Trump got badly mauled during the last debate.

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  1. k995

    k995 Well-Known Member

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    If you saw the debate one can only wonder why did they wait until now to do this?

    I mean its been clear from week one that trump has practicly zero policy, zero vision he has some oneliners , some contraverse to divert attention and if both doesnt work he just blabs nonsense or insults.

    Did the other republican candidates underestimate how stupid their own voters have gotten? Did they think trump would crash and burn and only after months of waiting did they realise the primary GOP voters dont care if trump is a total idiot or even worse dont even see it as long as you keep repeating "USA nr 1" "make amarica great again" ?

    One has to wonder what would have happened if any of the other candidates would have had half a brain and realised this months ago.
     
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    WertyFArmer Well-Known Member

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    Nothing they say, or Trump says will change Trump supporters minds. They just don't care. Burn it down and throw all the politicians out. The two trump guys in my office, scare the (*)(*)(*)(*) out of me when they start trying to debate on issues and I bring up good counter points, they freeze like deer in head lights and the start talking about how you cant believe these POS politicians.

    They are not voting for Trump, they are voting against the political system.
     
  3. Hoosier8

    Hoosier8 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Interesting article by Peggy Noonan, I think she hits the nail on the head:

    Trump and the Rise of the Unprotected

     
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    Alucard New Member Past Donor

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    The Democrats love it all! The GOP is a divided Party while the Democrats will be a united Party with Hillary.
     
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    The mistake they make is not getting specific. Rubio never gave an example of a particular person that got burnt or was affected by Trump's employer ethics such as his hiring illegals, outsourcing and raking in tuition money from unsuspecting wannabes attending his so called university. Who the hell manages the campaigns for these yoyos? IMO...Rubio, Trump and Cruz are all idiots each for their own obvious stupidity, inadequacies and selfishness.
     
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    LiveUninhibited Well-Known Member

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    Pretty hilarious people like that think Trump will help them. At least if it goes badly, we can be one step closer to putting this democracy nonsense behind us.
     
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    They must figure the best way to gather votes is to mimic the personal qualities of their supporters.
     
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    Hoosier8 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    We already have. Look how the dems are sowing up the nomination for Hillary over the popular vote.
     
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    Agree. Excellent article.

    And the phenomenon she writes about is happening on both the right and left. Sanders and Trump - very different, but both tapping into the disgust the public feels for the Washington Establishment.
     
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    So Hillary lying represents her voters qualities?
     
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    Yes, I think so. It is amazing to see how Merkel has allowed Germany to lose it's national identity via such open immigration policies, and how the US has been doing the same for decades now.

    Today, it seems as though government serves only the welfare leeches looking for a bigger handout, the corporate interests looking for more corporate perks, and the moral degenerates looking for undeserved subsidies and privileges. The average middle class American, seeking only his own self-reliance, is not looked out for at all.
     
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    10th Republican Debate Poll


    TRUMP 55.23% (266,728 votes)


    CRUZ 20.38% (98,413 votes)


    RUBIO 16.96% (81,899 votes)


    KASICH 4.71% (22,752 votes)


    CARSON 2.72% (13,119 votes)


    Total Votes: 482,911





    http://drudgereport.com/nowtx.htm
     
  13. Zorro

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    Yeah right. So who but Trump will win on Tuesday and how many States will they win? People keep telling us that Trump is losing debates, but he keeps winning the votes.

    We now have two classes in America, the protected, who make all the rules, and the unprotected who live under them. And as scandal after scandal after scandal demonstrate, the protected are protected but they disobey the rules at a whim and never suffer any consequences. Hillary for example, this is the story of her life. But its deeper. It's Fast and Furious, Obama walks guns to the Mexican drug cartels, his DOJ withholds evidence, no one is held accountable. The IRS viciously attacks anyone the Left doesn't like. Lerner takes the fifth, retires with a fat lifelong pension. NSA surveillance is out of hand, they come up with Petraeus' emails to his girlfriend in no time flat, but they can't detect the Marathon Bomber or the San Bernardino shooters, despite them blowing up social media before they blew up and shot up their American targets.

    We have had it, and Trump has tapped into this deep stream. The greatest fear of the Slave Holding democrats of the South and really every Oligarchy, is uprising. And uprising, though lawful and orderly, is what this Nation is in the midst of in the march by The Trumpster.

    http://www.investorvillage.com/smbd.asp?mb=296&mn=17577&pt=msg&mid=15791036
     
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    Not divided for long. The alpha dog Trump just had his first big dog join him. Chris Christie. Others will come. They will respond to leadership.
     
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    Trump did indeed get mauled. Rubio and Cruz really hit him hard. This is probably Rubio's best debate, and he's definitely come back from Christie's attacks. he handled himself very well. Still, I'm convinced Kasich is the best candidate, even though his debate skills are mediocre.
     
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    On the right, people are mad because they are losing privilege. On the left, people are mad because they have never had privilege and are demanding it. This is how to look at this election: If you want progress to continue and have the government help, vote left. If you want progress to stop and have the government use it's power to stop it, vote right.
     
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    No truer words ever spoken.
     
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    k995 Well-Known Member

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    Thats only part of the electorate . He needs more voters then such idiots.
     
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    The reason why Trump gets audited more often than any other billionaires is because he is untrustworthy. His Trump University defrauded working Americans, working Americans that Trump claim to be fighting for. Trump is only about himself.
     
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    Maybe, though it doesn't do any good if you replace it with something worse.
     
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    k995 Well-Known Member

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    Yeah that was I was also thinking, these guys aren't smart enough to handle trump, and you want to be president?
     
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    k995 Well-Known Member

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    ? Most commentators agreed trump won most of the first debates. Its only this last he performed quite bad. Or perhaps the others did better.

    SO they vote for a gy deep inbedded into that system? Wealth family, was given everything he has, played the system by bribing cheating and everything he could to make money. Without (of course) ever facing the music.
     
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    We arent a democracy we are a constitutional republic.
     
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    Cool story, bro.
     
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    Yeah right. The routinely claim he has finally crossed the line, and then he just does better.

    Vicente Fox Doubles Down – Swears at FBN’s Bartiromo Over Trump: ‘I’m not paying for that fuc*ing wall’

    Trump sure knows how to get under the skin of these guys that live by ripping us off:

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