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Ted Cruz Takes The Lead in Iowa
For months, I have doubted Ted Cruz' theory of the race, which was just draft-driving forever behind a big truck called Trump.
But it's just begun paying off some. Cruz now leads Trump, 24-19. Marco Rubio, meanwhile, is just behind Trump at 17. Ben Carson continues to fall. Jeb Bush lost his shoes and his glasses. He'll bring them, so he has them. The firework went off in his hand. It stings a bit, so he'll come down to the clinic and he'll bring his nub.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: ManWithNoParty at December 07, 2015 01:26 PM (3rK8j)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at December 07, 2015 01:27 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: kathysaysso at December 07, 2015 01:27 PM (fMQoG)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at December 07, 2015 01:27 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 07, 2015 01:27 PM (n22zQ)
Posted by: Vic-we have no party at December 07, 2015 01:27 PM (t2KH5)
Posted by: rebel flounder at December 07, 2015 01:28 PM (3dOE/)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 07, 2015 01:28 PM (n22zQ)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 07, 2015 01:29 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at December 07, 2015 01:29 PM (HSmrB)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 07, 2015 01:29 PM (n22zQ)
Posted by: brak at December 07, 2015 01:29 PM (xwPSp)
Posted by: Palmetto Primary at December 07, 2015 01:30 PM (sx3Ex)
Posted by: ThunderB at December 07, 2015 01:30 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Roland THTG at December 07, 2015 01:30 PM (QM5S2)
Also, unlike Carson, he's unlikely to be a flash in the pan candidate. He's also unlikely to have any Rick Perry style gaffes. He's in a good position right now.
Posted by: Lauren at December 07, 2015 01:30 PM (Z/8dZ)
Posted by: Come From Behind; Confidently at December 07, 2015 01:30 PM (PXlKS)
Not surprised because Cruz is running a first class campaign.
Yesterday I went to Trump's twitter. It reads like an average joe's twitter. And he allows anybody at all on his feed,
Then I went to Ted Cruz's twitter feed and it was well organized with consistent timely tweets, without the clutter of the jerkoffs responding.
Posted by: Soothsayer, ho ho ho at December 07, 2015 01:31 PM (biZTx)
Posted by: Soona at December 07, 2015 01:31 PM (Fmupd)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 07, 2015 01:27 PM (n22zQ)
Ditto. Reminds me of the definition of pioneers, they're always the ones with arrows in the back.
Posted by: free range jihadist at December 07, 2015 01:31 PM (7v/r5)
I am inherently suspicious of any and all polling related news coming courtesy of the Witches of Salem Communications.
Posted by: torquewrench at December 07, 2015 01:31 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: pookysgirl at December 07, 2015 01:31 PM (K27gs)
The last two winners were Santorum and Huckabee. I wouldn't break out the pudding just yet.
Posted by: Marcus T at December 07, 2015 01:31 PM (GGCsk)
Posted by: The Media at December 07, 2015 01:31 PM (xwPSp)
Posted by: Grump928(C) has pictures at December 07, 2015 01:32 PM (rwI+c)
Senator Cruz, what say you?
Posted by: ThunderB at December 07, 2015 01:32 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Jeb's Friend at December 07, 2015 01:32 PM (LYCUN)
And as I've said before, I'd like to see Pres Trump and Atty Gen Cruz.
Posted by: Mallfly Cloggenstein of Bratwurst Vt at December 07, 2015 01:32 PM (qSIlh)
Posted by: The Jackhole at December 07, 2015 01:33 PM (3mTyP)
Posted by: Jake at December 07, 2015 01:33 PM (/7dgb)
Posted by: Roland THTG at December 07, 2015 01:33 PM (QM5S2)
Posted by: Come From Behind; Confidently at December 07, 2015 01:30 PM (PXlKS)
"Hidalgo" might fit better, IMO.
Posted by: Country Singer at December 07, 2015 01:33 PM (8Y7+f)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 07, 2015 01:27 PM (n22zQ)
Yeah. I mean, I want to believe? But I don't.
Still progress is good, right?
Posted by: Lea at December 07, 2015 01:34 PM (lIU4e)
Senator Cruz, what say you?
Posted by: ThunderB at December 07, 2015 01:32 PM (zOTsN
Nice knowing you?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 07, 2015 01:34 PM (n22zQ)
Posted by: Roland THTG at December 07, 2015 01:30 PM (QM5S2)
I might be crazy, but I've never rolled a pumpkin in my life. I've never even smashed one......
Posted by: pookysgirl at December 07, 2015 01:34 PM (K27gs)
Posted by: The Jackhole at December 07, 2015 01:34 PM (3mTyP)
Is that a media reference, or a joke wooshing over my head.
While you're at it, what about the fireworks going off in his hand.
BRB, I need more coffee...
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at December 07, 2015 01:34 PM (LWu6U)
A country that elected Obama twice, half of whom get welfare, seem unlikely to vote for Cruz. I want to believe so bad, I've got a Cruz magnet on my car - but Obama got two terms.
Posted by: Hillary's alcoholic depression at December 07, 2015 01:34 PM (FFIoe)
Posted by: Grump928(C) has pictures at December 07, 2015 01:32 PM (rwI+c)
But Trumps name is a Media Killing Word...
Posted by: BB Wolf at December 07, 2015 01:34 PM (qh617)
Posted by: Dr Spank at December 07, 2015 01:34 PM (nCVJc)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at December 07, 2015 01:34 PM (/JKmj)
Posted by: Jon Wood-itch, VA Watchdawg at December 07, 2015 01:34 PM (qxC58)
This. I'm more sure of Trump's willingness to walk over my enemies in DC and more sure of Cruz's intent to do so. I'd be happy with either.
Posted by: Methos at December 07, 2015 01:35 PM (ZbV+0)
Cruz calls for "immigration reform", too. Except that the version touted by Cruz involves hugely increasing the amount of H-1B visas from what is already a very large number.
So instead of you losing your job to an illegal immigrant who works cheaper, you'll have the comfort and satisfaction of instead losing your job to a legal visa immigrant who works cheaper. Isn't that all better now?
Posted by: torquewrench at December 07, 2015 01:35 PM (noWW6)
________________
In the post-Obama world, anybody can be President of the United States, including citizens of Indonesia, and people who spent 20 years claiming to have been born in Kenya.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at December 07, 2015 01:35 PM (a31sM)
I'd rather vote for Hilary!
Posted by: Jeb's Friend at December 07, 2015 01:32 PM (LYCUN)
I saw my first "Life's a Bitch. Don't vote for one." anti-Hillary bumper sticker today. It was right above a "S*O*rry yet?" sticker (*O* was the Obama logo.) I am in a deep blue location, so it was surprising.
Posted by: rebel flounder at December 07, 2015 01:36 PM (3dOE/)
Posted by: eman at December 07, 2015 01:36 PM (mR7Es)
Posted by: David Frum at December 07, 2015 01:36 PM (OD2ni)
Is that a palindrome or an anagram? [Scritches head]
Posted by: joncelli, Boned like You at December 07, 2015 01:37 PM (RD7QR)
Posted by: johnd01 at December 07, 2015 01:37 PM (ukNFU)
Posted by: Qoheleth at December 07, 2015 01:37 PM (iIzG7)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at December 07, 2015 01:37 PM (4ErVI)
I might be crazy, but I've never rolled a pumpkin in my life. I've never even smashed one......
