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The right should denounce Trump and Palin (from an NRO/CNN hack???)
CNN Opinion ^ | April 29, 2011 | Will Cain

Posted on 04/29/2011 10:13:39 AM PDT by Baladas

(CNN) -- The other night, having a few beers with a conservative friend, I mentioned how hacked off I was that there hadn't been a wholesale denouncement of the likes of Donald Trump and Sarah Palin from conservative politicians and opinion-makers.

To be sure, many, many, many, many have denounced both -- but I think a chorus as simple and clear as a Cee-Lo Green song is deserved. It should be unanimous and unmistakable. (The past 48 hours should make it pretty easy to dump on Trump.) My buddy, though, responded with an (almost) perfect analogy. He said:

It's kind of like having a friend who's engaged to a total b!@$h. Everyone knows she's awful -- everyone except your friend. Do you:

a.) Tell him she's no good. In which case he will almost certainly kill the messenger. Pride will force him to dig in, he'll cuss, you'll cuss, you'll trade "you've changed" insults, and the friendship will be ruined. Or...

b.) Say nothing. In which case he'll maybe marry her, pay off her credit card debt, have a couple of kids, turn his drinking from fun to sad, and emerge seven years later divorced and a shell of his former self.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: palin; populism; trump; willcain
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To: sigzero

Trump is not even a Republican or a conservative. If he is not a leftwing plant, he sure acts like it. Notice how convenient it is to try and tar and feather others with Trump.

They know Palin is the real thing and they will do anything to demote her.


21 posted on 04/29/2011 10:32:29 AM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: Baladas

Your right about Trump and Palin being nothing alike. Let me say it one more time (feels good to say it!) Trump is a bloated blowhard. Palin is a lady on a mission!


22 posted on 04/29/2011 10:33:34 AM PDT by winnotwhine (It's easy to whine...I'd rather win)
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To: Baladas

This guy is right! We *should* denounce Sarah Palin for being courageous, smart, witty, and right on virtually every issue. Washington would never recover from the shock of a Palin administration!


23 posted on 04/29/2011 10:35:50 AM PDT by alstewartfan (Like sparks of light in shifting skies, our ancient ships go sailing still. "Hanno" by Al Stewart)
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To: Baladas
The other night...I mentioned how hacked off I was...

Might as well stop reading right there. If this “journalist” doesn't have a larger vocabulary than that he, she or it isn't worth my time.

24 posted on 04/29/2011 10:36:04 AM PDT by McGruff (When it comes to Obama's birth certificate. Trust, but verify.)
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To: Kaslin

It would be cool if smilies like that could be added to certain headlines. lol.


25 posted on 04/29/2011 10:36:15 AM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: Baladas

I don’t know anyone on the right. FReepers are ordinary Americans.


26 posted on 04/29/2011 10:38:58 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
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To: Spok

This effeminate liberal douche bag is the biggest Clown I have seen on CNN in a long time. He was on Client # 9’s show and asked insanely idiotic questions of other inconsequential asshats.

If anyone should apologize for anything, it should be that network for employing such useless propagandists.


27 posted on 04/29/2011 10:39:25 AM PDT by JerseyDvl (Sometimes the road less traveled.... is less traveled for a reason.)
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To: Baladas

I am delighted that Cain is ticked off. Let’s do more to enrage him.


28 posted on 04/29/2011 10:39:37 AM PDT by MBB1984
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To: Baladas
One of the main reasons we're conservatives is because we don't all act like a bunch of little complaint rubber stamps in response to what one of our self-appointed opinion leaders demands.

If he wants a bunch of little compliant rubber stamps, then he should go over and join the dark side, if he hasn't already.

For the record, I still don't care for Donald Trump even though I appreciate his recent conversion of calling ObaMao and his media enablers to task. I loved Sarah Palin from the moment I met her and have seen nothing since to change my mind, although I realize she has imperfections which pale in contrast to her denouncers.

29 posted on 04/29/2011 10:39:51 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Dead Corpse

I am voting Trump.


30 posted on 04/29/2011 10:42:44 AM PDT by coon2000 (Give me Liberty or give me death!)
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To: Baladas

So wait, his complaint is that Palin likes meat (and jokes about it) and flubbed a question about what newspapers she reads? And for that conservatives need to “denounce” her? Wow...


31 posted on 04/29/2011 10:44:42 AM PDT by xjcsa (Ridiculing the ridiculous since the day I was born.)
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To: Kaslin
A few of us were wondering a while back whether we would see this tactic used at some point.

Trump is obviously a Left-wing ligthning rod. Get him out front, have him throw a bunch of kook attracting bombs. Let his veritas run out. Then start associating every other conservative out there with his now tarnished Name recognition.

From what I've seen of Sarah so far, I think she can over come it... But her timing is going to need to be exquisitely done.

32 posted on 04/29/2011 10:45:38 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (explosive bolts, ten thousand volts at a million miles an hour)
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To: coon2000
Please don't take this too harshly, but...

You are an idiot.

33 posted on 04/29/2011 10:46:26 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (explosive bolts, ten thousand volts at a million miles an hour)
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34 posted on 04/29/2011 10:50:05 AM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: Baladas

And the Left should call for the impeachment of the poseur in the Oval Office. After you, Baladas.


35 posted on 04/29/2011 10:52:08 AM PDT by kittymyrib
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To: Dead Corpse

Maybe idiot is a harsh term. How about “demagogue dupe”?


36 posted on 04/29/2011 10:52:56 AM PDT by Durus (You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
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To: Durus

Sounds more accurate as well. Thank you for the correction.


37 posted on 04/29/2011 10:54:20 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (explosive bolts, ten thousand volts at a million miles an hour)
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To: Baladas

This guy’s “conservative friend” sounds a lot like who Colonic Katie refers to when she says “some people say”...


38 posted on 04/29/2011 10:55:47 AM PDT by libs_kma (JIMMY CARTER - HE'S BACK IN BLACK)
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To: Baladas

I categorically denounce all RINO’s and establishment “conservative” gatekeepers.


39 posted on 04/29/2011 11:02:54 AM PDT by mas cerveza por favor
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To: Baladas
I can understand denouncing Trump, his positions whip around like his hair in a breeze. But Palin, what the heck should she be denounced for?
40 posted on 04/29/2011 11:07:29 AM PDT by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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