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Trump's 'Gettysburg address' makes closing argument for choosing him and unveils first-100-days...
Daily Mail ^
| 10/22/2016
| David Martosko
Posted on 10/22/2016 11:38:43 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Trump's 'Gettysburg address' makes closing argument for choosing him and unveils first-100-days agenda as he promises 'the kind of change that only arrives once in a lifetime'
'First 100 days' agenda speech formalized his mainstay political pledges with promises of legislation and executive orders
Called it a 'Contract with the American Voter,' modeling it after the 1994 Republican 'Contract with America'
Trump touted 'the kind of change that only arrives once in a lifetime' and made his final substantive pitch to frame the campaign's last two weeks Told an audience of about 300 invited guests that he will 'drain the swamp' in Washington
Borrowed a line from Abraham Lincoln's 1863 speech, saying he would replace D.C. elites 'with a new government of, by and for the people.'
A Trump aide said the Civil War battlefield site is appropriate because 'Gettysburg was the moment when the war turned'
The candidate briefly visited the site of the famed Civil War battle after his speech
Donald Trump planted a flag on hallowed ground Saturday morning by laying out near the Gettysburg National Battlefield what he would do in his first 100 days as President of the United States. Touting 'the kind of change that only arrives once in a lifetime,' Trump told an audience of about 300 invited guests that he will 'drain the swamp' in Washington, replacing the current government 'with a new government of, by and for the people.'
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To: Lurkinanloomin
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posted on
10/22/2016 1:26:29 PM PDT
by
Gator113
(Vote TRUMP!! -- "Because you'd be in Jail!")
To: Lurkinanloomin; All
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posted on
10/22/2016 1:38:24 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
(Common sense isn't common any more.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
amazing speech and time in our country...pray and pray some more. Why only so few posts? Is there another thread?
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10/22/2016 1:39:57 PM PDT
by
CincyRichieRich
(To liberals, lying is like breathing.)
To: ronnie raygun
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posted on
10/22/2016 1:40:09 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
(Common sense isn't common any more.)
To: CincyRichieRich
Is there another thread?Yep, like 3 of them.
GOD BLESS PRESIDENT TRUMP!!!!!
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posted on
10/22/2016 1:41:31 PM PDT
by
sailor76
(GO TRUMP!!! Make America Great Again!)
To: Voluntaryist
To: Lurkinanloomin
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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posted on
10/22/2016 2:29:56 PM PDT
by
wjcsux
("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
There is something in my eye.
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posted on
10/22/2016 2:54:14 PM PDT
by
VRW Conspirator
(Enforce the Law. Build the Wall.)
To: palmer
thank you = have uninstalled - also upgraded my malware program -
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10/23/2016 3:46:16 PM PDT
by
maine-iac7
(A Christian is as a Christian does - "By their works...")
To: MaxistheBest
So Trump starts off in the first 4 or 5 weeks winning 3 big battles without even firing a shot!! If you don't think the Democrats will filibuster two and three then you're kidding yourself.
To: Voluntaryist
How did I miss that one? Lincoln has now been added. :)
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- Alexander the Great
- Rocky Balboa (Rocky, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV, Rocky V, Rocky Balboa, Creed)
- Batman
- Battlefield surgeon
- The Blues Brothers ("We're on a mission from God!")
- Asa Buchanan (One Life To Live)
- Julius Caesar
- Captain America
- Churchill
- Bill Clinton
- Rooster Cogburn (True Grit)
- Cyrus the Great
- Daniel
- King David
- Eisenhower
- J.R. Ewing (Dallas)
- The Founding Fathers
- John Galt (Atlas Shrugged)
- Gideon
- Rick Grimes (The Walking Dead)
- Max Herschel (Just Tell Me What You Want)
- Andrew Jackson
- Jesus
- John Paul Jones
- John F. Kennedy
- Obi-Wan Kenobi (Star Wars)
- James T. Kirk (Star Trek)
- Leonidas I
- Lincoln
- Louis XIV of France (The Sun King)
- MacArthur
- Jim Malone (The Untouchables, portrayed by Sean Connery)
- Charles Martel
- Moses
- Nebuchadnezzar
- Saint Patrick
- Patton
- Reagan
- Richard I (Richard the Lionheart, Richard Coeur de Lion)
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Teddy Roosevelt
- Babe Ruth
- Samson
- Secretariat
- Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
- Solomon
- Truman
- Darth Vader (Star Wars)
- Sir William Wallace (real life subject of Braveheart)
- Washington
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