[kiryandil]

Alinsky 101. Don't attack the substance - attack the messenger.

Here's your "messenger" - 26 Trump-bashing articles in the last 7 days. That's about 4 a day. I don't think Rodger Schultz was posting anti-Clinton articles at that pace back in the day. You'd think Trump was some sort of criminal Clintonian re-incarnation.

CW has been doing this for WEEKS and MONTHS on end.

28 Trump-bashing articles in the 9 days before that [January 23 - February 1].

I could give you your own CW Trump-Bash RSS feed, if you like that sort of stuff. :)

• Steve Forbes on Donald Trump and His 'Hoo-Ha'

  02/08/2016 4:30:07 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 55 replies

  The Street ^ | December 20, 2015 | Jeremy Greenfield

  Steve Forbes ran for president twice -- in 1996 and 2000 -- spending a reported $69 million of his own money in failed bids to win the Republican nomination. His campaigns mostly focused on establishing a flat income tax and other similar economic reforms. The multi-millionaire chairman and editor-in-chief of Forbes Media isn't running for president this time around, but he does have a new book out this week (Reviving America), promoting three big reforms he believes America should adopt: repeal and replace Obamacare with something akin to a free-market health-care system; scrapping the Federal income tax code in favor...

• 'I have at least 20 Muslim friends', says Donald Trump, but can't name them

  02/07/2016 10:53:43 PM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 156 replies

  The Daily Telegraph ^ | February 7, 2015 | David Lawler, New Hampshire

  ..... The Republican presidential candidate has repeatedly said that "Muslims love him" despite his provocative policies, but has so far failed to name any single individual Muslim supporter. Asked by the Telegraph to elaborate, Mr Trump again ducked the question responding: "Oh, I could give you about 20 of them."... Donald Trump Junior, Mr Trump's son, was also unable to tell the Telegraph who his father's Muslim friends were, saying only that they had "completed a lot of business deals" in the Middle East.

• How Ted Cruz Could Deliver the Coup de Grace to Donald Trump

  02/07/2016 1:49:19 PM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 129 replies

  Intellectual Conservative ^ | February 7, 2015 | Ralph Benko

  Presidential elections are about, above all, just two things: our security and our prosperity. Promises of prosperity have all but faded into the background... except by Donald Trump. In the last debate in which he participated Donald Trump hit the voters' target bull's eye in stating "I want to use that same up here, whatever it may be, to make America rich again." None of the other candidates came close to featuring The Message we voters wish to hear. Prosperity. If the other candidates - most notably #2 Ted Cruz - wished to gain the voters' hearts, or at least...

• The Real Shape of the Race

  02/06/2016 4:55:12 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 57 replies

  The Weekly Standard ^ | February 15, 2016 | Stephen F. Hayes

  Trump is not a conservative. He's an economic nationalist whose limited involvement in politics over the years has largely consisted of furthering his own interests by contributing to members of both political parties. His current policy positions often contradict those he's publicly expressed in the past, and his governing philosophy, to the extent he has one, combines crony capitalism with government activism (eminent domain; ethanol; protectionism; universal, government-paid health care).Des Moines, Iowa - The shorthand understanding of the likely three-man race for the Republican nomination goes something like this. Donald Trump is the populist outside agitator, running on economic nationalism...

• New presidential poll shows Cruz leading Trump 30-25 in Texas

  02/04/2016 1:43:34 PM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 96 replies

  Dallas Morning News ^ | January 28, 2016 | Tom Benning

  Jan 28, 2016AUSTIN - Ted Cruz leads a new presidential primary poll in Texas, just over a month before the U.S. senator will face his home-state voters in the much-anticipated Super Tuesday contest. A KTVT-TV/Dixie Strategies survey released Thursday shows Cruz at 30 percent among likely GOP primary voters in Texas. He's followed by mogul Donald Trump at 25 percent, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida at 12 percent and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush at 8 percent. That's a change from October, when the same pollsters said Cruz was trailing in Texas behind Trump and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson....

• Cruz uses Jimmy Carter's words in anti-Trump ad

  02/04/2016 12:24:08 PM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 60 replies

  The Hill ^ | February 4, 2016 | Rebecca Savransky

  Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz is using video of former President Jimmy Carter against rival Donald Trump. A new ad released Thursday quotes Carter, who said Wednesday that if he had to pick between the two, he "would choose Trump" over Cruz. "Trump has proven already that he's completely malleable," Carter, a Democrat, continues in the clip. "I don't think he has any fixed opinions that he would really go to the White House and fight for. Ted Cruz is not malleable."

