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Morning Plum: Donald Trump’s GOP rivals struggle to understand his appeal
The Washington Post ^
| 18 Aug 2015
| Greg Sargent
Posted on 08/18/2015 8:19:25 AM PDT by mandaladon
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Most RINOs are slow learners...
To: mandaladon
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posted on
08/18/2015 8:20:12 AM PDT
by
sarasota
To: mandaladon
To appeal to those voters, Walker will take a page from Ted Cruzs manual of demagoguery and distortions, arguing in a speech today that Washington Republicans let the country down by failing to live up to their promise to repeal Obamacare and that he would be willing to take on GOP leaders over their betrayal. Politico reports: And that is the problem. Politicians shift their values when they think it will appeal to voters. Walker doesn't believe this or else he'd be harping on it like Cruz has been. It's a belief driven by the need to get votes.
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posted on
08/18/2015 8:21:55 AM PDT
by
DouglasKC
(I'm pro-choice when it comes to lion killing....)
To: mandaladon
To appeal to those voters, Walker will take a page from Ted Cruzs manual of demagoguery and distortionsNo bias here.
Beyond that, Trump's core appeal is simple. He is speaking truth to the havoc that excessive immigration, both legal and illegal, has wrought on the living standards of the middle and lower classes. The rest of the crowd, with the exception of Walker, thinks we should just accept that and put some ice on it.
And Cruz, with his desire to expand H-1B visas fivefold, is part of the problem as well.
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posted on
08/18/2015 8:22:55 AM PDT
by
dirtboy
To: mandaladon
To appeal to those voters, Walker will take a page from Ted Cruzs manual of demagoguery and distortions...
Buh bye to the rest of this article!
To: sarasota
They must be deaf indeed. WaPo certainly doesn’t get it either.
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posted on
08/18/2015 8:25:53 AM PDT
by
bboop
(does not suffer fools gladly)
To: mandaladon
"The rise of Donald Trump has many of his GOP rivals asking: How can we steal away the source of his apparent appeal to GOP primary voters?"
Unfortunately for them, Trump's strongest appeal is that he isn't them and isn't a politician.
To: mandaladon
Here let me help them understand:
WE’RE SICK OF IT !!
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posted on
08/18/2015 8:29:05 AM PDT
by
A_Former_Democrat
(De-fund ALL "Sanctuary Cities" And remove the idiots in charge of them.)
To: mandaladon
Day late and a dollar short.
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posted on
08/18/2015 8:29:35 AM PDT
by
ripnbang
("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject")
To: sarasota
They must be deaf.
You're being kind.
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posted on
08/18/2015 8:36:30 AM PDT
by
COUNTrecount
(Race Baiting...... "It's What's For Breakfast")
To: COUNTrecount
Trump’s not even a RINO. He is a living breathing political trojan horse.
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posted on
08/18/2015 8:39:33 AM PDT
by
catfish1957
(I display the Confederate Battle Flag with pride in honor of my brave ancestors who fought w/ valor)
To: mandaladon
Walker wouldn’t take on anybody. He is the GOPe. This is so sad and pathetic everyone sees through it.
As far as I’m concerned every one of these 16 candidates could have come out long ago with the same ideas Trump is promoting but they didn’t and they have no belief in any of it. Only Ted Cruz has somewhat mirrored Trump.
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posted on
08/18/2015 8:41:27 AM 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.)
To: mandaladon
“demagoguery and distortions?” What THC has this dope-head been smoking?
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posted on
08/18/2015 8:45:25 AM PDT
by
LS
("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
To: DouglasKC
And he would have been out front with it like Trump was months ago, and not just out front, but in your face. ONLY Trump has produced an actual person-—a black man-—on stage whose son was killed by an illegal. This is hard stuff to ignore, even by the drive-bys.
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posted on
08/18/2015 8:46:34 AM PDT
by
LS
("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
To: COUNTrecount
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posted on
08/18/2015 8:47:30 AM PDT
by
sarasota
To: dirtboy
Trump has charisma, something Walker is lacking.
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posted on
08/18/2015 8:48:45 AM PDT
by
Catsrus
(M)
To: mandaladon
It’s easy he has balls,they dont
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posted on
08/18/2015 8:50:08 AM PDT
by
ballplayer
(hvexx NKK c bmytit II iyijjhihhiyyiyiyi it iyiiy II i hi jiihi ty yhiiyihiijhijjyjiyjiiijyuiiijihyii)
To: mandaladon
It’s so simple,this country has been pussified for so long when someone comes out and speaks their mind the sissies wet their pants
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posted on
08/18/2015 8:51:58 AM PDT
by
ballplayer
(hvexx NKK c bmytit II iyijjhihhiyyiyiyi it iyiiy II i hi jiihi ty yhiiyihiijhijjyjiyjiiijyuiiijihyii)
To: mandaladon; All
Gosh it is so hard to understand ....after all now that they have the senate and house immigration reform, repealing Ocare, tax reform, cutting government spending have all occurred.
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posted on
08/18/2015 8:53:21 AM PDT
by
Nifster
(I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
To: mandaladon
Inter-breeding with democrats will do that.
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