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August 30, 2015 8:00 pm - NewsBehavingBadly.com

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Politico profiles some of the people giving money to the billionaire who said he didn’t need anyone’s money.

Ask Iraq War veteran Rudolf Pohlreich of Arizona, a $250 donor. “It’s like the police when they arrive on the scene — when there’s chaos, you want the police on the scene, you want a—holes to show up and take control, nullify the situation and maybe apologize later.”

Tough, bold, a candidate like no other who is “willing to stand up and say it like it is. When things don’t go well, the worst thing you can do is pretend things are going well,” said Steve Farland of Colorado, who dashed off a $250 check to Donald J. Trump for President Inc. “five minutes after he began his [announcement] speech.”…

“I believe he can stand up to Putin,” said Jackson, Mississippi, trial lawyer John Eaves, who sought his state’s Democratic nomination for governor in 1975, 1979 and 1987…

Manhattan insurance executive Pamela Newman, meanwhile, has a long history of donating to establishment candidates on both sides of the aisle. Newman, whose $2,700 donation to Trump’s campaign is dated June 1, 15 days before he announced, said “I don’t have to talk to you about anything,” when asked about her support for Trump…

Jim Shore, an artist from York, South Carolina, whose religious and Disney-themed figurines are hot items on QVC, isn’t worried about his brand. Shore’s $5,400 donation to Trump maxes him out for both the primary and the general contest, but he said it’s not like he’s going to pull “a Dixie Chick” and flaunt his politics from the stage.

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D.B. Hirsch
D.B. Hirsch is a political activist, news junkie, and retired ad copy writer and spin doctor. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.