Slappy Statist Candidates for US President 2016

[Chef Ramsay]

Ted Cruz Throws Himself a Pity Party

Running for President is, apparently, a miserable experience. And if Ted Cruz has to suffer, he thinks his supporters should, too.

In a strange fundraising solicitation sent out by email Wednesday night, the Republican senator from Texas enumerated all the terrible things that go along with seeking the highest office in the land, as part of a pitch to get “courageous conservatives” to “make tough sacrifices” – basically, sending him money.

“You see, running for President of the United States is a significant sacrifice,” Cruz writes. “Only through prayer and many late night discussions with my wife, family, and closest friends did I make THE decision.”

Then, he goes into specific details about just how difficult his life has become since he decided to declare his candidacy. It’s really worth quoting in full, but first: cue the violin, and pass the Kleenex.

Time with my family “Spending almost every day on the campaign trail or fighting on the Senate floor means precious little time spent with my wife, Heidi, and my daughters -- the very family that gives me the motivation and drive to fight.”

Health and sleep: “My runoff campaign for the Senate in 2012 took a toll, but now I'm sacrificing even more sleep with long nights and constant travel. And the pizza diet is a staple on the campaign trail.”

Finances: “The cost of campaigning back and forth across the country for president is increasingly expensive, but Heidi and I are willing to invest our livelihoods into this sacrifice.

Personal time: “You think of this the least, but as a candidate, my days are no longer my own. Days start before dawn and many times don't end until early the next morning. There is almost no personal time when you run for president.”

“I've chosen to sacrifice part of mine and my families (sic) lives to run for President -- but I think you will agree with me that the sacrifice is well worth it.”

Cruz, currently scuffling along in the second tier of Republican candidates, added a note of urgency to the appeal, because candidates are reaching the end of the second quarter reporting period and want to show the best fundraising numbers they can to create a sense of momentum. “Time is critical,” he writes.

The message id signed “For liberty, Ted Cruz” but it doesn’t end there.

Apparently concerned that he hadn’t stressed just how much he is giving up to run for president, Cruz throws in a post-script: “I’ve chosen to make some steep, necessary sacrifices in our fight to restore America. Will you join me with your gift of $250 or $100? OR if $35 or $10 is a stretch gift for you, I will be grateful for every dollar you can sacrifice and will ensure it is faithfully used.”

Maybe on a new consultant to review email fundraising letters…

http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2015/06/11/Ted-Cruz-Throws-Himself-Pity-Party

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[Chef Ramsay]

Ted Cruz poopstorm on Free Republic over the Trans Pacific Partnership aka Obamatrade (TPP)

From the comment section

Cruz just lost me!


2 posted on 6/11/2015, 9:26:36 PM by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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He is doing the RINO rounds.

I'm betting he won't go near Mark Levin right now.

Levin would give him Hell over giving more power to Obama.

7 posted on 6/11/2015, 9:31:05 PM by P-Marlowe (Saying that ISIL is not Islamic is like saying Obama is not an Idiot.)
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Cruz is busy going DC bush.... No other way to hope to win the nomination.


11 posted on 6/11/2015, 9:33:37 PM by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)

I’ve been a Cruz guy, have Cruz sticker on my car, on my shoppe window, on my wife’s car, and mention my enthusiasm for him on my FR profile page. But this is big and this is upsetting. Jeff Sessions is the worst public speaker in the Senate but he is sincere on this and Cruz appears too flippant. Cruz should look hard before he leaps again on this issue.

When Cruz votes for this abolish-the-borders bill, he loses me.


20 posted on 6/11/2015, 9:39:08 PM by Arthur McGowan
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3299431/posts?q=1&;page=1

For those that don't know, FR is Cruz country or those that fancy themselves as constitutional conservatives and are hoping to 'save' the country. These same people have Rand on their radar as a 2nd choice and as Cruz unveils himself as a fraud, my hope is that they'll gravitate towards us.

