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His Own Worst Enemy
Townhall.com ^ | August 27, 2015 | Derek Hunter

Posted on 08/27/2015 4:50:59 AM PDT by Kaslin

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To: Nervous Tick

Have another cup, my FRiend. You no doubt realize by now that Derek Jeter played baseball, not football!


41 posted on 08/27/2015 6:24:12 AM PDT by glennaro
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To: Kaslin

I think Ann Coulter and maybe even Laura Ingraham have both told him to tone down the 3 AM tweets, and I think you’ll see that.


42 posted on 08/27/2015 6:28:43 AM PDT by nikos1121 ("There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root." Thoreau)
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To: Rad_J

“What other journalists want to be publicly humiliated like Megyn Kelly and Jorge from Univision?”

Not to mention the free air time Trump gets from each incident. As they say, there’s no bad publicity.


43 posted on 08/27/2015 6:43:45 AM PDT by Rennes Templar
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To: glennaro

>> Derek Jeter played baseball, not football!

Boy is my face red! :-)


44 posted on 08/27/2015 6:58:38 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (There is no "allah" but satan, and mohammed was his demon-possessed tool.)
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To: miss marmelstein

If one thing has been proven, Donald Trump is NOT his own worst enemy. Do these people have a clue?

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At this point, I don’t think we have enough data to make the statement you make above.

Trump is in a brand new arena, trying to master the political universe. He’s clearly doing very well right now, but we’ve seen enough front runners come down to earth and then disappear, some, like Herman Cain, who were also new to the political universe.


45 posted on 08/27/2015 7:36:51 AM PDT by dmz
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To: Nervous Tick
Jeter played football ????

Go have another cup

46 posted on 08/27/2015 8:23:05 AM PDT by tx_eggman (Liberalism is only possible in that moment when a man chooses Barabas over Christ.)
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To: tx_eggman

>> Jeter played football ????

Yeah. He did.

BOB Jeter, that is: https://www.google.com/#q=jeter+packers+football

Clearly, I was seven or eight playing cards short of a full deck this AM...


47 posted on 08/27/2015 8:42:36 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (There is no "allah" but satan, and mohammed was his demon-possessed tool.)
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To: dmz

Up until today, he is NOT his own worst enemy. And he can’t compare to Herman Cain who was hamstrung by Gloria Alred. I don’t see Trump being hamstrung by anybody at this point much less that creep.


48 posted on 08/27/2015 9:16:08 AM 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: gr8eman

It’s all about perception.

My guy, Ted Cruz, has two personas.
One is the constitutional conservative who will fight his own party.
The other is the loving christian family man.

Trump has at least three personas.

One is The Donald.
The brash, flamboyant billionaire whose ego and braggadocio knows no bounds.
The man who can say anything at anytime just because he wants to.
The New York street fighter who doesn’t back down.

The second is the cold, calculating business man who swims with the sharks and wins.
He knows his name is The Brand and won’t let others get the best of him in a business deal.

The third, and least known, is Trump the family man.

Divorced, but still on decent terms with his first wife.

His children have avoided the traps many children of the wealthy fall victim to.
No sex tapes starring them have surfaced.
No arrests for drunken behaviour.
They appear to be well raised, successful people.

Ted Cruz is a “here I am, this is all there is to see” type of person.
I don’t view that as a bad thing.
In fact, simple person I am, I like it.

Donald Trump changes his persona to fit the situation like he changes jackets for different occasions.
He wears the personality appropriate for the occasion.
I don’t view that as a negative.
He gets the most out of who he is.


49 posted on 08/27/2015 10:18:50 AM PDT by oldvirginian (A proud CRUZ CRAZY and VRWC member)
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To: oldvirginian

Cruz’s turned me off with his nonsense about “Legal immigration is good, only illegal is bad.”


50 posted on 08/27/2015 10:24:23 AM PDT by Dagnabitt
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To: Dagnabitt

So you want no immigration at all?
I don’t mind limited legal immigrants.
We end up with people like Einstein, a true genius.
And Nicola Tesla who saved us from Edison’s love of DC power.

It was the sons of immigrants who helped defeat Hitler and Tojo.

I am a descendant of immigrants. Most of the people in this country are.

Legal immigrants with an education and the desire to assimilate should be welcomed on a limited basis.

It’s the illegals who refuse to assimilate, who suck the wealth of the country and demand we accept them who bring no value to our society.

So, yes, legal but limited is good.
Illegal is very bad.


51 posted on 08/27/2015 10:47:59 AM PDT by oldvirginian (A proud CRUZ CRAZY and VRWC member)
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To: oldvirginian

Cruz didn’t say what you’re saying.


52 posted on 08/27/2015 11:30:24 AM PDT by Dagnabitt
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To: Kaslin
If Donald Trump can’t handle tough questions about his past statements without continually throwing a fit...

Behold the new, slightly more successful, narrative the GOPe is trying to float.

Personally, I have no problem with the Donald launching pre-emptive strikes against identifiable enemies, nor conducting mopping-up operations against defeated foes.

53 posted on 08/27/2015 11:39:32 AM PDT by papertyger (Trump: Throwing off such Government!)
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To: Erik Latranyi
I agree, it is enough with the Trump vs Meghan Kelly thing. Trump should just ignore it and say nothing. Be bigger and act Presidential. The author is correct, if Trump cannot control himself or holds grudges, he may not have the temperament for being the next POTUS. Those are legitimate concerns.

Horse hockey. He's got a fine temperament in management mode. But in media mode, he has to think like a general.

54 posted on 08/27/2015 11:42:30 AM PDT by papertyger (Trump: Throwing off such Government!)
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To: Buttons12
Because he’s very, very rich — and with a fortune he MADE, no less — he’s never learned to control himself? Derek Hunter, I can’t believe you wrote that. No, really. Go sit in a corner.

Exactly! This wasn't an analysis; it was a postulate.

55 posted on 08/27/2015 12:29:31 PM PDT by papertyger (Trump: Throwing off such Government!)
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To: nhwingut
Quite the rambling article. What was the thesis?

"Donald Trump appears to have an out-of-control ego in need of constant feeding, which is coupled with no ability to control himself."

56 posted on 08/27/2015 12:33:28 PM PDT by papertyger (Trump: Throwing off such Government!)
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To: Rad_J
The press is actually complaining that somebody ELSE is piling on instead of just them?

It would seem there are a few FReepers of equally delicate sensibility ;)

57 posted on 08/27/2015 12:36:56 PM PDT by papertyger (Trump: Throwing off such Government!)
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To: Dagnabitt

I said what *I* said.
My viewpoint.
And I presented it as my viewpoint.

Do you have a link to what Cruz said about immigration?
Or are you harping on the same old H1B amendment he submitted to a bill?

BTW, you didn’t answer my question.
Are you against all immigration?
Do you want us to throw the baby out with the bath water?
Seal all borders air tight and let no one in?


58 posted on 08/27/2015 1:41:06 PM PDT by oldvirginian (A proud CRUZ CRAZY and VRWC member)
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