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Jim Hoft Sep 14th, 2015 8:00 pm Leave a Comment
The lines started forming outside the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
Doors opened at 4 PM today.
Once again Donald Trump promised to build a border wall with Mexico.
“This is serious. This is a Trump wall. This is a real wall… You know if they ever put my name on it, I want it nice and neat. I want a gorgeous wall. The Trump wall, oh won’t that be a beautiful wall. That’s why I have to make it beautiful. Because some day after I’m gone they’re going to name it after Trump, I think.“
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2015/09/donald-trump-the-border-wal...
Donald did really well in Dallas. :)
Jim Hoft Sep 14th, 2015 7:23 pm 1 Comment
The lines started forming outside the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
Doors opened at 4 PM today.
Donald Trump told his massive audience tonight that when he is president he will get rid of illegals “SO FREAKING FAST!”
The crowd loved it.
We all Boo mainstream media
Ben Carson commented on the Syrian refugee crisis arguing, why should we “have to do it and they’re [Arab countries] not taking in refugees from their own area.”
Carson, appearing on CNN’s “The Lead” with John Berman Monday, explained, “I believe we should encourage the various countries in that region [to take them in].”
Carson said that the United States “should be willing to perhaps help them financially and with some expertise. But the fact of the matter is, we don’t know who those people are. And the majority of them are young males. And they could easily be people who are being infiltrated by terrorists and recognize that once you bring them in, then you’ve got to bring other members of the family in. So you’re multiplying that number substantially. We, this is not something that we can necessarily afford to do in terms of exposing our population to that kind of risk right now.”
Carson emphasized the need to be able to check the background of refugees who would be allowed to come into America saying, “Unless we improved it very, very substantially to the point where we could virtually guarantee that we were not importing terrorists, it seems to me like an inappropriate thing to do at this stage.”
Dr. Carson continued to level complaints against other countries suggesting, ‘When we have countries over there who are refusing to take in refugees. It doesn’t make any sense to me that we should have to do it and they’re not taking in refugees from their own area. Why should we have to do it?”
http://dailycaller.com/2015/09/14/carson-why-should-america-take-in...
It does not make any sense to me for us to take thousands of refugees when we are already overwhelmed with people that do not belong in this country.
September 15, 2015, 06:00 am
The second Republican presidential debate is shaping up as a battle of the outsiders, with Donald Trump and Ben Carson poised to take center stage.
Neither man has held, or even run for, elected office before — but that’s where the similarities end.
Their disparate political styles are likely to be on full display during Wednesday night’s debate, when the two men will seek to build their momentum in the race against a crowded stage of contenders.
Carson’s team sees little merit in attacking Trump head-on, preferring to heighten the temperamental contrast between the self-effacing retired neurosurgeon and the exuberantly bombastic businessman.
Asked what would constitute success for Carson in the debate, his confidant and business manager Armstrong Williams responded that it would involve him “being willing to clearly separate himself from Mr. Trump by his answers, by his body language, by how he stands up as necessary but continues to build upon his favorability ratings.”
“He doesn’t have to hit a home run, he just has to load the bases,” Williams said.
In his disinclination to spoil for a fight, Carson may be learning lessons from others who have tangled with Trump and lost. Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry was among Trump’s most aggressive attackers — right up until last week, when he became the first of the 17 major GOP candidates to exit the race.
Other Republican hopefuls, including Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, have sought to draw attention by criticizing Trump. Graham released a video of himself smashing a cellphone after Trump gave out his private number at a rally, but no surge in support followed.
Such a combative approach would, in any event, go against part of Carson’s core appeal: his ability to champion conservative policies in an affable way.
Asked about the merits of the retired doctor taking on Trump, GOP strategist Ford O’Connell observed: “Carson pulled back on that, and he was right to pull back on it, because it’s not his M.O.”
O’Connell was referring to the brief contretemps that erupted last week when, in seeking to describe the differences between himself and the billionaire, Carson said, “I’ve realized where my success has come from, and I don’t in any way deny my faith in God.”
The perceived jab at Trump’s faith drew a characteristically fierce response from the real estate mogul, who cast aspersions on Carson’s abilities as a doctor and told CNN’s “New Day” that Carson had been “heavy into the world of abortion.”
Carson rapidly sought to deescalate the burgeoning conflict, apologizing to Trump via a Washington Post interview in which he also said, “The media frequently wants to goad people into wars, into gladiator fights, you know. And I’m certainly not going to get into that.”
This week, Carson’s camp is even expressing gratitude to Trump for one thing: his capacity to draw big audiences to the debates. Aides such as Williams argue this benefits Carson, who does not boast the kind of name recognition enjoyed by rivals including former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush or Sens. Marco Rubio (Fla.), Ted Cruz (Texas) or Rand Paul (Ky.).
“There is no pressure on Dr. Carson in the second debate — none — because there is 50 percent of the population who don’t know him,” Williams told The Hill. “One thing we appreciate about Mr. Trump is that he is bringing people to this election to talk about these issues — which are very critical. So that is a good thing about the man called Trump.”
Other unaligned Republican observers think that Carson will be feeling his share of the pressure at the podium in Simi Valley, Calif., on Wednesday night.
