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Donald Trump the big winner of the debate
Boston Globe ^ | 1/15/2016 | MICHAEL A. COHEN

Posted on 01/15/2016 10:43:24 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel

Ever since Donald Trump entered the Republican presidential race, I've been a Trump-skeptic.

I understood his appeal. I got why angry and alienated Republican rank-and-file voters have glommed onto his campaign. And I could even sketch out a scenario in which Trump could win. Yet, even as his poll numbers rose and he seemed immune from the political pitfalls that usually fell first-time candidates, I couldn't quite buy the notion that Trump, former reality star and full-time blowhard, could be the Republican nominee for president. It all just seemed too far-fetched. Surely, at some point Trump would implode.

Those doubts ended Thursday night at the sixth Republican presidential debate. This is Trump's race to lose.

It's not just because this campaign seems to almost completely revolve around Trump or that every political attack seems to bounce right off of him; it's that he is remarkably good at politics.

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


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bfac; chumps4trump; cruzwinner; debate; delusional; dumptrump; elections; immigration; jwalsh07troll; tds; trump; trumpwasright; trumpwinner; usualsuspects; winner
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1 posted on 01/15/2016 10:43:24 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Agree 100%


2 posted on 01/15/2016 10:45:02 PM PST by softwarecreator
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Saul Alinski article next? DO you even know one conservative?


3 posted on 01/15/2016 10:46:02 PM PST by jwalsh07
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Here’s a guy with 40 years chief executive experience, at the pinnacle of leadership, and they say he’s not qualified to be president.

If he isn’t, who in the sam heck is?

Leadership isn’t something you learn on the fly as president. You need to have led before.

The leadership skills of some of the other contenders are highly suspect.


4 posted on 01/15/2016 10:53:44 PM PST by DoughtyOne ((It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.))
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Good one. More people are seeing the light.


5 posted on 01/15/2016 10:55:55 PM PST by proust (Texan for Trump! Born in the USA!)
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To: DoughtyOne

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/09/05/donald-trump-hates-seeing-kentucky-clerk-in-jail-but-says-gay-marriage-is-law-of-the-land.html

He thinks judges write law.


6 posted on 01/15/2016 11:00:29 PM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: jwalsh07

This is really eating at you isn’t it.

She knows all the Trump supporters on the forum who recognize a leader in him.

His platform is Conservative.

If you wish to turn a blind eye to that, fine.

Don’t expect everyone to.


7 posted on 01/15/2016 11:00:43 PM PST by DoughtyOne ((It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.))
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain
It's not just because this campaign seems to almost completely revolve around Trump or that every political attack seems to bounce right off of him; it's that he is remarkably good at politics.

And it's politics -- not master debating skills -- that win elections.

8 posted on 01/15/2016 11:04:24 PM PST by Vision Thing (T. Cruz values New York, where he yells, "Show me the money!")
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To: Darksheare

We covered this what, four months ago.

What is the law of the land today?

Isn’t it that homosexual marriage is Constitutionally protected?

Look, I don’t like it. I think that is terribly wrong. If a body of men sit down and determine that, what happens if you go out and interfere with a gay marriage?

You’re going to be in trouble.

Until this is revisited, it is the law of the land.

There are a lot of laws on the books today that I detest.

Roe v Wade is one. Hasn’t that been accepted as the law of the land?

What would your suggestion be?


9 posted on 01/15/2016 11:05:15 PM PST by DoughtyOne ((It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.))
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To: Darksheare

Well, our SC does, so what’s the problem?


10 posted on 01/15/2016 11:06:46 PM PST by Catsrus (I callz 'em as I seez 'em)
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To: DoughtyOne

Amen. The others just want the fame and glory to see their names in history books. None have had any executive experience, and most seem really dumb about economics.


11 posted on 01/15/2016 11:08:05 PM PST by Catsrus (I callz 'em as I seez 'em)
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To: DoughtyOne
Leadership isn’t something you learn on the fly as president. You need to have led before.

The executive office is for an executive and not a politician.
12 posted on 01/15/2016 11:09:14 PM PST by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media. #2ndAmendmentMatters)
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To: Darksheare
And he thinks Mitch McConnell is the "speaker" of the senate.

He also like pork spending.


13 posted on 01/15/2016 11:11:17 PM PST by South40 (Ted Cruz = the only conservative in the race)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain
Trump voters are angry at Washington; they are angry at Barack Obama; they are angry at immigrants and terrorists; they are angry at the Republican establishment; they are angry at their own diminished economic prospects. Trump has become their voice...

That about sums it up.


14 posted on 01/15/2016 11:11:50 PM PST by 867V309 (Trump: Bull in a RINO Shoppe)
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To: South40

May be first POTUS in history needing a 9th grade Civics lesson.


15 posted on 01/15/2016 11:18:12 PM PST by catfish1957 (I display the Confederate Battle Flag with pride in honor of my brave ancestors who fought w/ valor)
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To: DoughtyOne

She doesn’t bother me at all. Folks like you who should know better? Now that’s a different story. Trump is for Trump and if he wins he will jilt you at the altar sure as sh^t. And when that happens I hope you wake up.


16 posted on 01/15/2016 11:20:14 PM PST by jwalsh07
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Don’t be fooled by this article. The New York Times will publish a less than complimentary a series of articles about Trump’s personal life and business practices beginning in September. The Media will direct so much fire against Trump that either he burns to a crisp or comes out like a hardened diamond.


17 posted on 01/15/2016 11:20:59 PM PST by allendale
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To: catfish1957

lol! I believe I knew that in the 7th grade. Trump didn’t know it as an adult man in his 60s.


18 posted on 01/15/2016 11:22:11 PM PST by South40 (Ted Cruz = the only conservative in the race)
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To: Catsrus

No, they don’t.
Judges do not legislate.
Congress abdicated that responsibility, as they are cowards.


19 posted on 01/15/2016 11:22:36 PM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: DoughtyOne

Cite the law, cite what is written, passed, enacted.
Truth is, nothing was.


20 posted on 01/15/2016 11:23:20 PM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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