[Chef Ramsay]

Sanders floats top tax rate of over 50 percent

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a Democratic presidential candidate, says he would support raising the tax rate on the wealthiest Americans to over 50 percent.

"We're working right now on a comprehensive tax package, which I suspect will, for the top marginal rates, go over 50 percent," Sanders said on PBS's "Charlie Rose" program. The current top rate is 39.6 percent.

The self-described democratic socialist said he is running on a platform of "redistribution of wealth," citing "grotesque levels of wealth inequality in this country."
"It is time to redistribute money back to the working families of this country from the top one-tenth of 1 percent, and tax policy is one of the ways we do that," Sanders told Bloomberg's Al Hunt on the show.

Sanders also said he would raise the corporate tax rate, the highest in the developed world, even as the White House and many Republicans push to lower it. Sanders also said he wanted to close loopholes.

"If you look at the collective percentage of revenue coming in from corporations today, it is significantly lower than it was back in the 1950s," he said. "I think it's about 10 percent today."

The Vermont senator is one of three declared Democratic challengers to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who has led by at least 40 percentage points in most recent polls for her party's presidential nomination.

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http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/244811-sanders-floats-top-tax-rate-of-over-50-percent

This socialist running against Hillary in the democratic primary is looking to tap the wealthy at circa 50% but what the drones that support him don't get is that these wealthy types are business owners and can easily go elsewhere or retire atm thus jobs either won't be created or will be destroyed by this idiotic policy.

[Chef Ramsay]

Fox News Expands Debates with Forum for Second-Tier GOP Presidential Candidates

After the New Hampshire Union-Leader announced that it would host a debate for the Republican presidential candidates who would likely be left out of Fox News' GOP presidential debate on August 6, Fox News announced that it would host an additional junior varsity debate for second-tier candidates who fail to qualify for the network's prime time debate.

More...http://truthinmedia.com/fox-news-expands-debates-forum-second-tier-gop-presidential-candidates/

[Chef Ramsay]

Walker Comes Out in Favor of Obamatrade as well

Despite staying largely silent on the issue—he’s quietly supported it for weeks, but hasn’t said anything at all in quite a long time—Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker crossed most conservatives by coming out in support of Obamatrade on Thursday evening in an interview with Bloomberg’s Mark Halperin.

Walker, Bloomberg’s Halperin and John McCormick wrote, “expressed agreement with President Barack Obama on the pressing issue of fast-track trade legislation.”

“Walker said he supports giving Obama the authority to submit trade agreements to Congress for an expedited, up-or-down vote without amendments,” they wrote, before quoting Walker himself.

“If we don’t go down this path, we’re going to be at a competitive disadvantage, and so I think it just makes sense,” Walker said.

“At the same time, like many Republicans who support granting the trade authority recent past presidents have had, Walker said the deal would allow the Republican-controlled Congress to review Obama’s actions,” the Bloomberg reporters wrote.

More...http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/06/11/scott-walker-pushes-obamatrade-on-eve-of-vote/

[Chef Ramsay]

Why Slavery Is Here to Stay

The next presidential farce (er, race) is already starting to heat up, and it promises to be great entertainment. I admit it, I absolutely love good theater. The presidential campaigns are reality TV at its best — a year-and-a-half of nonstop lies, gaffes, chest-pounding, and some of the best slapstick comedy America has to offer.

Granted, it also can become boring, because we’ve heard all the lines so many times before. For example, it’s 100 percent guaranteed that every troglodyte who seeks the dictator’s job will, with a straight face, promise to “stimulate the economy,” “create jobs,” “level the playing field,” and initiate both “immigration reform” and “tax reform.”

We also know that there will be nary a mention of shrimp on treadmills nor the all-important question of why lesbians tend to be obese. No sir, none of the new crop of power seekers will so much as hint at wasting your money.

Of course, neither will they be specific when they promise to cut rat-hole programs from the budget. As always, the entire eighteen-month production will be all about hyperbole and vagueness. Substance, as always, will be missing in action.

