Posted on 02/14/2016 12:44:24 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Agreed, Trump damaged himself,
First, he was for the lives of babies being snuffed out like nothing, now, he says he is not for it. Praises Planned Parenthood.
But he went into Truther territory.
There could be some longterm damage, I think he stands to lose 5% at least of the SC vote, that may not be much but it could continue to grow.
He needs to get 51% or more of the delegates, otherwise, it can be a brokered convention.
Bush didn’t lie, but the country, and most Republicans think he did, as he NEVER DEFENDED HIMSELF, unlike a certain candidate from NY will.
Trump’s now running his general election campaign, he’s not going to go into the mud on nuances regarding who knew what, and when, as the vast majority of the country sees it.
Bottom line is that Trump sees this primary season as about over (which it is, given his SC polling), and now it’s on to the general election.
“— but 2nd Place Trump is not the same thing as Frontrunner Trump.”
Wishful thinking
Simple explanation. Trump is, and always has been, a liberal.
He’s in the general election with his 33% vote?
What's bizarre about this is that we had this same debate during the 1st or 2nd debate the last time Trump brought it up. Didn't actually hurt him either, and not sure why something he said for weeks will hurt him now.
That said, it wasn't Trutherism. It's a fact that the Bush administration was warned about incoming terrorist attacks but ignored the warnings.
“He’s in the general election with his 33% vote?”
When your opponents struggle to reach 10%, yep, it’s over.
Embraces the “Bush lied” caricature and supports Planned Parenthood at a Republican primary debate. The base has come a long way from 2004. It’s depressing.
He’s dead, Jim
Trump dead and buried... Again.
If Trump is the GOP nominee, I will support him...It is because I dislike Hillary and Bernie more than Trump...Lesser of two evils situation...
I don’t really feel comfortable with some GOP candidate who believes that “Bush Lied and People Died”...
I beg to differ. I think the intelligence used to justify the invasion was fabricated and he used that fabricated evidence to sell the war to the American people and a lot of the problems we now face are a result of that fabrication. And I think Jeb Bush would like to white wash that history. Good on Trump for not letting him get away with it.
“Trump dead and buried... Again.”
And then once again rises up out of the crypt to attain his rightful first place. You just can’t keep a good man down, lol.
Bookmark.. Thx.
Who really knows? But you speak for most of the country.
The Dems for years kept screaming that BUSH LIED...to the point of driving down his poll numbers so much that they handed Obama a filibuster-proof Congress.
Bush just sat there and took it...never fought back...perhaps he was never taught how to fight back (other than against conservatives), and the BUSH LIED mantra has stuck.
Trump is very smart to use that against Jeb and it sounds like Jeb is now doing more (out of desperation) to defend and rehabilitate his brother than W ever did for himself.
I feel like a fool for getting caught up in the Axis of Evil nonsense. The three leaders were evil.
But the real Axis of evil was Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the Emirates.
Iraq was headed by a 2 cent petty dictator who couldn’t beat Iran in 10 years of war.
Not one of the hijackers was from there, and Iraq donations to terrorism were dwarfed by the tens of BILLIONS the other Araba actors, who were friends of the Bushes, gave to their cause.
I’m voting for Cruz, but I agree with trump.
Like in “The Godfather” when Michael says they’re gonna kill pop. No matter what they say.
Bush was going into Iraq no matter what was or wasn’t found and no matter what concessions were or weren’t made.
You’re welcome.
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