Names of campaign donors to be flashed during live stream of Trump’s State of the Union speech

[theDoctorisIn]

You know that all donations to political campaigns are publicly available information, right?

This isn't about transparency, it's about selling ads during the State of the Union.

That depends no who gets mentioned. If it is all corporate donors then you will be correct. If it is small mom and pop donators, then you will be wrong.

It's still paid advertising, either way - whether it's a corporation seeking recognition, or a "mom and pop" looking to see their name on TV.

A corporation benefits from their advertising. A mom an pop being recognized for their donation, don't. That's a big difference. The mom and pop will get nothing, but the corporation hopes to generate business from it.

I understand the difference, it's just not relevant to the point I'm trying to make.

Really? How so? One gets financial benefit from it, the other doesn't. How is that not different?

Because it's still just as tacky, either way.

 

[peach174]

At first it was $35 for someone to have their name scrolled across the screen while Trump speaks--then...

Well, apparently the $35 was too steep for a lot of Trump's base, so they lowered it to as little as $1. "Even if you choose to give only $1, the proof of your support will send shockwaves around the world as they see every American who stands proudly behind our President." Nice to know there is absolutely nothing Trump won't sell, including an airtime mention during the SOTU speech.

Names of campaign donors to be flashed during live stream of Trump’s State of the Union speech

ROTFLMAO!

Now this..this is funny! He has commercialized his speeches!

State of the Union..brought to by the Republican Party, the NRA, the Heritage Foundation and our friends around the world--who sent me their hard earned money--in return, I, Donald Trump, will give them 20 minutes of bloviated feces--while their names..flash across the screen!

While you put up a link to WP asking for dollar in order to read it.

In theory, the Presidency is not supposed to be a commercial operation..the Post is.

It's on his campaign web site during his speech tonight.
Now if it was run on floor during his speech, yes I would have a problem with it.
So no it won't be commercialism.

 

[Not2BSubjugated]

Making money is undignified!

Doesn't this asshole know how you're supposed to get campaign donations? Not by offering recognition to individual working class citizens! You're supposed to quietly wheel and deal with wealthy donors and special interests behind closed doors and offer to cater specifically to those tiny few. That's the presidential way to do it!

 

[EvilEyeFleegle]

Making money is undignified!

The sight of an alleged Billionaire scrambling for crumbs reinforces everything many of us detest about Trump. It is tasteless for the President of the United
States to behave in such a manner..profiting..no matter the legal fig leaf..from the performance of his duties. Shameful.

 

[BlackSand]

The sight of an alleged Billionaire scrambling for crumbs reinforces everything many of us detest about Trump. It is tasteless for the President of the United
States to behave in such a manner..profiting..no matter the legal fig leaf..from the performance of his duties. Shameful.

It would be a lot better if he brokered a deal between the Russian government and Boeing Airlines ...
Then had a foundation that Boeing Airlines subsequently donated millions to.

But ... Failed Democrat Presidential Nominee Clinton beat him to it ...

.

 

[Not2BSubjugated]

Making money is undignified!

The sight of an alleged Billionaire scrambling for crumbs reinforces everything many of us detest about Trump. It is tasteless for the President of the United
States to behave in such a manner..profiting..no matter the legal fig leaf..from the performance of his duties. Shameful.

It's not exactly profiting if it's campaign donations, and I don't see how Trump has the unique duty to go broke on a presidential campaign by exclusively spending his personal wealth. If anything, you should be glad a likely nominee is specifically seeking out said donations from people who would appreciate having their names made public, and seeking donations in amounts that suggest that what he seeks is support from a large volume of individual voters. The alternative to what you're bitching about is Trump catering quietly to specific special interests for his campaign funding. I fail to see how that even approaches the level of an improvement.

Also, when are you folks going to get it through your heads that your opinions on what's offensive and tasteless are irrelevant?

 

[Zander]

Democrats are just pissed that they didn't think of it first. So they'll pretend to be outraged.....

