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So why don't I like Donald Trump?
The Briefing Room ^ | October 4, 2015 | andy58-in-nh/Andrew Kone

Posted on 10/11/2015 10:42:04 AM PDT by EveningStar

I'm a Tea Partier. I detest Obama and the Progressive hoard that has Washington, DC and large portions of America in a death grip. So why don't I like Donald Trump?

Honestly, sometimes I wonder what the hell is wrong with me these days. Why can't I get on the bandwagon along with so many others with whom I agree about most everything? ...

So what's the problem with Trump? In a nutshell: judgment, or rather a deficit of it, which in turn ought to make reasonable people otherwise inclined to agree with him to perhaps, think a bit harder about the consequences of their support for him in a precarious and dangerous world ...

(Excerpt) Read more at gopbriefingroom.com ...


TOPICS: Politics
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To: Kickass Conservative
The Trump h8ters need to internalize your words of wisdom:

Love Trump or hate him, if he wasn’t in the Race
             it would be The Jebster 24/7
      and the Country would be in a Coma.


61 posted on 10/11/2015 11:14:31 AM PDT by sparklite2 (Eagles fan after loss to Dallas -- This is the first time I ever saw the "prevent offense".)
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To: Rodamala
Screw Trump. That’s Right. I said it.

Screw you too.

That's right, I said it.

62 posted on 10/11/2015 11:15:37 AM PDT by Bullish (Face it, insanity is just not presidential.)
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To: BuckeyeGOP

How sweetly patronizing of you, to suggest Trump is running for president as a reality show.

The guy has been active in politics, including writing multiple books with his positions in them, for decades. He’s not perfect, like any other candidate, but he has been running the most successful campaign out there. He’s taken multiple critical positions, from illegal immigration to cutting taxes and government, that we well need.

He’s more a practical man than to campaign on political philosophy identified as such, but he’s advancing conservative positions every time he talks about the economy, repealing Obamacare for free market solutions, immigration, gun rights or various other issues.

What Trump understands is how to reach people and how to go over the MSM and GOPe for the cause. That’s pretty important and more than what any of the other candidates have shown.


63 posted on 10/11/2015 11:16:13 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: DoughtyOne

Less is more. LOL!


64 posted on 10/11/2015 11:17:05 AM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: dead

Then get one that can fight the damn press, because people are not interested in losing with a candidate that doesn’t cause squeamish conservatives to blush because he does what we supposedly have been begging for.


65 posted on 10/11/2015 11:17:07 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: alloysteel

My only fear is that the DC Uniparty will resort to a bullet fired by a cutout, as they are prone to do when cornered.


66 posted on 10/11/2015 11:18:17 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Is the pope Catholic?)
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To: tumblindice

which one is trump?


67 posted on 10/11/2015 11:18:39 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion ( "Forward lies the crown, and onward is the goal.")
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To: EveningStar

So your judgment is so good you have made 10 billion dollars? And all your kids have turned out great? I was face to face with this man yesterday in Atlanta GA. and Trump is the real meal deal.


68 posted on 10/11/2015 11:18:50 AM PDT by lostboy61 (Lock and Load and stand your ground!.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“Anybody who says they are a “Tea Partier” is a liar because there is no such thing.”

Yea, I noticed that most of the people posting comments about wanting more gun control (in our local rag) claim to be gun owners and/or NRA members. When I’ve questioned that, I’ve gotten zotted - so now I claim to have never held a gun, but I’m REAL THANKFUL for the Second Amendment.


69 posted on 10/11/2015 11:19:00 AM PDT by BobL (REPUBLICANS - Fight for the WHITE VOTE...and you will win (see my 'profile' page))
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To: Leaning Right; chimera
Well, I’m old enough to remember how Barry Goldwater got smeared for being unfit as a leader in a “precarious and dangerous world”.

This sounds a bit like an updated version of that.

There is no comparison between Goldwater and Trump.
70 posted on 10/11/2015 11:20:44 AM PDT by EveningStar
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To: BobL

Saul Alinsky would be proud.


71 posted on 10/11/2015 11:21:18 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Is the pope Catholic?)
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To: 9YearLurker

But Trump is not a conservative. He is certainly an outsider. But he is not a conservative.


72 posted on 10/11/2015 11:22:39 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Bullish

Yes you did say it! Ha.


73 posted on 10/11/2015 11:23:17 AM PDT by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance.)
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To: EveningStar

74 posted on 10/11/2015 11:24:40 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Pass the popcorn, set back/watch the Russians destroy Isis in Syria and Iran doing the same in Iraq)
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To: Vermont Lt

What is the most liberal position/idea Trump advanced in his policy manifesto, published four years ago, Time to get Tough?


75 posted on 10/11/2015 11:25:44 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: tumblindice

Which candidate makes you happy, tumbly?


76 posted on 10/11/2015 11:26:32 AM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: tumblindice
Instead, we're going to go with this Trump guy, simply because he tosses out great quips. If we do, it's a colossal blown opportunity.

There are two political parties running for President...The Uni-Party and the Trump Party...The choice is easy for me...

77 posted on 10/11/2015 11:27:08 AM PDT by Iscool (Izlam and radical Izlam are different the same way a wolf and a wolf in sheeps clothing are differen)
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To: Vermont Lt

Not uniformly, but in a lot of ways, yes, he is.


78 posted on 10/11/2015 11:27:23 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: ifinnegan
Why would Trump doing the Howard Stern show be a disqualifier for you? There are many shows I don't like but I don't begrudge a political candidate going on them in order to reach a portion of the electorate he may not otherwise reach.

For all the controversy around Howard Stern, he's one of the best interviewers in the business and he treats all his guests with the level of respect and decorum that they deserve. Which of course, varies. Howard Stern would interview a Donald Trump much differently than say a Rosie O'Donnell.

Also, Republicans need to stop being such fuddy-duddy's if they want to attract young people and start winning elections again. The vast majority of young people are Democrats precisely because Republicans come across to them as out-of-touch and "uncool." Of course we all laugh here about Bill Clinton playing a saxophone on Arsenio Hall or discussing boxers & briefs. But that's how you win over the young vote. Donald Trump seems to get it more than any other recent Republican.

79 posted on 10/11/2015 11:28:32 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (A businessman gets things done with own money. A politician takes money and gets nothing done.)
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To: ifinnegan
Why would Trump doing the Howard Stern show be a disqualifier for you? There are many shows I don't like but I don't begrudge a political candidate going on them in order to reach a portion of the electorate he may not otherwise reach.

For all the controversy around Howard Stern, he's one of the best interviewers in the business and he treats all his guests with the level of respect and decorum that they deserve. Which of course, varies. Howard Stern would interview a Donald Trump much differently than say a Rosie O'Donnell.

Also, Republicans need to stop being such fuddy-duddy's if they want to attract young people and start winning elections again. The vast majority of young people are Democrats precisely because Republicans come across to them as out-of-touch and "uncool." Of course we all laugh here about Bill Clinton playing a saxophone on Arsenio Hall or discussing boxers & briefs. But that's how you win over the young vote. Donald Trump seems to get it more than any other recent Republican.

80 posted on 10/11/2015 11:28:32 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (A businessman gets things done with own money. A politician takes money and gets nothing done.)
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