David Brody, the fake “journalist” who works for Pat Robertson’s Christian Broadcasting Network, breaks the news that Donald Trump has been invited to speak at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference again. The press release he quotes says:
Donald Trump is an American patriot and success story with a massive following among small government conservatives,” said ACU Chairman Al Cardenas. “I look forward to welcoming him back to the CPAC stage next week. Mr. Trump’s previous CPAC appearance was hugely popular among our attendees and we expect it will be even more popular this year.”
And Brody gushes:
Donald Trump is more than a crowd pleaser. Conservatives like him because he’s bold and speaks the truth. He throws political correctness out the window.
Shouldn’t legitimate authenticity be considered the mark of a true “statesman?”
Authenticity? As a description of Donald Trump? Wow. The haircut alone pretty much ends any talk of authenticity.
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Ace of Sevens
March 9, 2013 at 10:06 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
If she got bumped for Trump, I can understand Pam Gellar being pissed.
unbound
March 9, 2013 at 10:20 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
To be actually accurate, Brody would have to restate his quote to be:
howardhershey
March 9, 2013 at 10:55 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I wonder how many tax breaks this “small government conservative” has gotten for his businesses that prey on the innumerate? And whenever someone claims that he throws “political correctness” out the window, that is code for saying, “He is a bigot and wants to be unapologetic about it.”, not code for “He is a truth-teller.”
shouldbeworking
March 9, 2013 at 10:57 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
“Shouldn’t legitimate authenticity be considered the mark of a true “statesman?”
Is legitimate authencity similar to legitimate rape?
Phillip IV
March 9, 2013 at 11:30 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Pam Geller kicked out, GOPROUD not let in, Trump as a speaker… I guess Grover Norquist put his foot down and the kibosh on all of those ‘social conservative’ issues. Probably took too much focus away from the only real conservative value: tax cuts.
dingojack
March 9, 2013 at 11:42 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Maybe Pammy could sneak in, disguised as Trump’s spare toupee..
Dingo
Michael Heath
March 9, 2013 at 12:05 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
David Brody states:
Lies liberals find objectionable ≠ Credible conservative statesmen boldly speaking truth which is not politically correct. Faux journalist indeed.
The dishonest description of behavior Mr. Brody refers to here is a popular description of Sarah Palin’s lies. That objections to her dishonesty was convincing proof to many conservatives that she spook the truth; an authentically Orwellian reaction.
MikeMa
March 9, 2013 at 12:06 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Ed’s reference to the ‘haircut’, while funny and a very common Trump reference, shifts the focus from Trump’s legitimate crazy. Birther, buffoon, business failure, public leech, political failure, and with an ego inversely proportional to his IQ. The hair is the least of it.
Modusoperandi
March 9, 2013 at 12:07 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
What? Is there a new season of The Apprentice starting already?
chilidog99
March 9, 2013 at 12:42 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Should we start a betting pool at what minute of his speech he makes a birther joke?
I say the 1st minute in.
savagemutt
March 9, 2013 at 12:59 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
How long can Trump keep milking the right-wing rubes t before he melts down at some perceived slight by a more established conservative icon? I’m honestly surprised it hasn’t happened already. The man has skin thinner than tissue paper.
jnorris
March 9, 2013 at 2:06 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
What is C-PAC’s message? All their speakers this year are political losers. I know that one should not be ashamed of losing if one has made the extra effort, given 110% to the game. But, the GOP acted like it wanted to lose and seemed to make no effort at all in 2012.
This is not the face one should be projecting for 2014. This says ‘we can’t do any better, so why try?’.
Modusoperandi
March 9, 2013 at 3:24 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
jnorris “What is C-PAC’s message? All their speakers this year are political losers.”
Ah hah! So they did build this!
naflrigdlab
March 9, 2013 at 3:50 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Is not a fake “journalist” by definition a real journalist?
d.c.wilson
March 9, 2013 at 4:19 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Trump, the “small government conservative” who used eminent domain to kick people out of their homes so that his Atlantic City casino could have more parking spaces.
Sounds perfect for CPAC.
pacal
March 9, 2013 at 4:20 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
“He throws political correctness out the window.”
Nothing could be more “politically correct”.
dan4
March 9, 2013 at 5:06 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
@15…and who is using an arm of the government (the legal system) to sue Bill Maher for 5 million dollars after Maher jokingly said that he would pay that amount if Trump could prove that one of his parents wasn’t an orange-haired orangatutan (i.e., a reference to Trump’s hair).
imrryr
March 9, 2013 at 7:32 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Neil Gaiman:
Hmm, let’s try that:
Yep. Sounds about right.
fifthdentist
March 10, 2013 at 4:08 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Only among nutters would a person who inherited a shitload of money be considered a “success story.”
StevoR : Free West Papua, free Tibet, let the Chagossians return!
March 10, 2013 at 5:15 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Trump is a clown
Such a political down
To take him so seriously
Must make serious folks frown
From his toupee to his toes
This birther sure knows
That his time is a-closin’
Just as S. Palin surely blows!
- With apologies to Digital Cuttlefish who does this so much better & permission granted to y’all to spread this doggrel as far’n'wide as y’please.
Raging Bee
March 10, 2013 at 7:48 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
The pro-business party, who think businessmen can solve all our problems without no stinkin’ big gummint, can’t find a better figurehead than Donald Trump? Seriously?
This is not the face one should be projecting for 2014. This says ‘we can’t do any better, so why try?’
Actually, I think it’s more like “We can’t do any better, so we have to keep anyone else from trying.”
Michael Heath
March 10, 2013 at 8:24 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Raging Bee writes:
While the GOP claims it’s the pro-business party, this assertion like so many other Republicans proclaim is simply not objectively true. And it’s not like the Democratic party is anti-business, in many cases their policies are far more conducive to business sector objectives or the business climate in general than Republicans. Particularly in the areas of tech and construction, both of which are key sectors which correlate to growth and where the tech sector is our biggest sector.
It is true that the Republican party is the party of certain business sectors’ tactical or short-term objectives, sometimes at the expense of those sectors’ long-term strategic objectives.
Childermass
March 10, 2013 at 9:10 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
imrryr @ 18:
Fixed it for you.
democommie
March 10, 2013 at 9:19 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Donald Trump is a fucking piece-of-shit. There, REALLY, FIFY.
Michael Heath:
I agree with your analysis. I think, though, that is safe to say that the SKKKrotalMurKKKanPatriotiKKK Front is perfectly okay with such “Pro-business” sentiments as anti-unionism, anti-regulation, anti-taxation and anti-equality, regardless their actual effects on the business climate.
Synfandel
March 11, 2013 at 10:18 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
What exactly does one do to become an American patriot? I see no military career. I see no sacrifice for the country. I see only stupid, failed attempts to undermine the reputation of the President.
Does American patriot mean “someone who agrees with me”?