(I posted this on Saturday’s thread in reply to your comment last night. I’m putting it here as well since I didn’t know if you’d go back to the older thread.)
You said…..
“Rubio clearly blew it back in the day … I still support him now. I like his approach of (1) first securing the border, then (2) begin the discussion on comprehensive immigration policy.”
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Sadly Donna, border security has never been #1 on his immigration list. That’s what he’s saying now, because he feels like he has to.
From the Breitbart link I posted above……
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“This is not the first time Rubio has been caught in linguistic amnesty games before. As Phyllis Schlafly has pointed out, in 2013 Rubio told Rush Limbaugh that, under the Gang of Eight bill, border enforcement would precede amnesty. However, “Rubio had a different message in Spanish media. As Byron York reported: ‘Let’s be clear,’ Rubio said. ‘Nobody is talking about preventing the legalization. The legalization is going to happen. That means the following will happen: First comes the legalization. Then come the measures to secure the border. And then comes the process of permanent residence.’”
In April of 2015, following the Senator’s Univision interview, Rubio’s campaign suggested that a President Rubio’s DREAMer amnesty would precede border security. As Breitbart News previously reported: “The chief spokesman for the presidential campaign of Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) said in an on-record interview with Breitbart News that the senator, if elected president, would not require a secured border before he gives legislative and permanent amnesty to recipients of President Barack Obama’s first executive amnesty, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program… ”
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He only recently changed what he said all along. Legalization first, border security later is what he said as recently as 6 months ago, but now that he’s been zinged with his own words, he’s flip-flopped to saying what he thinks R voters want to hear. If you believe he’d keep the second half of his “deal” I think you’d be mistaken. I don’t believe him, and his word on it is meaningless.
Doesn’t anyone pay attention to what is actually happening? The Mexicans are going home. In the last seven years hundreds of thousands more have gone home than have arrived. Why? Their prospects are better in Mexico than in socialist Sodom. Some of us may soon agree and follow them, so be nice to the Mexicans.
Maybe things will begin to coalesce after the next couple of primaries and the field will narrow. Let’s hope so. The division and in-fighting hopefully won’t linger too much longer …
As I’ve said, I’ll vote for any of the Republicans (with the exception of Trump). Granted, my purity bar for politicians and candidates is generally rather low. But it’s born of experience and perhaps a growing understanding of human nature. 🙂
I am getting the sinking feeling at this point, though, that we will probably wind up with 4 more years of the Democrats. 😦
Christians belong wherever God wants them. Yes, we use our heads. We pray and think. It is something we need to be praying about for wisdom for those who are in countries right now where there very lives are at stake. We don’t just choose for our comfort. Sometimes we have no choice.
In the bible God told some people to stay and some to go. What He told them was not always what WE think it should have been.
That would be great if Mexicans were the only problem. But it’s not. And what about the rest of the invaders from south of the border that enter thru Mexico? The idea that more are leaving than are entering is hogwash.
And this doesn’t even count the million a year they let in legally.
“Officials are saying it is shaping up to be a disappointing end to the year that started with a major decline in illegal border crossings. Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu says they see an increase in drug and human smuggling daily.”
“According to recently released numbers, it shows the fiscal year of 2015 to be the second worst on record.
“Right now we’re living in a country where there is no enforcement of immigration laws. So don’t try and scratch your head and try to figure this out and wonder why our numbers doubled. In fact there should be no reason why the numbers shouldn’t triple,” said Babeu.
Agents caught nearly 4,500 children traveling without parents on the border last month, and about 5,300 parents and children traveling as families. Both of these are twice the amount since September of 2014. Babeu says more people are coming because it is easier than ever, and there are no consequences.”
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“The Southwest border has broken open in recent weeks, with non-Mexicans — and illegal immigrant children in particular — crossing at a record rate in October, according to Border Patrol statistics that suggest the administration’s victory lap earlier this year was premature.
Nearly 5,000 unaccompanied children were caught in October, and nearly 3,000 more had been caught in the first half of November — a record pace for those months — and it signals just how closely smuggling cartels and would-be illegal immigrants themselves are paying attention to lax enforcement in the U.S.