Posted by: pookysgirl at December 07, 2015 01:34 PM (K27gs)
__________________________________
~rolls eyes~
Suuurrreee....
*hic*
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at December 07, 2015 01:37 PM (HSmrB)
Posted by: ThunderB at December 07, 2015 01:37 PM (zOTsN)
29 Cruz has been playing it pretty smart. He doesn't say stupid shit too much. I still think Trumps schtick is gonna wear thin
Posted by: The Jackhole at December 07, 2015 01:33 PM (3mTyP)
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What's wearing thin are all the predictions that Trumps schtick is going to wear thin.
Posted by: Soona at December 07, 2015 01:37 PM (Fmupd)
Posted by: Roland THTG at December 07, 2015 01:33 PM (QM5S2)
Tasty, tasty bacon..... and pulled pork..... and ham baked with pineapple on top......
Posted by: pookysgirl at December 07, 2015 01:37 PM (K27gs)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 07, 2015 01:37 PM (gf8BH)
Posted by: Johnny Castle at December 07, 2015 01:38 PM (NjiZL)
Posted by: Grump928(C) has pictures at December 07, 2015 01:38 PM (rwI+c)
Cruz has the most brains, but I don't think he has the hair/voice/face to win. But it's a bit early to tell. As noted above, Iowa also went for Santorum. To me, the Iowa caucus is little more than a joke.
Posted by: Ed Anger at December 07, 2015 01:38 PM (RcpcZ)
26 Houston and Dallas are set to take in their first Syrian refugees today and tomorrow
What happened to all that two years of vetting blahblahblah?
Posted by: random lurker at December 07, 2015 01:38 PM (+tRIN)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at December 07, 2015 01:38 PM (4ErVI)
Posted by: Steve at December 07, 2015 01:38 PM (cW/74)
Posted by: Ed Anger at December 07, 2015 01:38 PM (RcpcZ)
yeah but that New Hampshire primary is top notch?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 07, 2015 01:39 PM (gf8BH)
Posted by: johnd01 at December 07, 2015 01:39 PM (ukNFU)
"Jeb Bush lost his shoes"
..................
Must have been too large, unlike the pointy little things Bitch squeezes us into.
Posted by: Hillary!s feet at December 07, 2015 01:39 PM (HgMAr)
With Jindal out and Walkingdead out, Trump and Cruz are the only ones left I would even *consider* voting for.
Carson...nice guy. He looks like he's sleeping with his eyes open. Probably is. A loser.
Posted by: Soothsayer, ho ho ho at December 07, 2015 01:39 PM (biZTx)
Posted by: joncelli, Boned like You at December 07, 2015 01:39 PM (RD7QR)
...and, Dave In Texas lays down the major stomp!
Posted by: johnd01 at December 07, 2015 01:37 PM (ukNFU)
RIP, Dave in Texas.
Posted by: rebel flounder at December 07, 2015 01:39 PM (3dOE/)
While Cruz looks like he's drafting, he's actually been working on building a strong ground game.
Will it be enough? Eh, who knows. The party itself is dead, what with such noble Republicans donors preferring to vote Hilary than Trump.
Posted by: heartofdarkness at December 07, 2015 01:39 PM (MQ0Jr)
Posted by: Mallfly Cloggenstein of Bratwurst Vt at December 07, 2015 01:39 PM (qSIlh)
Posted by: Jason Pierre-Paul at December 07, 2015 01:39 PM (m/Gc2)
I do not know how many are going to Dallas
been a quick 2 years
Wonder how many they have dumped in NOLA right now
Posted by: ThunderB at December 07, 2015 01:40 PM (zOTsN)
Cruz
Monmouth 12/03 - 12/06: 24%
Monmouth 10/22 - 10/25: 10%
So, in 5 weeks Cruz jumps 140% from his previous standing poll to poll.
Think the only big Cruz news in that period was the endorsement of Rep Steve King. so there doesn't seems to be a reasonable root cause for the big gain.
So, ehh -- gonna wait for the other corn-fondler polls to come in.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 07, 2015 01:40 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Roland THTG at December 07, 2015 01:30 PM (QM5S2)
I might be crazy, but I've never rolled a pumpkin in my life. I've never even smashed one......
You one of them there cow tippers?
Posted by: rickb223 at December 07, 2015 01:40 PM (MZVOx)
They aren't going to disclose their location for "their safety".
Yes, that sound you heard was me having a rage stroke.
Posted by: Lauren at December 07, 2015 01:40 PM (Z/8dZ)
Have not seen that with either Trump or Cruz...
Posted by: BB Wolf at December 07, 2015 01:40 PM (qh617)
Posted by: eman at December 07, 2015 01:40 PM (mR7Es)
You see, ultimately the flashy frontrunners will implode and the party will have no choice to turn to the only steady solid reliable candidate who is still standing despite all of the noisy foofooraw.
Those 3% numbers in the polls? Yeah, _we meant to do that_. Haven't you ever heard of stealth? We're deliberately flying under the radar while the foolish frontrunners dogfight one another into exhaustion and failure.
Final victory is now assured!
(Um, are those checks still clearing? Good.)
Posted by: The Jeb Bush Campaign Brain Trust at December 07, 2015 01:40 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Lauren at December 07, 2015 01:41 PM (Z/8dZ)
Speaking of which...
Posted by: Qoheleth at December 07, 2015 01:41 PM (iIzG7)
Posted by: Jeb! at December 07, 2015 01:41 PM (UhRGU)
We deserve Trump.
Posted by: Hillary's alcoholic depression at December 07, 2015 01:41 PM (FFIoe)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at December 07, 2015 01:42 PM (NjiZL)
Which is a silly reason to not support someone, I know.
I just get such a ... slimy vibe from him.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at December 07, 2015 01:42 PM (AkOaV)
It serves a purpose. It gets the candidates in front of the television cameras to gaffe or gaffe not. Look at how the more attention that Carson got, the more he spoke, the less people wanted to vote for him.
The actual vote by the people of Iowa? *Yawn*
Posted by: free range jihadist at December 07, 2015 01:42 PM (7v/r5)
Speaking of which...
You know you go to hell for teasing.......
Posted by: rickb223 at December 07, 2015 01:42 PM (MZVOx)
Posted by: Ewoks at December 07, 2015 01:42 PM (UhRGU)
Google 'Jerky Boys Sol's Glasses'.
I could recite that whole CD in college.
By the way, Trump has a blonde basket on his head.
Nice reference, Ace!
