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1 posted on 08/27/2015 8:56:12 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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2 posted on 08/27/2015 9:05:56 PM PDT by Bon mots
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By gum, THIS man gets it. TRUMP is our blowhard, and we love him for that. He may stumble, but he will not fall. He might bend, but he will not break. He is our Apprentice and learning more every day.

Thanks, SDV


3 posted on 08/27/2015 9:06:04 PM PDT by V K Lee
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All of this annoys conservative intellectuals, who patiently point out to Trump voters that they shouldn't want leadership from someone who supports single payer...

This is just intellectually dishonest, and what it reveals rather than Trump supporters being fooled or impure, is that they are paying attention far better than this guy.

Trump has openly advocated a robust "private sector" replacement for Obamacare. He has advocated tearing down state border limitations on insurance companies, so that they can compete nationally. He has specifically stated he wants more competition to spur lower cost policies and a more robust array of policies available.

In what sense is this single payer. He's been saying this for over a month now.

4 posted on 08/27/2015 9:06:32 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.)
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It’s immigration.

Trump had national celebrity, he said what most people are thinking but not hearing from the political parties, and the Trump phenomenon caught fire and got out of control of the MSM.


5 posted on 08/27/2015 9:06:59 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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The Kardashian reference was condescending. Everything else seemed about right.


6 posted on 08/27/2015 9:07:52 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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I don’t disagree with much of this analysis. The country is changing and Conservatives have not really evolved with it. We fight every issue till it is meaningless and then wonder why we get no help or respect. For many of us, it is all or nothing. The Vince McMahon analogy was spot on. The country has come down to one big sporting event and we currently have the biggest loudmouth on our side.


8 posted on 08/27/2015 9:08:28 PM PDT by kempster
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Trump will be throwing bombs and chainsaws at all of the establishment vvh0ręs; including the MSM.

By and large, they all want to see a royal coronation.


9 posted on 08/27/2015 9:09:42 PM PDT by Bon mots
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“. . . more visceral than intellectual.”

That’s seems to be the key.


10 posted on 08/27/2015 9:10:02 PM PDT by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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Donald Trump isn’t a movement conservative.

But he is conservative in the sense that he wants to bring back an America many people feel is being lost.

The specific policy goals or ideological prescriptions matter less than the perception of fighting for the country.

Its with the latter that Trump excels. He gets what people think and conveys it with sincerity and passion.

Most of the GOP field offers a slightly improved version of the status quo. Trump says that’s not enough, we need real change.

No wonder he’s on top of the polls with huge leads other candidates can only envy.


11 posted on 08/27/2015 9:10:28 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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Trump is a businessman and can and will run the federal givernment like a business..

WHICH is the total PROBLEM..

The federal givernment has BECOME A BUSINESS.. which it should not be.. and those in Washington D.C. have become government business people.. with clients and everything..

Unless the Constitution is WRONG... this should not be..
I guess we could scrap the Constitution.. be wise we don’t use it anymore anyway..

The United States Constitution HAS ONE purpose one purpose ONLY....
To limit the federal government.. no other reason for it..

That document is there to FORBID the federal government from becoming a BUSINESS..
To limit it’s effect on the State government and on local government...

And to make SURE the people are NOT FARMED like farm animals like they are now..
milked, sheared, bred, culled(abortion), fed, controlled, harvested, and PUNISHED for not producing..

TOO LATE Though.. the democrats and republicans have been FARMING the people for many many decades..

Putting a BUSINESSMAN in charge(trump) would only MAKE THINGS WORSE...

Putting A Constitutional Lawyer(Ted Cruz) in charge just might save the day...
I say MIGHT because (democrats) will not go away..
AND........ Democrats and RINOS LOVE THIS FARM.. being Judas Goats as they are.


12 posted on 08/27/2015 9:12:01 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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Well I’ve read Smith and Burke and Hayek and I still like Trump.

You have to fight the battle you’re confronted with. Ours, or mine at least, is to stop and reverse the third world conquest of what remains of America. In California I’ve seen firsthand what happens when you don’t.


13 posted on 08/27/2015 9:19:22 PM PDT by Pelham (Without deportation you have defacto amnesty)
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At least he’s our blowhard!,,,,,,,


16 posted on 08/27/2015 9:24:19 PM PDT by hoosiermama ( Read my lips: no more Bushes)
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I think that I just figured out Donald Trump’s appeal (success). He’s a born fighter, he’s Scots Irish. He’s Braveheart.

http://themillenniumreport.com/2015/08/the-donald-trump-show-a-determined-man-with-a-very-serious-destiny-coming-this-fall/


17 posted on 08/27/2015 9:26:55 PM PDT by matthew fuller (The hell with DEFUND- PROSECUTE the planned parenthood baby butchers!)
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“Trump’s success in the polls has been particularly frustrating for wonky conservatives.”

What the heck is a “wonky conservative”?


18 posted on 08/27/2015 9:30:14 PM PDT by Boomer (Politically Incorrect and proud of it. "Live Free Or Die" is not just a slogan.)
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What Trump knows that you don't

His pin numbers?

19 posted on 08/27/2015 9:30:14 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Trump is an executive, not an administrator. He’s the bid idea guy that can manage the nuts and bolts administrators to achieve his goals.


20 posted on 08/27/2015 9:31:13 PM PDT by Sodbuster
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Trump is a lifelong liberal Democrat who decided that to run as a Republican he had to morph into a Republican. And he is. He’s slowly but surely adopting most of the positions of the Republican establishment, with his own various unique weird twists.

He doesn’t want to defeat the establishment Republicans because he disagrees with them so much. He wants to defeat them so that he can become the Republican establishment.


25 posted on 08/27/2015 9:39:17 PM PDT by EternalVigilance (FIGHT!)
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I think we have a vehicle. It’s a vehicle that can only succeed if we all get on board now and start peddling. The establishment cannot be finessed, it will only surrender to overwhelming strength. The people have chosen, it’s time to roll. Trump is not perfect, but he is electable.


31 posted on 08/27/2015 9:44:34 PM PDT by freedomjusticeruleoflaw
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39 posted on 08/27/2015 9:53:19 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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Trump taps into the anger that many American’s have for their elected officials and he appeals to those who feel betrayed by the GOP. But Trump is not a man of conservative principles. In fact Trump has no true ideological core and shifts to whatever suits the moment. Take away his populist rants about immigration, China and WashDC meddling and you have another big government type who simply wants to be in charge. Trump is not about limiting the size of the federal bureaucracy, he just wants to run it his way. Trump says, “I hear you” and I will make America great again. It doesn’t dawn on his supporters they’re just being used by a huckster whose true calling cards are opportunism, authoritarianism and crony capitalistism. Another opening for another Trump deal.


66 posted on 08/27/2015 10:45:29 PM PDT by Reagan Man ("In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.")
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