Posted on 01/14/2016 5:22:33 AM PST by RoosterRedux
Donald Trump took his front-running campaign for the Republican presidential nomination to Pensacola, Fla., on Wednesday night. And, holy cow, did people come out in droves to see him.
Here's a photo of the crowd taken by WaPo's own Jenna Johnson.
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Trump's campaign claimed it gave out 20,000 tickets; the arena holds 11,500 people. According to Jenna's reporting, there were "at least 11,000" in attendance and "several thousand more were turned away."
Large crowds are the rule, not the exception, at this point for Trump. He had 8,000 people in Lowell, Mass., earlier this month; more than 2,000 showed up in Burlington, Vt., -- not exactly a conservative enclave -- to hear Trump speak last week.
I've written a lot about crowd sizes this election and how they remain an uncertain indicator of actual support. But, Trump's ability to draw thousands and thousands of people to hear him speak this close to actual voting -- we are 19 days from the Iowa caucuses -- suggests to me that the enthusiasm and passion he has sparked among a certain segment of the GOP base isn't going anywhere any time soon.
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“A concern troll is a person who participates in a debate posing as an actual or potential ally who simply has some concerns they need answered before they will ally themselves with a cause. In reality they are a critic.
What Donald does almost every time he speaks.”
Thank you for the clarification. Unfortunately, once again, you couldn’t control your TDS throughout an entire post.
It’s all over the Google. Look for Donald Trump mental illness.
I like Donald. I’m a concern troll too. I learned it from him.
Did you get checked out already?
It will be interesting to see what happens.
Have you ever owned or ridden in a clown car?
Yeah its out there alright. Way out there in left field.
Personally I am more concerned that people are saying that some Freeper named mongrel was spotted getting into an alien space ship with Ted Cruz for a meeting with the aliens.
Mr. Cruz should call a press conference to address their concerns right away.
They absolutely do exist. We deal with them in OH all the time. But what Trump says-—border, Muslim immigration ban, guns-—appeals to ALL but left sing kooks. And NRA stats show 23% of its members are Dems. They are definitely out there.
Funny stuff. I talk like Donald and I belong in a clown car.
do you have any ideas just how stupid you come across today with all your trolling?
Oh yes, I totally get it. It’s funny that when I talk like Donald, his supporters tell me I sound stupid.
LoL.
OK, we get it that you don’t support Trump.
So tell us, who do you support?
What's with this mongrel guy and stuffed unicorns? Why do they have to be pink? Is he really friends with Ted Cruz?
I’d hate to see something like that get in his way. But a lot of people are talking about it and I know that even some mental health professionals have concerns, the fact that he shows clear signs of mental instability and could break down at any point.
Here’s what I think I’d do: I’d go and seek a full psychiatric screening if I was Donald. You go see a psychiatrist. You go to a doctor to ask for what’s called a psychological screening. You go in seeking a clean bill of psychiatric health from the doctor, even if you think you’re doing just great. That’s part of the problem with mental illness, it’s hard to detect in yourself. Donald could go right in, do it quickly. It can go quickly. Clean bill of health, very good.
my first take about about your concerns about a candidate that would end up in a mental hospital in two years, was that I thought you were posting something about the hildabeast having a break down.
then I thought if you were posting about her, you would be more concerned about her being in prison in two years.
so then I thought you must be posting about Yeb, since he seems to be losing it with his florsheim shoe ad and all.
then I thought you certainly wouldn't want someone voluntarily going in for psych tests as they would have to give up their right to conceal carry.
I know you're trying to make a good point here about something, but I haven't been able to figure out what it is.
sorry.
have a good day!
btw, are you from colorado?
Do you want to see insanity?
Take a long close look at yourself in a mirror!
He’s not trying to make a “good point.” It’s his attempt to disrupt a pro-Trump thread with what he feels is a clever mockery of Trump’s comments about Cruz-z-z’s citizenship.
It’s trolling (not to mention libel), and the moderators should take care of it.
So are you in a halfway house, a drug/alcoholic recovery unit or a street person?
The secret service is probably monitoring those with severe Trump Derangement Syndrome. Keep leaving the bread crumbs for their monitoring!
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