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Trump Paralyzed Hillary’s Campaign
Commentary Magazine ^ | 5/10/2016 | Noah Rothman

Posted on 05/10/2016 3:33:09 PM PDT by GilGil

Campaigns and candidates matter. Clinton cannot simply coast into the Oval Office. She’ll have to work for it, and it’s not clear that she knows precisely how that is done. For the moment, like the Republicans who tried and failed before her, Clinton and her campaign staffers seem utterly perplexed by the Trump phenomenon.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016; 2016election; 2016issues; clinton; election; election2016; hillary2016; newyork; trump
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To: GilGil

Trump will be a completely new experience for the Clintons.

A) He’s not intimidated by them.

B) He’s not afraid to hit back.

My guess is that Hillary! is already talking to herself.


81 posted on 05/10/2016 5:06:09 PM PDT by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician/Journalist. Some assembly required.)
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To: GilGil

Those 2 cowards ran so fast I was amazed.

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They should know by now if you kick Trump in the shins he will cut off your leg. Probably beat them with it too.


82 posted on 05/10/2016 5:07:37 PM PDT by barker (Heroes don't wear capes - They wear dog tags)
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To: GilGil

I wish Obama would be blamed for Benghazi as much as Hillary is. He is the CIC after all. By the way, we still don’t know where he was.


83 posted on 05/10/2016 5:12:14 PM PDT by dandiegirl (BO)
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To: GilGil

Yup. That’s why Warren began attacking Trump - she’s the first of many women who will attack Donald knowing he will counterattack. This is only to gain new ammunition that Trump hates women. Since it’s clear Hillary! can’t play that card well, democrats are trying to fabricate a new narrative. Here’s hoping Trump calls them out on the plan at every opportunity.


84 posted on 05/10/2016 5:18:18 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (If a border fence isn't effective, why is there a border fence around the White House?)
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To: GilGil
Amen!

it’s not clear that she knows precisely how that is done

This is a huge advantage for anyone not in the chickens*** RINO camp.

Hillary has never run a competitive race for anything. Being challenged, being behind, needing to actually build support as opposed to pandering by rote is totally foreign to her.

85 posted on 05/10/2016 5:24:41 PM PDT by relictele (Principiis obsta & Finem respice - Resist The Beginnings & Consider The Ends.)
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To: Jeff Head
A comment from the YouTube crowd:

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Did you ever think you'd live to see a Republican who can actually FIGHT?

It was worth living in a blue state hell my whole life, to see this glorious moment.

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This is not an election.

This is a revolution.

Go Trump.

86 posted on 05/10/2016 5:31:23 PM PDT by Salamander (We're pain, we're steel, a plot of knives...)
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To: Sacajaweau

>>I can’t even imagine her VP...They have no one. Even she and Bernie fall in the category of “no one”.<<

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I hate to be bearer of bad tidings . . . but my wife, who has been a YUGE Trump supporter from Day 1 (She recruited me and all her seriously Republican lady friends), says Clinton/Warren would be extremely formidable. She’s almost depressed at the thought, she’s so sure that’s where they’re going with it.


87 posted on 05/10/2016 5:38:16 PM PDT by Disestablishmentarian
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To: GilGil

Great srticle! I got a YUGE kick every time I came across an example of the authors frustrated RAGE at Trump.


88 posted on 05/10/2016 6:06:50 PM PDT by TalBlack (Evil doesn't have a day job....)
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To: Trumpnado2016

Clinton is running for her life.

I don’t think Trump was joking when he said that.

She is seriously looking at possible prison time if she doesn’t make it to the White House.


89 posted on 05/10/2016 6:31:07 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: GilGil

I suspect that it will be a landslide as well.

From my perspective it is too early to predict with any level of confidence what the outcome will be. So I am saying victory....we can talk landslide in October if the trajectory remains constant.

As you say Trump plays to win, and his track record would lead to a fact based prediction of success.

The wild card is: this is the Clinton’s we are dealing with. They will stop at NOTHING to win. No low is too low, nothing is to vulgar, or despicable or off limits.

It’s not a matter of being afraid. It is a matter of taking stock of where you are, looking at the abilities and tactics of your opponent and formulating a plan that has the best odds of producing the desired results.

