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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 3:15 pm
I think Piers and Omarosa deserve each other. Omarosa has a real cruel streak, she enjoys pushing people's buttons and then glories in watching the result. Piers is incredibly arrogant and elitist. The way I see it Piers is a 'can dish it out but not take it' <25> and <25> found his soft spot and kept pushing at it. At least no-one can say that Omarosa doesn't take as well as she gives... the woman never backs off. LOL
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 3:16 pm
Sea, that's not quite true. The person donating the money HAD to take the carriage ride. So they couldn't just sit home and phone it in; they hadda deliver and then ride thru the park.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 4:03 pm
That's a good point Costa. For wealthy people it can be easy to pull out their check book and write a check. Actually taking time out of their day to come down to the park and go for the ride is in some respects a bigger effort and contribution.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 11:58 am
Enjoy the show tonight everybody 
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Puttergirl
Member
08-11-2000
| Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 2:03 pm
From the very first episode, I've had the feeling that Trump planned an Omarosa win from the beginning. He likes her and it would allow her to get an Apprentice-ship without him having to actually hire her at the end. I have 3 things to back me up. 1. From the start, they've really stressed her "business smarts". They've played her up as the business savvy player while the rest are just plain celebrities. At least twice, someone in the boardroom has told Trump how much they've learned about business from Omarosa. 2. On the episode 2 or three weeks ago when the women had lost the umteenth time in a row, as they were walking out, Trump said to Omarosa "you really need to step it up. Piers is killing you". I read between the lines and heard him saying "you really need to step it up if you still want the win". It just sounded real shady to me. 3. Omarosa is acting like she has a pass to the end. She doesn't seem to be afraid of making a mistake. If anyone else acted like she had last week, they would go into the boardroom expecting to be fired. Someone above stated that Omarosa wasn't insulting his children but him. I disagree in that the things she was saying would be considered very hurtful for his children to hear. I'm sure they love him very much and would feel insulted by somebody using them the way she was.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 5:16 pm
Puttergirl, they're not playing for an apprenticeship this season. It's just for charity. None of these other folks would want to work for DT. Why would they stage a whole show just to give Omarosa a job? I'm not buyin' it. Please, please, please let tonight be the night Omarosa gets fired! 
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Keldogg
Member
08-12-2005
| Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 8:00 pm
if anyone knows, could they post a spoiler for tonight? Thanks!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 8:12 pm
Yes, please... what was the task, who won, and who got the axe? (Oh please be Omarosa!)
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 8:19 pm
Makes that 3 of us who wants to know who will go !
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Carlpsmom
Member
01-03-2004
| Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 8:19 pm
I don't know how to post a spoiler. Sorry! I only watched part of the show but did see the ending.So if you do not want to know, stop now!lol Marilu went home
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 8:33 pm
Carlpsmom, you don't have to worry about spoiler boxes if the show has already aired on the east coast. Just post. And that bums me that Marilu went home and Piers and Omarosa are STILL THERE??????????????? What the heck is up with Trump?
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 8:37 pm
Maybe he's planning a finale rumble pitting Omarosa and Lewis against Piers and Tito. Carol could be the ring girl. Steve could say the benediction before the fight and Trace could sing the national anthem.
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Stacey718995
Member
07-06-2007
| Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 8:37 pm
I think Piers thought thought that he was going
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Puttergirl
Member
08-11-2000
| Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 8:53 pm
Babyjaxmom, you misunderstood my post. I know she won't get a job; I stated that myself in my post when I said... "without him having to actually hire her at the end". But she would get an Apprentice win and I think Trump promised her that. You asked why... because he likes her. Nobody else... nobody... anywhere... does, but him.
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Puttergirl
Member
08-11-2000
| Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 8:55 pm
I think he showed it again tonight. He asked her team how she did and they said great and he was very pleased. He doesn't want to fire her; he's looking for any excuse not to.
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Puzzled
Member
08-27-2001
| Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 8:58 pm
Steve could say the benediction before the fight and Trace could sing the national anthem. Now, that would be a SHOW!
