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Who is Donald Trump, Really?
Texas GOP Vote ^ | December 1, 2015 at 8:14 AM | Tom Donelson

Posted on 01/15/2016 11:38:31 AM PST by TBP

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To: Norm Lenhart

Trump is the only one who demonstrates selflessness, love of country and his fellow Americans. He has no need for power or money. He is old. He has been there, done that. He knows what is important. He is passionate.

The other candidates may have one or more of the above attributes except for rich and old and wise, need for money, need for power. He could disappoint, but so could any or all of the others.


41 posted on 01/15/2016 12:14:07 PM PST by amihow (l)
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To: SubMareener
If you have read all of Trump’s books, you get a really good idea about who he is...

Bottom of page....Had something to say about Reagan. (He'll need to spin that hard if it comes out and gains traction.}

 photo trump on rr.png

42 posted on 01/15/2016 12:14:28 PM PST by don-o (I am Kenneth Carlisle - Waco 5/17/15)
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To: editor-surveyor

“I’d bet that 99% of billionaires are socialists.”

Trump has already said he will bring in his millionaire friends to help him run the country. The peasants, those without the millions, will be ruled by them.


43 posted on 01/15/2016 12:16:42 PM PST by Marcella (CRUZ (Prepping can save your life today))
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To: don-o
ooh, ooh. Check mine too!

He's a new guy, don-o.

You're not. :)

Besides, I've watched you in action against the TexasBloviator, always fighting the good fight.

As one of the Old Ones, you know that not all on FR are what they present themselves as.

You know, DITHF, ClassyGreenEyed, etc.

44 posted on 01/15/2016 12:18:32 PM PST by kiryandil ("When Muslims in the White House are outlawed, only Barack Obama will be an outlaw")
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To: factoryrat

He is a member of the moneychanger club.


45 posted on 01/15/2016 12:19:34 PM PST by biff
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To: SubMareener

Deceit, greed and bearing false witness is also in the Bible.

Must be the Mouth of Manhattan missed those parts of bible study? Or perhaps he was partying with the Clintons those days. :)


46 posted on 01/15/2016 12:20:41 PM PST by VRWCarea51 (The original 1998 version)
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To: Baynative

It’s a repeat of 12. And it is mostly the same people that screamed loudest back then screaming now. The problem is that as usual, they are screaming excuses and tanking the most conservative people running to get the most liberal candidate they can.

And no one sees the pattern or cares.


47 posted on 01/15/2016 12:21:36 PM PST by Norm Lenhart (Existential Cage Theory - An idea whose time has come)
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To: TBP

Sorry any analysis by yobs from NRO can be disregarded for the self serving crap they are.

Lots of folks pointed out Reagans flaws and flip flops in 1980. Glad I ignored them


48 posted on 01/15/2016 12:22:14 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: ryan71

>>Candidate and President will likely be 2 different people<<

You mean like all those Tea Party Candidates we elected in 2010 and 2014 to go to D.C. and show Obama what’s what? LOL

I’s Cruz first, Trump second for me.


49 posted on 01/15/2016 12:23:04 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (Get the CDS and TDS Vaccines before it's too late.)
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To: sparklite2
I made up my mind a year ago to not demand perfect complementarity between my views and a candidate who can get the job done. AFAIAC, Cruz or Trump can be caught tossing dwarves through flaming hula hoops and my support for them will not dwindle. Someone has to tear through DC like a Tasmanian Devil, and no other candidates will do it.

Aw shucks man, don't forget to invite me if there is betting to take place. Nothing like a good evening filled with Dwarf Tossing.

50 posted on 01/15/2016 12:23:17 PM PST by VRWCarea51 (The original 1998 version)
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To: Chauncey Uppercrust

Trump is who he is. I will take that every day of the week. He will not be micromanaging policy efforts.

Cruz is who Cruz is. I can live with that. He may micro manage some policy efforts but he won’t be a Carter or Obama


51 posted on 01/15/2016 12:25:07 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: kiryandil

He must be. He criticized Trump. QED.


