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Donald Trump broke the conservative media
Business Insider ^ | 8.27.2016 | Oliver Darcy

Posted on 08/27/2016 9:29:48 AM PDT by Titus-Maximus

Sean Hannity, sitting comfortably in his air-conditioned New York studios on a hot August afternoon, was on a fiery rant. "Honestly, I am tempted to just say I don't support any of you people ever," he barked. The Fox News host and conservative personality was fed up with Republican leaders in Washington — and he wasn't hiding it from the millions of listeners tuned into his radio program. "If in 96 days Trump loses this election, I am pointing the finger directly at people like [House Speaker] Paul Ryan and [Senate Majority Leader] Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham and John McCain and John Kasich and Ted Cruz — if he won't endorse — and Jeb Bush and everybody else that made promises they're not keeping," Hannity exclaimed, later threatening to endorse Ryan's far-right primary challenger. The bombastic diatribe against the so-called GOP establishment was nothing new from Hannity. For years, he had cast himself as an outside crusader defending conservative values and principles from a liberal president and, even worse, cowardly Republicans who would allegedly bow to that president's demands. But in 2016, the criticism from Hannity and a vocal faction of the conservative news media reached a fever pitch. The occasional needling of Republicans morphed into full-blown, searing criticism. Even figures like Ryan and Cruz, considered by most to have iron-clad conservative credentials, were no longer safe. In fact, throughout the election season, it has appeared that Republicans have fielded more attacks from their supposed friends on the right than their political opponents on the left. It's an incidental twist, considering how Republicans helped foster the growth of the conservative news media in order to avoid the skewering of mainstream journalists. Instead, it appears their plan of using friendly pundits to

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KEYWORDS: conservatives; gope; hannity; trump
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To: Titus-Maximus

Reference bump


41 posted on 08/27/2016 3:46:04 PM PDT by RhoTheta (US foreign policy under BO: 'Talk butchly and carry a small twig.' -- Mark Steyn)
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To: Titus-Maximus


42 posted on 08/27/2016 3:53:17 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Forward the Light Brigade
in the next election Donald Trump Jr. will run and win

Donald Trump, Jr. born December 31, 1977
His mother Ivana naturalized May 25, 1988

Donald Jr. is not a Natural Born Citizen, for the same reason Rafael isn't.

In fact none of Trumps children are NBC, except
Tiffany Ariana Trump born October 13, 1993 in New York, NY. Her mother Marla Maples born October 27, 1963 in Cohutta, GA was a citizen at Tiffany's birth.

43 posted on 08/27/2016 4:17:45 PM PDT by ASA Vet (Jus Soli + Jus Sanguinis = NBC)
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To: Rashputin

The above is not your opinion. It is fact.


44 posted on 08/27/2016 5:49:12 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Half the truth is often a great lie. B. Franklin)
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To: ASA Vet

What about Melania, when was she naturalized?


45 posted on 08/27/2016 5:50:14 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Half the truth is often a great lie. B. Franklin)
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To: Heart of Georgia; The Sons of Liberty
Adultery is sin. Gossip and spreading falsehood is sin. Sin is sin and all need forgiveness.

Spreading falsehood? Who was spreading falsehood?

46 posted on 08/27/2016 5:57:51 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (Trump is to the political class what Uber is to taxicab companies)
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To: little jeremiah
I don't recall exactly. I remember doing the research, but as she has no children it wasn't important enough to save. I believe it was after her marriage to Trump.
47 posted on 08/27/2016 6:00:21 PM PDT by ASA Vet (Jus Soli + Jus Sanguinis = NBC)
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To: little jeremiah
There was a thread about it shortly after Trump first announced his immigration stance. The anti’s were trying to use her, to say would have to deport his wife.
48 posted on 08/27/2016 6:04:03 PM PDT by ASA Vet (Jus Soli + Jus Sanguinis = NBC)
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To: Titus-Maximus

With paragraphs:

http://www.businessinsider.com/conservative-media-trump-drudge-coulter-2016-8


49 posted on 08/27/2016 6:17:37 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: COBOL2Java

Maybe no one, maybe thousands. I don’t know about the validity of the claims being spread about Cruz; neither do you. I do know Christians are warned against doing it to other Christians.


