Club for Growth claims credit as Trump drops in Iowa

The Hill ^ | 10/23/2015 | Jonathan Easley

[BlackFemaleArmyColonel]

Good point.

[niteowl77]

Yep, the GOP-e surrogate Club For Growth has been at work on the Iowa airwaves talking down Trump. Scaring little old ladies who have the radio or television on and confusing the local booboisie with attack ads from PACs they've never even heard of still works out here.

Some of the "usual gang of militant Iowa evangelicals" and their favorite mouthpieces also seem to have decided that anybody but Donald can be a Christian in good standing too, but they generally end up scoring points against themselves by the end of the election. When some of more sincere ones finally find out that Ben Carson is SDA, they'll be livid.

Mr. niteowl77

[McGruff]

I just received a robo call from Ben Carson’s campaign on my home phone and I don’t even live in Iowa. Some white guy. I hate unsolicited calls.

[BlackFemaleArmyColonel]

Wow. Really?

[BlackFemaleArmyColonel]

I get sick watching this.

[Aleya2Fairlie]

This is a “Cruz Pac”. I’d be all for a miracle working, Conservative President who would make Liberalism and all its policies disappear with a stroke of his pen. It’s not going to happen. Even the most principled, idealistic evangelical alive at this time couldn’t do that. By pouring money into that somewhat vain hope, they might as well hand it to Hillary at the beginning.

Trump is the streetwise, toughened fighter we need to put us back on track as a nation. There isn’t, at this time, anyone else who even remotely fits that bill. I, myself, pray every day for Divine intervention to save my country from the Liberal evils that have taken hold here, from murdering babies to sexual perversion. Having done that, I choose to support Donald Trump for President; for much the same reasons that I would choose a shotgun over a pea shooter to bird hunt. :)

[erkelly]

They did the same to Ronald Reagan. Going back many years, even yanking statements out of context. One of their favorites they loved to throw at Reagan was “taxes should hurt.” I remember when he made that statement, in context it was a criticism of withholding taxes. His point was that when taxes are as high as they are that taxes should hurt! It was actually a speech about reining in govt spending, the need to balance the budget, and lowering taxes. We have such a minefield to walk between now and next November. There is no lie or half truth that will not be told, and I am disgusted that my side is stooping to this level. I used to admire the Club for Growth, I sent them money, I have their Tee-Shirt. I am beyond disgusted that they would use their (our) money to destroy a Republican candidate instead of using it to advance the cause of cutting spending, lowering taxes, deregulation, etc., to educate people who do not understand why so much govt spending actually hurts them.

[erkelly]

Why do you like ads damaging conservative candidates? Would you rather put in the mind of the undecided voter that candidate A who years ago held some liberal positions but no longer does, who advocates prudence and restraint in govt, is no better that the extreme liberal who is has one foot on communism and the other on a banana peel? This is not holding a conservative candidate’s feet to the fire, this is lying, and helping the liberal candidate.

[tumblindice]

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[peeps36]

It's comical the way these desperate rino’s are trying to use these polls to hurt Trump. The gop-e wants Carson in the lead because they know he would be easier to knock off then Trump. I expect them to keep pumping Carson.

[MARKUSPRIME]

Ahh yes the cheap labor express, anyone that helps these idiots by voting for their candidates is a moron.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

I know, right, 4 Americans dead and she’s celebrating, giving high fives. She’s just an utter self serving pig.

[MARKUSPRIME]

No Hillary is the female word that ryhmes with Hunt.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Absolutely, she is the absolute definition.

[palmer]

Your animated GIFs take at least 5 MB a piece chewing up bandwidth. They are nice to demonstrate what Hillary is really about. Animation that is worth a thousand words. But it is using up a lot of my limited bandwidth. See my complaint thread here: Please don't post large animated GIFs

[Freedom56v2]

If Carson is Club for Growth Candidate, he is off my list for good.

[grania]

Carson isn’t the Club for Growth candidate in Iowa. What happened is the Club for Growth was bragging that it was their ads that brought down Trump’s percentage there and increased Carson’s. That’s why I’m saying Carson has to criticize those ads or own their impact on his support.

[going hot]

Well, she certainly is not a cunning runt.

[LoneStar42]

Yep, slime.

I hadn’t forgotten their attempt for graft.