Posted on 07/25/2015 1:54:47 PM PDT by VinL
Donald Trump on Saturday took shots at Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin, the only Republican in a field of 16 who is leading the business mogul in Iowa polls.
Trump has surged in such polls nationwide, during a campaign in which he has caused controversy over immigration and with a widely condemned attack on the Vietnam war record of Senator John McCain.
On Saturday, Trump addressed a rally in Oskaloosa, Iowa from which his campaign had barred the Des Moines Register newspaper, which published a critical editorial about him. At the rally, he repeated several traditionally Democratic talking points in his argument against Walker, citing the governor’s record on infrastructure, education and healthcare among the reasons that he was unfit to be president.
Referring to a Walker supporter’s comment that Trump was a “dumb-dumb”, Trump said: “Today I read this horrible statement from a fundraiser about Trump, and I said, ‘Oh finally, I can attack, finally.”
“Wisconsin’s doing terribly,” Trump said. “First of all, it’s in turmoil, the roads are a disaster.”
He continued: “They projected a $1bn surplus, and it turns out to be a deficit of $2.2bn, and money all over the place, the schools are a disaster, and they’re fighting like crazy because there’s no money for the schools, the hospitals and education is a disaster, and he was totally in support of [controversial education policy] Common Core.”
The $2.2bn deficit cited by Trump actually refers to a “pre-budget estimate” of tax revenue compared with budget requests from Wisconsin state agencies, PolitiFact Wisconsin reported. Walker calculated a $3.6bn deficit when he took office, in order to justify cuts to public education and to limit unions’ bargaining power.
The state agency that calculates the pre-budget estimate found a $2.2bn shortfall in Wisconsin’s most recent budget cycle, (snip)
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
When your opponent has an MBA from one of the better business schools and your candidate has a high school diploma, it might not be wise to question their intelligence. Fred Trump didn’t sit in that classroom and take the tests for Don Trump.
Made the decision public about 8 days ago, and according to this from another source:
"Considering Governor Walker’s famous ability to lead and accomplish the items that matter to him, his failure to take an interest in the data-related bill, in particular, should raise eyebrows.
During her visit to Wisconsin, Dr. Sandra Stotsky offers Governor Walker the opportunity to discuss Common Core whenever it is convenient for him to do so. The invitation is re-extended several more times over the course of 2014. The governor repeatedly declines or fails to respond to the offer."
http://stevedeace.com/news/governor-scott-walker-sitting-common-core-fence/
“Referring to a Walker supporter’s comment that Trump was a “dumb-dumb”, Trump said: “Today I read this horrible statement from a fundraiser about Trump, and I said, ‘Oh finally, I can attack, finally.””
Notice he didn’t draw first blood on Walker here. He was replying in kind. Same as with Perry. He is smart enough to know that right now he is competing for the Republican nomination, against other candidates. Defeat them first, then Hillary.
He didn’t get where he is in life by backing away from competition.
Walker had a grade point average of only 2.59 and his campaign donor calls Trump stupid. Just WOW!
And Trump IS the Gipper, right?
Trump has the best researchers combing through theses records. That is why Walker made the desperate attempt to repeal Wisconsin’s Open Records laws in the budget deal. He got caught, the public was outraged and he had to back off.
Slick Willie did that in Arkansas when he ran for President.
uhhh... Walker’s team drew first blood. Your comments are more appropriately directed at Walker.
What I’m encouraged by, is Trumps ability to put opponents on the defensive and when he turns his attention to Hillary, she will spend nearly all her time lying in defence of herself all over the media.
You hit him he hits back, isn’t that what we’ve all been screaming for?
I don’t think Trump has an MBA. He spent his first 2 years at a midling college (Fordham) and then transferred to Penn, reportedly using Daddy’s connections to get in.
Sounds familiar. Didn’t Barack Hussein Obama also spend 2 years at a mediocre college before mysteriously being accepted as a transfer at an Ivy League school?
I think you make a good point. Certainly the school record is fair game. I would say that what you have accomplished is even more pertinent.
I could certainly give props to a high-school graduate that achieved what Trump has. Compared to him though, Walker looks unfavorable.
Why go there? It was just a dumb idea.
I think his campaign guy tried to get Walker headlines by pulling a Trump, trashing the other guy. Unfortunate for Walker, he had a dunce trying to pull a Trump.
There has to be something there, or your trash talk is going to backfire on you every time.
Yeah, okay.
I hadn’t considered that issue. I appreciate you mentioning it.
I don’t like it when politicians try to cover things up.
If you’ve done it, own up to it. People make mistakes and most folks will understand. Try to hide and folks lose their trust in you. And you should lose it.
A write up from WaPo from a week ago on Trump’s education.
“...He did well there, and then went to Fordham University, a Jesuit school in the Bronx, for two years, before transferring to the University of Pennsylvania and studied economics for two years, graduating in 1968 with a bachelor’s degree. He took undergraduate classes at Penn’s famed Wharton School of Business. Though he was not enrolled in Wharton’s prestigious MBA program, the Spring 2007 Wharton Alumni Magazine featured Trump, with this headline, “The Best Brand Name in Real Estate.”
The University of Pennsylvania is one of the eight private colleges and universities in the vaunted Ivy League, ....”
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Sounds familiar. Didn’t Barack Hussein Obama also spend 2 years at a mediocre college before mysteriously being accepted as a transfer at an Ivy League school?
Wait....let me get this right....you’re comparing Trump’s education with 0 Hussein’s affirmative action education??
Yes, that is exactly what he’s doing. Nickcarraway isn’t alone.
I saw something like that the other day, perhaps the same, perhaps not.
The one I read stated that his grades were not sufficient to put him at the top of his class. I got the idea he was a decent student, just not at the top of his class.
He likes to tout he did very good there. I think that’s an exaggeration.
He must have learned something there...
Then, there’s this.....
When will Jim Robinson banish Trump supporters from FR, like he did in 2007 with Giuliani advocates?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3316617/posts
Whaaaambulance.
Yeah, I saw that. LOL
The people of Wisconsin deign to disagree with His Holy Bloviating Brashness.
It may be an act of heresy to speak against the carnival barker, but apparently Trump hasn’t bothered to do a comparison with Wisconsin prior to Walker’s administration. While he, as a sometime democrat, may prefer the failings of the Doyle administration, the majority of Wisconsinites aren’t down with Trump.
Eff off, Donald.
Far better a goo guy than the democrat Trump.
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