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Why Donald Trump was a Democrat
PowerLine ^ | July 24, 2015 | Paul Mirengoff

Posted on 07/25/2015 1:24:41 AM PDT by familyop

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To: bray

She is not a head of Goldman....and while it’s not my favorite biographical factoid, it’s not a problem. BTW, I’m pretty sure she has, or will, resign...and I’m 100% sure Cruz is leading the fight against the crony cartel.


41 posted on 07/25/2015 5:32:58 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (WTF? How Karl Rove and the Establishment Lost...Again)
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To: ought-six
Trump is unelectable, but he is providing a good service by poking the establishment in its collective eye, all of which, I believe, will enure to the benefit of Ted Cruz.

Would I vote for Trump in the primary? No. Would I vote for him if he were the GOP nominee in 2016? Yes. Because the alternative (Hildabeast or Bernie “Red” Sanders) is unthinkable.

Yep, on board with pretty much all of that....

42 posted on 07/25/2015 5:34:26 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (WTF? How Karl Rove and the Establishment Lost...Again)
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To: C. Edmund Wright

She is not a head of Goldman....and while it’s not my favorite biographical factoid, it’s not a problem. BTW, I’m pretty sure she has, or will, resign...and I’m 100% sure Cruz is leading the fight against the crony cartel.


It is problem. Literally sleeping with Goldman while campaigning against the “Washington cartel” is bad optics.


43 posted on 07/25/2015 5:36:21 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: JudyinCanada
Who runs to join the far left when the moderate isn’t “right” enough?

That's the salient question of both the 08 and 12 elections....but the answer is, in addition to Trump, there's the Obama lo fo voters, John McCain and Mitt Romney too. All of those people were on the blame Bush bandwagon, ignorantly pushing the entire debate to the left, which as you said, was exactly the wrong thing to do.

44 posted on 07/25/2015 5:36:59 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (WTF? How Karl Rove and the Establishment Lost...Again)
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To: lodi90
It is problem. Literally sleeping with Goldman while campaigning against the “Washington cartel” is bad optics.

Okay, so by your logic, you are saying that A: everyone and everything and every single bit of Goldman's business model is corrupt and that B: every employee of Goldman is 100% on board with their cronyism and C: there's no value in inside knowledge of cronyism and D: Cruz is lying about fighting the cartel and E: you're voting for Jesus, because as we know, He is on the ballot.

45 posted on 07/25/2015 5:39:46 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (WTF? How Karl Rove and the Establishment Lost...Again)
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To: C. Edmund Wright

I think what happened in 08 and 12 was that the right stayed home in large enough numbers and with the combination of low info voters, the media pushing Obama, and voter fraud, it was enough to seal the fate of your nation for 8 years. Sad.


46 posted on 07/25/2015 5:52:15 AM PDT by JudyinCanada
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To: familyop

When all else fails, blame Bush.

The “economic policies” he’s complaining about were those passed by Democrat legislatures. Bush should have vetoed them - even though they had enough votes to override- but he felt it was the president’s job to respect the legislative will of the people. Unlike the dictator who now squats in the WH.


47 posted on 07/25/2015 5:55:05 AM PDT by livius
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To: JudyinCanada
I think what happened in 08 and 12 was that the right stayed home in large enough numbers and with the combination of low info voters, the media pushing Obama, and voter fraud, it was enough to seal the fate of your nation for 8 years. Sad.

Oh that's partly "what" happened...but I'm talking about "why" it happened...and one reason why is that Obama ran against Bush both times....he never ran against McCain or Romney because he didn't have to...BECAUSE THEY were running against Bush as well! There's more to it than that, but never forget, the percentage of people who voted Obama in 2012 is EXACTLY the same percentage of people who still blamed Bush for the economy...about 53%. Probably almost one to one the exact same voters too.

