Posted on 12/07/2015 8:16:38 PM PST by VinL
Donald Trump just trumped all the Republican candidates for President.
The day after the mom jeans wearing squat to pee President came out to assure us that tolerance, gun control, and climate change would save us from ISIS, Donald Trump demanded we bar any muslims from entering this country and bar any American citizen who is muslim from re-entering the United States.
Set aside the merits of what amounts to at least, in part, an unconstitutional position.
This is actually brilliant politics for the here and now. Immediately, every other Republican candidate except Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) 100% rushed out to attack Donald Trump. He’s unhinged, hateful, etc. And the responses all amounted to "we must let muslims enter our country," which sounds a whole lot like "we must allow all Mexicans in our country," which everyone knows is blatantly untrue on both counts.
We do not have to do it, but the other candidates, unable to nuance their spittle, went all in with "no religious tests" and "yes we must do this because it is who we are."
So, to put it another way, the day after the President failed to reassure a scared public following the second worst terrorist attack since 9/11 on domestic soil, Donald Trump not only got himself to the right of all the other candidates, but also got every single one of them save for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) 100% to align themselves with Barack Obama.
Hate Donald Trump all you want, be offended by his proposal all you want, but it is really brilliant politics for Trump right now in the Republican primary and the reactions from the other candidates prove it. All the people attacking Trump on his immigration proposals now attacking him on this have done themselves no favors within the primary process.
Have none of these people read Art of the Deal? This is an opening, bombastic salvo to set the terms of negotiations and the other candidates except Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) 100% just decided to negotiation in Barack Obama’s position. And it comes at a time some polls are suggesting Trump is starting to fade in places like Iowa.
You’ve been here slightly longer and you know nothing about me so do not presume.
You stated your opinion.
Here’s my opinion: I appreciate someone who does not blurt out nonsense.
I appreciate someone who doesn’t talk about “single payer” and the good work of planned childmurder, and how Pamela Geller is a “blowhard”— a woman with more balls than most men—I could go on but, clearly, I waste my time.
IMHO, that applies to the 25% of US Muslims supporting jihad: strip, arrest & deport.
“I believe that Cruz introduced a bill before this happened that would put a moratorium on Muslims immigrating or coming into the country. That was before Trump’s comments but both have the right idea.”
Then why would Cruz say Trump’s plan wasn’t his? The bill you describe is very similar.
Okay, I can use old and not so old stuff that Cruz has said and done in the past too. Cruz wants to bring in a whole LOT more H1B people, at much lower salaries, to take jobs that Americans are more than willing and able to fill! He also went down to the Southern Border to hand out Teddy bears, with that idiot Beck, to ILLEGAL ALIENS.
He also voted for the TPA, which allowed the vote on TPP, which is a disaster.
Shall I continue?
How many times have the Punditocracy been wrong about Trump? Watch him get another surprising bump.
Pray America wakes
Cruz said clearly, it not “his policy”.
Yep, it’s like something out of A Clockwork Orange. Creepy, yet mesmerizing.
Nice work, bon!
Any good salesmen can make an argument; the question is, what's he arguing for?
“the mom jeans wearing squat to pee President”
That is the Quote of the Week!
except Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) 100% just decided to negotiation in Barack Obama’s position. And it comes at a time some polls are suggesting Trump is starting to fade in places like Iowa.
Cruz is soft on this issue. And Trump is not starting to fade. CNN poll has him 13 points up on Cruz...in Iowa.
Anyone notice a glaring omission?
Where's Syria on this question?
PFL
You are correct. Cruz was speaking of traitors and was very clear that if you leave the country to join ISIS or any of the Muslim jihadis you can never return. Greta aired that clip on her show tonight and it was very powerful, speaking to the heart of the matter that we have grave concerns about the patriotism of many Muslims and will not tolerate treason. That was the gist of what Trump said.
Cruz's big problem is that he comes across as a beta male in comparison Trump's alpha male...which, of course, is better than the rest of the pack that looks like they're auditioning to service Obama when Reggie's out of town.
Had to do a double take on the author. Although he gets to the wrong conclusion. It’s brilliant because it’s the plain simple truth.
Trump is right. Again.
I think that The Donald is tapping into the population of Americans who have felt unrepresented for YEARS. This reminds me of how Rush succeeded - there was a vast ocean of people who were hungry to hear someone say what they had been thinking for a long time.
That’s true and very well stated.
Erickson is lying. Trump's statement does not say that. And Trump told Greta "we will take care of" Muslim AMERICANS.
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