Posted on 01/29/2016 3:27:56 PM PST by stocksthatgoup
DES MOINES, Iowa — Donald Trump won. The Republican debate lost — and so did his rivals.
The Republican candidate skipped the final televised faceoff before Iowans vote in caucuses on Monday. That spared him all but glancing, humorous blows from those battling to catch up.
"Let me say, I'm a maniac and everyone on this stage is stupid, fat and ugly," Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas began. "And Ben, you're a terrible surgeon. Now that we've gotten the Donald Trump portion out of the way ..."
Later, Cruz jokingly threatened to leave the stage if he received any more challenging questions. He drew a few chuckles — but also drew attention to what moderator Megyn Kelly called "The elephant not on the stage."
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Because not one of those Aholes last night attacked liberalism . Everyone of them fell right into defending themselves and their record instead of reminding people its Liberalism that is the enemy.
Not really. There were some digs at the New York liberals.
Trump plays chess while these guys play checkers.
Trump plays chess while these guys play checkers.
These guys are engaged in battle on a 2D battlefield.
Trump has taken the battle into the 3rd Dimension, and is way over all their heads, and they dont even have the concept of looking up, let alone the ability to do it.
“Trump plays chess while these guys play checkers.”
I suspect Trump got some good “intel” about how FOX would handle the so-called debate.
Sure he did.
No, it is not the function of a contended primary to spend your ammo on the opposite party. That comes when you’ve locked up the nomination, not when you have to show you are better than the others on the stage.
Well you wouldnt know that by the headlines would you? Headlines should be “Cruz called Obama “Liar and Thief”.
F’ing amatuer hour last night letting the moderators control everything with their Google real time video to fact check. Lightweight idiots.
WOW this is the same John Harwood who was asking Trump insulting questions in a previous debate! Looks like Trump haters in media are waving the white flag.
I certainly love Cruz more than Cruzers.
Great comment!
Trump has all the networks thinking they can steal FoxNews ratings if they can get Trump to visit often. Competition, very conservative!
Post of the day.
An excellent strategy, all considered. When your opponents rivals are making fools of themselves, it is not necessary for you to engage actively in the fight. All the lunging and feints by Fox News (i.e., the “Army veteran”, the “illegal alien”, and the “knowledgeable Muslim”) were artfully dodged, and what was intended to be accomplished by throwing of The Donald into a nest of vipers was circumvented.
All in all, avoiding a Saul Alinsky type encounter was a most skillful application of “The Art of the Deal”.
You’ve got that right!
He had spies inside war room.
He is well connected.
I read Scott Adam’s blogs on this and I still don’t understand the 3D let alone how one would plan to operate there. Trump is a special political talent. He is a man amongst boys (and Carly) out there..
Only one person stood up to the media and told them to stick it. He won.
Pray America wakes
Iowa Polling Averages (by RealClearPolitics)
Donald Trump: 31.4%
Ted Cruz: 25.2%
Marco Rubio: 14.4%
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