Posted by: Navin R Johnson at December 07, 2015 01:43 PM (0xnCg)
Posted by: The Egyptian magician, or some random otherwise unsuspected Muslim at December 07, 2015 01:43 PM (bGLSw)
My wife often rubs me the wrong way?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 07, 2015 01:43 PM (gf8BH)
Posted by: votermom at December 07, 2015 01:43 PM (cbfNE)
Posted by: L, Elle at December 07, 2015 01:43 PM (2x3L+)
Sugar Tits for Jihad came here in an H! visa. And she is from a very
poltically connected family in Pakistan. Pakistani authorities are
telling people not to discuss her
Posted by: ThunderB at December 07, 2015 01:37 PM (zOTsN)
She came here on one of those BS 'fiance" visas that shit for brains has made incredibly easy to get.
Posted by: Vic-we have no party at December 07, 2015 01:43 PM (t2KH5)
back to topic. Lets see if the careful Senator Cruz asked why we are settling Syrian refugees right now when its clear in light of San Bernardino that our vaunted "vetting" process is a joke
Come on Senator Cruz. Time to ranger up
Posted by: ThunderB at December 07, 2015 01:43 PM (zOTsN)
Does this make Jeb a Jerky Boy?"
He better not sell me any broken titles!
Posted by: Frank Rizzo at December 07, 2015 01:43 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: Columba at December 07, 2015 01:44 PM (HgMAr)
I have to get one of those.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 07, 2015 01:44 PM (n22zQ)
_____________________________
Well, if they're not safe in this country, maybe they should "refuge" themselves to another country.
Isn't that why people become refugees? To get away from some place that is not safe?
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at December 07, 2015 01:44 PM (NjiZL)
Yes.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 07, 2015 01:44 PM (MZVOx)
Posted by: Mr. Rocko, DDS at December 07, 2015 01:45 PM (bGLSw)
My wife often rubs me the wrong way?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 07, 2015 01:43 PM (gf8BH)
well at least she rubs you! There is that.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 07, 2015 01:45 PM (n22zQ)
Posted by: Mallfly Cloggenstein of Bratwurst Vt at December 07, 2015 01:45 PM (qSIlh)
You may all go to Hell. As for me, I'm going to Texas.
-Davy Crockett, 1836
Posted by: Qoheleth at December 07, 2015 01:45 PM (iIzG7)
http://tinyurl.com/hvtaml3
Posted by: Danube River Guide at December 07, 2015 01:45 PM (mcm0N)
Posted by: Jeb! at December 07, 2015 01:45 PM (gyKtp)
one thing that occurs to me is that Cruz having been an internationally
ranked debater may not mean much when you're trying to appeal to people
who want smaller gov't but don't cut their benefits.
Posted by: Mallfly Cloggenstein of Bratwurst Vt at December 07, 2015 01:45 PM (qSIlh)
Or just trying to debate emotional retards using logic and reason. It won't work.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at December 07, 2015 01:46 PM (4ErVI)
I think Cruz the guy is even better than Cruz the policies. At the end of the day, most "policies" have to adapt to the needs of the circumstance, but the guy needs to have core values in the right places, which I think the Cruzinator has in spades.
Unfortunately I half agree as to presentation. I wouldn't say "slimy" so much as coming across a bit too smarmy, particularly for the suffragetes.
Posted by: Ex NYC Peasant at December 07, 2015 01:46 PM (k8tEg)
Speaking of hair, I could have sworn I'd seen that thing on Trump's head somewhere before. And wouldn't you know! There it is on the left.
http://tinyurl.com/nusgj6v
Posted by: torquewrench at December 07, 2015 01:46 PM (noWW6)
Come on, it's easy to figure out where they're going to put them. Shia on the left side of the street, Sunni on the right, with some Kurds randomly interspersed.
Top Men come up with plans like that.
Posted by: free range jihadist at December 07, 2015 01:46 PM (7v/r5)
LOL!
I haven't seen many bumper stickers around here. My tally:
2 Carson
1 Rand
1 Trump
1 Hillary
2 Sanders (FML)
Posted by: Y-not at December 07, 2015 01:46 PM (t5zYU)
The only way that Cruz' citizenship becomes an issue is
50 individual state ballot challenges from Dems and GOPe. New Hampshire tossed the challenge for the primary, but -- you never know.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 07, 2015 01:46 PM (kdS6q)
I agree, and this bothers me. He's obviously brilliant, I'm probably closer to him on the issues than to anyone else - but I don't especially like him, and if I don't, I don't see the proud, irritating-but-indispensible, "pox-on-both-their-houses" moderated rallying to him. Basically I want to like him better than I do.
Posted by: JPS at December 07, 2015 01:46 PM (S87W7)
Posted by: joe-impeachin44 at December 07, 2015 01:47 PM (P+ME4)
Posted by: Y-not at December 07, 2015 01:48 PM (t5zYU)
Posted by: Bruce Boehner at December 07, 2015 01:48 PM (jUHZu)
Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at December 07, 2015 01:48 PM (dFi94)
Actually, I think it has helped him a lot. When you watch him during the debates, every point he makes is in service of a larger narrative. He ties everything together with a nice little bow so he comes across as the guy who knows what it takes to fix things. So you're nodding along even when he's discussing something that may not be your pet issue but come away with the feeling that "That Cruz guy gets it!"
The problem with this is that it does seem calculating and those with high BS meters are offput by it. However, that's not really who he's trying to reach. The High BS meter people already like him for his positions, even if they find him personally grating.
Posted by: Lauren at December 07, 2015 01:49 PM (Kqit+)
Posted by: Mr. Rocko, DDS at December 07, 2015 01:45 PM (bGLSw)
***
I cannot make chew bubblegum........
Posted by: Jerky Cabby at December 07, 2015 01:49 PM (Wu2k4)
he is a bit too formal
Posted by: ThunderB at December 07, 2015 01:49 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at December 07, 2015 01:49 PM (dFi94)
Posted by: Soona at December 07, 2015 01:37 PM (Fmupd)
It's about time we turned LIVs against our corrupt aristocracy.
They control broadcast media, they control print media, they control entertainment, they torture American children into orcs in the academy, they control the bureaucracy utterly, they control the courts, and their multitude of lies have all gained traction from repetition. The second amendment is in very real danger. The first has already been damaged over the last 15 years.
The left has dictated the direction and cadence of political action since the Clinton administration, without a break. The GOPe is an arm of their operation. They must be destroyed.
Trump has the numbers, he has the money, he has real cross-party appeal, and he can pull back the curtain on the left's exploitative game in a way no career politician can. It has to be Trump. It HAS to be Trump.
Posted by: Ghost of kari at December 07, 2015 01:49 PM (FfVIs)
Re: the syrian refugees being forced on Texas.
They aren't going to disclose their location for "their safety".
Yes, that sound you heard was me having a rage stroke.
Posted by: Lauren
.............................
How are they going to pay rent?
How are they going to buy food?
I'd laugh if it didn't make me want to scream.
Posted by: wth at December 07, 2015 01:50 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: Ex NYC Peasant at December 07, 2015 01:50 PM (k8tEg)
Posted by: Donald Trump at December 07, 2015 01:50 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: Ghost of kari at December 07, 2015 01:50 PM (FfVIs)
Posted by: V the K at December 07, 2015 01:51 PM (O7MnT)
Good grief, the Jerky Boys?