But the most certain thing of all is that not one of the candidates will pledge to end slavery, because an end to slavery, by definition, would mean an end to government, which in turn would mean an end to the criminal class’s power over others and its unfettered access to your money.

What makes slavery possible is legislation, which legalizes organized violence. It therefore follows that the conditions of people can improve only through the abolition of laws that promote organized violence.

Which reminds me of what Lyoff Tolstoy, the great Russian novelist, had to say about the abolition of government. Tolstoy put a lot of thought into how this most evil of all of mankind’s inventions could be eradicated from the face of the earth.

More...https://www.lewrockwell.com/2015/06/robert-ringer/slavery/

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Steve Lonegan to head up Cruz presidential campaign in New Jersey

Former Bogota Mayor Steve Lonegan, a conservative activist who ran unsuccessfully for governor, House and Senate, will be New Jersey chairman of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign.

In a news release, Cruz called Lonegan “a tireless advocate for taxpayers” and said he knows New Jersey politics.
Lonegan, a former state director for Americans for Prosperity, said his duties include raising money and putting together a slate of delegates who would run in the 2016 primary pledged to Cruz. He praised Cruz’s unsuccessful effort to force a repeal of the health insurance law commonly called Obamacare through a partial shutdown of the federal government in October 2013, even though Lonegan believes the shutdown hurt Lonegan’s campaign against Democrat Cory Booker in a special election for U.S. Senate that month.

“I’m probably the biggest fatality of that shutdown,” Lonegan said. “I’m not going to say that if it was not for the shutdown, I would have beaten Booker, but at a minimum I would have done much better.”

Nevertheless, he said it was “imperative to have a president who fully understands the Constitution and will fight hard for it even when it may not be the most popular thing.”

http://www.northjersey.com/news/ex-bogota-mayor-steve-lonegan-to-head-up-cruz-presidential-campaign-in-n-j-1.1351729

The Pauls really helped this guy in his races so my guess is that this defection to Cruz is gonna seal his fate going forward. Cruz is the foil in the grassroots movement to stir people away from Rand and the true anti-establishment message.

[Chef Ramsay]

Longtime Jeb Bush Adviser Ends Up Next to Rand Paul on a Plane

June 12, 2015 A Friday morning flight from Washington, D.C. to Los Angeles got a bit awkward when Republican campaign veteran and Jeb Bush adviser Mike Murphy found himself seated next to presidential candidate Rand Paul. Murphy tweeted the details from his account, @murphymike.

Read Murphy's tweets below: 

More...http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/longtime-jeb-bush-adviser-ends-up-next-to-rand-paul-on-a-plane-and-live-tweets-the-whole-thing-20150612?ref=facebook.com&mrefid=walkingheader

[Chef Ramsay]

Hillary Clinton's 'talking points' for 'friends and allies' just leaked

Clinton's campaign strategy involves answering one key question

There's something hilarious about Hillary Clinton's new office

Email dump reveals how Team Clinton deals with 'pain in the a--' reporters
Hillary Clinton's campaign spokeswoman Adrienne Elrod sent out a memo containing "talking points" for "friends and allies" on Friday afternoon.

Business Insider obtained a copy of the memo, which includes a preview of Clinton's speech Saturday and details of the campaign's early efforts in primary states.

There has been much speculation about the role Clinton's husband, former President Bill Clinton, will play in his wife's campaign. The memo notes Clinton is "expected" to attend the speech, but will not be speaking.

"President Clinton and Chelsea Clinton are expected to attend, but the speaking program will feature Hillary Clinton exclusively," the memo said.

The memo, which was designed to help Clinton's supporters and campaign surrogates stay on message, also credits Clinton with taking "bold progressive stands on key issues" including "criminal justice reform," "immigration reform," and "voting rights," and "equal pay." The preview of Clinton's Saturday speech echoes what a Clinton campaign official told Business Insider about the remarks on Thursday.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/hillary-clintons-talking-points-for-friends-and-allies-just-leaked-2015-6#ixzz3cuiFYWSt

[Chef Ramsay]

Hillary Clinton Paid by Jeb Bush’s Education Company

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton received nearly a quarter of a million dollars last year for a speaking engagement on behalf of Academic Partnerships, a for-profit education company in which Jeb Bush held an ownership stake and on whose board he served.

