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Trump would be least-popular major-party nominee in modern times
WaPo ^ | 03-31-2016 | Philip Rucker and Robert Costa

Posted on 03/31/2016 6:00:02 AM PDT by NRx

If Donald Trump secures the Republican presidential nomination, he would start the general election campaign as the least-popular candidate to represent either party in modern times.

Three-quarters of women view him unfavorably. So do nearly two-thirds of independents, 80 percent of young adults, 85 percent of Hispanics and nearly half of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents.

Those findings, tallied from Washington Post-ABC News polling, fuel Trump’s overall 67 percent unfavorable rating — making Trump more disliked than any major-party nominee in the 32 years the survey has been tracking candidates.

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


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To: mkjessup

I’m not mean and nasty to everyone. Only ignorant big mouths like you.


161 posted on 04/01/2016 5:25:03 AM PDT by ETL (You can lead a Trump supporter to critical facts & info, but you can't make him/her think)
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To: ETL; All
I’m not mean and nasty to everyone. Only ignorant big mouths like you.

Get some meds to help with your delusions. You are a foul and insulting spammer who insults EVERYONE who doesn't rubber stamp your verbosity. And calling me a "big mouth" is not only the height of hypocrisy but it demonstrates true psychological projection of your own flaws.

You wanna mix it up this morning? Hey it's April, and you're a Fool, let's go for it! :)
162 posted on 04/01/2016 5:31:48 AM PDT by mkjessup (Ted Cruz - Endorsed by JEB, MITT, LINDSEY and the mad Mormon 'prophet', GLENN BECK!)
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To: mkjessup
You wanna mix it up this morning? Hey it's April, and you're a Fool, let's go for it!

Thanks for the invite, but I've wasted enough time and energy on ignorant dopes like you, at least for now.

163 posted on 04/01/2016 5:37:27 AM PDT by ETL (You can lead a Trump supporter to critical facts & info, but you can't make him/her think)
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To: ETL
Thanks for the invite, but I've wasted enough time and energy on ignorant dopes like you, at least for now.

That sounds like you're wising up.

Clint Eastwood as Inspector 'Dirty' Harry Callahan in 'Magnum Force':

"A man has got to know his limitations"
164 posted on 04/01/2016 6:00:25 AM PDT by mkjessup (Ted Cruz - Endorsed by JEB, MITT, LINDSEY and the mad Mormon 'prophet', GLENN BECK!)
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To: ETL

Trump is the only candidate talking about the necessity of ensuring our nuclear strength. None of the other candidates care since they’re all compromised politicians. A Trump candidacy means a revamped and powerful US military, with no political correctness jumping in to bar the defense of our nuclear weapons.

Without our nuclear missiles there will be no USA. Cruz, Rubio, Kasich, these people are stupid clowns only focused on one thing: power for the accumulation of money.


165 posted on 04/01/2016 6:29:32 AM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans
Cruz 'gets it' on the complex situation in Syria regarding Russia's broader (expansionist) agenda there, and elsewhere. Trump either doesn't or is in cahoots with Putin on it, the latter being the more likely.

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Ted Cruz on ISIS, Russia, Obama, missile defense, and the New START Treaty with Russia...

"If we want to actually dismantle ISIS, we need to dramatically change course. We need a real, robust campaign that maximizes our overwhelming air advantage.

We need to focus our efforts not on trying to create friends, but on supporting our real ones, especially the Kurds in Iraq and Syria who have actually had success against ISIS."

-snip-

"We can redouble our efforts to develop the defensive weapons that neutralized the offensive Soviet threat -- particularly missile defense, which has seen a 25% budget reduction under Obama, according to an analysis from the conservative Heritage Foundation, and has been constrained by bad arms deals like New START.

We should not only move quickly to install the canceled interceptor sites Putin opposed in Poland and the Czech Republic, but also to develop the next generation of systems that will only increase his discomfiture.

These options do not entail a ground war in Syria, yet would effectively shake us free from the failed policies that have brought us to our current impasse.

These options set us on a new path that puts Putin on notice that the United States is reclaiming our traditional role as leader of the free world."

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/09/opinions/cruz-syria-putin/index.html

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"I think it would be a mistake to get involved in the Syrian civil war. There have been voices in Washington eager for us to send our sons and daughters over to fight that civil war for some time. I haven't been one of them. I think the touchstone of U.S. military policy should be protecting the national security of this country."

"What we're seeing Putin in Russia do is a direct response to the profound weakness of Obama over six and a half years.