Worse yet, the increases are borderwide, with every one of the nine Southwest border sectors showing spikes in what the Border Patrol dubs OTMs, or “other than Mexicans.”
“Border Patrol officials in Washington didn’t offer an explanation for the surge, which contradicts the sunny outlook officials have publicly portrayed. Indeed, the last fiscal year saw illegal immigration overall, as measured by number of apprehensions, drop to its lowest rate since the 1970s.
That was chiefly powered by a fall in Mexican migration, which has dropped off dramatically in the last five years. But it’s being replaced by a bigger flow from Central America, particularly of women and children who are fleeing grim conditions back home and taking advantage of lax policies here in the U.S. that grant them access to the nation’s interior and leave little danger of them being deported anytime soon.”
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“Contrary to Obama administration rhetoric that the Central Americans it is letting across the border are “refugees,” a new survey in Honduras finds that economic conditions are the main push factor for emigration to the United States, not flight from violence. The Center for Immigration Studies continues to report that the pull factor is the knowledge that they will be allowed to stay and receive benefits. The combination of these two factors is the primary reason 240,000 unaccompanied minors and family units from Central America have entered since 2012.
The Honduran survey, by the Reflection, Research, and Communication Team (or ERIC-SJ, as it is known in Spanish), confirmed that the economic crisis in that country is by far the most important reason for migration. Of the respondents who had a family member who had migrated in the last four years, 77.6 percent did so due to lack of employment and a search for better opportunities. Only 16.9 percent migrated due to violence and insecurity. The numbers come as no surprise, as homicide rates in Honduras have been decreasing since 2012.
“Mark Thies, Professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Clemson University, wrote an op-ed in the Greenville Online that disproved the idea that there is a shortage of American STEM workers available and he argued that bills such as the I-Squared Act, which Sen. Rubio supports, would destroy the already limited opportunities for American STEM students to find jobs in their fields.
As a professor, Mark Thies, noted that while STEM class sizes have increased over the years, wages for these jobs remain stagnant.
“Clemson’s engineering enrollment has reached almost 5,300 students – an 80% increase since 2008! In my 30 years of teaching, I’ve never seen classes so large – and so many bright students! Equally compelling data are stagnant STEM wages, with increases averaging a tiny 0.4% per year from 2000-2012.”
The Immigration and Innovation (I-Squared) Act, co-sponsored by Sen. Rubio, would increase H-1B visas from 65,000 to around 245,000 and offer foreign STEM students a lifetime work visa (a green card) that would displace American workers and keep future STEM wages low. It would essentially allow foreign student to “buy” a green card by attending an American University.
Mr. Thies made the case that increasing H-1B visas is all about providing corporations with a cheap labor market, not because there is an actual shortage of skilled STEM workers.”
“I first met Sen. Marco Rubio at a Republican fundraiser in 2014 where he was the featured speaker.
“Hi, my name is Mark Thies”, I said. “I’m an Engineering Professor at Clemson.”
“Engineers!”, he said. “Boy, we sure need a lot more of them, don’t we!”
I shook my head in wonder at his comment. Indeed, if you get your news from the mainstream media you might think there’s a big shortage of students in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The truth, however, is quite different. For example, Clemson’s engineering enrollment has reached almost 5,300 students – an 80 percent increase since 2008! In my 30 years of teaching, I’ve never seen classes so large – and so many bright students! Equally compelling data are stagnant STEM wages, with increases averaging a tiny 0.4 percent per year from 2000-2012 (cis.org/no-stem-shortage). In 2013, PBS ran a story called “The Bogus High-Tech Worker Shortage: How Guest Workers Lower US Wages”. And last week in his blog, Professor Norm Matloff at University of California-Davis pointed out that computer science starting salaries went up a microscopic 0.06 percent last year.
But if Rubio has his way, prospects for our STEM students will be getting substantially worse. That’s because of a bill he is co-sponsoring in the Senate: S. 153, the Immigration and Innovation (I-Squared) Act. If passed, S. 153 would be a game changer — a bill that should scare the heck out of parents paying for a STEM education for their kids. Let’s look at how I-Squared will make it even harder for Americans to get good-paying jobs.”
