Former "Friend of Weiner" Donald Trump Weighs In: "He's a Psycho"

This is quite the blistering Weiner rant here by the Donald.

What I find most interesting about it is the way Trump completely papers over the max contributions he donated to the sleazeball Congressman in 2007 and 2010.

Who does he think he's kidding?

"Many people have been asking me about Anthony Weiner, the Congressman from New York who had big ambitions and wanted to run for the Mayor of New York City.

The fact is, I know him well. He'd call me all the time looking for campaign contributions. It would never stop. He gave me all sorts of phone numbers.

Fortunately, I don't think I ever called him.

The fact is, Anthony Weiner is a bad guy. He's a pyscho.

***

The fact is, one thing good came out of Anthony's mess: I'll never have to give him campaign contributions. And that's really wonderful."

Translation: Trump will donate money to any politician - even a "bad guy" or a "psycho" - because, hey, that's what business guys do to get things done (wink-wink).

He draws the line though when the politician in question tweets crotch-shots to young women and blatantly lies about it for over a week. Or something.

Anyway, what was the point of this post again? Oh right - check out Trump throwing Weiner right under the bus!



Cross-posted.

Aw: Trump Not Running for President

He won't be missed.

After considerable deliberation and reflection, I have decided not to pursue the office of the Presidency. This decision does not come easily or without regret; especially when my potential candidacy continues to be validated by ranking at the top of the Republican contenders in polls across the country. I maintain the strong conviction that if I were to run, I would be able to win the primary and ultimately, the general election. I have spent the past several months unofficially campaigning and recognize that running for public office cannot be done half heartedly. Ultimately, however, business is my greatest passion and I am not ready to leave the private sector.

Now go away.

Like We Care: Faux Republican Donald Trump Disappointed That RINO Mike Huckabee Isn't Running

Just what we were all dying to know once Mike Huckabee announced tonight on his show that he is not running for President:

What does Donald Trump think about this?



Now that God has talked some sense into Mike Huckabee, one can only pray He might also persuade Trump to stick with his current vocation.

Via Mediaite.

Cross-posted.

Mensa Members Behar, Jackson, Schieffer: Of Course Trump is Racist

When you're unable to think coherently, just call people racist. Of course the word has lost all meaning since this is the all-purpose dog-whistle for these bottom-feeders.

The co-hosts on "The View" started by trashing Trump over his recent remarks suggesting President Obama wasn't qualified to attend Columbia and Harvard universities.

"It's very racist," said Joy Behar Wednesday, noting Obama "wasn't born with a silver spoon in his mouth" like Trump. "He can't fathom that a black man could be that smart. That's what's behind this."

CBS News' Bob Schieffer echoed the sentiment.

"That's just code for saying he got into law school because he's black," he said Wednesday. "This is an ugly strain of racism that's running through this whole thing."

Fringe extremists have long argued that Obama is ineligible to serve as President because he wasn't born in the U.S. - usually claiming that he was instead born in in his dad's native Kenya.

Many, including Jesse Jackson, liberal talk radio show host Cenk Uygur and Whoopi Goldberg of "The View" say such birtherism is just dog-whistled racism.

"I'm getting tired of trying to find reasons not to think of stuff as being racist," said Goldberg, who has had previous spats with Trump. "Being black, when you say, 'You know, this is racist,' 9,000 people say,, 'Oh, no, you're just playing the race card.' Well, you know what? I'm playing the damn card now."

Nice to see "newsman" Schieffer remaining objective about things.

Not mentioned, naturally, is the fact this birther talk began with Hillary Clinton associates.

That theory first emerged in the spring of 2008, as Clinton supporters circulated an anonymous email questioning Obama’s citizenship.

“Barack Obama’s mother was living in Kenya with his Arab-African father late in her pregnancy. She was not allowed to travel by plane then, so Barack Obama was born there and his mother then took him to Hawaii to register his birth,” asserted one chain email that surfaced on the urban legend site Snopes.com in April 2008.

So using their logic, Mrs. Clinton is a fringe, extreme racist. Thanks for clearing that up.

