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David Plouffe: Donald Trump Is A ‘Sideshow’ With ‘Zero Chance’ Of Becoming President

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Is Donald Trump a serious presidential candidate or simply a promotional spectacle distracting Americans from serious issues right in front of him? The amount of media attention he has garnered in the last week — complete with rather stunning polls suggesting that he’s a leading GOP candidate — suggest a serious candidacy. But at least one of Obama’s serious advisers dismisses Trump’s political rhetoric as a frivolous endeavor that mainstream Americans see as a “sideshow.”

David Plouffe made the Sunday morning talk show circuit yesterday, ostensibly pegged to last week’s announcement that Obama would run for reelection in 2012. During an appearance on ABC’s This Week, host Christiane Amanpour asked Plouffe about Trump‘s chances at winning the White House.

I saw Donald Trump kind of rising in some polls and given his behavior and spectacle the last couple of weeks, I hope he keeps on rising. There is zero chance that Donald Trump would ever be hired by the American people to do this job. There may be a small part of the country that believes these things, but mainstream Americans think its a side show, and what they want our leaders to do is focus squarely on the issues right in front of them.

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  • skyfet

    trust me! Trump is a joke, he is not running, his business dealing alone would destroy him. Before the jokers attack Plouffe as a nobody or a Joke, remember he was the one that trashed John McCain Jr and your Heroine (Sarah).

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    skyfet said:
    trust me! Trump is a joke, he is not running, his business dealing alone would destroy him. Before the jokers attack Plouffe as a nobody or a Joke, remember he was the one that trashed John McCain Jr and your Heroine (Sarah).

    I might have used “thrashed” instead. I might have wanted to give the Heroine a bit of the “credit”, as well. I really don’t think McCain could have lost as spectacularly without her.

  • skyfet

    By the way, he is really tired about the Birther talk (after facing facts).

  • skyfet

    THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
    I might have used “thrashed” instead. I might have wanted to give the Heroine a bit of the “credit”, as well. I really don’t think McCain could have lost as spectacularly without her.

    Yeah she really did a great job in reducing the bleeding.

  • Barack Must Go

    Take it from where it comes. This is the same jackass that claimed the Obama regime had their finger on the pulse of America leading up to the mid term elections last November.

    Obama and his entire regime including the MSM have lying to the American people for so long about this president not being a loser and the worst thing to happen to America….ever, they actually believe the words they speak.

    Thank God all ” real ” Americans and an ever growing segment of liberals dismiss everything they spew for the bull____ and lies that it is.

  • An Idea

    This smug little fool , Reid & Pelosi as leaders , Schultz as DNC chair , all will insure that Obama’s a one termer .

  • BatBoy

    I am sure David Fluff was thinking Obama and just said Trump.

  • Cecelia

    skyfet said:
    Yeah she really did a great job in reducing the bleeding.

    It’s revisionist anyway. It took the banking bust-up to knock McCain-Palin out of the lead.

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    Cecelia said:
    It’s revisionist anyway. It took the banking bust-up to knock McCain-Palin out of the lead.

    I wouldn’t say “lead”. I’d say bubble. I’d also note that the tangible sign of the depths of the economic collapse impressed the nation with the seriousness of the choice. McCain never could seem to convey his concern. Recall is so-called campaign “suspension”? It seemed false. And, with seriousness the subject, Palin’s frantic attempts to change the subject were the fatal blow.

  • More Liberty5

    Colby Hall wrote:
    “Is Donald Trump a serious presidential candidate or simply a promotional spectacle distracting Americans from serious issues right in front of him?”

    Hahahaha….as you do the same and discuss this foolishness as opposed to huge debt, record deficits, more wars, high gas prices, a horrible economy and an electorate that is simply just fed up with these two parties.

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    More Liberty5 said:
    Colby Hall wrote:
    “Is Donald Trump a serious presidential candidate or simply a promotional spectacle distracting Americans from serious issues right in front of him?”

    Hahahaha….as you do the same and discuss this foolishness as opposed to huge debt, record deficits, more wars, high gas prices, a horrible economy and an electorate that is simply just fed up with these two parties.

    I don’t know if it’s possible to get any message through to these people, but the clear message all day Friday and through the evening was “a pox on both of you”.

  • screwauger

    coming from the brains behind the most incompetent and amateurish administration in the history of the US. Just words…

  • screwauger

    that’s why there is talk now of a primary challenge to Obowmao. Feigned confidence to support this weeks Liberal Talking Points.