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Bluejaxrock
Member
04-23-2004
| Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 9:45 pm
I saw the challenge but not the firing, so thanks to Carlpsmom for that. The challenge was to create a 10-minute spot to sell something on QVC. They got a choice of items but I don't know what all they were. Marilu's team - she was project manager - sold a handtruck/ladder which I thought was pretty cool and Steven's team - he was project manager - sold a sweeper. Marilu was the on-screen personality for her team (surprise) but she's so frenetic that she was talking over the host and QVC callers. Trace was the on-screen personality for Steven's team. I missed the spot, but from what I saw of the board meeting Trace was his usual laid-back self. The vacuum was more expensive than the ladder/cart, but maybe due to Steven placing it as an easy-pay item his team sold more. Marilu's team sold approx. $35,000 and Steven's sold approx. $42,000. Hope that helps a little.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, February 22, 2008 - 12:32 am
Carlsp.. while you were fine posting that, if you want to post a spoiler just use the \spoiler tag followed by {text of spoiler} And make sure the key spoiler isn't on the first line of your post.. in other words have some text before the actual spoiler, so as to avoid someone being spoiled using new msg or search.. +++ Frustrating board room. Trump would have rather fired Carol and good grief! Anyone who ever bought from QVC knows about Easy Pay.. Kudos to Stephen for asking about such a structure in general! I cannot believe that Carol wasn't aware of Easy Pay if she worked there for FIVE YEARS. Even Marilu, selling her books there, should have watched enough to see how QVC works. Donald and Ivanka noted how she talked over the caller, the host tried to get Marilu engaged with the caller. Callers to QVC eat up the way the hosts and guests talk TO them, ask THEM what they like about the products, why they bought them,what they plan to do with them, etc. They have quite a way with callers, often late at night, very folksy. Marilu really missed some key points. And Lennox really missed the boat.. too bad he didn't jump in and point out that he has WANTED to produce, to be more active in this task and that Piers had soundly put him down, really denigrating his abilities AND that Marilu had allowed Piers to take control of that. So Lennox blew it there. I think had he brought that up, Piers might have been in some trouble. But the key was not keeping Carol in the room. Trace WAS a natural, but Stephen lucked out a bit. When Omarosa suggested a run through, the very experienced and popular QVC host, Lisa, was nodding her head in agreement. QVC runs tight segments and I just wonder if Lisa had a little talk with Trace.. anyway, lucky for them, he was an absolute natural and his voice of course is perfect for so many uses.. singing, voice overs and clearly, selling sweepere I was surprised that the sweeper cost more than the ladder.. Next week looks like one where they will be encouraged to be sexy/sleazy and then perhaps be criticized when they do that.
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Hooters
Member
08-26-2006
| Friday, February 22, 2008 - 5:31 am
So glad that Empresario won, even if that meant <Omarosa> is still around!! I was really disappointed in Marilu this espisode. It's amazing that those who are "professional's" are dropping the ball, and she did it twice, first on camera, she was terrible, as far as talking over the host & the callers, and then, by not bringing Carol back. I don't believe for one minute that Carol or Marilu didn't know about the easy pay. You could tell by the look on both their faces when the other team mentioned it that they knew. I don't think Donald believed them either when they said they didn't know. It just gets me that Marilu was throwing Lennox under the bus, he was very excited about his job. I think if Marilu had brought Carol back, she'd still be here. <25>
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Angelicfairies2
Member
07-19-2004
| Friday, February 22, 2008 - 6:56 am
Well the previews sure did hype up the Piers/Lenox fight eh? That was a bore! I love TRACE
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Friday, February 22, 2008 - 7:22 am
This show just confirmed what I already suspected... Trump is just firing people in order to keep other people he wants around. Didn't Omarosa act as PM for two tasks? And didn't they lose both tasks? And didn't her team members and even Trump say it was the PM's fault? Yet he didn't fire her. Last night, Trump blamed the PM and fired Marilu. He so obviously wants certain people in the finale, and it's really disgusting. That said, Marilu really did sorta blow it. You never talk over a caller. Ever. Not on TV or on the radio. And that Easy Pay thing... she'd been hawking stuff on QVC also, so between the two of 'em (Carol and Marilu), they both should've known about Easy Pay. I know it's one of their big selling points (middle America can stagger payments, kinda like the old and no longer existent laywaya plan). If Trump really wanted to fire Carol, he could've brought all of 'em back in to the board room. He didn't so he obviously already knew who he'd fire.
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Kep421
Member
08-11-2001
| Friday, February 22, 2008 - 11:39 am
I think Trump fired Marilu for the exact same reason he's fired other "non-celebrity" PMs. She brought back team members based on personal opinion and not on job performance. Marilu gave Carol a pass because they are friends and have each other's back....when by rights, Carol was the only one Marilu should have brought back into the boardroom. Trump has done this before, so I knew she cooked her own goose when she excluded Carol from the return to the boardroom.
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Marameko
Member
07-15-2002
| Friday, February 22, 2008 - 5:31 pm
How could you be on QVC or even be a casual observer and not know about Easy Pay ? Carol was not entirely truthful...
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Friday, February 22, 2008 - 6:33 pm
the right team went to the boardroom. Trace,Stephen & the others on their team won the challenge IMO as a viewer. I have always liked Marilu & wander if she might have just been ready to go. All of the drama & stuff has to take a toll on a classy person like her. Marilu is a very smart woman - she had to know that Carol would be fired if she was brought back. Carol is the weak link on that team. Trace is my fav. to win this whole thing so I'll be behind his team until the whole team thing is gone no matter who his team mates are. Stephen is smarter than crap. Omerosa was a positive contribution to her team (no, I don't like her either - but, business is business & she was at her best in this challenge). I think Tito is the weakest link on this team.
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Sassynegal
Member
01-21-2005
| Friday, February 22, 2008 - 6:34 pm
GO TITO
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