Also noted at that link is the fact over half of Democrats are 9/11 truthers. So a majority of the Democrats are also obviously "fringe" extremists.

In 2006, an Ohio University/Scripps Howard poll found that slightly more than half of Democrats said they suspected the Bush Administration of complicity in the Sept. 11 attacks.

Goldberg and Behar don't seems to have any problem with 9/11 truthers, yet they can read minds and tell people are racist.

SHOCKER: Sharpton Labels Trump a Raaacist!

That's funny, I don't recall this loathsome jerk impugning the motives of Chris "White Guy" Matthews back when he insisted that Barack Obama release his long-form birth certificate.

Then again, Matthews isn't a potential Republican candidate for President.

Welcome to the GOP, Mr. Trump. We're all racists 'round these parts - you just gotta learn to embrace it.



Via Radio Equalizer.

Cross-posted.

Trump Talks Obama Birth Certificate on The View, With Predictable Results

One question: Is Trump using some bronzer? Too much pancake makeup?

Whatever, he mixes it up with the babbleheads from The View and wonders aloud what Obama might be hiding on his birth certificate.

We just can't take the guy seriously as a presidential candidate, and appearances like this don't help.

'Celebrity Apprentice' Dealt Mortal Blow

Richard Hatch of 'Survivor' fame for winning that contest while traipsing around the beach in the nude has been ordered to prison to start serving a 9 month prison sentence. He is currently a contestant on Donald Trumps reality show 'Celebrity Apprentice'.

Richard Hatch -- the guy who won $1 million on Season 1 of "Survivor" -- has been ordered to surrender to U.S. marshals by NOON today to begin a 9-month prison sentence for not paying taxes on the prize money.

Guess he's fired, huh? I don't quite get the whole thing about how much of the Apprentice has already been filmed except for the final episode which is broadcast live. How do they keep that under wraps for so long?

BTW, just from watching this show this season my opinion of Dionne Warwick has really plummeted. She is a vain, condescending, arrogant, bitter bitch, who is used to getting her way simply because other people stand in reverence to her, to put it politely.

Alleged Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump Made Large Donations to Rangel, Lautenberg, Schumer and Dingy Harry

Can we stop pretending this clown is a real Republican?

According to a Center for Responsive Politics analysis of Trump's federal campaign contribution history, The Donald has been a prolific donor to both Democrats and Republicans during the past two decades.

In all, Trump has contributed to 96 candidates running for federal political office since the 1990 election cycle, the Center finds. Only 48 of the recipients -- exactly half -- were Republicans at the time they received their contribution, including ex-Gov. Charlie Crist (I-Fla.) and ex-Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.), who both of whom received their Trump contributions as Republicans.

Since the 1990 election cycle, the top 10 recipients of Trump's political contributions number six Democrats and four Republicans. Embattled Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.), who was censured last year by his U.S. House colleagues, has received the most Trump money, totaling $24,750. The most recent contribution from Trump to Rangel was a $10,000 gift during the 2006 election cycle.

In the most recent election cycle, Trump doled out $22,500 to political candidates, of which $16,200 benefited Democrats.

The top Republican recipient of Trump's money is Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) who has collected $13,600 from the billionaire magnate, the second most of any politician. Trump did not contribute to McCain during the 2010 election cycle, during which the former presidential candidate was facing re-election.

Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) is the recipient of $12,000 in Trump contributions, including $10,000 for his 2006 re-election campaign.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has received the fourth-largest amount of Trump's contributions, including $4,800 in the successful 2010 campaign against Tea Party favorite Sharron Angle. In total Trump has contributed $10,400 to Reid.

In 2010, Trump also contributed $4,000 to Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who easily won re-election. Schumer has received $8,900 from Trump since the 1996 election cycle. Trump has also been generous to New York's other Democratic U.S. senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, who's received $5,850 in Trump money.