Clinton’s newly filed personal financial disclosure shows that she was paid $225,500 on March 24, 2014 by Academic Partnerships. At the invitation-only event in Dallas, Texas, Clinton reportedly said, “today a student doesn’t need to travel to Cambridge, Mass., or Cambridge, England, to get a world-class education.”

Academic Partnerships assists universities in converting their academic degree programs into online versions that can be taken by students around the world.

In 2011, Bush joined Academic Partnerships as an investor and as a paid advisor. He helped the company host multiple conferences and has appeared in online videos encouraging others to consider the Academic Partnership business model. Though he did not share the stage with Clinton, Bush spoke at the same conference.

Preparing for an expected bid for the Republican nomination for president, Bush resigned from Academic Partnerships in December.

More...https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/05/18/hillary-clinton-paid-jeb-bushs-education-company/

[Chef Ramsay]

Hillary Clinton's Official Spotify Playlist

“Believer” American Authors
“The Fighter” Gym Class Heroes
“Roar” Katy Perry
“Break Free” Ariana Grande, Zedd
“Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)” Kelly Clarkson
“Best Day of my Life” American Authors
“Happy” Pharell Williams
“Let’s Get Loud” Jennifer Lopez
“Pumpin Blood” NONONO
“Wake up Everybody” John Legend, The Roots, Common, Melanie Fiona
“Brave” Sara Bareilles
“Fighters” Kris Allen
“Beautiful Day” Jon Bon Jovi
“Vivir Mi Vida” Marc Anthony

http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/13/politics/election-2016-hillary-clinton-spotify-playlist/index.html

I wonder how many people fall for this.

[Chef Ramsay]

Mitt Romney: Republican presidential ticket could be 'two women'

On the day Hillary Clinton formally launched her presidential campaign with a rally on Roosevelt Island in New York City, and gave a speech laden with promises and appeals on women’s rights and other progressive causes, failed 2012 Republican candidate Mitt Romney told a GOP gathering his party could have an all-woman ticket in 2016.

Speaking at his own closed-to-the-press conference in Park City, Utah, Romney reportedly praised the former Hewlett-Packard chief executive Carly Fiorina, a declared candidate for the GOP nomination, and said he would not be surprised if the Republicans turned out to be “the party that has two women on the ticket”.

More...http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/13/mitt-romney-carly-fiorina-hillary-clinton-republican-women

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Jeb Bush To Repackage His Brother's Compassion Conservatism Mantra

Jeb Bush will be announcing his presidential candidacy this afternoon, finally ending all the edge-of-your-seat mystery and speculation about whether he really is running. And from what we’ve learned in advance, Bush may be charting an interesting and somewhat risky path to get his party’s nomination.

Instead of doing what we might have expected from someone in Jeb’s position — bending over backward to convince base Republicans that he’s a true conservative — he seems to be going in the opposite direction. It’s almost as if he’s already running a general election campaign.

We won’t know all the details until he gives the speech, and I’m sure there will be a reasonable amount of massaging of the conservative pleasure centers on things like tax cuts and reducing regulation. But Jeb’s first notes as an official candidate sound a lot like his brother’s “compassionate conservatism.”

More...http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2015/06/15/jeb-bush-repackages-his-brothers-compassionate-conservatism/[/url

+ video...[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQt_E4acnWo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQt_E4acnWo

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Donald Trump will declare $9 billion in assets as he reveals 2016 plans

Donald J. Trump, the billionaire real-estate mogul, on Tuesday will release a summary of assets that total about $9 billion as part of his likely entry into the race for the Republican presidential nomination, according to people familiar with his plans.