Not sure why the hate on Rubio — he’s the only Republican who has a chance against either Sanders or Clinton. Also in terms of polls, Clinton’s electability argument seems to have vanished. Sanders does the same if not better against Republican opponents.
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has become the first sitting governor to endorse Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida for president. …
… Brownback, a Republican who once ran for president, endorsed then-Texas Gov. Rick Perry in 2011. Perry was a candidate for the 2016 GOP nomination but withdrew.
“Marco Rubio has a proven track record of protecting life, defending religious liberty, and undoing Obamacare,” Brownback’s statement said. “He will be a wonderful president, and I am proud to offer him my full support.”
My boss says he thinks Trump is trying to sink himself, that he’s suddenly realized he really doesn’t want to be the nominee or president, he just needed some attention and now he’s ready to bail and move on.
But even if that were true, it won’t work. His followers don’t care what he says & the rest of the field remains so fractured with all the nasty in-fighting (sheesh) that Trump, for now, holds on to his substantial “lead.”
Donald Trump dramatically escalated his feud with rival Ted Cruz on Monday, threatening to sue the Texas senator over his eligibility for office if he does not retract alleged “lies” about Trump’s positions – and calling on the Republican National Committee to intervene on two fronts.
The billionaire businessman wants the RNC to pressure Cruz, and also stop allowing so many donors at the debates. If the RNC does not “get its act together,” Trump warned, they would be violating the “pledge” he signed to support the eventual GOP nominee.
While dragging the RNC into the fray, Trump’s already-nasty and personal feud with Cruz was hitting an unprecedented level. At a press conference and in a written statement, Trump demanded Cruz apologize for allegedly false statements about him – or he’ll follow through on threats to challenge in court the Canada-born senator’s eligibility to run. …
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My 3:02 refers to the Trump speech in Hanahan.
Hanahan is a bedroom community north of Charleston. Kinda like Annandale is to DC.
My parents lived there.
Fort Worth is where the West begins. East of I-35 and Dallas it is green and there are farms and forests. That part of the state was settled before the War. West of Fort Worth it is brown and there are ranches and tough white and Mexican Cowboys. Indians were a threat west of Fort Worth for several years after the war. Further west on top of the Caprock is the Llano Estacado, the best land for cotton farming in the world and the westernmost location of Southern culture.
The reason I am irritated by all the immigration talk is that I am starting to see many of our poor whites beginning to act like poor blacks, failing to take responsibility for their own situation. For decades many blacks have blamed racism for their situation rather than acknowledge that illegitimacy, sloth and criminal behavior played a large factor. Now I am seeing poor whites blame Mexicans for their inability to get ahead. Every day I observe young Mexicans and young tattooed, pierced white people at work, and I can tell you the Mexicans work circles around the lower class whites. The whites loaf, they come in late, they quit, they fake disability. Their parents are often also loafers who support Trump. I want to keep the Mexicans and deport the others.
Chas is also right about who we consider to be Yankees. I took my very young Texan wife to Northern Virginia in 1980. She was comparing recipes with a Virginia lady and told her that “in Texas we cook thinks differently than you Yankees do.” This almost started a war. I tried explaining Virginia’s history to my wife, but she was having none of it. It was cold in Virginia, the people talked different, and they cooked differently, so they must be Yankees.
Ted Cruz’s image among Republicans has deteriorated in recent days. At several points in late December/early January …
As is always the case with changes in survey measures, it is hard to be specific about the precise causes of change. One factor that undoubtedly has played a part in the process is Cruz’s public fighting with Donald Trump …
… Trump’s net favorable score has been fairly steady even as Cruz’s has deteriorated — although Trump’s too is down slightly in the most recent two-week average ending Jan. 24.
Guess who et al; I always thought Trump only ran for president to sell books, promote his products, etc. Can’t remember when and where, but I read an article which outlined how some candidates made money running for president. Now that Trump has upped his stock, maybe he will try to way to escape any responsibility for the mess he created.
Things can change, but from where I sit right now, I don’t see how any kind of unity can come out of this for the Republicans or conservatives behind one candidate. Sad, but it appears to all be imploding and breaking into factions.
