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NewsMax: GOP Offered Trump Prime Time Speaking Gig for Convention

By Big Tent Democrat, Section Elections 2012
Posted on Thu Aug 09, 2012 at 03:16:15 PM EST
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Donald Trump has declined an offer to deliver a prime-time speech at the Republican National Convention, sources with knowledge of convention plans tell Newsmax. But Newsmax has learned that the billionaire businessman has been asked to give a big “surprise” at the convention in Tampa, Fla., which begins on Aug. 27.

Is the surprise that he is going to pull the squirrel off of his head? Of course this is all complete nonsense. The GOP offered Trump a speaking role if he agreed to not accept it. But I think it was worth pressing Romney on this point - did you offer Trump a spot at the GOP convention? Cuz, we'd like to hear that answer.

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    The squirrel off of his head! (5.00 / 2) (#1)
    by Zorba on Thu Aug 09, 2012 at 03:31:21 PM EST
    LOL!  But it's not a squirrel, BTD, it's a badger.      ;-)

    Whatever it is, I feel like killing it with (5.00 / 2) (#6)
    by vml68 on Thu Aug 09, 2012 at 04:05:13 PM EST
    my broom!

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    You need (none / 0) (#8)
    by Zorba on Thu Aug 09, 2012 at 04:14:44 PM EST
    something a bit bigger than a broom for a squirrel.  And I would think even bigger for a badger.    ;-)
    PS  And besides, I like squirrels.  
    OTOH, I really don't have a problem with badgers, since they're not found around here.  But groundhogs are (although they're not related to badgers).  Groundhogs are a pain in the @ss for farmers.  Okay, I've changed my mind- Trump's toupee is a groundhog.

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    Groundhogs have too much (5.00 / 1) (#11)
    by gyrfalcon on Thu Aug 09, 2012 at 04:23:26 PM EST
    self-respect to be that color, or to lie around all day on Trump's head.

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    Hahaha! (none / 0) (#15)
    by Zorba on Thu Aug 09, 2012 at 04:31:50 PM EST
    Not too sure about the "self-respect" part.  Groundhogs are a royal pain for farmers.  They ruin our vegetables, and the dens they dig in our fields produce holes big enough to be a real danger, given that our tractor wheels can fall into them and tip over the tractor, which can maim or kill the tractor driver.  The he!! with groundhogs.

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    Yes (none / 0) (#19)
    by Ga6thDem on Thu Aug 09, 2012 at 04:50:10 PM EST
    my step-father has started to make a game of shooting groundhogs since they have caused so much trouble in his garden--to the point that he has lot so much produce this year it's not funny. My mother really could care less as she does not like to cook and less produce means less work in the kitchen.

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    Well, I have to say, (none / 0) (#22)
    by Zorba on Thu Aug 09, 2012 at 05:27:22 PM EST
    I love to cook, and I get annoyed with less produce.  And I do worry about Mr. Zorba on our tractor.  
    But we're off-topic here, I suppose.
    Except to say, Donald Trump is even less useful than groundhogs.    ;-)

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    I guess you (5.00 / 1) (#23)
    by Ga6thDem on Thu Aug 09, 2012 at 06:45:56 PM EST
    could say the Donald's hair leads to a conversation about animals. LOL.

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    You need better coyotes (none / 0) (#35)
    by gyrfalcon on Fri Aug 10, 2012 at 05:41:00 PM EST
    and bobcats in your neck of the woods.  There are very few of them around here, knock on wood...

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    "Them" meaning groundhog (none / 0) (#36)
    by gyrfalcon on Fri Aug 10, 2012 at 05:41:33 PM EST
    Got lots of coyotes and bobcats.

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    We have (none / 0) (#37)
    by Zorba on Fri Aug 10, 2012 at 09:50:52 PM EST
    had an occasional coyote sighting up here, but not that many, and not for awhile.   No bobcats in the area.  We do have black bears, but they don't seem to make any impact on the groundhogs.         ;-)

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    The surpise... (5.00 / 1) (#2)
    by kdog on Thu Aug 09, 2012 at 03:39:28 PM EST
    is the big announcement of a special new season of The GOP Apprentice...Santorum, Gingrich, Bachman, Perry, Cain, & Pawlenty battle to win a job dealing blackjack at the Taj.

