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Steve Deace: Trump Is Trolling You
Conservative Review ^ | 12/8/2015 | CR Wire

Posted on 12/09/2015 4:25:08 PM PST by conservativejoy

On his Monday night program, Conservative Review contributor and radio talk show host Steve Deace dropped a truth bomb.

Donald Trump is running the "ultimate troll job" on the American media and the Republican Party.

Everything Trump says is designed to make Trump president. He doesn't believe anything he says, his statements are all contrived. Trump is that easy to understand.

Audio at Link.


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To: conservativejoy

When Bonnie Prince Charlie raised his standard at Glenfinnian, that army that rallied wasn’t about HIM, it was about THEM.


81 posted on 12/10/2015 4:07:51 AM PST by Jim Noble (Diseases desperate grown Are by desperate appliance relieved Or not at al)
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To: conservativejoy

Seems the article has been deleted.


82 posted on 12/10/2015 6:50:00 AM PST by VaeVictis (~Woe to the Conquered~)
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To: parksstp

“No matter the issue, there’s a contradicting statement and it’s being deliberately done on purpose. This is part of the “negotiation” process Trump describes in “The Art of the Deal”.

Except, those comments are not contradictory.


83 posted on 12/10/2015 6:51:07 AM PST by marktwain
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To: parksstp

“The final key to the way I promote is bravado. I play to people’s fantasies. People may not always think big themselves, but they can still get very excited by those who do. That’s why a little hyperbole never hurts. People want to believe that something is the biggest and the greatest and the most spectacular. I call it truthful hyperbole. It’s an innocent form of exaggeration - and a very effective form of promotion.”

“When I read this, I realized what was going on. The man’s trolling.”

But it is not trolling, not even close. It is simply effective psychology and deal making. It is partly boosterism, which is necessary for any organization be it basketball team or a great nation, and partly creating a sense of greater purpose, neither of which is trolling.


84 posted on 12/10/2015 6:57:31 AM PST by marktwain
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To: RetSignman

LOL!


85 posted on 12/10/2015 7:04:10 AM PST by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: VaeVictis

https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2015/viguerie-endorses-trump/steve-deace-trump-is-trolling-you


86 posted on 12/10/2015 7:05:58 AM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: conservativejoy
Mark Levin is Editor in Chief of CR. Does he believe this?

Good question. I'd be interested to know myself. I would say though Trump doesn't have much to worry about until or unless Levin publicly turns on him. With all due respect to this Steve Deace guy.

Listening to Levin the other night it didn't sound like he thought Trump was "trolling". I don't listen to him very regularly though.

87 posted on 12/10/2015 7:10:17 AM PST by FourtySeven (47)
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To: cornfedcowboy

Do you think Trump is conservative?


I thought you posted on anther thread about hanging out with Carl Rove?


88 posted on 12/10/2015 7:11:09 AM PST by magglepuss (Don't tread on me)
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To: VaeVictis; conservativejoy

Yes, it’s still gone now. I wonder if Levin had it pulled?


89 posted on 12/10/2015 7:14:08 AM PST by FourtySeven (47)
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Oh never mind. It looks like it just got moved.


90 posted on 12/10/2015 7:15:29 AM PST by FourtySeven (47)
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To: FourtySeven

Looking at the link closely, it actually seems to be an ad for Deace’ podcasts.

Deace is an authentic conservative with a Christian perspective. No reason conservatives need to agree on everything, even at one publication.


91 posted on 12/10/2015 7:19:42 AM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: conservativejoy

As opposed to the eGOP which gives us liberal milquetoast candidates like Romney and Bush??

The RNC is all but dead now.


92 posted on 12/10/2015 7:24:05 AM PST by CodeToad (Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: magglepuss

Yes. Wasn’t hanging out with him, just shook his hand and had a visit in the airport.


93 posted on 12/10/2015 7:37:49 AM PST by cornfedcowboy
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To: jjotto

Well said


94 posted on 12/10/2015 8:40:06 AM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: jjotto

Yeah... that’s the link... Still says 404 not found.


95 posted on 12/10/2015 8:43:48 AM PST by VaeVictis (~Woe to the Conquered~)
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To: jjotto

‘Deace is an authentic conservative with a Christian perspective.’

How is it a Christian POV to pontificate that Trump doesn’t mean one word he says? Is Deace sufficiently God-like to know that when Trump says he’s a patriot, he’s lying? Deace supernaterally knows that when Trump says he loves the USA, he actually means he either hates it or couldn’t care less? When Trump says he wants to do what’s best for America, Deace transcendently knows Trump actually wants to harm America? When Trump says he wants America to win, Deace knows he really wants us to lose?


96 posted on 12/10/2015 9:22:09 AM PST by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: VaeVictis

Interesting.

It worked fine when I posted it.

Maybe Levin has an objection to Deace’ tone in the piece.

Lot of other Deace stuff still on CR, including several other pieces on Trump.


97 posted on 12/10/2015 12:30:11 PM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: conservativejoy

I listen to Deace everyday. He admires and enjoys Trump immensely. By “troll” Deace means that Trump is deliberately and profoundly provocative.


98 posted on 12/10/2015 12:40:00 PM PST by Theophilus (Be as prolific as you are pro-life.)
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To: Fantasywriter

Deace is a very hard guy to like. As I mentioned, he no longer has a radio political pulpit in Iowa, and home-schoolers seem to be the audience that listens to him, and that’s where his influence lies.

Deace’ endorsement is only interesting to me because his would be the endorsement that a candidate like Carson, Jindal, Huckabee or even Rubio would crave for its Evangelical angle. The fact the he chose Cruz but feels compelled to scathingly attack Trump indicates to me that Deace sees Trump making inroads into what Deace considers his people.


99 posted on 12/10/2015 12:40:35 PM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: conservativejoy

Most likely.


100 posted on 02/12/2016 1:17:49 PM PST by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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