 

[del]

At first it was $35 for someone to have their name scrolled across the screen while Trump speaks--then...

Well, apparently the $35 was too steep for a lot of Trump's base, so they lowered it to as little as $1. "Even if you choose to give only $1, the proof of your support will send shockwaves around the world as they see every American who stands proudly behind our President." Nice to know there is absolutely nothing Trump won't sell, including an airtime mention during the SOTU speech.

Names of campaign donors to be flashed during live stream of Trump’s State of the Union speech

ROTFLMAO!

Now this..this is funny! He has commercialized his speeches!

State of the Union..brought to by the Republican Party, the NRA, the Heritage Foundation and our friends around the world--who sent me their hard earned money--in return, I, Donald Trump, will give them 20 minutes of bloviated feces--while their names..flash across the screen!

Really odd way of looking at the fact that at least Trump is being open and transparent where his money came from and he keeps winning and succeeding while doing it! I'm still waiting for Hillary and the DNC to flash the list of all the foreign countries and shady people who gave her money BIG TIME. Let me know when she does this. Snoopy might be laughing now, but then, he's just a stupid cartoon dog from a long dead cartoonist.

You know that all donations to political campaigns are publicly available information, right?

This isn't about transparency, it's about selling ads during the State of the Union.

That depends no who gets mentioned. If it is all corporate donors then you will be correct. If it is small mom and pop donators, then you will be wrong.

it's still selling ads

you guys really will excuse anything he does

pathetic

 

[BlackSand]

Because it's still just as tacky, either way.

You mean tacky like when The Clinton's Foundation showed up for Hurricane relief in Haiti ...
And the Haitian government changed their Constitution so Hillary's brother could end up with a gold mine ...

.

 

[westwall]

At first it was $35 for someone to have their name scrolled across the screen while Trump speaks--then...

Well, apparently the $35 was too steep for a lot of Trump's base, so they lowered it to as little as $1. "Even if you choose to give only $1, the proof of your support will send shockwaves around the world as they see every American who stands proudly behind our President." Nice to know there is absolutely nothing Trump won't sell, including an airtime mention during the SOTU speech.

Names of campaign donors to be flashed during live stream of Trump’s State of the Union speech

ROTFLMAO!

Now this..this is funny! He has commercialized his speeches!

State of the Union..brought to by the Republican Party, the NRA, the Heritage Foundation and our friends around the world--who sent me their hard earned money--in return, I, Donald Trump, will give them 20 minutes of bloviated feces--while their names..flash across the screen!

Really odd way of looking at the fact that at least Trump is being open and transparent where his money came from and he keeps winning and succeeding while doing it! I'm still waiting for Hillary and the DNC to flash the list of all the foreign countries and shady people who gave her money BIG TIME. Let me know when she does this. Snoopy might be laughing now, but then, he's just a stupid cartoon dog from a long dead cartoonist.

You know that all donations to political campaigns are publicly available information, right?

This isn't about transparency, it's about selling ads during the State of the Union.

That depends no who gets mentioned. If it is all corporate donors then you will be correct. If it is small mom and pop donators, then you will be wrong.

it's still selling ads

you guys really will excuse anything he does

pathetic

I'm not excusing anything. I am merely laughing at the absolute conniption you all are having. obummer actually did things that harmed Americans. He lied through his teeth yet you all give him a pass. trumps lies only hurt himself, yet you fall all over yourselves castigating him, but the actual evidence is he is doing more things to help average Americans than the Dems have done in 35 years.

He has actually presented a GOOD plan to deal with DACA and the Dems have run away from it! He has offered far more than obummer ever did, and the Dems fall all over themselves declaring it to be the work of the antichrist.

You progressives are nuts.

 

[toobfreak]

You know that all donations to political campaigns are publicly available information, right?

This isn't about transparency, it's about selling ads during the State of the Union.

