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GOP keeps door open for Trump to change mind; Trump says no (4,000 RSVPs for Veterans Rally tonight)
The Washington Examiner ^ | 1-28-2016 | Byron York

Posted on 01/28/2016 10:25:47 AM PST by smoothsailing

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41 posted on 01/28/2016 11:27:05 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
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42 posted on 01/28/2016 11:28:03 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
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43 posted on 01/28/2016 11:29:36 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
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44 posted on 01/28/2016 11:30:26 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
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Last evening I was listening to one talkshow host who said several times that his staff had tried to contact the RNC to ask a couple of questions:

Does the RNC get any money from the networks that hold these debates?

If so, how much?

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Surely the RNC does get money from the networks.

So, sure, it is in their interest, too, for Trump to show up. If FoxNews loses ad revenues, that could impact the amount that the RNC gets.

Trump = $$$$

CNN is going to be laughing all the way to the bank.

Ironically, yesterday morning CNN was all over Trump and supporting poor widdle Megyn and FoxNews. Later in the day, as CNN got rights to broadcast the Trump Vets Rally, CNN’s coverage became pro-Trump.

Go figure!


45 posted on 01/28/2016 11:30:47 AM PST by TomGuy
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Donaldus Magnimus!!!


46 posted on 01/28/2016 11:33:33 AM PST by smoothsailing
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To: TomGuy

Trump knows how to play the media. That’s what makes this so much fun.


47 posted on 01/28/2016 11:37:22 AM PST by smoothsailing
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48 posted on 01/28/2016 11:59:10 AM PST by RavenLooneyToon (Trump or Cruz, if you don't vote then STFU and leave the country, non-voters =non-Republic.)
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To: samtheman

The last 2 candidates who won the Iowa caucuses are Huckabee and Santorum. It just happens that Huckabee and Santorum will be attending the charity event. Add the list of Trump endorsements and at the very least Trump takes Iowa by 5-10% and if there is the projected turn out expected he wins by 20%!


49 posted on 01/28/2016 11:59:55 AM PST by GilGil
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The last 2 candidates who won the Iowa caucuses are Huckabee and Santorum. It just happens that Huckabee and Santorum will be attending the charity event. Add the list of Trump endorsements and at the very least Trump takes Iowa by 5-10% and if there is the projected turn out expected he wins by 20%!


I agree with this post, 100%


50 posted on 01/28/2016 12:02:29 PM PST by samtheman (Elect Trump, Build Wall. End Censorship.)
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Check this out:

Lewandowski said the Trump campaign has received 4,000 RSVPs for tonight’s event. The theater in which it will be held holds 776 people, so the campaign is working to set up giant screens for an overflow viewing area outside. (Forecast temperature: 28 degrees, fairly balmy for Des Moines these days.) In addition, Lewandowski said 360 members of the media have been credentialed to cover the event.


51 posted on 01/28/2016 12:03:30 PM PST by GilGil
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All these pinheads claiming Trump will ditch his obligation to the veterans rally to go back to the liberal dog-n-pony show Fox is putting on are dumber than dirt.


52 posted on 01/28/2016 12:03:33 PM PST by CodeToad (Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: smoothsailing
Trump hasn't been part of the eGOP "scene" in DC and those that have spent their entire lives climbing the social ladder in the eGOP are scared they won't retain their positions if Trump wins. Period. THAT is why they oppose Trump.

"Don't look now, but while our best conservative is running a political campaign, Trump is leading a rebellion. Not as a liberal or a conservative politician, but as a successful red-blooded, can-do American capitalist.", Jim Robinson


53 posted on 01/28/2016 12:04:03 PM PST by CodeToad (Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: papertyger

When it comes to “opinion,” perception IS reality....
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I agree.

I will also vote for Trump if he is the nominee. I may not like his brand of brilliant, but many do.


54 posted on 01/28/2016 12:17:51 PM PST by KittenClaws ( Normalcy Bias. Do you have it?)
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To: samtheman
If I lived nearby, I would be at that rally.

From the article, easier said than done!

55 posted on 01/28/2016 2:25:09 PM PST by houeto (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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Amazing that this thread was able to receive 21 positive Trump posts before a dour one found it’s mark! You’re slippin’ KittenClaws.


56 posted on 01/28/2016 2:31:55 PM PST by freepersup (Patrolling the waters off Free Republic one dhow at a time.)
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To: Tennessee Nana

Haven’t seen that one Tennessee Nana. It’s Hillary-ous!!!


57 posted on 01/28/2016 2:33:03 PM PST by houeto (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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If I lived NEARBY... I would hang out on the street outside.

Just to be present for an historical event.


58 posted on 01/28/2016 2:38:13 PM PST by samtheman (Elect Trump, Build Wall. End Censorship.)
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To: BigEdLB
Salient point.

I was pondering on everything logistical, that would have to be done by today's starting time, on a past thread- right after Trump announced he was out of the debate at FOX.

My point was- watch what a true leader does in pulling this move off with great success... and then imagine the present government trying to do the same thing, save for our military or law enforcement.

My post and opinion is NOT cultism or Trumpism- it is simply the cold hard facts.

Don't think for one minute though- that I can't Trumpeteer with the best of them, because I can and will, AND please know that the cultism is strong in this one! LOL! There- saved some of you the trouble. You betcha' I'm all in!

59 posted on 01/28/2016 2:45:57 PM PST by freepersup (Patrolling the waters off Free Republic one dhow at a time.)
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To: GilGil

The whole thing was a head-fake. There was no Megyn Kelly. That was a feint. Trump needed a dramatic reason, a theatrical reason, to walk out of the last debate. Megyn Kelly was the most convenient tool at his disposal to do so. And she worked perfectly. Because everyone gleefully volunteered to be suckered in by the head-fake, the rope-a-dope, and jump all over Trump with the joyous accusations of *afraid of a girl*, *afraid to debate*, and basically ignore the walk-away as the supreme act of *independent leadership* that it was.

An act that pulled Huckabee and Santorum, the previous two Iowa winners, into his corner (or at least into his arena) just days before the Iowa vote and, in an instance of incredible irony, at the same time as the main-table debate after they both came off the kiddie-table debate.

They move from the kiddie table to the central arena, an arena that makes the main debate something less than the kiddie debate!

Huckabee and Santorum get their revenge on the Big Boys and lend last-minute historical Iowa star power to Trump.

But as good as that is for Trump, even better is the one-on-one debate challenge from Cruz, which never would have occurred if Trump had slogged his way through another dreary #7 but now allowed him to say WITH THE FULL MEGAPHONE OF TOTAL MEDIA ATTENTION:

When a judge says you are eligible, then a one-on-one is ok.

Check and mate.

Masterful.


60 posted on 01/28/2016 3:41:11 PM PST by samtheman (Elect Trump, Build Wall. End Censorship.)
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