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How the Liberal Media is Picking the Republican Nominee
Common Sense Central ^ | 2/23/2016 | Dan O'Donnell

Posted on 02/23/2016 3:07:02 PM PST by LouD

One of the more stunning things about Donald Trump’s victory in Saturday’s South Carolina primary was the fact that he spent only $1.78 million to win.

By contrast, second-place finisher Marco Rubio spent $4.71 million on television advertising and third-place finisher Ted Cruz spent $2.34 million. In addition, Rubio and Cruz had more than $11 million in total Super PAC support, while Jeb Bush—who suspended his campaign after a disappointing finish in South Carolina—received a whopping $13.7 million in Super PAC support himself.

Trump received none.

So how did he win? Because he has the unwavering support of the nation’s most powerful Super PAC: The mainstream liberal media.


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The liberal media wants Trump as the GOP candidate. Why? Because he's beatable.
1 posted on 02/23/2016 3:07:02 PM PST by LouD
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To: LouD

The citizens are picking their nominee for change and the Cheap Labor Express and the Ministry of Propaganda have gone apoplectic trying to stop him.


2 posted on 02/23/2016 3:08:50 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: LouD

Sure! /s


3 posted on 02/23/2016 3:08:53 PM PST by stocksthatgoup (Trump for me. I want to see Hillary, Bernie or any demoncrap crushed)
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To: LouD

It’s the first I’ve heard of this...Hmmm...Nah!


4 posted on 02/23/2016 3:09:07 PM PST by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: LouD

ROFLMAO! This is just hilarious.

The idiot hasn’t read HuffPost, Slate & Salon where they don’t want Trump nominated.

They’d rather have Cruz or Rubio whom they can beat like a drum.


5 posted on 02/23/2016 3:09:28 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: LouD

Nothing the media does is caused by their desire to make money.
Just ask the media, or any idiot.


6 posted on 02/23/2016 3:11:07 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: equaviator

How much does the media pay for us to attend those YUGE Trump rallies?


7 posted on 02/23/2016 3:11:37 PM PST by ChuteTheMall (Tagline: (optional, printed after your name on post):)
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To: LouD

The media tried to destroy him and couldn’t, now it’s all part of their cunning plan


8 posted on 02/23/2016 3:13:35 PM PST by Donglalinger
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To: LouD

Yep


9 posted on 02/23/2016 3:16:02 PM PST by annieokie
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10 posted on 02/23/2016 3:22:56 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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The liberal media wants Trump as the GOP candidate. Why? Because he's beatable.

Who is beating him Cruz or Rubio?

11 posted on 02/23/2016 3:23:19 PM PST by scooby321 (to)
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Because he's beatable

By who? Bernie?

Word of advice to Big Media - be careful what you wish for. This is just like last summer, when based on June polls, everybody was already extrapolating that Jeb had a lock on the nomination and Trump was going nowhere. What happened since then? Campaigning, lots of it. Which made the formidable Bush a constant target, and eventually brought him down.

Same thing will happen with Hillary. She's gotten (mostly) a free ride so far, because Trump had to concentrate his fire on his Republican rivals and eliminate them first - but her chance to be a target is coming up, and she has LOTS of downside.

So you can look at your February polls and smugly predict that Trump is losing to Hillary - now - but wait until months of ads focussed on HillBilly's many skeletons have worked their effect on voters - then I predict you'll see very different poll results, with Hillary's numbers dying.

"In politics, a week is an eternity" - Edward Heath

... and we still have MANY weeks to go!


12 posted on 02/23/2016 3:23:21 PM PST by canuck_conservative
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The why is the GOPe telling the media to downplay Trump and build up Cruz and Rubio??


13 posted on 02/23/2016 3:24:07 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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They wanted Reagan in 1980 too, for the same reason.


14 posted on 02/23/2016 3:30:01 PM PST by jospehm20
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This article was witten a few days ago by an African-American Journalist. His name.. Mychal Massie

Sent to me by a friend it's an EXCELLENT read and POV by Mr. Massie.
 
This offers GREAT INSIGHT into Donald Trump the candidate.

Trump Is Not A Liberal or Conservative, He's A Pragmatist
by Mychal Massie | January 19, 2016

http://mychal-massie.com/premium/trump-is-not-conservative-hes-a-pragmatist/

15 posted on 02/23/2016 3:34:02 PM PST by VideoDoctor
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he’s just in it to help hillary

he doesn’t want to win

he’ll drop out soon

he has plateaued

he can never win the nomination

he can’t beat the effects of gravity

Ooo, this will hurt his numbers (1-5000)

he said this two years ago to 35 years ago

he didn’t say this, but we can make you think he did

any minute now, he’s out

the public will soon realize how pathetic they are for supporting him

only a Leftist would support him

evangelicals will never support him

people in the South will never support him

only wicked Leftist states will support him

people who support him are craven wicked dump subliminal brain dead or damaged...

he is the next Hitler

if not he’s the next Pol Pot, Mao, Genghis Khan, Lenin, Stalin... (the list is over a mile long using point 8 font, so in the interst of time we’ll truncate here)

his followers are simple minded people who would have backed the above people

He doesn’t mean anything he says. He’s lying. Never mind that his kids are living examples of his values.

he has been married three times (don’t mention his exes are on good terms with him)

anything he said that is good: he’s lying

anything he said that is bad: it’s the gospel truth no matter how much worse I spin it

he broke commandments... my guy never broke a one in his life

he can never win the general election

he did all this to help Hillary

if I don’t vote for him that won’t help Hillary

if I don’t vote for him, it will be good for the nation

if it’s not bad when I do it, it’s still bad when he does it

whatever I do, it’s for the good of the nation

when he does it it’s not


16 posted on 02/23/2016 3:36:52 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Trump is the LAST person the liberal media want to see as the nominee...The liberals have about as much clue how to handle Trump as does the GOPe... That clue is none.....


17 posted on 02/23/2016 3:38:08 PM PST by JBW1949
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Nobody wants Trump elected except the citizens who want to keep their country.


18 posted on 02/23/2016 3:43:15 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Exactly.....


19 posted on 02/23/2016 3:46:14 PM PST by JBW1949
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To: LouD
yep Trump will be beat because I don't think he's doing what he is doing because he wants to be prez....he's doing it so Hitlery can be press, and so many foolish freepers back him....

just watch....

20 posted on 02/23/2016 3:49:53 PM PST by cherry
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