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Trump On The GOP Race: ‘The Level Of Hatred… Is Unbelievable’

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The famously media-shy Donald Trump took time from his busy schedule of not being on TV to sit down for an interview with Face the Nation‘s Bob Schieffer. And in the interview, Trump admitted he is still considering running for president because he is still very discouraged by the Republican field. In fact, when Schieffer asked him whether he would run as a Republican or an independent, Trump chose the latter.

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Of course, Trump would very much love to be part of the race now, but alas, a new season of The Apprentice is beginning this spring and someone needs to make sure Arsenio Hall and George Takei don’t spontaneously engage in fisticuffs! But still, as an American citizen, Trump is not happy with the tone the Republican candidates are taking.

“It’s a very nasty race. I’ve never seen anything like this. It’s Republican against Republican. And yet, the level of hatred, I guess you could say, there’s no other word for it, is unbelievable. And the question is, are they hurting themselves? Are they hurting the party? Are they hurting the Republicans? And are they hurting their chances of winning an election against Barack Obama? And probably the answer is yes.”

However, he did suggest the possibility that by getting all the negative stuff out there now, whoever wins the GOP nomination will be stronger for it because of this contentious battle.

RELATED: Tom Brokaw To Piers Morgan: Trump Got ‘Way Too Much Attention’

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  • Gloves Silky Donahue

    Why not run in the Dem primaries, Donald? They’re just starting.
    Did Obama win in S.C. yesterday? No one knows.

  • Anonymous

    Trump, shocked: “It’s Republican against Republican.”

    Yes, genius, that’s kind of how a Republican primary works.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_H36WFOK26NT5DTCBQPOVZBMXR4 lee

    lest’s guess how years left this clown have before a tube is sticking down his throat. I can’t way until the day he is dead.

  • News Of The World

    All the GOPBaggers now trying to distance themselves from this fool.  Why?  He represents you perfectly!  Always has, always will. How embarrassing. 

  • Anonymous

    The man who trashed candidates who turned down the ‘opportunity’ to appear at his debate is surprised at all the negativity? Really now?

  • Anonymous

    Gloves you teabaggers fed that troll and now you’re trying to dismiss him.  He’s all yours.

  • Anonymous

    Please let him run! I’m interested to see how close he is to-what is the number now? third or fourth bankruptcy?

  • Pablo

    The Donald doesn’t remember the 2008 Democrat primary.

  • http://profiles.google.com/shle896 Shane Lear

    That’s rich coming from one of the most hateful people around.  He’s simply GROSS in more ways than one.

  • Anonymous

    TRUMP/PALIN 2012!

  • Anonymous

    I would disagree that Trump is hateful at all. Trump is merely on opportunist that loves fame, attention and money.  He was/is playing off the intense blind hatred and bigotry of the right.

  • Anonymous

    no one????….WRONG …..just you sir…..clearly your home schooling failed

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bart-Morgay/100001554351938 Bart Morgay

    Trump is the perfect face of today’s loud vulgar and boorish Tea-nut GOP.

  • http://twitter.com/weench165 NewYorker

    Well, Donald would know about injecting hate … Your behavior certain did nothing to promote legitimate debate.  Donald is a shameless race – baiter who, surprise, surprise, is injecting himself into this week’s when his show is beginning yet another season.

  • http://twitter.com/weench165 NewYorker

    “Trump is an opportunist …” and you want him to be President?  GOP — and people like you — are making a mockery of this election.

  • Anonymous

    He left out..”are they hurting America?”    As-sweep-pay.

  • Anonymous

    “He was/is playing off the intense blind hatred and bigotry of the right.”
    Which makes him culpable, which makes him hateful.  get it?

    Add Palin to the mix and you’ve got something called santorum…..not not that Santorum….the other santorum.  lol

  • Anonymous

    I think they make a great team and they would shake things up in the beltway!

  • Anonymous

    He prefers unbelievable levels of gimmickry, I suppose. 

  • J M

    I used to laugh when the clown show posse (GOP Presidential candidates) would have their PR people let the media know that they had a meeting with the almighty Donald whenever they came to NYC (Mittens and Bachmnn)..Like anyone gave a isht. 

