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Frank Luntz, former Trump hater: ‘I owe Donald Trump an apology’
washingtontimes.com ^ | Cheryl K Chumley

Posted on 02/01/2018 3:38:20 AM PST by RoosterRedux

*snip*

From Luntz, on Twitter: “Tonight, I owe Donald Trump an apology. Tonight, I was moved and inspired. Tonight, I have hope and faith in America again. It may go away tomorrow. But tonight, America is great again. #SOTU.”

The fawning didn’t stop there.

“Even in foreign policy and national security,” Luntz wrote in a separate tweet, “this speech [is] a perfect blend of strength and empathy. These heroic stories break our hearts, but sturdy our resolve. This is the Trump his voters wanted him to be. #SOTU.”

And this: ‘This speech represents the presidential performance that Trump observers have been waiting for — brilliant mix of numbers and stories, humility and aggressiveness, traditional conservatism and political populism. Only one word qualifies: Wow. #SOTU,” he tweeted.

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“This speech,” he wrote, of Trump’s State of the Union, “is going to have a measurable impact on Trump’s favorability and popularity. … Whoever told @TheDemocrats to sit on their hands made a huge mistake.”

It takes a big man to publicly admit he was wrong.

But the bigger takeaway from Luntz’s Twitter feed is this: Get ready for 2018 elections. Republican domination would seem only one solid Trump speech away.

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 115th; apology; democrats; luntz; nevertrumpers; sotu; trump; trumpsotu
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1 posted on 02/01/2018 3:38:20 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

Code for “you can’t make money as a Trump hater”.


2 posted on 02/01/2018 3:39:55 AM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Free Republic has been reduced to primarily a gathering place for the inane, banal, and obtuse.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Screw you Putz.


3 posted on 02/01/2018 3:40:28 AM PST by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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To: RoosterRedux

The Buhes, Lutz, Kristol, etc., the PDJT haters...they haven’t changed, they just finally see no path to stopping him...

Too bad, so sad.


4 posted on 02/01/2018 3:41:05 AM PST by CincyRichieRich (Do not go gentle into that good night. Dylan Thomas)
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To: RoosterRedux

Yawn. Nope.

You owe the American people an apology, Frank. Trump couldn’t care less about your epiphany but you’ve mislead your viewers for well over a year. That is wrong wrong wrong.

That said, if frank is sincere and embraces honesty, then welcome to the Trump Train.


5 posted on 02/01/2018 3:42:48 AM PST by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison...like yesterday.)
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To: Maskot

How smart can he be when it took him this long to come to his senses?


6 posted on 02/01/2018 3:48:49 AM PST by Former Proud Canadian (Islam delenda est.)
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To: RoosterRedux

So he’s a poll dancer. What else can one say???


7 posted on 02/01/2018 3:51:59 AM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Free Republic has been reduced to primarily a gathering place for the inane, banal, and obtuse.)
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To: RoosterRedux

>>This is the Trump his voters wanted him to be.

Wrong. This is the Trump his voters knew him to be. But “Bad Twitter Bully Trump” is ALSO the Trump we knew him to be. We’ve known that he’s a man who loves his country for decades now. We’ve known that he has a WWE style persona that he can adopt when necessary. The Idiocracy created by the Progressive media and education system needs a President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho and Trump plays that character very well. Deep down, the Prog women and their Beta male cucks are attracted to him and that’s what really makes them crazy.


8 posted on 02/01/2018 3:52:21 AM PST by Bryanw92 (Asking a pro athlete for political advice is like asking a cavalry horse for tactical advice.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Yes, Putz finally see the light. Really not impressed...


9 posted on 02/01/2018 3:52:34 AM PST by smileyface (Things looking up in RED PA! I love President Trump!)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

Not just that; they need to rebuild some credibility so they can lie to more people for the mid-terms and 2020.


10 posted on 02/01/2018 3:53:05 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

Yeah, trying to be relevant and score more TV time.


11 posted on 02/01/2018 3:53:42 AM PST by GnuThere
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To: RoosterRedux

At least Duntz put that witch Mika in her place yesterday morning when she referred to PDT as the great Dictator. Duntz told her that was not appropriate. Wait for it.....Mika responds “well that is how it FEELS sometimes. Mika hasn’t a brain so all she has left is what she FEELS. What a c word that so called Lady is.


12 posted on 02/01/2018 3:54:13 AM PST by DAC21
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To: RoosterRedux
Read this string of tweets from the bottom up:


13 posted on 02/01/2018 3:55:14 AM PST by markomalley (Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)
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To: RoosterRedux

There may be a lot of this that is going to happen. Stay classy and welcome them into the fold.


14 posted on 02/01/2018 3:58:15 AM PST by JusPasenThru (It is OK to be white.)
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To: GnuThere
The only two non-liberal analysts I know of who have been allowed to be wrong more than Luntz and still have talking head jobs are Dick Morris and Karl Rove.
15 posted on 02/01/2018 4:00:10 AM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Free Republic has been reduced to primarily a gathering place for the inane, banal, and obtuse.)
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To: RoosterRedux

The day Donald Trump hit 1275 delegates, is the day excuses ran out.

On that day, every reasonable person had to make the binary choice between Hillary and Trump. All other options were closed.

People who did not support Trump after that day were supporters of Hillary Clinton, whether they admitted it or not.

Fortunately, there were not enough of them in certain states, and Hillary Clinton will never be President.


16 posted on 02/01/2018 4:02:59 AM PST by Haiku Guy (ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
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To: RoosterRedux
whoever told @TheDemocrats to sit on their hands made a huge mistake.”

I do believe that would be Pelousy. At one point the camera was on her, she turned around and appeared to be scolding the people behind her. She reminded me of a mother chastising her children.

17 posted on 02/01/2018 4:04:39 AM PST by Michael.SF. (Women who are 25 pounds overweight tend to live longer than the men who mention it.)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

Karl Rove is an arrogant fat toad; I never see Dick Morris anymore.


18 posted on 02/01/2018 4:05:01 AM PST by GnuThere
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To: RoosterRedux

President Trump will defeat each of his arcane hateful press detractors, one by one. Only those who make genuinely objective criticism of our president will be left to continue.

Lutz saw the hand, tracing its story on the wall, and the presidential creation was a world he wants into. Many will be taken in this way. Also many will lose their jobs, having gone one hate too far.


19 posted on 02/01/2018 4:05:27 AM PST by Candor7 (Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: CincyRichieRich
The Buhes, Lutz, Kristol, etc., the PDJT haters...they haven’t changed, they just finally see no path to stopping him...

I had strong reservations about DJT. A lot of it was based on appearances, some on substance. He supported Kelo, for instance. He does not seem to have any firm principles, just impulses. I do not favor economic protectionism.

Still, Mr. Trump has been a pleasant surprise, and a very solid conservative president. I voted for him because he is immeasurably preferable to Hillary Clinton and the continuation of the project to fundamentally transform America.

I have no financial stake in admitting that Trump has been a very pleasant surprise, and has accomplished much more than a more "moderate", iow timid, president could have. In that sense I was wrong. I admit it. But only to acknowledge Trump's success, not out of prospect of personal gain.

20 posted on 02/01/2018 4:06:15 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Psephomancers for Hillary!)
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