I suspect I may go back to “decline to state” in my voter registration after this election — I have to keep the GOP registration in place for now, though, in order to be allowed to vote in the Republican primary in our state.
Donald Trump still is leading the S.C. Republican presidential race after the weekend’s explosive GOP debate in Greenville.
But the race for second place in Saturday’s primary appears to be narrowing.
Behind Trump, who has 35 percent support in a new poll, U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida and Ted Cruz of Texas are tied for second place — at 18 percent each, according to a Public Policy Polling survey released exclusively Monday to The State. …
Wandering Views 
Donna,
(I posted this on Saturday’s thread in reply to your comment last night. I’m putting it here as well since I didn’t know if you’d go back to the older thread.)
You said…..
“Rubio clearly blew it back in the day … I still support him now. I like his approach of (1) first securing the border, then (2) begin the discussion on comprehensive immigration policy.”
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Sadly Donna, border security has never been #1 on his immigration list. That’s what he’s saying now, because he feels like he has to.
From the Breitbart link I posted above……
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“This is not the first time Rubio has been caught in linguistic amnesty games before. As Phyllis Schlafly has pointed out, in 2013 Rubio told Rush Limbaugh that, under the Gang of Eight bill, border enforcement would precede amnesty. However, “Rubio had a different message in Spanish media. As Byron York reported: ‘Let’s be clear,’ Rubio said. ‘Nobody is talking about preventing the legalization. The legalization is going to happen. That means the following will happen: First comes the legalization. Then come the measures to secure the border. And then comes the process of permanent residence.’”
In April of 2015, following the Senator’s Univision interview, Rubio’s campaign suggested that a President Rubio’s DREAMer amnesty would precede border security. As Breitbart News previously reported: “The chief spokesman for the presidential campaign of Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) said in an on-record interview with Breitbart News that the senator, if elected president, would not require a secured border before he gives legislative and permanent amnesty to recipients of President Barack Obama’s first executive amnesty, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program… ”
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He only recently changed what he said all along. Legalization first, border security later is what he said as recently as 6 months ago, but now that he’s been zinged with his own words, he’s flip-flopped to saying what he thinks R voters want to hear. If you believe he’d keep the second half of his “deal” I think you’d be mistaken. I don’t believe him, and his word on it is meaningless.
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And here’s the link again.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/02/14/interview-transcript-proves-rubio-promised-hispanics-en-espanol-hed-keep-executive-amnesty-place/
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Doesn’t anyone pay attention to what is actually happening? The Mexicans are going home. In the last seven years hundreds of thousands more have gone home than have arrived. Why? Their prospects are better in Mexico than in socialist Sodom. Some of us may soon agree and follow them, so be nice to the Mexicans.
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migration pays attention to economics not gov’t rules. I would think people with a pro-capitalist mindset would understand that.
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Haha, Ricky may be right about that one. 🙂
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Maybe things will begin to coalesce after the next couple of primaries and the field will narrow. Let’s hope so. The division and in-fighting hopefully won’t linger too much longer …
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Ricky – I’ve read that, too.
What disappointed me about Rubio recently was his assent to the idea of drafting women.
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As I’ve said, I’ll vote for any of the Republicans (with the exception of Trump). Granted, my purity bar for politicians and candidates is generally rather low. But it’s born of experience and perhaps a growing understanding of human nature. 🙂
I am getting the sinking feeling at this point, though, that we will probably wind up with 4 more years of the Democrats. 😦
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It won’t be the end of the world. Maybe this country….but not the end of the world.
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Christians belong wherever God wants them. Yes, we use our heads. We pray and think. It is something we need to be praying about for wisdom for those who are in countries right now where there very lives are at stake. We don’t just choose for our comfort. Sometimes we have no choice.
In the bible God told some people to stay and some to go. What He told them was not always what WE think it should have been.
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Yes, something much bigger is always going on. 🙂 And it’s all for His glory. Good for all of us to remember that.
This election will come and go …
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That would be great if Mexicans were the only problem. But it’s not. And what about the rest of the invaders from south of the border that enter thru Mexico? The idea that more are leaving than are entering is hogwash.
