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Republican Assault on Trump May Only Make Him Stronger (This from the Rolling Stone)
rollingstone.com ^ | Matt Taibbi

Posted on 08/09/2015 10:13:10 AM PDT by RoosterRedux

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1 posted on 08/09/2015 10:13:10 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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This piece was published Friday, before the Drudge and Time Mag polls showing Trump winning the debate at 45% and 47% respectively.
2 posted on 08/09/2015 10:15:01 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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The elitist Republican machine has become so loathsome, that being its enemy is a kind of endorsement.


3 posted on 08/09/2015 10:15:20 AM PDT by Psalm 144 (The mill grinds exceedingly fine.)
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To: RoosterRedux

I urge FReepers to read the rest of the article at the link, to learn what an unreconstructed Communist thinks.


4 posted on 08/09/2015 10:17:14 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: RoosterRedux

Next thing you know, Fox will be warning us that Trump is more powerful than p*ssy. The Republican base will naturally assume Trump is immune from the “War on Women”, and his poll numbers will reach astronomical levels.


5 posted on 08/09/2015 10:18:47 AM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe)
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6 posted on 08/09/2015 10:18:53 AM PDT by jimbo123
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To: Psalm 144
The elitist Republican machine has become so loathsome

There are lots of serious Republicans here who do not understand how hated the Republican party is.

There are lots of Democrat voters - millions - who vote for what they perceive as the lesser of two evils. The right guy can win their votes.

7 posted on 08/09/2015 10:19:11 AM PDT by Jim Noble (You walk into the room like a camel and then you frown)
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To: RoosterRedux

In war, whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.

They fired their best shots at the Donald. They missed. He fired back. He hit the target.

At this point in the battle, there is no such thing as bad publicity.


8 posted on 08/09/2015 10:20:34 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (Resistance to Tyrants is obedience to God)
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Trump is no Goldwater (Senator, U.S.A.F. Brig. Gen.) and the Goldwaters (owned department store chain) were no Trump but otherwise..

I remember election 1964..

Borrowing the words of the dominant Rockefeller Republicans in 1964 "We [have] to destroy Barry Goldwater Donald Trump as a member of the human race."

The original quote is from Nelson Rockefeller's public relations head, Stuart Spencer.

And all that was before the convention that selected Goldwater and continued through the election with lots of help from MSM employees.

I feel 50 years younger. Thank y'all!

9 posted on 08/09/2015 10:23:25 AM PDT by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: 1rudeboy

And read the comments to see the way the left is thinking.


10 posted on 08/09/2015 10:23:41 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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The GOPe has yet to understand, the only person who can destroy Trump, is Trump. They have had their way in previous years, withholding funds when a Republican says something that causes the liberals to feign outrage, thereby ruining otherwise good candidates. Trump doesn’t need their money, and it appears a good percentage of voters are showing that they are tired of elites in the party telling us who can run. The media, and party elites are simply showing us how out of touch they really are.


11 posted on 08/09/2015 10:25:25 AM PDT by Yogafist
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Rich Lowry at the Review called the debate a "fabulously awful" night for Trump.

Rich Lowry, pfffft. National Review helped elect Obama the first time — every NR cover in the entire run-up to the election was some kind of political cartoon of Obama. Like they say, "I don't care what you say about me as long as you mention my name" — an old marketing maxim. Canceled my subscription after that. GOP isn't called "the stupid party" for nothing.

Trump is a gift. Using his own money and high-visibility brand, he is helping span the huge divide between the silly, selfish and completely out-of-touch GOP-e and their constituents, who are enraged about many issues — issues that Trump understands, speaks about in plain language, and has identified clearly to the insufferable boy's club that is the GOP-e. You'd think they'd be grateful for the free market research and try to work out a way to make use of his influence over potential voters while still showcasing their other top five — but noooooooo.

12 posted on 08/09/2015 10:27:06 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (If you can't make a deal with a politician, you can't make a deal. --Donald Trump)
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From the article: Trump's followers are a gang of pissed-off nativists who are tired of being laughed at, belittled, dismissed, and told who to vote for. So it seems incredible that the Republican establishment thinks it's going to get rid of Trump by laughing at, belittling and dismissing him, and telling his voters who they should be picking.

I've raised this point several times--Where do the Republican wizards of smart think Trump's supporters are going to go if Trump is indeed knocked off by the party establishment? They sure in Hell won't meekly line-up behind the GOPe anointed torchbearer.

13 posted on 08/09/2015 10:28:14 AM PDT by Arm_Bears (Biology is biology. Everything else is imagination.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
The same can't be said for the Rolling Stone after their UVa fiasco and libel.

14 posted on 08/09/2015 10:28:33 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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We Trumpster supporters can only hope that he comes out and wipes the whole of the democrat party and the republican party wide open for all of us to see....then we’ll go from there..

There is so much rampant corruption going on inside Washington D.C. that we need to ‘trump’ it out and clean it up!!!


15 posted on 08/09/2015 10:32:47 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 ("It's the hard working, tax paying citizens of the United States that are suffering...")
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"Almost everyone... was there...: Rosie O'Donnell, LeBron James, Putin, St. Peter, St. Reagan, Siamese twins, pigs, dogs, slobs, a gay friend of John Kasich...."


16 posted on 08/09/2015 10:33:12 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (If you can't make a deal with a politician, you can't make a deal. --Donald Trump)
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Rather than withhold funds, the GOP will throw its support to the Democratic party, and continue to snipe at Trump.

I honestly think the GOP wants to lose. It's been the minority party for so long, that it is more comfortable there, than being accountable.

17 posted on 08/09/2015 10:38:21 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: RoosterRedux

Excellent idea: read the comments!


18 posted on 08/09/2015 10:38:25 AM PDT by sarasota
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“Where do the Republican wizards of smart think Trump’s supporters are going to go if Trump is indeed knocked off by the party establishment?”

George Will, on Fox News Sunday, insists that the grown-ups will chide them back into line.

Laura Ingraham, on the same panel, said that Jeb! won the debate and it seems she meant he won by just showing up. I evidently credited her with intelligence she doesn’t have.


19 posted on 08/09/2015 10:40:05 AM PDT by odawg
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Next thing you know, Fox will be warning us that Trump is more powerful than p*ssy.

If that were true, Fox would hire him as a "news" anchor.

20 posted on 08/09/2015 10:41:15 AM PDT by Wolfie
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