The two-page document — which will be published after he holds a political rally at Trump Tower in New York — will provide a valuation of his hotels and other properties. It will also show hundreds of millions in cash on hand and an outline of his debt, the people said.

The details he will reveal Tuesday will provide one of the first looks at the worth of the real estate and television empire that the colorful impresario has amassed — one whose value has been avidly debated.

Trump’s declared assets are more than double the estimate of his net worth by Forbes, which currently pegs his net holdings at $4.1 billion. And it would make him the wealthiest Republican contender.

Trump’s longtime financial advisers and Donald F. McGahn, a partner at Jones Day, have finalized the report about his finances in recent weeks as Trump has moved closer to jumping into the 2016 contest. Three people briefed on those discussions Monday requested anonymity in order to talk about the process.

Trump’s speech announcing his decision is likely to center on his career and fortune. He is expected to cast himself as an entrepreneur and outsider eager to tangle with the party establishment and U.S. economic rivals abroad, such as China.

The financial statement drafted by his office is aimed at demonstrating his success as a businessman, as well as proving to skeptical GOP leaders that he is serious about running.

More...http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/exclusive-trump-will-declare-9-billion-net-worth-as-he-reveals-2016-plans/2015/06/15/a00e74c0-137c-11e5-9ddc-e3353542100c_story.html

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Jeb Bush Increased Spending 31.9% while Governor of Florida

Spending in 2000 - $48.808 billion http://www.nasbo.org/sites/default/files/pdf/fsfall2000.pdf
Spending in 2008 - $64.379 billion http://www.nasbo.org/sites/default/files/FY08%20State%20Expenditure%20Report.pdf

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 Lindsey Graham, a 59-year-old senator from South Carolina, says he is running for president "because the world is falling apart".

Mr Graham is one of the party's most outspoken foreign policy hawks, and advocates sending 10,000 US ground troops to Iraq and Syria to take on the Islamic State.

He is a close ally of Senator John McCain, the 2008 Republican nominee, and a critic of the Tea Party.

Mr Graham is the only candidate in the field to have never been married.

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Hillary Recounts FDR's Four Freedoms

Hillary Clinton held her first big presidential rally in New York City over the weekend. Her supporters gathered on Roosevelt Island’s Four Freedoms Park for the event, and the location tied directly into the content of the speech. While Hillary embraced the progressive freedoms that defined FDR’s presidency as an example of government’s power to help the people, Glenn explained the real effect “freedom from want” can have on a people.

“You know, President Roosevelt’s four freedoms are a testament to our nation’s unmatched aspirations and a reminder of our unfinished work at home and abroad. His legacy lifted up a nation and inspired presidents who followed,” Hillary said during the speech.

“No,” Glenn corrected. “It’s called the Great Depression here in the United States. It’s only called the depression worldwide. Because it lasted longer here because of the progressive policies of Franklin Roosevelt.” “The four freedoms take us and reverse the Constitution. It makes it from a charter of negative liberties to a charter of positive liberties. The things the government must do. And that, by the way, is exactly the charter of positive liberties that you would find enshrined in the communist constitution of the former Soviet Union,” Glenn said.

“[The Four Freedoms were] FDR’s way of completely reversing the Constitution. He said, you have the freedom of speech. The freedom of worship. The freedom from fear. And the freedom from want. The last two don’t exist. You cannot have freedom from fear,” Glenn said.

“It would be nice if none of us were afraid. But no government couldn’t make it so that you’re not afraid. Because if they’re big enough to make you not afraid of anything, they’re big enough to make you afraid of something, usually them,” Glenn said.

“Freedom from want. There will always be the poor among us. How do you get rid of the freedom from want? In the nicest utopian society, the Pilgrims tried to do this – it ended in cannibalism. The Pilgrims tried to share. They tried to live the Gospel principles. It cannot be done by man alone. It must be done by God. And the Pilgrims came over and they tried to do it. It didn’t work. They gave up. Because what the Pilgrims found out was, there was even in such a morally steadfast group as the Pilgrims, once everybody put their stuff in a pile and took according to their needs, once that happened, they realized there are people in society that it just won’t work. So the whole thing fell apart. The same thing was tried down in Virginia. In Jamestown. The Indians actually fenced those guys in and said you’re a disease. They were so screwed up. But they started with this idea that we’re all going to share. We’ll take according to our needs. So they tried the socialist thing. It ended in cannibalism,” Glenn continued.

