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What can you say to this? It’s all in his own words. And most of it is not ancient history.
This video shows how Trump’s positions change like the wind to suit his personal needs.
Very, very damaging.
After the former half-term governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, endorsed Donald Trump, you knew this was coming.
Tina Fey returned to SNL last night to reprise her spot on version of Palin, to spectacular results.
She takes Palin’s endorsement speech and just ups the ante a smidge to perfection. Thank you, baby Jesus!
“I’m here for all you teachers and teamsters, you farmers and charmers, whether you’re a mom or two broke girls, or three men and a baby, or a rock and roller, holy roller, pushing stroller, pro bowler with an abcess molar.”
Best moment at 2:23.
Enjoy.
Speaking in Sioux Center, Iowa, Donald Trump bragged about his popularity with his supporters.
“I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters,” Trump said.
“You should be freaking out. Look, we have nothing against Donald Trump as a man. We don’t. It’s just this is a very dangerous combination and I have been warning against it since Fox. I said keep your eyes open because it will come. The pendulum will swing the other way and it will be bad. He’s talking about populism and nationalism.
“If you add socialism — populism, nationalism and socialism, you have the makings of Adolf Hitler. You don’t want somebody who is a nationalist, a populist and has any kind of socialist or nationalizing the banks kind of ideas. Not a good idea, not a good idea.”
– loose cannon Glenn Beck, speaking on his radio show
The war of words continues between GOP front-runners Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz as the Iowa caucus’ loom just on the horizon.
Trump has a new ad out attacking Cruz’s position on immigration reform using an appearance on FOX News where Cruz seemed to stutter, unable to fully explain his position.
Of course, it ends with Trump doing a confident and clearly practiced articulation of his anti-immigrant position.
It’s a solid ad, but nothing spectacular. On a scale of one to ten, I’d give it a 7.
The ad is set to run in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.
Cher pulls no punches in summing up the current presidential race regarding former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and billionaire Donald Trump to Billboard:
“Believe whatever you want about Hillary; whatever she is or isn’t, she’s tough,” Cher says.
“I don’t like anything about Donald Trump. It’s a joke at a time when you really need serious people. I don’t think he wants the job, or I don’t think he actually wants to do the work. I think he wants the job because it’s the ultimate deal, and he’s the ultimate ego. I don’t know that I’ve heard or seen anybody like him, and I also never thought that Americans would go for someone like him, a person of his quality.”
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As Sarah Palin, former half-term governor of Alaska (before she quit), endorsed GOP White House hopeful Donald Trump, political folks across the country watched this incredible word salad pour forth from her mouth.
It’s really something to see. Just a few samples:
• “Well, and then, funny, ha ha, not funny, but now, what they’re doing is wailing, ‘Well, Trump and his Trumpeters, they’re not conservative enough.’ ”
• “And he, who would negotiate deals, kind of with the skills of a community organizer maybe organizing a neighborhood tea, well, he deciding that, ‘No, America would apologize as part of the deal,’ as the enemy sends a message to the rest of the world that they capture and we kowtow, and we apologize, and then, we bend over and say, ‘Thank you, enemy.’ ”
• “We’re talking about no more Reaganesque power that comes from strength. Power through strength.” (I think that was a bungled attempt to recall President Reagan’s famous “Peace through strength” line, but does it really matter?)
And, have you ever seen The Donald sit back so passively and hand the spotlight to someone else?
In related news, Trump refused to rule out a Palin as his running mate during an appearance on The Today Show this morning.
Tina Fey is must be dancing in the streets today.
Sarah Palin, former half-term governor of Alaska and failed 2008 vice-presidential candidate, has endorsed Donald Trump in the Republican presidential primary.
From the New York Times:
“I’m proud to endorse Donald J. Trump for president,” Ms. Palin said in a statement provided by his campaign.
Her support is the highest-profile backing for a Republican contender so far.
“I am greatly honored to receive Sarah’s endorsement,” Mr. Trump said in a statement trumpeting Mrs. Palin’s decision. “She is a friend, and a high-quality person whom I have great respect for. I am proud to have her support.”
In Iowa, where Ms. Palin spent years developing support, the endorsement could be especially helpful.
”Over the years Palin has actually cultivated a number of relationships in Iowa,” said Craig Robinson, the former executive director of the Republican Party of Iowa and publisher of the website The Iowa Republican. ”There are the Tea Party activists who still think she’s great and a breath of fresh air, but she also did a good job of courting Republican donors in the state,” he added.
It should be noted that Palin has been publicly campaigning for the veep choice or a a cabinet position in a Trump administration for months.
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| Donald Trump bungles Bible verse giving convocation at Liberty University |
But remember y’all – Donald Trump is a BIG fan of the Bible.
Donald Trump gave the convocation at Liberty University — a Christian school in Virginia — on Monday for Martin Luther King Jr. day.
And he decided to throw in some scripture.
“Two Corinthians, right?” he announced. “Two Corinthians 3:17. That’s the whole ballgame.”
The Donald seemed to be referencing the second letter to the Corinthians, or “Second Corinthians.”
Not “Two Corinthians.” No one says “Two Corinthians.”
Clearly Trump was attempting to curry favor with the verse which reads, “Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.”
Other GOP campaigns and the Twitterverse were thrilled to jump on the bungle:
Director of Faith Outreach for Marco Rubio:
“Two” Corinthians… It won’t matter. Nothing seems to matter.
— Eric Teetsel (@EricTeetsel) January 18, 2016
Rapid Response Director for Ted Cruz:
What is “Two Corinthians?”
— Brian Phillips (@RealBPhil) January 18, 2016
Donald Trump Knows The Bible So Well He Misquotes It At Christian University https://t.co/MGcmzwPTce by @katherinemiller i
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) January 18, 2016
. @realDonaldTrump does not appear to know that it’s “Second Corinthians” not “Two Corinthians.” https://t.co/IgMW9xcqTf
— Ben White (@morningmoneyben) January 18, 2016
Trump bungles Bible reference at Liberty University https://t.co/UMxa9rQqxZ | Getty pic.twitter.com/V0CIHUWTXR
— POLITICO (@politico) January 18, 2016
And just a reminder of when Trump was asked his favorite Bible verse…
REMINDER: What happened when Donald Trump was asked what his favorite Bible verse was: pic.twitter.com/SvBASzBSST
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) January 18, 2016
#FAIL
After yesterday’s Twitter rant attacking Ted Cruz, Donald Trump appeared on ABC News’ This Week armed for bear against Cruz.
And while he was at it, he threw in a couple of comments about same-sex marriage, WHICH The Donald once supported himself, calling Cruz a hypocrite.
Just a sample.
“Look, the truth is, he’s a nasty guy. He was so nice to me. I mean, I knew it. I was watching. I kept saying come on Ted. Let’s go, ok. But he’s a nasty guy. Nobody likes him. Nobody in congress likes him. Nobody likes him anywhere once they get to know him.”
“He’s taking money from people who are very much into the whole gay marriage situation, and he’s taking money from them. He’s raising funds from them. He’s a total hypocrite.”
It was very difficult for George Stephanopoulos to get some straight answers. I’ll give Trump this – he knows how to deflect when he doesn’t want to answer a question.
Watch the full interview below.