Buying a Trump Property, or So They Thought

it seems as if it is harder to get a Certificate of Occupancy for a Trump property than a Birth Certificate for a President.

Sounds like the NY Times is playing politics

Yeah, I agree. They are playing politicis by doing a hit piece ons someone with ZERO chance of winning. Before you know it, they are going to do a hit piece on Gary Johnson, which will anger both of his supporters.

While 20 years ago, you might argue that the Trump name was synonymous with quality (granted, it was a glitzy, nouveau-riche quality, but it is what it is) when I see the Trump name today, I immediately think of a scam. While some of the properties he has licensed his name to have worked out, many, many more have failed. Plus, Trump typically has no control or involvement the buildings. And with his name on everything from a really bad "learning institute" to bottled water to suits, chocolate and more, he has totally denigrated whatever brand quality his name once had. If I were looking to buy anything (an apartment, a widget, whatever), if I saw the Trump name I would run away.

I was outside yesterday and I saw someone running really fast. I thought there was a marathon, but it turned out it was just Mitt Romeny running away from RomenyCare and his love of individual mandates.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/13/white-house-on-romney_n_861636.html

The best quote of the week:

"More immediately for his Republican candidacy, the debate over ObamaCare and the larger entitlement state may be the central question of the 2012 election. On that question, Mr. Romney is compromised and not credible. If he does not change his message, he might as well try to knock off Joe Biden and get on the Obama ticket."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703864204576317413439329644.html?mod=WSJ_hps_sections_opinion

Oh its even better. Newt Gingrich supported Hilary's 2008 version of Rombama care:

"Newt Gingrich – Long Time Supporter Of Health Insurance Mandates"

Forbes is not exactly left wing...

http://blogs.forbes.com/rickungar/2011/05/13/newt-gingrich-long-time-supporter-of-health-insurance-mandates/

Republicans have a long history of supporting individual mandates and cap and trade. And higher taxes too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaJW7nXw30A

He's right about a tax on tobacco. Usage drops very little in response to higher prices. But from a socialistic perspective it is regressive as it hits lower income people harder.

"Usage drops very little in response to higher prices."

Wanna bet? Raise the tobacco tax 200% and see what happens.

In my Socialist utopia, a pack of cigarettes would cost just as much as an iPod.

What'd the Economist say the other week? "Just when you thought U.S. politics couldn't get more bizarre" or something like that.

Now his for-profit school comes up to take the cake. Not only is it the skeeviest possible business, we all end up paying instead of the poor saps who don't know what "non-transferable credit" means.

Again, this is very old news. Clearly the NY Times is pushing a political agenda. The story about the not-for-profit is so old it has a beard. Ditto the condos.

So what about the WSJ hit piece yesterday on Romey? Is the WSJ pushing a political agenda?

Of course they are. Murdoch doesn't want Romney. It's pay back for Romney refusing to clownify himself for a Fox show.

The New York Times ran a full page story trashing Murdoch about the time he was looking to buy the WSJ, which incidentally coincided with the apex of the Times' financial troubles...

the one "playing politics" is trump. nasty old gasbag.

Trump is playing politics with "the blacks."

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lL4RDBSXdiY/SuWzKTCu4fI/AAAAAAAABS8/6khYYNC30EY/s400/Gore+gasbag.jpg

Running for President has destroyed the Trump brand...

Most old men are gasbags.

Trump is trying to elevate himself to the level of Leona Helmsley, but it won't work ... she set an all-time high bar for excellence. [insert terribly clever pun regarding high bar here]

funny, I ignored the Prez race angle of that article and laughed my @#$* off while rolling my eyes when I read about the "Trump University" student whose "one-on-one mentoring" consisted of being shown a few Portland, OR properties by a realtor, which he could have done for free!

trump crushed the NYT on cnbc this am, its was very entertaining

trumps smart.. he knows he has no chance of winning..

but he'll "run".. in the end he'll get to keep his campaign funds, and will advertise the trump name to someone from new jersey who gives you deerface when you mention Zeckendorf because the latter name isn't on his TV every 8PM Thursday nights which he watches religiously because there's nothing else in his town to do besides applebee's and slightly obese housewives with too much makeup on for the local 7-eleven run.

And today we heard that Facebook was behind those Anti-Google stories. News gets reported for a reason

who knew the press would run articles about a prominent figure who might be running for office? clearly a left-wing plot to "discredit" trump.

"And today we heard that Facebook was behind those Anti-Google stories. News gets reported for a reason"

To sell newspapers.

And for rs and socialist to post on se.

Well, you haven't written much of anything good or otherwise for brick

Ooh, crushing. my, your clever non-retort stuns me. ass.

and how would you know? still reading it regularly? tool.

uh oh, I sense someone is about to face an extortion attempt.

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