File 025911
Email Chain Discussing Trump, Bernie Sanders, and 2016 Presidential Politics with Newt Gingrich Analysis (File 025911)
Email chain from March 2016 among Texas business professionals discussing support for Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders in the 2016 presidential race, including a forwarded article by Newt Gingrich analyzing Trump's background and political positions.
Summary
A forwarded email thread from March 9, 2016 between Terry Kafka, Philip Kafka, and others expressing support for Trump as a political candidate and criticism of Hillary Clinton. The chain includes a detailed article by Newt Gingrich analyzing Trump's business philosophy and decision-making style, drawing examples from Trump's autobiography 'The Art of the Deal' and his restoration of the Wollman Skating Rink in Central Park. The conversation reflects 2016 campaign-era political commentary on Trump's candidacy, his policy pledges including border wall construction and immigration enforcement, and comparisons to Bernie Sanders as alternative anti-establishment candidates.
From: Terry KafkaSent: 3/9/2016 10:21:30 PMTo: 'Philip Kafka'_________________________________CC: jeevacation@gmail.comSubject: RE: Gingrich view of TrumpImportance: HighExactly! Bernie's like a Mark Twain or Lafayette teacher from Brooklyn back in the 60's and 70's.Terry B. Kafka, PresidentImpact Outdoor Advertising Co.5454 La Sierra Dr., Suite 200Dallas TX 75231cellImpactoutdoor.comFrom: Philip Kafka [mailtoSent: Wednesday, March 09, 2016 4:18 PMTo: Terry Kafka________________________________Subject: Re: Gingrich view of TrumpI love ole Bernie. Wish he wasn't a damn socialist. He probably reminds you of your Social Studies teacherfrom Lafayette high...?-pkOn Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 5:15 PM, Terry Kafka wrote:Agree. Funny, I too have been saying Trump or Bern. Get Hillary the hell out. She's shameless!I Terry B. Kafka, PresidentImpact Outdoor Advertising Co.5454 La Sierra Dr., Suite 200Dallas, TX 75231cellImpactoutdoor.comFrom: Philip Kafka [mailtoSent: Wednesday, March 09, 2016 4:11 PMTo: Terry Kafka <Subject: Re: Gingrich view of TrumpI openly and proudly support Trump.I've actually been able to pull people away from Hillary by saying I'd ONLY vote for Trump or Sanders. Citingthey everyone else is establishment politics. I convinced a lesbian woman, older, to consider Trump after sheHOUSE OVERSIGHT 025911went on a rampage about him. It just shows, people HAVE NO IDEA what they are talking about. Media holdsthe cards.... people are sheep.On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 5:04 PM, wrote:AgreeSent via BlackBerry by AT&T-----Original MessageFrom: Philip KafkaDate: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 17:01:58To: Terry Kafka<Cc: Janet Kafka<I_______________________Subject: Re: Gingrich view of TrumpAnd I believe we have a problemSent from my iPhone> On Mar 9, 2016, at 4:58 PM, Terry Kafka> Trump is a problem solver for sure.> Terry B. Kafka, President> Impact Outdoor Advertising Co.> 5454 La Sierra Dr., Suite 200> Dallas, TX 75231cell> Impactoutdoor.com-----Original Message-----> From: Philip Kafka [mailto:_______________________________> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2016 3:55 PM> To: Terry Kafka ‹>> Cc: Janet Kafka> Subject: Re: Gingrich view of Trump> Great one. Thanks> Sent from my iPhone>> On Mar 9, 2016, at 4:47 PM, Terry Kafka <>> On trump.>> Terry B. Kafka, President>> Impact Outdoor Advertising Co.>> 5454 La Sierra Dr., Suite 200>> Dallas, TX 75231cellwrote:> wrote:HOUSE OVERSIGHT 025912>> Impactoutdoor.com-----Original Message----->> From: Brad Bowen [mail>> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2016 2:16 PM>> To: Kevin McIntosh <; Ryan McIntosh» <JIMIMI>; Al Eckert < >; 'Henry>> Peek (=I=I)' <>; 'Terry Kafka>> ____________________ <=1111.1>; Coy E. Garrett» <iNiiM.M>; Blake <111'>> Subject: FW: Gingrich view of Trump>> Brad Bowen>> Partner>> Trinity Partners Commercial Real Estate Work phone:________________Cell>> phone: Mailing Address:>> P.O. Box 96011>> Southlake, TX 76092>> Physical Address:>> 450 N Kimball Ave>> Suite 100>> Southlake, TX 76092>> www.trinitypartnerstexas.com>> [Description: Description: Description: TRINITI PARTNER logo22]>> From: Kenny Shirley [mailto:>> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2016 12:11 PM>> To: Danny Shurden; Brad Bowen;>> Subject: Fwd: Gingrich view of Trump>> Sent from my iPhone>> Begin forwarded message:» From: Realblondes <11111<mailto:>> Date: March 9, 2016 at 9:26:23 AM CST>> Subject: Fwd: Gingrich view of Trump>> SUBJECT; GINGRICH VIEW OF TRUMP>> Understanding Donald Trump The Washington Times January 8, 2016 by Newt Gingrich>>HOUSE OVERSIGHT 025913>> Donald Trump is a genuine phenomenon. He may or may not become the Republican nominee forpresident. He may or may not win the presidency even if he becomes the nominee. Yet it is clear that he is aphenomenon and that any history of the 2016 presidential race will have to spend a good bit of time analyzingTrump and his impact.