Michele Bachmann dissed Donald Trump the other day. You can’t say he didn’t have it coming either. You remember his Newsmax-sponsored debate coming up on ION, don’t you? Ron Paul and Jon Huntsman had both immediately signaled that they would not attend as it was beneath the dignity of the office. Trump said fine, they’re joke candidates anyway. Santorum said he’d be there. But Michele Bachmann now says she won’t show, telling Alice Stewart on ABC on Thursday, “We have confirmed that we are not participating.”
She is the fifth GOP candidate to say so, and Trump is feeling the betrayed mafioso. That leaves only Santorum and Trump-favorite Newt Gingrich. She didn’t say why she wasn’t going to attend; the two have been cozy up until now, leaving Trump to fume about loyalty. He was surprised Romney turned down his invitation, but he is positively furious at Bachmann. This is what he had to say to Don Imus on FOX:
“You know who I’m very disappointed in? Michele Bachmann. She’s come up to see me four times. Four times. She’d call me, she’d ask me for advice, she said I should be her Vice Presidential… you know… if she wins, she’d like to think about me for the Vice Presidency, all of these things,” Trump said. “And then after all of that, she announced she’s not going to do the debate. It’s unbelievable. You know, it’s called loyalty. It’s actually called loyalty. How do you do that? You know, it’s amazing to me.”
Watch the video from Mediaite:
Seeming determined to stress the debate’s legitimacy as part of the political process, Newsmax is quick to name-drop its supporters:
Several major conservative groups and leaders have endorsed the debate vocally throughout the week, including:
* Grover Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform
* Sean Hannity of Fox News
* Former Alaska governor and 2008 vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin
* Ralph Reed, Faith and Freedom Coalition
* Tea Party Express
* Political analyst and columnist Dick Morris
* Jeffrey Lord, former Reagan aide
* Al Cardenas, American Conservative Union
* Iowa Rep. Steve King
* The Institute for LibertyThe Tea Party Express became a sponsor Thursday, and urged candidates to attend.
That’s quite a murderer’s row of wackos, including especially Hannity, who says it was George W. Bush who killed Osama bin Laden.
So the highly touted Trump debate has imploded. But never fear. Stephen Colbert is Johnny on the Spot with a debate of his own: the “Stephen Colbert’s South Carolina Serious, Classy Republican Debate” on Animal Planet in January.
Watch the video from the Colbert Report on Comedy Central:
“I am sick and tired of media elites criticizing the GOP presidential field saying they made millions as unregistered lobbyists or they killed coyotes when jogging or said watching Lion King will make your kids gay.”
“The next Republican debate is going to be super serious,” Colbert tells us, introducing the Trump debate before tearing Trump’s command of the English language to pieces (he later goes after his appearance).
Colbert ends up agreeing with my earlier analysis of Trump’s intentions: “Clearly, clearly, Trump wants to be the new Republican kingmaker.” Calling himself the most famous man in the history of South Carolina he says,
“As of this moment, I am officially announcing my own Republican debate, Stephen Colbert’s South Carolina Serious, Classy Republican Debate. I am doing this. You hear that Donald, you hear that? People are excited. Everybody is excited about that…I am doing this, it is set, it is going to be on Animal Planet in January…Every serious candidate is invited. They know who they are. They have my phone number.”
Let’s face it, funny as a Trump-hosted debate might have been (probably a fact even GOP candidates were quick to recognize), a Colbert debate would be even funnier, and probably far more informative.
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Shiva (Moderator)
Dec. 10th, 2011 at 8:41 am
Now that was funny! Which also sums up the GOP presidential field. Its beyond my imagination to wonder what these people think of each other. Are they so seriously whacked out as to think any of that group is presidential material?
The GOP has been making fun of Obama with policys that are insane, now the GOP makes fun of the office of President by running these people.
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john
Dec. 10th, 2011 at 8:44 am
about time..
somebody had to bring the dignity to process, that it deserves..
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SinghX
Dec. 10th, 2011 at 8:59 am
…”You know, it’s called loyalty. It’s actually called loyalty. How do you do that? You know, it’s amazing to me.”…
Poor Voldermort…
The “tats” ($$$) aren’t working…uh-ohhh…
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Shiva (Moderator)
Dec. 10th, 2011 at 9:06 am
He sure isn’t showing much loyalty back to them is he
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Cha
Dec. 10th, 2011 at 5:09 pm
Brawawaaa..the Quack is down slithering with poisonous snakes and he whines about “loyalty”. lololololol.
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EmmaLib
Dec. 10th, 2011 at 9:10 am
Poor Donald, no one wants to go to his party…can you blame them? This is the first smart thing I have seen them do, the next smart thing would be to drop out of the race completely. Seriously think of how much money would be saved producing LIES, and slandering their opponents, because not one of them has a chance in hell of winning against Obama.
VOTE BLUE 2012, 2016, 2020!
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Sally
Dec. 10th, 2011 at 9:16 am
Since none of the assorted gumdrops on the right has a prayer in hell’s chance of winning anything, it really doens’t matter who promises Trump the VP slot. In fact, GIVE Trump the VP slot, and Obama will make mincemeat out of them and serve them for next Thanksgiving.
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dragonpuff
Dec. 10th, 2011 at 9:44 am
Really. The idea that the blowhard Trump who is 99% of the time
so self aggrandizing and has such an outsized vision of what and who
he truly is, screams past comedy gold. Most normal people would be embarrassed
to say the stupid things that come out of his mouth. But he keeps going.
Obviously he’s run into someone (Bachmann) who is even more narcissistically
stupid than he is and couldn’t care less if she used him or not.
Comedy gold, indeed.
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D-Dawg
Dec. 10th, 2011 at 11:50 am
She came to see me four times and then I started threatening her to do what I wanted, something wrong?….trump is such a petty baby, all of them are.
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SinghX
Dec. 10th, 2011 at 1:55 pm
Where does Rick Perry stand? Has anyone heard from him?
Oh and Jesus called and….http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/e23d1c26d4/jesus-responds-to-rick-perry-s-strong-ad
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Anne
Dec. 10th, 2011 at 7:14 pm
Trump was hoping to use this as another occasion for self-aggrandizement. The fact that so many backed out makes me wonder if someone from the GOP establishment said something, since they were against the idea from Day One. Somebody even opined that Trump might run as an Independent,which would make his moderation of a GOP debate unseemly. In any case, while they look less like a bunch of dummies for not dancing to Trump’s tune, the fact remains that they STILL are a bunch of dummies. While I sincerely hope most Americans aren’t stupid enough to vote for any of them, not even Huntsmann who vouched for the Ryan plan, it would be dangerous for us to be complacent enough for all of us not to get out and vote on November 6, 2012, or before.
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