Trump not happy that Bachmann turned down Trump debate

Posted by The Right Scoop The Right Scoop on December 9th, 2011 in Politics | 74 Comments

Trump is threatening to call of his debate because only two candidates have said they would show up. The rest have all turned it down:

YAHOO NEWS – Business mogul Donald Trump said Friday he might scrub a presidential debate that so far has drawn only Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum.

Trump, the reality television star who has not ruled out an independent White House bid, had hoped for all of the Republican candidates to join in a debate he would moderate Dec. 27 in Iowa. Most have decided not to, leaving only Gingrich, a former House speaker, and Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator.

“I have to look into it,” Trump told Fox Business Network when asked whether he would host a two-candidate debate.

But he seems to be more ticked at Bachmann as he says has helped her quite a bit during the campaign, and she even suggested he might be her Vice President. And now she won’t even show up at his debate, and it appears he’s taking it personally:

If Bachmann admits that she was considering Trump as her VP, that probably won’t help her. But if she says it wasn’t true or that she was joking, I have a feeling Trump will hit back with all guns loaded. Either way, probably not good for Bachmann.

Also, Trump will not let go of the idea that he might run as an independent. This is why Trump is a chump.

(h/t: HotAir)

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  • http://www.planettron.com NickDeringer

    If somebody held a debate in the woods and nobody showed up, would it make a sound?

    • http://www.therightscoop.com/ The Right Scoop

      if Trump were the moderator, yeah probably

      • http://twitter.com/113KriEger Allen

        and Trump would bring his own spot lights to light up the sky to be seen as well.

    • Anonymous

      If a man gives an opinion in the middle of the woods, 1000 miles away from his wife, is he still wrong?

      • http://no-apologies-round2.blogspot.com/ AmericanborninCanada

        yes ;-)

        • Anonymous

          As I always suspected, ever since my divorce.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Steven-Valdez/1806887704 Steven Valdez

      all you really need is Newt Gingrich… He could face his toughest foe yet, himself. I could only imagine how entertaining that would be for Newt Gingrich debating Newt Gingrich.

      • http://www.planettron.com NickDeringer

        Since Newt thinks he’s the only one smart enough to challenge him it would be kinda like Mr. Spook having a game of 3 demensional chess with himself. Problem is they couldn’t show it on TV in front of small children.

  • Anonymous

    “Trump is a chump” and he needs to shut his mouth and go away…

    A third party candidate would only help Obama win and if Trump runs as an Independent I will consider him a traitor to our Republic…

    • Anonymous

      He has donated to quite a few Democratic politicians. I have thought all along that he wants to do whatever he can, on the side, to help Obama. He is no conservative and never was.

  • Anonymous

    This would have been great for Santorum. Just he and the Newt.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1396855720 Brian Jones

      I was really looking forward to Santorum and Newt. Last time Newt debated Cain..Cain did really well and his poll numbers spiked! It’s TIME for Santorum to get his time in the spotlight! He deserves to have a good chance at President, and ALL he needs is an initial boost in poll numbers. After that initial bump, his polling will feed off of itself! By ONLY debating Newt, he will have SO MUCH MORE Camera Time than he has gotten in any debate thus far.

      PLEASE Mr. TRUMP! DON’T CANCEL!!!! This is so much more important than me, you, or the candidates. This is about the Presidency, and we need EVERY moment we can get to better understand our potential nominees.

      • Anonymous

        Exactly my thoughts! Excellent idea, Brian! :)

    • Anonymous

      Last night after listening to Mark Levin I stumbled across a little 20 minute video that changed my support from Mr. Perry to Mr. Santorum. The video was by an evengelical pastor from Iowa by the name of Cary Gordon. He interviewed each of the candidates and after careful consideration came to the conclusion that Rick Santorum would be our nations best candidate to help implement the change this country needs. I thought about that video for a long time and came to the same conclusion. I hope Mr. Trump gives Mr. Gingrich and Mr. Santorum the chance to debate each other one on one in a venue that could change a lot of minds.