Is that the demographic Ace is going for here, males who were in HS in the early 90's?
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at December 07, 2015 01:51 PM (LWu6U)
Posted by: Qoheleth at December 07, 2015 01:52 PM (iIzG7)
Someones going to win a bunch of center-right votes in Iowa, just like Romney did in 2012. Right now Rubios the guy.
-Allahpundit
*psst* - Romney lost Iowa. Close, but lost.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 07, 2015 01:52 PM (kdS6q)
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Are you tazy? The pox people areyond giving a shit about likeability. I should know. I are one.
Posted by: Bruce Boehner at December 07, 2015 01:52 PM (jUHZu)
I saw a Feel the Bern bumpersticker the other day. The guy driving the car was driving like a total d-bag zipping in and out of traffic and cutting people off.
That seemed about right.
Posted by: Lauren at December 07, 2015 01:53 PM (Kqit+)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 07, 2015 01:40 PM (MZVOx)
You realize that a full-grown cow is over a thousand pounds, right? And an adult pig isn't that far behind, weighing several hundred pounds. Sheep are far easier to tip over-they're smaller and incredibly stupid. (Once, I watched my grandpa's sheep walk repeatedly into a working electric fence until he forcibly moved them on.)
Posted by: pookysgirl at December 07, 2015 01:53 PM (K27gs)
Posted by: Danube River Guide at December 07, 2015 01:53 PM (mcm0N)
Around here in the SF Bay Area, those stickers appeared within 48 hours after Election Day 2012, when confetti was still being swept up off of auditorium floors from election parties.
Clintonworld were really trying their best to lock in the dominant "presumptive front-runner" status for her as early as they could, to an almost self-parodic extent.
It doesn't seem to have worked. She's yesterday's news in CA. The Sandman is getting all of the bumper sticker love these days. Liberals are nothing if not about overnight infatuations with freshly emergent candidacies. Look! Shiny new thing! Ooooh!
Posted by: torquewrench at December 07, 2015 01:53 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Soothsayer, ho ho ho at December 07, 2015 01:54 PM (biZTx)
How are they going to buy food?
I'd laugh if it didn't make me want to scream."
Why, we'll be paying for it of course.
Posted by: Lauren at December 07, 2015 01:54 PM (Kqit+)
LOL.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 07, 2015 01:54 PM (MZVOx)
Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at December 07, 2015 01:48 PM (dFi94)
Anti-eye-rape protection.
Posted by: rebel flounder at December 07, 2015 01:54 PM (3dOE/)
Trump wants to blow up the GOPe
In the end, which is better?
Posted by: Palmetto Primary at December 07, 2015 01:54 PM (sx3Ex)
Good grief, the Jerky Boys?
Is that the demographic Ace is going for here, males who were in HS in the early 90's?
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at December 07, 2015 01:51 PM (LWu6U)
***
Get Brett Weir, I said
Posted by: Jerky Cabby at December 07, 2015 01:55 PM (Wu2k4)
Posted by: Qoheleth at December 07, 2015 01:55 PM (iIzG7)
Hey, I was in college then, fruit cake. Why don't we get together and paint each other up? Paint the town, night on the town! What do you say there, sizzlechest?
Posted by: Mike DeRookee at December 07, 2015 01:55 PM (0xnCg)
Because there are some faces that need to be rubbed in that. Rather a great deal. With glee.
Posted by: alexthechick - love and despair bitches at December 07, 2015 01:56 PM (mf5HN)
I think Ted Cruz would be an effective, honest conservative, but can he win?
A country that elected Obama twice, half of whom get welfare, seem
unlikely to vote for Cruz. I want to believe so bad, I've got a Cruz
magnet on my car - but Obama got two terms.
Things can change. It's only been a few years since the French elected Hollande, and now they're probably going with the FN. The mark of a leader is that he looks at an unfavorable landscape, figures out how to change it, and then implements his plan.
Posted by: pep at December 07, 2015 01:56 PM (GMG6W)
Posted by: PATAKIMANIA at December 07, 2015 01:57 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Velvet Ambition at December 07, 2015 01:57 PM (QPdNE)
Posted by: V the K at December 07, 2015 01:57 PM (O7MnT)
Last poll I saw linked at Breitbart had him at a commanding 3%.
Posted by: free range jihadist at December 07, 2015 01:57 PM (7v/r5)
Posted by: Marmo at December 07, 2015 01:58 PM (D7iLj)
Trump wants to blow up the GOPe
In the end, which is better?
Posted by: Palmetto Primary at December 07, 2015 01:54 PM (sx3Ex)
==================================================
I'm not sure if Trump's priority is to blow up the GOP, or just to crown himself King of an Empire.
Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at December 07, 2015 01:58 PM (dFi94)
Allahpundit is kinda a shithead when it comes to politics, I think.
Posted by: Soothsayer
Allahpundit is Dick Morris in blog form.
Communicates well and can be enjoyable to read, but iffy on facts and utter pants on analysis and prediction.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 07, 2015 01:58 PM (kdS6q)
A president with a brain wouldn't suck for a change.
Posted by: TB at December 07, 2015 01:58 PM (UXEYz)
Posted by: fixerupper at December 07, 2015 01:58 PM (8XRCm)
Right now, it really seems like it's boiling down to Cruz, Trump, Rubio, Carson, and Heb, and everyone below that is now pretty much out of it. Time to thank them for their service and their participation.
.............................
Maybe a little trophy would give them a hint.
Posted by: wth at December 07, 2015 01:59 PM (HgMAr)
Cruz is in the Senate right now
do something about these damn Visas, these non existent back grounds checks
do something
they are here
Posted by: ThunderB at December 07, 2015 01:59 PM (zOTsN)
Is he on a milk carton yet?
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at December 07, 2015 01:42 PM (NjiZL)
Only in Kentucky....
Posted by: FCF at December 07, 2015 02:00 PM (kejii)
Posted by: Mallfly Cloggenstein of Bratwurst Vt at December 07, 2015 02:00 PM (qSIlh)
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Senators don't actually do anything other than blab.
Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at December 07, 2015 02:00 PM (dFi94)
Posted by: fixerupper at December 07, 2015 02:01 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Soothsayer, ho ho ho at December 07, 2015 02:01 PM (biZTx)
Hey, I was in college then, fruit cake. Why don't we get together and paint each other up? Paint the town, night on the town! What do you say there, sizzlechest?
Posted by: Mike DeRookee"
I was in college then too. We also liked the Red's Bar tapes. Is Mike Hunt there? How about Sal Ami?
Posted by: Benji Carver at December 07, 2015 02:01 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: wth at December 07, 2015 02:01 PM (HgMAr)
And the worst part is that I suddenly get this earworm of Hugh Hewitt's voice repeating "you know who this helps, don't you?"
Posted by: Qoheleth at December 07, 2015 02:01 PM (iIzG7)
Posted by: Make America Great Again at December 07, 2015 02:02 PM (LXJ1e)
Difference is; Trump will try to up sell you to a bigger new car with expensive accessories.
