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Here's How Donald Trump Could Become President
Huffington Post ^
| 02/22/2016
| Zach Carter and Ryan Grim
Posted on 02/22/2016 10:46:29 PM PST by goldstategop
Trump is no Romney. He is running an unsubtle, racist campaign that has particularly targeted Latinos. His chances of winning swing states with significant Latino populations -- Florida, Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico -- are extremely low.
But he doesn't need them to win. All he has to do is carry the Rust Belt -- a region perfectly attuned to Trump's fiery denunciations of American trade policy and his angry condemnation of Washington corruption. While Romney hailed free trade, globalization and "creative destruction," Trump rails against the North American Free Trade Agreement and promises to bring jobs back home.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: donaltrump; huffingtonpost; rustbelt; ryangrim; zachcarter
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To: dp0622
I'm not the one to admire.
TED CRUZ is one of the VERY FEW putting it ALL on the LINE, ... and doing it .... FOR US !
PRAY for the RIGHTEOUS RESULT in THIS election !
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posted on
02/23/2016 1:19:26 AM PST
by
Yosemitest
(It's SIMPLE ! ... Fight, ... or Die !)
To: goldstategop
I am going to go out on a limb here and say he can win if he gets enough electoral votes.
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posted on
02/23/2016 1:21:02 AM PST
by
itsahoot
(itsahoot)
To: Yosemitest
Vera Coking's house between the steel framework of Bob Guccione's planned Penthouse Casino. In the 1970s,
Penthouse magazine publisher Bob Guccione offered Coking $1 million for her property. When she refused, he built around it, severely reducing its property value:
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posted on
02/23/2016 1:21:09 AM PST
by
jonrick46
(The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
To: Gene Eric
And the Republican idiots that supported his leadership position must be voted out of office. That would be all of them.
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posted on
02/23/2016 1:23:57 AM PST
by
itsahoot
(itsahoot)
To: Yosemitest
I'm not the one to admire. TED CRUZ is one of the VERY FEW putting it ALL on the LINE, ... and doing it .... FOR US ! PRAY for the RIGHTEOUS RESULT in THIS election !Name one thing Cruz has put on the line? Sure is not his senate job. What else does he have to put on the line?
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posted on
02/23/2016 1:24:20 AM PST
by
Just mythoughts
(Jesus said Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife.)
To: dp0622
But think. Iâm a Cruz guy whoâs gonna vote Trump in the generals. Take the shortcut and save the grief. Cruz is not going to win.
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posted on
02/23/2016 1:25:38 AM PST
by
itsahoot
(itsahoot)
To: Yosemitest
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posted on
02/23/2016 1:26:04 AM PST
by
onyx
(YOU'RE POSTING HERE, HOPE YOU'RE A DONOR! FReepLoaders are RUDE)
To: jonrick46
I re-quote:
Donald Trump, America's modern Mussolini
... Trump uses many of the fascist's tools:a contempt for facts,
spreading a pervasive sense of fear and overwhelming crisis,
portraying his backers as victims,
assigning blame to foreign or alien actors
and suggesting only his powerful personality can transcend the crisis.
He endorsed the violence done to a dissenter at one of his rallies,and he now floats the idea of making entry to the United States contingent on religion.
A quantitative analysis of Trump's speeches by the New York Times found that Trump echoes what historians said were"the appeals of some demagogues of the past century" in his repetition of "divisive phrases, harsh words and violent imagery."
Perhaps more troubling than Trump is the reluctance among Republican leaders to disavow him. ...
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posted on
02/23/2016 1:26:29 AM PST
by
Yosemitest
(It's SIMPLE ! ... Fight, ... or Die !)
To: Yosemitest
Give it a rest.
No one cares.
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posted on
02/23/2016 1:30:36 AM PST
by
itsahoot
(itsahoot)
To: Just mythoughts
What drugs are YOU on ?
TED CRUZ STOOD AGAINST the "ESTABLISHMENT REPUBLICANS" and called them LIARS TO THEIR FACES !
You don't think that's putting it ALL on the line ?
You MUST HAVE went through the Public Education System,
where the Teachers Unions makes it IMPOSSIBLE to teach our history, and to teach THE TRUTH !
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posted on
02/23/2016 1:30:57 AM PST
by
Yosemitest
(It's SIMPLE ! ... Fight, ... or Die !)
To: itsahoot
It just the TRUMPTERS that DON'T CARE ABOUT THE TRUTH, THE CONSTITUTION, OR OUR NATION !
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posted on
02/23/2016 1:34:34 AM PST
by
Yosemitest
(It's SIMPLE ! ... Fight, ... or Die !)
To: itsahoot
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posted on
02/23/2016 1:35:26 AM PST
by
Yosemitest
(It's SIMPLE ! ... Fight, ... or Die !)
