Trump!!!

Discussion in 'West Mall' started by snek, Jun 17, 2015.

  1. Seattle Husker

    Seattle Husker 10,000+ Posts

    Trump now will not participate in the FoxNews debate on Thursday. Will this be viewed as a positive by anyone but his own supporters who seem to enjoy Trump telling anyone to "f" off?

    I'm no Trump fan. It does show that Trump is extremely thin skinned.
     
  2. zork

    zork 2,500+ Posts

    maybe he is in the top debate by himself and the rest are in the jr debate? Cruz is the only one over 10% I believe.
     
  3. Hollandtx

    Hollandtx 250+ Posts

    I'm no fan of Trump, but I see this as huge gamble that could pay off.
    He is clearly (by the polls) leading in the third quarter, so he sits out the fourth quarter, where he doesn't risk losing the lead, BUT, uses his enormous Twitter base to hold his own "debate". He can answer when he wants, attack the other candidates when he wants. In effect, he is in charge of the debate.
    UNLESS, for the first time in his campaign, people see this as the nasty, bullying, entitled move that it is, and put their support elsewhere.
    It will be interesting to find out. If it works, it could change the way elections are run forever.
    These are scary times.
     
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  4. Seattle Husker

    Seattle Husker 10,000+ Posts

    Clearly, Trumps current base will love this move. How will the supporters of the other candidates view it? Of course, in a general election they'll nearly all fall to the Republican candidate anyways.
     
  5. mb227

    mb227 de Plorable

    If anything, perhaps it gives others the chance to distinguish themselves as potential VP candidates...unless Trump has already fashioned an idea to put Palin on the ticket in an attempt to court the women who would vote for HRC for the sole reason that she was female (and there are, sadly, a ton of those voters).
     
  6. Crockett

    Crockett 5,000+ Posts

    Trashing the media is a crowd pleaser in GOP circles. Even though FOX is pretty right wing in most of its opinion pieces and slants the news coverage to the right. ( I just channel surf by there every once in a while and I've heard the phrase "Obama is the worst president in history" a couple dozen times.
    Still has enough "balanced" content to worry the latter day John Birchers and a few of my most right wing friends on Facebook consider them suspect and part of the leftist media establishment.
     
  7. theiioftx

    theiioftx Sponsor Deputy

    Hopefully, Trump finally jumped the shark.
     
  8. snek

    snek 500+ Posts

  9. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

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  10. Mr. Deez

    Mr. Deez Beer Prophet

    There's no way he's that dumb.
     
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  11. theiioftx

    theiioftx Sponsor Deputy

    He is not dumb, but he would put Charles Manson on the ticket if it would get him elected.
     
  12. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

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  13. nashhorn

    nashhorn 5,000+ Posts

    Nice before and after there Joe.
    During the last debate I commented to myself that she looked much better before and she must be trying for a more masculine or aggressive, sorry assertive, look.
     
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  14. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    Get em while they're hot

     
  15. Seattle Husker

    Seattle Husker 10,000+ Posts

    She's hot either way. I liked the new hairdo.
     
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  16. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    Iowa chair saying looking for biggest turnout in history
    #thanksobama


     
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  17. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

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  18. Horns11

    Horns11 10,000+ Posts

    I think Super Tuesday (and then the April primaries in northeastern states) will tell a lot more about Cruz's following and whether Trump will hack it. Lest we forget Santorum and Huckabee had the majority of delegates from the last two Iowa caucuses.
     
  19. UTChE96

    UTChE96 2,500+ Posts

    This was a big blow to Trump and his arrogant "I am a winner" persona. He was not as organized as Cruz and will likely suffer a similar fate in Super Tuesday.
     
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  20. Seattle Husker

    Seattle Husker 10,000+ Posts

    The beginning of the end for Trump?
     
  21. texas_ex2000

    texas_ex2000 2,500+ Posts

    Hopefully.
     
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  22. Seattle Husker

    Seattle Husker 10,000+ Posts

    I'm still flabbergasted with the "I'm a winner" campaign. It gives me hope for our Republic that the voters may be beginning to see through that charade.
     
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  23. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    Coulter into for Trump in NH
    She has some good lines

     
  24. Mr. Deez

    Mr. Deez Beer Prophet

    I never had much use for Coulter, but what little I ever had is gone with her Trump support. She's nothing more than a peddler of political pornography - shrill rhetoric and smack talk designed to get people to get excited and shut off their brains.
     
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  25. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

  26. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    I am pretty sure Hillary just said she wants to 'Make America Good Again'
    (Will need vol, which is lower right)

     
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  27. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

  28. Seattle Husker

    Seattle Husker 10,000+ Posts

    An interesting piece on Trump's "self funding" plan.

    http://www.marketplace.org/2016/02/10/elections/donald-trump-and-self-funding-debate

     
  29. nashhorn

    nashhorn 5,000+ Posts

    SH, does he get that employees salary reimbursed by the campaign? If not I do not see how this is not using his own money, since he is paying the worker.
     
  30. majorwhiteapples

    majorwhiteapples 5,000+ Posts

    SH:

    Please explain, linking an article with a headline is not proof, the article is worse than your post.....Sometimes your avatar is smack dab accurate!!!
     

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