Cruz will sell you a known lemon and act like he's doing you a favor for getting the price down 1k. Which reduces his commission 3k to 2k.
I. Just. Don't. Trust. Him.
He's pulled some slick maneuvers in the Senate all the while saying he's going to do something else.
He hasn't really voted against much of anything of substance yet. ( but I may be out of touch on that cause I haven't been avidly following his every move. Any fan bois want to put some knowledge to me and everyone else, have at it.)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at December 07, 2015 02:02 PM (Xo1Rt)
Posted by: ThunderB at December 07, 2015 02:02 PM (zOTsN)
I could vote for Cruz, easily. Some of us remember the things he was actually saying during his filibuster.
Posted by: TB
And some remember his passing out teddy bears and soccer balls to the invading hoards as they streamed across the border.
Cruz in the primary, ehhhhh. In the general, might be able to convince many with the good ol "lesser of two evils" chestnut.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 07, 2015 02:02 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Joe Biden at December 07, 2015 02:03 PM (jUHZu)
Tough enough and clear-eyed enough to help us survive the no doubt nasty surprises coming down the DC pipe.
I like Nerd Tough (like the Sabo poster).
Posted by: mustbequantum at December 07, 2015 02:03 PM (MIKMs)
and they really do. far worse than Hillary
Posted by: ThunderB at December 07, 2015 02:04 PM (zOTsN)
"I could maybe vote for Cruz. I dunno. Probably, maybe."
Despite my #113 I would vote for him without hesitation over any plausible Dem alternative. (Jim Webb would have made me stop and think for a quick second, but he never was plausible.) I'm just worried that's me and about ~40% of the electorate.
Bruce Boehner, #131: I am not tazy. Not to be a twit here, but are you, um, sober?
Posted by: JPS at December 07, 2015 02:04 PM (S87W7)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix
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My sentiments, articulated exactly. Thanks.
Posted by: Joe Biden at December 07, 2015 02:04 PM (jUHZu)
At least Katshit and Huckleberry are out.
Posted by: V the K at December 07, 2015 02:05 PM (O7MnT)
The election of an outsider like Trump could spell the end for the current crop of bagmen, grifters, and leeches (donors, consultants, and lobbyists).
Who's going to pay Rove et al their fat salaries when its obvious they don't control the elections any more?
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at December 07, 2015 02:05 PM (oVJmc)
Over at Real Clear's poll averages, Trump ids +12 in the latest national, +14 in NH, +16 in SC and +18 in FL,
Polls show that Cruz does well with college-educated Republicans, but Trump kills with No College. That's important to expanding turn-out.
Cruz is an appellate lawyer. I'd want Trump in front of a jury.
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 07, 2015 02:06 PM (r1fLd)
Everyone likes Carson. The more we saw of Carson, we found he isn't ready for the big chair.
The more most folks saw of Trump, they saw the same old act and grew tired of it.
Posted by: Colonel Kurtz at December 07, 2015 02:06 PM (wIm2C)
Well, my guess is that's about when ace was entering high school so...
Posted by: teej at December 07, 2015 02:07 PM (BrxNJ)
Posted by: JPS
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5 glasses of chardonnay, not entirely. What is your point?
Posted by: Bruce Boehner at December 07, 2015 02:07 PM (jUHZu)
Posted by: Ronster at December 07, 2015 02:07 PM (mUa7N)
No, he doesn't. Iowa lost its influence long ago by handing us losing candidates or even nomination failures.
I don't really have a choice right now. All I see is the limitations of each aspirant and a weak field.
God help me, Trump could win. America is just that classy now.
In truth, the only reason any R has a pale ghost of a chance is the repulsiveness of Hillary, and I'm not counting on that as the complete defense it ought to be. If SMOD takes her out, enter Webb, not sanders.
Posted by: Sarahw at December 07, 2015 02:08 PM (3fTXW)
I also heard the Red's Bar tapes long long ago. Back when they were tapes handed around among friends in the northeast.
But I never listened to them over and over that I would recognize them 25 years later. You have to be in HS, or not working very hard in college for that to happen. And probably stoned, although if you were stoned, I wonder if you would remember.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at December 07, 2015 02:08 PM (LWu6U)
Posted by: Colonel Kurtz at December 07, 2015 02:06 PM (wIm2C)
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Here's the thing. (And remember.... Im not a huge Trump fan. I just enjoy watching him send the right peoples heads all asplodey)
The people that DO love and support Trump are the right's version of Obama voters. No way in hell are you peeling them off. Their "committed to" level is 100%.
Posted by: fixerupper at December 07, 2015 02:09 PM (8XRCm)
Trump put the pictures of himself fucking a kangaroo on Twitter and tells you he was the best fuck that kangaroo ever had.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at December 07, 2015 02:09 PM (oVJmc)
At least Katshit and Huckleberry are out.
..............................
No more pursed lips and 15th time's the charm?
Posted by: wth at December 07, 2015 02:09 PM (HgMAr)
He looked like an apathetic sock puppet. Which may be because ValJar Binks' right arm was up his anus to her shoulder, with her hand working his mouth. His eyes were lifeless, like he just didn't give a shit, no matter what his lips were saying.
And that gray-out-of-a-bottle on his hair doesn't look any more convincing than Mitch's tan-in-a-can did.
Posted by: Qoheleth at December 07, 2015 02:10 PM (iIzG7)
It just takes a really long time.
Or so I've been told.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at December 07, 2015 02:10 PM (Xo1Rt)
Posted by: V the K at December 07, 2015 02:10 PM (O7MnT)
That leaves the GOPe crowd still twisting (Jeb, Rubiom Kaische, Christy, Carly, Lindsey,etc.), which I am convinced is a result of Jeb's early strategy to muddy the waters until FL.
Posted by: Jean at December 07, 2015 02:11 PM (fBkaR)
The people that DO love and support Trump are the right's version of Obama voters. No way in hell are you peeling them off. Their "committed to" level is 100%.
Posted by: fixerupper at December 07, 2015 02:09 PM (8XRCm)
If you have a better candidate to burn down the GOPe's playhouse, I am all ears.
Posted by: rebel flounder at December 07, 2015 02:11 PM (3dOE/)
Posted by: Bruce Boehner at December 07, 2015 02:11 PM (jUHZu)
I actually havent watched a Trump speech. I wasn't overwhelmed by his debate performance
but a couple of days ago a reporter posed a question to him about the San Bernardino jihadis and described them as "normal people" and "regular people"
have you seen that? Trump didnt bombast and pontificate. But he looked at that reporter as thought they had lost their mind and challanged the premise
it was the first time I saw him use "another gear", not the sneering heckler, the showman
I have to say, I liked it. Politicians dont talk like that, or think like that. I liked it
Posted by: ThunderB at December 07, 2015 02:13 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: gracepmc at December 07, 2015 02:14 PM (OU4q6)
Posted by: Jean at December 07, 2015 02:15 PM (fBkaR)
The major asset of Trump is that while he might take some money for people or corps, he don't owe them his candidacy or nomination.
He's owned mostly by Trump and his family.