Whereas Carson had a relatively modest standing at the time of the first clash in Cleveland on Aug. 6., he is now in second place to Trump in the RealClearPolitics polling national average, as well as in polls of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, the first three states to vote.
“Carson is now a first-tier candidate,” said GOP strategist Matt Mackowiak. “It’s one thing to sort of disappear and then pop up with a funny line at the end, and have everyone say you did well. But he is going to be pressed more on specifics. Can he rise to the challenge?”
Carson has an advantage in that he enjoys the best overall favorability ratings of any candidate in the GOP field. At the end of last month, Gallup gave him a net favorability score of 51 points among Republican voters, 9 points better than the second-placed Rubio, 19 points better than Trump and 32 points better than Bush.
That is not only a formidable asset in itself — it also means there may be little dividend for other candidates in attacking Carson, for fear of sparking a backlash.
Whether Trump will see things that way, however, remains to be seen.
Many observers note that, of late, Trump has turned his fire on Carson and another non-politician, businesswoman Carly Fiorina, after focusing much of his attention on establishment figures such as Bush.
Trump, some Republicans believe, is keen to undermine Carson and Fiorina as much as possible, in order to consolidate the anti-establishment vote.
“Trump wants to destroy Carson before he can get his legs under him. Trump sees Carson as a potential Trump-slayer because of his appeal to ‘outside’ voters,” said O’Connell.
A Trump aide declined to comment on the businessman’s strategy for the debate.
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/253635-battl...
True it makes no sense but what has Obama done that makes sense. He could care less what we think.
September 14, 2015, 06:53 pm
Donald Trump said on Monday that Americans are rejecting portrayals of him in the news.
“The public is not a big believer in the press, which tells you the public is really very smart,” the GOP presidential candidate told host David Feherty on the Golf Channel’s “Feherty” in excerpts released before their interview later that evening.
“They don’t really want to hear the truth,” added Trump of the media.
Trump admitted on Monday that there is prevailing narrative in the media that he is arrogant and narcissistic.
“It’s true,” he said after Feherty asked if certain people believe he is a “world-class asshole.”
“I know a lot of people don’t like me but they don’t know me,” the outspoken billionaire said. “I’ll hear that, ‘Oh, so-and-so can’t stand you’ and I’ve never met them.
“I think that when I meet people they feel I’m a different person,” Trump added. “I get to know them and they actually like me. I think it’s probably a positive.”
Trump additionally revealed he sees his past in real estate as different from his current role in politics.
“When you’re a businessman, especially when you’re a big businessman, it’s hard to sort of give up your life,” he said. “I have a lot of life, [but] I loved running.
“When you’re a politician, you lose or you win, and then you go on to the next one,” he said. “You lose, or you win.
“Being a politician is not easy, and when you do well with it, it is certainly not easy,” the New York mogul added.
Trump’s remarks come as he leads the hunt for next year’s Republican presidential nomination across multiple polls.
He currently ranks first in that contest with 30.4 percent, according to the latest RealClearPolitics average of samplings.
Trump is additionally an avid golfer who owns multiple courses worldwide.
He previously conducted an interview with Feherty in 2012 amid speculation he would seek the Oval Office that election cycle.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/253622-trump-media...
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump had a message to his critics at a massive, sold-out rally in Dallas on Monday: "I'm not going anywhere."
"I'm not going anywhere and we're not going anywhere," Trump told a packed American Airlines Center, where an estimated 20,000 rallied.
"We are killing it. They mentioned a little while ago about the silent majority — it's back. And it's not silent. Maybe we should call it the noisy, aggressive, wanting to win — wanting-to-win majority."
"Who would you rather have negotiating — Jeb or Trump?" Trump asked.
Trump, who continues to lead his Republican rivals by wide margins, said that he will unveil a tax policy plan in about three weeks, reiterating that he wants to lower taxes for middle income Americans, while raising taxes on hedge fund companies. He hasn't said how he'll pay for it.
Trump said that he would be able to negotiate a deal with Congress to lower corporate taxes on international companies, who have had to change their corporate headquarters to overseas addresses to take advantage of lower rates.
Trump criticized President Obama's Iran deal and again called for the government to build a wall at the U.S. Mexican border to stop illegal immigration.
"[Secretary of State John Kerry] actually may go down worse than Hillary Clinton because he made this deal," Trump said. "They didn't read 'The Art of the Deal,'" he said, referencing his best-selling business book.
Trump didn't attack fellow political outsiders former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina or former neurosurgeon Ben Carson, both of whom are also vying for the nomination and have seen a bump in the polls. In some Iowa and New Hampshire polls, Carson polls just below Trump.
"I like Carly and I like Ben — and I like many of the people I'm running against... but nobody is going to be able to do the job that I'm going to be able to do," Trump said.
But he pulled no political punches on Republican strategist Karl Rove.
"He's terrible. He still thinks Mitt Romney won," Trump said. "This guy raised last cycle, the last presidential election — he raised 434 million and didn't win one race."
Love the no teleprompter comment in the above video. So glad he is a no teleprompter type of guy.
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