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Palin's High-strung Endorsement

Did Sarah Palin's endorsement of Trump help or hurt his bid for the nomination?

  • A. Will definitely help his bid to win the presidency.

    Votes: 3 9.1%

  • B. Will definitely hurt his chances of winning the presidency.

    Votes: 5 15.2%

  • C. Will help his chances of winning the GOP nomination but hurt in the general elect

    Votes: 13 39.4%

  • D. Too early to tell.

    Votes: 12 36.4%
  • Total voters
    33
  • Poll closed .
FluffyNinja said:
Simple question. In your opinion, did Sarah Palin's energetic (Howard Dean-esque) public endorsement of Donald Trump help or hurt his bid for the GOP nomination?
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I think it can only help as much as I hate to say it. She's not going to turn off Trump voters, because, well, nothing has so far but she might help bring in some of the base. Didn't do anything for me though except cause my own opinion of her to suffer.
 
X Factor said:
I think it can only help as much as I hate to say it. She's not going to turn of Trump voters, because, well, nothing has so far but she might help bring in some of the base. Didn't do anything for me though except cause my own opinion of her to suffer.
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Ha! Agreed. If hitching her wagon to Trump is somehow a plan for breaking back into the national political scene......this is a desperate move indeed. You're correct in that from Trump's camp, it is simply a tactic to help solidify the base and bring out more Tea Party voters to the primaries. My question is, will her presence drive away more independents and moderates? Trump cant win the general with just his (and Palin's) base voters. I believe if you look at it statistically, he's going to need to win over a significant percentage of "the Center."
 
I dunno if it will help or hurt him.

But one thing came through loud and clear while listening to her 'talk'...she is (imo) about style and almost nothing about substance.

She is pleasant to look at but not pleasant to listen to (for me anyway).
 
polgara said:
:agree: :thumbs: If he gets that far, it will be most interesting to see who his VP pick might be! :shock: My guess would be a Latino to try to win that segment of the populous who feel he has insulted them previously, and if he's as shrewd as some think he is, it might be a female Latino like Martinez, governor of New Mexico - if she's interested. That kills two birds with one stone, and he is a businessman...
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"If" is the keyword there. I think (and hope) it's still too soon to call the primaries.

If not Trump, who do you think is going to win the nomination for the GOP?
 
Anytime you get a white trash endorsement, its going to help you with the white trash vote. I doubt it will matter one way or the other in the general.
 
FluffyNinja said:
Simple question. In your opinion, did Sarah Palin's energetic (Howard Dean-esque) public endorsement of Donald Trump help or hurt his bid for the GOP nomination?
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I honestly don't feel like any Democrat has a chance. Bernie would further increase the debt with more government, and run away business with higher taxes. Hillary is just evil. The only thing that can hurt Trumps Candidacy is Trump and his mouth lol.
 
It's meaningless.

Palin's endorsement accomplished exactly what it was meant to accomplish... provide a short term publicity "pop" in the run up to the Iowa caucus. By the weekend it will be completely forgotten about.
 
FluffyNinja said:
Simple question. In your opinion, did Sarah Palin's energetic (Howard Dean-esque) public endorsement of Donald Trump help or hurt his bid for the GOP nomination?
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It helps to protect his right flank from (accurate) charges that he is a liberal. This partially shields him from Cruz's best line of attack.
 
I don't think it will matter one way or another because the kind of idiot that supports Sarah Palin most likely already plans on voting for Trump.

It only confirms the idiocy of his candidacy to most others. And they weren't planning on voting for him anyways.
 
Captain America said:
I don't think it will matter one way or another because the kind of idiot that supports Sarah Palin most likely already plans on voting for Trump.

It only confirms the idiocy of his candidacy to most others. And they weren't planning on voting for him anyways.
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they would go for trump OR cruz

and cruz credited palin's support for his senate seat

a master stroke by trump to lure sarah with that which she most covets: money and attention

he will dispose of palin with the other trash once he has gotten what he wants from her
 
SouthernDemocrat said:
Anytime you get a white trash endorsement, its going to help you with the white trash vote. I doubt it will matter one way or the other in the general.
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If Palin is a "white trash" endorsement, can you give us an example of who might be a black trash endorsement?
 
It probably removed any remaining doubt, among those in the American public with more than seven functioning neurons, that the Republican Party is now not much more than an embarrassing circus.
 
Jesse Booth said:
"If" is the keyword there. I think (and hope) it's still too soon to call the primaries.

If not Trump, who do you think is going to win the nomination for the GOP?
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I have no idea, but some say Rubio, while others think he's too young and inexperienced right now. I personally feel it wouldn't hurt to have someone who understands both basic economics and politics, like Kasich, who has proven himself to be qualified in both areas, so he's my personal preference.

We're running out of money, since apparently nearly half the people in this country aren't paying income tax because they either don't have jobs or they don't earn enough on those that do. Just paying the interest on the almost $ 19 trillion debt we owe to those who have lent us money and expect to be repaid, is starting to pinch us, since our debt is now more than our GDP. All the current talk about the government confiscating our 401K's and IRA's - the money we expected to have for our retirement years - would give them access to trillions of dollars that they would love to have for spending, and switching everyone to low-paying government bonds does make people nervous if that's all they will have to live on. I always thought the money I earned was mine, but I guess I might be wrong if they can legally do this by using some loophole, "for the greater good." :bs:
 
1 thing Trump hasn't flip flopped on was in 2003 is was against the Iraq war, and he still is. On foreign policy he is far from a neocon.

So how and why a super neocon like Palin, who always has been a strong proponent of the Iraq war, and fighting wars in the Middle East forever, among others, is now endorsing him is strange. She's either broken away from the neocons, or she hasn't had her face on TV for awhile and is looking for a media bump. Whatever.

Strange bedfellows indeed.
 
The Palin support of Trump is indeed the best of both worlds - it helps him win primaries and get nominated and then kicks him between the legs in the General in November making sure he will lose - which was already a foregone conclusion even without the moose lady.
 
Anyone that listens to her speak and says she is intelligent clearly does not know what intelligent actually is.

If her IQ is over 90 I will be surprised.
 
Jack Fabulous said:
It's meaningless.

Palin's endorsement accomplished exactly what it was meant to accomplish... provide a short term publicity "pop" in the run up to the Iowa caucus. By the weekend it will be completely forgotten about.
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That's because Glenn Beck is on his way to Iowa to campaign for Cruz on Saturday. :lol:
I don't think Palin's endorsement is going to be the boost for Trump he was looking for with conservatives because when she endorsed the Independent/Democrat team running for governor 2012 in Alaska and stumped for them she lost her creds with many. As someone else put it, she has become like the charlatans she once set out to depose.
 
FluffyNinja said:
Simple question. In your opinion, did Sarah Palin's energetic (Howard Dean-esque) public endorsement of Donald Trump help or hurt his bid for the GOP nomination?
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It's gotta help. Look at the Media attention it has generated. Looney tune or no, she creates an emotional response from the frustrated anti-establishment electorate. The general political situation is not looking good for the ol' status quo, eh?
 
CNN poll has Trump up by 11 in Iowa.
 
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