And this doesn’t even count the million a year they let in legally.
http://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/arizona-news/37473866-story
“Officials are saying it is shaping up to be a disappointing end to the year that started with a major decline in illegal border crossings. Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu says they see an increase in drug and human smuggling daily.”
“According to recently released numbers, it shows the fiscal year of 2015 to be the second worst on record.
“Right now we’re living in a country where there is no enforcement of immigration laws. So don’t try and scratch your head and try to figure this out and wonder why our numbers doubled. In fact there should be no reason why the numbers shouldn’t triple,” said Babeu.
Agents caught nearly 4,500 children traveling without parents on the border last month, and about 5,300 parents and children traveling as families. Both of these are twice the amount since September of 2014. Babeu says more people are coming because it is easier than ever, and there are no consequences.”
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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/nov/22/illegal-immigrant-children-non-mexicans-surge-acro/?page=all
“The Southwest border has broken open in recent weeks, with non-Mexicans — and illegal immigrant children in particular — crossing at a record rate in October, according to Border Patrol statistics that suggest the administration’s victory lap earlier this year was premature.
Nearly 5,000 unaccompanied children were caught in October, and nearly 3,000 more had been caught in the first half of November — a record pace for those months — and it signals just how closely smuggling cartels and would-be illegal immigrants themselves are paying attention to lax enforcement in the U.S.
Worse yet, the increases are borderwide, with every one of the nine Southwest border sectors showing spikes in what the Border Patrol dubs OTMs, or “other than Mexicans.”
“Border Patrol officials in Washington didn’t offer an explanation for the surge, which contradicts the sunny outlook officials have publicly portrayed. Indeed, the last fiscal year saw illegal immigration overall, as measured by number of apprehensions, drop to its lowest rate since the 1970s.
That was chiefly powered by a fall in Mexican migration, which has dropped off dramatically in the last five years. But it’s being replaced by a bigger flow from Central America, particularly of women and children who are fleeing grim conditions back home and taking advantage of lax policies here in the U.S. that grant them access to the nation’s interior and leave little danger of them being deported anytime soon.”
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And while some may be fleeing from real violence and crime, many more are doing it solely for economic reasons.
https://www.numbersusa.com/news/honduran-migration-caused-economics-not-violence
“Contrary to Obama administration rhetoric that the Central Americans it is letting across the border are “refugees,” a new survey in Honduras finds that economic conditions are the main push factor for emigration to the United States, not flight from violence. The Center for Immigration Studies continues to report that the pull factor is the knowledge that they will be allowed to stay and receive benefits. The combination of these two factors is the primary reason 240,000 unaccompanied minors and family units from Central America have entered since 2012.
The Honduran survey, by the Reflection, Research, and Communication Team (or ERIC-SJ, as it is known in Spanish), confirmed that the economic crisis in that country is by far the most important reason for migration. Of the respondents who had a family member who had migrated in the last four years, 77.6 percent did so due to lack of employment and a search for better opportunities. Only 16.9 percent migrated due to violence and insecurity. The numbers come as no surprise, as homicide rates in Honduras have been decreasing since 2012.
View the entire article at: http://cis.org/luna/survey-shows-main-cause-honduran-emigration-economics-not-violence
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And here’s more pro-immigrant debacles with Rubio’s name on it.
https://www.numbersusa.com/news/engineering-professor-says-rubio%E2%80%99s-plan-would-destroy-job-prospects-his-students
“Mark Thies, Professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Clemson University, wrote an op-ed in the Greenville Online that disproved the idea that there is a shortage of American STEM workers available and he argued that bills such as the I-Squared Act, which Sen. Rubio supports, would destroy the already limited opportunities for American STEM students to find jobs in their fields.
As a professor, Mark Thies, noted that while STEM class sizes have increased over the years, wages for these jobs remain stagnant.
“Clemson’s engineering enrollment has reached almost 5,300 students – an 80% increase since 2008! In my 30 years of teaching, I’ve never seen classes so large – and so many bright students! Equally compelling data are stagnant STEM wages, with increases averaging a tiny 0.4% per year from 2000-2012.”
