Posted on 08/06/2015 9:14:13 AM PDT by Red Steel
Though the Fox News promos state it is a debate of Republican candidates, most of the network’s on-air personalities have admitted publicly it has turned into the Donald Trump show as the top GOP contender has become the single most referenced topic on the minds of everyone following the 2016 Race for the White House.
That reality is not sitting well with GOP power brokers who are said to have made it clear to operatives linked to a variety of candidate camps that Donald Trump cannot be allowed to appear to win tomorrow night’s debate. Some are said to have taken an even more aggressive stance by indicating Trump’s Republican rivals are to “take him out” tomorrow night.
Trump has shocked the GOP establishment with his currently growing base of support based largely on his straight talk and a repeated promise to “Make America Great Again.”
That dominance is said to be facing its most focused challenge tomorrow night as Mr. Trump will be target #1 for a number of GOP hopefuls who have been told their own presidential hopes will be finished if they do not help in breaking the Trump momentum once and for all. This threat is said to come from an assortment of Wall Street and business interests concerned over the potential volatility of a Trump political machine – volatility that might make him “unmanageable” should he actually go on to become the Republican nominee.
It should also be noted some of these high-powered donors are helping to finance the campaigns of BOTH Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush. Presently, Donald Trump represents the single greatest threat to their intention of controlling the outcome of the 2016 presidential election.
Of the candidates who are said to have been given their anti-Trump marching orders last night, one was apparently told with the greatest sense of urgency – Senator Marco Rubio
Senator Rubio is currently sitting near the bottom of the top-tier candidate rankings with just 5% support among Republican voters. He was not so long ago viewed by some to be a legitimate contender for the GOP nomination. If he is to regain that former momentum (and the all-important campaign dollars that come to a real contender) he must prove himself to the political donor class tomorrow night by coming out aggressively against Mr. Trump.
It was reportedly the Rubio campaign that was specifically given the directive to, “take Trump out” during this week’s debate.
with due respect, I think you’re wrong.....way way wrong. You have to write contribution checks on personal accounts I believe.
[Trump can “accept” the apology in the most magnanimous way...]
I think that Fox Modsquad won’t even broach the incident of name calling by their boy Bush to Trump BUT if Trump isn’t asked to comment on it, he won’t let it go.
All he has to do, when asked for his views on ANY subject, take about fifteen seconds and turn to little jebbie and say...”I heard that someone has said maybe you should apologize to me for your name calling towards me, it’s not needed Mr. Bush, desperation can made people say desperate things”
Sumthin’ like that.
[Who does Buffet support? Gates? Apple?]
I’d put Mark Zuckerburg in that mix too, you know the CEO of FACEBOOK, which is teamed up with the Fox debates?
On the other hand he knows he only has a minute or less to answer the question and he’s only on the show for about 5 minutes. He does seem more off the cuff when campaigning.
No problem. Sometimes its difficult to communicate using just thumbs.
Cruz can’t do that- not without being a raging hypocrite. He picked up several multimillion dollar donors the end of last &/ or over the weekend. The money went to his super pac. Same difference.
Unbuyable, amen to that!
Don’t forget that Unions manage large pension funds which invest in corporations, makes them somewhat larger fry.
i.e. The Sacrificial Lamb. He hasn't got a chance, so, knowing the risks of attacking Trump, they send in the weakest of the lot.
I don't know why, but this approach reminds me of a British spy movie where they selected a guy they knew would crack under German interrogation, filled him with false info, and sent him over.
If so, then Trump ought to say that the moderator reminds him of the grade school snitches who used to run to the teacher, ratting someone out - and say he refusse to participate in such childish antics.
He would pay a price yes but his courage would be rewarded by the voters. Did you hear what he said about the corrupted congress when he finally opposed TPA, he was talking about the same money people and both parties?
Tough Noogies - you wanna hire cheap labor? This is what we demand.
Awesome!!!!
My point is it's the "we" level of management that's uncomfortable with it.
The pic doesn’t load on my phone. I will check on laptop when I get home.
Those are the ones I was aiming at - "we" in my context was the public/workers..
I like your attitude.
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