50 posted on 08/27/2016 6:59:16 PM PDT by Heart of Georgia (#neverhellary ... but then, I'm just an uneducated hayseed)
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To: Heart of Georgia; The Sons of Liberty
Maybe no one, maybe thousands. I don’t know about the validity of the claims being spread about Cruz; neither do you. I do know Christians are warned against doing it to other Christians.

I'll repeat what The Sons of Liberty told you in Post #35, which you conveniently chose to ignore:

"Gossip" CONFIRMED by some of the bimbos that came forward and confirmed it.

So it seems that YOU are the one who is spreading lies here, in your attempt to defend Cruz.

So will you heed your own Christian warnings? Or ignore those as well?

51 posted on 08/27/2016 7:15:32 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (Trump is to the political class what Uber is to taxicab companies)
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To: COBOL2Java

I didn’t intentionally ignore the post in #35. There’s an ongoing glitch in my PING light and I have to search out postings to myself. I’m sure I miss many.

Considering the nature of gossip, I do find it amusing that I’m supposed to respond to “confirmed gossip” by “bimbos that came forward.”

What lie am I spreading?


52 posted on 08/27/2016 7:41:41 PM PDT by Heart of Georgia (#neverhellary ... but then, I'm just an uneducated hayseed)
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To: Heart of Georgia
"Maybe no one, maybe thousands. I don’t know about the validity of the claims being spread about Cruz; neither do you."

Proof has been presented to you.

53 posted on 08/27/2016 7:42:47 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (Trump is to the political class what Uber is to taxicab companies)
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To: Heart of Georgia

But by all means, continue to defend Lyin’ Ted Cruz. You are one of a shrinking number.


54 posted on 08/27/2016 7:43:46 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (Trump is to the political class what Uber is to taxicab companies)
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To: Heart of Georgia
Considering the nature of gossip, I do find it amusing that I’m supposed to respond to “confirmed gossip” by “bimbos that came forward.”

You're no better than James Carville. I suppose you can defend Ted Cruz by saying "Drag a hundred-dollar bill through a trailer park, you never know what you'll find," eh?

55 posted on 08/27/2016 7:46:18 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (Trump is to the political class what Uber is to taxicab companies)
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To: COBOL2Java

I will, and didn’t need your permission. I also defend Herman Cain. No proof there, either.


56 posted on 08/27/2016 7:50:20 PM PDT by Heart of Georgia (#neverhellary ... but then, I'm just an uneducated hayseed)
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To: COBOL2Java

Alinsky tactics, huh? You sound like one of james carville’s favorite presidential candidates.


57 posted on 08/27/2016 7:55:06 PM PDT by Heart of Georgia (#neverhellary ... but then, I'm just an uneducated hayseed)
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To: Heart of Georgia

It’s always the same with people who have to defend adulterous politicians. Attack the women. Crush all “bimbo eruptions”.

No wonder there are so few rape cases in the courts - defense attorneys set out to destroy the accusers. And Lyin’ Ted’s got his defenders still. Shameful.

Herman Cain was one instance - certainly defend him, but sleazebag Lyin’ Ted Cruz? Good Lord!


58 posted on 08/27/2016 7:55:18 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (Trump is to the political class what Uber is to taxicab companies)
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To: Heart of Georgia

That’s alright, keep on defending your favorite sleazebag. With God’s grace he and his father will wind up crawling back into that hole they crawled out of.


59 posted on 08/27/2016 7:56:43 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (Trump is to the political class what Uber is to taxicab companies)
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To: Heart of Georgia

I mostly worry about the children. Those poor kids. To hate the father the way they do! It’s no wonder - to Lyin’ Ted they’re no more than mere props for his political ambitions.

They’ll need plenty of therapy when they get older.


60 posted on 08/27/2016 8:00:47 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (Trump is to the political class what Uber is to taxicab companies)
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