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Free Republic Straw Poll (January 2016 edition)
January 3, 2016 | 2ndDivisionVet

Posted on 01/03/2016 2:58:47 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

If you had to vote in your state primary/caucus today, knowing what you know now about the various declared and probable candidates, who would you vote for? Why? Who would you like to see as the running mate for your preferred candidate? If you could help staff your candidates cabinet and other top appointments, who would you choose? If you could recommend different congressional leaders than we have now, who would they be? And who would you like to see on the Supreme Court and why? And finally, feel free to donate to Free Republic.


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To: MinuteGal; LucyT; entropy12; flaglady47; Jane Long; seekthetruth; Bushbacker1; Bob Ireland; ...

I’m stunned to see the very many Freepers Cruz-BOTS on this thread, NOT knowing the NBC requirements to run for President. AMAZING ignorance when comes to at least 3-4 Anchor Babies not qualified to be in the race!!!

Is this what TTP is all about???


581 posted on 01/04/2016 7:50:32 AM PST by danamco
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To: X-spurt

“What about the times he (Trump) stood with the Left?”

That’s an easy question, we all make mistakes, we are all human, right? Betcha you’ve made about faces or drastic changes too.

Me, I’m an alcoholic, have not drank in over 30 years.

But we are talking famous people, so here are two good examples:

John Wayne started out as a communist.

Ronald Reagan started out as a democrat.

Further, Trump will occasionally take a democrats point of view, for two reasons, (1) they are not always wrong and (2) to come up with a good deal for all there occasionally needs to be a compromise.

I’ve never been against compromise as long as there is a net gain. With the RINO’s it’s perpetual loss, non-stop losing and traitoring.

Cruz would likely make a better prez, but he has a likability issue with the general public, and he does not go after the left like Trump does.


582 posted on 01/04/2016 8:04:53 AM PST by redfreedom (Voting for the lesser of two evils is still voting for evil.)
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To: redfreedom
Cruz would likely make a better prez, but he has a likability issue with the general public, and he does not go after the left like Trump does.

Very interesting -- and illuminating -- point of view.

An admission that Cruz is the better man for the job...

Coupled to reasons for dismissing that man which are invalid.

First, there is no evidence that Cruz has a "likability" problem with the electorate -- only assertions by the MSM that he has a "likability" problem with them.

Second, Cruz is currently running against other Republicans for the Republican nomination. He is not running against the left, so there is no need to attack the left. That can wait until the general election, when his foe will actually be the left.

583 posted on 01/04/2016 8:34:09 AM PST by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: AllAmericanGirl44; 2ndDivisionVet

Awesome work, AllAmericanGirl44!

Adding the new votes from your post to post #583, it’s a tie:

Cruz - 145
Trump - 145


584 posted on 01/04/2016 8:42:17 AM PST by Vision Thing
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To: FourPeas

Sorry about that, dunno what the problem is — the reason I liked this particular free online poll is that it also works with older platforms, such as the one I’m using now (it’s just heading into its 20th yr of service).


585 posted on 01/04/2016 9:03:39 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: Vision Thing

Aww, thanks for noticing!

My count, as of this post;

Cruz - 144

Trump - 147

Most illuminating part of doing this is seeing clearly how both sides argue for their chosen candidate.

I can’t help but wonder, who has the most to gain by turning supports of both men, against Cruz? Which is what appears to be happening as it’s been stated clearly over and over. I know that I’m no longer reading comments from those who call me silly names; trumpster, trumpanzee et al

So I’ve been wondering, who gains from turning people off to Cruz through vocal supporters who resort to condescending personal attacks? Hoping to see through the fog on this one.


586 posted on 01/04/2016 9:05:50 AM PST by AllAmericanGirl44
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To: SunkenCiv

20 years of service is impressive.


587 posted on 01/04/2016 9:09:41 AM PST by FourPeas (Chocolate, sugar and lots of caffeine. Hard to beat that.)
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To: FourPeas
It's souped up a little from the original (started with a 1.2 gb hard drive, now has a 500 gb on a Sonnet SCSI to IDE adapter; PowerMac 7600 with I believe a 603 processor, now has a Sonnet 1 ghz G4 processor upgrade and 9.2.2 of the OS; USB; Radeon vid with three monitors) and will eventually fail, as is the way of all flesh and stuff that flesh builds, but I feel most comfortable with it.

588 posted on 01/04/2016 9:16:23 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Cruz


589 posted on 01/04/2016 9:18:54 AM PST by TXnMA ("Allah: Satan's current alias. "Obama": Allah's current ally...)
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To: AllAmericanGirl44

Some are just upset because they’ve invested a lot of time, money, and effort into Cruz’s campaign, only to see it diminished by what they view as Trump’s johnny-come-lately entrance into the race. Others just genuinely hate Trump and his followers. A very slight few may be Establishment operatives who are trying to damage both Trump and Cruz by pretending to be Cruz supporters while violently attacking Trump and his supporters in a crazed fashion.


