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."
(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...
You got it. They all look small and play small ball.
Correct!
D.W. Ulsterman On The Donald Trump -vs- Fox News Debate Dispute
http://ulstermanbooks.com/d-w-ulsterman-on-the-donald-trump-vs-fox-news-debate-dispute/
It's an unusual display of strength and internal fortitude.
He's a man of his word.
“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 ...”
I thought that was pathetic considering the fact that at the exact same time Trump was having a veterans/wounded warrior event that raised 6 million.
You said the magic word. COMPETITION!
That is what differentiates public sector (government) from private sector. Government has no competition.
Amen! Spoken from an old timer / plank holder point of view. Well stated FR friend!
Brah’ Sis’ You said a mouthful!
I was around when Roe was decided. I’d never even thought about abortion and didn’t have an adult thought in my head. It was when the pro-life people started talking about 1.5 million abortions per year that I realized we were talking real babies.
COMPETITION!
Absolutely right. It’s something business people understand and appreciate about Trump’s whole message.
The government lifers cannot even comprehend the fact that sometimes power in a situation only exists if you use it. Power that is never used is weakness. Trump telling FOX and by extension the whole media to STUFF IT—that they are powerless to intimidate him or his followers . . . or the United States of America if he is elected—was an outstanding example of the type of leadership we so desperately need.
Think of 3D as superhuman intuition combined with uncanny luck and fortune. Its having such a tuning into what people do and are like .Its having a uncanny intuition and resources in the form of knowledge that he aquires.
Same like Obamas first term where we all watched him in horror as nothing stopped him and the whole world seemed to go crazy.
“what moderator Megyn Kelly called ‘The elephant not on the stage.’”
An elephant in the front yard tends to distract people from what’s going on in the living room.
Trump was not physically at the debate, but he sure was in Megyn and Ted’s heads.
Except, liberals will give up money for their religion.
I wonder if Trump (and us) is in bigger trouble than he knows. If all networks stop talking about him he could get frozen out.
If Reagan could not stop abortions, and the 2 Bushes could not even make a dent in abortions, I can not see ANY of the current crew being able to do it.
Only time abortions will subside is when WE THE PEOPLE RISE up in an overwhelming majority. Sadly, the country is badly divided. Abortion is freely available in almost every country out there. Only 6 countries in the entire world, the Vatican, Malta, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Chile make abortion illegal under all circumstances. It is legal in all others!
If SCOTUS rules 6:3 in favor changing Roe Vs. Wade, it could happen. But that is a long shot. Obama appointees are pretty young, and Ginsburg might retire in time for Obama to nominate another young justice.
John Harwood wrote this column...the same John Harwood from the infamous CNBC debate. LOL!
I agree - it was lame. He sounded like he thought he was going to be so funny, but he just sounded small and pompous.
I used to like Cruz. He doesn’t seem to be the person I thought he was. I like Santorum, even the Huckster, better.
I dare say Ginsburg may, um, visit Fort Marcy Park before Obama leaves office.
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