Posted on 09/15/2015 9:51:24 AM PDT by jimbo123
Fivethirtyeight.com founder Nate Silver said that GOP presidential candidates Donald Trump and Dr. Ben Carson have a maybe about 5% chance of winning the nomination on Mondays broadcast of CNNs AC360.
Silver put Trumps and Carsons chances of winning the nomination at maybe about 5% each, somewhere around there. Silver explained, there are a of couple things to think about. One is that if you look back at history, youve never seen candidates like Donald Trump certainly, or Ben Carson win a party nomination, and secondly, if you look at the polling a lot of times, a candidate leading the polls now, mid-September didnt win the nomination, didnt even come close. So, if you look four years ago, Rick Perry was in the midst of a surge right now, and eight years ago on the Democratic side, you had Howard Dean or 12 years ago, rather, Howard Dean was surging, Hillary Clinton was still way ahead of Barack Obama in 2008. Rudy Giuliani was leading the polls in 2008. I think people theres so much interest in this election, in this campaign, people forget that polls five months before Iowa, historically, have told you very, very little.
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Silver added that an establishment candidate was probably going to be the nominee.
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Oh worry worry worry about the fellow with the Midas touch, with a bunch of limited-menu hypotheticals pulled out of what, thin air might be charitable? You can worry. I say Donald’s a big boy he knows how to get money to worry about itself.
If he can get capital (quid pro quo or otherwise) of those who believe in his formula, magic, wisdom, whatever you want to call it... he’s more than likely got his problem licked. Who else has managed to drum up this much interest so early? He hasn’t just kissed the Blarney Stone, he has smooched it half away.
Or to put it in another manner, there is more than one way to do sweetheart.
This is a quote from Trump at the Fox debate:
“As far as single payer, it works in Canada. It works incredibly well in Scotland.”
So why are many Canadians coming to the U.S., because they have to wait so long for healthcare.
Plus, I’ve heard it does not work “incredibly well” in Scotland either.
Really? I didn't see any ellipsis.
OH, you mean it's only PART of a quote from the Fox debate!
And it's the part that's totally irrelevant to the AMERICAN plan he has in mind, I see!
Now why would you quote something in a way that makes you look TOTALLY duplicitous and intellectually dishonest?
Now I see how people who describe themselves as conservative are acting with Trump and Obamamania is starting to make sense.
There is one bitter irony though: the left got the leftist they were looking for in Obama. All the Republicans will get from Trump is a egotistical narcissist who is primarily interested in putting his name on things.
It was Bret Baier who asked Trump why he was for single payer in 2000. Again, Trump answered:
“As far as single payer, it works in Canada. It works incredibly well in Scotland.”
You’ll have to find the transcript for yourself.
I don't need to: I saw it. That's how I know you are only giving part of the quote, and none of the plan for AMERICA.
Aren’t you the least bit embarrassed about trying to pull a stunt that’s pretty much the same as claiming somebody is an islamist because they said Iran is really beautiful?
Please provide us with the ENTIRE quote, and let us be the judge if it changes anything.
Youll have to find the transcript for yourself.
I'm not the one admitting to posting a misleading, partial quote.
How about let the voters decide?
I knew you were bluffing. lol
Hardly. I'm being perfectly reasonable.
You made an assertion. I countered by saying your assertion is misleading by virtue of being incomplete. You admitted such, but then expect ME to detail your malfeasance.
As the old joke goes: we've already established WHAT you are, now you want to haggle price.
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