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I think it just might be sinking into Trump that he is going to get this nomination and run for President of the United States and then win. It isn't theatrics and bluster anymore. It's serious now. Time to chew gum and kick ass! RMD TL Davis: “The Second Amendment is special, not because it protects guns, but because its violation signals a government with the intention to oppress its people…” Remember: After the first one, the rest are free. | |||
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As I said before I don't think this is good for Trump. He gave up all his leverage. The winds of change are blowing in the way he's going to be treated by the GOP and the other candidates. He just disarmed himself in the presence of a enemy IMO. I hope I'm wrong and the rest of you right. We shall see. "Fixed fortifications are monuments to mans stupidity" - George S. Patton | |||
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I had the same feeling during his press conference today. Early on, I have maintained that his candidacy would possibly cause the Republicans to lose. However, today I saw a man that was previously on an ego trip kinda change into someone who is serious about his campaign and serious in what he says. (I am also impressed that it is his money that is doing the talking, not the lobbyist's money - a point that he makes very well. | |||
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| On the wrong side of the Mobius strip  |
He must have a clock like this.  | |||
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| Ol' Jack always says... what the hell. |
Did what he sign put him under contractual obligation to shut up? How about that he can't say anything bad about the other candidates? How exactly is he now "disarmed"? I don't see this hurting him at all. | |||
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| Leave the gun. Take the cannoli. |
He is a world-class negotiator. I don't see him signing anything that doesn't give him an edge. | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower  |
Indeed. Thank you. I trust that the man knows what he's doing. ____________________________________________________ "I am your retribution." - Donald Trump, speech at CPAC, March 4, 2023 | |||
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| Partial dichotomy |
Besides, he must have a team of the best lawyers! SIGforum: For all your needs! Imagine our influence if every gun owner in America was an NRA member! Click the box>>>  | |||
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| Purveyor of Death and Destruction  |
Exactly. At this point, the RNC has realized that he will win the nomination (unless they catch him having sex with a 14 year old or the neighbors dog). I assume he had the upper hand on the RNC or he wouldnt have signed it. There would have been no reason to sign it otherwise. He doesnt need them. And the RNC knows that. | |||
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I am not going to say Perry is out of the race but I will say that I am a 3 to 2 favorite to beat him myself at this point  ______________________________ “I'd like to know why well-educated idiots keep apologizing for lazy and complaining people who think the world owes them a living.” ― John Wayne | |||
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You got my vote between the two choices.  ------------------------------ Knowing is half the battle! "When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government." Thomas Jefferson | |||
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| Oh stewardess, I speak jive. |
The sweat from my nether regions will be elected President before Rick Perry will. | |||
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That's a fact. ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan | |||
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Lets see how Trumps approach to things and the way he speaks changes. I say be ready to be as enthusiastic about a Trump that sounds more like Rick Perry than you are about Trump sounding like Trump. Trump just went from the outsider that got him to where he is to one step closer to being a insider. Would you trust the GOP establishment enough to sign this document? He had all the leverage with the speculation of a third party run. The GOP was terrified of that hanging over their heads. Now they have removed (disarmed) that threat from the foe. They will turn on him. Sure as Hillary is guilty. Unless of course Trump decides to go against this tree house no girls allowed pact but then it will be too late. He will be a flip flop flopper. Somebody should be asking the question of why something like a pledge like this even exists. I thought anybody could run for president for any party whether that be independent or not. Now it's you are sanctioned only if you are one of us. Bull shit. "Fixed fortifications are monuments to mans stupidity" - George S. Patton | |||
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Is it true that some states don't allow anyone to run in their primary without signing such a pledge? If so, that easily explains why Trump would sign. I also look forward to Trump winning the nomination & FORCING other GOP establishment politicians to support him ( or at least calling them out on it ). I don't see how there could be anything legally binding him anyway. If he gets fucked out of the nomination by the establishment, I'm sure he will drop the pledge & go to war. | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower |
What, like Pod People? Invasion of the Body Snatchers? The Donald goes to sleep and then he's suddenly speaking in monotone, staring off into space? | |||
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Bad dog! |
And I will be in the front ranks of his army if that happens. ______________________________________________________ "You get much farther with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone." | |||
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All he has to do now is say 'yeah, I signed it. I signed it because it's time for the party to get back to listening to their constituents and I'm the BAMF to make them listen.'   | |||
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| Oh stewardess, I speak jive. |
it seems unlikely he would make an obvious mistake at this level, or a ruse/empty gesture. thus, it's most likely somehow clearly beneficial to him, or he had no real choice. either way, I'd very much like to understand and know with some certainty *why* he signed it. whatever the answer, I suspect it will say a lot about Trump and the current situation. | |||
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