  • timzank

    THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
    I wouldn’t say “lead”. I’d say bubble. I’d also note that the tangible sign of the depths of the economic collapse impressed the nation with the seriousness of the choice. McCain never could seem to convey his concern. Recall is so-called campaign “suspension”? It seemed false. And, with seriousness the subject, Palin’s frantic attempts to change the subject were the fatal blow.

    While McCain & Co. made mistakes, it’s painfully obvious the only real reason this country elected The Chicago Jesus was the color of his skin. Geraldine Ferraro was right about that one.

  • Jaurez

    Are there any d’s with the nads to announce their run against this empty suit known as Obama?

  • timzank

    Jaurez said:
    Are there any d’s with the nads to announce their run against this empty suit known as Obama?

    The only “D” with real nads is Hillary.

  • timzank

    Whether it’s Ronal McDonald or Donald Trump or Mickey Mouse, ANYBODY would be more “in touch” than Obambi.

    “”If you’re complaining about the price of gas and you’re only getting 8 miles a gallon, you know,” Obama said laughingly. “You might want to think about a trade-in.”

    The president spoke at a town hall meeting at Gamesa Technology Corp., a Spanish company that makes giant turbines that use wind to generate electricity. According to the White House, it is the first overseas company of its kind to set up shop in the U.S

    http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/politics&id=8056167

    Talk about “out of touch…chastising some poor bastard about his gas mileage in his big old van (he’s got ten freaking children) and suggesting he get a hybrid van (nobody makes one Barry) while speaking at a FOREIGN OWNED windfarm that has a whopping 800 employees at the same site where US Steel used to employ 8000 people instead.

    Talk about “out of touch”.

  • writer

    The left is always so concerned about all these people who have no chance of winning.

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    timzank said:
    While McCain & Co. made mistakes, it’s painfully obvious the only real reason this country elected The Chicago Jesus was the color of his skin. Geraldine Ferraro was right about that one.

    Doubtful.

    Certainty: The only reason you Crackers bleat, kvetch, moan and whine about our President is the color of his skin. Otherwise, your bleats, kvetches, moans and whines would be about policy and not conspiracy theories.

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    writer said:
    The left is always so concerned about all these people who have no chance of winning.

    I take libel and slander seriously. Sorry you don’t.

  • justanotherconservative

    this ploufer guy isn’t even well known enough to be a side show.

  • justanotherconservative

    THE REAL ROYAL KING said:

    Certainty: The only reason you Crackers bleat, kvetch, moan and whine about our President is the color of his skin. Otherwise, your bleats, kvetches, moans and whines would be about policy and not conspiracy theories.

    wow. a little “intolerant” aren’t we??? lol. YOU are the sideshow, asshole,

  • justanotherconservative

    skyfet said:
    By the way, he is really tired about the Birther talk (after facing facts).

    as usual, no one knows what in the hell you are talking about. have you looked into medication, yet?

  • writer

    King, we know you’re sorry. Now apologize.

  • Steve_27

    Does this idiot realize he speaks for the most inexperienced unknown do nothing community organizer ever? Once you step back and look at what happened you must realize ANYONE can win.

    In a day where both parties have problems with politicians in general, we elected the most absurd prototypical full of shit politician ever seen. So who can claim with a straight face that ANYONE is not capable of winning now?

  • writer

    King, you only bleat about white people because of the color of their skin.

  • skyfet

    writer said:
    King, you only bleat about white people because of the color of their skin.

    So he bleating out against himself.

  • writer

    Yes, skyfet. Like so many on the left, the King is a self-loathing white person.

  • skyfet

    justanotherconservative said:
    as usual, no one knows what in the hell you are talking about. have you looked into medication, yet?

    Maybe you should check the story about this, its not my job to inform you.

  • Steve_27

    THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
    Doubtful. Certainty: The only reason you Crackers bleat, kvetch, moan and whine about our President is the color of his skin. Otherwise, your bleats, kvetches, moans and whines would be about policy and not conspiracy theories.

    So easy to prove you the idiot that you are.

    Clinton, Biden, Kerry, Gore, Reid, Pelosi, Kaine, Inoyue, Durbin, Schumer, Pryor, Boxer, Nelson, Baucaus, Kohl, Cantwell, Frank, Beccera, Hoyer, Clyburn, Larson, Israel, Fienstien, Harkin, Levin, Dodd, Bingaman: If any of these individuals were behind the the same decisions BO was behind, we would be equally unhappy.

