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Townhall.com ^ | January 30, 2016 | Thomas Sowell

Posted on 01/30/2016 5:29:18 AM PST by Kaslin

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To: usconservative

Excellent, salient points and background information, thanks for that FRiend, and I concur with you.


181 posted on 01/30/2016 8:10:20 AM PST by mkjessup ("Sneers, Jeers & Tears" - that's your typical Trump-hater for ya.)
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To: House Atreides

“his ABNORMALLY STUBBY FINGERS”

Women who’ve been in relationships with him have been more than happy with his “fingers”.


182 posted on 01/30/2016 8:13:41 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (Proud bitter clinger)
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To: mkjessup

I had read Sowell for 40 years. I saw Trump’s clown show for almost 30 years living in the metro NY area.

I know the real thing and the idiots. Sowell is the real thing Trump is a total narcissist the last type of person you want to see in power. In that Trump is very much like Obama.

IF you want to believe his BS pitch to conservatives so be it. But when the mask comes off remember you were told what type of person Trump is.


183 posted on 01/30/2016 8:14:26 AM PST by Leto
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To: detective

Option 3: Call yourself or your candidate the only true conservative, and claim that you win by default. After you state that you are a true conservative you are freed from stating what your position actually is on any substantive issue or defending it. You are, after all, a true convervative and it has been argued submitted and decided.


184 posted on 01/30/2016 8:14:47 AM PST by AndyJackson
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To: SubMareener

Trump is a narcissist, the PResident is the ultimate ego stroke for a narcissist like Trump.


185 posted on 01/30/2016 8:15:25 AM PST by Leto
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To: mkjessup

For those of us unfamiliar with Iowan circumstances, would you be willing to explain the significance of this visual? I truly do not understand the point it makes.


186 posted on 01/30/2016 8:15:34 AM PST by TEXOKIE (We must surrender only to our Holy God and never to the evil that has befallen us.)
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To: Pravious

Yes they do. They are like groupies. I wonder how many saw their shrink when Palin endorsed Trump?


187 posted on 01/30/2016 8:16:22 AM PST by Lumper20 ( clown in Chief has own Gov employees Gestapo)
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To: Alberta's Child; All
What kind of imminent threat does the U.S. face right now that relates directly to any decisions "Emperor Barky" has made = from a military standpoint?

You don't sound like you appreciate that label "Emperor Barky", did I offend you?

Oh, I don't know, how about reducing the size of our nuclear arsenal (a continuing feature of Obama's game plan), enabling and empowering the expanding nuclear program of Iran, the highly likely planned 'surrender' of our sailors to Iran in the latest failure to show resolve towards terrorist states like the one run by those mullahs?

And we can take a look at Obama's failure to take effective action so far as North Korea's nuclear program.

And let's not forget how Obama has emasculated our military leadership, reducing them to nothing but yes-men, AND the fact that our military is less prepared than at any time in our national history.

You don't think the above factors (just to name a few) don't represent an 'imminent' danger?

Maybe some other FReepers can illuminate your thinking for you.
188 posted on 01/30/2016 8:17:34 AM PST by mkjessup ("Sneers, Jeers & Tears" - that's your typical Trump-hater for ya.)
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To: TEXOKIE; All
For those of us unfamiliar with Iowan circumstances, would you be willing to explain the significance of this visual? I truly do not understand the point it makes.

Not at all. Here you go FRiend:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3390550/posts
189 posted on 01/30/2016 8:20:11 AM PST by mkjessup ("Sneers, Jeers & Tears" - that's your typical Trump-hater for ya.)
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To: mtrott

“Beck is also trying to warn people about Trump’s megalomania,”

I guess Beck believes Cruz is not a megalomaniac? I’m thinking that anyone who puts himself out there as a candidate for President is a megalomaniac to some degree. It’s just that they display it in different demeanors and speech. A truly humble person would not be there.


190 posted on 01/30/2016 8:22:45 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (Proud bitter clinger)
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To: Leto
Someone you might know and their opinion on Trump:

"Build a wall, enforce the law, deport them all. End anchor babies. End sanctuary cities. Slap a moratorium on Muslim invasion, er, immigration. Investigate the mosques. Secure the borders, secure the nation.

Cut the taxes, cut the spending, cut the regulations, cut the government. Strengthen the economy, bring back the jobs.

Rebuild the military.

Buck the media, buck the GOPe.

Sounds pretty conservative to me."

