Posted on 01/27/2016 8:21:05 PM PST by Helicondelta
Tomorrow night, Republican front-runner Donald Trump might become the first presidential candidate ever to win a debate he didn't show up for. The other candidates will show up like they're supposed to, and they'll stand at their podiums answering questions. Some opinion writers will spin theories like, "Trump doesn't really want to win" or "This will be what finally does Trump in."
Some anti-Trump Republicans will believe this is the other candidates' chance to shine. They'll talk about their first-month-in-office goals. They'll talk about their policies and tax plans. Nobody will mention that Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.) and Ohio Gov. John Kasich are on the ends because they barely got in, but there may be some old-school prepackaged zingers. Someone will unleash one of those zingers and think it will make a great sound bite for the media to play over and over. He won't understand that "the zinger" is a dead art; a relic for future archaeologists. They'll dust it off and discover Trump's teeth marks on it.
Trump won't miss making news by skipping the debate. Trump is the news. I wrote last week in The Hill that the Republican Party and the media don't pull Trump's strings; he pulls theirs. This is what I meant. This is Trump pulling the media's strings. After the debate, the big story isn't going to be what former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio argued civilly about or whose flat tax proposal The Wall Street Journal likes best.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
I have also won tomorrow’s debate, because now I don’t have to watch the silly thing.
Hear, hear...I feel better already.
If Cruz is such a stand up guy , why doesnt he take the high road and say “Look , Trumps been bashing me but you know what?....FOX was going to ambush him with three douchebags off Youtube...I just want to mention , thats despicable.”
If Cruz is such a stand up guy , why doesnt he take the high road and say “Look , Trumps been bashing me but you know what?....FOX was going to ambush him with three douchebags off Youtube...I just want to mention , thats despicable.”
“Like the rest of them, he isn’t perfect. The difference is, everyone else is pretending to be.”
Yup.
Can’t argue with that.
OR offer to debate him Thursday night in a neutral arena. Proceeds to go to Disabled Veterans. Fox would go wild.
I do know that Trump will win on the Drudge voting without being there.
Weeeeellll...
Good question.
He would have done that if he wasn’t so desperate. He’s losing Iowa and he doesn’t have any other cards to play.
Donald J. Trump â€@realDonaldTrump 57m57 minutes ago
FOX debate advertising rates falling like a rock! Tune into my special event for the Veterans at 9pm EST!
Or even if a couple of the other also-rans like Christie and Paul said screwit and stood with Trump in Des Moines.
Trump, you magnificent scoundrel, LOL
I wish those three leftist plants would go mainstream. It’s unconscionable that Fox would bring in an illegal and a Muslim Trump hater to join the blonde Trump hater and I haven’t seen a word in mainstream media.
This story needs to get out because it shows Fox’s scheme to take Trump out.
He he he
Hahahaha go Trump go!
A stand-up guy would say, "To avoid any APPEARANCE of impropriety, my wife is resigning her senior executive position at Goldman Sachs and I am accepting no more contributions from GS, JP Morgan or any other Wall Street Banks. I am also returning the donations made to me by gay pressure groups when I have met with them in their homes at fundraisers in New York. (don't hold your breath.)
Because he’s a ‘baller’ as my 14 year old son says...
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.