tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post5057081294399151325..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: WILL THE UNIVERSITY SCAM REALLY COST TRUMP ANY VOTES?Steve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-81557586076775456682016-06-01T22:20:57.774-04:002016-06-01T22:20:57.774-04:00I really don't care if it makes the scales fal...I really don't care if it makes the scales fall from his supporters eyes. His supporters aren't enough to get him in. Ernest Lamonica is right to quote Howard Dean, who is also, er, right: The people who are in the middle, who haven't committed either way, will be very hard-put to justify backing this clown now.<br /><br />And as sdhays notes, the musings of Mark Cuban are probably true. I have never believed this lie about being a "billionaire." Anyone who ascribes a multi-billion dollar value to his "name," his "brand," is full of shit. His name isn't Gates. He's always been a sleekit real estate hustler that no one takes seriously in the <i>real</i> big money world. (See him hanging around with the Kochs? Pickett? Adelson? Would they even take his calls?) As Cuban says, no "billionaire" is going to waste his time chasing small money for vanity steaks, or wine, or a "real estate" school. These are all short cons. They don't bring in anywhere near the money a billionaire cares about. But, as Cuban also suggested, they do indicate a need for cash, for some sort of revenue stream which, when you owe like Trump does, reveals a classic Peter-to-pay-Paul operator, someone who's always just a step ahead of the banks and the lenders and the people who fronted you the money to build your con. But how much is he bringing in while campaigning? Does anyone really think he had any intention of writing that check for $1 million? <br /><br />This could all fall apart before the convention. He's already running cheesy ads begging people to "commit to him" and "Call Him!" (with money), and "If you already called, <i>CALL AGAIN!</i>" The party can't pony up what he'll need in the general, and it doesn't look like anyone else will, and we know <i>he</i> doesn't have it.<br /><br />I think he sees it all falling apart, and that's why he lost it yesterday.jsrthetahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09471258641340325875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-86991185394086397332016-06-01T21:58:48.396-04:002016-06-01T21:58:48.396-04:00Trump voters would never fall for a scam they are ...Trump voters would never fall for a scam they are all alpha males! And Veterans love Trump cause he'll make them great again!Grung_e_Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894879088472559055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-78457683018917727312016-06-01T21:08:02.078-04:002016-06-01T21:08:02.078-04:00You may be right that this might not end Trump by ...You may be right that this might not end Trump by itself. But it's coming at a bad time for Trump, as he faces accusations that he nearly ripped off a bunch of veterans groups and tried to get away without paying out his own money (and still didn't pay out all the money he claimed had been raise) as well as credible claims that he's not even close to a billionaire. The veterans issue does not seem to be going away now that the money has been paid; the mainstream media actually seems to be reporting it with skepticism.<br /><br />I think the veterans charity story is the wedge that has opened the floodgates. The press senses that the Washington Post had Trump by short-and-curlies and he buckled. It's blood in the water, and no amount of Hillary hatred can cover up the smell of that sweet, sweet blood. Trump nearly spitting on them with contempt over it won't win him any allies in the press either. <br /><br />With Trump University, he basically introduced the issue himself by loudly slandering a Federal judge on multiple occasions and telegraphing that he knows he going to lose this case. "Scam" and "Trump" have now been primed in the media consciousness because they've seen it happen in real-time in front of their very eyes. I think they've been a little frustrated themselves over the way Trump has been able to get them talking about something else no matter what outrageous thing he says or has done comes to light, and now they see an opportunity to force him to react to them instead of the other way around. It's not going away.<br /><br />And now Mark Cuban comes out and says what many of us have been suspecting for quite some time: Trump's nowhere close to being a billionaire, let alone worth $10 billion. This has three beautiful elements: 1) if it's true, Trump has no possibility of summoning the requisite resources for a Presidential campaign; 2) whether it's true or not, Trump is incapable of proving that he actually is a billionaire, either because he isn't one or is terrified of what other things the documents used to prove his net worth will reveal; and 3) it perfectly explains Trump University and the veterans charity scam: Trump "needs" the money. So now doubt will constantly be seeded as to whether Trump is even actually a billionaire, tying up all of these other scams and adding a nice scam cherry on top. And Trump seemingly can't do a thing about it. I think it's going to be rather "taxing" on his ego, and it's going to be tough on his allies as well.<br /><br />I just hope he's able to keep himself together through the convention. For a while, I was cautious about counting my blessings before November (the Democrats still need to work damn hard), but I'd hate to have gotten this far and have this putrid farce of candidate whisked away before the Republican Party is forced to serenade and run with him at the top of their ticket...sdhayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02354409528975596405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-54287272161468054352016-06-01T20:52:29.193-04:002016-06-01T20:52:29.193-04:00Even if Trump voters don't mind that he scamme...Even if Trump voters don't mind that he scammed people then, wouldn't some of them be concerned that he's scamming them now?dSmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17407278458580956678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-7927774425754976762016-06-01T20:44:12.671-04:002016-06-01T20:44:12.671-04:00Pullin' one over on The Man is the 'Murika...Pullin' one over on The Man is the 'Murikan way.Ten Bearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06594307610015584119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-83641395919588699782016-06-01T17:33:19.446-04:002016-06-01T17:33:19.446-04:00Hitler.. I mean Hillary will have to repeat simple...Hitler.. I mean Hillary will have to repeat simple phrases more than she does now. She has to take a page out of all the attacks on her and use the words "lied", (not liar), "cheated", "scammed" and "stole" over and over..<br /><br />Trump lied about how much he makes and cheated people of their life savings to make it. Trump scammed his way to the top. Is that what you want?Joey Blauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00185289301820663520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-3329765257993790282016-06-01T16:21:27.799-04:002016-06-01T16:21:27.799-04:00What COULD really do it is if the electorate were ...What COULD really do it is if the electorate were able to see the recorded 'grading' of the Trump U course, because then the public would see how freaking OLD and VULNERABLE these poor fucks really were who Trump ripped off.<br /><br />And now we know it's wasn't someone else using Trump's 'brand', it was Trump himself: he owns 93% fo the venture even now, and owned it all from inception - HIS inception.Feud Turgidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05379322096770703017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-78577799062897677672016-06-01T15:05:51.652-04:002016-06-01T15:05:51.652-04:00OK what planet are you really from. When people se...OK what planet are you really from. When people see the regular people that this pig has hurt either at tRump U or in his bankruptcy filings it will leave a mark.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09780639269762721157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-4619049338514791132016-06-01T14:25:21.834-04:002016-06-01T14:25:21.834-04:00"The Art Of The Boiler Room?" Howard Dea..."The Art Of The Boiler Room?" Howard Dean last night on O'Donnell was 100% correct when he stated "Both side are after the 15 Million voters in the middle". This Trump U scam will definitely affect that 15 million. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14006984334289913006noreply@blogger.com