More...http://www.glennbeck.com/2015/06/15/hillary-totally-hearts-fdrs-four-freedoms-dont-buy-into-it/

[Chef Ramsay]

“Rent a Crowd” Company Admits Politicians Are Using Their Service

Did you listen to Jeb Bush make his announcement yesterday? Did you hear loud cheers from a crowd that seemed excited at the prospect that there could be another Bush as President? Was I the only one confused? I don’t know one person who doesn’t threaten to leave the Country if it’s Bush vs Clinton for President again. Can’t imagine folks actually excited and cheering for Jeb.

It got me wondering, would someone like Jeb, or another candidate that’s been struggling like he has, hire a crowd? Pay people to attend their rallies to make them seem like their gaining in popularity? We have seen Hillary Clinton stage appearances, knowing ahead of time the people she’d interact with. Would a staged rally be out of the question for a struggling GOP candidate? According to “Crowds On Demand”, not at all.

Crowds on Demand is an American publicity firm. It claims to be the only “rent a crowd” service, providing its clients with the ability to hire actors to pose as fans. I decided to contact them, pretending to be an employee of a GOP candidate running for office. Their Founder/CEO, Adam Swart, responded. Here is our exchange…

More...http://www.libertychat.com/2015/06/rent-a-crowd-company-admits-politicians-are-using-their-service/

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Trump vows to press Ford to cancel Mexican plant

Republican presidential candidate and billionaire Donald Trump threatened Ford Motor Co. with punitive taxes if the Dearborn automaker proceeds with a new $2.5 billion Mexican plant that will “take away thousands” of U.S. jobs.Trump, who announced his plans to run at an appearance in New York on Tuesday, vowed to impose 35 percent taxes on imported Ford vehicles and parts coming from the new Mexican plant.

Trump said he would call Ford CEO Mark Fields — whom he identified only as “the head of Ford” — to explain the “bad news.”

“Let me give you the bad news: every car, every truck and every part manufactured in this plant that comes across the border, we’re going to charge you a 35 percent tax — OK? — and that tax is going to be paid simultaneously with the transaction,” Trump said. “They are going to take away thousands of jobs.”

In April, Ford said it would add 3,800 jobs in Mexico as part of a $2.5 billion investment — on top of the 11,300 Ford already employs in Mexico. The investment will include a new engine plant and new transmission plant allowing for exports of engines to the United States and elsewhere.

Trump has been pitching the proposal to tax Ford in a series of speeches in Iowa, North Carolina and around the country since May.

Trump said Ford would try to get donors and lobbyists to pressure him not to act. But Trump said he would not listen. He said the automaker would decide against the plant: “They’ll say, ‘Mr. President we’ve decided to move the plant back to the United States — we’re not going to build it in Mexico.’ That’s it. They have no choice.”

He said Ford was a good company and that he knew the head of Ford personally.

Asked about Trump’s criticism, Ford spokeswoman Christin Baker pointed to the Dearborn automaker’s U.S. investments.

More...http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/elections/2015/06/16/trump-press-ford-cancel-mexican-plant/28816173/

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Mediaite: Trump Campaign Reportedly Hired Actors at $50 a Head to Attend Campaign Launch

“There’s never been a crowd like this,” Donald Trump declared of the few hundred people gathered in Trump Tower on Tuesday to watch him announce his 2016 Republican presidential campaign. While that comment, among others he made, wasn’t exactly true, we are now learning that some of those in attendance were likely paid actors.

More at link...http://www.mediaite.com/online/trump-campaign-reportedly-hired-actors-at-50-a-head-to-attend-campaign-launch/