  • Anonymous

    Dude….less than a year ago he was your LEADING presidential contender! Ha!

  • Ben

    Yes….so much hate man…
    I agree with The Donald there,so much hate,it’s like,unamerican, no?
    Tell you what Donald,you should probably ask these people for their long form birth certificate,or their college transcripts,although I’m sure you got your people on it and they’re finding unbelievable things,right?
    Cause I gotta tell ya,these people sure don’t look “american” to me…I mean,they’re haters,right?

    Yup….good job,Donald…tnx for pointing that shit out…seriously.

  • Anonymous

    Haha…

  • Anonymous

    Spot on. You took the words right out of my mouth. The Party of No, is the Party of Hate. And they really go ballistic when a Democrat adopts one of their ideas such as the individual mandate or welfare reform.

  • DoesThisOffendYou

    I don’t think it’s unbelievable.  I’ve been saying for almost a year that the GOP needs to split. The GOP is becoming a dysfunctional family – divorce maybe the only answer.

    Conservatives are begining to dispise the neo-cons.  It may also be time for the neo-cons to return to the Democratic Party – from where they came.

  • Anonymous

    ANYBODY who would put a TV show in front of running for President, doesn’t deserve the Presidency. You have proven that YOU are more important to yourself than the nation. Go away and stay away.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SMUGSPLRKQOJBS5T6I4S5H2YSE Andy-48

    He can take Sarah with him.

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/35HY56IL4DQPXFZ625U5OCEWQ4 Larry

    Two weeks after the nominee is selected, the media will be asking “where did the hate and divisiveness go.  It seems the Republicans put it all together and now are united to beat Obama”.

  • Anonymous

    Sorry, but i agree with others on this post.  DIVORCE is the only answer. 

  • Anonymous
  • Anonymous

    Think an enema is what the gop needs and if Obama wins I’ll expect the establishment to flush the tea partiers down the drain. I’m not so against the business party, it’s the party that wants to regulate everybodys business in the bedroom that has to go along with all of the racists and form their own party.

  • DoesThisOffendYou

    Damn right…Your bedroom analogy is one that I’ve used against social-cons for a long time now, online and off.  If government shouldn’t interfere with a person’s private life – it also has no business in a person’s bedroom.

    Recent example of my dislike of social-cons:
    http://www.mediaite.com/online/study-suggests-low-iq-social-conservatism-and-prejudice-go-hand-in-hand/#comment-423493746

  • Anonymous

    Never attended your classes. Great minds! :) They’ve been manipulating these people for years to win and now the inmates have taken over the asylum.

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/BVZGN72SOR5VLVPOJGH5VZABIU Stephen

    Good, maybe it will be like the story of Little Black Sambo and the Tiger, racing around the pole in the back yard, and all these clowns will melt down to butter and molasses (really the asses which they are) to drip on Obama pancakes, Yuk, yuk!

  • DoesThisOffendYou

    Great minds is right…As your last name is only one letter off from mine.

    Ummmm, similar analogies and similar last names.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_45S32GWGDRUJIL6E2U4HOZW4BM Bob

    The media giving yet another forum to Trump the Proven Liar, without calling him out on his record of nonstop B.S.
    Still waiting on those promised tax returns and those ‘amazing things” from the investigators of his Birther Task Force.

  • Anonymous

    Wait, what?

  • Anonymous

    I go with opportunist!

  • Anonymous

    You know– that probably makes him worst.  At least, the intense blind hatred and bigotry felt by those on the right is genuine.

  • Anonymous

    Not to mention the level of stupidity. 

  • Anonymous

    When Newt Gingrich introduced the “Contract with America” back in 1994, he also provided through his PAC, a list of words that republican candidates should use to describe their democrat opponents or when they were talking about a democrat. You know, words like traitor, liar, un-American, unpatriotic -those kind of words.
    Thus was the beginning of the messages of HATRED. 
    The disrespect shown toward opponents was horrendous.  that is when the deep divide in our country began taking place.  Yes, Newt Gngrich began it all and continues to show disrespect for our president by referring to him as the “foodstamp President” or just “Obama”.  when he begins showing respect, manners and a willingness to work as one nation, that will be…well, that will never happen.