• Trump Desperately Trying to Hide the Shrinking Size of his Crowds

  02/04/2016 11:55:32 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 245 replies

  Red State ^ | February 4, 2016 | Leon H. Wolf

  There's a reason why Donald Trump is taking his loss in Iowa so hard - it's been devastating to his national standing. His standing in the polls might already be falling like a rock, and now it appears that the rolling concert tour that was his national campaign might be coming to an end. Now comes pretty convincing evidence that his crowds are shrinking, and he's trying to hide it (poorly). Trump was in Little Rock last night, and he tweeted a picture that seemed to show a typical Trump full house, and that specifically claimed that the crowd was...

• Cruz Asks: Who Will Trump Call 'Stupid' Next? - It's no holds barred in New Hampshire

  02/04/2016 4:35:32 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 85 replies

  The Weekly Standard ^ | February 4, 2016 | Chris Deaton

  Fresh off a victory in the Iowa caucuses, a feisty Ted Cruz unloaded on his rival Donal Trump Wednesday afternoon, asking repeatedly who the New Hampshire frontrunner might call "stupid" next. "You know, he accused the people of Iowa of being stupid. In fact, he skipped the Iowa debate," Cruz said during a press availability in New Hampshire. "It makes you wonder if his next step is to accuse the people of New Hampshire of being stupid -- if he plans to skip the New Hampshire debate, and after that if he plans to accuse the people of South Carolina...

• Levin says Trump Took a Baseball Bat to Carson Before Defending Him Now

  02/04/2016 3:58:54 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 73 replies

  Conservative Review ^ | February 3, 2016

  Tonight, on his nationally syndicated radio program, Mark Levin went through the "controversy" surrounding the Cruz campaign and a tweet about CNN. Donald Trump is calling for Iowa to vote again because of Fraud. It makes it look as if Trump is defending Carson. In addition to going through the absurdity of Trump's current attacks, Levin reminded his listeners of how Trump took a "baseball bat to Carson" back in November. ListenLevin reminded the audience that Trump likened Carson to a "child molester" among many other things. Trump questioned Carson's faith. It was all in all very nasty.

• Cruz: Trump 'melting down' after Iowa loss

  02/04/2016 3:32:14 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 70 replies

  The Hill ^ | February 3, 2016 | Jordain Carney

  Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz is upping his rhetorical battle with rival Donald Trump, saying the businessman is "melting down" after he came in second during Monday's Iowa caucuses. "I have to say it is interesting seeing Donald Trump, you know, just apparently melting down. He seems to be taking losing really badly," Cruz said during an interview with "The Sean Hannity Show" on Wednesday. Cruz's comments come after Trump accused the Texas Republican of committing voter fraud because Cruz's campaign erroneously suggested Ben Carson was dropping out of the race during the caucuses. Cruz apologized, saying his campaign should...

• Trump's cash crunch

  02/04/2016 2:17:06 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 56 replies

  The American Thinker ^ | February 4, 2016 | Frank Friday

  Count me in with those who suspect that Donald Trump is no billionaire, but merely a poseur who may never have recovered from his many big-deal failures, as AT and others have already noted. Ted Cruz is finally bringing this idea up, but it's a testimony to just how opaque Trump has made his finances that only recently has anyone outside the financial press even discussed the matter. Trump just released his fourth-quarter FEC report, and again, the political press doesn't know what to make of it - beyond the fact that he lent his campaign $12.8 million, which in...

• What does losing in Iowa say about Trump's temperament?

  02/04/2016 1:30:41 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 89 replies

  The American Thinker ^ | February 4, 2016 | Ed Straker

  One of the things that has troubled me the most about Donald Trump is his lack of emotional maturity. Unlike with a reality TV show host, it is vital that the president of the United States be grown up and mature. But Trump, time and time again, acts like a child, name-calling, holding grudges, and crying when things don't go his way. Case in point: the Iowa caucuses. On election night Trump grudgingly congratulated Ted Cruz. But now he's saying that Cruz "stole" the Iowa caucuses by repeating a news report that Ben Carson was about to leave the presidential...

• Cruz revels in Trump bashing

  02/04/2016 12:34:50 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 105 replies

  Politico ^ | February 3, 2016 | Katie Glueck

  NASHUA, N.H. - Still riding a wave of confidence after winning the Iowa Caucuses, Ted Cruz was in rare form Wednesday night as he mocked Donald Trump over everything from losing Iowa to a previous record of liberal policy positions. "Have you noticed Donald doesn't take losing well?" he said at a town hall here. "Donald told us every day for a year he was going to win Iowa, win it big, win it 'yuuuuuge,'" he said, poking at Trump's speaking style. "I don't think people are interested in temper tantrums, or you could call it a 'Trumpertantrum,'" he continued,...

