Posted on 02/15/2016 3:55:35 AM PST by reaganaut1
Saturday’s GOP debate finally clarified the Donald Trump phenomenon. After months of dominating the polls and millions of words of analysis, the grueling slog of the primary race is finally bringing the facts into sharp relief. Donald Trump isn’t a revolutionary. He’s not a conservative. He’s not even a populist. He’s a Democrat.
In the Greenville, S.C., debate, Jeb Bush and Ted Cruz both got under Trump’s skin, and he cracked. He shouted his true feelings, and they were ugly to see. Regarding the Iraq War, Trump made it quite plain that he believes the fever-swamp “Bush lied, people died†narrative of the radical Left. The transcript could not be more clear.
Trump: You do whatever you want. You call it whatever you want. I wanna tell you. They lied.
John Dickerson: Okay.
Trump: They said there were weapons of mass destruction. There were none. And they knew there were none. There were no weapons of mass destruction.
Not only is Trump ignorant of the thousands of chemical weapons found in Iraq, he’s spouting talking points you likely won’t even hear from Hillary Clinton. But he wasn’t done. Not by a long shot.
Regarding the horror of 9/11, only a committed leftist would pin the undeniable failure of America’s security apparatus on George Bush and George Bush only, but that’s what Trump did. Again, the transcript is clear:
Trump: How did he keep us safe when the World Trade Center . . . The World — I lost hundreds of friends. The World Trade Center came down . . . during the reign. He kept us safe? That’s not safe. That is not safe.
There is no mention of the failures of two successive administrations, including the Clinton administration’s wholly inadequate response to the Africa embassy bombings
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...
In a speech before the World Affairs Council of Charlotte, NC, on April 7, 2006, President Bush stated that he fully understood that the intelligence was wrong, and [he was] just as disappointed as everybody else when U.S. troops failed to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
French National Review Trump attack (1 of 10 for today.)
These guys are beyond pathetic and I so look forward to Trump’s win forcing this once great mag onto the dustbin of irrelevance.
Confirmed: Donald Trump is disgusting.
Well you obviously can’t trust what Bush said. He’s obviously a code pink supporter.... Or somethin.
A Democrat gets more Republicans to vote for them than a GOPe candidate? Speaks volumes about the GOP brand.
Is George W Bush a Democrat?
George W Bush: Iraq Had No WMDs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soohikNdbWs
that was really hard to listen to.. ok no WNDs so we will go for a freedom agenda.. 4000 dead , hundred thousand wounded or maimed 2 trillion dollars and the whole middle east tossed into a hell zone... for a freedom agenda...no more Bush’s
It’s a common bushbot argument:
If you criticize Bush, you are not a republican.
They think the Bush family owns the republican party and the sheeple should just shut up and fall in line.
Do people really want to keep arguing about this?
Another NR stink bomb. David French has been busy the last couple of days.
As Schumer, Obama, Trump, Pelosi, Reid and the left have always chanted “ Bush Lied! People Died! Bush Lied! People Died!...)
What's new in that equation?
Ted Cruz.
Cruz speaks intelligently, presenting fact-based arguments, and Trump can only try to shout over him.
I've been waiting for Trump to go after Cruz. When Trump took the bait, I was delighted. Cruz shredded, and will continue to shred, Trump.
But will there be enough time for it to matter? Possibly, if Bush, Carson and Kasich drop out after SC or Florida.
Trump will get demolished against Cruz and Rubio.
These writers are idiots to say things which are not true. He supported McCain and Romney and is the only one who will build the wall. National Review is heading for the toilet.
Meanwhile Santo Cruz wife works for Goldman Sachs making him a puppet for them.
Pray America wakes
Objective, disinterested observations are always refreshing.
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