To: dp0622
Trump IS NOT a Conservative, NOT EVEN A LITTLE BIT ! Good the last one we had nearly killed the Country.
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posted on
02/23/2016 1:43:04 AM PST
by
itsahoot
(itsahoot)
To: Yosemitest
What drugs are YOU on ? TED CRUZ STOOD AGAINST the "ESTABLISHMENT REPUBLICANS" and called them LIARS TO THEIR FACES ! You don't think that's putting it ALL on the line ? You MUST HAVE went through the Public Education System, where the Teachers Unions makes it IMPOSSIBLE to teach our history, and to teach THE TRUTH !IF you think standing in the well of the Senate calling the Senate leader a liar is heroic then you and I live in a parallel universe. To this day I have yet to hear what McConnell said that was a lie... I have heard Cruz's claims... and what did Cruz gain by making this publicity stunt? On this morning Cruz has by his own mouth and acts of his campaign, and his mega packer donors have left the scarlet liar label up one side and down the other on Cruz. He will never recover, no matter how able he is to parse his words.
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posted on
02/23/2016 1:44:14 AM PST
by
Just mythoughts
(Jesus said Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife.)
To: Yosemitest
So people are calling common sense as Fascist? If they sell you on that idea, I have some waterfront property in Florida to sell you.
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posted on
02/23/2016 2:17:53 AM PST
by
jonrick46
(The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
To: Just mythoughts
"To this day I have yet to hear what McConnell said that was a lie"
Here it is, with a LINKED VIDEO, and LINKED SOURCE.
Ted Cruz Is Right -- Mitch McConnell Lied
JULY 25, 2015
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) offered an amendment to the highway bill yesterday that reauthorizes the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im), a corporate welfare program that forces American taxpayers to secure loan guarantees for foreign companies.
Thankfully, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) spoke out against this betrayal on the Senate floor yesterday in a speech that every conservative must watch.
Senator Cruz said that Senator McConnell lied to him when he denied having cut a secret deal with the Democrats to reauthorize Ex-Im.
Senator Cruz is right.
McConnell lied to him and to all Americans.
Senator McConnell clearly does not share conservative or even Republican values.
Since he became the Majority Leader, he has passed bill after bill that were favored by more Democrats than Republicans.
He says he has gotten the Senate working again, but he's put it to work for the Democrats and lobbyists.
His strategy has not only failed to secure any conservative policy victories,
it's also driven his party's favorability ratings into the ground.
A new Pew Research survey shows that only 32% of Americans have a favorable view of the Republican Party,a nine-point drop since January.
These numbers are sinking largely because Republican voters disapprove of their party's leaders.
In fact, another Pew survey done back in May showed that 75% of Republicans believe their party's leaders should be doing more to challenge President Obama.
Senator Mitch McConnell's obsession with passing liberal bills is giving all Republicans a bad name.
NEXT STEPS
Senator McConnell offered the Ex-Im amendment, blocked other amendments by filling the "amendment tree""- - a procedural tactic he criticized Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) for using
- - and then filed cloture on the bill to end debate.
The debate will stretch out into this coming week and it will be important that conservatives engage in it by making targeted calls to key senators.
Senators Cruz and Mike Lee (R-UT) have some procedural tricks of their own
and we need to make sure the other Republicans stand with them
to get votes on issues that are important to conservatives
and to do everything we can to defeat the highway bill.
Please do not get discouraged.
Many Americans are beginning to see that the problem in Washington is not just one party,
but a Washington cartel made up of the leaders in both parties, the media, and lobbyists
who abuse taxpayers for their own interests.
This is an essential first step to electing true conservatives like Senators Cruz and Lee
who will stand up to the liberals in both parties.
Thank you for standing strong for freedom.
We'll keep fighting!
Sincerely,
Ken Cuccinelli II
President
Senate Conservatives Action
Does that answer your question ?
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posted on
02/23/2016 2:28:56 AM PST
by
Yosemitest
(It's SIMPLE ! ... Fight, ... or Die !)
To: jonrick46
Common Sense?
HOW is LYING about what you're going to do ... "common sense" ?
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posted on
02/23/2016 2:30:08 AM PST
by
Yosemitest
(It's SIMPLE ! ... Fight, ... or Die !)
To: Yosemitest
So the lie was McConnell did a secret deal? Or the deal was not secret?
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posted on
02/23/2016 2:31:09 AM PST
by
Just mythoughts
(Jesus said Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife.)
To: dp0622
No, because Trump moved a lot of people right. Getting them to talk about immigration, being spot on about Islamic terrorism. They’ll back the nominee.
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posted on
02/23/2016 2:32:31 AM PST
by
Lopeover
(2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States)
To: jonrick46
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posted on
02/23/2016 2:33:40 AM PST
by
Yosemitest
(It's SIMPLE ! ... Fight, ... or Die !)
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