The Immigration and Innovation (I-Squared) Act, co-sponsored by Sen. Rubio, would increase H-1B visas from 65,000 to around 245,000 and offer foreign STEM students a lifetime work visa (a green card) that would displace American workers and keep future STEM wages low. It would essentially allow foreign student to “buy” a green card by attending an American University.
Mr. Thies made the case that increasing H-1B visas is all about providing corporations with a cheap labor market, not because there is an actual shortage of skilled STEM workers.”
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Here’s the professor’s op-ed.
http://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/opinion/contributors/2016/02/08/there-no-shortage-stem-workers/79871624/
“I first met Sen. Marco Rubio at a Republican fundraiser in 2014 where he was the featured speaker.
“Hi, my name is Mark Thies”, I said. “I’m an Engineering Professor at Clemson.”
“Engineers!”, he said. “Boy, we sure need a lot more of them, don’t we!”
I shook my head in wonder at his comment. Indeed, if you get your news from the mainstream media you might think there’s a big shortage of students in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The truth, however, is quite different. For example, Clemson’s engineering enrollment has reached almost 5,300 students – an 80 percent increase since 2008! In my 30 years of teaching, I’ve never seen classes so large – and so many bright students! Equally compelling data are stagnant STEM wages, with increases averaging a tiny 0.4 percent per year from 2000-2012 (cis.org/no-stem-shortage). In 2013, PBS ran a story called “The Bogus High-Tech Worker Shortage: How Guest Workers Lower US Wages”. And last week in his blog, Professor Norm Matloff at University of California-Davis pointed out that computer science starting salaries went up a microscopic 0.06 percent last year.
But if Rubio has his way, prospects for our STEM students will be getting substantially worse. That’s because of a bill he is co-sponsoring in the Senate: S. 153, the Immigration and Innovation (I-Squared) Act. If passed, S. 153 would be a game changer — a bill that should scare the heck out of parents paying for a STEM education for their kids. Let’s look at how I-Squared will make it even harder for Americans to get good-paying jobs.”
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Well, hey, Trump is still leading in the SC polls by 20% — 20% !! –, so it’s probably a moot point. 🙄
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The latest:
National poll: Trump 29%
South Carolina: Trump 37%
Michigan: Trump 38%
Cruz & Rubio? Not even close.
Source: Real Clear Politics
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AJ, A point of clarification. When a Texan says “Mexican”, he means everyone from San Antonio south to the Southern tip of Chile.
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And when he says “Yankee”, it means you live north of Dallas.
Seriously, if you ask a Texan he will tell you that the West begins at Fort Worth.
it may be true.
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Not sure why the hate on Rubio — he’s the only Republican who has a chance against either Sanders or Clinton. Also in terms of polls, Clinton’s electability argument seems to have vanished. Sanders does the same if not better against Republican opponents.
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3397351/posts?page=5
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has become the first sitting governor to endorse Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida for president. …
… Brownback, a Republican who once ran for president, endorsed then-Texas Gov. Rick Perry in 2011. Perry was a candidate for the 2016 GOP nomination but withdrew.
“Marco Rubio has a proven track record of protecting life, defending religious liberty, and undoing Obamacare,” Brownback’s statement said. “He will be a wonderful president, and I am proud to offer him my full support.”
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Trump reminds me of a man having a panic attack.
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Haha. Good analogy, Chas.
My boss says he thinks Trump is trying to sink himself, that he’s suddenly realized he really doesn’t want to be the nominee or president, he just needed some attention and now he’s ready to bail and move on.
But even if that were true, it won’t work. His followers don’t care what he says & the rest of the field remains so fractured with all the nasty in-fighting (sheesh) that Trump, for now, holds on to his substantial “lead.”
Sigh.
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At any rate, the GOP campaign is all just looking like a train wreck / side show right now.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/02/15/trump-unleashes-on-cruz-threatens-eligibility-lawsuit-over-alleged-lies.html?intcmp=hpbt1
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Donald Trump dramatically escalated his feud with rival Ted Cruz on Monday, threatening to sue the Texas senator over his eligibility for office if he does not retract alleged “lies” about Trump’s positions – and calling on the Republican National Committee to intervene on two fronts.
