Posted on 01/14/2016 3:49:50 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Second look at Trump?
Donald Trump reacted to criticism from Republican presidential primary challenger Cruz Wednesday, saying that he equates "New York values" to "energy" that helped the city to persevere after the September 11th attacks.
"One thing it means is energy. You know, when the World Trade Center got hit, we rebuilt that World Trade Center and we got through and very few places in this world could have gotten through what we went through. I mean, I was so proud of New York, the World Trade Center, these two massive, 110 story buildings come down, thousands of people killed. I've never seen anything like it in my life. And immediately the rebuilding started," Trump told conservative Radio host Howie Carr.
In a separate interview Wednesday on Bloomberg News' "All Due Respect," Trump further addressed the attack, saying, "When you knock New York, you've got to go through me. New York is an amazing place with amazing people." The more I think about Cruz's "New York values" attack on Trump this week, the more I think it's a silly mistake (and not just because I'm biased due to my upbringing). Here's one reason why:
You can understand why Cruz did it. When you're making a play for Iowa and the deep south in a Republican primary, you can't go wrong needling the godless sodomites of NYC. Problem is, the race won't be won or lost in Iowa and the deep south. Ironically, it's the blue states that may decide the nominee because they come later in this year's primary schedule, which means they can follow winner-take-all rules for awarding their delegates instead of awarding them proportionally. Even if Cruz wins Iowa and cleans up in the SEC states, he's likely to lead fairly narrowly over the rest of the...
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... he's conservative, but he's not a leader of men. You know what I love about this forum is that it's like a conversation with brothers -- or maybe a bunch of guys at a bar. Except at a bar you rarely have good conversations because there's lots of distractions or a football game is blaring on 4 big screens. You make a good point and I'm going to take a slightly different tack. Cruz is definitely a leader of men because a big 20% of GOP voters are supporting him. And were not for Trump being in the game, Cruz would probably walk away with the nomination. Trump has changed the rules big time. The well-crafted and rehearsed speeches that politicians give are what we expect of a Presidential candidate. That's been the style up to now. But we've never had a big city real estate developer running for President! And I think you can definitely say New York made Donald Trump what he is. So I'm lovin' the idea of what this brash New Yorker could do for the country. His life accomplishments are incredible. He's earned peoples' trust. He's not bought. And on some issues, he may actually be more conservative than his opponents. And where he sounds liberal, I think some of that is positioning himself to win Democrats and Independents over. |
As a native Californian, I think I can say that NY is just as messed up as CA.
True, New York is messed up — it’s also the greatest city in the world!
Remember the Sinatra song? If Trump can make it there, he’ll make it anywhere.
True, New York does have issues, but it wasn’t wise for Cruz to insult a whole state.
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