Great News: Politics Once Again Arises in Miss USA Pageant

After the Carrie Prejean fiasco of last year is anyone surprised some pinhead judge brought up Arizona's new immigration law? Knock me over with a feather. Here's Miss Oklahoma saying she supports states' rights but playing both side of the border fence by saying she's against profiling, which, of course, the new law prohibits even though opponents who haven't read the law insists it does. I suspect this judge hasn't read the law.

So naturally Miss Oklahoma lost to Miss Michigan, who tripped over her gown and who couldn't answer a simple question. But since she's of Arab descent, we have to give her the award, of course.

Lebanese immigrant Rima Fakih says it was a certain look from Donald Trump that tipped her off that she had won the 2010 Miss USA title.

The 24-year-old Miss Michigan beat out 50 other women to take the title Sunday night, despite nearly stumbling in her evening gown.

She told reporters later that she believed she had won after glancing at pageant owner Trump as she awaited the results with the first runner-up, Miss Oklahoma USA Morgan Elizabeth Woolard.

"That's the same look that he gives them when he says, 'You're hired,'" on Trump's reality show "The Apprentice," she said.

"She's a great girl," said Trump, who owns the pageant with NBC in a joint venture.

Fakih took top honors at the pageant at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip after strutting confidently in an orange and gold bikini, wearing a strapless white gown that resembled a wedding dress and saying health insurance should cover birth control pills.

Trump should be embarrassed for presiding over such a charade, but he's incapable of shame.

Fakih, an Arab-American from Dearborn, Mich., told pageant organizers her family celebrates both Muslim and Christian faiths. She moved to the United States as a baby and was raised in New York, where she attended a Catholic school. Her family moved to Michigan in 2003.

How long until there's a fatwa on her for parading around in a bikini?

Trump Aims to, Um, Revive Interest in Miss USA Pageant

I'd say he's got my interest. Well, at least Miss Minnesota does.

Miss USA contestants are letting it all hang out this year!

Vamped up, cleavage-baring beauties -- dressed in no more than lacy lingerie or fishnets -- are gracing the Web site of the Miss USA pageant, in an eye-popping reversal from the competition's traditional, homespun look.

Now the girl next door is lucky to have a bra.

The new sexy version of Miss USA, which airs this Sunday, comes a year after Miss California Carrie Prejean lost her crown when seminude pictures of her emerged after the competition.

Prejean was already in hot water after giving a tortured explanation of her opposition to gay marriage.

Donald Trump -- who owns the Miss USA, Miss Teen USA and Miss Universe competitions -- argued that Prejean's sexy shots crossed a line that these Miss USA snaps don't.

"Those were quite a bit different. There's no open exposure [in the current Miss USA pictures]," Trump told The Post yesterday.

The 51 Miss USA wannabes were photographed for their black-and-white "glam" shots last week in Las Vegas by pageant shutterbug Fadil Berisha.

You can see all the photos here. Of course as a public service we feel obliged to offer up a few more of our favorites.

Here's Miss Connecticut.

I've got a sudden desire to visit Idaho.

Things are looking fine in Mississippi.

After visiting Idaho, I'll head south east to Wyoming.

And finally, Miss Virginia. Let us hope they'll be strutting their stuff wearing these outfits during the pageant.

Update: Thanks to Jedi for pointing out my geography error in relation to Wyoming and Idaho. My mind was elsewhere at the time.

Instapundit links. Thanks!

Trump: Strip Gore of Nobel Prize

One of the more fascinating aspects of this collapse of the global warming scam is not a single member of the media seems the slightest bit interested in contacting Al Gore for comment. How is it the face of the warmer movement is held accountable for perpetrating the hoax of the century?

Well, there's at least one high-profile businessman who's got the guts to stand up and call for Gore to be stripped of the Nobel Peace Prize he received with the discredited IPCC.

Donald Trump has called for Al Gore to be stripped of the Nobel Peace prize he was awarded for campaigning on climate change.

The billionaire tycoon said record-breaking snow storms proved that the former US Vice-President was wrong on global warming, and that policies aimed at tackling carbon emissions were harming America's economy.

His comments follow a string of high-profile attacks on climate change advocates.

Scientists have been forced to defend themselves after embarrassing admissions that some of their evidence was faulty.