• Carter: ‘I Think I Would Choose Trump’ Over Cruz [Cruz is not malleable]

  02/03/2016 10:32:29 PM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 94 replies

  The Daily Caller ^ | February 4, 2016 | Christian Datoc

  Former President Jimmy Carter surprised reporters in London Wednesday by saying he would choose Donald Trump over Ted Cruz to win the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, "which may surprise some of you." Carter stated that given the choice, "I think I would choose Trump.... Trump has proven already he's completely malleable,” reports The Atlanta Journal Constitution. "I don't think he has any fixed (positions) he'd go the White House and fight for. On the other hand, Ted Cruz is not malleable. He has far right wing policies he'd pursue if he became president." Still, Carter feels Trump will "fade away"...

• President Norma Desmond: Donald Trump is not ready for his closeup

  02/03/2016 10:39:39 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 46 replies

  New York Daily News ^ | February 3, 2016

  ....." Donald Trump: "I've built an unbelievable company worth billions and billions. I don't have to hear from this man." Norma Desmond: "No-one ever leaves a star. That's what makes one a star." Donald Trump: "We'll have so much winning, you'll get bored with winning." Norma Desmond: "Without me, there wouldn't be any Paramount studio." Donald Trump: "Let's see how much money Fox is going to make on the debate without me, okay?"..............

• Has Donald Trump Already Decided to Run Third Party?

  02/03/2016 9:11:54 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 182 replies

  Red State ^ | February 3, 2016 | Leon H. Wolf

  As far as I can tell, Donald Trump's grieving process works more or less completely in the reverse order from what you would expect from a rational human being. Immediately after the event, Trump was more or less in acceptance mode, saying he was proud of finishing second, he loved the people of Iowa, he was going to come back and buy a farm there. Then he went into depression, secluding himself for an uncharacteristically long time from twitter and the media. Working backwards, he skipped over bargaining and went straight to anger, blaming the media and their unfair treatment...

• The blood sport of Iowa: A squeaker victory, losers who "win" and the msm's bizarre caucus narrative

  02/03/2016 1:01:12 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 37 replies

  Salon ^ | February 2, 2016 | Andrew O'Hehir

  It was getting on toward 2 o'clock on Tuesday morning after the bewildering Iowa caucuses, so I can't be too sure about anything. As the TV coverage wound down into nothingness, Chris Matthews of MSNBC became increasingly disgruntled about the lack of clear winners and losers in the Hawkeye State, at least in the Democratic photo finish between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Getting to hear the losers make concession speeches is what makes our democracy exciting, he insisted. Iowa in 2016, according to the Matthews worldview, was not exciting. "This was just vague," he muttered. He may actually have...

• Cruz lashes out at Rubio, Trump in NH

  02/02/2016 1:08:02 PM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 158 replies

  Billings Gazette ^ | February 2, 2016 | AP

  <p>Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz is lashing out at Marco Rubio and Donald Trump on immigration while facing New Hampshire voters for the first time since his Iowa caucus victory.</p> <p>Cruz charged that Rubio led the fight for "amnesty" for immigrants in the country illegally. He also said Trump didn't do anything to fight immigration reform as the debate raged on Capitol Hill in 2013.</p>

• Limbaugh: Trump Lost Iowa Because He Attacked Cruz 'Like A Liberal Democrat'

  02/02/2016 11:18:23 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 219 replies

  The Daily Caller ^ | February 2, 2016 | Christian Datoc

  Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh said Tuesday that Donald Trump lost the Iowa caucus because his criticism of Ted Cruz made him sound "like a liberal Democrat." "I don't think Trump skipping the debate had a thing to do with what happened last night," began Limbaugh. "This is a Republican primary. It's Iowa. Conservatives win in Iowa." "Donald Trump, I don't know if you forgot - one thing that everyone remembers - he went out and tried to criticize Ted Cruz," explained the talk-show host. "Ted Cruz isn't the enemy," he continued. "Hillary Clinton is the enemy. Ted Cruz is...

• How did Iowa caucus polls get GOP vote so wrong?

  02/02/2016 10:23:32 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 105 replies

  New York Daily News ^ | February 2, 2016 | Dan Good, Adam Edelman

  Iowa pollsters' losses were Ted Cruz's gain Monday night, as even the most storied surveys of the Hawkeye State's electorate missed the Texas senator's surging momentum. Cruz cruised to victory in the early-voting state's caucuses, easily beating bombastic billionaire Donald Trump 27.6% to 24.3%, with Florida Sen. Marco Rubio finishing a close third, with 23.1%. But polls, even ones released just hours before voters headed to caucus-locations, showed Trump in the solid lead: A Quinnipiac University poll out Monday afternoon had Trump beating Cruz 31% to 24%, while a Des Moines Register / Bloomberg Politics survey out the day before...

• Trump blames the VOTERS for Iowa loss: Repubican claims he got no credit for self-funding, claims..

