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aint_no_life_nowhere

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3. Can the Kochs and Sheldon Adelson match that?

Sat Aug 15, 2015, 09:16 PM

Aug 2015

I hate that it's come to this in American politics, buying the presidency for a billion dollars. At least Trump is honest about what he wants to do, although I feel that this can't be what the founding fathers envisioned.

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Trump Says He's Prepared To Spend $1 Billion On Campaign [View all] Purveyor Aug 2015 OP

Makes perfect sense. He can buy himself the office, then do his own bidding. enough Aug 2015 #1

I got caught up in watching him last night at his forum and I got to say, the guy is entertaining Purveyor Aug 2015 #2

He's actually parroting what the repub candidates have been saying all along but stopped because trillion Aug 2015 #36

That is about what it costs to become president yeoman6987 Aug 2015 #8

Can the Kochs and Sheldon Adelson match that? aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2015 #3

I find it hard to believe he'd actually spend that much of his own money. n/t PoliticAverse Aug 2015 #4

He's worth a total of 3 or 400 million. Period. onehandle Aug 2015 #5

Forbes puts him at $4 billion counting liquidity costs Recursion Aug 2015 #38

Not surprising he has very little debt. skamaria Aug 2015 #39

Trump will put Hillary into the White House OhWiseOne Aug 2015 #6

Why not spend a billion dollars. bearssoapbox Aug 2015 #7

I am not so sure that he will lose n/t doc03 Aug 2015 #9

My thinking as well as to bankruptcy. hamsterjill Aug 2015 #33

He's another shining example reTHUGliCON responsibility. bearssoapbox Aug 2015 #40

Do it Donald! Spend it all! IronLionZion Aug 2015 #10

And yet he only has $300 million of liquid assets Gothmog Aug 2015 #11

Hold the world ransom for... One Million Dollars! Xipe Totec Aug 2015 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author EEO Aug 2015 #13

Who's Trump's brother? Reter Aug 2015 #15

Why not? Geronimoe Aug 2015 #14

Oh bullshit! He ain't got that kind of dough. As his guy said on that documentary. Guy Whitey Corngood Aug 2015 #16

Well that is about the going rate for this election cycle mrdmk Aug 2015 #17

A majority of the replies in this thread seem to take the opinion that Trump won't spend the money davidpdx Aug 2015 #18

trump's nuts. xfundy Aug 2015 #19

It would be an investment 6chars Aug 2015 #20

A damn shame Trump can't convert some of that ill gotten loot into buying lumpy Aug 2015 #21

Not nearly enough Geronimoe Aug 2015 #22

Sad to say, but Trump is the best of the republican herd. Some of the others are RKP5637 Aug 2015 #28

good, because I think the Clintons can raise a lot more. This also shows Trump does not have ericson00 Aug 2015 #23

Trump is Detergent bucolic_frolic Aug 2015 #24

Trump ready to spend $1 billion on his campaign? He doesn't pay his no_hypocrisy Aug 2015 #25

About what Romney spent .IMO, Trump is much more popular with little repubs, then Mitt ever was Sunlei Aug 2015 #26

Democracy USA Style, buy your own Presidency! This, is where the US is today. RKP5637 Aug 2015 #27

and who is going to dig ditches , etc , and other jobs that we whtes dont want to do ? allan01 Aug 2015 #29

Good for him-Invest it All fredamae Aug 2015 #30

He can spend all El Shaman Aug 2015 #31

Make him spend it all ! Flush it all ! nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2015 #32

There it is folks. I've been saying this all along. apnu Aug 2015 #34

Spend it all Trump, Spend it all! trillion Aug 2015 #35

All Trump really needs is $1 million. Nailzberg Aug 2015 #37

He knows exactly what he is doing. I still can't tell if he Purveyor Aug 2015 #41

He Absolutely Does NOT Obama Legacy Aug 2015 #42