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Shandris

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9. The people backing Trump aren't all 50+

Reply to Attorney in Texas (Reply #8)

Mon Aug 17, 2015, 04:08 PM

Aug 2015

So no, they don't remember a candidate able to actually say things they believe (crazy though it be, obv).

I'm not sticking up for the guy, I'm trying to explain why people see him the way they do.

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Trump is not a "phenomenon" - his candidacy is just media hype to sell news/entertainment product [View all] Attorney in Texas Aug 2015 OP

Precisely Gman Aug 2015 #1

Loud mouth Concern Troll for the loud-mouthed troll hunting media, we all know it. Fred Sanders Aug 2015 #2

we misunderestimate this one at our peril unblock Aug 2015 #3

Trump is a front runner only until the mass media gets sick of the clown....not dangerous except Fred Sanders Aug 2015 #4

The real question is whether Trump flames out like Cain or fades away like Forbes. Attorney in Texas Aug 2015 #5

What ends well is all that matters. Only the timing and method is unpredictable. Fred Sanders Aug 2015 #6

Trump will never fade lunatica Aug 2015 #10

No, he IS a phenomenon in an odd way. Shandris Aug 2015 #7

You say Trump is the first candidate to be able to say anything, but Pat Robertson and Pat Buchanan Attorney in Texas Aug 2015 #8

The people backing Trump aren't all 50+ Shandris Aug 2015 #9

The people backing Trump are mostly not voters. Link: Attorney in Texas Aug 2015 #11

...ok...? Shandris Aug 2015 #12

The twitter interest correlates to the MSM obsession but does NOT correlate to voters. Attorney in Texas Aug 2015 #15

he's a creation of the Conservative Entertainment Complex. geek tragedy Aug 2015 #13

Bingo. He could conceivably do OK in Iowa or New Hampshire (it's too early to tell) but only because Attorney in Texas Aug 2015 #14