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'President' Trump?'President' Palin?
Don't Laugh. It could Happen.
Ronald Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger were Hollywood actors. People laughed at them when they announced their Presidential and state-government aspirations.
What happened?
Reagan became the 40th President of the United States (1981 to 1989). Schwarzenegger became the 38th Governor of California (2003 to 2010). Both were Republicans.Now they're laughing again at New York real estate tycoon Donald Trump and Alaska opportunist Sarah Palin. Trump isn't saying what party banner he will carry. Palin is a Republican.
Both have said or hinted in recent days they could defeat President Barack Obama in the 2012 elections.
What a joke.
Trump and Palin are both outrageous contenders. Neither displays the tact, patience and intelligence a national leader should show.
Trump is a billionaire real estate entrepreneur. His companies, over the years, have wiggled out of more bankruptcy protection filings and corporate lawsuits than a discotheque pole dancer.
Palin is an opportunist from a hick town in Alaska. Yet she maneuvered her way to the Governor's mansion in that polar-bear state.But can you see either Trump or Palin sitting down with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao or Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and discussing trade balances between countries?
I can't. But many Americans can, according to a recent poll.
An Associated Press-GfK poll this month found Palin the most polarizing of the potential 2012 Republican presidential candidates.
The poll says 46 percent of Americans view her favorably, 49 percent unfavorably, and 5 percent do not know enough about her to form an opinion.
Yet among adults who identified themselves as Republicans or Republican-leaning independents, 79 percent view her favorably.In a recent interview with CNBC, Trump said:
"Frankly, I speak what people really know should happen.
"When they talk about trade wars like it's a horrible thing. China is taking such advantage. I have friends; I do a lot of business with China.
"They can't believe what they are getting away with. I don't blame them, if they can get away with it, they should get away with it."
He also said: "Every time this country starts to get stronger, they [OPEC] raise the [oil] price, they sap blood right out of you....The US had protected many of the oil-producing countries in the past."This [high oil prices] is what we get paid back with. It's sad."
What also is sad is a situation where opportunists like Trump and Palin think they are smart enough to lead this country out one of the worst Recessions in its history.
Hillary Clinton might do it. Obama can't do it. Trump and Palin? Never.
What do you think?
