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Trump takedown: Panicked establishment readies for war against GOP front-runner
Washington Examiner ^ | 10/19/15 | Byron York

Posted on 10/19/2015 6:59:50 PM PDT by markomalley

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To: ground_fog

if they are going to use the conservative reason, they would back Cruz. They are full of chit and make me sick


21 posted on 10/19/2015 7:29:43 PM PDT by ground_fog
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To: odawg

Trump has spent zero on ads. LoL, the Clubber’s run anti-Trump ads then run their own poll to show that they made progress. Silly derp.


22 posted on 10/19/2015 7:30:22 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

As I stated on several occasions in the past, the down ballot is where the whole country changes because of Trump coat tails if this keeps going like it is.

How many potential true citizen legislators are just waiting in the wings for a chance if only they did not have to navigate the establishment minefields?

Now, go look at when the filing deadlines are in relation to the Presidential primaries and there is lots of time after the primaries to hang ten and catch the wave. In Florida, the deadlines are not until late June. Months after the SEC Primary. It could possibly be that Trump could have it in the bag after that and the wave riding his coat tails could be stunning.

With 34 Senate seats and all 435 Congressional on the down ballot, including further down, if just a swing of 25% is achieved, the change would be unthinkable. Now these establishment clowns are doubling down and eventually tripling down to an eventual extinction all at their own power grabbing hands.


23 posted on 10/19/2015 7:34:06 PM PDT by mazda77
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To: DoughtyOne

This is the Trump Train:

He has told us about immigration, and how he would handle it;

He has shown that if we had good immigration laws, we wouldn’t have the people that blew up the World Trade Center Buildings, the Pentagon...and has proven what needs to be done to enact the laws;

He has told us about how to get jobs back into America, and what he would do to do it;

He has a tax plan, and how it works;

He has a gun plan, and how he would work it;

He has told us obumacare is bad for the country, and what he would do about it;

He has told us that the immigrants are being treated better than our vets, and what he would do to change it;

He has told us why he is financing his own campaign and why he is doing that;

He has told us that he wants Education back in the States, not in the federal government and why;

He has told us why he wants to shut down the EPA, and the reasons why;

He has told us why P.C. is so bad, and how it is taking away our expression of the freedoms we have;

So this is why my support goes to Trump, he makes deals, he runs multi billion dollar companies, and owns them, with someone as brilliant as this, I want someone to put America on its feet again....


24 posted on 10/19/2015 7:34:27 PM PDT by HarleyLady27 (I have such happy days, and hope you do too!!!)
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To: stars & stripes forever
[Their core belief is that Trump cannot withstand a long and withering bombardment of negative ads.]

They could save millions of dollars if someone would explain the phrase "screwed the pooch" to them.

It's not about what The Donald IS. It's about what he ISN'T. And what he ISN'T is THEM!

25 posted on 10/19/2015 7:35:43 PM PDT by papertyger
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Why would Trump run adds? They’re doing it all for him the nimrods.


26 posted on 10/19/2015 7:35:56 PM PDT by X-FID
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To: HarleyLady27

I see the possibility of a 50 state sweep.


27 posted on 10/19/2015 7:36:15 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (I've switched. Trump is my #1. He understands how to get things done. Cruz can be VP.)
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To: markomalley

The true irony of the “ad buy” is that very few people watch commercials anymore. Welcome to the new media election where Trump is at the helm.


28 posted on 10/19/2015 7:36:33 PM PDT by tuwood
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To: markomalley; blam; chasio649

Byron York?

He is so GOPe....NRO alum...Weekly Standard.....American Spectator......anything this side of Birchers.....since early 80s

I guess his family in Alabama must have slapped him around and made him do right,,,


29 posted on 10/19/2015 7:38:05 PM PDT by wardaddy (The establishment needs destroying)
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To: markomalley
The harder they try to hit him, the stronger he gets.


30 posted on 10/19/2015 7:38:52 PM PDT by Bon mots
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To: markomalley
But opponents point out that Rudy Giuliani led the poll average for an incredibly long time four years earlier — from February 2007 to January 2008 — before sinking when voting actually began. Their hope is the same will happen to Trump.

