always about someone else. One day you will get tired of making excuses for Obama.