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Is Trump vulnerable?

Have his chickens come home to roost?

1 posted on 02/26/2016 1:10:17 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Nah. Cruz is cracking up under pressure. Damaging Trump is all he wants. Then the left wins.


2 posted on 02/26/2016 1:12:53 AM PST by Mozilla
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When Cruz is finished, are you guys gonna start demagoguing for Rubio?


3 posted on 02/26/2016 1:13:49 AM PST by Utmost Certainty (Our Enemy, the State)
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Probably another disappointing night for you on Tuesday, advance condolences.


8 posted on 02/26/2016 1:19:43 AM PST by toddausauras (Trump 2016)
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Stuart Stevens’ plan. Hey, it worked on behalf of Thad Cochran. And Cruz has gone full establishment by signing onto this despicable plan.


13 posted on 02/26/2016 1:26:04 AM PST by Rastus
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Trump was exposed time and time again tonight as a liar and hypocrite.


17 posted on 02/26/2016 1:33:09 AM PST by kik5150 (Cruz argued 9 times before Supreme Court judges. Trump argues with beauty pageant judges.)
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Cruz & Rubio acted like BLM activists last night, IMO. Cruz might still win Texas but that will be it for him. Rubio won’t win anything. Trump’s going to be ahead after Tuesday by “a lot” & no matter how much Mittens tries to be relevant, or how many lies Cruz or Rubio tell, Trump and by extension America wins.


18 posted on 02/26/2016 1:33:55 AM PST by TheStickman (If we don't elect a PRO-America president in 2016 we lose the country!)
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TRUMP = POLICY LIGHTWEIGHT WITH ZERO ACTUAL PLANS.


21 posted on 02/26/2016 1:36:08 AM PST by House Atreides (CRUZ or lose!)
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Trump kept repeating his simplistic generalities, which actually endeares him to his simplistic followers.


22 posted on 02/26/2016 1:36:27 AM PST by kik5150 (Cruz argued 9 times before Supreme Court judges. Trump argues with beauty pageant judges.)
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GOPe Announce Plans To Go "Full Mississippi"
on Donald Trump To Destroy Him





When little known Chris McDaniel beat entrenched RINO U.S. Senator Thad Cochran in the first Mississippi primary of 2014 it triggered a series of events that became known simply as
"Mississippi 14"


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The entrenched DC republican elite developed a plan to destroy McDaniel before the run-off primary. They decided to call McDaniel a racist, pay for print and broadcast attack ads, request help from black Mississippi pastors, and pay Democrats, preachers and voters to vote in the run-off election. Republicans in DC attacking a republican outsider.

Their Machiavellian plan worked.

In the run-off Chris McDaniel again beat Thad Cochran with Republican voters, but the paid-to-vote Democrats lifted Cochran back onto the throne in the elite Republican Chamber.

Against the desperation of a South Carolina victory for Donald Trump, and now a Nevada victory for Donald Trump, the DC Republican team have re-enlisted the exact same players to roll out a similar nuclear attack approach against the outsider Republican.

Appearing on Bloomberg News the former Mississippi architect, Stuart Stevens, and Mississippi financier/bag-man, Henry Barbour, who carried out the Mississippi Strategy , openly admit their intent to use the same level of vitriol to remove Donald Trump.

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(L-R) Stuart Stevens – Mark Halprin – Henry Barbour


See the Video Here (at 23:10) as Stuart Stevens and Henry Barbour are assembled again to discuss the process of “taking down Trump”. Stevens fully admits to the Mississippi 2014 strategy and how it will work in 2016 against Donald Trump.

So how do they do it? Simple, it's war. A thermonuclear political war. There are no boundaries, there are no rules, there is nothing too far, there is nothing held back.

They run attack ads, they'll shout names and make up malicious smears; they'll follow the candidate around to make noise at rallies; they lie about anything and everything; they'll pay anyone and everyone to assist, and they don't care if the high-information voter knows what they are doing; it's all part of the overall scorched earth plan.

They'll pay people to do and say anything, ANYTHING. Winning is all that counts. Destroying the opponent is all that matters. Every means justifies that end. Period.

The GOPe have already hired actresses and actors to appear in the attack ads and to make personal appearances, as actors, during Trump events. The hiring agency is Talent Direct Agency (TDA). The actors and production teams are working out the script details right now.

More than likely the construct begins tomorrow with the CNN debate. Expect a full media assist from an ideological corporate media empire who also has skin in the game and corporate ownership who also see candidate Donald Trump as a risk.

A thrilled attendee for the bloodbath, NRO's Charles Cooke, puts it this way:

charles cooke[…] Tomorrow night, as they stand on either side of Trump, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz must find their resolve and all-but-machine-gun the man to the floor.

Without breaks for water or silence for applause, they must explain that Trump is an entitled mess whose business record is so questionable that he managed to bankrupt a casino; that he is an unashamed fraud who didn't even wait to be elected president before folding on Planned Parenthood and Obamacare, exactly like the feckless Congress he is running against; that he is feigning religiosity to appeal to people he believes are rubes; and, above all, that whatever he may be pretending now, he has spent a lifetime screwing the little guy.

