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Donald Trump Can’t Say 'No' - Is That What We Want in a President?
National Review ^ | November 20, 2015 | Charles C. W. Cooke

Posted on 11/20/2015 11:30:00 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife

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To: nopardons

>>”He’s all for our laws and the Constitution.”

How would you answer these criticisms?:

http://goo.gl/VibOIe

https://goo.gl/uTnbXH


161 posted on 11/21/2015 1:12:36 AM PST by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj
BRAVO !
162 posted on 11/21/2015 1:12:39 AM PST by nopardons
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To: Cobra64

He not only has excellent advisers, he has a quick natural instinct for answering these questions. Maybe it has been honed by all his years as a negotiator, as well.

By the way, he mentions Carl Icahn so frequently that I wonder if he is considering him for vice president, not just a cabinet position. Seems like he is trying to get the general population familiar with the name.


163 posted on 11/21/2015 1:12:55 AM PST by firebrand
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To: fieldmarshaldj

“Absent Trump, we’d be seeing a media-orchestrated contest between El Jebbe and Walker over which would earn the right to lose to the Butcheress of Benghazi.”

Amen. And that’s an apt handle for Hitlery. Also, absent Trump, they’d all be clamoring to shove comprehensive immigration reform aka amnesty down our throats.


164 posted on 11/21/2015 1:14:35 AM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to to God!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Cooke's piece nicely tees up my feelings about Trump and his ideology.
No one really cares what your feelings are.
165 posted on 11/21/2015 1:16:08 AM PST by lewislynn ( Ted Cruz will never be elected President)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

The day is incomplete until the last TRUMP defamation article written that day is read. And for the past 24 plus hours this has been a busy day indeed.

To all the anti TRUMPS across this fruited plain... remember this- He leads at the moment, he is a proven, accomplished AMERICAN man who gets things done, makes it happen, gets the ball rolling, shakes it up. He makes a practice at being successful and it shows.

So let it be said, every possible move has been attempted to bring this Man down. And guess what? HE IS STILL STANDING. The suggestion to you would be give it up. You begin to look like fools after so much time and this is the point where that begins...

The last attempt indicates the barrel has been scraped clean...there is only one other way to get the job done in bringing him down. And THAT is unlawful. If used, you might not live to regret it and if you happened to live, it might be behind bars. Allow the man to continue to campaign. It’s his right to do so, just as it is yours to refuse to vote for him or anyone else. BUT STOP with the constant lies and fairy tales. It does not help you nor does it help our AMERICA. After all, we’re in this together at least we were at one time not long ago.

TO the MFM - It’s time you took a pledge to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

GO TRUMP! GO CRUZ! ~ YOU WIN OR WE LOSE!!


166 posted on 11/21/2015 1:16:54 AM PST by V K Lee (u TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP to TRIUMPH Follow the lead MAKE AMERICA GREAT)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

I’m not going to changer your mind, but, obviously, we disagree.

>>”Absent Trump, we’d be seeing a media-orchestrated contest between El Jebbe and Walker..”

I don’t think so at all. Maybe Walker would have hung in longer. I think we’ll end up without Trump and Carson - by spring, and go from there.

It would be better for conservatives without the delay; but, then again, we disagree.


167 posted on 11/21/2015 1:19:39 AM PST by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: nopardons
Reagan did NOT ever lay out his plans during the primary seasons

I see you still don't understand what I said. But since you brought Reagan up, let me use him to further my argument.

Reagan did a lot of policy speaking, in general terms, but that's not my point.

Time after time, in his campaign speeches as well as his media covered speeches to various interests, Reagan explained Conservatism in a way the average Joe could understand it. It was all impromptu, never used notes and backed everything up with little lessons about US history.

This is what I mean.

As to Trumps posted policy papers, I note that he never gets into them, other that a short quip or accusation. That is what is meant when I say no substantive arguments or illustrations.

As to your list of attributes, I don't doubt them. Those are good average American patriot opinions. But I am looking for someone who can put those opinions into a speech and illustrate why they are good opinions...

To be more blunt, I want the steak, not just the sizzle.

