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Trump’s week reveals bleak view, dubious statements in ‘alternative universe’
The Washington Compost ^ | 09/24/2016 | Michael Kranish, Jose DelReal and Sean Sullivan

Posted on 09/24/2016 12:15:41 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

HIGH POINT, N.C. — Donald Trump’s week began in the wake of explosions in New Jersey and New York. It ended in the aftermath of shootings and riots. For a candidate whose strategy relies on painting a dystopian view of the nation - often based on inaccurate and questionable claims - the tragedies yielded a trove of political opportunities.

Shortly after the first bomb went off -- Trump boasted that he had been ahead of newscasters in calling it a “bomb” -- he seized upon the terrorist act as justification for some of the most disputed things he has said since announcing his presidential bid.

Terrorism wouldn’t have happened if others had opposed the Iraq war as he did, Trump said, even though he had said at the time in a radio interview he supported the war. The problem increased because Hillary Clinton has “been silent about Islamic terrorism for many years,” Trump claimed falsely. Trump called for profiling people, but insisted he “never” suggested targeting Muslims, even though he held an event specifically to propose a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States” and has called for “surveillance of certain mosques.”


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The more writers an article has, the more lies it contains.
1 posted on 09/24/2016 12:15:41 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Often the game seems to be “Pan Trump.”

I believe more and more that Trump is divinely driven, a flawed sinner yet coming under greater and greater control by the Holy Spirit.

This is what the gotcha-meisters are seeing and trying to destroy.


2 posted on 09/24/2016 12:18:51 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Why are you posting all this crap to FR?


3 posted on 09/24/2016 12:19:31 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Articles like these seem timed to coincide with the debate (e.g. “Mr. Trump, the NYT says .....”).


4 posted on 09/24/2016 12:20:05 PM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: Jim Robinson

I’ll never post again.


5 posted on 09/24/2016 12:20:21 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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The 3 authors...I kid you not.

6 posted on 09/24/2016 12:20:52 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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You could have done it privately.

I’m through.


7 posted on 09/24/2016 12:21:23 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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This is exactly the sort of article that the MSM published about Ronald Reagan in the weeks leading up to his election victory on November 4th, 1980.


8 posted on 09/24/2016 12:23:35 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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"The more writers an article has, the more lies it contains. "

It only takes one leftist writer from the fifth-column Washington Compost for an article to be one continuous lie.

9 posted on 09/24/2016 12:26:36 PM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

It all sounds good to me.


10 posted on 09/24/2016 12:26:56 PM PDT by Williams (Deplorable Me)
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Trump is a liar! Even when what he says is true he is necessarily lying.>P>Of course he is. He is not a certified Liberal or Communist. Ergo, therefore, and QED, he is lying whenever he speaks.

In the Liberal Webster, definitions depend on whether the word is used by someone who is part of US or part of THEM.

11 posted on 09/24/2016 12:27:34 PM PDT by arthurus (Hillary's campaign is getting shaky)
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At best... these are quibbles. Empirically Islam has become more and more of a problem of tyranny towards the West. Poised against this is the continued desire of the USA to be a liberal (in the older sense) democracy.

If a way can be found to assure that someone who says he or she is Muslim will not cause unacceptable trouble to the USA, then Trump would be the first to want to use that way. He is not hating Muslims for the sake of doing so. But Trump is not going to assume that we have the way until we demonstrably do. This is, I believe, the distinction which will pick apart this quibble.

Since Sharia stands against the Constitution, a deft handling of that condition could help here. If we let you in, you have to agree to behave in accordance with the Constitution. If we catch you undermining it (as through Sharia) then out you have to go.


12 posted on 09/24/2016 12:27:55 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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It’s PAJAMA BOY !!!


13 posted on 09/24/2016 12:28:54 PM PDT by arthurus (Hillary's campaign is getting shaky)
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To: Jim Robinson

Maybe these should be tagged with [Barfulous Media} but I believe it does help to understand what the enemy is claiming, so that we may prepare to address it.

There’s a difference between morale killing and understanding propaganda.


14 posted on 09/24/2016 12:29:26 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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OMG! I have more male in my little finger than those three puffs have together.


15 posted on 09/24/2016 12:30:00 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Panic! Run around, scream snd shout!


16 posted on 09/24/2016 12:30:10 PM PDT by Paladin2 (auto spelchk? BWAhaha2haaa.....I aint't likely fixin' nuttin'. Blame it on the Bossa Nova...)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

There lies began on their reporting after the Soviet rebellian.


17 posted on 09/24/2016 12:32:26 PM PDT by JayAr36 (GOPe is really worried they will lose their gravy train)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

I see they took advantage of the ‘buy one pair of glasses ..get a second pair free’ sale


18 posted on 09/24/2016 12:33:20 PM PDT by Leep (Just say no to half dead hillary and wrong lane kaine!)
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To: mad_as_he$$

And therefore what?


19 posted on 09/24/2016 12:36:15 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

Two pajama boys and their “Daddy”


20 posted on 09/24/2016 12:36:58 PM PDT by digger48
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