>> From the time he announced on June 16, Trump has dominated social and mainstream media. Hedominates the conversation despite the lack of paid advertising. Trump says outrageous things and hissupporters shrug it off. At every turn, his poll numbers continue to rise.>> As a step toward understanding this amazing performance, I spent part of the Christmas break reading hisfirst bestseller, 'The Art of the Deal'. Written in 1987, this book is a classic among American business booksand has influenced a generation of entrepreneurs. Trump wrote 'The Art of the Deal' when he was 41 yearsold and having a successful run. The book's popularity contributed to Time Magazine's decision to featureDonald Trump on its cover in January 1989.>> The portrait that emerges from this easy-to-read and remarkably interesting book is of an aggressive,ambitious person who is constantly pushing, constantly learning, and always seeking the nextchallenge. Reporters and analysts who are trying to understand Trump would be well served by slowingdown and reading this nearly three-decade-old bestseller.>> They would discover that Donald Trump has developed a remarkable set of rules and principles that allowhim to make decisions with incredible speed. Trump knows a lot, but what is amazing is how rapidly hefigures out what he doesn't know.>> My favorite story is of the Wollman Skating Rink in New York's Central Park.>> The Wollman Rink was a heavily used public skating rink which had fallen into disrepair in 1980. NewYork City tried for six years to fix it, spent $13 million, and the rink still was not ready to open. In June of1986 Trump, who could see the rink from his apartment, finally got tired of the embarrassment and offered tofix the rink at his own expense. At first the city turned him down because its bureaucracy did not want to beembarrassed by someone fixing something they couldn't fix. Trump kept pushing and finally out ofembarrassment the city gave in.>> The key part of the story is Trump's reaction to being put in charge. He promptly recognized that he didn'tknow anything about fixing a skating rink. He asked himself who built a lot of skating rinks. "Canadians!" heconcluded. He found the best Canadian ice skating rink construction company. When the Canadians flew into assess the situation, they were amazed at how bad the city had been at solving the problem. They assuredTrump that this was an easy job. Trump fixed the six year embarrassment two months ahead of schedule andnearly $800,000 under-budget. (The city did end up paying for the work, and Trump donated the profits tocharity.)>> After reading this chapter you begin to think that maybe Donald Trump really could build a wall along oursouthern border for a lot less than our current government estimates.>> 'The Art of the Deal' is filled with stories like this — stories of common sense stories of calculated risktaking, and stories of innovation and marketing.>> Anyone who would like to better understand Donald Trump would be helped by reading this remarkablebook.>> Another is his pledges and I have no way of knowing if he will make good on all of them but I do agreewith all of them. Trump is the only candidate that is serious about building The Wall" ! Two other importantpledges Trump has made that no other candidate of either party has matched! First deportation of millions ofHOUSE OVERSIGHT 025914illegals that are demanding and costing American taxpayers billions of dollars and second Closing 34 Muslimtraing Camps throughout our country! I WOULD LIKE TRUMP OR ANY OTHER CANDIDATESPLEDGE TO REINSTATE ANY AND ALL MILITARY OFFICERS DISCHARGED BECAUSE THEYDISAGREED WITH OBAMA OR HIS POLICIES!!»>> Here is another that kind of wraps up my feelings about Trump>> Raccoon's in your basement! An interesting analogy>> You've been on vacation for two weeks, you come home, and your basement is infested withraccoon's. Hundreds of rabid, messy, mean raccoon's have overtaken your basement. You want them goneimmediately so you hire a guy. A pro. You don't care if the guy smells, you need those raccoon's gonepronto and he's the guy to do it! You don't care if the guy swears, you don't care if he's an alcoholic, you don'tcare how many times he's been married, you don't care if he voted for Obama, you don't care if he hasplumber's crack...you simply want those raccoon's gone!»>> You want your problem fixed! He's the guy. He's the best. Period. That's why Trump. Yes he's a bit ofan ass, yes he's an egomaniac, but you don't care.