Discussion: After A Week Of Scrutiny, Donald Trump Gives Tempered Primary Night Speech

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Yeah why he thought he could write a speech and read it from a teleprompter would of make everything alright is just plain
stupid.

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Where’s the red meat for the social conservatives? No “right to life”, “sanctity of marriage”, nor “praise the lord” boiler-plate for The Donald?

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Best crazy man insight from nervous looks on faces of wife and daughter…at least, Melania amped the tan enough to wear a pastel.

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Exactly. He can’t help himself.

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I was thinking it would be Karen Finley or Annie Sprinkle, instead of Kaufman.

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The haldol kicked in?

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His attacks on Hillary will play well with the right wing conspiracy set, but somebody is going to ask for proof that Hillary turned the State Department into her own hedge fund etc.

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short fingered loser…just saying!

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Well.that’s what happens when someone like him starts to realize that he didn’t do anything yet.

Plus this speech.was nothing new for him. He was subdued when he took that loss in Iowa and aside from that live action Woody Woodpecker act from the first Super Tuesday, he usually does the “taking it all in” method.

If this speech waa in a way different, it was on account that he was scared that the wrong word (or words) could lead to him finally getting repudiated.

Now it didn’t, but that’s on the modern day GOP.

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“You’ve given me the honor to lead the Republican Party this fall,”
Trump said. “I understand the responsibility of carrying the mantle, and
I will never, ever let you down.”
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Hoo boy. Donnie, you got a lot to learn even at your age. You already have let a sizable group of folks down. Voters in Iowa you called “stupid”, Muslim Americans, Muslims you wouldn’t let in the country who are guilty of nothing at all, Syrian refugees … the people who work for you who are under paid, creditors you flat don’t pay, a judge of Latino origin, Mexicans in general, Hispanics of all types. And I am sure I left several other groups out.
Then there’s that goddam wall you run your mouth about.

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All trump had to say to kill his candidacy would have been to say one more thing about the Mexican American judge he hates so much. Or if he’d denigrated another group.

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Ivanka looked fearful or at least uncomfortable standing there, especially when she was looking around at the crowd. When the camera showed the crowd shot, I laughed out loud. No one, and I mean no one in that crowd is someone these people are used to being around.

Melania couldn’t stick her boobs out far enough in that tight but lovely pink dress. She’s a pretty woman but has a scary sort of look to her. Her eyes have a menacing glare. Guaranteed she wouldn’t give anyone in that room the time of day in her real life.

I just found it kind of hilarious that the people on the stage and the people in the crowd have nothing in common and live in very different worlds. It was weird.

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Poor Melania. She is naturally beautiful but I’m pretty sure she has to get “touch ups” that Drumpf times. If she gets anymore surgery her eyes will meet in the back of her head.

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I saw that too, clearly! Ivanka was not comfortable. But, she just had a baby recently so I’ll cut her some slack but still, she was not comfortable standing there.

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Wait…Roger Goodell’s not actually dead??

I thought that would be the only explanation for why the NFL leadership has been so horrid.

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Relax, we’ve got this.
Woof, drive safely.

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Temperate today…temper, temper tomorrow.

This won’t last. A ride on the Trump express gives you more whiplash, headaches and dizziness than the biggest roller coaster at Six Flags.

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Let’s see – it’s Tuesday.

By Thursday, Trump will insist that he was misconstrued and misquoted … that he has been maligned and mistreated by everyone who dared to criticize or question him … and he’ll once again focus his efforts on insulting opponents and reporters, denigrating entire demographic groups, and generally making an ass of himself.

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“Tempered speech” my ass… give him a day and he’ll be back to the same old bullshit

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“After a Week of Scrutiny…”
More like a week of being fish slapped.

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