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George F. Will: The havoc Trump wreaks
MercuryNews.com ^ | 08/26/2015 | George F. Will

Posted on 08/26/2015 7:14:29 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

WASHINGTON -- Every sulfurous belch from the molten interior of the volcanic Trump phenomenon injures the chances of a Republican presidency. After Donald Trump finishes plastering a snarling face on conservatism, any Republican nominee will face a dauntingly steep climb to reach even the paltry numbers that doomed Mitt Romney.

It is perhaps quixotic to try to distract Trump's supporters with facts, which their leader, who is no stickler for dignity, considers beneath him. Still, consider these:

The white percentage of the electorate has been shrinking for decades and will be about 2 points smaller in 2016 than in 2012. If the Republicans' 2016 nominee does not do better than Romney did among nonwhite voters, he will need 65 percent of the white vote. Romney did even slightly worse among Asian-Americans than among Hispanics. Evidently minorities generally detected Republican ambivalence, even animus about them. This was before Trump began receiving rapturous receptions because he obliterates inhibitions about venting hostility.

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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The more idiots like Will attack Trump, the more I like him.


121 posted on 08/27/2015 2:51:20 AM PDT by vmivol00 (I won't be reconstructed.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
If the Republicans' 2016 nominee does not do better than Romney did among nonwhite voters, he will need 65 percent of the white vote

Three of my seven white children are old enough to vote, buddy.

Trump will get 70% of the white vote.

122 posted on 08/27/2015 5:10:05 AM PDT by Jim Noble (You walk into the room like a camel and then you frown)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Will...you lame excuse for a pundit, answer this. If being nice, cuddly, metro-sexual non- threatening is the answer, what happened to Romney. A nicer, less threatening, polite old white guy would be hard to find, yet he lost.

Leaders don't read polls and worry about conforming to public opinion. They simply lead. They change public opinion with the strength of their arguments.

I was neutral about you bow tie boy! I now rank you with the most overrated, insignificant, snobby jerks around. Give it up dude. Nobody cares what you have to say.

123 posted on 08/27/2015 5:13:25 AM PDT by Awgie (truth is always stranger than fiction)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
The white percentage of the electorate has been shrinking for decades and will be about 2 points smaller in 2016 than in 2012

Well, that's a shame, but it's no reason to preemptively surrender to those who hate us, Mr. Cuckservative.

124 posted on 08/27/2015 5:15:08 AM PDT by Jim Noble (You walk into the room like a camel and then you frown)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

havoc = change

with the change under way, will, the old dyed in the wooler can’t grasp the disruptive change

will was


125 posted on 08/27/2015 5:15:25 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, .. Iran deal & holocaust: Obama's batting clean up for Adolph Hitler)
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To: Jim Noble
The white percentage of the electorate has been shrinking for decades and will be about 2 points smaller in 2016 than in 2012

Sounds racist to me.

126 posted on 08/27/2015 5:43:10 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (To defeat the democRATs, we must first defeat the Republicans.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

George, you’ve gotta lighten up and start thinking outside of the same-ol, same-ol prescription pad.

We all know you have a favorite in this race, and it ain’t Trump. But Holy Mackerel, Sapphire, at least pry your ossified brain cells loose enough to consider other solutions to endemic problems.

These solutions will evolve after rigorous debate, so don’t expect them to be plopped down all at one time. Trump is playing the role of change agent, something your establishment stable hasn’t been able to do for the past decade.


127 posted on 08/27/2015 6:55:37 AM PDT by plangent
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Every sulfurous belch from the molten interior of the volcanic Trump phenomenon injures the chances of a Republican presidency.

You use your tongue perdier than a ten dollar whore.

128 posted on 08/27/2015 6:57:17 AM PDT by DungeonMaster (Of those born of women there is not risen one greater than John The Baptist.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Politics is no longer about policies, it’s about racism and political correctness. Trump is head and shoulders above the rest in not submitting to the left and not apologizing for being white.


129 posted on 08/27/2015 6:59:05 AM PDT by DungeonMaster (Of those born of women there is not risen one greater than John The Baptist.)
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To: Zenjitsuman

I always thought that the stick up his a$$ went so far up as to meet the bow tie restriction.


130 posted on 08/27/2015 7:01:35 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Section 20.)
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To: HerrBlucher

“Wow, the hatred of Trump is astounding, these pundits can’t even write without spewing venom and blood coming from wherever.....”

And when have we ever seen this kind of spewing against that vile America-hating Obama,

McCain, Romney, Bush, McConnell, Boehner, Christie etc., along with these so-called mainstream TV pundits all roll over and and show their belly like beaten cur dogs submitting to their master, which actually is what’s going on here, we battle not against flesh and blood,


131 posted on 08/27/2015 7:12:18 AM PDT by captmar-vell
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To: glenduh

What the plummeting Hispanic birthrate means for the U.S. economy

Between 2006 and 2013, the Hispanic birth rate plummeted 25 percent. By comparison, the rate for non-Hispanics declined just 5 percent — though the latter was already much lower.

http://fusion.net/story/53820/what-the-plummeting-hispanic-birthrate-means-for-the-u-s-economy/


132 posted on 08/27/2015 8:34:08 AM PDT by sergeantdave
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To: nathanbedford

133 posted on 08/27/2015 8:47:07 AM PDT by COUNTrecount (Race Baiting...... "It's What's For Breakfast")
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To: nathanbedford

I bit wordy. :) A-


134 posted on 08/27/2015 8:51:33 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: entropy12

Yeah, sure. Then Trump will reveal what his investigators in Hawaii found. He was just waiting...


135 posted on 08/27/2015 12:38:39 PM PDT by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

IOW the cut campaign managers take for raising money for candidates will be in trouble......like the fact Will’s wife is such a consultant.

Every one of Will’s predictions has be a failure.


136 posted on 08/27/2015 3:29:14 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: D-fendr

His investigators found plenty. But then Obummer published a computer synthesized BC, and AG Holder buried the investigation under the rug. The Hawaii hospital clammed up. It is completely different when Trey Gowdy becomes AG.


137 posted on 08/27/2015 6:15:13 PM PDT by entropy12 (Trump is incorruptible. He is the only one who can run a campaign without rich donors.)
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To: entropy12
His investigators found plenty.

What? How do you know?

138 posted on 08/27/2015 7:20:45 PM PDT by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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