  02/02/2016 9:18:23 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 177 replies

  The Daily Mail ^ | February 2, 2016 | Nikki Schwab

  Trump blames the VOTERS for Iowa loss: Republican claims he got no credit for self-funding - then claims he isn't getting credit for 'long-shot great finish' Donald Trump spent this morning doling out blame on Twitter for his Iowa loss. 'I don't believe I have been given any credit by the voters for self-funding my campaign, the only one. I will keep doing, but not worth it!' Trump tweeted. He also pointed fingers at the media for now crowning his second place finish behind Ted Cruz a win. 'The media has not covered my long-shot great finish in Iowa fairly....

• Trump Iowa loss could mean trouble ahead

  02/02/2016 5:31:18 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 163 replies

  The Washington Examiner ^ | February 2, 2016 | Byron York

  WEST DES MOINES, Iowa -- Donald Trump's supporters showed up at the Sheraton Monday night fully expecting their man to win the Iowa caucuses. And why shouldn't they? Trump had held a lead of varying sizes in 13 of the last 13 polls listed in the RealClearPolitics average of Iowa polls. How could that not win? "Beats the hell out of me," said Michelle Tepley, a Trump fan from Waukee. "It doesn't make any sense." "Sad," said Kimberly Hawn of West Des Moines. "I don't know, I don't know," said Steve Brewer of Norwalk. Months ago, before Trump took the...

• Trump Nation's Faded Boarding Pass

  02/02/2016 1:25:22 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 210 replies

  The American Thinker ^ | February 2, 2016 | Geoffrey P. Hunt

  [snip] ".........Trump Nation is tired of failed transactions leaving only humiliation, disrespect, hardship, and despair. Trump Nation wants a transaction president. Donald Trump knows transactions. Donald Trump advertises that he's not only a high stakes negotiator. Trump will save the nation in the grandest transaction yet. It is that simple. Just like Trump Airlines. Recall Trump's promises in 1988 -- a lot more than a simple transaction in keeping the aging Eastern Airlines shuttle fleet flying. Trump promised luxury, convenience, style, personal touches, affinity to grandeur, and profitability. Except for convenience, Trump delivered nothing else for which customers were willing...

• Ted Cruz, Triumphant

  02/01/2016 10:28:42 PM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 197 replies

  The National Review ^ | February 1, 2016 | David French

  I tip my cap, unreservedly, to Ted Cruz. With everything on the line - and so many GOP colleagues cowed and intimidated - he took on Donald Trump and won. Late last year I wrote that the GOP needed an actual leader, someone who would step up and take on Trump directly: Now is the time. A presidential campaign is an early test of leadership, a proving ground for dealing with the challenges of the world's most difficult job. I don't want the last man standing. I want the guy who took down the king. If Trump can absorb the...

• Trump: "FOX Is Great. We're Back. We're Friends"

  02/01/2016 1:02:40 PM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 96 replies

  Real Clear Politics ^ | February 1, 2016

  ......."Frankly, FOX is great. We're back. We're friends. All of that stuff," Trump said about his relationship with the news network. "But I said, I'm not going into that debate. We held something in lieu. of the debate. I said, let's hold a rally for our veterans."

• The Art of the Deal-Breaker

  02/01/2016 11:33:34 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 61 replies

  The National Review ^ | February 1, 2016 | Jim Geraghty

  For the past year, one political power player after another has tried to negotiate with Donald Trump, and gotten bitten for the effort. Yet, like lemmings, each successive figure stepped up to meet the same fate, convinced despite all available evidence that gravity would give them a better deal. These movers and shakers seemed to think they could control Trump, and attempted to reach a bargain with the man who wrote The Art of the Deal. It did not end well for any of them. Ted Cruz bent over backward to avoid criticizing Trump, in hopes that the billionaire's campaign...

[r_barton]

Sure looks like the account of a paid political operative. If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck...

Just because it is an old account doesn’t mean the original user hasn’t turned it over to some PAC.

[randita]

So you’d like less information rather than more information on candidates who are running for the highest office in the land?

Do you not trust people to filter and process the information and make up their own minds?

Do you prefer censoring content that favors or disfavors one candidate over another?

I’ll read everything I can about a candidate before making up my mind and I appreciate people like CW and others who support different candidates posting reports about them all.

I’ll read them, cross check, analyze them, and think about them. Then I’ll make up my mind.

You’re free to post 100 articles a day about the candidate you favor, if you want. Why don’t you?

[kiryandil]

You're "arguing" with a CruzPostBot. It doesn't give a rip about your opinion.

The Bot posts 3-4 TrumpBash/CruzBoost articles a DAY.

That's a very difficult pace to keep up, unless there are "other incentives" besides simple motivation.

