{"id":5792,"date":"2008-09-19T05:56:22","date_gmt":"2008-09-19T05:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/09\/trump-endorses-mccain.html"},"modified":"2008-09-19T05:56:22","modified_gmt":"2008-09-19T05:56:22","slug":"trump-endorses-mccain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/09\/trump-endorses-mccain.html","title":{"rendered":"Trump endorses McCain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/stories\/0908\/13558.html\">On the Larry King Show<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Donald Trump, the flamboyant New York magnate, said on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;Larry King Live&#8221; on Wednesday night that he is supporting Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for president.<br \/>\nTrump, never shy with his opinions, went on to say that McCain appears to be winning, and that Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) should have chosen Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) as his running mate.<br \/>\n&#8220;I know John McCain, and John McCain&#8217;s a great guy, a tremendous guy,&#8221; Trump told King. &#8220;I&#8217;ve known him for a long time. And I&#8217;m with him, and I&#8217;m with him based on the fact that I have great knowledge of John McCain. Also, this is not the right time for tax increases. And Obama wants to increase your taxes drastically.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He also thought Obama should have chosen Hillary as his running mate (no shock there, most of America realizes  Obama made a mistake not selecting Hillary). His current pick seems to think it&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2008\/09\/18\/biden-taxes-not-just-a-patriotic-duty-but-also-a-religious-experience\/\">patriotic and a matter of Catholic faith to pay higher taxes<\/a>. How much worse could she have been? (At least during the election  \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the Larry King Show: Donald Trump, the flamboyant New York magnate, said on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;Larry King Live&#8221; on Wednesday night that he is supporting Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for president. Trump, never shy with his opinions, went on to say that McCain appears to be winning, and that Sen. 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