  • Anonymous

    Wait, I thought only liberals engaged in hateful rhetoric.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_42KTZIH34XIJ2OU5OWWMGF3AWU julien alien

    This is why Donald Trump is threatening to run third party,to dilute the
    vote in case Ron Paul runs Indy after the GOP convention.Donald might
    be able to ensure a Obama/Romney ticket,which is what Newt and Santorum
    are trying to do now by collecting delegates and backing Romney in the
    end.It does not matter who is the chosen one,there are many chosen ones
    working for the same shadow government,but few real candidates,and no
    such thing as a political party with differing ideals.They are all
    actors playing a game with the citizens future except for the
    rare,trustworthy candidate like Ron Paul.He could run under the(insert)
    party and I would follow him until the very end.

  • Anonymous

    Actually that is a great idea…  I would like to see Trump go away. 

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_P27OZ7IRYVJ4W5MDA265QCQGKA Swfloridagal Gal

    Ha!  They would shake things up all right.  Win, not so much!!!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_P27OZ7IRYVJ4W5MDA265QCQGKA Swfloridagal Gal

    Duh!! You just figured that out?

  • Anonymous

    Donald has hustled his own share of Rat-Wing hatred.

  • Anonymous

    Chauncy:   I like to watch!  So does Eve.  Ohhh….

  • Anonymous

    ‘I had to leave because of the show, but I was doing well in the polls.’

    There you have it…

    …Blame the producers of The apprentice for holding this man to ransom, when he should have been running as a Republican for the Presidency…

    It makes you wonder how the Republicans feel about him now, especially now The Duck will run as an Independent…

    …Lucky us!

  • Pablo

    You have Trump around your poohole?

  • labman57

    Trump has a fundamental character flaw shared by both Palin and Bachmann — an arrogant unwillingness to do his homework before making public proclamations concerning matters about which he is ignorant. All three alleged POTUS-wannabes appear to believe that if they say it is so, then it must be true, even when their inflammatory “insights” have been repeatedly refuted (refudiated?) by numerous independent sources. Their mantra: when in doubt, make crap up.

    Trump has spent most of his adult life surrounded by brown-nosing “yes men” (and women) who would never tell him that he’s full of sh*t for fear of being fired. And so he doesn’t see the necessity to engage in some basic fact-checking before making public comments on matters of which he is completely ignorant.

    “I’m the boss, and therefore everything I say is correct” doesn’t work outside of the board room.

    In addition, both Trump and Palin exhibit an exuberance — in frequent acts of petty vindictiveness — to dish it out , yet a total inability to take it, demonstrating a naive cluelessness about that old axiom: What goes around, eventually comes around.

  • Anonymous

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    one person you may be the world. Find  true
    love? ——-> sugarcupid.C○MIt
    is a person’als place where you can meet success’ful rich men, classy mature women,
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    Good luck! :)

  • Anonymous

     It is graceful grief and sweet sadness to think of you, but in my heart, there is a kind of soft warmth that can’t be expressed with any choice of words—–> – ‘sugarcupi d.С’(‘⊙)M—–It is a person’als place where you can meet success’ful rich men, classy mature women, rich women looking for marriage, or just meet beautiful friends and singles

  • Anonymous

    HAHAHAHAHA!!! Dumb/Dumber2012 Yeah that will beat BHO!!! BWAHAHA! We don’t need two publicity whores in the White House. We need someone to win so far it’s not likely!

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    It’s how the Mainstream Media or Lame Stream Media or Drive-By Media or Librul Media plot against Republicans. Giving them air time. Dasterdly.

  • Anonymous

    Nacho-They would take votes away from someone who might actually be worth something we just need to find that someone!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/James-Brenner/100002313860440 James Brenner

    Donald acting his part – build up the illusion that the election is a real contest. 

    Perpetuate the fiction that the PEOPLE are choosing. It’s all a FRAUD. 

    THE establishment has several horses in the race. The only one they don’t want to win, is RON PAUL.

    No Ron Paul = No real change

  • Anonymous

    Larry that depends on who the nominee is for one thing. I’ve seen the New Republican Tea Party talk big with “BHO will be out in 2012″ but all we have is nothing. Who do you think can win wth this crazy field…..