This is the batch of articles from January 23 through February 1. The link I posted to you in the other thread (post #162) was from February 1 to February 8 - same pattern:

• Cruz hits The Donald on 'TrumpCare'

  02/01/2016 7:36:04 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 321 replies

  Politico ^ | February 1, 2016 | Dan Diamond with Joanne Kenen

  CRUZ HITS TRUMP ON HEALTH CARE - AND HE'S KIND OF RIGHT - Locked in a close battle in Iowa, Ted Cruz is turning to health care in an attempt to separate himself from rival Donald Trump. A brutal ad airing in Iowa links "HillaryCare" and "ObamaCare" with "TrumpCare" - and uses Trump's own words against him. "Everybody's got to be covered, this is an un-Republican thing for me to say," the ad quotes Trump saying on 60 Minutes last fall. "[And] the government's gonna pay for it." Cruz pushed this message further on several Sunday shows. "A vote for...

• Trump lends campaign nearly $11 million

  02/01/2016 1:15:54 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 130 replies

  The Washington Examiner ^ | February 1, 2016 | Al Weaver

  Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump raised $13.6 million in the fourth fundraising quarter, according to the campaign's filing with the Federal Election Commission. Trump, who often boasts about that he is self-funding his campaign, loaned his campaign $10.8 million, leaving his operation with nearly $7 million in cash-on-hand. The campaign reported that it spent nearly $7 million during the fourth quarter alone. It raised $2.6 million beyond Trump's loan. Most came from small dollar donations. The campaign owes $12.6 million to Trump himself. The filing shows that the Trump campaign spent nearly $500,000 on hats, primarily on the red caps...

• Rep. Steve King Says He 'Knows Things' About Trump Endorsements

  02/01/2016 12:52:20 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 261 replies

  The Daily Caller ^ | January 31, 2016 | Kerry Picket

  AMES, Iowa - Rep. Steve King , an Iowa Republican and Ted Cruz supporter, says Donald Trump bought his endorsements. Trump recently received high profile endorsements from Maricopa County Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, and Liberty University president Jerry Falwell, Jr. King reiterated his statement about the endorsements to the Daily Caller on Saturday during a Cruz rally at the Gateway Hotel and stressed that he "knows things." "He has, from a regular person's perspective, unlimited resources and he's willing to use whatever access he has in order to get the endorsements that he wants," King...

• Cruz: Trump 'Owes At Least $480 Million Right Now' [VIDEO]

  01/31/2016 7:27:11 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 233 replies

  The Daily Caller ^ | January 31, 2016 | Derek Draplin

  Sen. Ted Cruz on Sunday accused front-runner Donald Trump of owing $480 million, noting "it could be billions." Appearing on "Fox News Sunday" the Texas senator told host Chris Wallace that his own loans to run for senate were disclosed and also accused Trump of owing millions. "If you look at his financial disclosure, he owes at least $480 million dollars right now, and it could be billions," Cruz told Wallace. "He knows this loan story is completely nonsense," Cruz said. "It's also the height of hutzpah - for someone who owes hundreds of millions of dollars if not billions...

• Poll: Trump is least popular of all 2016 candidates

  01/31/2016 2:23:31 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 120 replies

  The Hill ^ | January 31, 2016 | Harper Neidig

  Republican front-runner Donald Trump has the highest unfavorable ratings of any presidential candidate in either party in the 2016 field, a Gallup poll released Saturday found. Sixty percent of those surveyed gave the business mogul unfavorable ratings, while a third said they viewed him favorably, for a net favorability rating of -27. Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Jeb Bush are tied for second-lowest net favorability ratings with -10 each. Among other Republican candidates, Bush's 45 percent unfavorable rating is the next-worst after Trump. Following him are Chris Christie at 38 percent, Ted Cruz at 37 percent, Marco Rubio at 33...

• Grow Up! How can anyone be for this spoiled brat?

  01/30/2016 12:54:47 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 313 replies

  The American Spectator ^ | January 30, 2016 | Thomas Sowell

  Of all the many things said about Donald Trump, what was said by Roger Ailes, head of the Fox News Channel, said it all in just two words: "Grow up!" It is amazing how many people have been oblivious to this middle-aged man's spoiled brat behavior, his childish boastfulness about things he says he is going to do, and his petulant response to every criticism with ad hominem replies. He has boasted that his followers would stick by him even if he committed murder. But is that something to boast about? Is it not an insult to his followers, if...

• Read the 'Donald Trump Voter Guide' sent to Iowa caucus goers

  01/30/2016 12:07:38 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 71 replies

  Washington Post ^ | January 29, 2016

  This anti-Trump pamphlet, obtained by Philip Rucker, comes from Our Principles PAC.

