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Trump is leading because he’s playing media fools like a fiddle
Canada Free Press ^ | 07/22/15 | Dan Calabrese

Posted on 07/22/2015 11:39:43 AM PDT by Sean_Anthony

Useful idiots.

You’ve probably heard about the new ABC/Washington Post poll that shows Donald Trump opening up a big lead among Republican presidential contenders, pulling 24 percent of respondents compared with second-place Scott Walker’s 13 percent. The political media, of course, are flabbergasted as to how Trump could possibly be doing so well given that they consider him an un-serious joke of a candidate.

I am not arguing here that Trump should be president, but in a battle of wits between Trump and the political media, Trump wins every time. And that’s exactly why he’s leading the race at the moment. He’s playing them like a fiddle.


TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: donaldtrump; gop; media
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1 posted on 07/22/2015 11:39:43 AM PDT by Sean_Anthony
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They can’t look away. They’re addicted to ratings and he represents ratings. They hate him but need him.


2 posted on 07/22/2015 11:41:51 AM PDT by BipolarBob (You can't spell Hillary without the letters "L" " I " "A" " R".)
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To: Sean_Anthony
Post poll that shows Donald Trump opening up a big lead among Republican presidential contenders, pulling 24 percent of respondents compared with second-place Scott Walker’s 13 percent.

Ha.....13 X 1.7 = 22.1

So Trump at 24 % is outside the viable attack range of Scott Walker.

If Trump keeps this up....and there is no reason to believe otherwise ...he has it in a runaway.

3 posted on 07/22/2015 11:43:53 AM PDT by spokeshave (If an illegal alien is undocumented immigrant a drug dealer is an unlicensed pharmacist)
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The fact that he is at least giving lip service to what the people care about and the uniparty ignores may have something to do with why he is leading as well.

But what?

That is the mystery!

4 posted on 07/22/2015 11:44:29 AM PDT by null and void (If the government can't protect the Marines, how can we expect it to protect us?)
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How does he stack up against hclinton?


5 posted on 07/22/2015 11:45:38 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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He’s playing them like a fiddle in a Ozark hoedown!!!


6 posted on 07/22/2015 11:45:40 AM PDT by DannyTN
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He’s playing them like a fiddle in a Ozark hoedown!!!


7 posted on 07/22/2015 11:45:40 AM PDT by DannyTN
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He’s leading because he’s on target on the issues. And it doesn’t hurt that he knows how to handle the media.


8 posted on 07/22/2015 11:46:20 AM PDT by DannyTN
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He’s leading because he’s on target on the issues. And it doesn’t hurt that he knows how to handle the media.


9 posted on 07/22/2015 11:46:20 AM PDT by DannyTN
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The news media are trying to demonize Trump as they did to Sarah Palin.

But Trump so far is winning.

The news media will destroy anyone that is not a democrat/marxist.


10 posted on 07/22/2015 11:46:32 AM PDT by Democrat_media (Obama will use Obamatrade to import hundreds of millions of 3rd world people into the U.S.)
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The news media are trying to demonize Trump as they did to Sarah Palin.

But Trump so far is winning.

The news media will destroy anyone that is not a democrat/marxist.


11 posted on 07/22/2015 11:46:35 AM PDT by Democrat_media (Obama will use Obamatrade to import hundreds of millions of 3rd world people into the U.S.)
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Who is the press to determine who is a real candidate or not? That is the $1mm question.


12 posted on 07/22/2015 11:46:58 AM PDT by Cyclone59 (Where are we going, and what's with the handbasket?)
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The line "I just have to look good, I don't have to be clear" sounds more prescient with every passing year.

All the major organs of power in our society - government, MSM, and academia - have been taken over by clueless morons who look good on television.

This leaves the system in an "unlikely state," what physicists would cause a "population inversion," with dummies on top and the majority of intelligent people frozen out, wondering how they can break into the cockpit to pull the plane out of its dive.

This is what Donald Trump is tapping into. When you have a population inversion, it only takes a small perturbation to set off a chain reaction.

13 posted on 07/22/2015 11:50:11 AM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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how cheep would it be to buy up MSNBC or CNN and have the TRUMP news channels?


14 posted on 07/22/2015 11:50:51 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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Trump is leading because he has tapped into the anger of millions of right-thinking Americans who are fed up and like his belligerent attitude. They wish their elected leaders had fight in them like he does.

They won’t vote for a hot-headed egomaniac for President, but he’s fun to watch early on.


15 posted on 07/22/2015 11:52:17 AM PDT by Jedidah
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To: Cyclone59

The RNC determines who is a ‘real’ candidate out of the 100 or so declared and filed GOP candidates. Letting the MSM take the blame is a smokescreen.


16 posted on 07/22/2015 11:53:00 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: longtermmemmory
How does he stack up against hclinton?

He has to ridicule and attack Hummer Abiden-Weiner as chief surrogate for Hillary...

What's Hillary / Abiden going to do....? ...how would they respond....

Trump might also target Valerie Jarret ...as the Obama surrogate...

Something about Jarrett's failed deal where she brought up a huge swath of depressed property in Chicago in anticipation of the Chicago Olympics.....and a tie in with Obama's work at the Annanbergh (sp) foundation in Chicago that produced poor quality housing for the African American community.

17 posted on 07/22/2015 11:53:38 AM PDT by spokeshave (If an illegal alien is undocumented immigrant a drug dealer is an unlicensed pharmacist)
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And that’s exactly why he’s leading the race at the moment. He’s playing them like a fiddle.

Trump has something that most candidates, especially republicans are sorely lacking. Salesmanship. Trump knows how publicity works. He is an amazing promoter and he could win it all. My only concern is that promoters rarely make good managers.

18 posted on 07/22/2015 11:56:33 AM PDT by oldbrowser (The kangaroos have taken over the supreme court.)
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To: DannyTN

Beatin’ ‘em like a rented mule!!


19 posted on 07/22/2015 11:57:58 AM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: Sean_Anthony

I would love to see a debate between Trump and Hillary


20 posted on 07/22/2015 12:02:37 PM PDT by Hildy
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