    Newtered-ethical and a family man! hah!
    Mitt-whatever you want me to say to make you vote for me! hah!
    Santorum-not all that extreme! hah!
    Paul-to complicated for the NRTP! hah!

    Face it we got nothing! BHO is going to win by default I’m afraid to say!  

  • Smack80

    Donald.please.go.away!

  • Hout Bosques

    It’s the same as dealing with religiotic preachers, except he’s a senior monk in the service of the god of the almighty buck, so there’s less fall-out that most of those quacks. It’s easier to schlepp over to meet with him to become his latest subject in one of those egomaniacal conversations with one of the Fuppets at FNC. Also, it’s cheap messaging: it implies you’re looking for money for campaigning – easier than asking directly, which is actually hard to do, because you get into those ‘you owe me now’ relationships. The only contestants exempt from this ritual, really, were RoPaul & Romney – & the only reason Romney did it is to look more like  he belonged in the herd. 

  • Anonymous

    This story about West the wack job is just more GOP bull sh!t.
    He was bounced out of the military for incompetence. Now his mouth
    shoots off vitriol and the repug hamster heads take it as wisdom.
    He is another slimy opportunist like newt, One term loser for sure.
    newt/west. Hahahahahahaha roflmao. Hahahahaha

  • Hout Bosques

    You never know. The last time they went thru this, a Romney was in the mix & he got shunned & the crazies won & Goldwater was nominated & the GOP got crushed – until the very next midterm election. So this time there’s another Romney in the mix & he’s having to overcome the same sort of shunning but the crazies are getting so marginalized it’s looking highly unlikely they’ll win. But that doesn’t mean the general election outcome will be any different. The crazies will definitely have a say in this.

  • Hout Bosques

    Trump’s not running & we all really know that. But RoPaul’s at a cross-roads – this is his last hurrah, & we really don’t know how he’s going to work this out. The Borg can aborb Santorum & Newt, but it can’t easily absorb the Ronulans.

  • Anonymous

    to the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the
    world. Find  true love? ——-> sugarcupid.C○MIt is a person’als place where you can meet success’ful rich men, classy
    mature women, rich women looking for marriage, or just meet beautiful friends
    and singles. Good luck! :)

  • Anonymous

    Man, this is so funny.  The man that spews lies and hatred and pretends he isn’t a bigot, some kind of crazy!  Money can’t buy you class, Donald.  You should have learned that by now.  You will NEVER have class.  Try to take a lesson from Obama on class and pride and communication.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jo-Hargis/100002882420472 Jo Hargis

    I’ll bet, if you compare notes, you guys have the same birth date and are twins separated at birth by some unlucky twist of fate.  You should really get in touch!

    Ok, just kidding! The scenario just came to mind when the name thing was mentioned =)  hey, stranger things have happened!

  • Чёрт Возьми

    With Trump, everything has got to be hyperbole.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jj-Wisniewski/100002654075475 Jj Wisniewski

    That’s all the party needs is for madman Trump to run as an independent.

  • Anonymous

    The level of stupidity, ridiculousness, Anti-Americanism, bigotry and presumptuousness aren´t bad either. Just waiting that they tell each other to leave the country.

  • Anonymous

    Trump and Toupe 2012!!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1190134026 Barry Dalton

    We need Trump the peace maker!

    Tell them teabaggers they’re all fired Donald!

    BTW, Gloves finally made the news!

    http://www.geekosystem.com/nail-brain-accident/

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1190134026 Barry Dalton

    typical lowbrow attempt at lame “humor” from Pablo, the pretend Hispanic

  • Walt

    Except Pablo, they were qualified candidates going after each other.  And Obama never took the lower road.  In fact, that is why I got turned off by Hillary.  She went all republicon on Obama.  It backfired, didn’t it.

  • Anonymous

    Face the Nation just became a joke program for having this stupid clown on the show.  

  • Чёрт Возьми

    He will have zero effect, whether he runs or not.

  • Anonymous

    What the hell is so surprising to Trump about the level of hate? The entire party is based on hate

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