They must repeat verbatim his previous words on amnesty; they must outline in detail how his policies will make life worse for everyone; and they must point out that a Trump nomination designed to "mix things up" will result, eventually, in more of the same.

In the meantime, conservatives who are not running for president must ensure that every spare dollar is spent attacking Trump. Melt down the fences if you have to; we need long-range bombers here.

If Donald Trump can flood the airwaves with his nonsense, his opponents can counter it incessantly. And while they are at it, they can tie him up in court, just as he's trying to do to Cruz. There are a good number of "just asking" questions ready to be put to them, among them "Trump's mother was Scottish, can he really be president?" and "Trump ran a host of scams designed to rip off the poor; surely one of them would like to sue him?"

Thus far, part of Trump's media strategy has been to say something outrageous and then to move on before it can be rebutted or fact-checked. Why are his rivals not doing the same thing to him? Why, moreover, are the men in charge of the big guns all but flirting with the snipers on the other side? (read more)

Perhaps now you can better appreciate why Mitt Romney is joining the effort and throwing anything against the wall to see if it will stick:

On Wednesday's "Your World" on FOX News, former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney told Neil Cavuto that Donald Trump's tax returns may prove he hasn't been honest about his money.

Romney suggests the bombshell could include him lying about his wealth or that he has not made all those charity donations he claims to have made.

(link)

You see, it doesn't actually matter if there's any truth to the claim, the goal is to create an absurd hurricane wind of inbound attacks driven with increasing ferocity by the corporate media who will demand the candidate to respond.

In Mississippi 2014 Chris McDaniel was not racist, nor was there anything remotely linking him to anything racist; the goal is to push the candidate away from their campaigning, the truth is irrelevant.

Once the GOPe force the candidate away from campaigning, then they begin selling the false story and using the actors/actresses, or preachers, to deliver an outcome.

By the time the next debate on Fox comes around, well, it'll be peak DEFCON-5 thermonuclear political button pushing because, quite simply, they have nothing to lose.

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23 posted on 02/26/2016 1:37:06 AM PST by onyx (YOU'RE POSTING HERE, HOPE YOU'RE A DONOR! FReepLoaders are RUDE)
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Weekly Standard & Rubio & Cruz are are worse than Trump on Libya, foreign lawful workers & his personal financial situation.

Trump has hired people and is rich so he has complex returns.

Weekly Standard wanted to be ISIS airforce.


24 posted on 02/26/2016 1:38:01 AM PST by ObamahatesPACoal ( REINCE PRIEBUS: Yeah, but no...you google Ted Cruz ... and immigration...Those are his words,)
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The Truth Behind Donald Trump Hiring "Temp H-2B Visa Workers" in Florida

Posted on February 25, 2016, by sundance


In what they call a “Reuters Exclusive” the news agency tries to undermine Donald Trump’s candidacy because Trump businesses have used H-2B Visa applications to hire workers. This is an absolute joke, we’ll explain why.

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Reuters Screenshot

Why this is a nothingburger – Those unfamiliar with the South Florida general labor market are most likely unfamiliar with the extreme swings in “seasonal need” workers.

Does the word “Snowbird” ring a bell? Florida has a “tourist season” which runs from (generally speaking) just after Thanksgiving to Easter annually. January, February and March are the peak. The first Monday in February is the absolute peak as almost every time-share and hotel unit flips that week.

The volume of work within the service and hospitality industry doubles during the tourist season, and those businesses who hire within the general labor market struggle to increase their labor in relationship to the increase in business. In addition, local workers looking for employment are reluctant to take temporary or “seasonal” jobs, and prefer longer term -more stable- employment.

Many businesses need to double, or in some cases triple, their workforce in order to meet the business demand. [In 2014 97,300,000 tourists visited Florida].

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As a consequence many companies, including Trump owned resorts, have used H-2B visa workers to fill the gap between large fluctuations in business and the needed staffing shortfalls. From my own experience, many of the workers are students from South America (Argentina, Brazil, etc) who take the seasonal jobs Nov/Dec – March/April between their college seasons – and then return home.

In addition you’ll note the dates of the Reuters data:

Trump owns companies that have sought to import at least 1,100 foreign workers on temporary visas since 2000, according to U.S. Department of Labor data reviewed by Reuters. Most of the applications were approved, the data show. (link)

“2000 through 2015” Another factor – During the timeframe of 2000 to 2007 the seasonal hiring problem was compounded by the boom in the housing market and overall thriving U.S. economy. Any generally healthy worker, who could swing a hammer, could triple their income switching to the housing or building sector.

Bartenders, waiters/waitresses, housekeepers, maintenance and general workers left the hospitality industry to make $25-$40hr in low skill construction jobs. The H-2B visa use increased at the same rate to help fill the worker void. Actually, the H-2B visa use initially started gaining wide-scale acceptance exactly for this reason. The economy was good, workers were scarce and demand for workers greater than the labor market.

[…] The Labor Department records don’t specify the nationality of the foreign workers sought by companies. But Trump could be bringing many Mexican workers into the United States.

