Posted on 03/07/2016 9:27:25 PM PST by CutePuppy
Well, we’ll see.
It needs to end soon if anyone is going to get enough delegates to prevent Bush or Romney from winning a floor fight at the convention.
When Mika and Joe tell him they are going to ask him questions, and his reply is, "No, nothing too hard".
Their response to his request? "OK".
Is that evidence of the media giving him a pass?
These guys are shameless.
Why if you’re concerned about illegal immigration you’re just too fixated on it. Nobody else is.
I was in a group of five adults the other day. Four were Hispanic.
One of them brought up Trump, and three chimed in that they supported Trump because of his stance on illegal immigration.
I would never have brought it up.
On the way home my Hispanic friend explained TO ME what illegal immigration had done to our region.
He was right on the money too.
Yes, you are correct. But I am not talking about John Q Public. I'm talking to fellow conservatives who are politically up-to-speed.
A consistent person would not trade investments in a project for visas when he himself is against those corrupt immigration practices.
And a discerning voter would not support a politician who claims to be against a corrupted immigration process yet joins in those corrupt practices to turn a buck.
"I play to people's fantasies," he writes. "People may not always think big themselves, but they can still get very excited by those who do. That's why a little hyperbole never hurts. People want to believe that something is the biggest and the greatest and the most spectacular." Donald J. Trump The Art of the Deal
Sorry
People like us don’t decide elections
John Q Public does
It’s because immigrants understand more than any other demo the impact illegal immigration has. It’s why Trump took those heavy latino counties in Texas along the border.
There are exceptions like the article from the NYT yesterday about “mexican immigrants” applying for citizenship so they can “vote against Trump”. But digging in the article you find one single Denver family is featured to support the assertion. The father was an anchor baby, his wife is listed as a “legal immigrant”, and they have a few kids. Now dad owns a small construction company. Want to take a guess the status of his employees ? No mention of dad’s parents current status either. Regardless, the reasons this family are voting Dem is obvious.
Yes, but people like us do determine the candidates that are presented to John Q Public. And the polls consistently indicate that the JQP voter elect Hillary or Bernie over Mr. Trump.
I agree with your take on it.
I share your sentiment.
I was proud of DeLay’s mugshot. That smile was telling Ronnie Earle to GTH.
Very sad to hear of this.
Exactly.
Tell them Valdez is coming!
Actually go to tedcruz.com. Its funny.
Try this thought experiment: If FoxNews was really out for Trump, why didn’t they sic experienced and objective investigative reporters like Jennifer Griffen and Katherine Herridge to dig up dirt on him? Instead, they give him GOBS of air time to say whatever he wants unchallenged.
There is no question that the media and Trump have been having a symbiotic relationship. He used them to get the free feel-good "celebrity ads" focused on personality and slogans and mostly devoid of issues, while sucking the media oxygen from issues-oriented and policy-minded candidates, and the media loved the circus atmosphere and didn't mind denying serious discussions by other Republican candidates, many of which were far from the "establishment" in this cycle.
But the media also didn't mind having a chance to show cartoonishly "dirty and inarticulate" Trump as a proxy for "a Republican" and have him define / "expose" the Republicans as crude, rude, insulting, narcissistic, divisive, intolerant, unsophisticated, ignorant of issues bullies and single-issue or "he can win" voters, unserious loud-mouth braggarts with low social morals and business ethics and celebrity-starstruck rubes who fill the rallies' venues, and who will, in knee-jerk fashion, defend shady "billionaire or millionaire" with an (R) because he is by definition "successful" and thus his multiple faults (including making promises with no intention to keep them, bold exaggerations, outright lies, personal issues and [lack of] ideology) can be overlooked or ignored.
It's a win-win for them, real loss for us. Imagine how Republicans in all those down ticket (Senate and House) races are going to feel when tied to Trump if he is the nominee. And they will be asked the "Trump questions," without being able to be "flexible" (depending on the place, crowd and time of day) like Donald. Or explain the "magic" phony BBB faxes re TrumpU or faux Trump steaks, water, magazine etc.
In U.S. politics it pays (at least for a while) to be "a cross between P.T. Barnum and the Kardashians." That's why I don't dismiss out of hand Kanye West saying he wants to run for President. Actually, if Hillary were to pick him for VP ticket, she would swing a lot of certain "demographics" to her camp and would win very easily. IMHO... as sad as it sounds, but keeping with the themes of current election cycle.
Money + Celebrity = Power.* (*Ideology and reason not included.)
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