As I said, the wild card is the Clinton Machine. We know how they operate, the question is how much traction are they going to get? The Clinton Machine is not republicans. They play dirty, and they play for keeps. There is nothing they won’t do or say. If they can’t find any dirt to give them an opening, they will manufacture it up out of whole cloth and have their boot-lickers in the media play it out.

I swerved into one of the network news programs (don’t recall which) last Sunday and the cover line on the story was “War on the Clintons”. Obviously it didn’t gain any traction (I haven’t seen it since) but they put it out there....a war on the Clintons. It absolutely has to be. Complete and total war on the Clintons...they must be destroyed.

Yes, Trump is just the guy to do it, he will get down into the mud. As low as the Clintons go, Trump will go there too. Which is refreshing in a way since McAmnesty wouldn’t against Onambla, nor would Willard. Bush certainly would not have either..

As a recovering Buffalo Bills fan, I am much more sanguine about any potential for victory and the margin thereof.


90 posted on 05/10/2016 6:36:41 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: Ouderkirk

Trump is a champion and he has beaten 17 and has lost none.

The Clinton’s are predictable. It is Trump who is the wild card.

Clinton already lost the first presidential election. She is a known quantity and as Trump would say she cannot score or close the deal.

Let the champion win.


91 posted on 05/10/2016 6:48:36 PM PDT by GilGil
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To: GilGil

I took part in the pummeling on twitter and had the most likes and retweets of any I’ve ever made.

It was glorious.


92 posted on 05/10/2016 8:35:31 PM PDT by Nacho Bidnith (America is a country founded by geniuses and run by idiots. Trump 2016)
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To: Jeff Head

That video isn’t flattering but it pales in comparison to the ad describing Hillary’s defense of the rape suspect in Arkansas where she claimed that the 12 year old victim, who was a virgin at the time, “asked for it” from the 41 year old man and his accomplice.

So far I’ve only seen it on twitter but it’s titled

Highway 265: The True Story Hillary Clinton Hoped You Would Never Hear
41 years ago today in the town of Springdale, Arkansas, a horrific crime was committed against a 12-year-old girl. But it was the injustice that followed that has defined her life.


93 posted on 05/10/2016 8:42:03 PM PDT by Nacho Bidnith (America is a country founded by geniuses and run by idiots. Trump 2016)
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To: Nacho Bidnith

Trump is a world class champion who under promises and over performs every time. What a champ!


94 posted on 05/10/2016 8:43:40 PM PDT by GilGil
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To: GilGil

... The HILARIous One.


95 posted on 05/10/2016 11:17:22 PM PDT by ArmyTeach ( Videteco eos prius (See 'em first) Sculpin 191)
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To: GilGil

Bookmark


96 posted on 05/10/2016 11:31:47 PM PDT by publius911 (IMPEACH HIM NOW evil, stupid, insane ignorant or just clueless, doesn't matter!)
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To: AlaskaErik

He still needs to flatten Fauxcahantas if only as an object lesson to other Democrats. She’s such a reprehensible creature it shouldn’t be too hard to get everyone think of what a liar she is.


97 posted on 05/11/2016 4:54:30 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: Jeff Head

Video is blocked by Youtube.


98 posted on 05/11/2016 5:32:52 AM PDT by ops33 (Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
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To: GilGil
I had something posed to me by a friend last night. And that is regarding the first presidential debate between Clinton and Trump (assuming they are the nominees). He thinks it will be the highest rated TV program of all time.

I'm not sure of that, because of online viewing and TV watching patterns are different. But if it is on an over the air network, and streamed online, it will have the most eyeballs of any event ever.

That would be "must see TV"

99 posted on 05/11/2016 5:43:16 AM PDT by Pappy Smear
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To: Pappy Smear

I had something posed to me by a friend last night. And that is regarding the first presidential debate between Clinton and Trump (assuming they are the nominees). He thinks it will be the highest rated TV program of all time.
I’m not sure of that, because of online viewing and TV watching patterns are different. But if it is on an over the air network, and streamed online, it will have the most eyeballs of any event ever.

That would be “must see TV”
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I keep thinking that when the Trump-Clinton debates occur on those days the country is going to declare a national holiday because so many people are going to watch.

Say 70-100 million.


100 posted on 05/11/2016 6:19:35 AM PDT by GilGil
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