On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Wesley McGee <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Ed Dravecky <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Wake me up when he has hired a legitimate, experienced campaign >> >> manager and has opened field offices in at least 10 states. >> > >> > God help us if that's the first task on "Celebrity Apprentice" which >> > just happens to return in a few weeks. (The Donald is just one of many >> > folks who has figured out that this "running for president" gag is a >> > great publicity vehicle.) >> >> I haven't met that many campaign managers and the ones I have met work >> on local races. It's freelance work and the possibility of future >> employment rests on how the candidate does. So the first thing a >> campaign manager has to do (before accepting the job) is to determine >> how committed the candidate is to make the effort to win the race. I >> don't believe that any reputable campaign would want to work for >> Trump, mostly because of dealing with Trump's personality. Making it a >> task on Celebrity Apprentice would just show that the candidacy is not >> real. > > > Let's remember something though. Donald Trump has been pulling this "Maybe > I'll Run For President" stunt since 1999. > > http://j.mp/yES2Pl > > He has done this every single election cycle, and he changes his spots for > each cycle try to gain maximum support. In 2000, he was an "Occupier" > before there was one, introducing his own "Buffett Rule" (again, before > there was one). In 2004 and 2008, he put on the anti-war fatigues. And of > course in 2010, he went birther. In fact, *that* was the only reason I paid > him any mind this time around. His clowning gave that stupid conspiracy > enough legitimacy to become a bigger topic of news. > > But that is all it is -- clowning. He is no more a serious contender in > running for President than I am. He is no more *capable* of running for > President than I am, even accounting for his access to money. He is a > Kardashian. He is famous because he has made stupid decisions and parlayed > that into celebrity. He is rich because a desperate television network uses > his notoriety for ratings. (And to make this easy on me, E! and NBC are > owned now by the same parents.) If only all of us could be so fortunate. > I have to strongly disagree with you there. You (Wesley), based on the quality and thoughtfulness of your posts here over the years, are much (much) more capable of seriously running for President than Trump is. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
