Posted on 08/07/2015 3:18:25 AM PDT by Zakeet
By any objective measure, Thursday night's debate was a trainwreck for Donald Trump. In one night, he refused to rule out a general election bid as an independent if he lost the Republican nomination, praised the Canadian socialized healthcare system, defended past sexist comments, threatened to be mean to popular Fox News host Megyn Kelly, and demonstrated a lack of understanding of important national and international issues. By any law of politics, the Trump bubble should burst after tonight.
But so far, Trump's candidacy has defied the laws of political physics, so it's difficult to predict the extent to which this performance will show up in the polls.
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All of this said, none of the non-Trump candidates said or did anything during this case that seriously, irreparably damaged their candidacies. There was no Rick Perry "oops" moment. But unfortunately, the real race for the GOP nomination will be in a holding pattern until Trump collapses in polls and gets demoted to the kiddie table.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
“But sooner or later they will get it.”
No, you are wrong for they will never “get it” simply because they work for the “Ministry of Truth” and are experts in “newspeak” and “doublespeak.”
That will never change and will get even worse as our culture continues to rot from the head down.
Well I’m not so sure. As I noted in post 27, Chuck Todd is on record saying the more the media attack Trump, the stronger Trump becomes. I never considered Todd MENSA material, though he may be brighter than some. But if he can not only figure it out, but go public with his conclusion, it would be surprising if no one else follows suit.
-— Chuck Todd is on record saying the more the media attack Trump, the stronger Trump becomes -—
Until last night. Donald was his own worst enemy.
Exactly. That is why Trump won Drudge’s mega-poll so commandingly, and why the smoke from the flames on Megyn Kelly’s Facebook page can be seen from the space station.
Trump wreck. Don’t you just wish. Trump handed all 3 of those democRATs in RINO clothes their butts, after eating their lunches!
You do have a way with words.
I need a grant ;)
I’ve been enjoying the Trump show - what’s not to like?
I liked Ross Perot too .... Likable fellow.
As we all know - Perot handed Willie 2 elections.
All I’m saying is .... If it were to come out later that Trump was asked by Hillary to play this role - it wouldn’t surprise me one bit.
Did anyone else notice that the FOX sound crew moderated the crowd response to suit their purposes?
Fortunately, we watched on DVR, so, when I noticed it I asked the husband if he had notice it also. He did a rewind, and agreed that they had.
Unlike me, however, the DH said that FOX had a legitimate reason for doing it.
Ditto! Ditto! and Ditto!
+1
Good points.
Is it me...or did The Donald get the hair style from the Heat Miser from that Christmas Special ?
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Yes, and Rand came on late last night....why?
Because you could vote multiple times in this poll.
Babe Ruth was the strikeout leader. This biased analysis is looking only at Trump’s strikeouts, not his home runs that resonate with a populace fed up with establishment politicians.
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