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GOP 2016 hopefuls split over Trump's Muslim controversy
CNN Politics ^ | September 18, 2015 | Jeremy Diamond and Tom LoBianco

Posted on 09/19/2015 12:39:19 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This is a media-fomented controversy taking place in their provided talking points and through their lying lips.

I’ve watched that clip several times unedited. There is NO controversy regarding the setup FIRST question zinged at DT.
Trump questioned the question.

This is an ambush on DT and the participants think they will go unnoticed and scot-free.


41 posted on 09/19/2015 5:56:23 AM PDT by Resettozero
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To: Fantasywriter

Thanks :) I’ve been to facebook page a bunch but not twitter.


42 posted on 09/19/2015 5:56:57 AM PDT by dp0622
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To: Rodney Dangerfield

BOOM! Best answer of the bunch.


43 posted on 09/19/2015 5:57:53 AM PDT by Catsrus (Trump/Cruz - the only 2 worth voting for. I callz 'em as I seez 'em.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Just now: Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump 50s51 seconds ago Manhattan, NY If someone made a nasty or controversial statement about me to the president, do you really think he would come to my rescue? No chance!
44 posted on 09/19/2015 5:58:31 AM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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To: angryoldfatman

I remember back when the media thought Obama spoke Indonesian. He strongly implied it—rather, I should say Ayers strongly implied it—in Dreams from my Father. No one in the press subsequently admitted that Obama struggles even with English [read his unedited writing, or listen to him when his teleprompter breaks down] much less does he speak ANY foreign language.


45 posted on 09/19/2015 6:00:33 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: freespirit2012

Interesting. All your “we are supposed to” paragraphs don’t touch me this morning because I spent all yesterday driving and am now in a rural location and won’t be tuned in to media today either. It gave me a good perspective on “we are supposed to” think, feel... That is all from the media. If we turn away from mainstream, we no longer “are supposed to think X about Y.”

I heard the incident and it didn’t bother me. And I was blessedly free from any Media Contrived Controversy because I wasn’t listening even to radio in the last 24.

One day, maybe after we die, maybe not, we will know the truth about Obama. And we will see that most people believed the sycophantic media, and we will see that some few dared not to and voice that publicly. I stand with Trump.


46 posted on 09/19/2015 6:02:07 AM PDT by Yaelle (Trump would make a Gorbachev tear down a wall.)
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To: jimjohn

It’s not new. I’ve been using Palinizing since the media started it the second Cruz announced.


47 posted on 09/19/2015 6:03:24 AM PDT by Yaelle (Trump would make a Gorbachev tear down a wall.)
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To: ifinnegan
Pretty much. There I'd no Muslim controversy, except in the fevered imagination of the Obamabot, partisan Lamestream media. The real controversy is the jihad being waged against Christians and the Christian religion by the Obama regime, which the corrupt media refuse to talk about.
48 posted on 09/19/2015 6:04:19 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: dp0622

You’re welcome!


49 posted on 09/19/2015 6:10:41 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

*CNN doesn’t have a response from their heroine Fiorina.*


50 posted on 09/19/2015 6:13:42 AM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The leftstream media can create controversy (Valerie Plame, “macaca”). All any of the candidates have to say is that Obama could put this question to rest by releasing his college records. See how easy that was?

In regards to immigration, all any of the candidates have to say is that we want an immigration system just like Mexico’s. See how easy that was?


51 posted on 09/19/2015 6:38:03 AM PDT by Doche2X2
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To: 2nd Amendment; 2ndDivisionVet; alstewartfan; aposiopetic; AUTiger83; arderkrag; biff; ...
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52 posted on 09/19/2015 6:45:13 AM PDT by erod (Chicago Conservative | Cruz or Lose!)
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To: ScottinVA
I bet Trump's poll numbers go up 5 points after this fake outrage. An insult directed at an arrogant prick won't cost Trump a thing. The gop-e and the left still don't understand what's driving support for Trump. It's a direct repudiation of both of them. Trump is leading an uprising against the establishment pricks.
53 posted on 09/19/2015 7:18:37 AM PDT by peeps36 (Save The Tortoise And Kill The People)
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To: exnavy

CNN=DNC=RNCe


54 posted on 09/19/2015 7:22:53 AM PDT by FreeAtlanta (Restore Liberty!)
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To: major-pelham

We all at FR know that Levin is not a ‘kook’ but to the media and the lefty’s, he is a kook. Were he to engage in in this discussion he’d remove all doubt in the minds of the big media companies which, from their largesse, is how he earns his living - TV, Radio, publishing. I doubt he truly believes its ‘kookism’ but he knows what the result would be for him personally. He’d be useless and broke if he could no longer participate at all.
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But this is the objective of fascism. Ridicule, ostracism, isolationism, condemnation, and marginalization to force conformity to state ideology. As with Islam, Communism, or any totalitarian ideology, appeasing the enemy will only embolden it further. Why did the MSM jump on the Obummer issue when no one saw it as anything other than a common citizen’s opinion? Because they are deeply invested in the lie and it is a danger to them as well as Obummer. They wanted Trump to practice their fascism on his supporter. They do not want this issue to catch fire like Trump did to immigration so they must try to stomp it back down immediately with condemnation and ridicule. They are running a huge gamble because by making a mountain out of molehill, it may blow back in their face as everything else with Trump is doing.


55 posted on 09/19/2015 7:25:06 AM PDT by iontheball (I)
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To: cripplecreek

He is obviously conflicted.

He is clearly not Christian in the Biblical sense. He defiantly favors Islam, but chose to go to the hate church in Chicago because running as a Muslim would have limited his political ambitions. His homosexuality - although widely practice behind the scenes in Islam - is anti Islamic. And, he is a Marxist.

The man is torn and a broken, dysfunctional individual. Unfortunately, he is still in a position of great power and can do unbelievable harm.

The left was afraid of “Ronny Ray Gun” the cowboy. They are all too stupid to realize they really should be afraid right now.


56 posted on 09/19/2015 7:29:35 AM PDT by FreeAtlanta (Restore Liberty!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Trump handled this situation just right. If he had defended Obama, there would have been an outcry that he is really an Obama supporter. As he pointed out, this is the first time he has been criticized for not saying something.

It's ridiculous to demand that GOP candidates jump to defend Obama every time somebody says something negative. Yet Christie, Graham, and Jebby think exactly that. At least they implied it is negative to be called a Muslim.

Media's frenzy over this again overshadowed what Cruz and other said. It also provided some humor. Hilarious how Anderson Cooper when into his fake outrage mode!

57 posted on 09/19/2015 7:35:05 AM PDT by Jane Austen (Recall Gov. Nikki Haley, aka Nimrata Randhawa)
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To: Diogenesis

Trump should talk about that face!


58 posted on 09/19/2015 7:40:33 AM PDT by navet97
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

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What’s to split over?

The Moslim is a moslim, OK?
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59 posted on 09/20/2015 5:26:13 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: SaveFerris

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>> “Gee, what a surprise.” <<

We’re just more surprised every day! (not)
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60 posted on 09/20/2015 5:27:41 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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