Why is Trump still on top?
Dec 1, 2015 18:54:19 #
Liberalsarecool
Loc: Texas
DOYLE McMANUS
DONALD TRUMP is still on top of the polls defiantly, loudly, implausibly on top, even after saying things that would doom any candidate in a normal year.
A month ago, Trumps standing among Republican p**********l candidates appeared to be eroding, especially in Iowa, where Ben Carson was gaining support. But since the Nov. 13 terrorist attacks in Paris, Trump has seized the center of the GOPs stage and bolstered his lead in both national and state polls. The horrors inflicted by Islamic State have given his campaign a lift.
The would-be president said he would register Muslims in a national database and probably close some of their mosques. He charged that Muslims in Jersey City, N.J., cheered the collapse of the World Trade Center in 2001, even though theres no evidence of such a thing. He warned that President Obama plans to admit 250,000 Syrian refugees next year; the real number is 10,000. He sent out bogus statistics claiming that 81% of white murder victims are k**led by black people; after Bill OReilly of Fox News told him that wasnt true, Trump shrugged and said he didnt have time to check the facts. And thats only in the last week.
How can a figure this gratuitously d******e hold on to his place atop the Republican p**********l standings? Anger and fear.
The anger of conservative v**ers has been evident all year, but this week the nonpartisan Pew Research Center released an important study that added new detail to the picture. The headline on Pews report was that only 19% of Americans say they can trust the federal government most of the time, one of the lowest levels in half a century. But among Republicans, that disaffection runs much deeper: 32% say they not only mistrust the government but are angry with it.
The angriest v**ers, Pew found, are politically engaged conservatives, the Republicans most likely to v**e in primary e******ns. Most of them say an ordinary citizen could do a better job in the White House than a professional politician. Among that group, Citizen Trump scores high.
Were s**k of career politicians, Marenda Babcock, 60, a Trump supporter in Indiana, said at a focus group sponsored by the University of Pennsylvanias Annenberg Center last month. We did what we were supposed to do. We wrote the letters, we made the phone calls, and they did not listen. And were out to clean house.
Now add another inflammatory element to the mix: fear. After the Paris attacks, polls showed that terrorism had jumped to first place among v**ers concerns, displacing even the economy and jobs.
Trump was quick to take advantage. Not only did he reject Obamas proposal to admit more Syrian refugees; he called for deporting any refugees who have already arrived.
Other candidates tried to match him Ted Cruz said hed admit only Christians, Chris Christie said hed deny entry to children but nobody does truculence as convincingly as Trump. Carson, who delivers his conservatism in more soothing tones, sounded uncertain, and lost some of his support.
An ABC-Washington Post poll released this week found that 42% of Republicans named Trump as the candidate they trusted most to handle terrorism, far ahead of any of his competitors.
The publics heightened fear may not last until next years general e******n, but it will surely remain fresh until the Iowa caucuses in January.
Even so, Trump is the preferred candidate of only about one-third of Republican v**ers. By all rights, something should happen to unseat him. But what?
I consulted several strategists for Trumps competitors and came up empty.
I wish I knew, said the advisor for one candidate, who begged for anonymity to prevent his haplessness from becoming public knowledge.
If only the party could unite around a single alternative to Trump, he said, but thats not happening yet. Maybe the v**ers will wise up, he ventured. When its time to cast a real b****t, theyre going to think about electability, about which candidate can win the general e******n against Hillary Clinton.
Watch the next debate, another strategist advised. Someone will recognize the need to go after him.
Or maybe Trump will come in second in Iowa, he continued, and decide to withdraw, because he doesnt want to look like a loser. He lives by the polls and will die by the polls, he said. Watch him get angry when the Iowa polling shows him drop.
Or maybe none of that will happen. Some of these scenarios are really just magical thinking, the first advisor said. He has and continues to defy political gravity.
Trump is still a long way from becoming his partys p**********l nominee, but by all logic, he shouldnt even be this close. This campaign, however, hasnt been governed by logic; its been governed by anger and fear. doyle.mcmanus@latimes.com Twitter: @doylemcmanus
DONALD TRUMP is still on top of the polls defiantly, loudly, implausibly on top, even after saying things that would doom any candidate in a normal year.
A month ago, Trumps standing among Republican p**********l candidates appeared to be eroding, especially in Iowa, where Ben Carson was gaining support. But since the Nov. 13 terrorist attacks in Paris, Trump has seized the center of the GOPs stage and bolstered his lead in both national and state polls. The horrors inflicted by Islamic State have given his campaign a lift.
