Officials with the Club for Growth — a prominent anti-tax group that frequently targets Republicans it deems insufficiently conservative — said Friday that the organization began reaching out to its network of donors in recent weeks to help pay for an anti-Trump TV ad blitz. The organization’s super PAC, Club for Growth Action, would run the ads, the group said.
“What we’ve said to our members is that ‘Trump is a liability to the future of the nation,’ and we’ve asked them for support for Club for Growth Action to get that message out,” Club for Growth President David McIntosh said in a statement to The Washington Post. “We’re also doing research, like we do on candidates, into his economic policy positions. At this point, we haven’t taken anything off the table — be it TV ads or any other means — to expose Trump as not being an economic conservative, and as actually being the worst kind of politician.”
Every time I see Stephen Moore, I think to myself that he could always bump Kenny G from the top of my list of people who need a good ass kicking. What I don't think a lot of these groups realize is that you will not sink with the perpetual, insufferable whining and quoting of Reagan that these groups are famous for. Trump is as big of a whining bitch as the best of them, and he even admitted as much recently when he said something to the effect of, "Of course I whine and complain, I want to win" I'd bet good money Trump will not be taken down by a group that is as opportunistic and full of hot air as he is.
ReplyDeleteWhat baffles me so far, is that I have yet to see anyone really make an issue of how many things trump will need to divest himself of to be POTUS. Trump has built his empire and I do not believe he will give it up, or sign it over to his kids for safekeeping. I cannot see a meglomaniac like Trump giving up control of something he built. I really believe this is an area that is going to give hime more trouble.
Hum... could you point me in the direction of where it says he must divest himself of a business to become president. I do understand the potential conflicts of interest but I wasn't aware that you have to give up assets to be president. The constitution certainly has no provisions as such and as far as I am aware FEC only requires disclosure.
DeleteWell, guess that settles the entire matter.
DeleteThat sounded defensive Mike... I didn't know so I thought I would ask... no worries...
DeleteHey Max.
DeleteOne doesn't divest themselves of assets when taking office. They simply put them into a trust and the assets are managed by a third party.
Didn't mean it to sound defensive, just felt it so entirely encapsulated most of our exchanges. I make a statement of some intuition, you counter, correctly as always, that the constitution doesn't support what I am saying. That pretty much wraps it up.
DeleteGiven Trump's current stature as an active business man, I think he would have enormous conflicts of interest. I'm getting the impression now it's only going to bother people who aren't going to vote for him. Hence, it's no issue.
From dailymail.co.uk: Billionaire Donald Trump says his three adult children – Ivanka, Eric and Donald Jr. – are prepared to take over his business empire if he decides to run for president.
ReplyDelete'I have three children now who are grown and could run it,' he told Daily Mail Online in an exclusive interview at a New Hampshire forum for Republicans seriously considering bids for the presidency.
'When I looked last time, they really weren't prepared, and they weren't ready,' Trump said, referring to his brief flirtation with a candidacy in 2011. 'But now they're ready – Ivanka and Don and Eric...'
Moments later the real estate magnate clarified that 'my children and my executives' could take command of The Trump Organization, a sprawling real estate empire whose brand valuation alone is rumored to be in the billions.
Well, Congress has passed multiple laws regulation conflict of interest for federal and state government employees. However none of them seem to apply to federal elected officials ( surprised, surprise ). There is even a huge web site devoted to that very subject.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.oge.gov/Topics/Financial-Conflicts-of-Interest-and-Impartiality/Resolving-Conflicts-of-Interest/
The reason I wondered is that ... supposedly the government was meant to be citizen volunteers who would serve and return to their normal professions.. wasn't ever meant to be career politicians.
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