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A GOP led by Donald Trump will fail, and deserve it
Washington Post ^ | July 30 2015 | Michael Gerson

Posted on 07/31/2015 1:17:04 PM PDT by WilliamIII

At this point in the 2016 presidential campaign, the noble, elusive stag of political rhetoric is pretty much road kill.

This judgment is unfair to a few candidates — Rick Perry, Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio come to mind — delivering thoughtful speeches. But in portions of the Republican field, the normal limits of civility have been crossed and recrossed in the relentless search for viral attention. Mike Huckabee compared the sitting president to a Nazi prison guard. Ted Cruz accused the Senate majority leader of being a liar. Donald Trump, well, opens his mouth. His opponents are invariably “clowns” and “stupid” and physically ugly. He mocks a war hero and reveals the cellphone number of another candidate.

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A GOP led by Donald Trump will fail, and deserve it...


41 posted on 07/31/2015 1:30:29 PM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: nascarnation

Dan’l Boone’s wife used to cut their boy’s hair with a bowl and a bowie knife too/


42 posted on 07/31/2015 1:31:19 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: WilliamIII
"A GOP led by Donald Trump will fail, and deserve it"

DUH!!! What does he think we want? The GOP hasn't been doing any of us any favors.

43 posted on 07/31/2015 1:31:28 PM PDT by Amntn
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To: WilliamIII

This is the same Washington Post who thinks Obamaland is a success. :)

To be completely fair, they never said who it was successful for.


44 posted on 07/31/2015 1:31:33 PM PDT by Tzimisce
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To: nascarnation

DC too, and half the candidates have that look.

Most have that polished little boy look and most don’t appear to have done a single day of physical work in their entire lives.

They males have children’s faces on adults bodies.


45 posted on 07/31/2015 1:33:18 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: WilliamIII
It seems as if World Wrestling Entertainment has conducted a hostile takeover of CNN.

Another CNN follower who totally misses the point. People have had it with career politicians and they respond to a person who doesn't say one message to one group and then say the opposite to another group. People want to hear a position, unchanged, stated clearly and without weasel words thrown in so they can back out if they want to. If you disagree, fine, vote for the other guy. Immigration policy? We have one, but no one bothers to enforce it. Voters are pissed off that Paco can sneak across the boarder and not only get all kinds of benefits, the Dems want to let him vote. People are fed up with politicians who don't enforce the law and if the GOP doesn't change to the party that does care about the law and the Constitution, screw 'em. I'm not giving them a dime.

46 posted on 07/31/2015 1:33:36 PM PDT by econjack (I'm not bossy...I just know what you should be doing.)
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To: WilliamIII
The Trump candidacy has revealed a huge attitudinal division in American life. Some of us have found it appalling that he should gain any traction in presidential politics. It seems as if World Wrestling Entertainment has conducted a hostile takeover of CNN.

I guess this pompous clown isn't bothered by a president who has lied shamelessly to push all his major policies, and has turned the executive branch into one big lying, stonewalling, cover-up operation to conceal the illegal and immoral behavior that he and his key cabinet members and agency heads have engaged in from day one.

All the evidence destroyed by the IRS and Hillary alone should land several dozen in prison. But with the entire executive branch engaged in cover-ups, including and especially the Justice Department, who knows if any justice will be done.

We should have had several special prosecutors at work on these scandals.

47 posted on 07/31/2015 1:33:57 PM PDT by Will88
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To: WilliamIII

Hey Mr Gerson,

Some of us are worried more about America


48 posted on 07/31/2015 1:34:05 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: C. Edmund Wright

It’s just too much fun watching them splutter and fume, isn’t it?

Loving it. Thoroughly.


49 posted on 07/31/2015 1:34:17 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: nascarnation

Ugly!


50 posted on 07/31/2015 1:34:57 PM PDT by Reagan0704
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To: dragnet2

DC is an amazing pocket of prosperity supported by the hinterland taxpayers.

All the boys have thousand dollar suits, and the girls 400 dollar dresses, shoes, and handbags.


51 posted on 07/31/2015 1:35:09 PM PDT by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: nascarnation

Says it all.


52 posted on 07/31/2015 1:35:18 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: dragnet2

Very presidential. Trump 2016!


53 posted on 07/31/2015 1:35:38 PM PDT by Reagan0704
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To: Covenantor
We need to get to the bottom of the Sid Blumenthal haircut - a horrible leftover from the 80s. Byron York suffers from the same haircut. It is some Washington affectation that occasionally occurs among New York journalists - Graydon Carter being a perfect example.
54 posted on 07/31/2015 1:36:59 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: I'd like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
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To: nascarnation

I understand the mega mansions and home prices in and around the DC camp are some of THE most expensive in the entire country. What a surprise.


55 posted on 07/31/2015 1:38:25 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: WilliamIII

Going on local info I will predict Trump will win the Old Bleepers vote. Tired of politicians, they are. Just left a big meeting of money folks here on the east coast of Florida and it is hard to fathom the support Trump is gathering


56 posted on 07/31/2015 1:41:46 PM PDT by halfright (FAST & FURIOUS! DON'T ALLOW THEM TO DIVERT YOUR ATTENTION.)
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To: WilliamIII

This article should cause a +2 rise in the Trump polls.


57 posted on 07/31/2015 1:42:01 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.)
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To: nascarnation

Mercy. No wonder these people are bitter.


58 posted on 07/31/2015 1:42:31 PM PDT by KGeorge (Hell no- we ain't forgettin')
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To: WilliamIII

? This is journalism?


59 posted on 07/31/2015 1:42:36 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: al baby

Nope—trump will win and it will shock the world—Progressive leftists are DONE. The nation is swings to the Tea Party and the right. Even the Rinos will not survive.


60 posted on 07/31/2015 1:42:54 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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