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Debaters, here's how to freak out Trump
CNN Politics ^ | August 4, 2015 | Dean Obeidallah, Palestinian comedian & Columnist

Posted on 08/05/2015 12:11:56 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Attention Republican presidential candidates prepping for Thursday's first debate.

Do you want to beat Donald Trump? I mean seriously, are you in this to win or just to raise your speaking fees, sell more books and possibly get a deal to be a commentator on a cable news network?

For those who truly want to beat Trump, I have the weapon that may just do the trick: comedy. But I'm not talking the type of "comedy" we have recently seen in your desperate efforts to attract media attention. The likes of Rand Paul's video in which he takes a chainsaw to the U.S. tax code, or Ted Cruz's video where he wraps his "machine gun" in bacon, then fires enough rounds to literally cook the bacon before eating it.

When I say use comedy, I mean using it as a weapon. Comedy can be a sword and if wielded correctly, it might just be able to bring down a giant named Trump.

And here's the thing: Trump is the perfect target for comedy because, despite a golden pallor that glows like leather, he's by far the most thin-skinned pubic figure I've seen. A well-placed zinger at Trump's expense could send Trump roaring in anger at Thursday's debate louder than the famous Howard Dean victory scream that sank the candidate during the 2004 presidential race....

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TOPICS: New York; Campaign News; Issues; Parties
KEYWORDS: 2016election; debates; election2016; newyork; trump
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Why would the Left want Don Trump to lose the GOP debates? That doesn't compute, based on all their claims of how he helps the Democrats.
1 posted on 08/05/2015 12:11:56 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I think the author meant public, but one can’t quite be certain anymore nowadays.


2 posted on 08/05/2015 12:18:09 AM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Why didn’t the author cite Lindsey Graham’s destruction of old mobile phones?


3 posted on 08/05/2015 12:18:48 AM PDT by oblomov
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Who is Linda Graham and what did she do to her Hello Kitty cell phone?


4 posted on 08/05/2015 12:23:02 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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This turd is just advising the GOP-E to Alinsky Trump, and apply Rule No. 5.

I hope Trump shoves that attempt right back down their throats and point out where the advice came from.


5 posted on 08/05/2015 12:26:29 AM PDT by INVAR ("Fart for liberty, fart for freedom and fart proudly!" - Benjamin Franklin)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Everyone likes Hello Kitty, what do yo mean :)


6 posted on 08/05/2015 12:26:42 AM PDT by BigEdLB (They need to target the 'Ministry of Virtue' which has nothing to do with virtue.)
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I can see why a Palestinian might have a problem with Don Trump or Ted Cruz.


7 posted on 08/05/2015 12:28:09 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXSFRMJhlgY


8 posted on 08/05/2015 12:30:07 AM PDT by oblomov
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Donald Trump Breaks Lindsey Graham Like a Boy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3PQOP6eax8


9 posted on 08/05/2015 12:49:23 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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Because he is getting crossover support, not just from support from fed up republicans. Did you not see the responses from the NH focus group? NH has voted Democrat more than Republican. Trump is a threat to the Marxist uniparty and will erase the Obama Presidency.


10 posted on 08/05/2015 1:03:54 AM PDT by Lopeover (My vote is valuable, you must earn it.)
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The Frank Lutz thing? Didn’t see it directly but I’ve seen snippets and discussion about it. The left is LOSING THEIR MINDS over it. They’re planning a full Palin but it’s way too late, if it even ever had a chance.


11 posted on 08/05/2015 1:06:25 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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They won’t be able to do to Trump, what they did to Sarah, because the immigration issue & Obama’s lousy Presidency has woken people up. Can democrats vote in the NH primaries? Do you know?


12 posted on 08/05/2015 1:13:10 AM PDT by Lopeover (My vote is valuable, you must earn it.)
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I have no idea. Never even been there.


13 posted on 08/05/2015 1:14:38 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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Many primaries allow citizens from the other party to vote in them. Wondering if the participants were from the Republican Party or a mix of folks.


14 posted on 08/05/2015 1:21:41 AM PDT by Lopeover (My vote is valuable, you must earn it.)
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In NH if you are registered either Republican or Democrat you must vote in that primary. However, if you are registered but not to either party, you can vote in either.


15 posted on 08/05/2015 1:55:39 AM PDT by Abby4116
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All Trump has to do at this debate is simply say, I’m the only one on stage here who has no special interests controlling me, and the one who has no more time for debate. All the rest including Hillary want to talk and talk. I’m ready to do. To get this country working again. etc He’s rope a doped them


16 posted on 08/05/2015 1:59:21 AM PDT by nikos1121 ("There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root." Thoreau)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Juvenile, childish BS. Is that all they can think of to stop Trump?


17 posted on 08/05/2015 4:03:33 AM PDT by iontheball
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In NH if you are registered either Republican or Democrat you must vote in that primary. However, if you are registered but not to either party, you can vote in either.

Never understood states that allow open primary voting. Not only does it allow for shenanigans but one would think a party would want its candidates to reflect its voting membership.

18 posted on 08/05/2015 4:07:58 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines (Obama loves America the way OJ loved Nicole)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Wow! I keep hearing the “Twilight Zone” theme in my head as I read some of these delusions - maybe having their panties wadded so tightly is depriving their butt-encased brains to lose Oxygen...


19 posted on 08/05/2015 4:09:51 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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Attacking Trump on the humor level with a personal spin is a suicide mission. Not saying the idiots won’t try it but it will be the end of their run.


20 posted on 08/05/2015 4:17:20 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Section 20.)
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