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Trump vs. Clinton
Powerline Blog ^ | April 27,2016 | Paul Hinderaker

Posted on 04/27/2016 5:20:36 PM PDT by billorites

I agree with Paul’s assessment of Ted Cruz announcing Carly Fiorina as his running mate. But I would go farther: the move is widely seen as one of desperation, and tends to cement the perception that Cruz’s chance of winning the nomination is slipping away.

Fortune’s take was typical. The magazine first headlined, “A Desperate Ted Cruz Tosses a Hail Carly,” which was then softened–a little–to “A Fading Ted Cruz Tosses a Hail Carly.” Has early selection of a running mate ever worked to change the momentum in a race? Maybe, but I can’t recall an instance.

Which stage of grief is it when you give up? I’m there. It seems nearly certain that Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton will duke it out in November, in what shapes up as the least edifying contest in a long time. Republicans had a golden opportunity to elect a solid conservative, and they blew it.

What should a voter do when there is no conservative in the race? I, for one, will hold my nose and vote for Trump as the lesser of two evils. But, of course, hope springs eternal. Maybe Trump will turn out to be better than I think, both as a candidate and as a president. He has some appealing qualities, not least his willingness to stand up to the liberal press. Maybe, somewhere beneath those decades of crony capitalism and Democratic Party support, a few right-wing principles lurk. Maybe Trump will break the mold by surrounding himself with conservative rather than liberal advisers. Maybe he will put in the hard work it takes to be a good president.

We can dream, can’t we? In any event, Trump can only be a better president than Hillary. He will get my vote. I am glad, though, that I intend to spend the next few years working mainly on state issues.


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To: Jane Long
[::low, sweeping bow::] Thennnnnnnnnnnnnnkew! ;)
41 posted on 04/27/2016 9:03:31 PM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle ("The bathroom deal is a big fat nothing burger." -- Jim Robinson, 04/22/16)
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To: luvmysuv

Enjoy your venting.”)


42 posted on 04/27/2016 9:05:24 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (When The Ballot No Longer Counts, Tshe Ammo Box Does! What's In Your Ammo Box?(US Conservative)!)
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To: luvmysuv; Jim Robinson

Hey Minion, get me unsubscribed. I’ve had it.

***

Opus alert!

Pretty pathetic one too. We used to have a higher class of troll.

This board DESERVES a higher class of troll.


43 posted on 04/27/2016 9:09:39 PM PDT by Luircin (Breathe, Ted... Breathe.)
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To: Luircin; Admin Moderator; Jim Robinson; SaveFerris; mkjessup; PA Engineer; PJBankard; ...

BOL!

Opus alert!

Pretty pathetic one too. We used to have a higher class of troll.

This board DESERVES a higher class of troll.


44 posted on 04/27/2016 9:25:42 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (When The Ballot No Longer Counts, Tshe Ammo Box Does! What's In Your Ammo Box?(US Conservative)!)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

LOLOLOL.


45 posted on 04/27/2016 9:51:12 PM PDT by onyx (You're here posting, so sign-up to DONATE MONTHLY!)
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To: billorites

PowerLine was my go-to blog for quite a few years. This season’s primary ended it. The guys that run PowerLine all went rabidly anti-Trump almost overnight. And except for a few hardy and brave souls, their minions drove us out of the comments section and off their blog.

And it wasn’t that they were Cruzers either, they disliked Cruz almost as much as Trump. They were all open borders Rubio and Carly fanatics. I suppose they are all Cruz now with Carly on board and the new positioning of Cruz as the Anti-Trump.

In any case, I have been without PowerLine long enough not to even miss them any more, just like I have with Levin.


46 posted on 04/27/2016 11:36:07 PM PDT by W.P. Wily
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To: W.P. Wily
In truth most Conservative sites have a rich GOPE backer of sometime paying their bills. I saw it with Ace of spades hq and it seems common everywhere on the right and probably the left to. They became the new gate keepers to keep the peasants in line.
47 posted on 04/27/2016 11:58:01 PM PDT by RedWulf (Defeat Hillery or kiss the republic goodbye.)
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To: luvmysuv; onyx; Jane Long; PA Engineer; Grampa Dave; KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle; SaveFerris; ...
I go to sleep for a few hours and my fellow FReepers keep right
on partying, I need to get back on the night shift, lol

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48 posted on 04/28/2016 12:04:19 AM PDT by mkjessup (We Don't Know. Where Heidi Went. But She Won't Be Married. To The President. Burma Shave)
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To: slambid

>> I am so disheartened by the vile rhetoric on here.

Then have a discussion with your arrogant Cruz buddies that first stained the decorum.


49 posted on 04/28/2016 12:13:31 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: luvmysuv
So are we capitulating to Trumpelstiltskin? Its Terrible Trumpelstiltskin vs Billious Billary. What a pair to draw to.

Vs. a loser that doesn't seem to realize that he's a loser and who will do his best to help Hillary into the WH as a act of spite?

Trump has ended up the best bet we got and Cruz has proved to be a opportunistic disappointment.

50 posted on 04/28/2016 3:07:22 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Jane Long; luvmysuv; mkjessup; onyx; PA Engineer

“Ahhh....so you resurfaced just to express your concern....about what FR has become.

LOL.

Sleeper Account Alert!!”

I brought my fly swatter....


51 posted on 04/28/2016 8:26:10 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: Gene Eric

>>Then have a discussion with your arrogant Cruz buddies that first stained the decorum.

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Oh, my. You sound just like Trump....”He started it first, Mommy.” Get over yourself


52 posted on 04/28/2016 2:01:29 PM PDT by slambid
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