BlogHer - Trump's Heart of Gold - Comments

Rosie Vs. Donald

Morra Aarons Mele — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:37:08 -0600

What could be better? I was a little obsessed with Rosie vs Kelly Ripa for a while (see youTube for choice clips) but this promises to be much much meaner

Polling: Should Tara Conner keep the Miss USA title?

jes — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 10:47:38 -0600

We started a poll at my site yesterday to determine whether the public agrees or disagrees with Trump's decision to allow Tara Conner to keep her Miss USA title.

Care to let us know what you think?

jes

Trump Suing Rosie

Elana Centor — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 21:48:56 -0600

Evidently Rosie O'Donnell went on a major rant on THE VIEW this morning about The Donald's decision to give Miss USA a reprieve.
Donald responded by saying he is suing Rosie ---

Oh,did anyone remember that another season of The Apprentice starts in a couple of weeks?

elana
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Heart of Gold ...

Knights Valley USA — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 17:22:19 -0600

Hi Elana.

Your post is GREAT ... I cracked up on your "heart of gold" line!

'... the man MISS USA refers to as "having a heart of gold." You got that right,sweetie. It's all about the gold ...'

Excellent point Elana! It's all about the money, isn't it?

He always seems to found a way to cash-in!

Robert

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Thought I was listening to ET

Knights Valley USA — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 17:12:53 -0600

I was working in my office when the "news broke"! I thought ET (entertainment tonight) was on and reached for the remote to change the channel. I was surprised to see it was FOX NEWS (being fair and balanced, of coarse).

Copper, you're right ... the master manipulators machine rings up another one!

Robert

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I was even more disgusted

cooper — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 13:02:06 -0600

I was even more disgusted than I usually am at the media for spending so much time covering this very scripted, and well thought out marketing campaign by the Trump machine. The media either bought it hook line and sinker and are more stupid than I thought or they are just pathetic.

Remembering the public drives the ratings and following that the money, and it seems the public prefers to listen to this kind of faux news or the media wouldn't be covering it, I can't really put all the blame on the media.

To answer your question, I think her job right now is to go to rehab, pretend some great renovation of soul and spiritual enlightenment takes place and there-by creat a story which grandmothers will love. A story which will prove king Trump to be the master manipulator he truly is and bring in a few more bucks. Cha-Ching.

cooper

Trump's Heart of Gold

Elana Centor — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 06:56:26 -0600

Fox News covered it as a FOX NEWS ALERT. As the media waited with baited breath to hear Donald utter the words he once tried to copyright-- Donald did what Donald does. He got more headlines.

If this whole MISS USA escapade were an algebraic equation it would look something like this Scandel + redemption =Rating Bonanza $$$$$$

That's right. The Donald is in need of a rating boost for his poorly viewed MISS USA FRANCHISE. As found in Wikipedia

The finals were broadcast by NBC, with 7.75 million viewers, the second-lowest viewership ever recorded.[1]

In Fairness, the Miss Universe Pageant was considered a ratings winner for NBC when it aired in July against reruns on the other networks.

Sex, lies and a benevolent boss. Could it get any better? Of course it can! She goes to rehab and comes out a 'role model' for the troubled youth of America. AC Nielsen can you hear me now?

Then there's the issue of Trump's other employees. Is it true that he believes in giving people(his employees)a second chance? Does the Trump organization have the reputation of supporting employees who are trying to overcome drugs, alcohol,and wild sex?

When I checked Google for the Trump Organization's Rehab policy I came up with stories about rehabbing casinos and ice-skating rinks--nothing on employees getting a second chance to publicly thank the man MISS USA refers to as "having a heart of gold."

You got that right,sweetie. It's all about the gold.And you,Tara Conners,are considered a goldmine,albeit a flawed goldmine, which by the way is likely to increase in value.

Donald couldn't do what Donald does if the media didn't provide the platform. While I realize it was a slow news day --there's a war in Iraq,genocide in Dafur,heavy fighting in Somalia, a bird flu outbreak in VietNam, and the Australian Federal Court ruled on an internet copyright issue that caused bloggers to pause--FOX NEWS decided that the real news of the day was Donald Trump's news conference on a beauty queen that no one but the clubs in New York are even aware of.

With The FOX NEWS ALERT BANNER on the screen and Donald waxing on about his decision, the FOX News teams shared these captions:

(1)DONALD TRUMP HOLDS NEWS CONFERENCE ON TARA CONNER'S FATE AS MISS USA
(2)TRUMP SAYS THIS HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT TIME FOR THE PAGEANT

(3)TRUMP FIRED MISS UNIVERSE in 2002. (Trump said it was easy to do. She didn't do her job)
(4) TRUMP: TARA HAS MADE SOME BAD CHOICES

(5) TRUMP: TARA GOT CAUGHT UP IN THE WIRLWIND OF NEW YORK

(6)TRUMP: TARA WILL BE GIVEN A SECOND CHANCE

You can watch this entire breaking news event complete with her tearful apology and pledge to be the best MISS USA, ever. here.

As she said, "When I do my job I am passionate about it." Which begs the question, just what is her job?

'Tis the season for men with hearts of gold.

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