Gore has become one of the world's leading global warming activists since his documentary An Inconvenient Truth became a surprise hit in 2006. He was given the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.

But Trump, who hosts the US version of The Apprentice, said the Nobel Committee should now strip him of the award following one of the worst ever winters in eastern America.

He said in a speech: 'With the coldest winter ever recorded, with snow setting record levels up and down the coast, the Nobel committee should take the Nobel Prize back from Al Gore.'

He added: 'Gore wants us to clean up our factories and plants in order to protect us from global warming, when China and other countries couldn't care less.

'It would make us totally non-competitive in the manufacturing world, and China, Japan and India are laughing at America's stupidity.'

A crowd of 500 at the businessman's Trump National Golf Club in Westchester, New York, stood up and cheered the remarks, the New York Post reported.

What's a Terrorist Got to Do to Find a Place to Sleep?

Well, that didn't last long. We noted last night Libyan thug Moammar Khadafy had set up camp up in Bedford, NY, on Donald Trump's property.

Well, not so fast.

Unwelcome Libyan thug Moammar Khadafy briefly found a comfy spot to rest his foul head yesterday -- at Donald Trump's palatial estate in suburban Westchester.

But town officials in tony Bedford put the kibosh on the dictator's plans to use his Bedouin-style tent on the real-estate mogul's property, which Trump rents out for tens of thousands of dollars a month.

The wandering Khadafy -- who arrived in New York City yesterday to a zero's welcome -- was sent packing when a building inspector ordered his henchmen to stop erecting the white tent because they didn't have a work permit.

After initially denying that his property had been rented to Khadafy, Trump later backtracked and admitted it could have happened.

It's unclear if Khadafy -- an international pariah who has struggled to find lodgings for his visit to the United States -- will use the property's seven-bedroom, nine-bathroom mansion, or if he's only comfortable in outhouses.

Regardless, residents of the ritzy town -- which counts Martha Stewart as a resident -- were reeling.

"The neighbors are appalled, absolutely," said a nearby resident.

State Sen. Vincent Leibell (R-Westchester) said, "Most people wish he'd go home and stay there."

After reports yesterday afternoon said the hated Khadafy was putting up a tent, Trump's spokeswoman, Rona Graff, told The Post, "There is no truth to the rumors. I'm not even going to engage in a dialogue on this."

But shortly afterward, Graff released the following statement: "We have business partners and associates all over the world. The property was leased on a short-term basis to Middle Eastern partners, who may or may not have a relationship to Mr. Khadafy. We are looking into the matter."

Nice weasel words there.

Trump should be embarrassed.

Khadafy Parks His Tent On Trump Property

The Donald never met anyone he wouldn't take money from and he's playing dumb about this. But unless someone surreptitiously snuck onto his estate and erected a massive tent without his knowledge, we'll assume it the terrorist leader from Libya. I hope Khadafy doesn't mind but it's a very white neighborhood, lots of Jews around too. I went to high school there so I have some knowledge of the area. Let's just says the locals might not be too happy. Of course any objection will be deemed racist. Just ask Dave Matthews.

Mr. Trump-you misfired!

Libyan loon Moammar Khadafy has pitched a tent on one of Donald Trump's lavish estates in a ritzy town one over from Martha Stewart's.

Bedouin-style tents have been erected on the Westchester property, known as Seven Springs, in Bedford Corners.

The tiny hamlet borders North Castle, New Castle and Bedford, where Stewart owns a 153-acre estate, her main residence.

"We have business partners and associates all over the world," the Trump Organization said in a statement.

"The property was leased on a short-term basis to Middle Eastern partners who may or may not have a relationship to Mr. Khadafy.

"We are looking into the matter now."

Trump could not be reached fo comment but a source close to The Donald insisted he was unaware his property was being rented by the terrorist dictator.

Sure, and for the last 25 years he's unaware he's got a bird's nest on his head.

Bedford police said they were made aware of Khadafy's plans. "We were notified by the Secret Service earlier this morning," town police Sgt. Thomas Diebold told the Journal News.