• Liberty University's president is blocking students on Twitter

  01/29/2016 11:02:04 PM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 31 replies

  The Washington Examiner ^ | January 29, 2016 | Ashe Schow

  Do you disagree with Liberty University's president's decision to endorse Donald Trump for president? You could get blocked on Twitter if you tweet your dissatisfaction with the endorsement. Tyler McNally, a Liberty University student (and someone I've followed for a few years), tweeted a screenshot Friday afternoon showing Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. blocking him on his Twitter account. pic.twitter.com/TnQ6uXJtiM - Tyler McNally (@Tyler_McNally) January 29, 2016 "My school president blocked me. AMA" McNally wrote. ("AMA" is an acronym for "Ask Me Anything," a joke referencing a section of Reddit where users ask questions to celebrities or those with...
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• BRUTAL Ad Released Ripping Trump on Illegal Immigration Flip-Flop

  01/28/2016 12:45:06 PM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 127 replies

  Daily Wire ^ | January 28, 2016 | By: Hank Berrien

  A new ad that brutally exposes Donald Trump's hypocrisy vis-a-vis illegal immigration did not come from any of his current opponents, but rather Our Principles PAC, an anti-Trump group led by former Mitt Romney aide Katie Packer. The ad opens by asserting that the reason Trump is skipping Thursday"s GOP debate is "Trump can't handle tough questions, like why he'd let millions of illegal immigrants stay in America and even supports a pathway to citizenship." The ad then shows Trump addressing a Chicago audience last June, sounding as if he endorsed giving illegal immigrants a path to citizenship. Trump lectured,...

• Trump -- debt creator and bailout-backer

  01/28/2016 5:41:31 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 57 replies

  The Washington Examiner ^ | January 28, 2016 | Editors

  The Tea Party movement began as a response to federal bailouts of Wall Street and auto makers in 2008 and 2009. These unprecedented government interventions in the economy padded the wallets of special interests by privatizing profits and socializing losses. Where was Donald Trump on this? As it happens, he appeared on television more than once to discuss what was happening. And when he did, he came in favor of the bailouts that soured conservative voters, especially Tea Partiers, on both George W. Bush and Barack Obama. Of the auto companies, which were failing because of years of union intransigence...

• Veterans' Groups Line up to Reject Money from Trump (if He is Even Raising Any)

  01/27/2016 11:56:38 PM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 169 replies

  Red State ^ | January 27, 2016 | Leon H. Wolf

  Trump's standard line when he is about to storm out of a media event because he doesn't like how it covers him is that he is going to go host an event to raise money for veterans. Thus it was no surprise when he announced that he would be skipping the FoxNews event to hold a separate event to raise money for.... well, "veterans," generally. Of course, Trump did not name a specific charity so that his feet might be held to the fire on this, just "veterans," generally. Well, there are two small problems. The main veterans group that...

• Trump's Supporters in New Hampshire Really Do Exist. (I Saw Them!)

  01/27/2016 11:12:40 PM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 16 replies

  Slate ^ | January 26, 2016 | Jim Newell

  "....The Washington Examiner's Byron York reports on the burgeoning Kaelism among Republican poobahs who were gathered at Saturday's First in the Nation Town Hall in Nashua. "Most of the politicos in Nashua didn't deny that the polls are what they are," York writes. "They just explained that they haven't personally encountered evidence that the Trump-dominated polls are accurate." As one "very well-connected state Republican" says, "I don't see it....I don't feel it. I don't hear it, and I spend part of every day with Republican voters." Former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu and his wife, after racking their brains to...

• Donald Trump testing Iowans' tolerance

  01/27/2016 12:13:53 PM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 50 replies

  The Washington Examiner ^ | January 27, 2016 | Byron York

  BLOOMFIELD, Iowa - James and Brooks Schooley are raising a young family in this tiny Iowa community. They support Ted Cruz and brought their kids to an old church near the Bloomfield town square to hear the candidate, along with Iowa Rep. Steve King and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry. The Schooleys like Cruz's faith and his fealty to the Constitution. But their choice is also shaped by their wariness of the Republican front-runner, Donald Trump. "He's not principled," James Schooley told me, referring to Trump. "He just goes by emotion." "I feel like he doesn't stick to the Constitution...

• Trump escalates Megyn Kelly feud with 'bimbo' tweet

  01/27/2016 5:48:46 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 237 replies

  The Hill ^ | January 27, 2016 | Neetzan Zimmerman

  Donald Trump wasted no time Wednesday morning fanning the flames of his newly reignited feud with Fox News star Megyn Kelly. "I refuse to call Megyn Kelly a bimbo, because that would not be politically correct," the Republican presidential front-runner said in an early morning tweet. "Instead I will only call her a lightweight reporter!" Trump has taken issue with Kelly since the two faced off in last summer's Fox News debate - the first Republican debate of the 2016 election cycle. Trump's last throw down with "The Kelly File" host was similarly punctuated by the b-word [Aug 24, 2015]....