This is why I've been waiting on the right moment for a column for AT or Breitbart - "The Lie that Must be Corrected" - meaning we will never win the White House until we do. That lie is the belief that Bush, thereby conservatism and the free market, caused the crash in 08. It's so wrong, and so widely believed...and damned if Trump isn't one who believes it.

48 posted on 07/25/2015 5:57:20 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (WTF? How Karl Rove and the Establishment Lost...Again)
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To: Chad_the_Impaler

It bust after the Democrats took over Congress in 2006.


49 posted on 07/25/2015 6:01:52 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: C. Edmund Wright

Agreed - the crash of 08 was caused by Bill Clinton and Barney Frank, if what I had read is true.

The deceitful main stream media are more diabolical than the politicians, IMHO.


50 posted on 07/25/2015 6:02:35 AM PDT by JudyinCanada
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To: familyop

Well, it was just last Friday, I believe, that he told “Morning Joe” he has a lot of Democrat views. Keep in mind he was a registered Democrat as recently as 2009, and has said that the economy always does better under Democrats.

All of that is pretty incompatible with the next Reagan/Churchill/savior of the nation.


51 posted on 07/25/2015 6:04:40 AM PDT by CatherineofAragon (("This is a Laztatorship. You don't like it, get a day's rations and get out of this office."))
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To: Catsrus
" I often wonder if a true Conservative can ever again win the WH."

It's guaranteed not to happen if conservatives see and recognize the true conservative candidate, but dismiss him in favor of a reality-show celebrity.

52 posted on 07/25/2015 6:06:46 AM PDT by CatherineofAragon (("This is a Laztatorship. You don't like it, get a day's rations and get out of this office."))
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To: Cringing Negativism Network
"He is saying America"

Yes, he's saying a lot. Meanwhile Cruz is in Washington, putting his rear end on the line for us.

53 posted on 07/25/2015 6:07:50 AM PDT by CatherineofAragon (("This is a Laztatorship. You don't like it, get a day's rations and get out of this office."))
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To: JudyinCanada
Agreed - the crash of 08 was caused by Bill Clinton and Barney Frank, if what I had read is true.

Yes...and also Chris Dodds, and the EPA and every other liberal who helped quash our domestic energy industry for 30 years, and Jimmy Carter - who started the ball rolling on mortgage mischief - and all the other leftists who supported all of this...and the Republican cronies who went along with government doing the wrong thing and figured out how to enrich themselves - instead of fighting a government doing the wrong thing.

54 posted on 07/25/2015 6:25:44 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (WTF? How Karl Rove and the Establishment Lost...Again)
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To: inchworm

I am beginning to be totally convinced that the worst part about Medicare part D is NOT the huge cost but that the money is mainly wasted buying prescription drugs that, in reality, do more HARM than good.


55 posted on 07/25/2015 6:39:07 AM PDT by RipSawyer (Racism is racism, regardless of the race of the racist.)
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To: BobL

“So is Jeb any better than Trump, on any issue?”

Maybe he speaks better Spanish?


56 posted on 07/25/2015 6:45:58 AM PDT by RipSawyer (Racism is racism, regardless of the race of the racist.)
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To: RipSawyer

“Maybe he speaks better Spanish?”

Dammit, you’re right...maybe even better Spanish than Cruz.

Looks like Jeb’s the man, then. LOL.


57 posted on 07/25/2015 6:49:00 AM PDT by BobL (REPUBLICANS - Fight for the WHITE VOTE...and you will win (see my 'profile' page))
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To: familyop

He was a Democrat BEFORE 2008...


58 posted on 07/25/2015 7:39:51 AM PDT by TNMOUTH
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To: C. Edmund Wright

Funny how you dismiss that out of hand, but won’t give the same understanding to Trump. He is right on the big issues and is the best one at fighting the media.


59 posted on 07/25/2015 7:55:38 AM PDT by bray (Cruz to the White House)
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To: familyop

Blah, blah, blah. LOL!


60 posted on 07/25/2015 8:54:04 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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