Posted on 10/22/2015 1:01:30 PM PDT by longtermmemmory
His name is Mike Murphy. To those who don’t follow politics much, the name means nothing. To those who watch and understand the great control the establishment operatives of both political parties have over election-day outcomes, Mike Murphy is a name that is instantly recognizable. He is the insider’s insider, a man who has made a very good living creating the illusion of Election Day choice via work for John McCain, Mitt Romney, and now Jeb Bush.
As of October, 2015, he is Donald Trump’s #1 enemy and appears intent on doing everything in his power to destroy any chance of a “President Trump” from becoming reality.
Murphy has been providing anti-Trump posturing for months now, doing so for the substantial paycheck he received from the pro-Jeb Bush Right to Rise Super-PAC. With Jeb’s approval numbers stagnant and Donald Trump remaining atop the GOP polls, it appears that posturing is now turning to all out war.
Those words are not the first time Mr. Murphy has voiced his contempt for non-mainstream Republican candidates. In 2008 he repeatedly mocked then-Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin, eventually blaming her in part for John McCain’s resounding defeat against Barack Obama. (Despite polling data which indicated Palin was actually the far more popular figure among conservatives on the McCain-Palin ticket.)
Murphy has strong ties to the Hollywood entertainment industry, and it is there he likely intends to do Donald Trump the most damage. It will be a similar tactic as was employed against Sarah Palin where she was made into a caricature that soon overwhelmed the actual candidate.
Murphy indicated he is looking forward to when the race becomes a one-on-one between Jeb Bush and Donald Trump. He states the campaign has money and isn’t going anywhere and eventually that supporters for candidates like Donald Trump, Ben Carson, and Ted Cruz only represent a “minority lane” of voters.
Note: he is counting on a Trump vs Jbush race in the end. IOW every other candidate is just a useful idiot in his eyes.
note the last sentence: "minority lane" of voters. IOW the silent majority are scum in his (establishment) eyes.
Trump should expose this scumbag.
His name is Mike Murphy
Did he make a public threat?
Mike Murphy’s supporting a little squirrel because he has the Bush name. There’s another big name that people have heard quite a lot of Mike. The name is TRUMP
“Trump should expose this scumbag”...yes.
But nobody’s heard of Murphy, and he’s just the paid puppet anyway.
Trump should continue to expose the man who is pulling the strings and paying Murphy (Jeb)
Jeb’s a loser and the polls prove this, so he would ordinarly not be worth Trump’s time or effort to expose. But, Jeb still seems to control a lot of party establishment power strings... and is therefore still dangerous
Mike Murphy is the Bob Schrum of the GOPe. Always spouting the liberal conventional wisdom and never winning an election.
LoL A Bushie Yeb! who is losing big says so.
“His name is Mike Murphy. To those who don’t follow politics much, the name means nothing.”
And to those who DO follow politics, it means even less......
And to those who DO follow politics, it means even less......
Dang! Wish I has said that! Well done!
Truth with humor makes FR a fun place.
These people are mental.
The fact this is being coordinated with Club for Growth Super PAC I thought was a major no no.
I am wondering who is club for growth propping up?
Naaaw. Republicans don’t do that sort of thing. S/
Mike Murphy is very similar to Karl Rove. People listened to him until 2008, when he completely screwed up the McCain campaign. Now he’s just noise. A loud mouth trying to get noticed.
PACs can’t coordinate with a candidate or his official campaign, but there is no prohibition against coordinating with another PAC.
Meanwhile, Trump keeps on trucking and folks keep on supporting him.
At the same time supporters of lesser candidate get a thrill out of these make believe polls that don’t conform to any others out there.
Trump supporters could point the 48% polls too, but we don’t like seeing gamed polls. We know those aren’t real.
Does this azzwipe know that people like me are not going to vote for Jeb or Rubio?
Truth is I will stay home. I will not feel bad about it either.
Wasn’t he the one that also screwed up the Romney campaign?
Then we can personally thank Mike Murphy for both the Clintons and Obama.
did jbush sign a loyalty pledge? Can we see it?
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