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struggle4progress

(118,319 posts)
Fri Apr 8, 2016, 04:26 PM Apr 2016

Lincoln Chafee says Donald Trump should try running for governor

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Apr 8, 2016
3:00 p.m.

Former Democratic presidential candidate and Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee says Donald Trump should try running for governor of New York or some other office before attempting to become president ...

Chafee, a former Republican U.S. senator, says presidential candidates should have previous experience in elected office ...

Chafee says Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are "vastly superior," but he's not offering an endorsement.

Chafee says he'll support whichever candidate wins the Democratic nomination, "with enthusiasm" ...


http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/latest-sanders-clinton-qualified-38247857

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Lincoln Chafee says Donald Trump should try running for governor (Original Post) struggle4progress Apr 2016 OP
That's not how The Donald rolls. tanyev Apr 2016 #1
Yup... joeybee12 Apr 2016 #2
why run for governor greymattermom Apr 2016 #3
How about Emperor of GFY Island? Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2016 #4
Governor's not big enough for his ego Retrograde Apr 2016 #5
That's the trouble with being born on third base and believing you hit a triple. bluesbassman Apr 2016 #6
You just made me think of Sarah Palin - as unqualified as she was - she had no Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2016 #7
 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
2. Yup...
Fri Apr 8, 2016, 04:59 PM
Apr 2016

Not enough power...if there were a job called President of the World, that's what he'd run for and nothing else.

Retrograde

(10,142 posts)
5. Governor's not big enough for his ego
Fri Apr 8, 2016, 06:03 PM
Apr 2016

Trump has to have the biggest - ahem, the yoogest - of everything, including elected offices.

bluesbassman

(19,378 posts)
6. That's the trouble with being born on third base and believing you hit a triple.
Fri Apr 8, 2016, 06:16 PM
Apr 2016

Trump' sense of entitlement knows no bounds. Earning his way to to the Presidency doesn't fit into his self view. He believes the Presidency is his right simply due to who he is rather than any pesky "qualifications".

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
7. You just made me think of Sarah Palin - as unqualified as she was - she had no
Fri Apr 8, 2016, 10:57 PM
Apr 2016

doubts she could be VP and possibly President.

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