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To: stephenjohnbanker

Not a welcome source on FR, but cannot disagree with this analysis.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2016/04/carly_fiorina_ted_cruz_s_unfathomable_choice_for_vice_president.html

There is one way in which Fiorina makes perfect sense as a means of quickly and acutely shifting the political terrain before Indiana votes. It essentially involves using Fiorina as bait for Trump.

If the Cruz campaign is lucky, the Fiorina selection will provoke Trump into saying or doing something egregiously sexist before May 3. For Trump, the only thing standing between him and the nomination may be his ability to avoid that simple trap. Will he be able to do it?


54 posted on 04/28/2016 3:33:17 PM PDT by maggief (Rush: Charter member of the DBR - Drive By Radio)
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To: maggief

Yes Trump will be able to do it. I don’t think he will even need Indiana, but he will take it anyway.

PS Carly is not liked in the Silicon Valley


58 posted on 04/28/2016 3:37:39 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: maggief

Well so far it isn’t working. Trump has mentioned Snarly, but didn’t get personal.

He called her a nice lady.


60 posted on 04/28/2016 3:45:07 PM PDT by dforest (Ted took your money and is laughing all the way to Goldman Sachs)
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To: maggief

Slate is actually quite fair-minded.

I agree for the most with Jim Newell’s analysis.

Is Trump secure in being the presumptive nominee?

Time will tell.


81 posted on 04/28/2016 4:31:31 PM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: maggief

“If the Cruz campaign is lucky, the Fiorina selection will provoke Trump into saying or doing something egregiously sexist before May 3. For Trump, the only thing standing between him and the nomination may be his ability to avoid that simple trap. Will he be able to do it?”

So what if he does, will it really matter? Did it matter when he called Hillary a crook? Suggested Megan Kelly had blood coming out of her whatever . . . Made a remark about Carly’s looks (can’t remember what he said.)

Did it matter when he called McCain a coward, Cruz a liar, or Jeb is low energy?

I think Donald Trump is made of Teflon.


82 posted on 04/28/2016 4:37:35 PM PDT by erkelly
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To: maggief
It's like the scene in Roger Rabbit where Roger is hiding in the crawlspace and Judge Doom keeps saying "shave and a haircut" and tapping on the walls.

Roger is turning red, biting his nails and trying to resist but eventually crashes through the wall and yells "two bits!"


85 posted on 04/28/2016 4:49:16 PM PDT by JediJones (Looks like those clowns in Congress did it again. What a bunch of clowns.)
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