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Trump, Cruz, Carson and more: Your guide to scoring the Republican debate
Fox News ^ | August 4, 2015 | Juan Williams

Posted on 08/05/2015 1:39:05 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Is this the dumbest idea of the 2016 campaign? Or is it the smartest?

The New York Times recently reported that several top Republican donors wanted GOP candidates to boycott the primary debates to signal their distaste for billionaire real estate developer Donald Trump.

(VIDEO-AT-LINK)

Turning their backs on Trump would make news and establish the party’s identity as more than a big, bright platform for Trump. His sensational, barbed attacks on fellow Republicans, immigrants and President Obama have hurt the Republican brand with voters, including independents, Latinos and, most of all, Republicans.

But despite his many critics, Trump remains at the top of GOP primary polls in a fragmented and large field. Shunning Trump risks making him even more of a hero to voters who feel alienated from national politics. In Tuesday's Fox News poll Donald Trump continues to gain ground in the race for the Republican nomination. What’s more, the number of GOP primary voters saying they would at least consider backing Trump has more than doubled in the last two months....

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; Philosophy; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2016election; bush; carson; cruz; debates; election2016; gop; scottwalker; tedcruz; texas; trump
Notice the names he went to for his headline?
1 posted on 08/05/2015 1:39:06 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

When I saw the author’s name, I didn’t want to read any further. It seems everyone has a plan to take out Trump.


2 posted on 08/05/2015 1:56:21 AM PDT by Catsrus (a and)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Juan?

Yawn.

(thanks for the sleep aid)


3 posted on 08/05/2015 2:08:53 AM PDT by canuck_conservative
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Juan Williams - the perfect low intellect pundit for low information voters...


4 posted on 08/05/2015 2:11:46 AM PDT by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
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To: broken_arrow1

You know that black kid on South Park? The one they call “Token?”

Juan is Fox’s “Token”.


5 posted on 08/05/2015 2:14:26 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Catsrus

“When I saw the author’s name, I didn’t want to read any further.”....

Likewise. I can’t stand “The Jaun”, his being black gives him some credibility? Not in my book.


7 posted on 08/05/2015 4:01:20 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: DaveA37

Opps...should read “The Juan”...........it’s early and I need my coffee.


8 posted on 08/05/2015 4:02:12 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

To use a Trump term. Juan is a wackjob.


9 posted on 08/05/2015 4:06:23 AM PDT by nhwingut (This tagline for lease)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Trump. His sensational, barbed attacks on fellow Republicans, immigrants and President Obama have hurt the Republican brand with voters,

Oh really? Why do his numbers keep going up?
Someone is disconnected and it isn’t Trump.


10 posted on 08/05/2015 4:06:38 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
His sensational, barbed attacks on fellow Republicans, immigrants and President Obama have hurt the Republican brand with voters, including independents, Latinos and, most of all, Republicans.

In your little dream world, Juan.

11 posted on 08/05/2015 4:08:20 AM PDT by JustaCowgirl (the left has redefined the word 'racism' to mean any disagreement with any liberal about any topic)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Why do all Marxists want to help the Repubs so bad? What if Trump is helping the brand?

Pray America is waking


12 posted on 08/05/2015 4:47:02 AM PDT by bray (Cruz to the White House)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I wanted Trump, Cruz, and Walker to disdain the “debates” because they are not useful except to put the Republican candidates to defying Reagan’s Law about attacking other republicans rather than Democrats. Reagan was very wise in these things.


13 posted on 08/05/2015 4:50:48 AM PDT by arthurus (it's true!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Juan is the typical leftwing elitist - dumb as a box of rocks with absolutely no morals who embraces & promotes racism.

But he “feels” intellectually superior to Constitutional conservatives despite the failures of his leftist religion - Greece, Venezuela, Mehico, Baltimore, Detroit, Chicago, etc, etc, etc


14 posted on 08/05/2015 4:54:42 AM PDT by newfreep ("Evil succeeds when good men do nothting" - Edmund Burke)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Didn’t Juan work for another news organization and they fired him because he was to ‘conservative’ in their opinion....

And then FNC picked him up and now he’s an ‘idiot’....

So much for ‘smartness’....


15 posted on 08/05/2015 5:42:11 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 (Trump/Cruz or Cruz/Trump....Make America Great Again....)
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To: DaveA37

His sons are conservatives. Sometimes I wonder if he is just quoting the liberal script to keep a job. He often seems fake


16 posted on 08/05/2015 5:57:35 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Obam65a: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now?Shutting down and defunding is not enough. People)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“His sensational, barbed attacks on fellow Republicans, IMMIGRANTS...”


I stopped reading at “immigrants.”

It’s ILLEGAL immigrants, stupid!

STE=Q


17 posted on 08/05/2015 6:40:58 PM PDT by STE=Q ('The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing'... Edmund Burke)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; Kale; Jarhead9297; COUNTrecount; notaliberal; DoughtyOne; MountainDad; ...
    Ted Cruz Ping!

    If you want on/off this ping list, please let me know.
    Please beware, this is a high-volume ping list!

    CRUZ or LOSE!

18 posted on 08/05/2015 8:11:47 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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