Posted on 08/09/2015 11:51:45 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
An NBC News poll taken after the Republican debate revealed some bad news for Fox News. All of their favorite establishment candidates lost support while the lunatic fringe led by Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and Ben Carson rose to the top three positions.
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The new Republican top seven are:
ian bremmer
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Post-Debate Poll (NBC) Trump 23% Cruz 13% Carson 11% Fiorina 8% Rubio 8% Bush 7% Walker 7%
That's quite a 1, 2, 3...
10:07 AM - 9 Aug 2015
Marco Rubio was the only Fox News favored candidate to remain in the top 5, and he had one-third the amount of support of Donald Trump. Fiorina wasn’t even invited to the main debate, but her performance in the early debate vaulted her into the top five.
What is most telling is that the top three slots are being occupied by candidates who have no chance in a general election. Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and Ben Carson are the kind of candidates that Republican voters adore, but who would get crushed in November. Fox News was especially gentle with Rubio, Bush, and Walker. Rubio maintained his position of single-digit support among voters while Bush and Walker lost support.
The intention behind the Fox News debate was to build up the “electable” Republican candidates while getting rid of Donald Trump and ignoring the other fringe campaigns. Fox News failed on both counts. Instead of rallying their troops behind someone who could win, Fox gave momentum to the far right.
Donald Trump’s post debate support is about the same as it was before the Megyn Kelly fiasco. If the goal was to get rid of Trump, the numbers from NBC’s scientific Internet survey indicate that they didn’t get the job done. Bush and Walker were like oatmeal and cream of wheat on the debate stage. Dull doesn’t even begin to describe their lackluster performances, so it is no surprise they were not a hit with viewers.
Fox News might have helped the Republican Party lose the election by trying to pick the nominee for voters. Fox may guide the Republican Party, but the inmates are running the asylum.
I get why they go after Trump and Cruz as “lunatic fringe,” because supposedly one is all sorts of side-show and the other is all sorts of fanatic. But Carson? He sounds cerebral, professional, highly intelligent. They’re calling him a “crazy” only because he’s conservative.
“...the lunatic fringe led by Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and Ben Carson...”
Proud to be a member of the Lunatic Fringe AND the Bitter Clinger Club.
The inmates are running the asylum? Isn’t that the same thing Mccain said about the people who turned out to hear Trump speak? He called them crazies. Yes, maybe we are crazy - crazy for supporting and electing so many RINOs who turned their backs on us and ignore us.
Debate Backfires On Fox News As Crazies Trump, Cruz, and Carson Rise to Top 3 In New Poll
Well, one outta three ain't bad.
They can’t seem to make the connection that these three are the quintessential Washington Outsiders.
You feel that Cruz is a fanatic?
Bush is at 7%!!! LOL!
Proud to be a Crazie for Cruz (and Trump).
Minute Memo #137 - Trump Jumps to 50%
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbjdaIfmQ-Q
Trump Loses Zero Ground After Fox’s Unfair, Unbalanced Attack In Debate
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3322510/posts
“Time Magazine found that Mr. Trump took 47% of nearly 55,000 votes. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) of Florida was in second place with just 10%. The Drudge Report’s poll found more than half of nearly 362,000 voters favored Mr. Trump, well above everyone else,” the Wall Street Journal noted.
This should be The Donald’s theme song.
“Rooster”
by Alice In Chains
Ain’t found a way to kill me yet
Eyes burn with stinging sweat
Seems every path leads me to nowhere
Wife and kids household pet
Army green was no safe bet
The bullets scream to me from somewhere
Here they come to snuff the rooster
Yeah here come the rooster, yeah [2x]
You know he ain’t gonna die
No, no, no, ya know he ain’t gonna die
Walkin’ tall machine gun man
They spit on me in my home land
Gloria sent me pictures of my boy
Got my pills ‘gainst mosquito death
My buddy’s breathin’ his dyin’ breath
Oh god please won’t you help me make it through
Here they come to snuff the rooster
Yeah here come the rooster, yeah
You know he ain’t gonna die
No, no, no ya know he ain’t gonna die
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhF5HpYQOKI
AND the VRWC, too!
The real kicker...
The lunatic left fanatics that are now backing Megyn Kelly (from Faux News) after Trump’s perceived hematic slight.
Carson is awesome!
This is definitely an indication of momentum in a campaign.
¿Jeb Bush? is nowhere to be seen as his Twitter follower growth is flat.
| Name | Twitter Handle | 8/1/2015 | 8/9/2015 | Gain |
| Donald Trump | @realDonaldTrump | 3,409,127 | 3,620,877 | 211,750 |
| Ben Carson | @RealBenCarson | 393,107 | 467,273 | 74,166 |
| Carly Fiorina | @CarlyFiorina | 384,524 | 440,195 | 55,671 |
| Marco Rubio | @marcorubio | 772,150 | 805,930 | 33,780 |
| Ted Cruz | @tedcruz | 443,426 | 463,915 | 20,489 |
Which of "cerebral, professional, highly intelligent" do you not find Cruz?
Lunatic Fringe. Golden Earring. Great song. But not applicable to us. They should look at themselves to find the lunatics.
The lunatic fringe were the ones making sense. What does that say about the rest and the writer?
Not Golden Earring.
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