Of course, silly, but how many people on the street bother to read that stuff, meantime, congrats for Trump for showing his marketing skills! You may laugh at it, but it is only going to bring him more money and support, but then you should know LONG BEFORE NOW that Trump does nothing by the conventional way that would blow up for anyone else but will work for him.

So you're going on record supporting this?

Why am I not surprised?

Just part of his way of making people feel closer to being a shareholder in the USA. It's going to go over a roaring success.

You really are a True Believer, aren't you?

No need to rely on belief when you know.

 

[EvilEyeFleegle]

Making money is undignified!

The sight of an alleged Billionaire scrambling for crumbs reinforces everything many of us detest about Trump. It is tasteless for the President of the United
States to behave in such a manner..profiting..no matter the legal fig leaf..from the performance of his duties. Shameful.

It's not exactly profiting if it's campaign donations, and I don't see how Trump has the unique duty to go broke on a presidential campaign by exclusively spending his personal wealth. If anything, you should be glad a likely nominee is specifically seeking out said donations from people who would appreciate having their names made public, and seeking donations in amounts that suggest that what he seeks is support from a large volume of individual voters. The alternative to what you're bitching about is Trump catering quietly to specific special interests for his campaign funding. I fail to see how that even approaches the level of an improvement.

Also, when are you folks going to get it through your heads that your opinions on what's offensive and tasteless are irrelevant?

Well, I dunno about 'you folks'. I'm well aware my opinions are irrelevant..in general..most mature people know that. But Trump's behavior is relevant...like it or not.....and I think Dignatas is important in our leaders. I guess I'm old-fashioned that way.

Does Trump have the unique duty to pay his own way? No. But an extraordinary man..a man worthy of being President--might have done such a thing. A man who takes nothing owes nothing, and nobody.

But Trump.is using campaign funds to pay his lawyers--and it's legal, I guess. He has a fig leaf---but the truth is fairly obvious.

 

[toobfreak]

Of course, silly, but how many people on the street bother to read that stuff, meantime, congrats for Trump for showing his marketing skills! You may laugh at it, but it is only going to bring him more money and support, but then you should know LONG BEFORE NOW that Trump does nothing by the conventional way that would blow up for anyone else but will work for him.

So you're going on record supporting this?

Why am I not surprised?

Just part of his way of making people feel closer to being a shareholder in the USA. It's going to go over a roaring success.

You really are a True Believer, aren't you?

Some believe in results, other in myths. The Hope&Change thng is over, done.

Come back and deal with the reality of success instead of clinging to what has passeed and failed. Do yourself a favor.

"The reality of success" is hawking donations at the State of the Union speech? Posting names of donors on the screen as the President performs his solemn duty?


You can keep that kind of success.

Trump is only making a point. But one that will elude the Democrats since they won't be watching or even be there. Or maybe NOW THEY WILL, just because of this, they'll have to see otherwise, HOW WILL THEY CRITICIZE IT, and . . . . Trump manages to manipulate both the Left and the Media AGAINAGAINAGAINAGAIN.

 

[del]

At first it was $35 for someone to have their name scrolled across the screen while Trump speaks--then...

Well, apparently the $35 was too steep for a lot of Trump's base, so they lowered it to as little as $1. "Even if you choose to give only $1, the proof of your support will send shockwaves around the world as they see every American who stands proudly behind our President." Nice to know there is absolutely nothing Trump won't sell, including an airtime mention during the SOTU speech.

Names of campaign donors to be flashed during live stream of Trump’s State of the Union speech

ROTFLMAO!

Now this..this is funny! He has commercialized his speeches!

State of the Union..brought to by the Republican Party, the NRA, the Heritage Foundation and our friends around the world--who sent me their hard earned money--in return, I, Donald Trump, will give them 20 minutes of bloviated feces--while their names..flash across the screen!

Really odd way of looking at the fact that at least Trump is being open and transparent where his money came from and he keeps winning and succeeding while doing it! I'm still waiting for Hillary and the DNC to flash the list of all the foreign countries and shady people who gave her money BIG TIME. Let me know when she does this. Snoopy might be laughing now, but then, he's just a stupid cartoon dog from a long dead cartoonist.

