Posted on 02/21/2016 6:14:54 AM PST by Praxeologue
Right now, the clueless media, who are desperate for the continuation of the Trump-driven ratings boost they have received are gleefully reporting that the race is all but over, Trump has won, get ready for President Hillary.
The media does not understand conservatives in the least, and they never have. They have correctly calculated that mounting pretend attacks on Trump increases his standing with his own base of support, which works well to their advantage.
But their lack of understanding about conservative voters has led them to look at what Trump has accomplished in the primary thus far, and conclude that his trajectory will be more or less the same as John McCain's, or Mitt Romney's. They fail to understand that, while conservatives were not enthusiastic about either Romney or McCain, neither was anything even remotely as offensive to conservative sensibilities as Trump is.
Trump has got his 30-35% of the Republican party in the bag. They are not going to change their minds, no matter what. No matter how many times Trump stabs them in the back, no matter how many insane and ill-informed things he says, these people are his. However, the media grossly underestimates the extent to which the rest of the Republican party has come to bitterly hate Donald Trump, in a way they never did John McCain or Mitt Romney.
As I noted last night, John McCain's standing in the national polls went up 10% (per RCP average) between the day of the Iowa caucuses and the day of the South Carolina primary. Mitt Romney's went up 8.5%. Donald Trump's went down 1.5%. Donald Trump is not building momentum. He is bitterly opposed by a huge remaining contingent of Republicans.
And right now, including last night's delegates, he has less than 5% of the delegates he needs to win the nomination. Trump currently has 61 delegates, and he needs 1,237. I plan to fight him every day until the day he crosses that threshold, and maybe beyond. I know I'm not nearly the only one who feels that way.
This race isn't over, not by a long shot.
I agree.
People want a fighter on their side.
They’re tired of the “NICE” Bush family, who didn’t turn things around.
Trump will. People know it. End of story.
We’re done with limp wristed pansy boys.
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Ah, backtracking now. So you don’t ever say Cruz will win anything, just “imply” it. Got it.
Leon is the go-to writer for every Trump hater here. Endless screeds, filled with idiocy. They make me laugh.
That makes sense.
Makes those snowbirds good for something ð
Where is the link? If you can’t show it, I didn’t say it. No backtracking involved. Put up or shut up.
You didn’t predict a Cruz win? Put up or shut up. So you didn’t have confidence in your candidate? After all that whining you NEVER thought he would win? Really? No up to you.
One way or another, either you are wrong or a hypocrite.
You can't provide a link because I did not say what you said I did.
Very simple.
Because you made the allegation, the burden of proof rests with you, and you FAILED to provide it.
Now you are trying to twist this.
I saw the full court press attacks on Cruz from Iowa, from the moment he said he'd get rid of the money and mileage sucking ethanol mandate and the Governor there declared war on Cruz (He said he must be defeated, whatever it takes--maybe because his son is a lobbyist for the ethanol industry). Ever since then it has been "liar", and "greasy" and "dirty tricks" and even "Nixonian" and pure pages of the Alisnky playbook directed at Cruz.
Add in an open primary state where the Dems can vote for the crypto-liberal Trump, and frankly, no, I did not expect Cruz to win first place there.
I think those who built those expectations were either being unrealistic under the circumstances or trying to push that to demoralize supporters when it did not happen.
The polls showed Trump with a 2:1 advantage, so I expected Trump to place first. That Ted Cruz was a very close third is a respectable showing amid the media onslaught.
This is only the third primary, there are 47 more.
Maybe you would prefer Cruz drops out so when the GOPee and the Dems find the deal breaker for the Right vis-a-vis Trump, the only choice is the RINO.
Not me.
For the student of History, the Colonials lost a majority of battles and skirmishes during the Revolutionary war, especially those leading up to Yorktown.
It isn't over until it is over.
I am neither wrong not a hypocrite. I am realistic.
You, however are a liar. You have tried to dodge the fact that you have failed to provide proof of an allegation against me.
It should be out there for all to see, all you had to do was link it.
Instead of graciously admitting error, you try to attack me.
I can see why you support the candidate you support. Birds of a feather make guano together. Keep your chickensh*t allegations, liar.
Long winded, but only a simple answer is required.
Did you or did you not say/think Cruz would win SC? Yes or no? If you didn’t, then you are a hypocrite because you come on here acting like you’re a huge Cruz supporter but have no faith in him. If you did, then you are simply wrong.
You could be a man and just say you were wrong. I think that is the lesser of the two evils here.
YOU SAID I SAID CRUZ WOULD WIN, I DIDN'T. YOU FAILED TO PRODUCE A LINK TO THAT STATEMENT.
Don't play word games with me, liar.
I already explained why I did not reasonably expect Cruz to win SC, I made no statement that he would. That one primary out of 50 is over. One battle in a long war. See you in the funnies, jerk. It ain't over until its over.
Ok, so:
1) you didn’t expect Cruz to win.
(check)
2) Do you expect him to win in NV?
Nevada is a state where there is a relatively small rural population overwhelmed by urban pockets. Gambling is legal, and in some counties, prostitution as well. He won’t be playing to the religious right, nor to urban conservatives. The SEIU will be out in force, and people who make their living off Casinos, the hospitality industry, are likely to vote for Trump. That leaves the Military personnel and rural contingent, who simply don’t have the numbers to overwhelm the former, even if they voted en bloc. I expect Trump will be first, I expect Cruz in second or third. That is simply realistic.
I thought I waste only one who remembered Rockford John Anderson.
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