>> The country is a mess because politicians suck, the Republican Party is two-faced & gutless, illegal's areeverywhere. You want it all fixed! You don't care that Trump is crude, you don't care that he insults people,you don't care that he had been friendly with Hillary, you don't care that he has changed positions, you don'tcare that he's been married 3 times, you don't care that he fights with Megyn Kelly and Rosie O'Donnell, youdon't care that he doesn't know the name of some Muslin terrorist,...this country is weak, bankrupt, ourenemies are making fun of us, we are being invaded by illegal's, we are becoming a nation of victims whereevery Tom, Ricardo and Hamad is a special interest group with special rights>> to a point where we don't even recognize the country we were born and raised in; "AND WE JUSTWANT IT FIXED" and Trump is the only guy who seems to understand what the people want.»>> You're sick of politicians, sick of the Democratic Party, Republican Party, and sick of illegal's. You justwant this thing fixed. Trump may not be a saint, but doesn't have any lobbyist money influencing him, hedoesn't have political correctness restraining him, all you know is that he has been very successful, a goodnegotiator, he has built a lot of things, and he's also not a politician, so he's not a cowardly politician. And hesays he'll fix it. You don't care if the guy has bad hair. You just want those raccoon's gone. Out of your house!»>> This one is more about why we don't want Hillary.>> I think this sums it up well !>> Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are in a bar. Donald leans over, and with a smile on his face, says, "Themedia are really tearing you apart for That Scandal."»>> Hillary: "You mean my lying about Benghazi?">> Trump: "No, the other one."»>> Hillary: "You mean the massive voter fraud?">> Trump: "No, the other one."»>> Hillary: "You mean the military not getting their votes counted?">> Trump: "No, the other one."»>> Hillary: "Using my secret private server with classified material to Hide my Activities?">> Trump: "No, the other one."»>> Hillary: "The NSA monitoring our phone calls, emails and everything Else?">> Trump: "No, the other one."»HOUSE OVERSIGHT 025915>> Hillary: "Using the Clinton Foundation as a cover for tax evasion, hiring cronies, and taking bribes fromforeign countries?>> Trump: "No, the other one."»>> Hillary: "You mean the drones being operated in our own country without The Benefit of the law?">> Trump: "No, the other one."»>> Hillary: "Giving 123 Technologies $300 Million, and right afterward it Declared Bankruptcy and was soldto the Chinese?">> Trump: "No, the other one."»>> Hillary: "You mean arming the Muslim Brotherhood and hiring them in the White House?">> Trump: "No, the other one."»>> Hillary: "Whitewater, Watergate committee, Vince Foster, commodity Deals?">> Trump: "No the other one:"»>> Hillary: "The IRS targeting conservatives?">> Trump: "No the other one:"»>> Hillary: "Turning Libya into chaos?">> Trump: "No the other one:"»>> Hillary: "Trashing Mubarak, one of our few Muslim friends?">> Trump: "No the other one:"»>> Hillary: "Turning our backs on Israel?">> Trump: "No the other one:"»>> Hillary: "The joke Iran Nuke deal?">> Trump: "No the other one:"»>> Hillary: "Leaving Iraq in chaos?">> Trump: "No, the other one."»>> Hillary: "The DOJ spying on the press?">> Trump: "No, the other one."»>> Hillary: "You mean HHS Secretary Sibelius shaking down health insurance Executives?">> Trump: "No, the other one."»>> Hillary: "Giving our cronies in SOLYNDRA $500 MILLION DOLLARS and 3 Months Later theydeclared bankruptcy and then the Chinese bought it?">> Trump: "No, the other one."»>> Hillary: "The NSA monitoring citizens' ?">> Trump: "No, the other one."»>> Hillary: "The State Department interfering with an Inspector General Investigation on departmental sexualmisconduct?">> Trump: "No, the other one."»HOUSE OVERSIGHT 025916>> Hillary: "Me, The IRS, Clapper and Holder all lying to Congress?">> Trump: "No, the other one.">> Hillary: "Threats to all of Bill's former mistresses to keep them quiet">> Trump: "No, the other one.">> Hillary: "You means taking the $145,000,000.00 from Putin for the Uranium Bribe ? " Trump : " No theother one .">> Hillary: "I give up! ... Oh wait, I think I've got it! When I stole the White House furniture, silverware andChina when Bill left Office?">> Trump: "THAT'S IT! I almost forgot about that one".>> **********>> Everything above is true. Yet she still gets the Democratic votes. Could there be that many stupid peoplein this country?>> Does anyone understand this??? I think we're doomed!>> This email has been sent from a virus-free computer protected by Avast.>> http://www.avast.com/>>Philip KafkaPhilip KafkaHOUSE OVERSIGHT 025917