Posted on 02/26/2016 10:05:27 AM PST by newgeezer
Quick analysis of the debate.
One word: Finally.
Cruz and Rubio surrounded Trump and absolutely decimated him. They attacked his record, his integrity, his character. They interrupted him and talked over him. Rubio in particular was vicious. At a few points he laughed in Trump's face. He made Trump look ridiculous and treated him like a clown.
And that's exactly what they both needed to do, and it's exactly what Trump deserves. The great mystery is why they waited 7 months to do it.
Think about it: There have been approximately 87 debates, and all of the candidates have been on TV approximately 18 million times, double that for Trump, yet this is the FIRST TIME anyone has brought up the fact that Trump is CURRENTLY BEING INVESTIGATED FOR MASSIVE FINANCIAL FRAUD. Rubio hit Trump on this point repeatedly, thank God, but it's the first time any of the candidates breathed a word of it. Rubio also feasted on Trump for hiring illegal immigrants (yes, Trump is the "nationalist" candidate who hires foreign illegals to build his skyscrapers) and being fined a million dollars for it, and again, this has not come up on the campaign trail before.
I'm ecstatic that they both have apparently learned their lesson, I'm flabbergasted that it took this long, and I hope they keep it up. Trump is a fool, a coward, a liar, and a hypocrite, and that's how you must treat him. Make him look like a little boy. Make him look like a buffoon. Refuse to take him seriously. You beat Trump by dragging his skeletons out of the closet, by exposing his secrets, by mocking him ruthlessly. That's how you defeat the King Clown, and it's what I've been saying for months. And it's what Rubio and Cruz did tonight, finally, praise God.
Watching Trump be harassed and flummoxed all night was a great moment for America. It was such a patriotic moment that a bald eagle flew into my living room and wept tears of joy. I'm not kidding. That actually happened.
I don't know if this will matter. Trump's fans are infatuated with him and have sacrificed their reason on the altar of celebrity worship. But if there's any chance of stopping him, this is how it's done. You eat him alive, figuratively speaking, until only bones remain. That's the only way to do it. I've been trying to tell you guys this from the beginning. Rubio and Cruz seemed to have caught on tonight. Let's hope it matters in the end, although I'm afraid it might be too late.
Only in your dreams buddy, only in your dreams. All Trump had to do was hold his own and he did it admirably.
What did Cruz and Rubio do but ask Trump fair questions. Trump was completely outclassed and exposed.
Alternate Title: Cruz and Rubio use Harry Reid’s tactics to try to stop Trump”
ALternat:Alternate Title: Cruz and Rubio use Donald Trump tactics to stop Trump
“No one who watched the debate last night thought Trump won”
Because you personally sat down and interviewed them all, right?
Swear some people on FR sound like those dimwit callers on some talk radio shows you wish the host would move on from.
They took down Trump by 10%? Luckily Trump has percentages to spare.
I thought the same. so now Trump is up only 19 points.
Reality:
No one stopped Trump.
Only to tone-deaf people. How many times does Trump have to say if Israel is attacked he would defend Israel regardless of the newly signed Iran Treaty? How many repetitions of his admiration of Israel’s leader are necessary to penetrate the rocks carried around by people pretending to be brains?
“Typical lies and distortion of real facts.”
How about the fact that Palestinians and Iranians are terrorists, and Trump said he is neutral?
Talk about lazy thinking. All of them lie? This projection enables you to vote for a truly nauseating, incompetent candidate, Trump. If all of them lie, maybe Banana Don is lying to you about those three things you care about. Why not? He lies about everything else, as last night proved.
So cabana boy and Canada boy ganged up on Donald with a lot of false and foolish, silly accusations.
So what? I don’t think this will do anything but make Donald’s rate go up. They proved nothing.
God protect Donald. We need him.
Facebooking live from mom’s basement.
What rubbish to clutter FR up with.
The young man needs to put down the dope pipe.
Your guy was a lying whirling dervish last night. He sucked. It’s a shame anyone gives this fraud Trump the time of day.
Suggest the scnmuck see the Texas crowd at the Trump rally right now. They started lining up last night.
Did anyone besides me notice how Cruz mentioned, in passing, Trump’s age. What was the intent in that? Was he dissing old people, a very sizable voting bloc?
Why is no one asking him exactly what he had in mind?
Tell ya what. There’s a way to make all those petty issues actually do a little damage, and there’s the way those two did it. One way may lead to a death of a thousand cuts, what they chose was the Rodney Allen Ripley bucket of confetti dump.
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