"We have no comment on it from our end."

Nice to see we're paying the Secret Service to keeps tabs on this monster.

Venezuela Still Good for Something

The country may be a socialist basket case being run into the ground by Communist thug Hugo Chavez, but the women are still holding up very well.

Miss Venezuela was the fairest of them all once again, winning the 2009 Miss Universe crown for the second year straight and the sixth time since the pageant's creation.

Dressed in a flowing red gown, 18-year-old Stefania Fernandez hugged the runner-up from the Dominican Republic and danced in joy as her victory was announced Sunday.

The crown briefly fell to the floor as it passed from one Venezuelan beauty to the next.

But Fernandez said there was time for outgoing Miss Universe Dayana Mendoza to whisper in her ear that she must have worked hard for Venezuela to win consecutive crowns.

"What do we Venezuelans have?" Fernandez, an international relations student, told reporters after the pageant. "That we are ourselves."

The other top-five finalists were runner-up Ada Aimee de la Cruz, followed by Miss Kosovo, Droga Ganusha; Miss Australia, Rachael Finch; and Miss Puerto Rico, Mayra Matos Perez.

During a question-and-answer segment with the five top finalists, Fernandez said she believed women have overcome obstacles such as hitting the proverbial glass ceiling.

"I feel we have reached the level that men are at," she said.

When asked later how she thought beauty contests promoted equality between men and women, Fernandez said they provided exposure.

"We have quite a following worldwide," she said. "We are models to follow."

The new Miss Universe is from the city of Merida in the west of a beauty-obsessed South American country where hard-fought pageants are something of a national sport, with contestants widely dissected by the public and the media.

Fernandez said she did not know whether Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez would receive her. He did not meet with Mendoza when she won and made no public statements at the time.

But Fernandez said he might change his mind.

"We'll see, because we are making history," she said.

The top 15 Miss Universe finalists appeared in bathing suits before the final 10 were chosen for the evening gown segment.

Pageant co-owner Donald Trump told reporters, "I think this is the most beautiful group of women I've ever seen."

Here's another shot of the lovely Miss Fernandez.

Meanwhile, some guy named Flo Rida does his best Barack Obama impersonation by checking out the goods. Can you blame him?

'I Think She Is Scared'

Sorry, sweetie, you're not all that. What you don't seem to understand is she wants nothing to do with you.

Really, who can blame her? She's going to appear on television with you so you can insult her some more?

Snap out of it.

Carrie Prejean has made it very clear that she has no intention of taking up Perez Hilton’s offer to "go for coffee and chat," but the Queen of Media thinks she is afraid of him.

"I think she is scared," Hilton told Tarts at a party last week. "I know so because she has refused to be on TV programs with me."

And even though Miss Universe owner Donald Trump said he would be more than happy to have the controversial blogger back at a judge at Miss USA, Hilton thinks Trump messed up by allowing Prejean to keep her crown despite her nude pic scandal and unauthorized press visits.

Expect Trump to pull the plug on this self-aggrandizing media whore before long.

This slob Hilton will be a historical footnote, at best, while the lovely Miss Prejean moves on to fame and fortune. The bitterness will eat him alive.

Ha Ha! Prejean to Keep Title: 'We're in the 21st Century'

Poor little Perez Hilton. I hope he can keep it together seeing this news.

Donald Trump will let Miss California USA Carrie Prejean keep her title despite controversy over semi-nude photos and charges by state pageant officials that she had abandoned her duties to devote time to opposition to same-sex marriage.

"We're in the 21st century," Trump said, explaining Prejean is a model.

Smart move, Donald.

Prejean: Hey, by the way, my stance on gay marriage is the same as Obama's. Maybe you idiots in the media ought to report that.

Miss California Carrie Prejean and Miss USA pageant owner Donald Trump today both asserted that the much-discussed answer she gave at the Miss USA event -- that marriage should be between one man and one woman -- is the same as President Obama's stand on the issue.
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"I've become an advocate for not redefining marriage," she said at a news conference given wall-to-wall coverage by the cable networks.

