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It's the Negativity, Stupid
Townhall.com ^ | January 28, 2016 | Michael Reagan

Posted on 01/28/2016 9:28:55 AM PST by Kaslin

Watching all the negativity flying around the stage at the Democratic Town Hall Forum the other night, something struck me.

Why, after watching Hillary and Bernie go after each other's left-liberal throats, would anyone ever want to vote for either one of them?

They had nothing but rotten things to say about the other.

Hillary's too cozy with Wall Street.

Bernie's too soft on the NRA and naive about negotiating with Iran.

Hillary's insufficiently progressive and takes obscene speaking fees from Goldman Sachs.

Bernie's expensive progressive ideas will never make it in the real world.

Etc. Etc.

The Democrat debate got so dirty that Hillary has had to call her pet attack dog David Brock in from the kennel and let him off his leash.

Brock is the nasty former right-wing hit man whose pro-Clinton super PAC has sent out emails equating Bernie Sanders with dead Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez.

His PAC has also attacked Bernie for not including enough "people of color" in his nice feel-good TV ad featuring Paul Simon's song "America."

Somebody actually counted the blacks and Latinos in the video and declared that Bernie was insufficiently diversity-minded.

Now the dirty dogs in Brock's pack are running ads calling for Sanders to release his medical records.

The Republicans presidential finger-pointers are just as negative, thanks mostly to attacker-in-chief Donald Trump.

Actually, since there are more attackers and attackees, and since the attacks are constant and usually more personal, and since Trump is mixed up in all of it, the GOP negativity is much more self-harmful.

It's been hard to keep track of who's been hitting whom in the Republican primary brawl, but here are just some helpful headlines from the Internet:

- Trump: Ted Cruz flip-flopped on birthright citizenship

- New Ted Cruz ad attacks Donald Trump's 'New York Values'

- Bush: Rubio, Cruz are followers, not leaders on Syria

- Carson questions authenticity of Trump's faith

- Rubio hits Trump's debate 'theatrics'

- Trump hits Cruz on loans, citizenship: 'Did he borrow unreported loans from Canadian banks?'

- Trump, Rubio and evangelicals target Cruz as Iowa caucus nears

- Kasich super PAC attacks Trump immigration plan

- Carly Fiorina repeats after girl: 'Donald Trump's a moron'

- Christie on Trump skipping GOP debate: Leaders have 'got to show up'

- Pro-Bush super PAC hammers Rubio for credit card controversy

- Rand Paul: 'Trump is a delusional narcissist and an orange-faced windbag'

Rand Paul must have hired a new writer, probably a sophomore in high school. But what's going on is not funny.

We're all being played for suckers.

After we hear months of this nonstop Republican-on-Republican bashing, we're supposed to forget about it and vote for one of these bums to be our next president?

They don't like each other, for both good reasons and stupid reasons. But I bet half of the GOP candidates won't have the stomach to vote for the nominee in the fall.

If you believe all their negative ads and what the candidates say about each other and their ideas, it makes sense. There's not a damn person worth voting for.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016elections; campaigns; negativeads

1 posted on 01/28/2016 9:28:55 AM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Michael.

Go away.

Nobody cares what your addled RINO brain thinks.


2 posted on 01/28/2016 9:35:51 AM PST by sauropod (I am His and He is mine.)
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To: Kaslin

Bernie’s tax idea will cost nearly 20 trillion over 10 years. Taxes will go up 40%for those who actually pay them. Freedoms will disappear.

Same tupe horrendous socislism as Bernie, but Hillary will spend her term in a minimum security cell.

Quite a choice.


3 posted on 01/28/2016 9:38:31 AM PST by Sasparilla
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To: sauropod

He has as much right to his opinions, as you have to yours.


4 posted on 01/28/2016 10:21:15 AM PST by Kaslin
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To: sauropod

Did you even bother to read the article? I bet not.


5 posted on 01/28/2016 10:35:29 AM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin
The essay, at this link, can make it a little more understandable.

America's Ruling Class And The Perils Of Revolution

6 posted on 01/28/2016 10:41:58 AM PST by itsahoot (Trump is a fumble mouthed blowhard that can't speak in complete sentences. Wonder why is he winning?)
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To: Kaslin

I was not referring to the poster. I was referring to the great unwashed.

Thanks for the lecture. I appreciate it.


7 posted on 01/28/2016 1:43:31 PM PST by sauropod (I am His and He is mine.)
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To: Kaslin

I read what was posted.


8 posted on 01/28/2016 1:43:59 PM PST by sauropod (I am His and He is mine.)
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To: Kaslin

Sorry. I thought you meant a poster.

Your comments refer to Michael Reagan. My comments refer to him and my comment about him stand.


9 posted on 01/28/2016 1:45:25 PM PST by sauropod (I am His and He is mine.)
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