      • http://profiles.google.com/ajtelles Art Telles

        20 minute video…

        Hey, 4Hoppes9, is this the video?

        From Stacy McCain – ‘Where’s the Spirit? Where’s the Guts, Huh?’ – HotAir -

        - – - – - – - – - -

        “Pastor Who?

        “Yeah, I know.

        I never heard of the guy until he endorsed Santorum,
        but he’s the Sioux City evangelical minister
        who led a successful fight to defeat the re-election of
        three Iowa state supreme court justices
        who had voted to make gay marriage the law of that Midwestern land.

        “Not only did Pastor Gordon endorse Santorum,
        but he recorded this 19-minute video explaining his endorsement:”

        >> 1 Pastor Gary Gordon – http://hotair.com/archives/2011/12/08/wheres-the-spirit-wheres-the-guts-huh/

        >> 2 Pastor Gary Gordon – http://theothermccain.com/2011/12/08/10000-marbles-please/

        - – - – - – - – - -

        Art

        • Anonymous

          Yes Sir, that is the story, I was very impressed with his analysis and now I can bookmark the site to pass along, thank you for the links.

        • Anonymous

          That’s the very one! Than you Art and 4Hoppes9!

          (I should be reading your threads further down before replying!).

          You’re awesome, guys!

      • Anonymous

        Last night after listening to Mark Levin I stumbled across a little 20 minute video that changed my support from Mr. Perry to Mr. Santorum. – 4Hoppes9

        Welcome to the club, my friend! I just opted for Santorum too, I really want to vote on principle. Santorum represents Conservatives values and principles!

        You mentioned Cary Johnson and I remember seeing him on the same video but here is a portion of the same and very spot on, as Pastor Johnson brought up a few crucial points about Santorum’s integrity in this video:

      • Anonymous

        Last night after listening to Mark Levin I stumbled across a little 20 minute video that changed my support from Mr. Perry to Mr. Santorum. – 4Hoppes9

        Welcome to the club, my friend! I just opted for Santorum too, I really want to vote on principle. Santorum represents Conservatives values and principles!

        You mentioned Cary Johnson and I remember seeing him on the same video but here is a portion of the same and very spot on, as Pastor Johnson brought up a few crucial points about Santorum’s integrity in this video:

    • Linky1

      So, let Newt and Rick do a Lincoln-Douglas style debate, like the recent Newt-Cain one.

      Why have Trump’s blessing when he keeps threatening to run as an independent?

      • Anonymous

        Yes, I’d allow that :-)

        • Linky1

          OK, you can moderate the debate! :)

          • Anonymous

            I second that. Done.

    • Anonymous

      They should re-enact a Lincoln-Douglas Debate. This time between Santorum and Gingrich! Everybody will be watching.

  • Anonymous

    Honestly, I could not understand why many candidates are declining when they did not make any complain debating in hostile territories before with MisInformation Stream Media?

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_6KRHXVK5ZCSWJ5GJQ5Z6GIJICA Dax

      Very true. I’ve lost respect for all of them not showing up to debate. Newt and Santorum will get Trumps support.

    • Anonymous

      All these candidates who are declining Trump’s invite are mega-stupid.
      They could have declined the invite but BLAMED it on that unethical CNN weasal Eason Jordan.
      http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2011/12/05/eason-jordan-to-produce-trumpnewsmax-debate/
      These candidates are stupid.
      Stupid stupid stupid.
      They should have dragged that cr@ppy journalist through the mud, not Trump.

      • Anonymous

        What is one more unethical CNN weasel, added to a long list of weasel journalists in the past,who tried to score in bringing down a Republican debate and all the candidates? I even have a new term for these weasels “JourALTERists”. Newsmax is a conservative organization that should be given kudos and acknowledgement of their work. The candidates should take advantage of this debate in bringing another weasel down to his rigtful place.

