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Obama's terror speech perfectly highlights reasons for Trump's rise
Reuters Blogs ^ | 12-7-2015 | Bill Schneider

Posted on 12/07/2015 12:26:51 PM PST by Citizen Zed

Here's President Barack Obama on the war against Islamic State: "Our success won't depend on tough talk or abandoning or values or giving into fear. . . . We will prevail by being strong and smart."

Here's Donald Trump: "Every time things get worse, I do better. Because people have confidence in me." He promised, 'We're going to be so tough and so mean and so nasty."

What we're seeing right now in American politics is class warfare. But not the kind of class warfare Bernie Sanders would understand. It's not the working class versus the 1 percent. It's the working class versus the educated elite. In fact, one of the richest men in the world is leading the revolt: Trump.

Trump's support for the Republican nomination is not defined by ideology or age or gender. It's defined by education. Among GOP voters with a college degree in the latest CNN poll, Trump comes in fourth with just 18 percent. But he has a huge lead among non-college voters - 46 percent. No other candidate comes close.

Today, in the United States, the richer you are, the more likely you are to vote Republican. The better educated you are, the more likely you are to vote Democratic.

(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: 2016election; arkansas; berniesanders; billschneider; election2016; hillaryclinton; hitlery; martinomalley; maryland; newyork; trump; unitedkingdom; vermont
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The media sees the end game and they don't like it so all that's left is insults and lies directed at Trump and his support.
1 posted on 12/07/2015 12:26:51 PM PST by Citizen Zed
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To: Citizen Zed

“the richer you are, the more likely you are to vote Republican”

I doubt that. I’ll prove it momentarily.


2 posted on 12/07/2015 12:30:31 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (Property Owners who maintain "Gun Free Zones" for killing should be legally liable for any shooting.)
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To: Citizen Zed

I’ve known many supposedly college educated liberals who were so incredibly stupid you wondered if they could remember to breath.


3 posted on 12/07/2015 12:30:53 PM PST by headstamp 2
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To: Citizen Zed
I have a university degree and two advanced degrees. I think Obama is a moron, and I love Trump and Cruz.
4 posted on 12/07/2015 12:31:26 PM PST by Cowboy Bob (With Trump & Cruz, America can't lose!)
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To: Citizen Zed

Exactly so. So now they resort to fabricated polls and statistics that say if you support Trump you are ignorant.


5 posted on 12/07/2015 12:32:07 PM PST by Roger Kaputnik (Just because I'm paranoid doesn't prove that they aren't out to get me.)
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To: Citizen Zed

I think it comes down to this:

Communist/Islamist puppet et al (including hostage and/or complicit media, courts, Congress, etc) VERSUS red-blooded Americans.

Trump is the latter, and he speaks for a lot of us who have gotten the shaft from the entire system taken hostage by the former.


6 posted on 12/07/2015 12:32:40 PM PST by butterdezillion (.)
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To: Uncle Miltie
Okay, it is a barely legitimate point that wealthier people are more Republican. But only barely:


7 posted on 12/07/2015 12:34:21 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (Property Owners who maintain "Gun Free Zones" for killing should be legally liable for any shooting.)
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To: Citizen Zed

Well, it’s been proven that IQ tends to go down in college. It’s all the false information taught in Econ, Psych and a host of other propaganda courses. If you take the “soft sciences” seriously they will ruin your ability to process data. This is why you see that college grads are less likely to demonstrate common sense than auto mechanics.


8 posted on 12/07/2015 12:34:41 PM PST by Seruzawa (All those memories will be lost,in time, like tears in rain.)
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I’ve known many supposedly college educated liberals who were so incredibly stupid you wondered if they could remember to breath.

Wouldn't that be "breathe?" LOL

9 posted on 12/07/2015 12:35:23 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Citizen Zed

I’m a college graduate and I love Trump, so your point is????????????????????


10 posted on 12/07/2015 12:36:07 PM PST by HarleyLady27 (TRUMP SUPPORTER 100% from day ONE!!!)
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To: Citizen Zed
Today, in the United States, the richer you are, the more likely you are to vote Republican. The better educated you are, the more likely you are to vote Democratic.
11 posted on 12/07/2015 12:36:59 PM PST by 5thGenTexan
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To: Citizen Zed

the richer you are, the more likely you are to vote Republican. The better educated you are, the more likely you are to vote Democratic.


Democrats have a huge advantage (63 percent) with voters earning less than $15,000 per year. If these people are educated then they should sui their college.


12 posted on 12/07/2015 12:38:47 PM PST by outpostinmass2
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To: headstamp 2

LOL - the guy one office down (and who fits your description perfectly) started hacking and coughing just as I read your comment ;’)


13 posted on 12/07/2015 12:40:09 PM PST by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

That’s the way they would spell it. LOL


14 posted on 12/07/2015 12:43:09 PM PST by headstamp 2
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To: headstamp 2

You were method acting!


15 posted on 12/07/2015 12:46:22 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Seruzawa

Well, it is said that in graduate school you learn more and more about less and less, until you know everything about nothing. That may explain why college professors mostly vote Democrat.


16 posted on 12/07/2015 12:48:21 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Seruzawa

Well, it is said that in graduate school you learn more and more about less and less, until you know everything about nothing. That may explain why college professors mostly vote Democrat.


17 posted on 12/07/2015 12:48:21 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Uncle Miltie

You don’t usually get into Yale or Harvard, 2 extremely liberal schools, as a poor person.


18 posted on 12/07/2015 12:48:23 PM PST by wiggen (#JeSuisCharlie)
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To: Citizen Zed

Donald Trump makes no bones that he is very big on the 2nd Amendment, whereas, the pussy Obama is big on NO Amendments.


19 posted on 12/07/2015 12:48:48 PM PST by Terry L Smith
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Yes, that’s the ticket!


20 posted on 12/07/2015 12:48:54 PM PST by headstamp 2
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