Posted on 01/19/2016 6:22:15 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
CONCORD, N.H. -- Donald Trump says Ted Cruz is a "nasty guy." The Texan's Senate colleagues agree. Yet here's the surprise from watching Cruz on the campaign trail: Ideology aside, he comes off as ... rather likable.
To watch Trump and Cruz campaign here is to witness the difference between a reality TV performer and a disciplined politician. With apologies to the artists, Trump is Jackson Pollock to Cruz's Rembrandt. One splatters paint with no coherent pattern, the other dabs with evident skill, albeit in notably dark tones.
Trump's riff of a stump speech is all poll numbers (terrific) and crowd sizes (record), interspersed with millimeter-deep detours into policy. Common Core is terrible; the border wall will be great; he knows how to negotiate trade deals.
At one point at Concord High School on Monday, Trump paused when interrupted by a loud, high-pitched yelp. "What was that, was that a dog?" he asked. "Hillary," an audience member shouted.
A more experienced politician -- a more politically correct one, Trump would say -- would have known to stand down. Not Trump. "Uh oh, it's Hillary," Trump repeated, laughing and smiling. "Aaah," shaking his head, "only in New Hampshire, huh?"(continued)
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If I ever ran for office, I’d want 2nd Division Vet on my side. :)
Yes he can!
Trump is on a classic redemption curve - watch.
“Your guy is a rude bully exactly like Bambi and you love for him.”
Yep. Absolutely. I love for him.
What do they have in common?
They are entertainers.
I would go see the Trump show in a second.
In the primary my vote will go Cruz because I prefer substance over style.
Crowd size is nice and I hope somewhere in the platitudes and broken sentences that a conservative message gets through.
Trump has been my second choice for quite a while but his person insults are getting on my nerves. who calls someone “nasty” and says “nobody likes him” outside high school? Its a mean girls style attack that belongs on the left.
The Untruth About Donald Trump
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3385568/posts
42,000 views in one day.
This guy meticulously destroys all the lying memes about Trump.
Forgive the spelling... my tablet typing skills are not good.
Cruz is owned by a NY Hedge Fund Billionaire Tax cheat named David Mercer who owes Six Billion dollars to the IRS and thinks his puppet Cruz will make it go away with Executive power.
Cruz is also owned by NY Goldman Sachs who knows there puppet will push thru Tpp . A treasonous bill his wife help write during her Bush years .
Cruz has played you zealots for the fools.you are unless your paid to post your ridiculous comments.
In that case , Mercer is not getting his money worth !
The cult has spoken. You posted doubleplusungood material. Under the bus you go 2DV.
Tag line.
Trump gets the REAL Tea Party endorsement from Sarah Palin
Cruz gets the Pseudo Tea Party Clown endorsement from Glenn Beck.
LOL!
Now, that right there is some kind of funny....
No more pencils, no more books....
Seriously. A lot of nerve they have.
They make me laugh.
They make me laugh.
"Trust Fund Donnie sits around in his underwear.
Pandering to farmers and combin' over all of his hair.
Trust Fund Donnie's got all his Trumpanzees there.
Well you shouldn't run for office if you ain't got nothin' to say
that doesn't contradict what you said just the other day.
Like adoring Single-Payer, Mrs. Clinton and the weddings of gays.
Trust Fund Donnie sits around in his underwear.
Pandering to farmers and combin' over all of his hair.
Trust Fund Donnie's got all his Trumpanzees there.
Well old Sarah Palin was the head of a nitwit clan.
Not too bright, but she had a lot of simpleton fans.
She made a lot of money selling stupid on the family plan.
Trust Fund Donnie sits around in his underwear.
Pandering to farmers and combin' over all of his hair.
Trust Fund Donnie's got all his Trumpanzees there."
Hank
He has always spoken quite sarcastically about Jerry Brown and otherwise put him down. I highly doubt he is a Jerry Brown supporter. They are about 180 degrees apart.
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