Reuters examined records of applications for three categories of temporary work visas – the H-2A, H-2B and H-1B programs – submitted by employers to the Labor Department.

The temporary work visa program through which Trump’s companies have sought the greatest numbers of workers, H-2B, brings in mostly workers from Mexico. Mexicans made up more than 80 percent of the 104,993 admissions to the United States on H-2B visas in 2013. The Trump companies have sought at least 850 H-2B visa workers.

The H-2B program, which receives little government oversight, is used by companies in sectors ranging from hospitality to forestry to hire foreign workers for temporary jobs. Companies must prove that the jobs are seasonal – and that they tried and failed to hire Americans.

U.S. government watchdogs have criticized the H-2B and H-2A programs over the years for failing to protect foreign and American workers alike.

[…] The Mar-a-Lago, a luxury resort in Palm Beach, Florida, has sought the most foreign workers of the nine Trump businesses: 787 workers since 2006, according to the data.

This month, the resort filed paperwork seeking to bring in 70 foreign workers later this year on H-2B visas to serve as maids, cooks and wait staff, according to paperwork known as “job orders” published on the Labor Department’s web site. (read more)

See?

The entire article is a nothingburger once you understand the issue at hand. Palm Beach, Florida tourism season doubles, and at times triples, the business not only for Donald Trump resorts, but for every business in/around the host and hospitality sector.

Palm Beach, like many South Florida areas even have celebrations when the “snowbirds”, “frog heads”, and “tourons” go home at season’s end.

Reuters is trying to make a regional common practice seem like something rather controversial. The FAIL is strong on this one.

 


25 posted on 02/26/2016 1:39:53 AM PST by onyx (YOU'RE POSTING HERE, HOPE YOU'RE A DONOR! FReepLoaders are RUDE)
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28 posted on 02/26/2016 1:43:34 AM PST by onyx (YOU'RE POSTING HERE, HOPE YOU'RE A DONOR! FReepLoaders are RUDE)
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Trump played your boy and Rubio like cheap fiddles last night.

You should be embarrassed.


29 posted on 02/26/2016 1:48:26 AM PST by Redleg Duke (Remember...after the primaries, we better still be on the same team!)
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He has a loyal core of supporters. He has great respect for their loyalty to him over truth and justice. As he noted, he could shoot someone (no doubt for no good reason) in New York, and he would not have to worry about losing their support. Loyalty to law, truth, conservatism, and decency are less important to these supporters than loyalty to the Great Man. The leader is always right. The leader is never wrong.


32 posted on 02/26/2016 1:53:15 AM PST by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution. Go Cruz.)
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trump lost it in this debate. all trump has are slogans. hitlery will slice and dice him.
Cruz and rubio did an awesome job showing how lacking trump is

remember when trump praised hitlery???? she’ll ram that praise down on trump like a hammer. trump’s judgement will be put into play. a year ago he praised hitlery other dems now he says they’re bad. guess he didn’t know what was in his head then or is it now....


38 posted on 02/26/2016 1:59:24 AM PST by RginTN (Donald J Trump- why would the people of Ky want a rookie senator when they have Sen Mitch Mcconnell)
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Hello President Hillary! We really ARE the Stupid Party!! Circular Firing Squad is ALL candidates on our side know how to do!! They SHOULD be going after the Democrats, but NOOOOOOOOOOO.


43 posted on 02/26/2016 2:06:18 AM PST by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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That's what Cruz and Rubio look like now.

44 posted on 02/26/2016 2:07:49 AM PST by McGruff (The Trump Train is coming down the tracks. Get onboard or get run over.)
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Trump is a charlatan and will be exposed either in the primary or in the general

Like he said about Cruz....best get it out in the primary because them evil democrats will use it against him in the general.

I can see where Cruz and Rubio are only out to help Trump out here and that all. To get it solved early. LOL

47 posted on 02/26/2016 2:15:31 AM PST by eartick (Been to the line in the sand and liked it)
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You would think so, but no, I listed to red eye radio for several hours and Trump supporters just make excuse after excuse after excuse. They indict anyone else for the smallest of perceived slights, but Trump — he could murder someone on live TV and they would make an excuse for him. Weirdest thing I’ve ever seen. They are lie Branch Donaldians.


51 posted on 02/26/2016 2:21:31 AM PST by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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Cruz and Rubio were ridiculous, like two yappy dogs double teaming Trump. They both talked over their time and constantly interrupted. Trump just quietly waited for his turn, only to be interrupted again. Honestly, why do these guys agree to the “rules” when they have no intention of following them? Plus since they were so busy attacking Trump, and Trump defending himself, Kasich and Carson barely got a chance to talk, with was just what the moderators intended. I’ve said from the beginning of these, the moderator should ask the same broad base policy question and let each candidate have the same amount of time to answer. And if they consistently go over time they should have to skip a round.


53 posted on 02/26/2016 2:25:51 AM PST by Hugin ("First thing--get yourself a firearm!" Sheriff Ed Galt, Last Man St anding.)
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