    How’s that ignorant race card going for ya? Now scurry away with YOUR rasict tail between your legs and come back if you ever grow a dick and want to debate real issues. You race baiters make me sick!

  • writer

    Ever notice how the King has no qualms about stereotyping large groups of white people, calling them ‘rednecks’ and ‘crackers’, but if anyone has the least disagreement with a member of a minority group, he suddenly turns into Mother Teresa, crying and wailing hysterically.

  • Steve_27

    skyfet said:
    Maybe you should check the story about this, its not my job to inform you.

    It’s been 5 days and you still cant tell us “What you won?” It was especially funny how you whined that I was picking on you or had something out for you. LOL!

    Typical lib, get pinned down, whine bitch deflect. Go away sky, your a mess.

  • The Dweller Ysul

    Steve_27 said:
    If any of these individuals were behind the the same decisions BO was behind, we would be equally unhappy.

    That’s not precisely true, Steve. For example, both cap-and-trade and the insurance exchanges in the HCRA were initially proposed by conservatives, but you let Obama put them forward and it’s Mau-Mau this and Hussein that. Moreover, the conservative base was fully behind both Reagan and Bush the Dummy while they were, respectively, tripling and doubling the national debt.

    Plus I never remember seeing a poster of Kerry with a bone through his nose.

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    writer said:
    Ever notice how the King has no qualms about stereotyping large groups of white people, calling them ‘rednecks’ and ‘crackers’, but if anyone has the least disagreement with a member of a minority group, he suddenly turns into Mother Teresa, crying and wailing hysterically.

    WrLter, might I suggest and request that should you ever say anything new, interesting, relevant, intelligent you post under a new name? I know with all of the names you already use, that might be a burden, but if you posted under say Kevin Kroupier or Theodore Thong III or Pierre Peppers I would make a point of reading it. Such a post would be noteworthy. And, astounding.

  • More Liberty5

    To quote Colby Hall:
    “The truth is that Tommy IS an unabashed liberal – which is why we like him.”

  • NOBAMA 2012

    Who the plouffe is plouffe? LOL

    And just what would some Obama minion know about anyone else’s chances of being elected POTUS?

    We elected a community organizer who had NEVER held an executive position, NEVER “met a payroll” or balanced a budget in his life and had ZERO JOB EXPERIENCE for the position…

    In fact, there is not one white person in America who would have even been nominated much less elected POTUS who was as inexperienced as Obama.

    Lets not kid ourselves, the ONLY reason Obama was elected POTUS was becaus of his skin color.
    And the guy is not even “African-American”…he’s 1/2 White and at best 1/4 Middle Eastern & 1/4 Black…

    We’ve already hit the bottom of the barrell with an icompetent, hypocritical Marxist.
    So, someone inform, Plouffe, if Obama can get elected POTUS, ANYONE CAN!

    Obamabots voted for Obama to prove they’re not prejudiced.
    Who will Obamabots vote for next time to prove they’re not stupid.

    Only 21 more months ’til we evict Obama from the Oval Office & cancel “Amateur Hour” at the White House.

    Like Margaret Thatcher once said, Socialism only works ’til you run out of other peoples’ money.

    NOBAMA 2012

    “Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink.” P.J.O’Rourke

  • writer

    KLing, I note you actually had no comment about your practice of stereotyping whites, but are outraged at the least disagreement with minorities. Didn’t really expect you to offer any kind of an answer about why you do that.

  • http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

    And the reality is, of course, that Donald Trump is in fact a sideshow, and in fact has 0 chance of becoming President. Can you imagine the oppo research on him?

  • NOBAMA 2012

    sorry for the typos…”becaus” = because and “icompetent” = incompentent…

  • Steve_27

    The Dweller Ysul said:
    That’s not precisely true, Steve. For example, both cap-and-trade and the insurance exchanges in the HCRA were initially proposed by conservatives, but you let Obama put them forward and it’s Mau-Mau this and Hussein that. Moreover, the conservative base was fully behind both Reagan and Bush the Dummy while they were, respectively, tripling and doubling the national debt. Plus I never remember seeing a poster of Kerry with a bone through his nose.

    The bone through the nose poster is obviously wrong. But everything I wrote still stands so stop with the individual idiotic posters and stay focused.

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    writer said:
    KLing, I note you actually had no comment about your practice of stereotyping whites, but are outraged at the least disagreement with minorities. Didn’t really expect you to offer any kind of an answer about why you do that.

    I am pleased you weren’t disappointed.

