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This is a Brilliant Move by Donald Trump
Red State ^ | December 7, 2015 | Erick Erickson

Posted on 12/08/2015 6:05:04 PM PST by Kaslin

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.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: erickerickson; erickson; redstate; trump
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To: Travis McGee

Two muslim cowards who killed Amercians before the Christmas holiday leaving a life time of sorrow for many while thier enablers protectors and supporters cry foul. The tephlon don does it again. Im at the point now that I would vote for him twice, uh what do I think Im a democrat? he he he he he he...............


21 posted on 12/08/2015 6:23:11 PM PST by ronnie raygun (If we dont stand we will fall hard)
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To: ConservativeMind

Please don’t invoke mushrooms when insulting people, it gives them a bad aura. :)


22 posted on 12/08/2015 6:23:22 PM PST by Fungi
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To: ConservativeMind

Erik was shocked by the push back he got after attacking Trump
He Lost his Rush substitute position and became frightened.
He’s trying to walk it back


23 posted on 12/08/2015 6:24:25 PM PST by Rock Eye Jack
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To: Mears

Mom jeans are a brand of jeans, I think.


24 posted on 12/08/2015 6:24:49 PM PST by mbrfl (fightingmad)
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To: Mears

Erickson has a good point. Trump has “trumped”, “upstaged”, and “eclipsed” all other candidates by making a broad generalization that will get everyone sifted to either helpful or harmful to the nation. Ann Coulter supports the nation and said, “Go, Trump. Go.” Michael Medved showed cowardice and said, “What a stupid thing for Trump to say.”

The term “mom jeans” refers to Obama’s first pitch as Yankee Stadium when he looked like a sissy and threw a baseball like a wimp.


25 posted on 12/08/2015 6:26:51 PM PST by Falconspeed ("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94))
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To: Kaslin

26 posted on 12/08/2015 6:27:05 PM PST by Fred Nerks (FAIR DINKUM!)
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To: Kaslin

How about we reciprocate...islam get out of OUR countries.

27 posted on 12/08/2015 6:29:51 PM PST by Fred Nerks (FAIR DINKUM!)
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To: Mears

I stand corrected. Just looked it up. It’s a term that refers to a style of jean that was popular in the late 80’s, early 90’s, that were popular with mothers. They were not designed to show off a woman’s figure, and were not particularly flattering.


28 posted on 12/08/2015 6:30:56 PM PST by mbrfl (fightingmad)
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To: mbrfl

I had checked that and didn’t find it as a brand-—and it seems that “mom” is usually written as a common noun.

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29 posted on 12/08/2015 6:31:35 PM PST by Mears
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To: Mears

Yes, you’re right. See my post #28.


30 posted on 12/08/2015 6:33:37 PM PST by mbrfl (fightingmad)
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To: mbrfl

Oops-—I just sent you what I found.

Thanks for your help.

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31 posted on 12/08/2015 6:33:45 PM PST by Mears
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To: mbrfl

We seem to be bumping into eachother.

:-)

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32 posted on 12/08/2015 6:35:13 PM PST by Mears
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To: odawg

I thought he said he would bar those who fought for ISIS and then sought to return...


33 posted on 12/08/2015 6:38:32 PM PST by moonhawk (What would he do differently if he WAS a muslim?)
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To: Kaslin

Mark


34 posted on 12/08/2015 6:39:40 PM PST by sauropod (I am His and He is mine.)
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To: The Final Harvest

You are correct, if I’ve read the US Immigration and Nationality Act correctly...

http://www.uscis.gov/iframe/ilink/docView/SLB/HTML/SLB/act.html


35 posted on 12/08/2015 6:39:59 PM PST by elteemike (Light travels faster than sound...That's why so many people appear bright until you hear them speak!)
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To: Kaslin

I thought Red State hated Trump.


36 posted on 12/08/2015 6:42:30 PM PST by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat.)
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To: Mears

It isn’t really applicable in 2015, but a decade or so ago, jeans for young people had been very low in the waistline. It was supposed to be hip and cool (when really it just showed everyone’s butt canyons). People’s “moms” still wore high waisted jeans from thirty years ago, so Obama was mocked for his high waisted, old style jeans early in his administration.

Now higher waisted jeans arethankfully coming back. I don’t really want to see everyone’s underwear and butt any more when they bend. Even plumbers wear overalls now.


37 posted on 12/08/2015 6:42:40 PM PST by Yaelle (Trump Cruz 2016)
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To: AU72

Who were the 35 House members who want to let them in?


38 posted on 12/08/2015 6:44:34 PM PST by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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To: The Final Harvest

Exactly! This is JIHAD, declared by ISIS. During WWII did we open our borders to Japanese and Germans??? Trump said only that a ban would be TEMPORARY! Even France has closed its’ borders for the time being.


39 posted on 12/08/2015 6:45:15 PM PST by Frank_2001
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To: Yaelle

Thanks-—I just never quite understood the descriptive.

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40 posted on 12/08/2015 6:48:03 PM PST by Mears
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