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lunasun

(21,646 posts)
Sun Sep 13, 2015, 11:01 AM Sep 2015

I tailgated with drunk Donald Trump fans at Iowa-Iowa State so you don't have to

http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2015/9/13/9316705/donald-trump-iowa-isu-football-game

Sadly, this was not a tailgate just for Trump. It was run by the Republican Party of Story County, but there was only one reason anyone was there.

"Tell that scrub to get to the side. We've got Trump coming!" said one guy when Wisconsin governor Scott Walker appeared. Another yelled at the balding candidate about Rogaine. One woman, a self-described Republican, had no idea who Walker was, and the only semi-excited person was a drunk man who told his daughter to shake "Mike Walker's" hand

But as I came back around the bend, I was nearly run over by a stampede of cheering fans and media members. There he was, emerging from the stadium, wearing a tieless suit and a camo "Make America Great Again" hat. Despite being mobbed for autographs and handshakes, he marched through the Jack Trice Stadium parking lots.
The speech lasted less than a minute. It was the most vanilla of any candidate's. It touched on no issues, and he asked no questions, other than whom everyone was cheering for. It was a christening, not a stump speech.
Once he stepped down from his throne, he beelined for a waiting SUV.
"I touched him!" yelled one girl, telling anyone who would listen. Trump actually showed up. To a tailgate basically in his honor. At the Iowa-Iowa State game. To cheer with a bunch of drunk fans.

Good read




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kimbutgar

(21,103 posts)
2. I heard a trump is a germaphobe who doesn't like to shake hands
Sun Sep 13, 2015, 11:11 AM
Sep 2015

It will be interesting as his campaign proceeds if he is called out for not shaking " the peasants" hands. You just know that's what he calls his supporters in private. The ultra rich refers to us that way.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
4. I also watched him explain how he lives almost his entire life indoors,
Sun Sep 13, 2015, 11:20 AM
Sep 2015

avoiding being outside as much as possible, which is apparently normally almost all the time. He didn't seem to think that might sound at all odd to others.

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
6. Yep. and Jeb is trying to use it against T.
Sun Sep 13, 2015, 01:22 PM
Sep 2015
http://www.mediaite.com/online/jeb-trolls-germaphobe-trump-with-which-candidate-are-you-quiz/

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Jeb Bush’s social media war with Donald Trump is getting creative. After trading attack ads on Instagram and Twitter, the Bush campaign has upped its game with a new BuzzFeed-style quiz titled, “Which Candidate Are You?”:

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lunasun

(21,646 posts)
7. it will make him look like a big tough guy .He will say only pansies shake hands or somehting
Sun Sep 13, 2015, 03:13 PM
Sep 2015

and his voters will love it imo .
But thanks for letting me know
I will pass it around if you ever get near trump when he walks through a crowd like this to loud cough fake sneeze or blow out a hocker

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
3. Even a silly mob doesn't deserve such contempt from such as Trump,
Sun Sep 13, 2015, 11:16 AM
Sep 2015

who expects adulation as his due from a world of inferiors. Fun view to a place I would never be found, though. Our poor Georgia boys! Presumably they got out safe.

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
8. Ha! should be its own post! Crazy and mad what a combo
Sun Sep 13, 2015, 03:20 PM
Sep 2015

I am glad to see recent ridicule of this dangerous nut and his voters and more opinionated editorials slanting away from his ilk
At first it seemed like it was going to pass as a new normal

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