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Luntz: This should have been a 'slam dunk for the GOP'
« on: October 23, 2016, 05:15:16 pm »
October 23, 2016, 11:40 am
Luntz: This should have been a 'slam dunk for the GOP'

By Rebecca Savransky

Republican strategist Frank Luntz on Sunday criticized Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's campaign, saying this election "should have been a slam dunk for the GOP."

Luntz said on CBS's "Face the Nation" that Trump's campaign has been focused on the billionaire and his battles with "just about everybody."

"If he had stayed the voice and the vision for those people who have been left behind, this race would be a lot different than it is right now," he said.

Still, Luntz said he doesn't think the race is over.

He said there are enough people who are still undecided and noted Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is under 50 percent support in many polls.

"But it requires a level of discipline that the Trump campaign has not had," he said. "This is about the voice of the voters, not the voice of Donald Trump."

Luntz continued to criticize the Trump campaign.

He said he has never seen a campaign with "less discipline" or "less focus."

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/302400-luntz-this-should-have-been-slam-dunk-for-the-gop
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Re: Luntz: This should have been a 'slam dunk for the GOP'
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2016, 05:18:31 pm »
Yes, it should have, but the bleep just couldn't get over being emotionally jacked off by a liberal con man.
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Re: Luntz: This should have been a 'slam dunk for the GOP'
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2016, 05:23:47 pm »
Quote from: Oceander on October 23, 2016, 05:18:31 pm
Yes, it should have, but the bleep just couldn't get over being emotionally jacked off by a liberal con man.


Emotions has taken over logic this election.
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Re: Luntz: This should have been a 'slam dunk for the GOP'
« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2016, 05:25:40 pm »
I supported Romney, despite his sketchy pro-life record and really, all of the GOP nominees.

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Re: Luntz: This should have been a 'slam dunk for the GOP'
« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2016, 05:33:37 pm »
Quote from: Oceander on October 23, 2016, 05:18:31 pm
Yes, it should have, but the bleep just couldn't get over being emotionally jacked off by a liberal con man.

Please, can we stay away from gutter language?

I haven't been perfect, either, using my knowledge of German curse words on occasion.
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Re: Luntz: This should have been a 'slam dunk for the GOP'
« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2016, 05:39:48 pm »
Quote from: Night Hides Not on October 23, 2016, 05:33:37 pm
Please, can we stay away from gutter language?

I haven't been perfect, either, using my knowledge of German curse words on occasion.


I agree, I try to stay away from the gutter language myself, but we are not the TOS.. We should be better than them.
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Re: Luntz: This should have been a 'slam dunk for the GOP'
« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2016, 05:40:52 pm »
Quote from: Night Hides Not on October 23, 2016, 05:33:37 pm
Please, can we stay away from gutter language?

I haven't been perfect, either, using my knowledge of German curse words on occasion.

If censoring the truth makes everyone feel better, okey-dokey.
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Re: Luntz: This should have been a 'slam dunk for the GOP'
« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2016, 05:46:54 pm »
Quote from: Oceander on October 23, 2016, 05:40:52 pm
If censoring the truth makes everyone feel better, okey-dokey.

That's not censoring the truth...I hate any word where *bleep* is added.....it is insulting to those of us who have mentally handicapped family members.
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Re: Luntz: This should have been a 'slam dunk for the GOP'
« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2016, 05:49:30 pm »
Great metaphor for the Trump campaign...

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« Reply #9 on: October 23, 2016, 05:57:23 pm »
I get that Trump was/ is not a professional politician and he will stumble more that Hillary.

But if one was deliberately trying to lose an election, you would succeed by following Trump's style
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Re: Luntz: This should have been a 'slam dunk for the GOP'
« Reply #10 on: October 23, 2016, 08:10:08 pm »
Quote from: LMAO on October 23, 2016, 05:57:23 pm
I get that Trump was/ is not a professional politician and he will stumble more that Hillary.

But if one was deliberately trying to lose an election, you would succeed by following Trump's style

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Re: Luntz: This should have been a 'slam dunk for the GOP'
« Reply #11 on: October 23, 2016, 08:16:47 pm »
We were saying it a year ago. This was the big year for the GOP, Hillary was going to go down, even Democrats like Carville were saying this.

Hillary was smart enough to talk her friend into running in the GOP primary.
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Re: Luntz: This should have been a 'slam dunk for the GOP'
« Reply #12 on: October 23, 2016, 08:29:57 pm »
Quote from: geronl on October 23, 2016, 08:16:47 pm
We were saying it a year ago. This was the big year for the GOP, Hillary was going to go down, even Democrats like Carville were saying this.

Hillary was smart enough to talk her friend into running in the GOP primary.


