Quote: Cincinnatus wrote in post #3

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I am amazed at the amount of vitriol aimed at Trump. A super pac associated with Kasich is planning on spending $2.5 million on negative Trump ads. Why? Kasich hasn't got a prayer and yet...

I am not sure about Trump's politics and real beliefs but the unrelenting attacks on him, such as today's "Trump blasted by New York Times after mocking reporter with disability", makes me more inclined to support him (though I much prefer Cruz).

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Rufus T Firefly called it Third Reich imagery. It's a basic tactic of debating a straw man, a fictional representation of your opponent.

Lie #1.
Donald Trump wants to register all Muslims with the government.

He didn't suggest this, a reporter planted that thought in a question. Trump agreed that it might be a good idea later clarifying that "certain Muslims" should be registered. Not "all".

Lie #2
Donald Trump wants to round up all the Hispanic immigrants,

He has only spoken of rounding up those who are here "illegally"! Big difference.

Lie #3f
Donald Trump says its OK to rough up black protesters,

That sound like a distortion of what I've heard him say. He says that when ordered by a police officer to do something the obligation is on the citizen to cooperate with the police. Isn't that a radical thought?

Lie #4
Donald Trump wants to suppress journalists.

He has laid bare the dishonesty of the press in their distorted coverage of events. Should the press get a pass on inaccurate reporting? or should their inaccuracies be exposed and refuted?

Quote: algernonpj wrote in post #7

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The Conservative Tree House has an article with some of the best 'Turmpisms". How he difuses questions designed to set him on the diffensive cracks me up:

The march of the Trumpisms’ continues:

Megyn Kelly: “You’ve called women you don’t like ‘fat pigs,’ ‘dogs,’ ‘slobs,’ and ‘disgusting animals’…”
Trump: “Only Rosie O’Donnell.”

Media: You can’t build a wall!]
Trump: “Sure I can, AND Mexico is going to pay for it!!”

Media: But you support Eminent Domain?
Trump: Yeah, and “Try building the Keystone Pipeline without it”.

Media: But you called Sanders a maniac!
Trump: “And a Communist”, don’t forget!

Media: But you declared bankruptcy!
Trump: “Yup, sure did. And I Chaptered 4 out of 400 companies. Took over bad deals and made money on those too !”

Media: But you held a rally and someone said Obama was Muslim, and you didn’t defend him from it!
Trump: Yeah, “Would he defend me? I don’t think so!”

Media: But you attacked Ben Carson! “…
Trump: Well, I never hit my mother on the head with a hammer! Did you, Bill?”

Media: Jeb Bush want’s a no-fly zone in Syria?
Trump: When did ISIS get airplanes?

Media: You can’t build a wall?
Trump: I build things, that’s what I do – watch me!

Media: You’re going to deport 11 million people. You’ll need a “deportation force“.
Trump: What does I.C.E do?

Media: But you used to be a Democrat, you have donated to Democrats?
Trump: Yes, I live and work in New York. NYC is all Democrats, if I need to leverage assistance for my company goals I need to work with Democrats. It’s a business necessity; I look out for my employees and their best interests.

Media: But you had Hillary Clinton at your wedding?
Trump: Yes, it was an amazing event, the best, the biggest, the most elegant, and I asked her and Bill to attend. They did. Wouldn’t you, I mean if I invited you?

Media: You spend all this time talking about polls. You seem obsessed by polls?
Trump: Yeah, that’s because I’m winning them. If the polls were not good, I wouldn’t even mention them. Duh

http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2015...ering-and-lost/

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Quote: Cincinnatus wrote in post #10

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If this report is true, the constant drumbeat of negativism toward Trump may be having its effect.

Zitat

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U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump's support among Republicans has dropped 12 points in less than a week, marking the real estate mogul's biggest decline since he vaulted to the top of the field in July, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.

Trump was the favorite of 31 percent of Republicans in a rolling poll in the five days ended on Nov. 27. That was down from a peak of 43 percent registered on Nov. 22.

The dip follows criticism of Trump for comments he made in the aftermath of the Nov. 13 Paris attacks that killed 130 people and wounded hundreds more.

Following the attacks, Trump told an NBC News reporter that he would support requiring all Muslims within the United States to be registered to a special database, which his critics have likened to the mandatory registration of Jews in Nazi Germany.

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http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/t...ocid=spartandhp

But like I said, "If it's true." I don't believe much that comes from the MSM when it comes to Republicans or Conservatives.

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Cincy, I covered this aspect in my post above. What we have to do is make sure we're reading and believing accurate reports. TM

Lie #1.
Donald Trump wants to register all Muslims with the government.

He didn't suggest this, a reporter planted that thought in a question. Trump agreed that it might be a good idea later clarifying that "certain Muslims" should be registered. Not "all".

Now if this has changed I want to know about it, so if so please respond, OK?