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People and Politics by Patrick Roberts

Donald Trump will quit presidential run after bankruptcies revealed

Posted on Thursday, April 21, 2011 at 09:31 PM

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I reckon the Republicans will encourage all the freaks they can this time around to declare and get the media to cull them before they make a serious run in 2016. Wouldn't be the first time the Republicans have used the media to thin out their own ranks. Any serious candidate would recognise that there is a hell of a mountain to climb against Obama in 2012 and would prefer to lie in the long grass until he's out and hope that Billary won't declare either. Sarah Palin is going to have to raise or fold this year. Should be fun either way and my bet is that she'll get impatient, ignore any sane advisors she may have and declare. At which point the WASP Republicans will start sharpening the knives for her back as they won't want her muddying the waters for theor serious candidate list in 2016. Good night. And good luck.

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vickila12 | Apr 26, 2011, 10:07 PM EDT

I meant boundaries

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vickila12 | Apr 26, 2011, 10:06 PM EDT

You are really pushing the boudaries of good journalism and good taste; you must have no class whatsoever.

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keith2001 | Apr 24, 2011, 09:38 PM EDT

Who the F-ck is not going bankrupt these days!!!Trump will make a great president no matter how much sh-t is shoveled on him!Oh, what makes Obama so competent to run this country?

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hancock | Apr 23, 2011, 11:36 PM EDT

Anybody would be better than the current idiot.

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nicgearailt | Apr 23, 2011, 03:58 PM EDT

This is what I think..it is a sad state of affairs that what is available for consideration for President,the most influential position in politics,is someone like Donald Trump. President Obama is the first candidate in years with a clean slate.He has tried to deal with the shambles he inherited from George Bush,while addressing the issues he presented in his campaign. How does any president work with the Congress who has no conscience or will to serve the people of this country ?.Will there ever be co-operation between the parties again...where is this country headed ? We are being run by lobbyists who wield more power in Washington than either party.What a disgrace to all who ever allowed this to happen.It feels as if we will never move beyond this We need term limits in Washington,and until that happens if ever,we should expect business as usual. They all love being there..they like the status quo..and the average citizen may have to accept that until some courageous revolutionaries come along...any volunteers ?

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seamusmoore | Apr 23, 2011, 01:57 PM EDT

@PatrickRoberts (BTW, love that Jerry Ohrbach autopsy photo accompanying your byline) Why should Republicans do or say anything about Trump when he is doing all their nasty work with the whole birther thing, which is really about Obama's birth cert. The birth cert would explode the narrative about his mama STANLEY (It's tough to be manly when mama's named Stanley) falling in love with an African exchange student. The reality of his birth is his naive 17 y.o. mother was seduced by a predatory foreign student who was still married with children in his native land; ergo, our president is a textbook definition of a BASTARD. That's the reason he was not invited to the royal wedding next week as the British Royals refuse to accept BASTARDS for official functions; this was the REAL reason Michael Collins was sent to the Treaty of Independence signing as Dev was a BASTARD as well (his real father was a Protestant landlord in Bruree, County Limerick named Thomas Atkinson). If they invite Dev's grandson, Eamon O Cuiv and Sir Anthony O 'Reilly to Croke Park on May 23rd, it can be billed as The BASATARD'S BALL (Come one, come all) instead of the BIFFO Replacement Tour (the US sending our BIFFO since Ireland has lost theirs', Brian Cowen). Both govern like their county of ancestry OFFALY (pronounced "Awfully" of course).

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Monsoonman | Apr 23, 2011, 12:51 PM EDT

I would much rather have someone who has battled in the private sector arena, rather than the spectator in the stands whose admission was paid for by someone else....Anyone see any of obamas school transcripts? His passports? His real long form birth certificate? His state senate voting record? His employment record? How about his relationship with Tony rezko? Y'all feel OK with that?

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ochshane | Apr 23, 2011, 12:21 PM EDT

If Obamacare is so brilliant why have there been 1000 waivers granted so far?

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kevinhayes | Apr 23, 2011, 11:29 AM EDT

@jdi2269 - I'll name you one BIG thing - the Affordable Care Act of 2010. Unlike the GOP, who are hell bent on eliminating Medicare, President Obama recognizes the pressing need to reform health care in the USA. The right has one thing correct - it truly is Obamacare. If you need more "things" that "Obama has done to improve our nation", let me know and I'll be more than happy to oblige. BTW, no need to shout!

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ripley838 | Apr 23, 2011, 10:14 AM EDT

Trump is exactly who the Republican Party wants, someone as financially bankrupt as they are in ideas.

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hancock | Apr 22, 2011, 10:07 PM EDT

Awesome another column about Trump, it almost makes me miss Palin.

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seanomelbourne | Apr 22, 2011, 07:47 PM EDT

He's going to fix the Chinese' maybe it's roast Peking duck. Putting Trump in charge of the cash is akin to putting Dracula in charge of the blood bank,he'd bleed it dry.

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tommurphy | Apr 22, 2011, 04:26 PM EDT

Trump will never run. He's a germophobe - not quite to the Howard Hughes/Kleenex-boxes-on-his-feet level yet, but he could no more press the flesh than he could be modest, despite having much to be modest about. The man has an ego as big and glittering as the lobbies of his buildings: all flash, no substance.

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GeorgeDillon | Apr 22, 2011, 04:00 PM EDT

Beng a bankrupt might rule him out here, but it would look good on his CV in Ireland. Though the most admired people in Ireland are not the bankrupts, they're the ones who have bankrupted the country.

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