• What Ailes Trump? [UPDATE: Corey Lewandowski]

  01/27/2016 4:57:55 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 68 replies

  The American Spectator ^ | January 27, 2016 | Arnold Steinberg

  [SNIP] UPDATE: Now more of the story is coming out. We can see what provoked Roger Ailes. In a more complete statement issued last night, Fox erred again in editorializing, "We're not sure how Iowans are going to feel about him walking away from them at the last minute...." Rather than stick to the facts, Fox then argued for journalistic integrity, a reasonable point, but more of concern to insiders than to the masses. It's one thing for Trump to say he'll pull out and Fox ratings will be hurt. It's quite another to carry a vendetta and threaten the...

• Was Donald Trump almost on the George H.W. Bush ticket?

  01/27/2016 3:38:39 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 9 replies

  The New York Post ^ | November 9, 2015 | By Marisa Schultz

  <p>WASHINGTON - Donald Trump on Sunday admitted he considered becoming George H.W. Bush's running mate, but denied it was ever his idea.</p> <p>The potential Bush-Trump ticket was first revealed in a new biography by historian Jon Meacham, who writes in "Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush" that the 41st president considered the idea "strange and unbelievable."</p>

• Trump's convenient conversions on conservative issues

  01/27/2016 1:39:03 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 53 replies

  The Washington Examiner ^ | January 27, 2016 | Staff

  The central question for conservatives, on these and other issues, is whether Trump truly experienced radical conversions on issues they care about, or whether he has just learned to say the right things when he needs conservatives' votes. Even on his signature issue of immigration, Trump faulted Mitt Romney for being too tough as recently as 2012. In 2013, he told a group of immigration activists that he supported giving DREAMers a path to citizenship, and was shocked that they didn't have one already. Only now, running for president, has he sung a different tune.Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin endorsed...

• What is Trump thinking?

  01/26/2016 11:43:05 PM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 79 replies

  The Washington Examiner ^ | January 27, 2016 | W. James Antle III

  What is Donald Trump up to now? Just when you thought the Republican presidential race couldn't get any stranger, the unconventional billionaire candidate pulled out of Thursday night's GOP debate, sponsored by Fox News, the field's final meeting before the Iowa caucus. Nobody toys with Trump, his campaign declared in a statement, not even Roger Ailes: "Mr. Trump doesn't play games." "Whereas he has always been a job creator and not a debater, he nevertheless truly enjoys the debating process — and it has been very good for him, both in polls and popularity," the Trump campaign missive continued. But...

• Mark Levin Lashes Out at Donald Trump: 'Might as Well Vote for Jeb Bush'

  01/26/2016 10:56:21 PM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 192 replies

  The Blaze ^ | January 25, 2016 | Fred Lucas

  Conservative talk radio host Mark Levin said that Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump was similar to an establishment Republican compromiser after the real estate mogul pledged earlier to work closely with Democratic leaders in Congress. "You might as well vote for Jeb Bush," Levin said. "I bet he would get along with Harry Reid or Nancy Pelosi or Chuck Schumer. Lindsey Graham gets along with them great. Marco Rubio got along with them great." In an interview Tuesday on MSNBC's Morning Joe, Trump said, "I've always had a good relationship with Nancy Pelosi. I've never had a problem. Reid will...

• Donald Trump defends Vladimir Putin over Alexander Litvinenko murder

  01/26/2016 2:01:35 PM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 144 replies

  The Telegraph ^ | January 26, 2016 | Nick Allen

  Donald Trump has defended Vladimir Putin after a British public inquiry found the Russian president "probably" sanctioned the assassination of Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko in London. Mr Trump waded into the case saying he had seen "no evidence" of Mr Putin's involvement, adding: "They say a lot of things about me that are untrue too." The front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination has previously said he felt a "great honour" when Mr Putin praised him as an "absolute leader". .. But Mr Trump told Fox Business: "Have they found him (Mr Putin) guilty? I don't think they've found him guilty....

• Anti-abortion leaders urge 'anyone but Trump'

  01/26/2016 12:32:56 PM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 63 replies

  The Hill ^ | January 26, 2016 | Peter Sullivan

  A group of national and Iowa-based leaders of anti-abortion groups are urging voters to support "anyone but Trump." The 10 leaders, including Jenifer Bowen, executive director of Iowa Right to Life, and Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony List, wrote a letter to Iowa voters ahead of Monday's caucuses, warning against Donald Trump, one of the leading candidates. "On the issue of defending unborn children and protecting women from the violence of abortion, Mr. Trump cannot be trusted and there is, thankfully, an abundance of alternative candidates with proven records of pro-life leadership whom pro-life voters can support," the...