590 posted on 01/04/2016 9:19:58 AM PST by Vision Thing
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To: CaliGirlGodHelpMe

“I’m sure Trump is a good man, and, sure, he’s saying stuff that many people are thinking but are reluctant to say. But I’m not sure that’s a good quality in a President. To care so little that he’s offending a massive portion of the population (immigrants) is a danger sign, IMO.”

Trump, for exactly the reason given above. There are elements of our society that are in desperate need of offending if we want to remain a sovereign nation.


591 posted on 01/04/2016 9:30:11 AM PST by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: sitetest; parksstp
Great post -- but removed, so I missed it.

When donations to FR start declining even more than they did when it went Full Romney after that functional Democrat won the nomination in 2012 -- well, the hard numbers THEN indicated that the majority of FReepers LOATHED Romney and resented even being asked to vote for him; at the time I thought FR represented just hard-core folks like me but in reality, FR represented conservatives across America -- Romney lost.

So far right now, according to my careful count of individual FReeper voices over the past months, a slight majority (not nearly so many as flat rejected/resented Romney in 2012) prefer Cruz, so I am inclined to believe that across America, it is the same -- the majority of conservatives prefer Cruz.

When FR stifles pro-Cruz folks from speaking truth about Trump (as opposed to flat-out falsehoods such as are told about Cruz and which I see posted here on FR often), it is asking for trouble.

592 posted on 01/04/2016 9:56:55 AM PST by Finny (Voting "against" is a wish. Be ready to own what you vote for.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Cruz or Trump President the other as Veep.
Allan West DOD
Rand Paul DOS
Chrispy Creame AG
593 posted on 01/04/2016 10:07:14 AM PST by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: Albion Wilde; LucyT; Jane Long; 2ndDivisionVet
Art in Idaho, the AdSAM Perceptual Map looks interesting, but it is blurry in reproduction here. Would you please provide a link to the original? Seems worth looking at more closely.

Found this, it's a tad better.

Also found this associated article:

How advertising research explains Donald Trump's profound appeal

From the article at the end:

"At the lower end, they're called angry and defiant. But then, as their appeal rises, they become aggressive, daring and bold. Near the top, they're described as masterful."

"And when appeal's at its highest?"

"Victorious!"

594 posted on 01/04/2016 10:48:56 AM PST by Art in Idaho (Conservatism is the only Hope for Western Civilization.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Trump.


595 posted on 01/04/2016 10:55:02 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

TRump


596 posted on 01/04/2016 11:12:01 AM PST by AuntB (Illegal immigration is simply more "share the wealth" socialism and a CRIME not a race!)
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To: Art in Idaho

Thank you!


597 posted on 01/04/2016 11:15:07 AM PST by Albion Wilde ("Look, the establishment doesn't want me, because I don't need the establishment." --Donald Trump)
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To: okie01

We agree. So no problem.


598 posted on 01/04/2016 11:15:59 AM PST by Albion Wilde ("Look, the establishment doesn't want me, because I don't need the establishment." --Donald Trump)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; Pride in the USA

Ted Cruz for President!

I’ll trust him to know better than I what to do about the VP pick, cabinet positions, and Supreme Court nominees.


599 posted on 01/04/2016 11:16:10 AM PST by lonevoice (Life is short. Make fun of it.)
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To: redfreedom; Jane Long; All

If it was good enough for Ghandi, it’s good enough for Trump.
We run across the few naysayers who go ballistic and do little but call names over their notion that Donald Trump may have ever changed his mind on a given subject during nearly 70 years of life.

My Daddy used to say, “only a fool never changes his mind”.

Whatever you have decided Trump is, no one can say he is a ‘fool’. ANY one of us would trade places with that ‘fool’!

So, Trump changed his mind on abortion...so did Reagan and George HW BUSH....for Bush it was several times! Any one of us who says we think the same way we did when we were younger is, excuse me...a LIAR or a damn fool.

Winston Churchill said:
“If you’re not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you’re not a conservative at forty you have no brain.”

Now, Churchill wasn’t talking about being 20 or 40, but the difference between being young or mature, with EXPERIENCE under your belt.

GHANDI said:

........I am not at all concerned with appearing to be consistent.......
In my search after Truth I have discarded many ideas and learnt many new things........
When anybody finds any inconsistency between any two writings of mine

if he has still faith in my sanity, he would do well to choose the later of the two on the same subject.

Now, flip flopping back and forth and refusing to address an issue during this primary season, is what Bush, Rubio, Clinton and Ted Cruz do, not Trump. Donald Trump doesn’t dodge questions, but answers PLAINLY and his consistency in his speeches and position papers is unmatched in this contest.
And he’s grown instead of selling out to the biggest bidder like ALL the rest! AND admits he’s learned! And I say, Hallelujah!


600 posted on 01/04/2016 11:17:40 AM PST by AuntB (Illegal immigration is simply more "share the wealth" socialism and a CRIME not a race!)
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