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What Trump People Don't Get
Townhall.com ^ | April 21, 2013 | Michael Reagan

Posted on 04/21/2016 6:47:54 PM PDT by Kaslin

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To: Flick Lives

That’s not what Cruz does, anyway.


81 posted on 04/21/2016 9:53:13 PM PDT by gogeo (Donald Trump. Because it's finally come to that.)
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To: COBOL2Java
Now get back to your jobs and let your Republican Party leaders betters manage this enormous undertaking!

I took some editorial license, hope you don't mind!

82 posted on 04/21/2016 9:59:10 PM PDT by gogeo (Donald Trump. Because it's finally come to that.)
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To: Parley Baer

Sorry Parley Baer — but you’re wrong.

Can YOU document 101 lies by Cruz as has been done for Trump?

And shame on Trump, you and other Trump supporters for already working to encourage MORE abortions. Tell your weasel boss to keep praising the henchmen at Planned Parenthood. They do a great work killing babies — and your man likes them.

The comment is the latest in a long line of comments from Trump upsetting pro-life voters — including multiple remarks praising the Planned Parenthood abortion business, saying abortion laws should not be changed and saying women should be punished for having abortions and flip-flopping hours later.


83 posted on 04/21/2016 10:06:00 PM PDT by sruleoflaw
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To: gg188

So it’s either stupid or evil, eh? No possibility of principled disagreement?

And just an aside, I know of no Cruz supporters, on FR or in real life, who support an open border, a North American Union, or any of that other stuff. In fact, I can recall quite clearly facing off with a bunch of La Raza hooligans here in Cali with some folks who are now Cruz supporters back in 2006 during the last round of immigration “discussion”. Don’t recall seeing you there, so I won’t pretend to speak for you, but I’m pretty sure that I, and the other Cruz folks are not open border advocates.


84 posted on 04/21/2016 10:11:19 PM PDT by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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To: sruleoflaw
Can YOU document 101 lies by Cruz as has been done for Trump?

That document is utter smear-filled garbage, which anyone with even the smallest a modicum of experience recognizing propaganda technique can discern.

I couldn't get through more than the first few "lies" without snickering at the feeble smear tactics being employed.

The document does not stand up under even the mildest scrutiny.

On the other hand, like most lawyers, Ted Cruz casually lies without even realizing it. It's utterly routine for him. And he expects everyone to overlook his gross distortions.

There's little need to produce a document, just record the man speaking in response to almost any question lately, and within 45 seconds he will have prevaricated half a dozen times...

85 posted on 04/21/2016 10:15:45 PM PDT by sargon (No king but Christ!)
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To: Kaslin

I heard one of the local “conservative talkers” here defend the whole “play the game or your claim is lame” line the other day. He’s been a player in our state GOP.

I like the way the guy thinks on most issues, and to hear him defend the system was interesting. There was the poll tax in commitment and organization argument, that individuals and campaigns too lazy and disorganized to play the game deserved to lose. There was the fairness argument, that the rules were known to one and all. It was a pretty good argument.

What stuck with me, though, was not his logic or his words. It was his tone. A condescending note, with just a hint of suppressed anger and exasperation. It was extremely grating.

That tone stuck with me, and it made me instantly want to oppose him.

I don’t know if Mr. “Art of the Deal” is clever enough to set them up, but those who attack Trump with this tone in their presentation are solidifying the Trump base, if not adding to it.

They are working to elect Trump, for free, or in some cases, on his opponent’s dime, but they seem incapable of losing the tone.

I can’t recall anything quite like it.


86 posted on 04/21/2016 10:35:42 PM PDT by M1911A1 (It would have been Hillary vs. Jeb! with no Trump in the race.)
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To: Kaslin
My first choice was Ted Cruz. I supported him since the day he announced, but I also said that if Trump gets the nomination, I'll support him.

At this point, I think Cruz is through. I think now the choice is between Trump or another nightmare like McCain or Romney. I refused to vote for Romney and I will refuse to vote for Karl Rove's next creation.

Reality is our friend. The time has come to get behind Trump.

87 posted on 04/21/2016 10:44:49 PM PDT by Tau Food (Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.)
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To: Bubba Gump Shrimp

Nailed it.


