Discussion: Trump Rails Against 'Failing' National Review Over Its Anti-Trump Issue

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Anyone who disagrees with Poodlehead is “failing”, a “loser”, “dying”, “decaying”, “falling off”, etc.

We get it, Don. Your stupid, predictable routine is old and worn-out. Go fuck yourself.

This is the face of “leadership”: throwing more insults per minute than the next asshole.

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NCSteve

Well they had no choice. They weren’t treating Trump fairly. He might have fired off Tweets calling them business failures and losers if they hadn’t ditched the liberal National Review. Which someone very close to them told me is failing miserably. Listen, their circulation is awful. I’m not judging, that’s just what someone told me.

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Trump: If National Review were to endorse me, I would say its the most influential publication, thanks to Sir Buckley.

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…and the classiest publication.

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Trump supporters don’t just get their information from the National Review. They read, you know all of them Katie.

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obsession is with “winning,” regardless of the means

If irony was oxygen I’d be a dead man. If The NR was underwear it would have a skidmark.

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A) Given the National Review’s role in pushing Sarah Palin to glory, with the ever creepy Rich Lowry saying the first time he saw her on tv it was as if she winked directly at him and he saw fireworks, it’s a bit much for them to suddenly try to be the voice of reason.

B) Since Bill Kristol is in the esteemed anti-Trump group, and given that he is wrong about everything, I’d have to go with Trump in the battle against Cruz.

C) I am getting much enjoyment watching the GOP establishment shit their collective adult diapers this election cycle.

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…but it’s not. It works. Like it or not.

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The Republican National Committee on Thursday removed the National Review as a moderator of a February Republican presidential debate following the publication of the anti-Trump edition, stating that moderators "can’t have a predisposition."

So no more ‘money honey’ on any moderators panel, right?

Megyn Kelly can have the day off, because everyone knows what’s coming, right?

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National Review is a failing publication that has lost it’s way. It’s circulation is way down w its influence being at an all time low. Sad!

It is still worth a rant, though…

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Present day Trump on ‘Firing Line’ would have been DVD box set material…

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Hats off to NC Steve

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Glenn Beck, Erick Erickson, Bill Kristol, and Dana Loesch

Seeing those names hurts my eyes and my human sensibilities. What a distasteful bunch they are.

What’s funny is that Trump could be even worse. He’s certainly no better.

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The National Review editors said that when it comes to immigration, Trump “makes no sense and can’t be relied upon,” and that he knows “almost nothing” about national security.

None of that lot makes any sense on either issue and Rubio flipflopped on the immigration issue.

His obsession is with “winning,” regardless of the means — a spirit that is anathema to the ordered liberty that conservatives hold dear and that depends for its preservation on limits on government power. The Tea Party represented a revival of an understanding of American greatness in these terms, an understanding to which Trump is tone-deaf at best and implicitly hostile at worst

This country was built on expansion. The Revolutionary War started in regards to lots of reasons and not moving west (alebit at the time:Kentucky,Alabama,Miss,etc) was one of those reasons. The majority of past leaders didn’t care much on putting handcuffs on government power (yes that includes Jefferson) and those few that exercised caution (Tyler in regards to the Texas annexation) were pushed aside for more ‘manly’ guys (James Polk). By stating that the Tea Party represented a revival of American greatness (which strangely stayed silent as Osama ran free in Pakistan) suggests that there was no such thing as manifest destiny.

That belief from the Review is of course a lie. However seeing how the modern GOP is slowly marching along the path that was trail-blazed by the Federalists and the Whigs, within reason, its going to be fun to watch the GOP go ‘boom’ in November.

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He certainly seems to have most everyone cowed in the republican party and much of the msm.

What a bunch of cowards.

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Some of the people listed in this article are big sillies, no doubt about it. But my guess is this hurts Trump. A lot of people think sensible, moderate conservatism is still a thing—I talk to them, and believe it or not, it’s true—and they’ll occasionally check in with pubs like NR to see what the opinion leaders, such as they are, are saying. And this time they’re saying, “Yep, he’s a big crazy goof, feel free to sit this one out with our blessing.” There’s a lot of country club Republicans, middle managers, suburban dads, and regular-fella types, people who lean conservative without thinking about it much, who have no respect for Donald Trump and think he’s a joke. I know this much from talking to people as well. They know instinctively he’s too ignorant, narcissistic, and erratic to be anything but a catastrophically bad leader. And now they have validation for that view straight from the headquarters.

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We haven’t even had the first primary, and people are “endorsing” Trump over Cruz as if he’s going to be the nominee. A bit premature, isn’t it?

I doubt those people who you talk to want either Trump or Cruz. But the other candidates, who are also unpalatable, aren’t gaining enough support yet. Maybe when we’re past the crazy states, things will get more interesting.

I can’t imagine an election season with the Donald. Horrible. Other than Cruz, more horrible than the pathetic leftovers currently at the bottom.

Hahahaha. Poor republicans.

Be nice if these folks could make up their minds:

“Anyone But Him!: Top GOPers Openly Support Donald Trump Over Ted Cruz”

His obsession is with “winning,” regardless of the means — a spirit that is anathema to the ordered liberty that conservatives hold dear and that depends for its preservation on limits on government power.

Have they ever met a Republican before?

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