I'll take that over some Wall street rich boy or some other bankrolling who I don't know anything about and who could care less about most of the country.
That's the lesson coming out of this race.
People are tired of the hidden wealthy picking the candidates we have to choose from.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at December 07, 2015 02:15 PM (Xo1Rt)
Posted by: madtechie at December 07, 2015 02:16 PM (/Suxi)
Remember during the first debate all you honey badgers were hectoring Trump to take the "Ill suppoer the GOP nominee whoever he is" pleadge????
Well..... will YOU make the same pledge if Trump is the nominee and the roles reversed??
Jeb?? Kaisich?? Miss Lindsey???
Posted by: fixerupper at December 07, 2015 02:16 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: just asking at December 07, 2015 02:16 PM (1uTkE)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 07, 2015 02:16 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: alexthechick - love and despair bitches at December 07, 2015 01:56 PM (mf5HN
and thrown to the spiders, if ya ask me
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 07, 2015 02:17 PM (eeTCA)
Posted by: Jean at December 07, 2015 02:15 PM (fBkaR
Amen!!!
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 07, 2015 02:19 PM (eeTCA)
Posted by: Valiant at December 07, 2015 02:19 PM (2bqlb)
I have to say, I liked it. Politicians dont talk like that, or think like that. I liked it
Posted by: ThunderB at December 07, 2015 02:13 PM (zOTsN)
I didn't see it, but I am not surprised. The more Obama, Hillary, and their media surrogates lie about blatantly obvious reality, the more people seek refuge in the truth and those who speak it.
That's why - unless the left reverses course of the last eight years and can begin straight-talking - Trump's potential upside is, while not limitless, but it is yuge.
Posted by: rebel flounder at December 07, 2015 02:19 PM (3dOE/)
Posted by: Jean at December 07, 2015 02:11 PM (fBkaR)
Jeb!'s handlers strategy could still work, but-
it would require all of the wannabes and never-wases
to leave the field now before the next debate.
And that would assume all of the free GOPe types wouldn't consolidate around Rubio.
I hope Carson see the light and bows out. He'll keep dropping as his comments about the Middle East show that he's just not ready.
That'll leave Trump, Cruz, and Rubio as the big dogs. With Jeb! as the little wiener dog trotting behind them.
I'd like Cruz but would be absolutely fine with Trump/Cruz.
Posted by: naturalfake at December 07, 2015 02:20 PM (0cMkb)
IF Trump were to win the presidency... do you think he would be content to sign the bills passed by a Republican legislature and appoint Conservatives throughout his administration?
Posted by: V the K at December 07, 2015 02:20 PM (O7MnT)
Posted by: gapoz at December 07, 2015 02:21 PM (thyJJ)
Posted by: Emile Antoon Khadaji at December 07, 2015 02:22 PM (Nj2wY)
If he got in, he'd be guaranteed to be a puppet.
We've had 8 years of puppetry. Time for some out front leadership.
I'll say this about Cruz, I think he believes most of what he's saying. He's still a bit contrived though.
Trump is straight from the gut. It's why he doesn't need teleprompters because he says what he thinks and not what a bunch of pollsters and think tanks and focus groups.
It's him.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at December 07, 2015 02:22 PM (Xo1Rt)
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What on earth is this supposed to mean?
Posted by: Begonia at December 07, 2015 02:22 PM (pvCx2)
Posted by: Jean at December 07, 2015 02:23 PM (fBkaR)
Posted by: Make America Great Again at December 07, 2015 02:23 PM (LXJ1e)
Posted by: ThunderB at December 07, 2015 02:23 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Karl Rove at December 07, 2015 02:24 PM (H9MG5)
Posted by: JPS at December 07, 2015 02:24 PM (S87W7)
Let me once again be the person who asks a sincere question that may be misperceived as trolling:
IF Trump were to win the presidency... do you think he would be content to sign the bills passed by a Republican legislature and appoint Conservatives throughout his administration?
Posted by: V the K at December 07, 2015 02:20 PM (O7MnT)
Content? I think it would depend on content. But of all the things that comes out of Trump's mouth, I am convinced that he has a deep love of his country. I am also convinced that he is no dummy and that he understands the dire circumstances we face.
I think he will lead, more than follow, and I suspect that that leadership will drive the content of the stuff coming out of congress.
Posted by: rebel flounder at December 07, 2015 02:24 PM (3dOE/)
IF Trump were to win the presidency... do you think he would be content to sign the bills passed by a Republican legislature and appoint Conservatives throughout his administration?
Posted by: V the K
No, but I know Hillary won't, and I don't any of the other elves beating her. Esp. Jeb or Rubio, I will not vote for Jeb - even Bolling personally calls me.
Posted by: Jean at December 07, 2015 02:25 PM (fBkaR)
Posted by: trust at December 07, 2015 02:25 PM (1uTkE)
>>It's him.
Your assuming that he means what he says over the last few months and ignoring what he said over the previous decades. As far as I know, he is the only candidate on the Republican side that has openly praised single payer healthcare as the way to go for example.
None of them are perfect but of the 3 only Trump seems to be getting a pass from large segments of the Republican base for positions he has advocated for. So far. I don't think that will continue forever.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 07, 2015 02:26 PM (/tuJf)
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What on earth is this supposed to mean?
Posted by: Begonia at December 07, 2015 02:22 PM (pvCx2)
See now, this is how you make teh funniez.
Posted by: Snoodling World Champion 1997 at December 07, 2015 02:26 PM (k9qR4)
Well done, sir or madam. Can I inquire who the mastermind is behind this jape is? Come on, time to come out of the closet.
Posted by: Bruce Boehner at December 07, 2015 02:28 PM (jUHZu)
Posted by: Soona at December 07, 2015 02:29 PM (Fmupd)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 07, 2015 01:52 PM (kdS6q)
Which was revealed only after they trumpeted Romney winning it for hours. Gosh I wonder how that came about?
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at December 07, 2015 02:29 PM (4ErVI)
Posted by: dufuss at December 07, 2015 02:30 PM (xa9v+)
Posted by: Mr. Fosi at December 07, 2015 02:30 PM (xx2Wn)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at December 07, 2015 02:30 PM (Xo1Rt)
Posted by: rebel flounder at December 07, 2015 02:31 PM (3dOE/)
Posted by: ThunderB at December 07, 2015 02:31 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: ThunderB at December 07, 2015 02:34 PM (zOTsN)
leaving Carson for Cruz. This is the same group that picked Santorum
previously and Huckabee before that.
Posted by: Make America Great Again at December 07, 2015 02:23 PM (LXJ1e)
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I'm not sure what happens to the evangelical vote if Trump gets the nomination. For the last several election cycles, evangelicals have made up the single largest voting block when it comes to turn-out for Republican candidates. Would they turn out for Trump? My gut says no. But maybe my gut is wrong.
Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at December 07, 2015 02:34 PM (dFi94)
Trump wants to blow up the GOPe
In the end, which is better?