Common sense and logic prevails.

"We had a little bit of a dilemma with Carrie, who is here, lovely and gave a very, very honest answer when asked a very tough question at the recent pageant," Trump said. "It's the same answer the president of the US gave, the same answer many people gave. It was probably a fair question because it's asked of many people. If her beauty wasn't so great, nobody really would have cared."

Here's some video, via Hot Air.

How Convenient: More Racy Carrie Prejean Photos Surface

Considering King Trump will rule today on the future of Carrie Prejean as Miss California, I must question the timing of the release of these photos.

Personally, I'm not offended.

If the idiots running the Miss California pageant want to make her a martyr, that's their choice. They'll look like vindictive morons while Miss Prejean will gain plenty of sympathy and will probably cash in on the speaking circuit.

Does anyone even remember who actually won the pageant?

Trump today will make some sort of announcement.

Donald Trump is making an announcement regarding Miss California USA Carrie Prejean.

Trump, who owns the Miss USA pageant, will make the announcement Tuesday at Trump Tower in Manhattan.

Considering Trump allowed Tara Conner to keep the 2006 crown after she was coking it up and sleeping around Manhattan, it would be a huge double standard to strip Prejean of her Miss California crown. I'm sure he'll find a way to milk this for all it's worth and let her stick around.

HT on the new TMZ photos to ff11 in the comments.

Update: She keeps the crown. To celebrate she plans to do some topless bong hits with Michael Phelps.

Someone asked for more photos?

Who Died and Made Mario Lavandeira Boss?

I had no idea freaky boy's real name was Mario Lavandeira. I had suspected the name on his birth certificate may have said Luntz, based on his hairstyle.

Whatever the case, someone in the media has stepped up to ask: Who put this twit in charge of popular culture?

So wait … how is it Perez Hilton, the gossip blogger who built a career by drawing male genitalia and cartoon cocaine on celebrity photos, is now the media’s official spokesperson on one of the most important civil rights issues in America?

Oh, yeah! The Internet … the same series of tubes that gave us LOL Cats, Chocolate Rain, Susan Boyle and easily accessible pornography. God love you, Internet. You sure do keep our world interesting.

Whether or not you follow Donald Trump’s Miss USA pageant, it’s hard to escape the fallout following Sunday’s nationally televised event. During the Q&A portion of the pageant, “celebrity judge” Hilton asked Miss California, Carrie Prejean, whether she supported gay marriage.

Read the rest.

Speaking of Trump, who's been unusually silent (for him), he finally commented today and noted most of the calls and emails he's received have been supportive of Carrie Prejean.

The owner of the Miss Universe franchise finally addressed the scandal surrounding his Miss USA pageant to FOX News Thursday, saying that he has received thousands of calls and letters, the majority of which support Miss California's comments on gay marriage.

Trump had been mum during the firestorm that followed the Sunday telecast, when first runner up Carrie Prejean's responded to a question about the controversial issue of gay marriage.

Considering the overwhelming majority of Americans do not support gay marriage, including President Obama, this really comes as no surprise. Maybe Mario Lavandeira and all the Hollywood nitwits so quick to jump on Prejean might want to step back and realize they're the ones in the minority on this issue.

Then they might want to consider growing up.

Guide to the Trump Combover

The Daily Mail takes a look at a modern marvel of engineering. The hideous Donal Trump combover.

Over the years we've had our share of great British combovers - Arthur Scargill and Bobby Charlton to name but two.

But both men would have to doff their cap to the astonishing coiffure of American billionaire Donald Trump.

Rather than invest any of his considerable fortune in a transplant or wig, the 61-year-old property magnate insists on using a series of elaborate measures to plaster strands of hair across his balding pate.

Occasionally, however, it comes unstuck - notably this week when faced with the insistent breeze on the Isle of Lewis, where he was visiting his mother's former home.

Here, the Daily Mail shows how to achieve the Trump look ... in the unlikely event that anyone would want to emulate it.

I'm sure a lot of men would love to be in Trump's shoes, though I doubt a single one would want such an atrocity on top of their head.