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The elites’ problem with Donald Trump: He’s not for sale
World Tribune ^ | Wednesday, July 1st, 2015 | Jeffrey T. Kuhner

Posted on 07/02/2015 4:10:33 PM PDT by Red Steel

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To: xzins
Liberals and RINOs beware. If Trump wins, you are all fired.

Ain't that the truth!

I'm still for Cruz, but I like Trump too and I don't give a rip what anyone says about it.

Like you said, he speaks his mind and doesn't mince words.

Cruz is the only one to stick up for him and that didn't sail by unnoticed.

The PC crowd are a huge in size, on both sides of the aisle.

GO CRUZ! GO TRUMP!

21 posted on 07/02/2015 4:42:28 PM PDT by onyx (PLEASE SUPPORT FR. Donate Monthly or Join Club 300! God bless)
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To: JoeProBono

I love that one! (and you).
XOXOXO


22 posted on 07/02/2015 4:43:07 PM PDT by onyx (PLEASE SUPPORT FR. Donate Monthly or Join Club 300! God bless)
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To: ansel12
Trump is not my candidate.

What Trump is doing, is talking about a key issue that all of the other declared and potential candidates aren't talking about, or succumbing to political correctness on it, because you know, they have to win over "Latino voters."

I don't CARE if Trump was the Clinton's personal aide. He's doing a great service here.

23 posted on 07/02/2015 4:43:20 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Red Steel

Mitt Walker is not a conservative. He is the GOPe establishment default candidate for when Jebbie goes under.


24 posted on 07/02/2015 4:43:55 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Red Steel
The author describes pretty much what the press has traditionally been, advocates for some partisan outcome.

In order to increase its power, the press has (with help from its partisan supporters) perpetrated a myth that it is an objective watchdog, with this objective watchdog function being an essential part of the working of government. This myth operates to make people lazy in thought - why, there is no need to distrust what we are told, or verify it, the press, our watchdog, is loyal and faithful to the interest of truth and justice.

The myth persists.

25 posted on 07/02/2015 4:44:01 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: onyx

I like Cruz, too! And love what Trump is saying. Perhaps he’s the Newt Gingich of the 2016 campaign.

I say let the TRUTH be told for as long as he’s in.


26 posted on 07/02/2015 4:44:20 PM PDT by tsowellfan (www.cafenetamerica.com)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Trump is not my candidate.

What Trump is doing, is talking about a key issue that all of the other declared and potential candidates aren’t talking about, or succumbing to political correctness on it, because you know, they have to win over “Latino voters.”

I don’t CARE if Trump was the Clinton’s personal aide. He’s doing a great service here.


Agree 100%


27 posted on 07/02/2015 4:45:33 PM PDT by tsowellfan (www.cafenetamerica.com)
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To: onyx

Cruz/Trump. Would never happen but the epic liberal meltdowns it would inspire would be a sight to see.


28 posted on 07/02/2015 4:45:34 PM PDT by dowcaet
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To: skeeter

Me too, Skeeter. He doesn’t let the pissants like Pataki rattle him. I have him at number 2, but nobody is close to Cruz on my radar. Apparently Cruz and Trump respect each other and they agree on the issues. Let Trump play his role. I think we should support his positions and be glad that he is willing to take on the establishment.


29 posted on 07/02/2015 4:47:19 PM PDT by conservativejoy (We Can Elect Ted Cruz! Pray Hard, Work Hard, Trust God!)
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To: dowcaet
Clinton/Trump vs. Bush/Walker

Best fight card going. Would whip the people into a tizzy, huge purse.

30 posted on 07/02/2015 4:47:58 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: NRx
Have we really reached the point where we are cheering this clown?

I notice you neglected to mention any issue referenced in the article you thought were clownish.

Give it a shot, name two.

31 posted on 07/02/2015 4:48:53 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle (Any Senator who votes for TPA is disqualified to be President - Donald Trump)
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To: conservativejoy
The left knows how to play this game - they have stalking horses pull the debate ever leftward until their leftwing candidate looks moderate.

Not saying this is the plan here, but it could be the effect.

32 posted on 07/02/2015 4:49:21 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Actually, winning latino voters is a good thing! As much as the liberal media and GOP establishment would like us to believe it, “latino” is not a synonym of “illegal alien”. It should be turned around against them and they should be exposed for their stereotyping.


33 posted on 07/02/2015 4:50:12 PM PDT by tsowellfan (www.cafenetamerica.com)
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To: onyx

Here, Here!! I voted Cruz first and Trump second in the Breitbart poll.