  • http://profiles.google.com/ajtelles Art Telles

    Light bulbs – incandescent that is…

    Light bulbs…

    … that’s the solution for Rep. Bachmann to get Trump to again say nice things about her and really turn on the light for on-the-fence Republican primary voters.

    Why?

    Freedom… to buy or not to buy incandescent bulbs.

    On the radio 10 minutes ago, Rush said that our Republic, my word, our Republic is 3 weeks and 1 day from making the incandescent light bulb illegal.

    Well, “freedom to by incandescent bulbs” is an excellent campaign statement and a perfect “turn on the lights” opportunity for Mrs. Bachmann to claim the very easy to understand “light bulb” vote of ALL free Republic voters.

    PS. Santorum, Gingrich, Perry… are you listening?

    Art

    • Anonymous

      I have been stocking up on incandescent bulbs for some time now, just waiting for the day they get banned. When that happens, I will probably be hauled away as a terrorist with the new ‘indefinite detention’ bill. Who, then, will inherit my bulbs?

      • Anonymous

        If we all think like you, they can’t arrest everyone-can they?

        The day the idiots in the government realize they are outnumbered, and that we know that, things will start a-changin’ quick.

        • Anonymous

          First of all, if you think like me, they’ll HAVE to arrest us all.

          Secondly, did they round up ALL the Japanese during WWII? Pretty much.

          If you don’t get the microchip in your wrist, you will be just like me and will have to be on the run.

      • http://no-apologies-round2.blogspot.com/ AmericanborninCanada

        maybe we’ll be all sent to the same re education camp. I’ve got a closet full of incandescents.

        • Anonymous

          I do too. A lot of people joke about this, but flourescents trigger migraines in me. I also have an autistic child who can’t tolerate the sound of flourescent bulbs.

          Last year I called Bachmann’s office to see what the status was of her fight for incandescants, and nobody could tell me anything.

          • http://no-apologies-round2.blogspot.com/ AmericanborninCanada

            I forgot about the annoying hum from those. Those curly bulbs make that noise and drove my son nuts too. He’s not autistic, but he’s on the border of asperger’s so even small sounds get to him too.
            Hopefully who ever wins, they will reverse that stupid moronic law.

            • Anonymous

              my son has asperger’s. with super-human hearing.

              • http://no-apologies-round2.blogspot.com/ AmericanborninCanada

                :-( That’s hard teri- but workable. I hope he (and mine) can learn to overcome some of it as they get older

                • Anonymous

                  Thanks. Best wishes to you and yours.

        • Anonymous

          Be sure to bring your recipes. By the sounds of it, you may be a culinary life saver.

          • http://no-apologies-round2.blogspot.com/ AmericanborninCanada

            that’s if michellantoinette allows us to have a garden. But yeah, I volunteer KP duty.

            • Anonymous

              I promise I won’t ask for the toy, so I won’t need to substitute apples for fries.

              • http://no-apologies-round2.blogspot.com/ AmericanborninCanada

                there ya go! I do yummy fries.

  • Amy

    I seriously don’t understand the clammor to get Trump’s blessing… He’s admittedly voted time and again for big government but now all of a sudden wants everyone to believe he’s a conservative? Perhaps the candidates who didn’t want to participate in his debate simply weren’t convinced of his motives…? He hasn’t, after all, completely ruled out a run against both Obama and whoever ends up being the Republican candidate.

  • Anonymous

    Wouldn’t trouble me if Bachmann said, “No comment.”

    She and Santorum need to get in front of the American voters…alot. Trump’s a loser, though, and not that great to be associated with.

  • http://twitter.com/113KriEger Allen

    Trump says he would run as an independent???….

    well that just destroys any creditbility he has left…..sounds like a cry baby to me….I cannot win in the party so I am taking my marbles and going home….whaaaa whaaa whaaaa

  • Anonymous

    There is a fugly dude named Trump
    who wants GOP to kiss his rump
    He thinks he is wired
    to say you’re fired
    but he has no clue that he’s a chump

  • Linky1

    Trump is behaving like a spoiled Democrat who is not getting all of the entitlements he is entitled to. Let him cancel the debate – it wasn’t going to be a debate as such, more like a political version of the Apprentice.

