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A GOP led by Donald Trump will fail, and deserve it
Washington Post ^ | July 30 2015 | Michael Gerson

Posted on 07/31/2015 1:17:04 PM PDT by WilliamIII

At this point in the 2016 presidential campaign, the noble, elusive stag of political rhetoric is pretty much road kill.

This judgment is unfair to a few candidates — Rick Perry, Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio come to mind — delivering thoughtful speeches. But in portions of the Republican field, the normal limits of civility have been crossed and recrossed in the relentless search for viral attention. Mike Huckabee compared the sitting president to a Nazi prison guard. Ted Cruz accused the Senate majority leader of being a liar. Donald Trump, well, opens his mouth. His opponents are invariably “clowns” and “stupid” and physically ugly. He mocks a war hero and reveals the cellphone number of another candidate.

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To: miss marmelstein

This is a forum and you berate naps for just posting a picture?


101 posted on 07/31/2015 3:20:58 PM PDT by Fledermaus (To hell with the Republican Party. I'm done with them. If I want a Lib Dem I'd vote for one.)
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To: WilliamIII

So will a GOP lead by Jeb Bush.


102 posted on 07/31/2015 3:21:47 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Fledermaus

Ah, naps can take it.


103 posted on 07/31/2015 3:22:50 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: I'd like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
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To: WilliamIII

Who is the winner this Jebseter run?

The Media that are on the payroll. They know that one of these days the jig will be up and they will have all get in line for a Josh Earnest job.


104 posted on 07/31/2015 3:27:51 PM PDT by hadaclueonce (It is not heaven, it is Iowa. Everyone gets a "Corn Check")
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To: Inyo-Mono
We were watching a MSM talking head show a few days ago and they had on some professional political political hack. Most of the males on panel as well as the hack appeared as little boys in adult bodies.

Even the females in the room we were watching from totally agreed.☺ Then they broke for some other news story and the reporter had the same exact thing going on. He had the face of a spoiled 12 year old with an adult sized body. Just bizarre.

105 posted on 07/31/2015 3:32:08 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: miss marmelstein

Lol, that’s true.


106 posted on 07/31/2015 3:32:51 PM PDT by Fledermaus (To hell with the Republican Party. I'm done with them. If I want a Lib Dem I'd vote for one.)
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To: dragnet2

It is bizarre! before your posts, I thought (incorrectly) that my wife and I were the only ones who noticed things like that.


107 posted on 07/31/2015 3:55:05 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono
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To: WilliamIII

The little, bed-wetting Nazi toad has an address.


108 posted on 07/31/2015 5:59:41 PM PDT by sergeantdave
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To: dragnet2

“so many males in D.C. pro-politicos as well as the MSM boys appear to be little boys in adult sized bodies.”

God is trying to tell us that our enemies are wimps, and that it’s okay to stomp their nuts into the concrete.


109 posted on 07/31/2015 6:18:16 PM PDT by sergeantdave
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To: WilliamIII

Smell the fear...


110 posted on 07/31/2015 6:18:50 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain)
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To: sergeantdave
God is trying to tell us that our enemies are wimps, and that it’s okay to stomp their nuts into the concrete

God? I thought it was Trump who said that...

111 posted on 07/31/2015 6:20:36 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain)
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To: nascarnation

That photo should be in the dictionary beside the definition of “Totally disconnected from the reality of the common man”.


112 posted on 07/31/2015 6:47:57 PM PDT by Rebelbase ( NASCAR 2015: "Bootlegger to boot licker"--FReeper Crim)
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To: sergeantdave

That rates an 8 on the honking hoot scale.


113 posted on 07/31/2015 7:02:58 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: WilliamIII
Mike Huckabee compared the sitting president to a Nazi prison guard.

An apt comparison, by any honest assessment.

Ted Cruz accused the Senate majority leader of being a liar.

And why should the truth be left unsaid?

Donald Trump, well, opens his mouth. His opponents are invariably “clowns” and “stupid” and physically ugly. He mocks a war hero...

Who is generally despised as a politician.

and reveals the cellphone number of another candidate. Who is a cartoon character.
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Now, what was the point you were trying to make, Michael?

114 posted on 07/31/2015 8:08:41 PM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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