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GOP’s Right Flank Gets Trumped
National Review ^ | 7/7/15 | Jim Geraghty

Posted on 07/07/2015 3:28:43 PM PDT by VinL

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To: VinL
It is Trump's position on the issue and his fearlessness in stating the truth that attracts people to him. Yes, he is more of a liberal than many of the others in the race, but Truth to power is very attractive. The people are tired of candidates governed by handlers and political consultants.

Immigration can be a winning issue for the GOP if they were smart enough to use it. American jobs for American workers cuts across partisan lines. We have the lowest labor participation rates in 38 years; wages are stagnant or declining; and yet we import over a million foreign workers a year. Does that make sense?

As far as criminal alien crime is concerned, the facts are obvious and documented. It is all in here: Criminal Alien Statistics: Information on Incarcerations, Arrests, and Costs GAO-11-187: Published: Mar 24, 2011. Publicly Released: Apr 21, 2011.

61 posted on 07/07/2015 4:30:46 PM PDT by kabar
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To: glennaro

It wasn’t Perot’s fault that Mr. Read my lips New World Order lost. Perot couldn’t have affected the outcome if the GOP hadn’t nominated an elitist globalist scum with 4 names.


62 posted on 07/07/2015 4:31:05 PM PDT by freedomfiter2 (Lex rex)
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To: Iscool
I’d vote for Perot again if I had it to do all over again...And with what we know now, so would most everyone else...

What we know now is that Perot was working for the Clintons to split the Republican vote - and it worked.

Now LIBERAL Trump is pretending to be Perot 2, giving the current rallying-equivalent of "that giant sucking sound" and fooling a whole new generation of conservative rubes. Sorry you need to get burned in the same way twice.

63 posted on 07/07/2015 4:31:17 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: Soul of the South
All according to plan. Just like Perot in 1992 and 1996.

Yeah we could have had Bush 41 for a second term and Bob Dole.

64 posted on 07/07/2015 4:32:49 PM PDT by kabar
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To: CitizenUSA

Actually, Santorum is the best on immigration.


65 posted on 07/07/2015 4:33:39 PM PDT by kabar
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To: proust
LIFELONG LIBERAL DEMOCRAT"
Geez. 4 times in one thread. You really think your changing any minds?

And by making that comment you prove my point that you and others are knowingly supporting said LIFELONG LIBERAL DEMOCRAT. Thanks for that admission.

Five.

66 posted on 07/07/2015 4:34:33 PM PDT by South40 ("I probably identify more as a Democrat." ~Donald Trump)
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To: VinL

“23 Prominent Democrats Who Rolled In Donald Trump’s Dough”
http://thefederalist.com/2015/06/17/23-prominent-democrats-who-rolled-in-donald-trumps-dough/


67 posted on 07/07/2015 4:35:09 PM PDT by Nero Germanicus
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To: Colonel_Flagg

Cruz supports amnesty and wants to increase guest worker programs fourfold.


68 posted on 07/07/2015 4:35:10 PM PDT by kabar
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To: South40

Ad hominem attacks prove nothing.


69 posted on 07/07/2015 4:37:58 PM PDT by proust (Trump: We Shall Over-Comb!)
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To: proust

His history is not an attack. It’s his history. Have you seen my tagline?


70 posted on 07/07/2015 4:38:52 PM PDT by South40 ("I probably identify more as a Democrat." ~Donald Trump)
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To: Nero Germanicus

I don’t know anything at all about what he said about Clinton, but the Oprah thing is, of course, total BS latched onto by people who have nothing else to latch onto.


71 posted on 07/07/2015 4:43:20 PM PDT by odawg
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To: South40

It’s history out of context. Context matters.


72 posted on 07/07/2015 4:43:27 PM PDT by proust (Trump: We Shall Over-Comb!)
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To: SpeakerToAnimals

Greta had a poll at bottom of page asking if Trump had been mistreated. 86÷ agreed that he had been.


73 posted on 07/07/2015 4:43:35 PM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now?;)
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To: kabar
Cruz supports amnesty and wants to increase guest worker programs fourfold.

Cruz says he is “unequivocally opposed to amnesty” (his exact words) at the 4:27 mark in this video dated May 30, 2015.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL0FFJzqxwg

74 posted on 07/07/2015 4:43:44 PM PDT by South40 ("I probably identify more as a Democrat." ~Donald Trump)
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To: Talisker
Now LIBERAL Trump is pretending to be Perot 2, giving the current rallying-equivalent of "that giant sucking sound" and fooling a whole new generation of conservative rubes. Sorry you need to get burned in the same way twice.

I didn't get burned...You did...I voted for the one who gave us some hope...You must have voted for one of the other 2 anti-American losers...

75 posted on 07/07/2015 4:45:40 PM PDT by Iscool
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To: SpeakerToAnimals

Actually the delivery is what got EVERYONES attention. A mastery of marketing


76 posted on 07/07/2015 4:46:16 PM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now?;)
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To: proust
Nice try. Here is a short list on Trump's liberal leanings both past and present.

I am unaware of any conservative who has given 6-digit figures to the Clinton Foundation. Trump has.

I am unaware of any conservative who says, "people here ILLEGALLY should have 'a road to legal status' if they work hard and contribute to the country." Liberal Donald Trump said just that.

I am unaware of any conservative who wants to ban "assault weapons". There is no such thing you know. "Assault weapon" is a term created by anti-gun liberals so they could ban guns based on cosmetic appearances...and Trump, being the liberal that he is, fell for it.

I am unaware of any conservative who has said they want to extend the waiting periods to purchase a gun. Trump has.

I am unaware of any conservative who has praised as "Brilliant" gun-grabbing leftist Michael Bloomberg for "Putting His Money Where His Mouth Is" on guns.

I am unaware of any conservative saying they "probably identify more as Democrat" like Trump has.

And that is the LIFELONG LIBERAL DEMOCRAT you support.

Is that six or seven?

77 posted on 07/07/2015 4:46:27 PM PDT by South40 ("I probably identify more as a Democrat." ~Donald Trump)
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To: South40
Cruz wants to legalize the lawbreakers without a path to citizenship. Amnesty is allowing the lawbreakers to stay and work here. Cruz supports amnesty. He also supports increased guest worker programs. It depends on what the meaning of "is" is.

Cruz Tries to Claim the Middle Ground on Immigration

FYI: McCain, Obama, et. al. are all against amnesty. They use the term an earned path to citizenship which means paying a fine, learning English, and getting to the back of the line. They don't consider this amnesty, but it is. They just try to fool the gulible and the ignorant.

78 posted on 07/07/2015 4:50:41 PM PDT by kabar
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To: odawg
these Trump detractors NEVER challenge what Trump is saying,

That's because I could give two bleeps about what a candidate SAYS. In politics, talk was cheap, is cheap, and always will be cheap.

I care about what they have done. Cruz has fought the battles. Walker has fought the battles. That's why I'm considering them. Jeb and Graham I respect because they've fought the battles too, just for the wrong side in the party.

Trump on the other hand is a publicity hound and a mouth who needs to be in the spotlight. He also donated to Hillary for her presidential run. His actions show what he is, not his words.

79 posted on 07/07/2015 4:51:37 PM PDT by Darren McCarty (Leaning towards Cruz or Walker in 2016. No Jeb. No Graham. No Trump.)
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To: Iscool
I didn't get burned...You did...I voted for the one who gave us some hope...You must have voted for one of the other 2 anti-American losers...

Hope is a Democrat codeword for voluntary powerlessness.

Hope is for chumps.

80 posted on 07/07/2015 4:52:46 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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