The would-be president said he would register Muslims in a national database and probably close some of their mosques. He charged that Muslims in Jersey City, N.J., cheered the collapse of the World Trade Center in 2001, even though theres no evidence of such a thing. He warned that President Obama plans to admit 250,000 Syrian refugees next year; the real number is 10,000. He sent out bogus statistics claiming that 81% of white murder victims are k**led by black people; after Bill OReilly of Fox News told him that wasnt true, Trump shrugged and said he didnt have time to check the facts. And thats only in the last week.
How can a figure this gratuitously d******e hold on to his place atop the Republican p**********l standings? Anger and fear.
The anger of conservative v**ers has been evident all year, but this week the nonpartisan Pew Research Center released an important study that added new detail to the picture. The headline on Pews report was that only 19% of Americans say they can trust the federal government most of the time, one of the lowest levels in half a century. But among Republicans, that disaffection runs much deeper: 32% say they not only mistrust the government but are angry with it.
The angriest v**ers, Pew found, are politically engaged conservatives, the Republicans most likely to v**e in primary e******ns. Most of them say an ordinary citizen could do a better job in the White House than a professional politician. Among that group, Citizen Trump scores high.
Were s**k of career politicians, Marenda Babcock, 60, a Trump supporter in Indiana, said at a focus group sponsored by the University of Pennsylvanias Annenberg Center last month. We did what we were supposed to do. We wrote the letters, we made the phone calls, and they did not listen. And were out to clean house.
Now add another inflammatory element to the mix: fear. After the Paris attacks, polls showed that terrorism had jumped to first place among v**ers concerns, displacing even the economy and jobs.
Trump was quick to take advantage. Not only did he reject Obamas proposal to admit more Syrian refugees; he called for deporting any refugees who have already arrived.
Other candidates tried to match him Ted Cruz said hed admit only Christians, Chris Christie said hed deny entry to children but nobody does truculence as convincingly as Trump. Carson, who delivers his conservatism in more soothing tones, sounded uncertain, and lost some of his support.
An ABC-Washington Post poll released this week found that 42% of Republicans named Trump as the candidate they trusted most to handle terrorism, far ahead of any of his competitors.
The publics heightened fear may not last until next years general e******n, but it will surely remain fresh until the Iowa caucuses in January.
Even so, Trump is the preferred candidate of only about one-third of Republican v**ers. By all rights, something should happen to unseat him. But what?
I consulted several strategists for Trumps competitors and came up empty.
I wish I knew, said the advisor for one candidate, who begged for anonymity to prevent his haplessness from becoming public knowledge.
If only the party could unite around a single alternative to Trump, he said, but thats not happening yet. Maybe the v**ers will wise up, he ventured. When its time to cast a real b****t, theyre going to think about electability, about which candidate can win the general e******n against Hillary Clinton.
Watch the next debate, another strategist advised. Someone will recognize the need to go after him.
Or maybe Trump will come in second in Iowa, he continued, and decide to withdraw, because he doesnt want to look like a loser. He lives by the polls and will die by the polls, he said. Watch him get angry when the Iowa polling shows him drop.
Or maybe none of that will happen. Some of these scenarios are really just magical thinking, the first advisor said. He has and continues to defy political gravity.
Trump is still a long way from becoming his partys p**********l nominee, but by all logic, he shouldnt even be this close. This campaign, however, hasnt been governed by logic; its been governed by anger and fear. doyle.mcmanus@latimes.com Twitter: @doylemcmanus
Dec 1, 2015 18:59:45 #
He's on top because he accurately reflects pretty much what a large number of Americans sound like as they (we) scream at our TVs in abject frustration as we watch the antics of Hussein, Reid, Clinton, Pelosi and all the other assorted shyt that passes for "leadership" in the U.S. today.
That's why.
That's why.
Dec 1, 2015 19:07:13 #
Liberalsarecool
Loc: Texas
gynojunkie wrote:
He's on top because he accurately reflects pretty much what a large number of Americans sound like as they (we) scream at our TVs in abject frustration as we watch the antics of Hussein, Reid, Clinton, Pelosi and all the other assorted shyt that passes for "leadership" in the U.S. today.
That's why.
That's why.
Nope...he reflects bigot thought and he is a gift to the Dems...Hillary 2016.
Dec 1, 2015 19:11:10 #
Liberalsarecool wrote:
Nope...he reflects bigot thought and he is a gift to the Dems...Hillary 2016.
