Posted on 07/01/2015 12:54:57 PM PDT by Mariner
July 1, 2015 Macy's is ditching him, NBC has let him go, and Univision refuses to broadcast his famed beauty pageant. But American voters are still entertaining the idea of President Donald Trump.
In a Republican presidential field rich with esteemed governors and senators, tough-talking businessman Trump has managed to rise in the polls to be a top-tier candidate even after he elicited controversy for his statements about Mexican immigrants during his campaign announcement.
A CNN/ORC poll released Wednesday showed Trump had 12 percent of the vote among Republicans and Republican-leaners, second only to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who earned 19 percent. A Quinnipiac poll, which was also out Wednesday, revealed Trump was also tied for second with Dr. Ben Carson among likely Republican caucus voters in Iowa. Carson and Trump each had 10 percent of the vote. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker led the pack with 18 percent.
But with so many qualified Republican presidential contenders out there, Trump's rise is not expected to last. Several pollsters consulted for the story say the recent bump may reflect the entrepreneur's high name ID more than it shows genuine voter support. And at a time when the Republican field is so fractured, with more than a dozen candidates in the race, Trump's low, double-digit poll numbers are enough to fling him toward the top. If he cannot expand his base, though, he's expected to fizzle out fast.
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“Camacho is saying all the right things! He has stones! Go, Camacho!”
Probably because Trump's a Democrat.
People are fed up with the UNIPARTY.
Surely, our side cannot be so abysmally stupid.
My in-laws did very well for themselves through a lifetime of hard work. They don’t contribute to Democrats, and my FIL is hardly a novice when it comes to how things work.
So far only two or three freepers complain about the comparison. You are one of them.
Over 75% of posters to Trump threads are sympathetic to him...they have waited a long time for someone to say what needs to be said.
Thanks for reminding me about those things that Trump does.
Also, several times(four?) his companies have filed bankruptcy and I’ll bet his vendors which probably include small business people have suffered greatly.
"I'm saying what you're thinking" sounded like a familiar political slogan.
So I googled it and found it was Meir Kahane's. Not a good choice for Trump considering what happened to Kahane.
Yes, the world is pretty strange right now.
But seriously...do you really think it's a valid comparison?
Think about it. You're comparing one of the greatest statesmen the world has ever seen, who helped win WWII, to some loudmouthed liberal real estate tycoon who flails around, yelling and threatening lawsuits because he's an attention whore.
The fact that you could even consider the comparison is beyond mind-blowing.
"Over 75% of posters to Trump threads are sympathetic to him...they have waited a long time for someone to say what needs to be said."
Yeah, it's the same with the "Dancing With The Stars" threads. They're sympathetic, too. But neither those dancers nor Trump are qualified to be president.
You're being played.
You’re welcome. Congrats on not having lost the ability to reason.
Trump is saying what people are thinking and afraid to say.
Then, by all means, let’s stick with the current paradigm...
-— Because people are sick and tired of watching the PC marms, racialists & other assorted whiners bully their way into control over their lives, and they crave someone - anyone - with the b*lls to fight back. -—
Bingo
But unfortunately, Trump isn’t a deep thinker. He’s a loose canon. At best he can set an example for us of not being afraid to onfront the PC police
Donald Trump Says He Would Threaten to Tax China 25%
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2698460/posts
Donald Trump: Chinese ‘Looking to Strip Us of Everything’
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2666755/posts
Donald Trump: Oil warrior
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2702389/posts
Donald Trump Running for President of the United States (Good example of really bad writing)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2693630/posts
Why We Need Donald Trump
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2699093/posts
Donald Trump is Pro-Life. Laura Ingraham Show Interview. (Audio)
http://www.breitbart.tv/pro-life-donald-trump-would-eliminate-dept-of-education-impose-25-tax-on-chi | 02-09-11 | Breitbart
"Pro-Life Donald Trump Would Eliminate Dept of Education, Impose 25% Tax on China Imports if President. (A good start)"
By the way, true conservatives will support Walker. He’s the only one guaranteed by his record to try to cut big government spending. And unlike Trump, he’ll support the Second Amendment strictly.
That's the response I get from most Trump fans. "Hillary did it, too", or "He's better than Obama/the current paradigm", etc.
Why are you under the impression you have to settle for better than Obama? You don't.
I'm sticking right with Ted Cruz. He says the right things, as well, but he doesn't make a clownish spectacle of himself doing so. He's cool, sharp, and effective, and he's a solid Constitutional conservative...not a liberal Democrat like Trump.
Donald Trumps numbers are up in the polls because the overwhelming majority of Americans have loss total faith in POTUS Obama, the Obamabot media, and the Democrat & Republican parties!!! End of story!!!
Trump = Guliano
Yes, I agree. Everything is going great with our current crop of republicans. Why would we want to mix it up? They have stopped Obama every step of the way since getting elected to congress. I mean, you just don’t mess with success. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it. Everything is going well in this country. All is well....
I’ll vote for him in any poll that shows up just to give the GOP-e and their liberal clones some heartburn.
As mentioned elsewhere, he doesn’t back down which is one Helluva refreshing trait, which ups his numbers.
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