    Because if you can't win a nomination over Mitt F*ckin' Romney, your arse is D List and finished in politics.

    oh god, I am afraid it is going to be some (5.00 / 1) (#12)
    by ruffian on Thu Aug 09, 2012 at 04:24:30 PM EST
    lame "you're fired" Obama video, the GOP attempts at humor being what they are.

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    Huckabee Was Put in Charge... (none / 0) (#16)
    by ScottW714 on Thu Aug 09, 2012 at 04:34:03 PM EST
    ...of fast food rallies, not sure if that's even a D-list position.

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    G.O.P =... (5.00 / 1) (#3)
    by Dadler on Thu Aug 09, 2012 at 03:40:32 PM EST
    Getting Old Pathetically

    These clowns make my clowns look like gawdam Royal Shakespeare.

    Now that we've answered the question of (5.00 / 1) (#4)
    by Anne on Thu Aug 09, 2012 at 03:53:57 PM EST
    how many GOP clowns will fit in the clown car, we're moving on to finding out how many of them will fit in a convention center...in primetime.

    And now that you've given me the "squirrel off his head" visual, Donald Trump is morphing in my head to the old guy in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation...

    And now I'm actually laughing out loud.

    I'm still thinking (5.00 / 1) (#5)
    by Zorba on Thu Aug 09, 2012 at 04:03:20 PM EST
    "badger," not squirrel.  His hair is too big for a squirrel.  But then, I'm a Monty Python fan.....
    ARTHUR:  What happens now?
    BEDEMIR:  Well, now, uh, Launcelot, Galahad, and I wait until nightfall,
          and then leap out of the rabbit, taking the French by surprise --
          not only by surprise, but totally unarmed!
    ARTHUR:  Who leaps out?
    BEDEMIR:  Uh, Launcelot, Galahad, and I.  Uh, leap out of the rabbit, uh
          and uh....
    ARTHUR:  Oh....
    BEDEMIR:  Oh....  Um, l-look, if we built this large wooden badger--
          [twong]
    ALL:  Run away!  Run away!  Run away!  Run away!
          [splat]
    GUARDS:  Oh, haw haw haw.

    Link.

    "Run away!  Run away!"  Yes, that about says it all.     ;-)

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    Trump's speech, to be phoned in: (5.00 / 3) (#7)
    by KeysDan on Thu Aug 09, 2012 at 04:10:17 PM EST
    courtesy of Stephen Sondheim: Don't you love farce? My fault I fear. I thought that you'd want what I want. Sorry my dears. But where are the clowns? There ought to be clowns. Quick, send in the clowns. VP candidate Paul Ryan: Isn't it rich? Are we a pair? Me here at last on the ground, you in mid-air. Send in the clowns (note, if Portman, the Bush Budget will be read instead). Romney acceptance speech: Isn't it rich? Isn't it queer? Losing my timing this late in my career? And where are the clowns? Quick, send in the clowns. Don't bother---they're here.

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    I think I should have worked up a speech (5.00 / 2) (#9)
    by KeysDan on Thu Aug 09, 2012 at 04:17:42 PM EST
    for another convention speaker, Newton Gingrich (also courtesy of Stephen Sondheim): Just when I stopped, opening doors, finally knowing, the one that I wanted was yours. Making my entrance again. With my usual flair. Sure of my lines. No one is there. Send in the clowns.

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    Love it! (none / 0) (#10)
    by Zorba on Thu Aug 09, 2012 at 04:19:21 PM EST
    And I provide the link to the GOP theme song.

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    He's going to fire Obama... (5.00 / 2) (#21)
    by magster on Thu Aug 09, 2012 at 05:08:13 PM EST
    so clever.

