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Hillary seeks to 'decapitate' Trump campaign in historic bid to take Texas for the Democrats
The London Telegraph ^ | October 19, 2016 | Nick Allen in Washington

Posted on 10/21/2016 5:24:17 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, has launched a historic bid to win the deeply Republican state of Texas in a bid to destroy Donald Trump's chances of becoming president.

Mrs Clinton committed $1.5 million to begin running television advertisements in the Lone Star state, which is usually ignored by Democratic presidential nominees who have not won it for 40 years.

Texas has 38 votes in the presidential electoral college, the second biggest number of any state after California. A candidate needs 270 to win.

Targeting Texas amounted to a political "decapitation strategy" by taking the biggest Republican state....

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Texas; Campaign News; Polls
KEYWORDS: democrats; hillary; redstates; texas; trump; tx2016; wishfulthinking
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To: Helicondelta

The Telegraph knows nothing about the United States. They’re more out of it than The Guardian!


41 posted on 10/21/2016 5:57:44 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Muslims)
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To: originalbuckeye

“I’m thinking Hillary figures the voting machines are locked up for her in Texas, so she better make it LOOK likes it’s in play.”

Ask abortion Barbie about that. She got 39%.


42 posted on 10/21/2016 6:00:33 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Election 2016 - Freedom or Slavery)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; All
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOUFsCS7xYE ------DONALD TRUMP MADE ME PROUD!!!!! He said the truth at the Red dinner last night and the corporate globalist pigs didn't like it one bit. Good for him. Share this video link with all you know. It needs to be seen by everyone without being edited and so the reaction of his audience can be seen. We are the Guerilla media. We must become the change we need. It is all about networking and speed. WE CAN BECOME THE CHANGE.
43 posted on 10/21/2016 6:01:09 AM PDT by Cats Pajamas (If I were Hillary I would be kicking my own ass for picking this nasty little elf, Kaine)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Two points: It could be psyops. Remember Cheney having a rally in Hawaii? Also, how many Texas media markets bleed over into New Mexico? NM is becoming a battleground—Pence was there this week.


44 posted on 10/21/2016 6:01:46 AM PDT by LNV (It's not a theory if they're really conspiring.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The ONLY way she takes Texas is if too many conservatives divide their votes between Johnson and Castle instead of voting for trump.


45 posted on 10/21/2016 6:02:59 AM PDT by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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To: HamiltonJay

1.5 M in a state as geographically large as TX? Maybe I’m
wrong but don’t see that as a major buy

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Keep in mind there are pockets in Texas that are democrat controlled.
And there maybe a few Rep races, etc where they think some money could help.
Otherwise like you I don’t see this as a major buy.


46 posted on 10/21/2016 6:03:45 AM PDT by deport
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To: jsanders2001
You may get Austin and Houston ...

And Dallas along with the southern border cities.

47 posted on 10/21/2016 6:05:13 AM PDT by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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To: UKrepublican
You know, right up the point the Russians took Berlin, the Nazis were broadcasting to the German people that German victory was imminent. Some how, millions believed this.

It's happening here, we have 94 million out of the workforce, Foodstamps all time high, Poverty level all time high, over 600 folks killed in Chicago alone, home ownership lowest in over 50 years, and over 20 Trillion in debt. But somehow, half of the country wants to continue down that path and think everything is hunk dory, while we burn.

48 posted on 10/21/2016 6:06:37 AM PDT by wright2bear (#NeverTrump is a mental disorder!)
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To: EQAndyBuzz
Difference is Tump is from NY.

It won't make a difference. Trump is not going to carry New York and Clinton is not going to carry Texas. If Trump can carry Nevada, Colorado, North Carolina, Florida and Ohio then he is president and he doesn't need New York. All of those are far more winnable than New York ever could be so he would be well served to concentrate there.

49 posted on 10/21/2016 6:07:23 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The propaganda here is hillary is so steamrolling Trump that she may even take Texas!


50 posted on 10/21/2016 6:08:18 AM PDT by Leep (Just say no to half dead hillary and wrong lane kaine!)
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To: arthurus

There has been vote fraud for decades in the Rio Grande Valley, and that is why the Texas GOP made it a top issue. Ever since the Republican Party became the majority party in the state, it has gone after known and suspected vote fraud rackets. There have been not only charges filed, but people have convicted and sent to prison. Recently, another Democrat vote fraud ring has been uncovered in Dallas.


51 posted on 10/21/2016 6:10:33 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Calvin Cooledge
My guess is that DNC is worried about FL and rust belt states like PA OH MI so they are trying to pick off TX, based on high Hispanic population.

TX is a distraction. A minuscule ad buy is the tip off. If Hillary thought TX were in play, she would be down there herself campaigning. Watch where the campaigns are holding rallies and that will tell you what the target states are.

52 posted on 10/21/2016 6:13:37 AM PDT by kabar
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
>> Mrs Clinton committed $1.5 million to begin running television advertisements<<

Just another way to redistribute money and bribe people. It would be interesting to find out who is making the commercials and if they had any connections to the Clinton Foundation.
53 posted on 10/21/2016 6:17:26 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Why not? It worked out so well for Governor Wendy Davis. Oh, wait.......


54 posted on 10/21/2016 6:20:47 AM PDT by gop4lyf (Gay marriage is neither.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I caught a piece of one of hildabeasts new ads yesterday. Didn't see enough to tell much about it.
55 posted on 10/21/2016 6:21:04 AM PDT by Ditter (God Bless Texas!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Is this before or after they secede when she gets in offi...wait that doesn’t work. Maybe they want to secede so bad that they’re going to vote for her to make sure they have a reason..../s


56 posted on 10/21/2016 6:22:54 AM PDT by Pollard (TRUMP 2016)
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To: arthurus

All the illegals in New Mexico probably registered to vote in Lubbock while abusing the hospitals emergency room services.


57 posted on 10/21/2016 6:25:56 AM PDT by piasa
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yep, it’s all over. Hillary voters can stay home.


58 posted on 10/21/2016 6:27:01 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Hillary has been running ads here for many months already.


59 posted on 10/21/2016 6:35:13 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: Psalm 144

Look at the list of countries freer than the US:
http://www.freetheworld.com/2016/economic-freedom-of-the-world-2016.pdf

The list grows longer every year.

Canada is #5!

Chile seems attractive. Real estate is cheap and it is on the verge of becoming a developed country.


60 posted on 10/21/2016 6:38:43 AM PDT by oblomov (We have passed the point where "law," properly speaking, has any further application. - C. Thomas)
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