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Trump in Iowa: Jeb's 'Skin in the Game' Iraq Comment Was One of the ‘Dumbest’ Statements Ever
townhall.com ^ | Aug 15, 2015 | Cortney O'Brien

Posted on 08/15/2015 1:54:01 PM PDT by Helicondelta

Today, Trump slammed Jeb for trying to justify what he says is an unjustifiable war:

“He said ‘skin in the game.’ I don’t know if you saw his recent statement…We’ve spent two trillion dollars, thousands of lives lost, wounded warriors who I love all over the place. And he said we have to prove we have skin in the game. I think it may be one of the dumbest statements I ever heard.”

Trump concluded that thought by saying Jeb should apologize to the families affected by the war.

Jeb seemed to be one of Trump’s favorite targets at the fair. The latter also accused him of being a ‘puppet to his donors.’

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida; US: Iowa; US: New York; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2016election; dumbjeb; election2016; florida; iowa; iraq; jebbush; littlejebbie; newbie; newbieishisname; newyork; trump; waronterror; yeb
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To: Helicondelta
“He said ‘skin in the game.’ I don’t know if you saw his recent statement…We’ve spent two trillion dollars, thousands of lives lost, wounded warriors who I love all over the place. And he said we have to prove we have skin in the game. I think it may be one of the dumbest statements I ever heard.”

That is absolute truth.

41 posted on 08/15/2015 2:50:16 PM PDT by JustaCowgirl (the left has redefined the word 'racism' to mean any disagreement with any liberal about any topic)
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To: Kenny
Trump, having met with Jeff Sessions group to put together his plan....he is confident


42 posted on 08/15/2015 2:52:21 PM PDT by caww
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To: Stepan12
Donald Trump said Pamela Geller “taunted everybody” as regards those Garland, Texas Islamic terrorists

I'm pro-Trump. I like what he has to say on almost everything. But I am VERY disappointed that he did not stand with Geller. America is all about free speech, and the islamists are trying to shut that down.

Geller is trying to push back against the islamists. She should be applauded, not criticized.

43 posted on 08/15/2015 2:53:11 PM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: JustaCowgirl
Copter landing in Iowa for the fair...... Free rides for the kids in the 'Trumpcopter'


44 posted on 08/15/2015 2:55:06 PM PDT by caww
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To: Helicondelta

Sorry, but Trump’s ire should be directed at Obama who lost the blood-soaked gains US servicemen made in Iraq.

I think Jeb is easy to beat. He is not intelligent, spontaneous or well-informed. Get him off-script and Jeb will destroy himself.


45 posted on 08/15/2015 2:55:41 PM PDT by Erik Latranyi (Walker -- more conservative actions as governor than even Ronald Reagan!)
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To: caww

Had to be a different day. She looks sober there. Still, always tension and practically no smiles when she’s around.


46 posted on 08/15/2015 2:58:57 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: Leaning Right

Geller does ride the edge , we know that. But I wasn’t too keen on the ‘in your face’ drawing contest as it was an obvious ploy....it wasn’t about just freedom of speech and most understood the underlying purpose...but her point was made none the less.


47 posted on 08/15/2015 2:59:05 PM PDT by caww
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To: Leaning Right

I am with you. Of all the substantive things that Trump has said, Pamela Geller is the one thing that I totally disagree with. Well, I also disagree with his current stand on funding Planned Parenthood, but maybe that will change.


48 posted on 08/15/2015 2:59:27 PM PDT by JustaCowgirl (the left has redefined the word 'racism' to mean any disagreement with any liberal about any topic)
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To: Leaning Right

Trump thinks he is the only one who can be politically incorrect. He is wealthy and earned the right to poke people in the eye.....Gellar did not earn that right through wealth or status, so she needs to be condemned.

Trump is an elitist of the worst order...an arrogant elitist who brags about buying politicians, defends his sexist comments and condemns “little people” like Gellar.


49 posted on 08/15/2015 3:00:35 PM PDT by Erik Latranyi (Walker -- more conservative actions as governor than even Ronald Reagan!)
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To: ballearthout
No more shrubs...

Molly_Ivins

50 posted on 08/15/2015 3:01:06 PM PDT by ptsal
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To: Karl Spooner
I just don't think her health is strong enough to withstand the campaign drive which is why they are orchestrating it so “soft” for her..her 70th birthday is just ahead so she's got her issues for the sedentary life she's lived..
51 posted on 08/15/2015 3:02:25 PM PDT by caww
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To: caww

And you can read Trump’s books.


52 posted on 08/15/2015 3:02:25 PM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: Brilliant

Heard him say that. But when you listen to Trump the only thing you can say for certain about what he’d do is that he’d build the wall. Everything else’s he says is just what he’s against and who he’s against. No sense of what he’d do about those things. Just that he’s against them.


You Tube his Michigan Lincoln Dinner speech. He starts laying out his policies, not all, but some. Also, his interview after also sheds more light. I think he’s holding fire because he wants to play the long race.


53 posted on 08/15/2015 3:03:43 PM PDT by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject")
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To: Leaning Right

Dont like it either, but it is free speech for him, too.


54 posted on 08/15/2015 3:06:39 PM PDT by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject")
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To: Erik Latranyi

Sorry, but Trump’s ire should be directed at Obama who lost the blood-soaked gains US servicemen made in Iraq.

I think Jeb is easy to beat. He is not intelligent, spontaneous or well-informed. Get him off-script and Jeb will destroy himself.


Obama’s not running. Jeb is and is the establishment candidate. All focus should be on him and his positions. We all know Obama is lousy.


55 posted on 08/15/2015 3:09:06 PM PDT by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject")
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To: Erik Latranyi
...”Trump is an elitist of the worst order...an arrogant elitist who brags about buying politicians, defends his sexist comments”....

Most of that is his personality type, who are generally quite successful. Trump knows the game so he plays the cards ...one of which is and always has been politicians are for sale. You give to them they give back...nothing new at all about that, and the terrain he has had to contend with in business as most do at his level of work. "Little people" as you called Gellar...know this as well...most don't like it but it is 'the game' at every level of life in business and otherwise. Trump and others like hi simply play it in a higher level of revenue and power.....I've seen it in all places I've worked as I'm sure you have.

As for his sexist remarks....there was a time where woman and en did laugh at jesting over woman...now it's only the men who have to take it.

56 posted on 08/15/2015 3:11:34 PM PDT by caww
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To: ptsal

lol. Yeah, I always liked how she called Rick Perry Governor “Good Hair.”

She was funny. She was a commie though.


57 posted on 08/15/2015 3:11:40 PM PDT by ballearthout
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To: caww

We’ll see. Scandal pressure, prescription drug abuse. Only an autopsy will say for sure.


58 posted on 08/15/2015 3:13:55 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: Brilliant
No sense of what he’d do about those things. Just that he’s against them.

He did come out with a rather specific tax rate plan, and his 2012 book just got reissued which (I understand) has some specifics.

He's not my choice, but there's a time and manner to roll these things out.
59 posted on 08/15/2015 3:14:40 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: Mollypitcher1
Nope haven't read a single one of Trumps books. And likely won't. It's not hard to understand what he's doing and his purpose 'if' you understand the political maneuvers our guys are making and the plans we see in motion.
60 posted on 08/15/2015 3:15:10 PM PDT by caww
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