Putin views Obama as weak, as ineffective, and frankly, as a laughingstock. And, as a result, he is moving in, he is invading his neighbors, like Ukraine, he's kidnapping Estonians, and he's moving into Syria to gain a stronger foothold in the Middle East."

https://www.tedcruz.org/news/icymi-cruz-we-have-no-business-getting-in-the-middle-of-the-syrian-civil-war-goal-should-be-to-defeat-isis/

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Ted Cruz:
"We need a coherent plan to address both the specific crisis in Syria and the challenge posed more broadly by Putin's resurgent Russia.

The good news is that America still has options, if our leaders can summon the will to exercise them.

For starters, in Syria we can't double down on the failed strategies that have given Putin his opportunity to intervene.

We are now two years out from President Obama's proposed intervention after al-Assad used chemical weapons against his own people. ..."

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/09/opinions/cruz-syria-putin/index.html

166 posted on 04/01/2016 6:45:28 AM PDT by ETL (You can lead a Trump supporter to critical facts & info, but you can't make him/her think)
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"I think that I would probably get along with him [Putin] very well."
--Donald Trump, CBS' Face The Nation, Oct 2015
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Joe Scarborough: Again, he [Putin] kills journalists that don't agree with him

Trump: Well, I think our country does plenty of killing also, Joe, so, you know. There's a lot of stupidity going on in the world right now, Joe. Lot of killing going on, a lot of stupidity, and that's the way it is.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3365976/At-s-leader-Trump-s-extraordinary-verdict-Vladimir-Putin-two-cozy-up.html

167 posted on 04/01/2016 7:02:29 AM PDT by ETL (You can lead a Trump supporter to critical facts & info, but you can't make him/her think)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans
Trump supports Obama's opening up to communist Cuba....

How Russia arms America's southern neighbors

Ioan Grillo
May 9, 2014

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- Russia's push into Ukraine has put many on edge. But less known is that Russia is also strengthening its military links south of the Rio Grande and re-establishing itself as a power in the region.

Vladimir Putin has been strengthening military links here, and Russia is now the largest arms dealer to governments in Latin America, surpassing the United States.

Russia has even floated the possibility of building new military bases in Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua, and putting its warships permanently in the Caribbean.

In the midst of the Ukraine crisis, Russia's top diplomat Sergei Lavrov recently visited Cuba, Peru, Chile, and Nicaragua, where he announced that Russia would also pour money into the new Central American canal project. ..."

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/140508/russian-arms-military-trade-latin-america
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Russia Boosts Arms, Training for Leftist Latin Militaries

Moscow defense minister inks deals with Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua for joint exercises

BY: Bill Gertz
February 20, 2015

Russia agreed to provide military training for three leftist regimes in Latin America and increase military visits and exercises following a visit last week to the region by Moscow's Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu, Pentagon officials said.

Shoygu met with defense and military leaders in Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua and signed several agreements on warship visits and military training during the visit, which ran from Feb. 11 to 14. It is not clear whether any new arms deals were completed during the visit.

Defense officials said the Russian leader is seeking bases in the region for strategic bomber flights that Shoygu recently promised would include flights over the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean.

http://freebeacon.com/national-security/russia-boosts-arms-training-for-leftist-latin-militaries/
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"50 years is enough , " Trump said in an interview with the Daily Caller published Tuesday, referring to Obama's decision to re-establish U.S. ties with Cuba.

"I think it's fine. I think it's fine, but we should have made a better deal," Trump added. " The concept of opening with Cuba is fine."

http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/08/politics/donald-trump-cuba-diplomatic-opening/index.html

168 posted on 04/01/2016 7:04:30 AM PDT by ETL (You can lead a Trump supporter to critical facts & info, but you can't make him/her think)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans
As a strong critic of KGB/FSB Putin as I am you must find the following comments by Trump troubling...

Trump: Vladimir Putin's praise is 'a great honor'...It is always a great honor to be so nicely complimented by a man so highly respected within his own country and beyond ,"

(Excerpt) Read more at finance.yahoo.com ...
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Dec 2015...

During Friday's 'Morning Joe' interview, Trump said he was impressed with Putin's high poll ratings among the Russian people.

He went on to say he has 'always felt fine about Putin.'

'I think that he is a strong leader. He’s a powerful leader,' Trump said.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3365976/At-s-leader-Trump-s-extraordinary-verdict-Vladimir-Putin-two-cozy-up.html

169 posted on 04/01/2016 7:15:18 AM PDT by ETL (You can lead a Trump supporter to critical facts & info, but you can't make him/her think)
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