52 posted on 01/15/2016 12:25:16 PM PST by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: ryan71

Or maybe he will surprise you


53 posted on 01/15/2016 12:25:51 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: factoryrat

54 posted on 01/15/2016 12:27:30 PM PST by hey Bean
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To: Chauncey Uppercrust

Wow

Applause to you for your honest appraisal.

Welcome home. :)


55 posted on 01/15/2016 12:28:22 PM PST by CatherineofAragon ("Ted Cruz is the type of guy to swim across a moat with a knife in his teeth. He knows how to fight")
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To: SubMareener
" It’s like his favorite book, the Bible"

LOL

56 posted on 01/15/2016 12:30:16 PM PST by CatherineofAragon ("Ted Cruz is the type of guy to swim across a moat with a knife in his teeth. He knows how to fight")
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To: TBP
From a post way back in July, http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3317108/posts?page=44#44:

Trump is not exactly conservative either

Neither is America.

And by that I don't mean that America has gone liberal or progressive, but rather that the largest plurality of Americans are what might be called old-fashioned-Democrat-lite.

Let's admit it: here is where much of America stands on the important issues, in no particular order...

Welfare: should be available, but only for people who really need it.
Jihad: get rid of the "bad" Muslims, keep the "good" Muslims.
Homosexual issues: who cares what you do in your bedroom, and if you want to get married who cares, just don't make religious people have to support it.
Military: keep it big enough to defend ourselves, stop fighting stupid wars that we don't want to win. [1/15: I would add "bomb the crap out of anyone who makes us look bad."]
Abortion: it should only be available for rape, incest, saving the life of the mother, and when I think I need one, but we shouldn't be able tell a woman what she can't do with her own body.
The debt: stop foreign aid.
Corporations: stop using "slave labor" in third world countries, put Americans back to work--doesn't matter at what, just put 'em back to work.
Immigration: get rid of the "bad" non-citizens, keep the "good" ones.

Anyone see a pattern here? This is essentially what Trump stands for, or at least what is the perception of what Trump stands for. He is by no means a conservative, but "conservative" is an ideology, and Americans in general do not like ideologies. And that is why he is a popular demagogue, in the non-pejorative sense of the term.

57 posted on 01/15/2016 12:33:23 PM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: biff

Depends on your definition of moneychanger. Did Trump make his money solely by trading stocks? Or banking and financial instruments? Did he pull money out of thin air through fed loans at 0% interest like the banks did?

Or did he make his money by building, selling, and marketing products and services?

A broker, funds manager, and banker all have digital accounts that say they have X amount of wealth.

Trump has REAL estate with his name on it, and hard assets to back it up. That he built, from scratch, with real labor and effort.


58 posted on 01/15/2016 12:34:59 PM PST by factoryrat (We are the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it.)
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To: factoryrat

He uses other peoples money, as well as takes money away from other people. He has a less than stellar nor honorable business history. He is the epitome of “The Rainmaker”.


59 posted on 01/15/2016 12:51:19 PM PST by biff
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To: Chauncey Uppercrust

It really is rather ridiculous that people would be getting upset over the New York values comment isn’t it? I amazingly for as intelligent as Ted Cruz is I don’t think it was the smartest thing to say. It could even be a 47% kind of error if it took in more than just New York. But if it were not for the precious Donald Trump, who apparently unbeknownst to all of us is the most delicate little flower and so fragile that he can not ever be criticized or insulted, almost everyone here would agree with what Ted Cruz said.
But these are people who clearly want to have it both ways. They blame New York values, or at least liberal politics, for being the reason that Donald Trump played the game and donated to Democrats. Yet as soon as Donald Trump attacks someone and that someone in Ted Cruz has the audacity to actually defend himself then all the sudden New York values are the most precious commodities around. I guess if they love all of the values in New York politics and politicians then I suppose Peter King can you some advocates around here. I honestly believe that some people, like Ann Coulter for one, are literally offended that these other candidates what even try the challenge Donald Trump. So I don’t blame you for calling these people out. Really it would be nice if the childishness and personal vitriol would cease all the way around. But of course that isn’t likely to happen.


60 posted on 01/15/2016 1:07:17 PM PST by American Faith Today
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