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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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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: conservatives; gope; hannity; trump
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To: COBOL2Java

You’re ridiculously impossible.

I’m not a defense attorney and I’m not out to destroy any women in court, or otherwise.

Shameful would be you for continuing with your nonsensical arguments and tactics.


61 posted on 08/27/2016 8:14:03 PM PDT by Heart of Georgia (#neverhellary ... but then, I'm just an uneducated hayseed)
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To: Heart of Georgia
You’re ridiculously impossible. I’m not a defense attorney and I’m not out to destroy any women in court, or otherwise. Shameful would be you for continuing with your nonsensical arguments and tactics.

LOL! I have no idea what you're talking about - you've descended into nonsensical writing. Defense attorney? Court? ROFL. Put down the hookah!

Oookay...Hoo boy

62 posted on 08/27/2016 8:18:56 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (Trump is to the political class what Uber is to taxicab companies)
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To: COBOL2Java

Just wow! I can’t believe you’re actually bringing innocent babies into this. You need to calm down and let it go for your own peace of mind. Really.


63 posted on 08/27/2016 8:21:56 PM PDT by Heart of Georgia (#neverhellary ... but then, I'm just an uneducated hayseed)
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To: Heart of Georgia
You're right! You're right...

(folks, if you're ever in an argument with a crazy person, just agree with them, and step away slowly)

64 posted on 08/27/2016 8:25:29 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (Trump is to the political class what Uber is to taxicab companies)
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To: ASA Vet

That faintly rings a bell....just wondering the NBC status of his son Barron. Not that it matters. :-)


65 posted on 08/27/2016 8:25:39 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Half the truth is often a great lie. B. Franklin)
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To: COBOL2Java

“LOL! I have no idea what you’re talking about - you’ve descended into nonsensical writing. Defense attorney? Court? ROFL.”

I got my nonsensical writing from your nonsensical writing.

“No wonder there are so few rape cases in the courts - defense attorneys set out to destroy the accusers”


66 posted on 08/27/2016 8:28:10 PM PDT by Heart of Georgia (#neverhellary ... but then, I'm just an uneducated hayseed)
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To: COBOL2Java

Great advice!

(stepping away slowly now)


67 posted on 08/27/2016 8:30:01 PM PDT by Heart of Georgia (#neverhellary ... but then, I'm just an uneducated hayseed)
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To: Titus-Maximus
Yet the GOPe cannot bring itself to talk about these things, or the abomination of the last 8 years in both the domestic and international arenas.

The GOPe and the DNC are two sides of the same coin. They both are in a fight to the death against Trump. If Trump wins the GOPe ceases to exist and the DNC will be mortally wounded by a Justice Department that prosecutes all crime be it DNC or GOPe. There are crimes enough to go around on both sides to make them fear Donald Trump.

Trump was not my first or second or third pick. He is our candidate. We have a choice in November between Tyranny or Trump. I chose Trump.

68 posted on 08/27/2016 8:40:52 PM PDT by cpdiii (DECKHAND ROUGHNECK MUDMAN GEOLOGIST PILOT PHARMACIST LIBERTARIAN , CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR!)
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To: little jeremiah
Baron William Trump born March 20, 2006 in New York, NY

Mother was Melania Knauss Naturalized in July 28, 2006
(which was after the birth of Baron, so he is not NBC)

69 posted on 08/27/2016 9:07:46 PM PDT by ASA Vet (Jus Soli + Jus Sanguinis = NBC)
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To: Titus-Maximus

Well written logical comments, much better than the article.

So not only does she have brains, but according to her screen name, she also appears to be (ahem).....well endowed.


70 posted on 08/27/2016 9:15:15 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (RATs and RINOs......same thing.)
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To: cpdiii

>>The GOPe and the DNC are two sides of the same coin. They both are in a fight to the death against Trump.
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This is the huge awakening that the Trump candidacy has exposed. It is Trump and We the People against the entire world’s Global Elitist Uber-Wealthy network of people who rule the world for their benefit, to the impoverishment of the common man.

It’s all coming to a head in November.

You are so correct. It will be Trump, or it will be HARD tyranny the likes of which Americans have NEVER known.


71 posted on 08/27/2016 9:17:33 PM PDT by Right-wing Librarian
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To: Right-wing Librarian

Agreed! Too few are aware or paying attention ... it has always been that for evil to win ... all it takes is for the good people to NOTHING!!!

Wake up America.

Is anything too hard for God? NO!


72 posted on 10/17/2016 10:18:56 AM PDT by midlander
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