    On that note, I have this to say: “Donald, you’re fired.”

  • Anonymous

    Imus calling Gingrich “creepy”… Mr. Pot meet Mr. Kettle.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1396855720 Brian Jones

      Did you just pull the race card? HAHAHAHA! Just playin’! Nice post BTW!

  • Anonymous

    I am personally fatigued with Trump…go away and stop talking to anyone who will listen.

  • Anonymous

    Screw yu trump, yu think everybody should be approved by yu . Who made yu god?? I am glad they are cancelling!!!!!! They should not have to kisss your ass to get in. Your endorsment means crap!!! He can run bt yu dam sure what win!!!!!!!!!!! Yu are too mouthy and braggy, People are sick of your whinning if things does not go your way!!!! There was no reason for yu to talk about them like a dog because they dont!! It is not that they dont have courage, they dont want to kiss your ass!!!!!! I am sick of just because yu have money yu can pick our president!!!!!!! That is not going to happen you jerk, and imus is just an ass too and why fox put them on thier channes is idiotic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He is a foul mouth nothing that is old as hell and loves young women, Look at him, she only married him for his money!!!! Get these old gesers off trump included!!! Look at how many wives trump has had and then they talkin about Giengrich !!!!!!! Dopes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Anonymous

    If Trump runs he is doing it for meaness just to screw up the election. He was not first in the polls !!!!!!Hes a lier!!!!!!!!!! He is really for a dem. He has never been a rep. he is for who will do what he wants. He is for China nt aganist so he can get cheap crap from them at a good price , he is not foolin anybody,,He looks about a presidential as a yellow cat. He cannot even get his hair color right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Anonymous

    Bachmann took too long to decline. It is obvious that she was influenced by all of the pundits and their outrage of Trump.

    Newsmax is a legitimate conservative publication, and I am sure that the candidates can negotiate some of the parameters that guide a debate they will participate in.

    I believe Trump will ask questions that haven’t been asked before, and I don’t think he would embarass himself by turning it into a sideshow.

    If the candidates disagree with Trump’s policies on China or getting tough with oil producing countries (or OPEC), they should debate it.

    Trump won’t run. Losing would be bad for his image.

    • Anonymous

      Besides that, his questions couldn’t possibly be any worse than the likes of CNBC, anyway.

    • Anonymous

      I agree. Trump could not possibly be a worse moderator than the smirking, closeted Anderson Cooper. I don’t particularly like the Donald, but he’s an intelligent man and I think he has a unique perspective. He’d ask questions that other moderators might not even think of.

      I also agree that Trump won’t run. He’d have to give up “The Apprentice”. He’s not about to give up a show that flies at the top of the ratings for a campaign that won’t make it off the runway.

  • Anonymous

    As a big fan of Bachman I’m very dissapointed that she is not taking advantage of finally getting equal time in a debate.

    She is throwing away a unique opportunity to contrast the differences, qualify her bona fides and elucidate how she is the true conservative in the race by going toe to toe with the current front runner.

    I think her main problem is that too many have not had a chance to hear what she has to offer.

    Oh Michelle such a bad decision!

    • Anonymous

      Unless, of course, she did not like the results of her visits with The Donald.

      • Anonymous

        It was just a few days ago that she said she would consider Trump as her VP.

      • Anonymous

        What is really irking is that these same candidates show-up for of all the debates hosted by the tools on the Left, despite (like Bachman) getting mere seconds to shine, and then turn down a debate where some fairness may actually be practiced.

  • Anonymous

    I have no love for Donald Trump. I started watching Celebrity Apprentice this past season just to see what it was like. It’s awful. I’m not a big fan of reality shows to begin with but I do like Survivor, The Amazing Race, and Top Chef. I also like Top Shot on History, which I think is the only competition show that’s a real competition. The others are just after ratings. Most of them are fake like Gene Simmon’s show which I also like but only watch if I happen to find it while channel surfing.

