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Donald Trump's views on Barry Manilow.....
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Suzan
Sep 2, 2016, 12:31:40 PM9/2/16
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Funny to see this back in the news....I wonder if the whole video will surface?
As a little history, Barry had previously said he thought he would be performing at a charity fund-raiser for AIDS, not a political fundraiser, and cancelled his appearance.
"Since my arrival in Atlantic City last night, it has become abundantly clear that my appearance here has been positioned, without my knowledge or consent, as part of Ms. Whitman’s ‘inaugural gala,’ which was not and is not my intention," Manilow said. "I would not have agreed to endorse Ms. Whitman in this way having never met her, spoken to her or been aware of her political platform."
Here's the article-I left in the editor's comments at the bottom, so Trump fans will want to stop reading before the last paragraph!
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-barry-manilow-marla-maples_us_57c5bf5be4b0664f13cacf0e
That Time Donald Trump @#?&! Chewed Out Barry Manilow
His second wife’s expression says it all.
Marla Maples reacts as her then-husband Donald Trump tells a reporter how he really feels about Barry Manilow.
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. ― Before repeated bankruptcies drove him away from the blackjack tables, there was a time when Donald Trump was one of the resort city’s fiercest defenders. In early 1994, he rose to defend it against a surprising villain: Barry Manilow.
The singer had just pulled out of a concert that was part of then Gov.-elect Christie Todd Whitman’s pre-inaugural festivities at the Atlantic City Convention Center, saying he didn’t want his show interpreted as an endorsement of the incoming Republican governor.
Whitman’s team, scrambling after the last-minute diss, reached out to Trump, who was ready with a seemingly fair substitution: Singer Paul Anka was scheduled to play at the Trump Plaza, and Trump agreed to let him move across the street to appear at the convention center instead.
Ticketholders for the Manilow show could either bask in the smooth sounds of Anka or receive a refund. But many of them were furious.
Trump didn’t let Manilow off the hook so easily, either. In a little-known interview that aired on local TV, Trump ― with his then-wife Marla Maples standing beside him ― unloaded on the “Copacabana” singer in a tirade that turned offensive enough for the station to censor several seconds.
A source would not permit The Huffington Post to publish the video, but allowed us to view it and take the screenshot above. (The source is seeking to sell the video for publication; as a policy, HuffPost does not pay sources for material.)
In the video, Maples responds with shock when Trump utters the anti-Manilow remarks the station chose not to air.
Trump begins by saying, “Paul Anka should be thanked ‘cause he’s really a great gentleman.” Then he turns his fire on Manilow.
“And in my opinion, a much greater gentleman than Barry Manilow. And you know, Barry Manilow should be ashamed for what he did ― really to the governor and to the state. It was really very rude of him,” Trump said.
“Everyone seems to question why that happened. Do you have any insight on that?” the reporter asks.
Trump’s answer is then blanked out for several seconds, as he unleashes on Manilow. Maples’ jaw drops and the reporter ends the interview abruptly with an “It was nice meeting you.”
Through a spokeswoman, Manilow declined to comment this week. Hope Hicks, press secretary for the Trump campaign, asked to see the video. Told HuffPost only had a screenshot, she expressed doubt about the video’s veracity.
“I have no way of knowing this is authentic,” Hicks said in an email.
Maples has largely stayed out of the presidential election fray. Since the couple divorced, their lives have taken different directions, with Maples exploring spirituality in a 2013 album.
HuffPost sent her the screenshot from the video, asking if she recalled the moment, but Maples declined to comment. She did, however, share the photo with a person close to her.
“Her expression speaks for itself,” the source close to Maples told HuffPost, adding that she was unsure if Maples recalled that specific incident. “She said she was much more easily shocked by Donald when she was in her 20s and 30s.”
Cristian Farias reported from Atlantic City. Ryan Grim reported from Washington.
Editor’s note: Donald Trump regularly incites political violence and is a serial liar, rampant xenophobe, racist, misogynist and birther who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims — 1.6 billion members of an entire religion — from entering the U.S.
As a little history, Barry had previously said he thought he would be performing at a charity fund-raiser for AIDS, not a political fundraiser, and cancelled his appearance.
"Since my arrival in Atlantic City last night, it has become abundantly clear that my appearance here has been positioned, without my knowledge or consent, as part of Ms. Whitman’s ‘inaugural gala,’ which was not and is not my intention," Manilow said. "I would not have agreed to endorse Ms. Whitman in this way having never met her, spoken to her or been aware of her political platform."
Here's the article-I left in the editor's comments at the bottom, so Trump fans will want to stop reading before the last paragraph!
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-barry-manilow-marla-maples_us_57c5bf5be4b0664f13cacf0e
That Time Donald Trump @#?&! Chewed Out Barry Manilow
His second wife’s expression says it all.
Marla Maples reacts as her then-husband Donald Trump tells a reporter how he really feels about Barry Manilow.
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. ― Before repeated bankruptcies drove him away from the blackjack tables, there was a time when Donald Trump was one of the resort city’s fiercest defenders. In early 1994, he rose to defend it against a surprising villain: Barry Manilow.
The singer had just pulled out of a concert that was part of then Gov.-elect Christie Todd Whitman’s pre-inaugural festivities at the Atlantic City Convention Center, saying he didn’t want his show interpreted as an endorsement of the incoming Republican governor.