168 posted on 11/21/2015 1:20:29 AM PST by Cold Heat
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To: grania

I love it when he says “bomb the shit out them.” And so does the huge crowds roaring their approval. Same with build the wall, and deport them all! And then his poll numbers peak... again! No one goes directly to and connects with the people like Trump.


169 posted on 11/21/2015 1:23:16 AM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to to God!)
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To: nopardons

I respect your choice anyway, but it doesn’t seem you have an argument against Trump’s lack of integrity.


170 posted on 11/21/2015 1:23:22 AM PST by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: V K Lee

Well said.

I am a Cruz supporter and avoid the primary fights among Freepers this year.

I have posted yesterday and today in defense of Trump because of the posts repeating a media lie about what Trump said.

GO CRUZ*****GO TRUMP


171 posted on 11/21/2015 1:42:32 AM PST by MEG33 (God Bless America And Our Troops)
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To: CottonBall

Trump is not a conservative. Trump is still the best candidate. There ya go.


172 posted on 11/21/2015 1:42:39 AM PST by ichabod1 (Spriiingtime for islam, and tyranny. Winter for US and frieeends. . .)
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To: Fai Mao

Pathetic attempts at humor is this piece as well. Cooke is way too heavy-handed a writer to be witty.


173 posted on 11/21/2015 1:49:22 AM PST by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: I like to destroy the Turks (Moslims))
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To: M1911A1

YEah, and the day he’s elected that will all STOP and they will be trying to come to surrender terms with him. Recall the hostages flying home on Reagan’s inauguration. This is all old hat. They said all the same things about Reagan but now he is one of the all time great presidents.


174 posted on 11/21/2015 1:50:37 AM PST by ichabod1 (Spriiingtime for islam, and tyranny. Winter for US and frieeends. . .)
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To: Spktyr

The more succinct way to say that is : “A woman scorned...” There is something about hell and fury too...


175 posted on 11/21/2015 1:51:07 AM PST by SandwicheGuy (*The butter acts as a lubricant and speedi don't like!s up the CPU*ou)
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To: Cold Heat

He is a late arrival to the political arena. He was busy building his empire and couldn’t use other criteria for picking whom to donate to. Now he is working out his policies carefully—yes, with his advisers, as everyone does.

I would wait and see what he proposes for his health care plan, instead of assuming it’s going to be universal, single-payer. One thing you can be sure of, it will be more affordable for the average person, who right now is paying for all the Obama incompetence and corruption.

I hope he does that before Iowa or at least before New Hampshire.


176 posted on 11/21/2015 1:54:24 AM PST by firebrand
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To: SandwicheGuy

I bet she does the exact same thing when one of her friends doesn’t get selected for something or ‘her’ contestant loses on one of the big talent shows like The Voice.


177 posted on 11/21/2015 1:57:14 AM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: firebrand

It seems to me that the only one that is being held to this standard of having to give a definitive answer, on everything, is Trump. Only when he started giving out more detailed plans on issues, did everyone else.

I realize the article and thread isn’t about Rubio, but I can’t help but comment on the fact that he isn’t ever asked anything requiring details. More importantly, he lies through his teeth about immigration and never gets called out on it.


178 posted on 11/21/2015 1:57:49 AM PST by qaz123
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To: D-fendr
I respect your choice anyway, but it doesn’t seem you have an argument against Trump’s lack of integrity.

By your standard, Abraham had no integrity. Jacob had no integrity. Moses had no integrity. David had no integrity.

Indeed, when your standard is such that Jesus Christ had no integrity, I submit you are destined for the trash heap of human memory.

179 posted on 11/21/2015 2:13:21 AM PST by papertyger
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To: Cold Heat

When you really know you’re right about what is best for the American people, it is actually a moral imperative to sell that idea to the people by whatever means you can.

Trump’s message is very simple. And he repeats it in every speech. Not shallow, because there is policy behind it, but simple, like when a professor uses the old rule of “tell them what you’re gonna tell them.”

“Sizzle” is the wrong word, too. Restaurants create the sizzle by throwing water on the plate right before it comes out of the kitchen. “Sizzle” means deceptive.


180 posted on 11/21/2015 2:26:31 AM PST by firebrand
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