Surprise! Surprise! Trump announces he's not running in 2012

[GuitarDaddy]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/16/breaking-trump-not-running-for-president/

Color me shocked


I never expected his run was anything but a stunt, but I suspect there will be many surprised since he did so well in preliminary polling

 

[Doc Savage Fan]

Thank God. Hope Newt is next.

 

[Jaskalas]

Well... that's one less candidate who'd nuke a country if it earned him a buck.

 

[sunzt]

SAY it AINT so!!!! Trump/Palin 2012!

 

[classy]

He got owned, hard.

 

[PokerGuy]

I don't know anyone who actually thought he'd run for anything. That's too bad, he would have been the most entertaining of the bunch of folks with no chance to win.

 

[a777pilot]

He was never a serious candidate. He's done this "run for President" thing before. It was all just a PR stunt for The Donald.

 

[matt0611]

Thank God. Hope Newt is next.

Newt says supports Obamacare, he may as well not even run.
http://nation.foxnews.com/newt-gingrich/2011/05/15/newt-shocks-conservatives

 

[AnitaPeterson]

TV comedians across the world are in mourning...

 

[sunzt]

Newt says supports Obamacare, he may as well not even run.
http://nation.foxnews.com/newt-gingrich/2011/05/15/newt-shocks-conservatives

Well considering Obama's plan was more like the one backed by repubs in the 90's it's hard for Newt to really avoid it. I'm surprised by his bluntness though. I still think he's got some Clintonian in him, but that just means he's hurting his primary chances now.

 

[werepossum]

A giant setback for poofy comb-overs everywhere.

 

[First]

What a loser.

 

[Schadenfroh]

He has had his giggles and publicity, time for him to move on.

 

[Infohawk]

He was an entertainer doing it for the publicity... it's sad that so many people were suckered into letting him set the discussion.

 

[dpodblood]

Thank god. He probably would have been elected and doomed us all.

 

[Pens1566]

What? You mean we don't get to see how badly he inflated his net worth? Crap.

 

[WHAMPOM]

Well considering Obama's plan was more like the one backed by repubs in the 90's it's hard for Newt to really avoid it. I'm surprised by his bluntness though. I still think he's got some Clintonian in him, but that just means he's hurting his primary chances now.

O! Mi! GD! Someone remembers the "contract with America! Obame-care just a Republican comb over? Righties can't, cannot, no way admit to that.

 

[ShawnD1]

Trump would split the retard vote and a third option like Ron Paul would win the nomination. Think of the children!!!

 

[soundforbjt]

Boy the repubs are dropping like flies and the race hasn't even started hardly.

Palin & Bat-shit Bachmann 2012!! Slogan: The MILF Ticket - "Sure we're crazy and stupid, but we're good lookin'"

 

[wuliheron]

Boy the repubs are dropping like flies and the race hasn't even started hardly.

Palin & Bat-shit Bachmann 2012!! Slogan: The MILF Ticket - "Sure we're crazy and stupid, but we're good lookin'"

Even flies need a nice warm pile of filth to breed in and if they're dying off its just a sign the money is drying up.

 

[Fern]

I don't know anyone who actually thought he'd run for anything. That's too bad, he would have been the most entertaining of the bunch of folks with no chance to win.

This^

The only surprise to me is that Trump dropped out rather unceremoniously. I was thinking he'd a least make a big deal about it. Huckabee hyped his announcement to try and get increased ratings for his show.

Fern

 

[nageov3t]

This^

The only surprise to me is that Trump dropped out rather unceremoniously. I was thinking he'd a least make a big deal about it. Huckabee hyped his announcement to try and get increased ratings for his show.

Fern

he probably wanted to hold a live press conference or something immediately following the finale for The Apprentice, but NBC forced his hand -- they needed to make the decision today whether or not Trump would be hosting the next season of The Apprentice.

 

[nageov3t]

Boy the repubs are dropping like flies and the race hasn't even started hardly.

all 2 of them?

this is pretty normal for the pre-primary process.

public figures flirt with running to either test the waters, get publicity, or get their name out there as a potential VP.

 

[thegimp03]

Anyone who thought he was actually serious about running probably need to come out from under the rock they live under every once in awhile. That or their mom's basement.

 

[DrPizza]

Crap, what am I going to do with all these Trump/Palin bumper stickers that I got printed up to sell on Ebay?

edit: holy cow, I was only kidding. But, there ARE Trump bumper stickers all over ebay for sale. Trump/Sheen, Trump/Snooki, etc. LOL