Whitman’s team, scrambling after the last-minute diss, reached out to Trump, who was ready with a seemingly fair substitution: Singer Paul Anka was scheduled to play at the Trump Plaza, and Trump agreed to let him move across the street to appear at the convention center instead.
Ticketholders for the Manilow show could either bask in the smooth sounds of Anka or receive a refund. But many of them were furious.
Trump didn’t let Manilow off the hook so easily, either. In a little-known interview that aired on local TV, Trump ― with his then-wife Marla Maples standing beside him ― unloaded on the “Copacabana” singer in a tirade that turned offensive enough for the station to censor several seconds.
A source would not permit The Huffington Post to publish the video, but allowed us to view it and take the screenshot above. (The source is seeking to sell the video for publication; as a policy, HuffPost does not pay sources for material.)
In the video, Maples responds with shock when Trump utters the anti-Manilow remarks the station chose not to air.
Trump begins by saying, “Paul Anka should be thanked ‘cause he’s really a great gentleman.” Then he turns his fire on Manilow.
“And in my opinion, a much greater gentleman than Barry Manilow. And you know, Barry Manilow should be ashamed for what he did ― really to the governor and to the state. It was really very rude of him,” Trump said.
“Everyone seems to question why that happened. Do you have any insight on that?” the reporter asks.
Trump’s answer is then blanked out for several seconds, as he unleashes on Manilow. Maples’ jaw drops and the reporter ends the interview abruptly with an “It was nice meeting you.”
Through a spokeswoman, Manilow declined to comment this week. Hope Hicks, press secretary for the Trump campaign, asked to see the video. Told HuffPost only had a screenshot, she expressed doubt about the video’s veracity.
“I have no way of knowing this is authentic,” Hicks said in an email.
Maples has largely stayed out of the presidential election fray. Since the couple divorced, their lives have taken different directions, with Maples exploring spirituality in a 2013 album.
HuffPost sent her the screenshot from the video, asking if she recalled the moment, but Maples declined to comment. She did, however, share the photo with a person close to her.
“Her expression speaks for itself,” the source close to Maples told HuffPost, adding that she was unsure if Maples recalled that specific incident. “She said she was much more easily shocked by Donald when she was in her 20s and 30s.”
Cristian Farias reported from Atlantic City. Ryan Grim reported from Washington.
Editor’s note: Donald Trump regularly incites political violence and is a serial liar, rampant xenophobe, racist, misogynist and birther who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims — 1.6 billion members of an entire religion — from entering the U.S.
marvin
Sep 2, 2016, 5:42:26 PM9/2/16
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This whole incident is strange. How can anyone,Trump included, blame Barry for not doing the concert?
Barry was not notified it was a fundraiser for someone he obviously did not want to support,which is his democratic right. The mistake was that whoever did the booking of the concert for Barry should have notified him right away that it was not a fundraiser for AIDS.
Trump would not do a fundraiser for a Democratic candidate, so why even then should he be mad at Barry for not doing the fundraiser? It is not like he was scheduled to do a concert for the general public and then backed out.
Leave it to Trump to turn a misunderstanding into a major problem. I know we generally do not politics in this group, but this situation in which Barry did nothing wrong is hard not to comment on. Marvin
Barry was not notified it was a fundraiser for someone he obviously did not want to support,which is his democratic right. The mistake was that whoever did the booking of the concert for Barry should have notified him right away that it was not a fundraiser for AIDS.
Trump would not do a fundraiser for a Democratic candidate, so why even then should he be mad at Barry for not doing the fundraiser? It is not like he was scheduled to do a concert for the general public and then backed out.
Leave it to Trump to turn a misunderstanding into a major problem. I know we generally do not politics in this group, but this situation in which Barry did nothing wrong is hard not to comment on. Marvin
annielove...@gmail.com
Sep 3, 2016, 1:43:42 AM9/3/16
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(Also, Mr Trump, don't fuck with Barry Manilow because, fanilows.....fanilows will CUT a bitch.....)
Annie (whittling a shiv out of her concert glowstick as we speak)
marvin
Sep 3, 2016, 2:10:49 AM9/3/16
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How he got this far as a presidential candidate is a mystery to me. Again, just IMO.Annie
Annie, Donald Trump's main appeal is that he is not a career politician. His status as an outsider to politics and a man of great wealth is that he does not owe favors to anyone if he becomes President.(or at least that's what Trump says). Lots of people are not satisfied with the politics as usual as expressed by both political parties, with politicians paying back people who supported their campaigns by granting them political favors as identified by lobbyists.
Despite being a bully or maybe because of it, Trump's campaign for President is highly unusual and different from most candidates from the past.
Going back to the incident involving Barry pulling out of the concert, Barry's only mistake was that he waited very long to make his announcement and drew the ire of the charities that worked with Whitman. Regards, Marvin
Annie, Donald Trump's main appeal is that he is not a career politician. His status as an outsider to politics and a man of great wealth is that he does not owe favors to anyone if he becomes President.(or at least that's what Trump says). Lots of people are not satisfied with the politics as usual as expressed by both political parties, with politicians paying back people who supported their campaigns by granting them political favors as identified by lobbyists.
Despite being a bully or maybe because of it, Trump's campaign for President is highly unusual and different from most candidates from the past.
Going back to the incident involving Barry pulling out of the concert, Barry's only mistake was that he waited very long to make his announcement and drew the ire of the charities that worked with Whitman. Regards, Marvin
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