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Trump reportedly thought about dumping Pence as VP. Which is believable, thanks to Trump
Washington Compost ^ | 7/15/2016 | Aaron Blake

Posted on 07/15/2016 1:17:14 PM PDT by usafa92

Somebody close to Donald Trump's campaign is apparently leaking something very unhelpful.

Needless to say, having rumors out there that you thought about dumping your vice presidential pick 12 hours after his name started leaking is a bad thing. If you're Mike Pence, you just affixed your brand to Trump's for the next four months -- and perhaps the rest of your career -- and the botched handling of the VP rollout has now culminated in this. Not exactly a confidence-booster.

If anything, this leak is just the latest proof of how poorly the whole thing has been handled. And that poor handling, in turn, makes the rumor seem quite plausible.

Also making it believable: Basically everything the Trump campaign said on Thursday. Here's a sampling (with a big assist from The Post's Robert Costa). All of this came after Pence's name emerged as the likely pick late Thursday morning.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister
KEYWORDS: 2016veep; pence; trump
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To: shibumi

ROFL!!!


21 posted on 07/15/2016 1:26:55 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: usafa92

So, a rumor got out that it was Pence the day before the formal announcement, and they ran with it. That makes it a “botched” rollout by Trump.

Now, an unsubstantiated rumor is being repeated by one person, that Trump had second thoughts about Pence.

They’re really straining credulity to find any sort of potentially negative angle, pulling it out of thin air, basically.


22 posted on 07/15/2016 1:27:52 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: usafa92

If so, Manafort helped Trump out by pushing him to be decisive. There was no reason to keep dragging this drama out any further. Besides, any change at this point would seem like an outright public rejection of Pence. All his Indiana people had already become excited at the prospect. The public had already been clearly told it was Pence. The spell of tension and mystery had already been broken.


23 posted on 07/15/2016 1:29:58 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: dp0622

I guess Dana & Co. have nothing else to report so they have to stir the pot!


24 posted on 07/15/2016 1:31:05 PM PDT by hsmomx3
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To: goldstategop

MSM is in business of spreading rumors.


The much vaunted Dump Trump movement is history (went out with barely a whimper), so now they’ve gotta make something else up.


25 posted on 07/15/2016 1:31:21 PM PDT by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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To: usafa92

Compost hallucinates straws.

Tries to grasp them.


26 posted on 07/15/2016 1:31:23 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: usafa92

I don’t think any less of Trump or his people for the last minute quibbling. He had never done this before. Not for himself at least. This is an extremely important decision.
The whole (American) world was watching.


27 posted on 07/15/2016 1:32:16 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: usafa92

Goebbels would be proud of this disinformation and propaganda. Compost writers must be avid readers of Goebbels Diaries.


28 posted on 07/15/2016 1:33:01 PM PDT by Lent
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To: NorthMountain
WaPo go to the devil.

They are already serving him and taking their daily marching orders from him.

I remember when Lt. Col. Oliver North said he always read two things every day: The Bible and The Washington Post. That way, he understood what both sides were thinking.

29 posted on 07/15/2016 1:33:04 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: usafa92

Based on how this all occurred, I believe it.


30 posted on 07/15/2016 1:34:36 PM PDT by Pinkbell (Liberal tolerance only extends to people they agree with.)
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To: hsmomx3

Usually it’s better if there’s something IN the pot.


31 posted on 07/15/2016 1:35:43 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: lee martell

For this to be true, the leaker would almost have to be Manafort or one of the kids? Who else is close enough to know?

Far from convinced this rumor originated with the Trump camp...


32 posted on 07/15/2016 1:36:00 PM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: shibumi

Pence is a pro TPP Globalist i.e. a liberal.

He brings NOTHING to the table for Trump.

No votes.

No Christian votes... what kind of fake “Christian” is he if he is a globalist?

The Establishment force played Trump’s hand on this. Same as Reagan with Bush.


33 posted on 07/15/2016 1:36:18 PM PDT by Sontagged (Woe to you when all men shall speak well of you...)
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To: Pinkbell

Me too. I was actually HOPING he would have changed to Flynn or someone stronger to handle terrorism.


34 posted on 07/15/2016 1:37:06 PM PDT by ObozoMustGo2012
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To: Pinkbell

Based on how all this occurred, I don’t believe it.


35 posted on 07/15/2016 1:37:10 PM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: Vigilanteman

North was VP Bush’s patsy on the Iran Deal.


36 posted on 07/15/2016 1:37:30 PM PDT by Sontagged (Woe to you when all men shall speak well of you...)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Maybe the leak that it was pence was some kinda crap to build momentum for him, and pence’s people leaked it originally. That would explain Trump threatening to dump him to teach them some discipline.


37 posted on 07/15/2016 1:37:51 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up....)
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To: usafa92

Who cares?

In the face of new facts he reconsidered (if the leak is true).....that bothers me not at all


38 posted on 07/15/2016 1:37:57 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: RegulatorCountry

O’Reilly asked him point blank last night if he was reconsidering based on the Nice attack and Trump didn’t even blink when he said no, he just didn’t think it would be appropriate to have a high profile presser in the context of such tragedy.

They bean believe what the man himself says or they can make up s#it to fill airtime on their lyin’ networks.


39 posted on 07/15/2016 1:38:16 PM PDT by bigbob (The Hillary indictment will have to come from us.)
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To: Fantasywriter

Rumor via Erickson is that Manafort leaked it. He thinks people still loyal to Corey Lendowski inform others of Manafort’s VP manipulations. It’s not out of the question.
Election team members can be incredibly petty , insecure and vindictive,
as Corey himself was reputed to have been.


40 posted on 07/15/2016 1:39:58 PM PDT by lee martell
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