34 posted on 07/02/2015 4:52:03 PM PDT by conservativejoy (We Can Elect Ted Cruz! Pray Hard, Work Hard, Trust God!)
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To: mrsmith
suspect his script is written by RINO Central

Well, I've got to hand it to you, of all the most outrageous and laughable things said about Trump, yours is the silliest.

35 posted on 07/02/2015 4:54:34 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle (Any Senator who votes for TPA is disqualified to be President - Donald Trump)
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To: Balding_Eagle

“I notice you neglected to mention any issue referenced in the article you thought were clownish.

Give it a shot, name two.”

Ummm ok....

From The American Thinker
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2015/06/donald_trump_has_a_solid_history_of_conservatism_going_back_many_weeks.html

Donald Trump has a solid history of conservatism going back many weeks

So Donald Trump is running for president, and in the interests of full disclosure, I’m one of his biggest fans. I’ve been following him for years, and I even comb my hair the same way he does. To his credit, he’s been a fierce critic of Democrats, and a bedrock voice of conservatism since at least April of this year.

I don’t think the history of what he has said or done prior to April 2015 has any bearing on his candidacy. You have to go back months and even a few years to find out that he’s given $700,000 or so in political donations to Harry Reid, Rahm Emmanuel, Charlie Rangel, and Charles Schumer, and he even made several donations to the sexting ex-solon Anthony Weiner, but that’s so old news! He’s also given money to Hillary Clinton, but just because he has donated to the candidate he’d like to run against, it shouldn’t be a problem. I mean, if he’s the nominee, he won’t continue to donate to Mrs. Clinton’s campaign, right?

Trump also used to support abortion rights, but lately, in April, and especially in May and the first two weeks of June, he has come out strongly pro-life.

When he considered a run for president in 2000 as a Reform Party candidate, Trump said he supported abortion rights. But he said last week that he now opposes the procedure except in cases of rape or incest or when the mother’s health is at risk.

People try to play gotcha with old quotes, too.

“Nancy — you’re the best. Congrats. Donald.”
—Handwritten note to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, January 2007

What people are missing is that he’s not praising Nancy Pelosi’s political positions – it’s just a love note! He was just a guy who was physically attracted to her! Remember, she was only 62 in 2007. Her skin wasn’t as tight, and her eyes weren’t as ping-pong-bally!

7) “I’m very liberal when it comes to health care. I believe in universal health care.”
—Interview with CNN’s Larry King, October 1999

Once again, a commonly misinterpreted quote. Sure, Trump supports universal health care, but how likely is that to happen on the level of the entire universe, on a truly galactic level? But on national health care, he’s as solid as a rock!

“By imposing a one-time 14.25 percent net-worth tax on the richest individuals and trusts, we can put America on sound financial footing for the next century.”
—Writing in his book, The America We Deserve, January 2000

I honestly believe this is a misquote or he misspoke. I think he was talking about a one-time 14.25-percent cigarette tax on the richest individuals and trusts. Cigarette taxes on rich people – who would have a problem with that?

“I think he [Obama] has a chance to go down as a great president.”
—Interview with NY1, November 2008

Note the tense! This was before Obama took office! This was even before Obama won his first Nobel Peace Prize! How could any of us have predicted that Obama would turn out the way he did? Obama sounded like a constitutional conservative when he first ran. You can’t blame Trump for that!

Looking intensely into Trump’s past is as fair as looking intensely into his hair; if you look hard enough, sure, you’ll find the bald truth, but on the other hand, he makes some great comments on Twitter! And he attacks Obama’s birth certificate! What more do we need in a credible candidate than that?


36 posted on 07/02/2015 4:55:22 PM PDT by NRx (An unrepentant champion of the old order and determined foe of damnable Whiggery in all its forms.)
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To: NRx

Things are desperate. Sorry if he isn’t to your taste.


37 posted on 07/02/2015 4:57:25 PM PDT by RKBA Democrat ( The ballot is a suggestion box for slaves and fools.)
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To: Red Steel
Conversely, FOX News, The Wall Street Journal, National Review, The Weekly Standard and many so-called “conservative” voices on talk radio have become shills for corporatist Republicans, beholden to the donor class and wealthy bundlers.

Except it is the Democrats/Marxists that are totally in bed with Wall Street and Hollywierd big money.

38 posted on 07/02/2015 5:00:48 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: RKBA Democrat
Never mind. These 'long time lurkers' always show up before big elections.

Strangely, they usually disappear immediately afterwards.

39 posted on 07/02/2015 5:01:45 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: conservativejoy

Well all right!!

Is the poll still open?

If so, where do I find it?


40 posted on 07/02/2015 5:04:31 PM PDT by onyx (PLEASE SUPPORT FR. Donate Monthly or Join Club 300! God bless)
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