Posted on 07/22/2015 9:20:04 PM PDT by WilliamIII
Donald Trump knows how to hit his cue.
On Friday, the Huffington Post announced that it would no longer cover Mr. Trump as part of its 2016 GOP presidential primary coverage. Instead, it was moving him to the entertainment section.
“Trump’s campaign is a sideshow,” the liberal news outlet said. “We won’t take the bait. If you are interested in what The Donald has to say, you’ll find it next to our stories on the Kardashians and The Bachelorette.”
The following day, the reality TV star jumped the shark with another outlandish statement designed to attract media attention — an attack on Sen. John McCain’s war heroism. “He’s not a war hero,” Mr. Trump said. “He was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.”
The incident has sparked universal outrage. It shouldn’t. Trump for President is a midsummer special that fills the void while serious presidential contenders are on summer hiatus. The next president is busy raising money and building a grass-roots operation, not seeking another headline.
Mr. Trump’s campaign strategy is built on provoking the next headline by offending. It constantly requires him to outdo himself. Last week, it was immigrants. This week, it’s war heroes. Next week, single mothers. By the fall, babies, puppies and the ghost of Ronald Reagan.
“What Mr. Trump is offering is not conservatism, it is Trump-ism — a toxic mix of demagoguery and nonsense,” Gov. Rick Perry said of the reality TV star masquerading as a GOP candidate.
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It’s worth pointing out that Ariana Huffingglue is a rank political opportunist of the worst sort. When she was with her ex-Congressman husband, she played the part of a Republican spouse and claimed to be a Conservative. As soon as hubby announced that he preferred having sex with men to her and dumped her, she became the rabid moonbat leftist we all know and loathe today.
It’s worth pointing out that Ariana Huffingglue is a rank political opportunist of the worst sort. When she was with her ex-Congressman husband, she played the part of a Republican spouse and claimed to be a Conservative. As soon as hubby announced that he preferred having sex with men to her and dumped her, she became the rabid moonbat leftist we all know and loathe today.
Trump seems to be riding the shark!
Let’s see - the Left hates him, the media hate him, Republicans hate him, illegal immigrants hate him. Please remind me - why am I supposed to hate him?
Trump is the best , called out the media
Only trump figured out the things that are destroying America illegals and their crimes and China. all the other politicians are bought and paid for by China and illegals/immigrants .
Trump is the only one who has made people talk about these issues illegals and China. all the rest are idiots, bought and paid for , and not to be considered. How could the others not see china and illegals are the issues ?
What are the other morons running doing? Why voting for the worst bill empowering Obama with this obamatrade that is a trojan horse that allows for unlimited immigration and for China to take even more advantage of the USA ( see china and immigrants again but most of the other politicians supported obamatrade)
We need Trump as president.
“Na na na na...I can’t hear you!”
This is hilarious to watch.
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It’s Ann Coulter!
she turned her husband gay.
that’s pretty much all you need to know about arianna huffington.
not sure why anybody on the right ever visits that website, much less takes anything posted there seriously. huffingtonpost is firmly in the SJW camp and reacting to the things they write is akin to fretting about the contents of the most recent issue of mother jones.
one problem we do have on the right is that the interwebz tilt left because so many “fake” news sites like huffington post and vox and buzzfeed are controlling the narrative. we don’t have equivalent sites to counteract them. breitbart is about the only cultural site like them, but even it is too “eggheady” for its own good. we need rightwing sites that pass themselves off as gossip and/or pop culture sites in order to get eyeballs on our message. the republican party is woefully inadequate at this sort of thing, which is why the web has turned out largely to be an echo chamber and recruitment tool for the left.
I know. People who switch political identities all the time are annoying and untrustworthy. Conservatives would never fall for that.
Wow, they really have their panties in a twist. Nice that ‘news’ outlets intend to decide for us which candidates we can learn about. I would say it is THEY that has jumped the shark. Do they not see themselves? Wow.
.... Or, we could just stick to the Serious Candidates. Who play Mr. And Miss Gravitas and lie to our faces and say all the right things, and play their parts. And then we swear Hillary or Bernie in.
There’s a Sharknado in the shark tank, and Trump is riding a frikkin shark with a frikkin laser on its frikkin head.
The GOPee still isn’t sure what to think of it, but they know they don’t like it because he doesn’t have to beg for money.
The author is a lawyer, former head of the California Republican committee
So, clearly, a big success.
I am going to have to steal that phrase, “rank political opportunist of the worst sort.” I have been searching for that phrase the last five weeks, and just like that, you nailed it!
Too little, too late, Washington Compost.
Trump isn’t Sarah Palin : a relative unknown about whom people form their impressions by reading your articles telling them what to think about her...
He’s *THE DONALD*. The “YOU’RE FIRED!” guy. Everyone from the Manhattanites to the low-information-voter crowd has heard of him; knows he’s richer than God; but they give him a free ride on that, because he did it on real estate, and not by hiring H1-Bs and Mexicans to replace Americans.
And he’s coming out and saying out loud, the things that everyone knows but fear they’ll get fired for saying. And when the press tries to play “Gotcha!” with him, instead of tucking his tail between his legs and whizzing all over himself in panic, he goes all New Yorker and turns the tables on them, shoving it up *the press’s* ass for a change.
If only the GOP had been honest, Trump would never had had an opportunity to exploit.
But whether through cowardice, slavery to K-street and internationalists and large corporations, or being blackmailed by Obama’s minions (remember Denny Hastert?)...the GOP not only wasted two consecutive congressional landslides, not only lied through their foul TEETH about how they’d roll back spending, not only lost on innumerable procedural and social issues, force acceptance of gay marriage with an “in your FACE!” display of rainbow lights on the White House within hours, but openly let the IRS get used as attack dogs on Republicans and Tea Parties...and the guilty parties skate. And the Secretary of State openly violated Federal Law by having official emails on a private server in her house, and the doors were thrown open for illegal immigrants. And radical Islamists committed mass killings on US soil, *after* 9-11, ...on freakin’ MILITARY BASES.
But that wasn’t enough. No, you managed to let Mr. Shuck-and-Jive Muslim race hustler communist mantled pussy-whipped metrosexual, all but HAND Iran — IRAN!!! — nuclear weapons on a silver platter. And you willingly threw away your Constitutional RESPONSIBILITY to use “advise and consent” on treaties, instead neutering yourself with an “after the fact” law that required you to create out of thin air, a veto-proof majority, in a vain attempt to “undo” a fait accompli.
And now? NOW? Yes, it’s all clear. “Vote Republican, because we’re not ALL as racist as the Tea Partiers. Some of us even married illegal aliens, and some of us may even have diddled teenaged boys (Hastert?)”
“And by the way, can you contribute just $200 to our victory fund, to help keep Obama from being re-elected?”
Not hardly.
Did you know that Ann had a part in the movie “Sharknado3-Oh Hell No”?
1. The Republican establishment.
2. Illegal immigrants.
3. The media.
So far so good but what about these enemies:
1. POWs?
2. Mexicans?
That is not so good. What about these friends:
1. The Democrats who were in the party when he was a Democrat?
2. The abortionists when he was in favor of abortion?
3. The Libertarians when he was in favor of legalizing drugs?
4. The occupy movement when he was in favor of taxing the wealthy?
5. Those who wanted to impose background checks and ban assault weapons?
6. Liberals who, like him, believed in universal health care?
7. Hillary Clinton when he supported her and funded her?
I like Donald Trump for (most of) his enemies but I'm a little bit nervous about being his friend.
Jeb and the Moonies go way back.
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