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Donald Trump breaks the rules at the Iowa State Fair
CNN Politics ^ | August 15, 2015 | Maeve Reston

Posted on 08/15/2015 10:34:26 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

(VIDEO-AT-LINK)

Des Moines, Iowa (CNN)—There are a few golden rules when it comes to campaigning in Iowa: never arrive by helicopter, leave your entourage at home and don't skip the Des Moines Register soapbox, even if you have to brave hecklers.

But the normal rules of politics don't apply to Donald Trump, who broke all of them during his visit to the Iowa State Fair on Saturday.

Trump made a grand entrance by touching down in a $7 million helicopter. He was thronged by supporters as he walked the fairgrounds and eschewed the soapbox -- where Iowans are encouraged to shout questions to candidates -- in favor of often random interactions with voters.

The day provided the latest illustration of how Trump, the GOP presidential frontrunner, is upending the race by ignoring conventional wisdom and running his campaign exactly how he wants to. The strategy stood in sharp contrast to Hillary Clinton, who lost the caucuses here in 2008 after she also broke some of this state's cherished rules.

She took fewer risks on Saturday....

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


TOPICS: Iowa; New York; Campaign News; Parties
KEYWORDS: 2016election; election2016; hillary; hillaryclinton; hitlery; iowa; newyork; trump
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The food is great, I know that much.
1 posted on 08/15/2015 10:34:26 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If you read the article, he kicked her butt.


2 posted on 08/15/2015 10:49:58 PM PDT by ebshumidors
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I like Donald Trump’s sense of humor. You can tell a lot about a person who can genuinely laugh about things and not at the expense of others like zero does.


3 posted on 08/15/2015 10:52:03 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: ebshumidors

I lived there from 1974 to 2002, save for my time in the service and worked on two presidential campaigns and at the county headquarters, so that doesn’t surprise me.


4 posted on 08/15/2015 10:54:23 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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I like Donald Trump’s sense of humor. You can tell a lot about a person who can genuinely laugh about things and not at the expense of others like zero does.

Hillary can't laugh. She can express verbal pleasure at another's suffering, but that's it. When she tries to laugh it comes out like a bark.

5 posted on 08/15/2015 10:55:48 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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There is a thread regarding a video of Hillary that was posted a few hours ago. I watched it, and found it pretty disturbing. They call Hillery “Hitlery” for obvious reasons, but the video shows her eyes darting around and bulging out. She’s swallowing and licking her lips like she’s deranged. I personally think she’s insane. It really was ‘hitleresque’.


6 posted on 08/15/2015 11:01:35 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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Botox has side effects.


7 posted on 08/15/2015 11:08:23 PM PDT by Salamander (We're ALL Dixie, now.)
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To: SpaceBar

Insane... or possessed, yep. Definitely a bunny boiler.


8 posted on 08/15/2015 11:08:49 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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So CNN gets to decide what the “rules” are? Nonsense!
9 posted on 08/15/2015 11:10:02 PM PDT by Fungi (Ince again you have resorted to insults instead of)
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To: SpaceBar

Some people on Twitter were remarking she seemed drunk. As a NYS Senator, she fell at the NYS fair, everybody around her knew she was drunk but the media wouldn’t cover it. Security tried to whisk her away but she kept slurring and stumbled again. Had that crazy look then. I only know because I was there.


10 posted on 08/15/2015 11:11:05 PM PDT by MacMattico
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And then there’s that bag under her right eye suitable for smuggling bowling balls. That’s one vile woman right there.


11 posted on 08/15/2015 11:16:32 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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“So CNN gets to decide what the “rules” are? Nonsense!”

just wait until the presidential debates. They will make Fox and Megyn Kelly look like amateurs.


12 posted on 08/15/2015 11:21:08 PM PDT by max americana (fired liberals in our company last election, and I laughed while they cried (true story))
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To: Talisker
a bunny boiler

nice.
13 posted on 08/15/2015 11:21:50 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: MacMattico

Either she was drunk or is suffering from MS. The symptoms are the same.


14 posted on 08/15/2015 11:26:16 PM PDT by Catsrus (M)
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To: Fungi

44


15 posted on 08/15/2015 11:26:48 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: MacMattico

She’s on some type of medication.


16 posted on 08/15/2015 11:32:08 PM PDT by pepsionice
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And that $7 million helicopter is his backup 'copter, his 'I'll just lounge around in my khakis today' helicopter.
17 posted on 08/15/2015 11:40:16 PM PDT by Company Man (I say we take off, and Trump the site from orbit. ItÂ’s the only way to be sure.)
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To: SpaceBar

LOL


18 posted on 08/16/2015 12:12:04 AM PDT by MacMattico
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I'm thinking she's always been a drunk and her head injury from last year or the year before was a lot worse than we were told. Of course that doesn't explain most of the 90’s...

If Biden runs against her, I think we may have two stroke survivors running for the Democratic nomination. Not that any Democrats ever noticed a difference!

19 posted on 08/16/2015 12:16:55 AM PDT by MacMattico
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But the normal rules of politics don't apply to Donald Trump, who broke all of them during his visit to the Iowa State Fair on Saturday.

He is a disgrace. He must resign immediately. And be imprisoned for all his crimes. And be broken on the wheel. Decorum is important!

20 posted on 08/16/2015 12:19:19 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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