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Why Trump Survived Every Attack from Rubio and Cruz
Newsweek ^ | 2/25/16 | Matthew Cooper

Posted on 02/25/2016 9:27:48 PM PST by Vision Thing

"If he hadn't inherited $200 million, you know where [Donald] Trump would be? Selling watches in Manhattan."

It was Marco Rubio's big moment, the one that was supposed to damage the GOP front-runner. It wasn't a bad line. The zinger illuminated that Trump wasn't self-made. It made him seem like the avatar of New York's worst values--a street hustler from pre-Giuliani Times Square.

Rubio's riposte got a laugh, but that was it. But he administered his blow too quickly, after a dizzying oppo dump of Trumpian facts--bankruptcies, lawsuits against Trump University, hiring illegal workers and so on. Like a hormonal teenager with control issues, Rubio blurted them out so quickly that the fusillade fell flat.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections; US: Florida; US: New York; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2016debates; 2016election; bothineligible; cruz; election2016; florida; marcorubio; newyork; rubio; tdsrichthread; tedcruz; texas; trump; trumpbashingpud
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To: Iscool

Don’t forget the “I funded you, Ted”

That was also very telling.


121 posted on 02/25/2016 10:21:02 PM PST by ConfidentConservative (If my people shall humble themselves and pray,I will hear from Heaven and heal their land.)
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To: DoughtyOne

Didn’t he take over his dad’s company? And all it’s assets?


122 posted on 02/25/2016 10:21:22 PM PST by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: Donglalinger

Trumpzilla!


123 posted on 02/25/2016 10:21:30 PM PST by Vision Thing (Cruzperados, why don't you come to your senses?)
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To: Salamander

I don’t think Rubio was a professional Chippendale dancer. I think the photo you are referring to was a when Rubio and his South Miami High teammates wowed the crowd with a Chippendale’s style dance routine.


124 posted on 02/25/2016 10:21:33 PM PST by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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To: TBP
A pretty bad night for Trump.

Naturally, you'd have that opinion cause you hate Trump.

Trump had the two Cuban harpies in stereo tonight who obviously had a strategy to bitch all night rather then try and explain why they are a better choice.

It was Kasich and Carson acting like adults, Cruz & Rubio acting like little yapper dogs and Trump having to defend himself.

Not a great night for anyone. Big Loser? RNC and CNN as usual. Just a dumb debate all around.

Cruz and Rubio complain about Trump being PT Barnum but they have no problem playing the circus lions.

125 posted on 02/25/2016 10:21:42 PM PST by The Iceman Cometh (Ted Cruz, please beat Rubio)
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To: TBP

Do you have a link for the Morning Joe Trump socialized medicine link?

The only time Trump has mentioned the word mandate, that I know of, was when he talked over Anderson Cooper, on CNN. The CRuzbots took his one word....that he was talking over Cooper with and, of course, ran with it.

Trump is NOT for socialized medicine or any sort of mandate.


126 posted on 02/25/2016 10:21:47 PM PST by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I haven’t been to Manhattan in years, but when I was last there, I didn’t see one street vendor. Can’t imagine they’d be able to make enough money there to survive the high prices.


127 posted on 02/25/2016 10:23:25 PM PST by Vision Thing (Cruzperados, why don't you come to your senses?)
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To: Vision Thing

If Trump is as heartless an employer as they say...let’s put him in charge of DC :-).


128 posted on 02/25/2016 10:23:28 PM PST by AndyTheBear
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To: The Iceman Cometh

Beck & CRuzio are the Greatest Show on Earth. Rubio is the flying Wallenda boy.


129 posted on 02/25/2016 10:23:32 PM PST by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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To: ConfidentConservative

The proper reply to that is..

“And I thank you for that support, it’s obvious you know a true leader when you see one”


130 posted on 02/25/2016 10:24:09 PM PST by cableguymn (We need a redneck in the white house....)
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To: Vision Thing
/trying to get that image outta my head


131 posted on 02/25/2016 10:24:28 PM PST by Salamander (I made friends with a lot of people in the danger zone...)
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To: Parley Baer

I am not comfortable with the two candidates whose NBC status is in question teaming up to take out their primary opposition.


132 posted on 02/25/2016 10:24:49 PM PST by grania
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To: dragonblustar

At least his face is shaved in that pic.

Ann Coulter calls him Puberty boy.


133 posted on 02/25/2016 10:25:07 PM PST by ObamahatesPACoal ( REINCE PRIEBUS: Yeah, but no...you google Ted Cruz ... and immigration...Those are his words,)
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To: TBP

Your problem is that you are so in love with Cruz,and so in hate with trump,you think like a 14 year old that hormones are raging constantly,no clear thinking,just lying and sick adoration. Cruz looked greasy and sweaty,and homely especially next to Marco.


134 posted on 02/25/2016 10:25:36 PM PST by samantha (keep up the fight....)
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To: annieokie

135 posted on 02/25/2016 10:25:37 PM PST by The Iceman Cometh (Ted Cruz, please beat Rubio)
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To: D-fendr

Yes, but that was years later.

We’re talking initially in the 80s. His dad died in 1999.

Trump also was upside down about $170 million around 1989/90.

There was a downturn and a major paper pegged his net worth at that level.

The guy turned it around. That’s two reason’s why it’s not accurate to refer to his inheritance as his way to riches.


136 posted on 02/25/2016 10:25:55 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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To: Salamander

CRuz even wore ill fitting clothing way back then. Look at that strange choker collar....on a crew neck tee!!


137 posted on 02/25/2016 10:26:02 PM PST by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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To: DoughtyOne

My former sister in law was a nurse in the ER.

They came here, one fell ill onstage and she helped tend the stricken Chip.

They cut away his tighties and found a huge, greasy salami inside.

If that does not dash reality for you, I don’t know what will.

:D


138 posted on 02/25/2016 10:26:32 PM PST by Salamander (I made friends with a lot of people in the danger zone...)
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To: Jane Long

Here are several links:

http://www.redstate.com/streiff/2016/02/19/donald-trump-says-supports-obamacare-mandate/

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/02/19/donald-trump-on-obamacare-i-like-the-mandate/

www.weeklystandard.com/trump-i-like-obamacares-individual-mandate/article/2001172

http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/270021-gop-senator-hits-trump-over-obamacare-mandate-support

http://www.lonelyconservative.com/2016/02/trump-supports-the-obamacare-mandate/

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2015/09/29/trumps-healthcare-plan-obamacare-on-steroids-n2058535

https://lanterns.buzz/index-9.cfm?use_id=C75F5649-155D-8226-301CCFB737F14A50


139 posted on 02/25/2016 10:28:54 PM PST by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: TBP
When and how did Cruz get “destroyed”? I didn’t see any of that. Nor did I see any of it with Rubio.

I wouldn't say destroyed, but he certainly looked meeker than Rubio who was a slobbering junkyard mutt.

Not much of debate when they are just yelling insults at each other. What friggin' circus.

140 posted on 02/25/2016 10:29:19 PM PST by The Iceman Cometh (Ted Cruz, please beat Rubio)
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