• When it comes to contributions, Trump doesn't play in the big leagues [loyal to Boehner & McConnell]

  01/26/2016 12:50:07 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 90 replies

  Open Secrets ^ | August 7, 2015 | Viveca Novak

  "....That $100,000 gift from Trump to the Boehner-allied super PAC was twice as big as his next-biggest contributions. [Trump's] given $50,000 .. to Karl Rove's American Crossroads (2010) [and $50,000 to] the pro-Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) Kentuckians for Strong Leadership (2013)..."

• Gov. Walker still gives edge to Cruz in Iowa

  01/25/2016 10:03:50 PM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 156 replies

  WKOW - Madison, Wis ^ | January 25, 2016 | Greg Neumann

  FENNIMORE (WKOW) -- Despite polls showing billionaire businessman Donald Trump leading the Republican presidential race in Iowa, Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wisconsin) feels Sen. Ted Cruz (R- Texas) has an edge in the Hawkeye State. Iowa voters will caucus next Monday night in a race seen as pivotal to Sen. Cruz's chances for the GOP nomination. In past month, Trump has gone from trailing Sen. Cruz to leading him by six points in an average of recent polls. But Gov. Walker agrees with many experts who believe Cruz still has an advantage, because of the ground game he's set up in Iowa...

• 2016 Texas Republican Presidential Primary - Cruz 45%, Trump 30% (CBS/YouGov 1/18-1/21)

  01/25/2016 9:29:43 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 85 replies

  Huffington Post ^ | January 18, 2016 | CBS/YouGov

  984 Likely Voters - Republican 1) 2016 Texas Republican Presidential Primary Asked of 984 likely voters - republican Jeb Bush (R) 4% Ben Carson (R) 5% Chris Christie (R) 2% Ted Cruz (R) 45% Carly Fiorina (R) 1% Jim Gilmore (R) 0% Mike Huckabee (R) 1% John Kasich (R) 1% Rand Paul (R) 2% Marco Rubio (R) 8% Rick Santorum (R) 0% Donald Trump (R) 30% Undecided 1% Poll

• Who is Right about Donald Trump's Political Party Affiliations?

  01/25/2016 6:34:25 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 27 replies

  January 25, 2016 | Vanity

  I've seen a photo copy posted on FR threads that purports to prove that Donald Trump has been a Republican since 1980. "Smoking Gun" has reported that Trump has often changed parties citing the same source - New York City Board of Elections. I don't know if this New York City Board of Elections information sourced in this article has been added to the mix [showing party affiliation changes on forms signed by Donald Trump] so I'll add it here for discussion. ".......According to the New York City Board of Elections, Trump has changed his party affiliation five times since...

• Is This a Fair Question? Did Donald Trump Denounce the Fort Hood Shootings?

  01/25/2016 6:04:01 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 98 replies

  January 25, 2016 | Vanity

  Rick Perry just endorsed Ted Cruz and I posted that news in a thread this morning. It's gotten over 100 comments. On it I posted Rick Perry's comment in defense of Ted Cruz about the "New York Values" dust-up [Comment #84 at the link above]. [Rick Perry: "...."Mr. Trump took umbrage by Ted Cruz talking about New York values, and, you know, became very serious about - as we all were - what happened on September the 11th of 2001," he said. "We were all New Yorkers that day - don't get confused with that, but you know, I would...

• A Soft Civil War

  01/25/2016 12:24:23 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 25 replies

  The American Thinker ^ | January 25, 2016 | Clarice Feldman

  "...in the Republican camp there's a soft civil war going on in preparation,..for the upcoming Iowa primary. One wag..indicated Iowa should get the first primary in the nation or ethanol subsidies,but not both. The point is well taken. With the exception of only Cruz to my knowledge, candidates desiring an early win and momentum promise to keep the subsidies going.(The Democrat caucuses in that state resemble nothing so much as the Zimbabwe farmers-workers meetings where in true Marxist style the layabout operatives who can stay at it longer win the game as everyone else goes home to work or tend...

• Tone-deaf Trump touts eminent domain support

  01/23/2016 10:01:45 PM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 262 replies

  The Washington Examiner ^ | January 23, 2016 | Al Weaver

  DES MOINES - If nothing else, Donald Trump certainly didn't toe the company line or kowtow to the citizens of Pella, Iowa, while touting his support for eminent domain during his second campaign stop in the Hawkeye State on Saturday. With only eight days until voting, the Republican Party front-runner continued to back eminent domain before a crowd interspersed with locals from Pella and Oskaloosa as the two cities continue to push to build a regional airport next to Highway 163 using the practice. Twice, Trump called the practice a "positive thing" while talking up the necessity of its use....