You know that all donations to political campaigns are publicly available information, right?

This isn't about transparency, it's about selling ads during the State of the Union.

That depends no who gets mentioned. If it is all corporate donors then you will be correct. If it is small mom and pop donators, then you will be wrong.

it's still selling ads

you guys really will excuse anything he does

pathetic

I'm not excusing anything. I am merely laughing at the absolute conniption you all are having. obummer actually did things that harmed Americans. He lied through his teeth yet you all give him a pass. trumps lies only hurt himself, yet you fall all over yourselves castigating him, but the actual evidence is he is doing more things to help average Americans than the Dems have done in 35 years.

He has actually presented a GOOD plan to deal with DACA and the Dems have run away from it! He has offered far more than obummer ever did, and the Dems fall all over themselves declaring it to be the work of the antichrist.

You progressives are nuts.

lol

conniption

make more excuses and be sure to toss in plenty more of the whatabout *obummers*

because that zooms your credibility right up there with devin the dummy

 

[peach174]

At first it was $35 for someone to have their name scrolled across the screen while Trump speaks--then...

Well, apparently the $35 was too steep for a lot of Trump's base, so they lowered it to as little as $1. "Even if you choose to give only $1, the proof of your support will send shockwaves around the world as they see every American who stands proudly behind our President." Nice to know there is absolutely nothing Trump won't sell, including an airtime mention during the SOTU speech.

Names of campaign donors to be flashed during live stream of Trump’s State of the Union speech

ROTFLMAO!

Now this..this is funny! He has commercialized his speeches!

State of the Union..brought to by the Republican Party, the NRA, the Heritage Foundation and our friends around the world--who sent me their hard earned money--in return, I, Donald Trump, will give them 20 minutes of bloviated feces--while their names..flash across the screen!

Really odd way of looking at the fact that at least Trump is being open and transparent where his money came from and he keeps winning and succeeding while doing it! I'm still waiting for Hillary and the DNC to flash the list of all the foreign countries and shady people who gave her money BIG TIME. Let me know when she does this. Snoopy might be laughing now, but then, he's just a stupid cartoon dog from a long dead cartoonist.

You know that all donations to political campaigns are publicly available information, right?

This isn't about transparency, it's about selling ads during the State of the Union.

That depends no who gets mentioned. If it is all corporate donors then you will be correct. If it is small mom and pop donators, then you will be wrong.

it's still selling ads

you guys really will excuse anything he does

pathetic

Are we not "We the people for the people"?
He is thanking the people for being a part of the movement if they want to do so.

 

[BlackSand]

Well, I dunno about 'you folks'. I'm well aware my opinions are irrelevant..in general..most mature people know that. But Trump's behavior is relevant...like it or not.....and I think Dignatas is important in our leaders. I guess I'm old-fashioned that way.

...

See, that's cool and I can respect that.
The only comment I could really have in regards to that ... President Trump didn't get elected because he looked/acted like the other 17 people running.

He didn't get elected because he was some stuffed shirt career bureaucrat.
He probably didn't get elected because people thought he was going to be the same indistinguishable garbage they currently have representing them in Washington.

Like it or not ... He ran on being different ... And has solidly provided that all along.

.

 

[EvilEyeFleegle]

At first it was $35 for someone to have their name scrolled across the screen while Trump speaks--then...

Well, apparently the $35 was too steep for a lot of Trump's base, so they lowered it to as little as $1. "Even if you choose to give only $1, the proof of your support will send shockwaves around the world as they see every American who stands proudly behind our President." Nice to know there is absolutely nothing Trump won't sell, including an airtime mention during the SOTU speech.

Names of campaign donors to be flashed during live stream of Trump’s State of the Union speech

ROTFLMAO!

Now this..this is funny! He has commercialized his speeches!