Posted by: Palmetto Primary at December 07, 2015 01:54 PM (sx3Ex)
Say WHAT? Didn't Yertle the Turtle McConnell regularly state how much he loathed Ted?
I am amazed at how much dislike of Ted there is here. Frankly, he's "The Donald" with the experience and without the blowhardiness.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at December 07, 2015 02:34 PM (GsebS)
content to sign the bills passed by a Republican legislature and appoint
Conservatives throughout his administration?
Posted by: V the K at December 07, 2015 02:20 PM (O7MnT)<<<
If Trump or Cruz were elected does anyone think the GOPe monkeys will work with them? Would they be so bitter and dangerous, looking to keep their RINO agenda and CoC puppeteers happy, that they look toward Donk support to undermine a POTUS from their own party?
Posted by: more things that make you go hmmm at December 07, 2015 02:35 PM (H9MG5)
Posted by: ThunderB at December 07, 2015 02:35 PM (zOTsN)
None of them are perfect but of the 3 only Trump seems to be getting a pass from large segments of the Republican base for positions he has advocated for. So far. I don't think that will continue forever.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Immigration is the most vital issue since if you don't fix that you won't fix anything, ever again.
How can you fix healthcare if you will always be OUTVOTED?
This is why Trump is important. Whatever you disagree about with him can be fixed *later* because he will preserve our sovereignty.
Not sure why more people can't see this. Immigation is THE existential issue.
Posted by: Bruce Boehner at December 07, 2015 02:36 PM (jUHZu)
I'm not sure what happens to the evangelical vote if Trump gets the nomination. For the last several election cycles, evangelicals have made up the single largest voting block when it comes to turn-out for Republican candidates. Would they turn out for Trump? My gut says no. But maybe my gut is wrong.
Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at December 07, 2015 02:34 PM (dFi94)
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I think they will turn out for Trump, especially if he is running against the Daughter of Satan.
Posted by: Make America Great Again at December 07, 2015 02:37 PM (LXJ1e)
Posted by: ThunderB at December 07, 2015 02:35 PM (zOTsN)<<<
Taqiyya?
Posted by: Iran at December 07, 2015 02:37 PM (H9MG5)
Where did I say he means what he says?
I said he believes what he says and it comes from the gut. What is motives are and what he may secretly plan, no one could know. About him or anyone else.
But he is articulating a message that is consistent and he has taken to heart enough so he can ad lib all day. And some of the stuff he reacts to and how he reacts cannot be scripted in advance.
Will he do what he says? Who knows for sure? That can be said for any candidate to ever run for President since Washington.
Will he be able to get what he wants done? Again, who knows?
What about what he's said in the past? He wasn't running for office then and he had plenty of reason to say what he thought others would agree with.
As to specific stuff he said before about this or that? He did clearly warn about immigration and terrorism. I can let slide the thing about single payer because that's what we have essentially now. Maybe make it better and more free market and try to drive prices down and guess who would probably be good at thinking of ways to do that?
So we shall see. You pays your money and you takes your chances.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at December 07, 2015 02:37 PM (Xo1Rt)
Posted by: pyromancer76 at December 07, 2015 02:38 PM (sPfLU)
Maybe I will get to vote for both... Cruz/Trump sounds good to me.
Posted by: redbanzai at December 07, 2015 02:41 PM (aoyma)
Posted by: Make America Great Again at December 07, 2015 02:37 PM (LXJ1e)
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That particular argument resonates with you. There are other factors that evangelicals consider when voting for a candidate. And, truth to tell, I do not see a groundswell of evangelicals knocking on doors and joining phone drives to stump for Trump. Some may stay home. Some may vote. Few will campaign.
Like I say, I might be all wet. I just don't see Liberty University getting out the vote for Donald Trump.
Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at December 07, 2015 02:42 PM (dFi94)
Posted by: Make America Great Again at December 07, 2015 02:37 PM (LXJ1e)
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That particular argument resonates with you. There are other factors that evangelicals consider when voting for a candidate. And, truth to tell, I do not see a groundswell of evangelicals knocking on doors and joining phone drives to stump for Trump. Some may stay home. Some may vote. Few will campaign.
Like I say, I might be all wet. I just don't see Liberty University getting out the vote for Donald Trump.
Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at December 07, 2015 02:42 PM (dFi94)
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Well their loss.
Frankly, I don't know why evangelicals vote at all. Its been one loss after another for 30 years. The GOP has been playing them for suckers.
Posted by: Make America Great Again at December 07, 2015 02:45 PM (LXJ1e)
Bwwaahhhh!
Posted by: Jerkyboy at December 07, 2015 02:46 PM (rufEq)
Past performance may not be a guarantee of future results but it is indicative. And after 30+ years of watching Trump be all over the map on everything, watching him be one of those guys who has fed at the government trough, I just have no idea what he would do in office.
Sure, he is building a marketing strategy around the outsider viewpoint right now. That's what Trump does, he markets to an underserved market segment. Does that mean I believe he will follow through once he gets in office? I have no idea and I don't think anyone else does either. Hell, I doubt Trump knows.
I just don't see how anyone can hack any politician for inconsistent views in the past but then say Trumps inconsistencies don't matter. I'm not blown away by any of them but I at least have some idea what I think Cruz and Rubio would do.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 07, 2015 02:46 PM (/tuJf)
What proof do you have of Amnesty? As for H1-B, those people are at least skilled.
Any immigration policy that picks skills over family reunification "daisy chains" is preferable.
Of course all illegal alien immigration should be halted, but also we need to get rid of the "Diversity Lottery", as if US Citizenship is a lotto prize. :-P
And if San Bernadino and all too many other incidents taught us anything, it is that "Diversity" is all too crappy.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at December 07, 2015 02:46 PM (GsebS)
Its been one loss after another for 30 years. The GOP has been playing
them for suckers.
Posted by: Make America Great Again at December 07, 2015 02:45 PM (LXJ1e)
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Exactly. Which is why I am seriously contemplating not voting for the first time since Carter was still President.
Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at December 07, 2015 02:48 PM (dFi94)
The American people like the direction the economy and security is going and Cruz picks up the presidency in a 49 state landslide. Meanwhile, all the leftist countries are enduring near daily terror attacks.
Posted by: free range jihadist at December 07, 2015 02:49 PM (7v/r5)
(I denounce myself as a cuck-rino, and submit that my own concerns have been duly noted, by me, cuck-rino. Thought I'd save you Ace of Trump guys the trouble.)
Posted by: Pastafarian at December 07, 2015 02:49 PM (LqrRo)
Jeb's? Always crooked, which gives him that dopey look (I mean, he looks dopey anyway, but the glasses add a certain dopey dodo puddin' head look).
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, aging supermodel Redneck Queen at December 07, 2015 02:50 PM (7lqMl)
Posted by: rrpjr at December 07, 2015 02:50 PM (s/yC1)
She came here on one of those BS 'fiance" visas that shit for brains has made incredibly easy to get.
Yea? So did my wife, what's your fucking point?