   We didn't underestimate the Anger towards the GOP, we underestimated the abject shallowness, Reality TV poisoned, percentage of said GOPer's that could be conned by a showman.
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Re: Luntz: This should have been a 'slam dunk for the GOP'
« Reply #13 on: October 23, 2016, 08:35:48 pm »
Quote from: mystery-ak on October 23, 2016, 05:15:16 pm
October 23, 2016, 11:40 am
Luntz: This should have been a 'slam dunk for the GOP'

By Rebecca Savransky

Republican strategist Frank Luntz on Sunday criticized Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's campaign, saying this election "should have been a slam dunk for the GOP."

Luntz said on CBS's "Face the Nation" that Trump's campaign has been focused on the billionaire and his battles with "just about everybody."

"If he had stayed the voice and the vision for those people who have been left behind, this race would be a lot different than it is right now," he said.

Still, Luntz said he doesn't think the race is over.

He said there are enough people who are still undecided and noted Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is under 50 percent support in many polls.

"But it requires a level of discipline that the Trump campaign has not had," he said. "This is about the voice of the voters, not the voice of Donald Trump."

Luntz continued to criticize the Trump campaign.

He said he has never seen a campaign with "less discipline" or "less focus."

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/302400-luntz-this-should-have-been-slam-dunk-for-the-gop

Maybe you shouldn't have assisted in promoting this guy with your audience polls during the primaries, Frank old boy.
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Re: Luntz: This should have been a 'slam dunk for the GOP'
« Reply #14 on: October 23, 2016, 08:41:24 pm »
Quote from: LMAO on October 23, 2016, 05:57:23 pm
I get that Trump was/ is not a professional politician and he will stumble more that Hillary.

But if one was deliberately trying to lose an election, you would succeed by following Trump's style
"But if one was deliberately trying to lose an election, you would succeed by following Trump's style"

This was all predicted if Trump won the nomination. He just can't stop being himself...a narcississtic moron who thinks he knows a lot more than he does.
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Re: Luntz: This should have been a 'slam dunk for the GOP'
« Reply #15 on: October 23, 2016, 09:28:45 pm »
Quote from: goatprairie on October 23, 2016, 08:41:24 pm
This was all predicted if Trump won the nomination. He just can't stop being himself...a narcississtic moron who thinks he knows a lot more than he does.

Everyone knew what he was. Everyone knew that he could say things like "I can/will be presidential" and make other absurd promises and would never be able to keep them. What still has me confused is why "smart" GOPers would be so willing to overlook such HUUUUGE character deficits in a Republican nominee?

I can understand Trump's motives, especially since they serve his narcissism, braggadocio and colossal ego. But what in the world did it serve the GOPers to throw their support behind such an individual? Their judgment is forever tainted in the eyes of wiser individuals who have watched this whole episode with incredulity.
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Re: Luntz: This should have been a 'slam dunk for the GOP'
« Reply #16 on: October 23, 2016, 09:40:56 pm »
Should have. Would have. Could have.   ****slapping 22222frying pan

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Re: Luntz: This should have been a 'slam dunk for the GOP'
« Reply #17 on: October 23, 2016, 10:19:08 pm »
Quote from: AllThatJazzZ on October 23, 2016, 09:28:45 pm
Everyone knew what he was. Everyone knew that he could say things like "I can/will be presidential" and make other absurd promises and would never be able to keep them. What still has me confused is why "smart" GOPers would be so willing to overlook such HUUUUGE character deficits in a Republican nominee?

I can understand Trump's motives, especially since they serve his narcissism, braggadocio and colossal ego. But what in the world did it serve the GOPers to throw their support behind such an individual? Their judgment is forever tainted in the eyes of wiser individuals who have watched this whole episode with incredulity.
Thanks for the Jim Robinsin quote. I guess every nasty thing people on TOS said about Trump in the past went down the rabbit hole.
I find it laughably ironic (and terrifying at the same time) that many of the same people who derided Obamatons for thinking their idol was a god acted the same about Trump.
What does this mean for conservatism? I certainly will never trust any pol,  radio flack, or talking head who boosted Trump. We found out who the real traitors to conservatism are. And among them are a lot the previously Big and Mighty. I think Rush will take the biggest fall.
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Re: Luntz: This should have been a 'slam dunk for the GOP'
« Reply #18 on: October 23, 2016, 10:26:26 pm »
Quote from: goatprairie on October 23, 2016, 10:19:08 pm
Thanks for the Jim Robinsin quote. I guess every nasty thing people on TOS said about Trump in the past went down the rabbit hole.
I find it laughably ironic (and terrifying at the same time) that many of the same people who derided Obamatons for thinking their idol was a god acted the same about Trump.
What does this mean for conservatism? I certainly will never trust any pol,  radio flack, or talking head who boosted Trump. We found out who the real traitors to conservatism are. And among them are a lot the previously Big and Mighty. I think Rush will take the biggest fall.

My Senator, Jeff Sessions, gave Trump credibility he neither earned nor deserved and will NEVER get my vote again.
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Re: Luntz: This should have been a 'slam dunk for the GOP'
« Reply #19 on: October 23, 2016, 10:42:35 pm »
Quote from: Suppressed on October 23, 2016, 05:49:30 pm
Great metaphor for the Trump campaign...


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