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Donald Trump Works a Football Crowd in Iowa, Hints at New 'Nice' Playbook
CNN ^ | September 13, 2015

Posted on 09/13/2015 3:46:48 AM PDT by Helicondelta

With still months to go before the Iowa caucuses, Donald Trump hopped in a golf cart here at Iowa State University and took a victory lap.

Hundreds of rowdy football fans swarmed the businessman-turned-presidential candidate Saturday as he zipped around the football stadium -- each extending a hand, hoping for a high-five, and maybe a selfie.

"Go get 'em Donald!" one man shouted as Trump worked the tailgating crowd before the day's Iowa-Iowa State game.

"I love you!" a woman cried out, rushing in for a picture.

All the while, The Donald marveled, urging this reporter to take note of the enthusiastic throngs of Iowans and asking if other candidates could galvanize throngs of people in the same way. ...

But even as Trump veered off in his favorite direction toward the polling that has consistently shown him leading the pack of now 16 Republican candidates, he hinted at something just as new as the camo-colored version of his now-iconic Make America Great Again cap that sat on his head: a Donald Trump with softer edges

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Iowa; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; election2016; football; iowa; newyork; trump
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1 posted on 09/13/2015 3:46:48 AM PDT by Helicondelta
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To: Helicondelta

The protesters against Trump are playing into his hands.


2 posted on 09/13/2015 3:57:51 AM PDT by Fai Mao (Genius at Large)
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To: Fai Mao

He is smarter than they are and is playing them like a fiddle.


3 posted on 09/13/2015 4:01:24 AM PDT by BigEdLB (Congress will have blood on their hands if anything happens because of the Iran appeasement)
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To: Helicondelta
"Disembarking from his golf cart to walk to the state Republican Party's tent in a parking lot strewn with beer cans and Solo cups, Trump engaged with one not-so-sober college football fan after the next". "He has an honest tongue," one inebriated Iowa State University student said in the only clean part of an expletive-laced rant explaining his support for Trump. Sounds like an attempt to make his supporters look bad as well.
4 posted on 09/13/2015 4:24:52 AM PDT by FearlessFreep (I was one of the #SILENTMAJORITY)
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To: Helicondelta
...Hints at New 'Nice' Playbook

Trump is pathologically incapable of a "nice" playbook.

5 posted on 09/13/2015 4:27:06 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: FearlessFreep

Relax, It shows that Trump is appealing to more than the “milk and cookies” type, this is a good thing. Recall Hillary saying something the other day trying to show she was hip? It was so pathetic I have forgotten what it was she said.


6 posted on 09/13/2015 4:37:37 AM PDT by Mark was here ("The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam" - Obama.)
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To: DoodleDawg
Trump is pathologically incapable of a "nice" playbook.

Bingo.

Outside of immigration, Trump's positions are really not that different than Guliani. He can't afford to change his MO at this point.

7 posted on 09/13/2015 4:40:45 AM PDT by catfish1957 (I display the Confederate Battle Flag with pride in honor of my brave ancestors who fought w/ valor)
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To: Mark was here

I think his popularity will keep surging.

And I will vote for him as Cruz is just too low in the polls and I cant take the chance of Carson winning.

But I hope he’s crazy like a fox and not just crazy :)

Sure he’s narcissistic. If he turns the country towards greatness again, I’ll live with it.


8 posted on 09/13/2015 4:43:49 AM PDT by dp0622
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To: Helicondelta

I couldn’t care less if he was nice. It would be refreshing to hear something substantial out of him for a change instead of vague platitudes and self-aggrandizement.


9 posted on 09/13/2015 4:48:28 AM PDT by edpc (Wilby 2016)
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To: DoodleDawg
Trump is pathologically incapable of a "nice" playbook.

And you appear to be pathologically incapable of shedding your TDS(c)


10 posted on 09/13/2015 4:52:36 AM PDT by mkjessup (Iran has an ayatollah for it's 'supreme leader', America has an ASSAHOLLAH !!!)
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11 posted on 09/13/2015 4:54:09 AM PDT by mkjessup (Iran has an ayatollah for it's 'supreme leader', America has an ASSAHOLLAH !!!)
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To: mkjessup
And you appear to be pathologically incapable of shedding your TDS(c)

Someday you will realize that your emperor has no clothes.

12 posted on 09/13/2015 4:54:30 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

Sure dawg. Have a dog biscuit. You’re either part of the answer, or part of the problem.

You get your candidate (whoever it is) generating the kinds of poll numbers and support across the board, and we’ll take a look at THAT guy, ok?


13 posted on 09/13/2015 4:56:13 AM PDT by mkjessup (Iran has an ayatollah for it's 'supreme leader', America has an ASSAHOLLAH !!!)
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To: mkjessup
You’re either part of the answer, or part of the problem.

Trump isn't the answer so I guess I'm part of the problem.

You get your candidate (whoever it is) generating the kinds of poll numbers and support across the board, and we’ll take a look at THAT guy, ok?

Let's compare Trump's number with Cruz's number come Iowa.

14 posted on 09/13/2015 5:02:22 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

Go Hawks !


15 posted on 09/13/2015 5:05:24 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks ("If he were working for the other side, what would he be doing differently ?")
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To: DoodleDawg

See you there. I’m for Ted Cruz too, and I’m following my candidates’ lead, i.e., I’m not trashing Trump in fact I’m supporting Trump the way Cruz is, in collaborative works (Iran Deal protest for one) that work for the benefit of America.

Likewise, Sarah Palin doesn’t strike me as an idiot, when she says things like “thank God he’s running!” (Trump).

I’d love to see Ted Cruz out in front, but political reality is political reality, sometimes we eat the bear, sometimes the bear eats us.

See you in Iowa FRiend!


16 posted on 09/13/2015 5:06:16 AM PDT by mkjessup (Iran has an ayatollah for it's 'supreme leader', America has an ASSAHOLLAH !!!)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
Go Hawks !

Go Bulldogs!

17 posted on 09/13/2015 5:09:10 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Helicondelta

Very good.

I think Donald’s approach has been good, but he’s begun to realize there is a small difference in what appeals to the two sexes, and he has begun to adjust.

I completely support Donald toning it down.

Just a bit. Keep being yourself Donald, but go a tiny bit easier on everyone, and in particular on women.

Keep on being yourself though. Don’t change. Just go a bit easier on them.


18 posted on 09/13/2015 5:10:28 AM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network (http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html)
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To: Helicondelta

Trump hit a grand slam on the first pitch.

Build the wall.

You could almost hear the collective “Yes” across the country.

When you are ahead in the polls, people will take another look at you. He also gets huge amounts of media compared to the other candidates(thanks liberal media).

His national recognition is 94%. No other candidate is even close.

In a poll that asked you to pick a word to describe the candidate, Arrogant and blowhard were the top two to describe Trump.

I think Trump supporters are saying, yes he is an arrogant blowhard but he is our arrogant blowhard.


19 posted on 09/13/2015 5:29:56 AM PDT by joshua c (Please dont feed the liberals)
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To: DoodleDawg

Donald Trump is taking Rush Limbaugh’s subtle advice ...


20 posted on 09/13/2015 5:30:15 AM PDT by Patton@Bastogne
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