The billionaire businessman wants the RNC to pressure Cruz, and also stop allowing so many donors at the debates. If the RNC does not “get its act together,” Trump warned, they would be violating the “pledge” he signed to support the eventual GOP nominee.
While dragging the RNC into the fray, Trump’s already-nasty and personal feud with Cruz was hitting an unprecedented level. At a press conference and in a written statement, Trump demanded Cruz apologize for allegedly false statements about him – or he’ll follow through on threats to challenge in court the Canada-born senator’s eligibility to run. …
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Now Trump is backpeddling on his statement about 3rd Parties.
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My 3:02 refers to the Trump speech in Hanahan.
Hanahan is a bedroom community north of Charleston. Kinda like Annandale is to DC.
My parents lived there.
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Chas, I was seeing tweets from that speech which is what made me laugh when I saw your post.
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Can no one turn the other cheek? I’m not watching, for good reason. If you answer a bully, can you expect anything good to come of it?
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Fort Worth is where the West begins. East of I-35 and Dallas it is green and there are farms and forests. That part of the state was settled before the War. West of Fort Worth it is brown and there are ranches and tough white and Mexican Cowboys. Indians were a threat west of Fort Worth for several years after the war. Further west on top of the Caprock is the Llano Estacado, the best land for cotton farming in the world and the westernmost location of Southern culture.
The reason I am irritated by all the immigration talk is that I am starting to see many of our poor whites beginning to act like poor blacks, failing to take responsibility for their own situation. For decades many blacks have blamed racism for their situation rather than acknowledge that illegitimacy, sloth and criminal behavior played a large factor. Now I am seeing poor whites blame Mexicans for their inability to get ahead. Every day I observe young Mexicans and young tattooed, pierced white people at work, and I can tell you the Mexicans work circles around the lower class whites. The whites loaf, they come in late, they quit, they fake disability. Their parents are often also loafers who support Trump. I want to keep the Mexicans and deport the others.
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Chas is also right about who we consider to be Yankees. I took my very young Texan wife to Northern Virginia in 1980. She was comparing recipes with a Virginia lady and told her that “in Texas we cook thinks differently than you Yankees do.” This almost started a war. I tried explaining Virginia’s history to my wife, but she was having none of it. It was cold in Virginia, the people talked different, and they cooked differently, so they must be Yankees.
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http://www.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/188852/cruz-image-among-republicans-sinks-recent-days.aspx
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Ted Cruz’s image among Republicans has deteriorated in recent days. At several points in late December/early January …
As is always the case with changes in survey measures, it is hard to be specific about the precise causes of change. One factor that undoubtedly has played a part in the process is Cruz’s public fighting with Donald Trump …
… Trump’s net favorable score has been fairly steady even as Cruz’s has deteriorated — although Trump’s too is down slightly in the most recent two-week average ending Jan. 24.
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Guess who et al; I always thought Trump only ran for president to sell books, promote his products, etc. Can’t remember when and where, but I read an article which outlined how some candidates made money running for president. Now that Trump has upped his stock, maybe he will try to way to escape any responsibility for the mess he created.
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Things can change, but from where I sit right now, I don’t see how any kind of unity can come out of this for the Republicans or conservatives behind one candidate. Sad, but it appears to all be imploding and breaking into factions.
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At least we won’t have to practice saying “President Clinton” — been there, done that. 😦
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I suspect I may go back to “decline to state” in my voter registration after this election — I have to keep the GOP registration in place for now, though, in order to be allowed to vote in the Republican primary in our state.
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Snapshot.
http://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/politics-columns-blogs/the-buzz/article60547281.html
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Donald Trump still is leading the S.C. Republican presidential race after the weekend’s explosive GOP debate in Greenville.
But the race for second place in Saturday’s primary appears to be narrowing.
Behind Trump, who has 35 percent support in a new poll, U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida and Ted Cruz of Texas are tied for second place — at 18 percent each, according to a Public Policy Polling survey released exclusively Monday to The State. …
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