88 posted on 04/21/2016 10:55:00 PM PDT by avenir (I'm pessimistic about man, but I'm optimistic about GOD!)
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To: cssGA30005

Congratulations cssGA300005,

You are the first and only person in 10 months who gets it.
Electoral College protects small states from bigger ones.

cssGA300005, this is a small club of only 2 members so far.
I am thinking of a club membership card for starters.

The EC Club: People who understand the election.


89 posted on 04/21/2016 11:11:34 PM PDT by TheNext
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To: LouieFisk

“Yet another Salem Media Townhall flunky panicking at the realization their club just doesn’t matter anymore.”

I get a warm feeling every time I think of this.


90 posted on 04/21/2016 11:13:13 PM PDT by Pelham (Trump/Tsoukalos 2016 - vote the great hair ticket)
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To: Pelham

“I get a warm feeling every time I think of this.”
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Yup, indeed. Know whatcha mean.


91 posted on 04/21/2016 11:25:00 PM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: Kaslin

Good comments from Michael Reagan. I’ve always considered him to be level-headed and Conservative. ...Thanks


92 posted on 04/21/2016 11:29:05 PM PDT by octex
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To: Kaslin

Yes! It is almost criminal how Trump is inciting violence in what he thinks is a subtle way.

Gee, I hope my followers don’t go all postal if I’m cheated at the Convention.

The system has worked in Trump’s favor a lot and nobody mentions it ... at least trumpers don’t.

He won tons of delegates in early states when he didn’t get much over 35% of the vote.

He won tons of delegates in New York with fewer votes than Ted Cruz got in Wisconsin.

It’s only when he gets outmaneuvered that he starts whining and crying.


93 posted on 04/21/2016 11:34:25 PM PDT by altura (Cruz for our country)
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To: mkjessup

Calling in the zombies.

Good idea. All the previous trumpers have posted nonsense.

Maybe one of the ‘squad’ can come up with something better.


94 posted on 04/21/2016 11:36:19 PM PDT by altura (Cruz for our country)
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To: gg188

By the time this is over, you will be in a mental institution if you actually believe what you said in that post.


95 posted on 04/21/2016 11:37:33 PM PDT by altura (Cruz for our country)
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To: AndyJackson

Tell me about it.

None of their posts responding to this thoughtful article deal with the points made in the article.

They cannot deal with reality.

They are in trumpville, where the sun always shines and there is a pony in the yard.


96 posted on 04/21/2016 11:39:37 PM PDT by altura (Cruz for our country)
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To: octex

Me, too. I’ve always liked the guy.


97 posted on 04/21/2016 11:40:20 PM PDT by altura (Cruz for our country)
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To: altura
You're delusional at this point.

Your unprincipled spoiler candidate is collapsing in the polls, and rightly so.

His dream of winning a contested convention is evaporating.

Do you realize what Cruz is trying to do?

Apparently, Ted Cruz plans on limping into the GOP convention with, at best, about 700 delegates or so.

And then what's he going to do somehow, magically? He's going to seize the nomination from Donald Trump, displacing the party's clear frontrunner.

Then what? This is the most ridiculous part: after swiping the nomination, he will:

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is Ted Cruz's best case scenario.

Ridiculous, isn't it?

And for this selfish goal, Cruz is willing to sacrifice his party, or even the country, on the altar of his peronsl ambition. Ted Cruz's arrogance, conceit and narcissism make Donald Trump supposed character deficits pale in comparison.

I'm seriously beginning to wonder about Ted Cruz's character.

Ted Cruz has lost. He has now been mathematically eliminated from securing a delegate majority before the convention, and he will limp into the convention itself with fewer than 2/3 of the needed delegates. His fantasy of garnering the nomination, if successful, would irreparably splinter the party, and guarantee a GOP defeat in November.

As Newt Gingrich so aptly noted, that's simply not going to happen. Not even the crooked GOPe is that stupid.

Vote Trump

98 posted on 04/21/2016 11:42:06 PM PDT by sargon (No king but Christ!)
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To: Williams

What’s happening is the establishment is selecting Cruz people to fill those slots.
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The local voters attend meetings at the district/county/State levels to elect the delegates to represent them. Has nothing to do with the “establishment”.


99 posted on 04/21/2016 11:42:12 PM PDT by octex
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To: Kaslin
Trump people kill me.

Impatiently waiting with little expectation.

100 posted on 04/21/2016 11:47:36 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! - voted Trump 2016 & Dude, Cruz ain't bona fide)
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