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Trump debating himself?
ecthompsonmd December 9, 2011

Donald Trump is hosting a debate on December 27. The only relevant question, in my mind, is why? Why should anyone participate in a debate hosted by Donald Trump? What has this guy done to distinguish himself as a thoughtful political figure? Does he get to host a political debate just because he has a reality TV show? Does that mean that we can have a Survivor debate? A Fear Factor debate? (Since Bobby Brown and Ozzy Osbourne have both had reality TV shows, why don’t we let them cohost a presidential debate?) Maybe he is allowed to host a presidential

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Bloomberg positioning himself to be the next Ross Perot
ecthompsonmd June 20, 2007

Rumors are flying about Mayor Bloomberg. To be honest I’m a little tired of millionaires or in this case billionaires running for political office. Why can’t a college professor run for political office and win? Why because it costs too much money to run for office. That brings us back to the millionaires and billionaires. The whole thing kinda makes me ill. —— From NYT: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced Tuesday that he was dropping his Republican affiliation, a step that could clear the way for him to make an independent bid for the presidency. The announcement was released during a

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Another speech. Another opportunity to repeat himself
ecthompsonmd December 15, 2005

Now, President Bush isn’t even trying to change. He is stating the same thing over and over. Now, he is even using the exact same words. Maybe we shouldn’t be paying attention. Here are the points that make this speech not worth you time to listen to it. 1) He wastes no time bringing 9-11 into the picture. Confusing 9-11 and Iraq is wrong. In his 4th paragragh – “September 11, 2001, our nation awoke to a sudden attack, and we accepted new responsibilities. We are confronting new dangers with firm resolve.” I could argue this paragraph for 2 hours. We

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