    But the Apprentice is terrible. I mean this show is really, really bad. They all call The Donald “Mr. Trump” which is ludicrous. I worked for a huge national corporation and no CEO gets called by anything other than his first name. Everybody is “smart”, even brain damaged nut cases like Gary Busey who was kept around for ratings. Awful show, phony as a $3 bill.

    But I believe The Donald about Bachmann. I’d bet anything she really did tell him she would consider him for VP. That’s such a woman thing to do.

    She should have said yes to this debate. As much as The Donald may not be the greatest conservative in the world, he knows how to pander and he might reach a helluva lot of people with his schtick.

    • Anonymous

      For someone who is not a fan of reality shows, you sure watch a LOT of reality shows. I have never even heard of the ones you mentioned.

      • Anonymous

        Just goes to show you how many reality shows there really are. There is even an animated reality show (?!?)

      • Anonymous

        Well, I have to admit I watch them because they’re on Hulu. Except for Top Chef. I record that one on my DVR. I’m a sucker for cooking shows.

    • Anonymous

      May be time to turn off the tube and pick up a book. Go on Levin’s site for some excellent recommendations (and download his daily programs while there).

      • Anonymous

        Gee, thanks for the recommendation. I’ll check out this Levin guy.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-Dias/1680711668 Chris Dias

    I don’t like the Donald when it comes to politics. He plays both sides of the game, though he seems to be able to ask questions that others wouldn’t. I believe they should show up. Why wouldn’t they go? More exposure, but I don’t know the “Apprentice” ’cause I live in another country. Donald is no conservative.

    • Anonymous

      Ya, me too. I live in Illinois.

  • Anonymous

    All you really need there is Newt. He could argue with himself for hours.

  • K-Bob

    Scoop, great picture of Trump in the mainpage link! I LOL’ed!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_JT6RK4NQME54FA3FVYTTHLTRTQ Southnsoul

    Santorum is absolutely right about the other candidates hypocritically using Trump…

    http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/08/santorum-on-trump-debate-no-shows-theyre-hypocrites/

    “Many of my opponents jockeyed to be the first to fly up to New York and use Donald Trump for a photo op and no doubt try and secure an endorsement,” the former Pennsylvania senator said in a statement. “But when Donald wants to moderate a debate – they refuse to attend. That’s what’s so wrong with politics today – hypocrisy.”

  • Anonymous

    I don’t see why they don’t attend the debate with Trump being the commentator. It’s not about Trump, it’s about having the opportunity to show America who they are and what they stand for…

  • Anonymous

    50.gd/2g

  • Anonymous

    If I were running for POTUS, and wasn’t afraid of the skeletons in my closet, and if I truly wanted to President, for all the right reasons, unlike the pretender, I would go wherever I needed to go to gain a platform for my views. I think Trump is egotistical blowhard and is doing this more for his own good than the country’s but I would jump at the chance. With all the reality tv freaks out there, I would be assured of an audience. I would love the opportunity to change minds, because I believe the general reality tv audience doesn’t really have a handle on the issues. For the pure hearted candidate, this would be a gold mine.

  • http://www.facebook.com/Lion4Jesus Richard White

    Hmm I wonder why none of the other candidates would do this and not go to an a debate NOT CONTROLLED BY THE LAME STREAM MEDIA? Donald Trump may be chump but the guy would totally help all this sickening stupidity that has become of our Presidential campaign race created by those out to destroy the fabric of America. I may not agree with Trump on allot of issues but He is a man who WORKED HARD for what he work for out of college if anyone cares to know how this chump Trump became wealthy….A Sponsored debate by trump would be awesome, that way we can weed out the rinos…. Gingrich and Santorum are not afraid why are all the others? Because the media do not like Gingrich and Santorum hmmm interesting……So is conservativism dying now??

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