    How convenient (5.00 / 1) (#24)
    by unitron on Fri Aug 10, 2012 at 06:13:05 AM EST
    Any appearance of Trump on my TV has me diving for the remote to change the channel as quickly as possible anyway, and I'm certainly not masochistic enough to watch the GOP convention, so I can blissfully ignore both at once.

    Now if only they could put a big tall fence around the whole place and keep them all penned up in there permanently.

    As for that thing on the top of his head, even with just the money he has, instead of the money he wants everyone to think that he has, he could afford a much better rug than that, so it must be what's left of his own hair.

    Unfortunately... (5.00 / 1) (#25)
    by kdog on Fri Aug 10, 2012 at 08:09:52 AM EST
    the only people who will be caged up at the conventions will be the citizens excercising their right to peacefully assemble for redress of grievances...the old doublespeak "free speech zones".

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    When that bit of newspeak first came around... (5.00 / 1) (#31)
    by unitron on Fri Aug 10, 2012 at 01:28:31 PM EST
    ...I didn't catch the name of the gentleman I saw on the news, but I remember his words.

    "I'm an American.  Anywhere I'm standing is a Free Speech Zone!"

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    Oh I think there will be other (none / 0) (#26)
    by observed on Fri Aug 10, 2012 at 09:04:14 AM EST
    people in cages for the convention: young, pretty, wearing close to nothing, writhing in ecstasy at the thought of a Romney victory.

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    Young Turks did a story last week (5.00 / 1) (#29)
    by ruffian on Fri Aug 10, 2012 at 09:45:40 AM EST
    about the strip clubs in Tampa bracing for impact. Family values crows in town, you know. Big business!

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    I didn't know (1.50 / 2) (#33)
    by jimakaPPJ on Fri Aug 10, 2012 at 03:32:46 PM EST
    Clinton was in town...wait... that wasn't sex..

    hahaahaha

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    Compared to what Rove did (none / 0) (#34)
    by jondee on Fri Aug 10, 2012 at 04:44:41 PM EST
    with Jeff Gannon, it wasn't..

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    Is Octomom booked... (none / 0) (#30)
    by kdog on Fri Aug 10, 2012 at 10:12:50 AM EST
    at any of the gentlemen's clubs for convention week?  The GOPers would love her, talk about pro-life! ;)

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    Please clarify.. (none / 0) (#27)
    by kdog on Fri Aug 10, 2012 at 09:07:59 AM EST
    is that a war on women reference, or a reference to some kinda kinky S&M hooker party back at the hotel for the delegates?

    Either way, well played;)

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    I'm thinking about the (5.00 / 1) (#28)
    by observed on Fri Aug 10, 2012 at 09:22:49 AM EST
    Family Values after party, when the wives are at home, like the bible says.

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    They got this from Trump (none / 0) (#13)
    by gyrfalcon on Thu Aug 09, 2012 at 04:25:03 PM EST
    He said the same stuff on Fox Tuesday night.

    Noooo waaaaayy!!!!!!!!! (none / 0) (#14)
    by Big Tent Democrat on Thu Aug 09, 2012 at 04:28:23 PM EST


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    Palin Out Getting the Vote (none / 0) (#17)
    by ScottW714 on Thu Aug 09, 2012 at 04:41:49 PM EST
    Check out this pic, I don't normally comment about anyone's clothing, but this is just plain odd.

    Sorry (none / 0) (#18)
    by ScottW714 on Thu Aug 09, 2012 at 04:44:11 PM EST
    Meant to tie that into Trump speaking, ad wonder if her would show up, assuming she is going to speak, dressed like that.

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    I wonder if they got DC/WB approval (none / 0) (#20)
    by nycstray on Thu Aug 09, 2012 at 05:04:56 PM EST
    for that shirt? (apparently it's got a campaign slogan on it)

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    Ew... (none / 0) (#32)
    by Thanin on Fri Aug 10, 2012 at 02:23:03 PM EST
    The last thing I want to see is her and Todd's cosplay.

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