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The GOP Civil War Is Finally Here. And Donald Trump Is Winning! (CNBC)
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/10/11/the-gop-civil-war-is-finally-here-and-trump-is-winning-commentary.html ^ | 4 hours ago | Jake Novak | @jakejakeny

Posted on 10/11/2016 5:47:05 PM PDT by drewh

Democracy can be ugly. And what Republicans like McCain and Ryan have had so much trouble accepting is that the voters in the primaries flocked to Trump. . It doesn't matter who had the best chances to win the general election.

Even if Trump is a long shot to win the election, (and he probably won't be for long; look for the polls to steady themselves in another week or so), he can now present himself as the true man of the people no Republican presidential candidate has been able to be or even look like since Ronald Reagan.

The Paul Ryans and John McCains of this world don't get it. When it comes to winning an election, the only person who needs to look self-assured and like a winner is the candidate. Trump still looks like he wants to fight and fight hard. The Republicans in Congress look like they want to run and hide. Because that's what losers do.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016gopprimary; 2016issues; gope; trump2016
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To: drewh

Typical LSM projection.

ILLary is down by a stupid amount in the real polls the parties pay for internal use. And the Dems and GOPe are panicking and going bonkers.


21 posted on 10/11/2016 6:07:16 PM PDT by piytar (http://www.truthrevolt.org/videos/bill-whittle-number-one-bullet)
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To: Mark17

A traitor is worse than an enemy...

“”A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear. The traitor is the plague.” ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero


22 posted on 10/11/2016 6:07:17 PM PDT by ichabod1 (Make America Normal Again)
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To: drewh
The Republicans in Congress look like they want to run and hide. Because that's what losers do.

We all know that to be all to true. If a video like this came out about Yeb they would be behind him 100%, and they still would be losers, right along with Yeb. He inspires people as much as a rock does. Actually I am being disrespectful to rocks. Sorry about that.

23 posted on 10/11/2016 6:07:32 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: butlerweave
What are the GOP hiding that they want Hillary as President ?

THAT is the question!

24 posted on 10/11/2016 6:07:42 PM PDT by stayathomemom ( Read Shadow Men, The Progressive Virus, and The Marxist Playbook by Dr. Anthony Napoleon)
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To: drewh

It’s an awkward analogy, but I like it:

“You can’t just kick over some of the money-lenders’ tables in the temple.”

An anti-establishment candidate has to be anti ALL of the establishment.


25 posted on 10/11/2016 6:09:49 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: Cats Pajamas

Flamed? Flamed?

Oh, hell no! That one needs an award! Priceless!

And, pithy...


26 posted on 10/11/2016 6:11:21 PM PDT by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. 01-20-2017; I pray we make it that long.)
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To: drewh
I don't know if they understand the math correctly.

Sure, in their minds, 40% of the primary vote from one party isn't enough to win a general election.

On the other hand, 40% of the primary vote from one party is enough to cause a lot of damage within the party if you try to cross the mood of the public!!

27 posted on 10/11/2016 6:11:38 PM PDT by Tanniker Smith (Rome didn't fall in a day, either.)
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To: drewh

Oh, I forgot to add that the split in the Dem/GOPe uniparty is far worse than the non-existent split among true conservatives and Constitutionalists (redundant).


28 posted on 10/11/2016 6:12:21 PM PDT by piytar (http://www.truthrevolt.org/videos/bill-whittle-number-one-bullet)
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To: Parley Baer
"He represents the donnar class"

I think you misspelled 'Donner" class.

29 posted on 10/11/2016 6:17:22 PM PDT by Pietro
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To: Cats Pajamas

I am a woman too, and it’s a joke that these so-called men are just shocked at such language. Hypocrites, all of them.


30 posted on 10/11/2016 6:22:22 PM PDT by freedom6178
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To: ichabod1

Yup, I can’t disagree with that. Was he the dude who kept saying, Carthage must be destroyed?


31 posted on 10/11/2016 6:22:33 PM PDT by Mark17 (Calvary's love has never faltered. All it's wonder still remains. Souls still take eternal passage.)
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To: Klemper

Awesome is that Trump knows.
He has always known.


32 posted on 10/11/2016 6:27:14 PM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our one and only true hope.)
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To: drewh

The mic-er sounds like a Clymer, Big Time.


33 posted on 10/11/2016 6:28:34 PM PDT by Paladin2 (auto spelchk? BWAhaha2haaa.....I aint't likely fixin' nuttin'. Blame it on the Bossa Nova...)
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To: drewh

In the meanwhile the DNC is still SPLIT since Hillary stole the nomination from Sanders even though he won.

Mainstream media loves to ignore the DNC and attack Trump and the RNC.


34 posted on 10/11/2016 6:30:40 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: freedom6178
it’s a joke that these so-called men are just shocked at such language. Hypocrites, all of them.

I worked with women for 20 years in the USAF, and 25 years in prison. I am not shocked by their language. 😀😆😄😃

35 posted on 10/11/2016 6:32:03 PM PDT by Mark17 (Calvary's love has never faltered. All it's wonder still remains. Souls still take eternal passage.)
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To: drewh
If the GOPs blood is in the water, this may prove to be something that the media cannot resist.
When they report on it, it will only help Trump.
They won't push for Trump but they will talk of the division. Many voters want this division.
I think we will see a new party forming here.
Not before the election, but after.
36 posted on 10/11/2016 6:34:39 PM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our one and only true hope.)
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To: Robert DeLong

Trump inspires me like the Rock of Gibraltar. At present, he is only bested by the Rock of Ages.


37 posted on 10/11/2016 6:37:50 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: Mark17

That’s why I am disgusted with the republican establishment and not something Trump said 10 years ago. The real world doesn’t operate the way the phony one republicans want you to believe they live in.


38 posted on 10/11/2016 6:38:17 PM PDT by freedom6178
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To: CatOwner

In 2020 if Hillary is running for re-election I won’t care who the Republicans nominate, I’m done after this election.


39 posted on 10/11/2016 6:39:44 PM PDT by sarge83
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To: drewh

This is a game to get Trump to attack the GOP and the GOP to attack Trump

If you fall for the bait, die quietly, just be quiet and die in the corner


40 posted on 10/11/2016 6:48:48 PM PDT by dila813 (Voting for Trump to Punish Trumpets!)
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