Carr: Donald Trump fends off pretenders in Round One

Boston Herald ^ | 8/7/2015 | Howie Carr

[GoneSalt]

They didn’t lay a glove on him.

Donald Trump is still on top, and it became clearer each moment in last night’s debate that Juan Ellis Bush is running in the wrong party.

Could he have possibly used any more MSNBC dogwhistles? Immigration, Bush said, is a “wedge issue.” (That means, it’s a problem created by Democrats, for Democrats.) Trump is “divisive.” (That means he’s figured out the right wedge issues.) He said he stands by his statements that when illegal aliens, the “valedictorians” as he calls them, commit crimes, they are “acts of love.”

Just ask Kate Steinle’s family.

Bush twice said illegals should be “drivers” of economic recovery. Drivers? Do you ever read the newspapers, Juan? Any newspapers — New Hampshire, Florida, Massachusetts? One of our biggest problems is your valedictorians behind the wheel, usually drunk out of their minds.

This was one of the few times a televised event actually lived up to the hype. Two hours is a long time, too long to disguise your real character, not to mention politics.

[entropy12]

If I remember correctly, Juan Ellis Bush defended sanctuary cities.

[caww]

[Reagan0704]

Awesome! Trump 2016!

[entropy12]

Top searches after both debates

1 Donald Trump
2 Ben Carson
3 Ted Cruz
4 Jeb Bush
5 Marco Rubio
6 John Kasich

[Aria]

Where was Carly?

[2ndDivisionVet]

[entropy12]

Carly came in 9th.

http://googletrends.github.io/iframe-scaffolder/#/view?urls=All%20candidates%7Chttp:%2F%2Fgoogletrends.github.io%2FGOPDebate1%2FFullCandidates.html,Main%20debate%7Chttp:%2F%2Fgoogletrends.github.io%2FGOPDebate1%2FMainDebateCandidates.html,Issues%7Chttp:%2F%2Fgoogletrends.github.io%2FGOPDebate1%2FMainDebateIssues.html,Early%20debate%7Chttp:%2F%2Fgoogletrends.github.io%2FGOPDebate1%2FEarlyDebateCandidates.html&layout=narrative&theme=default&title=Early%20GOP%20debate:%20%20who%20was%20top%20searched%3F&description=Changing%20ranks%20of%20Republican%20candidates%20in%20the%20debate%20on%20Google%20search

[Aria]

Guess she did ok since she got stuck in the Happy Hour debate. Surprised to see Walker at the bottom!

I think Carly deserves to play with the big boys.

[Ken H]

**DRUDGE POLL** WHO WON THE FIRST REPUBLICAN DEBATE '16?

BUSH 2.15% (6,010 votes)

CARSON 8.74% (24,387 votes)

CHRISTIE 1.21% (3,367 votes)

CRUZ 13.59% (37,592 votes)

HUCKABEE 3.1% (8,572 votes)

KASICH 4.28% (11,838 votes)

PAUL 7.76% (21,463 votes)

RUBIO 8.41% (23,270 votes)

TRUMP 47.03% (130,083 votes)

WALKER 3.64% (10,067 votes)

Total Votes: 276,579

http://www.drudgereport.com/now.htm

[AmericanCheeseFood]

Searched doesn’t mean liked.

[entropy12]

Walker is a good solid candidate, but needs more pizzaz and charisma.

[entropy12]

Why would anyone search for some one they did not like?

[nutmeg]

Howie Carr ping

[AmericanCheeseFood]

So you haven’t actually researched or Googled Bumbler and Creep Obama? Come on, honesty is what I question Trump on given the fact that up til recent history, he’s been a liberal Democrat, but don’t make me start questioning guys like you.

[nutmeg]

I think Carly deserves to play with the big boys.

I agree! Carly was the CLEAR winner in the 5pm debate. Loved Bobby Jindal as well.

[Vision Thing]

Howie Carr, “candy a$$ed ruffian” (not my words, but someone else’s words that Howie loved to play at the start of his radio show) :)

[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

Trump is at 50 percent down with almost 300 thousand votes. The anger on facebook and twitter against Fox is also palpable.

[Ken H]

Trump => 50.7% (154,849 votes)

[Catsrus]

Megyn was absolutely giddy all week about their secret way to handle Trump. She was like a little girl squirming when she has to pee. So, she deserves everything she gets for her horrible actions against Trump. They were also rude to Cruz and Walker.