Showing posts with label Caucus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Caucus. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

New York Times Needs to Release Trump Audio

Since Donald Trump announced his run for president on June 16th of 2015 we have all witnessed his meteoric rise to political stardom as from the start he has been saying everything the American people want to hear. From bringing jobs back to the United States from overseas to addressing the illegal immigration issue, Trump seems to have the answers to all of the problems plaguing our country. There's only one problem, what experience does this individual have that truly makes him a viable candidate to become leader of the free world.

I agree it can be easy to get caught up in much of Trump’s rhetoric as he plays on the emotions of the American people much like what many liberal Democrats do and it is essential we all look past the emotional aspect of what he speaks about and get at the heart of what it is he stands for. We must vet Trump like we would any other candidate vying for the office of the president and be sure we hold him accountable. As is the case we must look into any and all allegations regarding his stance on things like immigration, a topic he speaks very strongly about.


According to BuzzFeed,


The New York Times is sitting on an audio recording that some of its staff believes could deal a serious blow to Donald Trump, who, in an off-the-record meeting with the newspaper, called into question whether he would stand by his own immigration views.


I get it that the source in question here is indeed the liberals beloved New York Times but nonetheless the Donald did an interview with them and I don’t necessarily think they would just make up the possibility that they have in their possession a recording like this.  The question then becomes do that have the balls to release this recording.  Just recently there reports surfaced that Trump intends to consider lobbying to have libel laws changed in this country as much of the reporting on him lately hasn’t been what one would call positive.  This would be the ultimate test as of late, a test that would really shed some light on Trump’s true colors with regards to how he would address a media outlet that would be willing to release some truly damaging audio against him.


Trump appeared on Hannity last night to address the concerns brought about by the New York Times and yet again we are met with his typical vagueness. Trump never really seems to get at the heart of the issues, he constantly speaks in platitudes explaining that we’re just going to get it done.  Never does he say how we are going to get it done, what the ramifications would be to the American people to fund said projects, and what the exact long term goals of the project include.







According to Politico,


“The New York Times is claiming today that they had an off-the-record conversation with you in January,” Hannity started.


“We had a board meeting, it was off-the-record, suddenly they leak it, it’s all over the place,” Trump said.


“They said it’s negotiable on the wall,” Hannity said in reference to Trump’s stance on Mexican immigration and his oft-stated promise to build a border wall.


“By the way it is negotiable. Things are negotiable,” Trump said. “I’ll make the wall 2 feet shorter or something.”
Trump was quick to add that the negotiation does not include nixing the idea altogether.


“Building it? Not negotiable.”


“Would it be negotiable about the 11 million?” Hannity pressed. “Maybe let some people stay if they register in a period of time?”


“I would say this,” Trump answered. “We will work out some system that’s fair, but we either have a country or we don’t. We need a border. We need a wall.”


So Trump is upset with the sudden leak from the New York Times, well Mr. Trump welcome to politics.  You want to run for President this is what you’re faced with and you simply cannot run around here crying about how you want to change libel laws because you don’t like the news coverage about you. And Trump finishes his time with Hannity like he does most of his speeches, concentrating on one of the issues that is near and dear to the American people, building the border wall.  I truly hope that if elected he is able to do what he is promising. I guess we’ll find out.


-Young Conservative
@Steve0423
www.news.youngconservative.net

Sunday, December 13, 2015

Why Ted Cruz Will Win the Iowa Caucus, and Trump Will Come in Third

By Matthew Rix - Patriot Insight


After the Iowa Caucus is in the books and Trump comes in third place, I know the first thought that will come in the mind of Trump supporters is that there was some establishment corruption to allow Ted Cruz to win.

I'm going to beat the pundits to the punch on their "excellent analysis" the morning after the Iowa Caucus.



The reason Trump will come in third place in Iowa is for the following reasons:

1. Ted Cruz has a very impressive ground game in Iowa. Every county has excited volunteers that are just waiting to drive grandma to the local caucus. Rubio has a decent ground game, but he needs to show up more in Iowa. Word from several campaigns in Iowa is that Trump has little to no ground game in Iowa. He also isn't doing "retail politics" that for some reason the people of Iowa believe they are entitled to.

2. A caucus is very different from a Primary.

In a primary you go into a voting boot, vote for your guy, and head home to watch the results. A caucus is done in churches, living rooms, etc.

The way a caucus runs is that you take a real live vote, people vote in front of their friends, and then they tally up the votes. After they have announced the results from that caucus they then have time to start picking people off to come side with their candidate. This is where the Cruz ground game will come in to play big time. Your pastor, neighbor, or friend will start to convince you on all the reasons their guy is better than your guy. Then they take another vote.

3. The biggest Trump downfall is Trump supporters.

Trump supporters have emotions, but not much else. The over the top insulting everyone that doesn't agree with you is fine on Twitter (for some), but terrible in person. They will not get a huge net gain during the deliberation time because to the rest of the country Trump supporters are nuts. Sorry but it's the truth. Cruz & Rubio supporters will be able to effectively communicate with Iowans to sway people to their side.

4. Polls

Trump supporters act like polls have never been wrong.

2012 Romney was suppose to win by 4-6 points.

2014 GOP was only going to pick up 3-5 seats, they picked up almost 10. Polls didn't see Illinois going Republican at all.

2015 Louisiana governor was going to be a republican. It's a democrat. Kentucky was suppose to be a democrat, it's a republican.

Most polls are complete crap. Here is why:

Most polls are conducted by automation. Someone calls you and an automated voice tells you to press 1 for Democrat, 2 for Republican. There is no telling if these people have intentions in voting or even voting in the caucus they claim to be voting in.

Secondly, Polling companies call landlines. Who has a landline? Rural areas, and older people. Younger people are not lining up to vote for Trump, so they're not even in the mix for polling. Cruz & Rubio supporters are younger, more tech savvy, more metropolitan and less likely to have a landline.

Third, online polls are useless. Most people vote for their candidate more than once on an online poll, and unless this is the democrats of the 1960's that will not work for the Iowa caucus.

4. Trump is an entertainer.

It's fun to watch Trump entertain us, but most of us do not want that for four years, or have his finger on the button.

So as the holidays wrap up and football comes to a close, Iowa will start to pay a lot more attention to what is about to happen. That is when they will start talking to their neighbors, researching on the candidates, looking into the candidates history (not a plus for Trump), and will make their final decision.

That's why Ted Cruz will win the Iowa Caucus by 4-8 points, Marco Rubio will come in second, Trump will come in a close third, and Ben Carson will be in a distant fourth place.

It won't be a conspiracy by the establishment to let Ted Cruz win, the establishment hates Ted Cruz more than they do Trump.

Trump, who wrote the art of the deal, just won't be able to close the Iowa deal.

Find Matthew Rix on Twitter @TheRixReport. Starting in January The Rix Report on PatriotInsight.com