Posted by: Weirddave at December 07, 2015 02:50 PM (N8hFs)
Posted by: AntiSoviet at December 07, 2015 02:51 PM (NaXda)
Posted by: Curmudgeon at December 07, 2015 02:51 PM (GsebS)
(I denounce myself as a cuck-rino, and submit that my own concerns have been duly noted, by me, cuck-rino. Thought I'd save you Ace of Trump guys the trouble.)
Posted by: Pastafarian at December 07, 2015 02:49 PM (LqrRo)
Indeed. I am shocked that Ted Cruz, demonized for attempts at shutting down the left's blessed government, is now being called a RINO or a "Cuckservative".
Posted by: Curmudgeon at December 07, 2015 02:53 PM (GsebS)
Rubio is the Women's candidate.
The very old and the very young.
The ones in the middle have seen him before and know he's not reliable.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at December 07, 2015 02:53 PM (Xo1Rt)
Funny, the evangelicals I know are all about The Donald.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at December 07, 2015 02:51 PM (GsebS)
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Well obviously they are apostate.
j/kPosted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at December 07, 2015 02:54 PM (dFi94)
The very old and the very young.
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My mother loves him.
Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at December 07, 2015 02:54 PM (dFi94)
425 Iowa voters likely to attend the Republican presidential caucuses in February 2016. This sample has a
margin of error of +4.8 percent. The poll was conducted by the Monmouth University Polling Institute in
West Long Branch, NJ.
Read the fine print. Less than 1000 likely voters. CROOKED poll.
Posted by: ... at December 07, 2015 02:58 PM (fscqy)
To put my mother-in-law in perspective, she calls herself a conservative but if you get her position on pretty much anything she sounds like a liberal. She then proceeds to get upset with us calling her a liberal, heh. It can actually be pretty fun, sometimes.
And everyone in my family is an evangelical up to and including my wife's cousin who's a pastor of a church.
Posted by: Emile Antoon Khadaji at December 07, 2015 02:58 PM (Nj2wY)
nomination. For the last several election cycles, evangelicals have made
up the single largest voting block when it comes to turn-out for
Republican candidates. Would they turn out for Trump? My gut says no.
But maybe my gut is wrong.
Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at December 07, 2015 02:34 PM (dFi94)
Trump may not be religious but he is respectful of people who do take their Christian faith seriously. And, as someone said above, the Lord does work in mysterious ways:-P
Posted by: redbanzai at December 07, 2015 02:59 PM (aoyma)
I don't think he really thought about policy because he didn't need to. He was about making money.
I doubt he really thought much about policy positions before he entered the race.
However, I think he's thought about "positions" since entering the race because he's had to. I also think he's had his eyes opened to some of the real problems facing this country that he's never personally had to deal with because of the life he's lived.
I think Trump has realized during this campaign that this country is in real danger and he doesn't want to see it happen. He has children and grand children i assume he loves as much as anyone else.
I am voting for Cruz in the primary probably but I'd vote for Trump in the general if he makes it.
Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at December 07, 2015 03:02 PM (X+nFp)
You all do know the "Evangelicals didn't come out to vote for Mitt Romney" meme is a lie?
So don't worry about them. When the push comes to shove, they'll go with the man with fire in the belly and willingness to take responsibility and stand up.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at December 07, 2015 03:03 PM (Xo1Rt)
Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at December 07, 2015 03:05 PM (X+nFp)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 07, 2015 03:06 PM (NeFrd)
If you think that's naïve, consider his approach to the primary election. He is the most organized, and has built a strong network across all the early primary states. He thinks before he talks and usually has something impressive (and more importantly, relevant/substantive to say).
The media and his peers in congress will likely up their rhetoric in opposition of him now that he's a frontrunner....and that will have the opposite effect from what's intended.
Posted by: OrsonSnow at December 07, 2015 03:39 PM (7m2jH)
Posted by: Sizzlechest at December 07, 2015 04:17 PM (rtZ6u)
And CNN has a new poll out today:
CNN - Iowa poll: Trump 33, Cruz 20, Carson 16
Allahpundit hardest hit.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 07, 2015 04:34 PM (kdS6q)
Jason Pierre-Paul would like to have a word with you.
Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie at December 07, 2015 04:51 PM (1hM1d)
If anything, Cruz is peaking too soon.
Looks like Jeb and the also-rans are done. Probably comes down to Cruz and Rubio.
Posted by: TallDave at December 07, 2015 04:56 PM (74ZYB)
kek
Posted by: TallDave at December 07, 2015 04:58 PM (74ZYB)
Plus they found that TRUMP voters are the most definite: 53% say they are definitely voting for him.
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at December 07, 2015 05:02 PM (xetep)
Now imagine Cruz... and remember he's no dilettante, he also prepares, strategizes various possible outcomes, responses from others... The ball is moving in slow motion for him. He's having fun with it. Who can deny him a little smirk or grin when all his hard work pays off. He's earned it.
Then there's his competition... If the national polls rate Congress on job performance down in the single digits or very low double digits, how much worse would they be if they only polled here? These are the people he's up against. Most of us would be hard pressed not to laugh out loud at pablum spit up by GOPe types and their comrades across the isle. Grant Cruz the courtesy of the infrequent grin he can't help but show in those ludicrous and tedious hearings.
Ace, you put the Cruz move down as "draft-driving" behind Trump. That's a good analogy. At this point it seems more like the Donald has taken the all the slings and arrows, all the blows a big blocking back would take breaking through the line, making a hole for the guy with the football behind him to get to the open field. Either way, it looks like Cruz can see a little daylight.
We'll see what he makes of it.
--e.
Posted by: e.plenista at December 07, 2015 05:15 PM (cdUMQ)
No doubt JEB! will be suing for the punitive damages Ace is giving him.
-Tarbash
Posted by: Tarbash the Egyptian Magician at December 07, 2015 06:30 PM (/MKrI)
Posted by: Singing Hatchet at December 08, 2015 01:50 AM (J+XbI)
Posted by: Singing Hatchet at December 08, 2015 01:51 AM (J+XbI)
Trump has focused on the national spotlight, which in previous campaigns recently has resulted in a united front (Democrats, Media (but I repeat myself), RINO's and even other Conservative R candidates. Resulting in each frontrunner, in turn, being destroyed and leaving only the Most Moderate pretend-R standing.
Cruz has been playing the long game, and doing so effectively.
He's positioned himself to win the Evangelical vote away from Santorum, Huckabee, and more recently Carson. Carson, btw, is done. As done as all of the "establishment" picks save only Rubio - who will eventually lose to either Trump or Cruz on Immigration.
Cruz is also the clear choice of Conservative Republicans.
Trump has the Populist appeal, at the moment, but if Trump's campaign implodes, which it might on any given day, then Trump's supporters will flock to Cruz, and certainly NOT to Rubio.
Trump is still the frontrunner in the polls, and has a real chance at the nomination. But, the clear favorite at this point has to be Ted Cruz.
Posted by: Aarradin at December 08, 2015 03:57 AM (E1dWk)
Posted by: Elliott at December 08, 2015 10:44 AM (PmUAS)
but he's the hero we need right now.
Posted by: Elliott at December 08, 2015 10:46 AM (PmUAS)
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