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Carson edges Trump as likely GOP nominee (Rasmussen Reports poll
WND ^ | 9/18/2015 | Staff

Posted on 09/19/2015 8:30:50 AM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist

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To: Longbow1969
I am hopeful for that outcome, but Cruz is an actual ideological conservative - to stop him the media, academia and the entertainment establishment will do anything. Trump is more an amusement for them, Cruz would be a dagger in their hearts - and they know it. If the left senses Cruz might win the nomination they will not let him go unscathed.

Quite true...nor anyone else.

161 posted on 09/19/2015 10:52:16 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: DoughtyOne
They are not accusations. They are factual statements. If they were from 20 years ago or so you would have a point. Some of the ultraliberalism has been done very recently - even this year.

Your arguments are nonsensical.

This reveals a person who is incapable of being happy. They derive meaning in life from complaining.

Oh, I see - no one should point out facts or valid concerns - means they are incapable of being happy. It's time to shut it and just engage in "happy talk" and leave the facts and concerns on the cutting room floor.

162 posted on 09/19/2015 10:58:09 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: mkjessup

A poll Trump doesn’t lead in??? Oh noes, better mock it!!!!!


163 posted on 09/19/2015 11:12:13 PM PDT by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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To: Republican Wildcat

What are you foaming at the mouth about now?

Did it occur to you to give an example so I can respond to it?


164 posted on 09/19/2015 11:48:38 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.)
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To: catnipman

My choice= Ted Cruz. His record tells me that he is the best option based on his actual history and actions while in a position of power, not mere words and promises. And while I do not believe he is or would be free from mistakes, his past ACTIONS are a fair predictor of future performance.

Can he go to the dark side? Sure. He’s human. Will he? Doubtful based on history. Ergo, best choice.


165 posted on 09/20/2015 3:18:57 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart ("The road is long...and I must poop." - Volarian Lionheart/Hero of the people)
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To: Hawthorn

Actions speak louder than words. Pretty east to tell when someone is serious. Rubio for example, disavowed his gang of 8 crap while never once doing or saying anything to contradict his actions and in fact, doubled down in both word and deed. Obviously he was as sincere as Mitt Romney. Pretty much did the polar opposite of everything to show his sincerity on the subject.

Like I said, pretty easy to do the math. The problem isn’t pol’s say one thing do another crap. The problem is the voter and his willingness to throw the evidence of his eyes out the window in order to maintain their standing in online cliques and sit at the cool kids tables because the mentality of high school never ends with far too many people.


166 posted on 09/20/2015 3:28:01 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart ("The road is long...and I must poop." - Volarian Lionheart/Hero of the people)
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To: Impy
A poll Trump doesn’t lead in??? Oh noes, better mock it!!!!!

Check your reading comprehension, I wasn't mocking the poll, I was mocking the sorry sufferers of TDS(c) who seize upon ANY remotely negative Trump story like cockroaches pounce on a hunk of moldy cheese under a kitchen counter.

It's sad, truly sad.
167 posted on 09/20/2015 3:49:36 AM PDT by mkjessup (If you really support Ted Cruz, don't be trashing Trump, Cruz doesn't, why should you?)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist
The Gravis Marketing poll was liked a little while back by Trump supporters when it showed Trump way ahead but is despised by them now when it shows Fiorina and Trump tied. See how it works?

Indeed I do.

There is only one poll that will matter in each state for the nomination cycle, and there is only one poll that will matter in each state for the general election cycle.

Nowadays, public opinion polling is riddled with holes.

For instance, this particular poll is reported as follows:

A post-debate poll finds that Ben Cason has leap-frogged over businessman Donald Trump as the candidate most Republican voters believe will win the GOP nomination.
Apparently, the respondents weren't being asked who their candidate preference was, but rather who they (Republican voters) believed will win the GOP nomination.

Do you or anybody else really think that Ben Carson has any chance whatsoever of winning the GOP nomination?

If so, then you're as naive as these respondents apparently were.

And if not, then why are you touting this poll, which isn't even a candidate preference poll? Because you're a troll with an anti-Trump agenda, that's why!

I'd love to know how these respondents were screened.

Opinion polls can obviously be manipulated to prop up just about any notion one can imagine.

Candidate preference polls are, for pretty obvious reasons, the most cogent.

Polls which, on the other hand, ask some irrelevant touchy-feely question in a transparent attempt to foment some ludicrous meme, with the intent to obfuscate the real state of things, should rightly be dismissed by any rational person.

Anyone who can't see that Donald Trump is the clear front-runner is willfully blind at this point.

As for Ben Carson, who has absolutely no executive experience, I'm quite sorry to say that Barack 0bama has virtually guaranteed that there won't be another black President elected, conservative or liberal, for probably a generation or so. Affirmative action doesn't work too well with the Presidency, it would seem.

Parenthetically, I like italics...

168 posted on 09/20/2015 4:34:16 AM PDT by sargon
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To: conservative98

>> After he gets the nomination, he said he will rely on the RNC for funds <<

In other words, so much for 100% self-financing. Just go to the vile and despicable RNC. But actually, it’s OK, because we all know that DT can do no wrong.


169 posted on 09/20/2015 6:21:03 AM PDT by Hawthorn
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To: Norm Lenhart

“My choice= Ted Cruz.”

Me too. But unfortunately Cruz polls below Bush. But hey, maybe the GOPe strategy of siphoning away Trump’s vote with the Trojan horse Fiorina will help Cruz, esp. when most of the rest of the 15 dwarfs dropout. But by then, I expect Fiorina to be nuked as her horrific past trickles into the consciousness of the average Pub and Trump is likely to be ascendent again, so Trump/Cruz may be the ticket.


170 posted on 09/20/2015 7:41:21 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: highball

Ah yes... part of the long term plan.

It works out quite well because now when the media says he is slipping it has even more effect When Donald can no longer say I am ahead in the polls. It has the effect of persuading the populous that he not so good after all.


171 posted on 09/20/2015 10:14:28 AM PDT by Revel
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To: Windflier
I think it’s a shame that you’re being allowed to waste JimRob’s bandwidth, waging your crackpot jihad to destroy Donald Trump (as if you even could).

It’s an abuse of the posting privileges JimRob has extended to you. Your ‘dump Trump’ threads aren’t adding anything of value to this website.

I click on threads to read the responses, and just about the time my foggy synapses start snapping, I see my thoughts in print staring back at me. Free Republic is so wonderful in that way.

172 posted on 09/20/2015 10:24:08 AM PDT by going hot
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To: erkelly

Simple, you can’t.

Which is why the only poll to believe is the vote on election day

(I am not saying all polls are dishonest, I am saying we have no way of knowing if one is honest, or fake or even accurate. I would say most polls, especially those done by the media are done to influence people not to provide information.)


173 posted on 09/21/2015 6:26:37 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I do not doubt that our climate changes. I only doubt that anything man does has any effect.)
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