Hillary.
Great. A cancerous tumor, all set to metastasize throughout our nation.
Unless she's indicted.
Or DESPITE an indictment, because you libtards would v**e her into office no matter what crimes she has committed and despite her absolute lack of any accomplishments of worth.
Ever.
Dec 1, 2015 19:22:46 #
Liberalsarecool wrote:
Nope...he reflects bigot thought and he is a gift to the Dems...Hillary 2016.
Nope, many clear indicators that Americans have had enough of your liberal garbage pushed down out throats, it is about to be regurgitated right back into that i***tic liberal face.....it's already happening, or are you blinded by that liberal lalala light?
Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock
Dec 1, 2015 19:41:07 #
gynojunkie wrote:
Hillary.
Great. A cancerous tumor, all set to metastasize throughout our nation.
Unless she's indicted.
Or DESPITE an indictment, because you libtards would v**e her into office no matter what crimes she has committed and despite her absolute lack of any accomplishments of worth.
Ever.
Great. A cancerous tumor, all set to metastasize throughout our nation.
Unless she's indicted.
Or DESPITE an indictment, because you libtards would v**e her into office no matter what crimes she has committed and despite her absolute lack of any accomplishments of worth.
Ever.
How are you doing KHH1? Long time , no see. Making up for lost time, I see. I know it's you. I recognize your writing style.
Dec 1, 2015 22:12:10 #
RWNJ wrote:
How are you doing KHH1? Long time , no see. Making up for lost time, I see. I know it's you. I recognize your writing style.
LOL! R U delusional?
Dec 1, 2015 22:59:10 #
gynojunkie wrote:
LOL! R U delusional?
No. I'm observant. I've smelled his stench too many times not to recognize it.
Dec 1, 2015 23:07:08 #
RWNJ wrote:
No. I'm observant. I've smelled his stench too many times not to recognize it.
If you smell a stench it's probably coming from your upper lip.
Dec 2, 2015 05:13:36 #
RWNJ wrote:
How are you doing KHH1? Long time , no see. Making up for lost time, I see. I know it's you. I recognize your writing style.
Ya know...i noticed a familliar flavor and stench with this libtard too, Hmmmmmm
Dec 2, 2015 07:14:42 #
Liberalsarecool wrote:
Nope...he reflects bigot thought and he is a gift to the Dems...Hillary 2016.
Only in liberal lala land where you appear to live bigot h**er...
The message is clear you progressives are out, you are loosing Dems. by the thousands, why else would you be working so hard at bringing in i******s and refugees to try and keep your v****g base!
Hillary will be in jail, so good luck with that.Hahahaha!
Dec 2, 2015 07:52:55 #
Workinman wrote:
Only in liberal lala land where you appear to live bigot h**er...
The message is clear you progressives are out, you are loosing Dems. by the thousands, why else would you be working so hard at bringing in i******s and refugees to try and keep your v****g base!
Hillary will be in jail, so good luck with that.Hahahaha!
The message is clear you progressives are out, you are loosing Dems. by the thousands, why else would you be working so hard at bringing in i******s and refugees to try and keep your v****g base!
Hillary will be in jail, so good luck with that.Hahahaha!
Yepper, you are right on target sir.
Good mornin to ya workinman......throw a snowball at a bus for me if you get a chance, i miss that
:-D
Dec 2, 2015 07:57:22 #
Liberalsarecool wrote:
DOYLE McMANUS br br br DONALD TRUMP is still on ... (show quote)
A much larger and much, much more significant question; why is Hilary still on top? Why is a bloodless, lying, psychopathic criminal so readily embraced by the L*****ts???
This really begs a second question; how does one become so f**ked up as to consider a sub-simeon carnivore acceptable to associate with much less dictate to our society?
Address those piles of s**t in your own yard before you come in to ours to tell us about our piles of s**t...
Dec 2, 2015 07:57:45 #
Weewillynobeerspilly wrote:
Yepper, you are right on target sir.
Good mornin to ya workinman......throw a snowball at a bus for me if you get a chance, i miss that
:-D
Good mornin to ya workinman......throw a snowball at a bus for me if you get a chance, i miss that
:-D
Lol to busy jurving...hahaha
Morning Willy, wish I could, no snow and in the 40's and 50's right now!!
Dec 2, 2015 12:50:14 #
Liberalsarecool
Loc: Texas
Hillary is on top for the same reason Obama won....name-calling and "trumped" up conspiracies do not stick....substance does....plain and simple........
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