Posted on 02/03/2016 9:46:39 AM PST by SmokingJoe
Donald Trump's near third-place finish in the Iowa caucuses Monday night left the outspoken Republican presidential candidate open to mocking in his home state of New York, as well as in the national media.
The New York Daily News proclaimed that Trump was a "dead clown walking" who sounded "like [a] beaten man" in his measured speech congratulating Ted Cruz on his victory.
The New York Post declared Trump to be "Cruz-ified" and left humbled by runner-up status.
Meanwhile, The Des Moines Register, the largest newspaper in Iowa, focused on Cruz's victory:
Trump had bashed Cruz for weeks leading up to Monday's caucuses, going after his Canadian birth and accusing him of being a liar while Cruz for a time in January knocked Trump over his "New York values."
Cruz took 27.7 percent in Iowa, followed by Trump, at 24.3 percent, and Marco Rubio, at 23.1 percent. Cruz and Rubio outperformed opinion polls, while Trump came in several points below most polls heading into Monday.
Conservative columnist Jennifer Rubin on Tuesday labeled Trump "just another loser" in The Washington Post, while Chris Cillizza commented that with the loss, "the Trump balloon has sprung a leak."
Under the headline, "In Iowa, the Emperor has no clothes," U.S. News & World Report's Emily Arrowood wrote that "the self-proclaimed consummate winner, is now officially a loser."
And the conservative National Review, which put out an "Against Trump" issue last month, said in an editorial Tuesday that "having been beaten, Trump no longer looks unbeatable."
Are those the NY values Cruz was speaking of?
Those good ol New York values Trump was bragging about.
At least he still has his honor. Unlike Ted Cruz.
As it turns out, he may be the only one of the three whose team didn't use dirty tricks to get votes.
Everybody loves him.
Problem is the media has more where that came from.
Trump and honor cannot be used in the same sentence. Is this the same Trump that boasted that he had been screwing other men’s wives in one of his books? Even while he himself was married? And you think that makes Trump honorable? Don’t make me laugh.
Delegate count to date: Cruz 8, Trump 7, Rubio 7, Carson 3, Bush 1, Paul 1
NY Daily News makes a great fish wrapper.
How does second place become “near third place”?
Technically, Cruz should have blown everyone away, by a wide, crushing margin.
Instead, he barely managed a 3% win.
And slimy Rubio jumping in, is the real “story” here, to anyone paying attention.
New York Values.
They were all for Donald (I want a mulligan) Trump just a week or two ago.
Trump’s middle name is dirty tricks. He has been using dirty tricks on every single candidate that came close to him in the polls(and even those that didn’t come close to him in the polls as well) including calling Ben Carson a child molester. If that isn’t dirty tricks, what is?
Love that Two Corinthians leather
Not so fond of that Seven Commandment
Almost as bad as Ted screwing the public during an election process.
I do have more trust in Ted though.
When he said he’d call us as he slipped out the door the next morning, we knew he would to help pay off his unsecured Wall Street Goldman Sachs and Citibank loans.
I appreciate you admitting Ted used dirty tricks.
That’s a start in the right direction.
Good for you.
Ummmmmmmn.... Nope
Trump was leading Cruz in EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE LAST THIRTEEN POLLS, including leading by a massive 11% in the CNN and Fox polls. Trump shoulda blown Cruz out of the water. Instead Cruz came from behind and clobbered Trump.
Chuckle!
It’s not my fault if you can neither read nor understand English is it?
Good point. Ted camped out there for a year and still couldn’t win without Nixonian dirty tricks.
LOL
Next Wed it will all be changed.
Aww, my eyes are gettin all misty.
Poor guy.
Sniff sniff...
Your guy got caught with his hand in the cookie jar huh. LMAO
At least he lied and said he was sorry.
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