  • writer

    King, in that regard, you never disappoint.

  • TerryDo

    “I saw Donald Trump kind of rising in some polls and given his behavior and spectacle the last couple of weeks, I hope he keeps on rising. There is zero chance that Donald Trump would ever be hired by the American people to do this job” Plouffe stated.

    What Plouffe really meant to say: I saw Barrack Obama kind of falling in some polls and given his behavior and spectacle the last couple of weeks, I hope he keeps on falling. TheRE is ZERO chance that Barrack Obama would ever AGAIN be hired by the American people to do this job.

    Inquiring minds want to know Plouffe; where are Obama’s birth certificate, medical health records, and academic records and last by not least, where is his on the job peers review.
    We already know what kind of job satisfaction the American public has given him, and he is on his way out apparently… What say you Plouffe?

    Is Obama FIRED!

  • http://www.snowspot.net Snowspot

    writer said:
    King, you only bleat about white people because of the color of their skin.

    I am going to start counting when Tea Baggers bring up race, bunch of fairy racists if you ask me XD

  • writer

    That depends. What color are the fairies?

  • The Dweller Ysul

    Steve_27 said:
    The bone through the nose poster is obviously wrong. But everything I wrote still stands so stop with the individual idiotic posters and stay focused.

    So other than the “obvious” racism manifested by some opponents of Obama, there is no racism in the opposition to Obama. Riiiiight.

    Look, no one questions that conservatives will disagree with policies put forward by democrats, even policies they once supported when put forward by republicans, but to deny that the conservative base is mostly white, and eat up with racists, is delusional.

  • timzank

    Snowspot said:
    I am going to start counting when Tea Baggers bring up race, bunch of fairy racists if you ask me XD

    You’ll be disappointed if you do that, we do it far less than you morons that think a black hole in outer space is racist.

  • timzank

    The Dweller Ysul said:
    So other than the “obvious” racism manifested by some opponents of Obama, there is no racism in the opposition to Obama. Riiiiight. Look, no one questions that conservatives will disagree with policies put forward by democrats, even policies they once supported when put forward by republicans, but to deny that the conservative base is mostly white, and eat up with racists, is delusional.

    You guys have overused it so much most people simply chuckle anymore when you cry race.

    Mr President, stop spending so much! RACIST
    Mr. President, we don’t want Obamacare! RACIST
    I’d like a black coffee! RACIST

    You’ve pretty much made true claims of racism something to be ignored, congrats asshats!

  • njoy-d-ride

    With all the controversy, I don’t know if the “Certificate of Live Birth” given out by the state of Hawaii means that the receipant was born in Hawaii or not…
    And I don’t really trust anyone to tell me one way or the other.
    My best guess is that this is a stalemate, Obama probably never got a birth certificate to show. But there are other things like newspapers. So, he can’t prove he was born in America, but no one else can prove he wasn’t.

    BTW, I’m still not convinced that Trump wants to run…

  • Asok

    Zero chance, hey? Well, why is the White House even bothering to comment about Trump at all? It’s simple. The White House is scared witless of Trump and they’re signaling their legions of liberal lapdog press lackeys to launch a full-bore attack against Trump. That’s why. If you doubt me, just watch the Marxist media swing into action against Trump. There’ll be a drumbeat of attack against Trump. No balanced articles weighing Trump’s pros and cons as a presidential candidate, just an all out attack. Just like the Marxist media treats all Republican candidates, but now the White House says it’s Trump’s turn.

  • http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

    timzank said:
    You’ve pretty much made true claims of racism something to be ignored, congrats asshats!

    And now the blatant latent racism in parts of the GOP can continue without shame! Woohoo!

  • X-3

    David Plouffe: Donald Trump Is A ‘Sideshow’ With ‘Zero Chance’ Of Becoming President

    Hey Poof, isn’t that what people were saying about -0bama back in ’07?

  • X-3

    Asok said:
    Zero chance, hey? Well, why is the White House even bothering to comment about Trump at all? It’s simple. The White House is scared witless of Trump and they’re signaling their legions of liberal lapdog press lackeys to launch a full-bore attack against Trump. That’s why. If you doubt me, just watch the Marxist media swing into action against Trump. There’ll be a drumbeat of attack against Trump. No balanced articles weighing Trump’s pros and cons as a presidential candidate, just an all out attack. Just like the Marxist media treats all Republican candidates, but now the White House says it’s Trump’s turn.

    TOTALLY agree! Poofe is trying to do damage control.

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