Unlikely. Rudy led a weak field based on his popularity accrued after 9/11, and not on any strong policy positions compared to other candidates. Then he ignored the first three states, thinking he'd make a stand in Florida. Didn't work.

Trump has the popularity, but also has taken policy positions on illegal immigration and one-sided trade agreements that brings the support of large numbers of Republicans who've been dissatisfied with the party's stances on those issues for many years. He's also viewed as most able to improve our sluggish economy, and campaigns weekly in the early states.

And I thought Jeb has been running his big negative ad campaign in the three early states since mid-September or earlier. No impact there.

31 posted on 10/19/2015 7:39:48 PM PDT by Will88
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To: ClearCase_guy

I do also...but Trump hasn’t even begun yet....wait until he takes the nomination, then your going to see some fire works!!!

WOOHOO TRUMP!!! all the way to the Oval Office!!!


32 posted on 10/19/2015 7:40:05 PM PDT by HarleyLady27 (I have such happy days, and hope you do too!!!)
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To: HarleyLady27

Thank you HarleyLady27.

You and I are on the same page. = :^)


33 posted on 10/19/2015 7:40:31 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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To: HarleyLady27

Damn Right!


34 posted on 10/19/2015 7:44:06 PM PDT by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance.)
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To: markomalley

“He’s not a conservative.”

That is odd. Neither are the GOP Establishment.


35 posted on 10/19/2015 7:48:39 PM PDT by Bryan24 (When in doubt, move to the right..........)
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To: Patriot Babe
They are going nuts over the fact that Donald has spent very little in comparison to all the other candidates. It is also driving them nuts that more and more Americans are making donations from a few dollars to a few hundred. They are doing it to let Donald know they support him!

You are right about the fact that the more they gang up to try to take Donald down, the more bruised they will become! :)

36 posted on 10/19/2015 7:49:20 PM PDT by seekthetruth (Still praying for a Commander In Chief who honors and supports our Military!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Rather than the end of the Republican Party, I would hope this leads to a conservative resurgence and takeover of the party. The hard left worked for decades within the Democrat party and it is now a hard left party. Would hope that true, principled conservatives can make the Republican party into a truly pro-American, limited-government party. In other words, we should do for the side of good in the Republican party what the hard left has done for evil in the Democrat party. As for the establishment, don’t worry, they will still be there, claiming that they were always for Trump (and Cruz), just like they were always for Reagan, and can they please just have their money and perks.


37 posted on 10/19/2015 7:52:34 PM PDT by free-in-nyc (Freeping from the heart of the occupation)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

So, you don’t believe the part of the article where the RNC declared its neutrality?


38 posted on 10/19/2015 7:55:12 PM PDT by matt1234 (Note to GOPe lurkers: I and thousands like me will NEVER vote for Jeb Bush)
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To: tuwood

What I find ironic is “they” expect to take Trump down using a weapon he has clearly shown dominance in wielding.

Nobody is smart enough to write a good Chuck Norris joke that makes him a wimp, but most people are smart enough to not even try.


39 posted on 10/19/2015 7:57:16 PM PDT by papertyger
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To: LibsRJerks

I noticed that in less than one week after the democrat debate Trump gained 200,000 new twitter followers. The more Trump gets exposure of any kind the more popular he becomes.

It is as if Trump planned for this kind of media even before he even announced and everything is going according to plan. The carpet bombing he is doing on Bush is a carefully devised plan to neuter Jeb and it is totally working. That story that the 9-11 terrorists were issued Florida driver’s licenses thus making their destruction easier is devastating on the Bush family. That story was carefully crafted by the Trump team to neuter Trump’s main rival. Trump is fileting Jeb.

Compare the establishment Republicans and the Benghazi hearings. It is a total media circus with total chaos before the hearing with old thunder thighs.

Trump since he announced has had more than one media circus on his hands except that he knows what to do with them and turn them to his advantage. He always seems to win and come out stronger.

That is why Trump will win. Unlike the media idiots and establishment idiots who have no idea how to manage their images in the media, Trump knows exactly what outcomes he will get and gets them every time.


40 posted on 10/19/2015 8:06:56 PM PDT by GilGil
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