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Rant

Donald "I love the Tea Party" Trump

Sep 1, 2015 4:02AM PDT

And the Tea party loves you Donald....here's 5 bucks don't spend it all in one place...I know you don't want our money.

I read somewhere that he said he wanted people to vote for him instead of giving a "donation", must see if I can find that story sometime.

Donald Trump Goes After the Tea Party Vote. Here are 7 Things About That.

Did Donald morph into a Tea Partier OR did the Tea Party decide to hitch their wagon to the person they figure will be a contender? Or a combination of the two?

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Why does this bother you?
Sep 2, 2015 12:11AM PDT

You classified it as a "Rant".

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(NT) Hypocrisy...From both sides
Sep 2, 2015 3:29AM PDT
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(NT) 'both sides'?
Sep 2, 2015 3:49AM PDT
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(NT) 'both sides'?
Sep 2, 2015 3:49AM PDT
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Which sides are you referring to?
Sep 2, 2015 3:50AM PDT

Trump and Tea Party.....?

Or Conservatives and Liberals?

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RE: Which sides are you referring to?
Sep 2, 2015 7:59AM PDT

You have no comment on the OP?

Divert and Deflect?

Are you still in the Tea Party?

Previously 180 degrees apart ....NOW....

Movement weighs whether Donald Trump is their cup of tea

“Tea partyers are now considering him a serious contender, and they are starting to ask more presidential questions,” said Ken Crow, a tea party activist and Trump supporter in Iowa. Mr. Crow contends that the key for the Republican front-runner now is to establish a level of trust with voters who feel they have been burned repeatedly by politicians who promised but never delivered on limited-government principles.

“If he can win that trust, he will go all the way. If there are more questions unanswered than answered, then he has a problem,” Mr. Crow said.

“People are just so ignorant, and I hate the idea that some people would supposedly think that he is a tea party supporter,” said Jane Aitken, a member of the New Hampshire Tea Party Coalition. “It is low-information voters on the conservative side.”


I guess your "man to watch" Scott Walker, will be watched working on the fence/wall between America and Canada.

180 degree apart a few years ago.. .....I recall all your rants about stimulus package and auto bailouts...and now, here you are, defending "the Donald".

Exactly where do YOU stand on the Donald?

Fer or agin?

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Are you serious?
Sep 2, 2015 8:34AM PDT

I asked which 'sides' are hypocrites........in response to YOUR post.....how is that deflect/divert when YOU are the one who insists on being so vague with your posts that we are left to guess at what you mean?

How do you figure that I'm either for or against Trump based on this "180 degree apart a few years ago.. .....I recall all your rants about stimulus package and auto bailouts...and now, here you are, defending "the Donald".? How have I defended Trump in your opinion? If you mean because I've been pretty silent about his stances, that doesn't equate to a defense.........but if that IS approval in your opinion, I guess you could then state that by BO's silence on Kate's Law and cops being shot because he's instigated both, he approves, correct?

As for Walker.......what has he got to do with anything? Because I was impressed with how he handled the Union and Dem onslaught and won three times in a row, doesn't necessarily mean that he had my full support either.

Now.....at your insistence....let's get back to the OP itself that you posted........IF most of the Tea Party factions/groups make a choice, I think they would be hard pressed to decide between Trump, Fiorina, and Cruz. I don't think Carson would get their support right now only because so far likeability isn't enough to carry him....but by his own admission, he learns quickly........I'm waiting to see what happens with the next debate in two weeks. Liberals will have to wait for quite a while to see all of THEIR candidates.....and that may be long enough for HC to be under indictment which would leave them very little to choose from.

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RE: How have I defended Trump in your opinion?
Sep 2, 2015 11:36AM PDT

In my opinion?...with your silence when questioned about his actions.

Much the same as you accuse me of when you ask me about Ramos.

See how THAT works?

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The silence from the left, liberals, Dems
Sep 2, 2015 12:30PM PDT

is deafening when it comes to HC, BO, etc when they are in trouble and they are always hard pressed for realistic, logical, and honest answers to questions about their behavior. The only time the silence goes away is when there is a left agenda to spout like gun control, even knowing that it's never going to be the answer to murders.

MY silence regarding Trump is no different than my silence about the rest of the candidates...........I'm waiting to find out what all of them stand for and if I agree with that or not before I make up my mind on who I will actually support. I'm also silent about Carly.......does that make me a conservative with a 'war on women' agenda just because I want to hear more?

YOUR silence about Ramos is actually your inability to condemn his farce 'journalist' title because you happen to agree with his political agendas.

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donations?
Sep 3, 2015 5:22AM PDT

I see nothing in the link about accepting donations. Making things up again?

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RE: Making things up again?
Sep 3, 2015 5:44AM PDT