State of the Union..brought to by the Republican Party, the NRA, the Heritage Foundation and our friends around the world--who sent me their hard earned money--in return, I, Donald Trump, will give them 20 minutes of bloviated feces--while their names..flash across the screen!

Really odd way of looking at the fact that at least Trump is being open and transparent where his money came from and he keeps winning and succeeding while doing it! I'm still waiting for Hillary and the DNC to flash the list of all the foreign countries and shady people who gave her money BIG TIME. Let me know when she does this. Snoopy might be laughing now, but then, he's just a stupid cartoon dog from a long dead cartoonist.

You know that all donations to political campaigns are publicly available information, right?

This isn't about transparency, it's about selling ads during the State of the Union.

That depends no who gets mentioned. If it is all corporate donors then you will be correct. If it is small mom and pop donators, then you will be wrong.

it's still selling ads

you guys really will excuse anything he does

pathetic

Are we not "We the people for the people"?
He is thanking the people for being a part of the movement if they want to do so.

LoL....nice spin!

 

[westwall]

Really odd way of looking at the fact that at least Trump is being open and transparent where his money came from and he keeps winning and succeeding while doing it! I'm still waiting for Hillary and the DNC to flash the list of all the foreign countries and shady people who gave her money BIG TIME. Let me know when she does this. Snoopy might be laughing now, but then, he's just a stupid cartoon dog from a long dead cartoonist.

You know that all donations to political campaigns are publicly available information, right?

This isn't about transparency, it's about selling ads during the State of the Union.

That depends no who gets mentioned. If it is all corporate donors then you will be correct. If it is small mom and pop donators, then you will be wrong.

it's still selling ads

you guys really will excuse anything he does

pathetic

I'm not excusing anything. I am merely laughing at the absolute conniption you all are having. obummer actually did things that harmed Americans. He lied through his teeth yet you all give him a pass. trumps lies only hurt himself, yet you fall all over yourselves castigating him, but the actual evidence is he is doing more things to help average Americans than the Dems have done in 35 years.

He has actually presented a GOOD plan to deal with DACA and the Dems have run away from it! He has offered far more than obummer ever did, and the Dems fall all over themselves declaring it to be the work of the antichrist.

You progressives are nuts.

lol

conniption

make more excuses and be sure to toss in plenty more of the whatabout *obummers*

because that zooms your credibility right up there with devin the dummy

Hey I voted for obummer the first time around. And pretty much everyone here knows that. I actually believed him when he said his would be the most transparent administration ever. He lied. His was the most opaque in my lifetime. Unlike progressives I don't care what a person says, I care about what they do, and obummer lied through his teeth and harmed millions of Americans in the process.

That is the reason why I cal him obummer. Because he was a bummer.

 

[toobfreak]

It's still paid advertising, either way - whether it's a corporation seeking recognition, or a "mom and pop" looking to see their name on TV.

Better thought of as PROMOTION. Trump is promoting America. Best of all, this is really going to stick in the craw of the Left who are going to HATE IT. Reason enough to do it. And out of it, Trump is going to get a lot more free media attention. Like Pavlov's dog, the media will give Trump millions of dollars of free marketing without even realizing it. Oh how he plays them like a fiddle. Trump wins again and everyone in America but the bitter, whiny, losing Left will LOVE IT. Better record this one for posterity.

 

[theDoctorisIn]

It's still paid advertising, either way - whether it's a corporation seeking recognition, or a "mom and pop" looking to see their name on TV.

Better thought of as PROMOTION. Trump is promoting America. Best of all, this is really going to stick in the craw of the Left who are going to HATE IT. Reason enough to do it. And out of it, Trump is going to get a lot more free media attention. Like Pavlov's dog, the media will give Trump millions of dollars of free marketing without even realizing it. Oh how he plays them like a fiddle. Trump wins again and everyone in America but the bitter, whiny, losing Left will LOVE IT. Better record this one for posterity.

When your entire political ideology boils down to "I bet this'll annoy the left", it's a pretty good sign that you've already lost the war.