6 posted on 1/18/2016, 9:16:03 PM by Jim Robinson

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3385287/posts?page=6#6
191 posted on 01/30/2016 8:24:19 AM PST by mkjessup ("Sneers, Jeers & Tears" - that's your typical Trump-hater for ya.)
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To: MayflowerMadam

http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2016/01/17/ted-cruzs-father-my-son-anointed-to-take-control-of-society/


192 posted on 01/30/2016 8:25:19 AM PST by mkjessup ("Sneers, Jeers & Tears" - that's your typical Trump-hater for ya.)
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To: Kaslin

Trump isn’t childish. He’s just refusing to play by the old rules and won’t be pushed around by the Powers That Be. They can’t comprehend it. They’re asking each other, “When did we lose control?” Every other name in the book has been thrown at it; today’s word is “childish”. Maybe that’ll work!


193 posted on 01/30/2016 8:26:47 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (Proud bitter clinger)
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To: mkjessup

Whoa! That is extremely creepy.


194 posted on 01/30/2016 8:30:08 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (Proud bitter clinger)
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To: Alberta's Child
What kind of imminent threat does the U.S. face right now that relates directly to any decisions “Emperor Barky” has made — from a military standpoint?

You have got to be kidding.......

Are you quoting "The Onion"?

Okay, I get it, you're using absurdity to point out the absurd, or some other kind of humor, yes?

Please?

???

195 posted on 01/30/2016 8:32:39 AM PST by Lakeshark
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To: MayflowerMadam

“his ABNORMALLY STUBBY FINGERS”
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Women who’ve been in relationships with him have been more than happy with his “fingers”.
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MayflowerMadam, were these women your employees? And does Donald tip well?


196 posted on 01/30/2016 8:33:10 AM PST by House Atreides (CRUZ or lose!)
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To: usconservative

Yep...and now your neighbor precinct committee person can print their very own walking lists themselves...


197 posted on 01/30/2016 8:33:42 AM PST by goodnesswins (Alinsky.....it's what's for dinner)
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To: mylife
And what has Cruz done to convince you that he would be the ideal person to have his finger on the trigger while he negotiates us out of the crises that you outlined. Why he could write a brief for the Supreme Court.

I see very little of Trump flailing out in an untethered fashion. Far from it he is very disciplined in promoting his message, the package of goods he has promised to deliver. Don't like what he is selling - fine - don't buy - but don't come here telling us we are better off buying the Cruz product. I have no idea what the Cruz product is. None!

198 posted on 01/30/2016 8:33:46 AM PST by AndyJackson
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To: mkjessup
You don't sound like you appreciate that label "Emperor Barky", did I offend you?

Not at all. Why would you ask that?

Oh, I don't know, how about reducing the size of our nuclear arsenal (a continuing feature of Obama's game plan), enabling and empowering the expanding nuclear program of Iran, the highly likely planned 'surrender' of our sailors to Iran in the latest failure to show resolve towards terrorist states like the one run by those mullahs?

Right. All of these are imminent threats. So now the United States can only destroy the world 15 times over, rather than 25 times over.

This country suffered more damage to its credibility -- and its interests -- between 2003 and 2008 than it did in the years since. I've posted many times here on FreeRepublic my suspicions that the administration of George W. Bush was filled with moles and paid agents of Iran. If the Iranian government wanted to see a series of events play out in the Middle East that would promote its interests and maximize its influence, then it couldn't have done anything more effective than what the Bush administration did for it. But even with all of that, there's nothing that would constitute an imminent threat to the U.S. among all of those things.

And we can take a look at Obama's failure to take effective action so far as North Korea's nuclear program.

Right -- like the effective actions his predecessors have taken for the last 50 years? How do you deter North Korea when they could simply get whatever they want from China anyway?

And let's not forget how Obama has emasculated our military leadership, reducing them to nothing but yes-men, AND the fact that our military is less prepared than at any time in our national history.

I hate to break this to you, but the U.S. military has been filled with "yes-men" ever since it became standard practice to maintain a massive standing army. No leader of a colonial or state militia would have put up with the kind of idiotic civilian leadership we've seen in military campaigns over the last 50 years.

You don't think the above factors (just to name a few) don't represent an 'imminent' danger?

No.

199 posted on 01/30/2016 8:33:57 AM PST by Alberta's Child (My mama said: "To get things done, you'd better not mess with Major Tom.")
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To: nathanbedford

I lived through the Cuban missile crisis
and I’m also old enough remember the Bay of Pigs and Kennedy’s inadequate support.
Your ‘what ifs’, while interesting fantasies, are only that.


200 posted on 01/30/2016 8:34:16 AM PST by kanawa
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