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Donald Trump skipped one of the GOP primary debates, electing instead to conduct a campaign event focusing on veterans.  He has repeatedly claimed to have raised $6 million for vets in this effort but now his own campaign manager says it ain't so:

"Various media outlets have determined that the amount raised was only about $3.1 million.

His campaign originally said the event raised $6 million, but Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski later admitted the real number was much less."

http://www.nydailynews.com/new...er-article-1.2646974

 

 

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Contendahh posted:

Donald Trump skipped one of the GOP primary debates, electing instead to conduct a campaign event focusing on veterans.  He has repeatedly claimed to have raised $6 million for vets in this effort but now his own campaign manager says it ain't so:

"Various media outlets have determined that the amount raised was only about $3.1 million.

His campaign originally said the event raised $6 million, but Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski later admitted the real number was much less."

http://www.nydailynews.com/new...er-article-1.2646974

 

 

The Lack of Military and Veteran Support for Hillary Clinton Should Concern You

Surprise!  Surprise!

http://vetsforbernie.org/2016/...s-dont-like-clinton/

 

direstraits posted:

Trump is living in Condie's nightmares, rent free.

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Obviously, with that nothing "response," you have either missed my earlier post or--much more likely--purposely avoided it, since you have nothing to post in the way of factual rebuttal.  Here is it again for you.  Try once more to be relevant:

 

<<<Donald Trump skipped one of the GOP primary debates, electing instead to conduct a campaign event focusing on veterans.  He has repeatedly claimed to have raised $6 million for vets in this effort but now his own campaign manager says it ain't so:

"Various media outlets have determined that the amount raised was only about $3.1 million.

His campaign originally said the event raised $6 million, but Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski later admitted the real number was much less.>>>>

http://www.nydailynews.com/new...er-article-1.2646974

 

I believe that the amount of pledges was about $6 million, but the actual amount received was much less:

http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/20/...-million-not-raised/

(CNN)When Donald Trump skipped a GOP debate in January to host a fundraiser for veterans, he touted its success by citing the $6 million raised for veterans groups. One problem -- that figure is inaccurate.

Following the rally in Des Moines, Iowa, the Trump campaign said the event raised $5 million and Trump personally contributed an additional $1 million. But campaign manager Corey Lewandowski told CNN Friday the amount raised was actually less than $6 million.
 
Lewandowski said he did not "know the exact number" off the top of his head and would confirm the number in coming days. He explained the discrepancy by saying at the time of the rally, Trump believed he had raised $6 million but more money had been pledged than was actually donated. 
 
I believe everyones scorn should be directed at those who welshed on their pledges.
direstraits posted:

My nothing response was in response to Condie's nothing burger.  Really, post something of substance, please.  

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Dire deflection strategy at work again:  vaguely denigrate the information posted by others and hope that there are some readers dull enough to think that you have made a valid statement.

Stanky posted:

I believe that the amount of pledges was about $6 million, but the actual amount received was much less:

http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/20/...-million-not-raised/

(CNN)When Donald Trump skipped a GOP debate in January to host a fundraiser for veterans, he touted its success by citing the $6 million raised for veterans groups. One problem -- that figure is inaccurate.

Following the rally in Des Moines, Iowa, the Trump campaign said the event raised $5 million and Trump personally contributed an additional $1 million. But campaign manager Corey Lewandowski told CNN Friday the amount raised was actually less than $6 million.
 
Lewandowski said he did not "know the exact number" off the top of his head and would confirm the number in coming days. He explained the discrepancy by saying at the time of the rally, Trump believed he had raised $6 million but more money had been pledged than was actually donated. 
 
I believe everyones scorn should be directed at those who welshed on their pledges.

That would take a application of logic upon Condie's part.  He's too far along on the dead end progressive trail to use logic or commonsense. Why, Trump's name is mentioned, it must be Trump's fault, not those who refused to keep their word.

direstraits posted:
Stanky posted:

I believe that the amount of pledges was about $6 million, but the actual amount received was much less:

http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/20/...-million-not-raised/

(CNN)When Donald Trump skipped a GOP debate in January to host a fundraiser for veterans, he touted its success by citing the $6 million raised for veterans groups. One problem -- that figure is inaccurate.

Following the rally in Des Moines, Iowa, the Trump campaign said the event raised $5 million and Trump personally contributed an additional $1 million. But campaign manager Corey Lewandowski told CNN Friday the amount raised was actually less than $6 million.
 
Lewandowski said he did not "know the exact number" off the top of his head and would confirm the number in coming days. He explained the discrepancy by saying at the time of the rally, Trump believed he had raised $6 million but more money had been pledged than was actually donated. 
 
I believe everyones scorn should be directed at those who welshed on their pledges.

That would take a application of logic upon Condie's part.  He's too far along on the dead end progressive trail to use logic or commonsense. Why, Trump's name is mentioned, it must be Trump's fault, not those who refused to keep their word.

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It would have taken an application of common sense on Trump's part not to count his chicken$ before they hatched.  It is virtually  a standard outcome of money-raising efforts of this kind that some significant fraction of pledges called  in don't get sent  in. Trump was not content to await the confirmed outcome because he needed to TRUMPet his success on the campaign trail. 

Contendahh posted:
direstraits posted:
Stanky posted:

I believe that the amount of pledges was about $6 million, but the actual amount received was much less:

http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/20/...-million-not-raised/

(CNN)When Donald Trump skipped a GOP debate in January to host a fundraiser for veterans, he touted its success by citing the $6 million raised for veterans groups. One problem -- that figure is inaccurate.

Following the rally in Des Moines, Iowa, the Trump campaign said the event raised $5 million and Trump personally contributed an additional $1 million. But campaign manager Corey Lewandowski told CNN Friday the amount raised was actually less than $6 million.
 
Lewandowski said he did not "know the exact number" off the top of his head and would confirm the number in coming days. He explained the discrepancy by saying at the time of the rally, Trump believed he had raised $6 million but more money had been pledged than was actually donated. 
 
I believe everyones scorn should be directed at those who welshed on their pledges.

That would take a application of logic upon Condie's part.  He's too far along on the dead end progressive trail to use logic or commonsense. Why, Trump's name is mentioned, it must be Trump's fault, not those who refused to keep their word.

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It would have taken an application of common sense on Trump's part not to count his chicken$ before they hatched.  It is virtually  a standard outcome of money-raising efforts of this kind that some significant fraction of pledges called  in don't get sent  in. Trump was not content to await the confirmed outcome because he needed to TRUMPet his success on the campaign trail. 

I might note that Trump's specialty is building things, not holding fund-raisers. Even if Trump used more correct language and said that $6 million was pledged, the dishonest left would still hound Trump for not raking in that amount. For all anyone knows, some political operatives may have called in phony pledges to create such a scenario. After all, the protest covered by the OP's news link was a staged event by the Clinton campaign:

Hillary Clinton’s Camp Set Up ‘Veterans Against Trump’ Protest

http://www.thedailybeast.com/a...t-trump-protest.html

Contendahh posted:
direstraits posted:
Stanky posted:

I believe that the amount of pledges was about $6 million, but the actual amount received was much less:

http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/20/...-million-not-raised/

(CNN)When Donald Trump skipped a GOP debate in January to host a fundraiser for veterans, he touted its success by citing the $6 million raised for veterans groups. One problem -- that figure is inaccurate.

Following the rally in Des Moines, Iowa, the Trump campaign said the event raised $5 million and Trump personally contributed an additional $1 million. But campaign manager Corey Lewandowski told CNN Friday the amount raised was actually less than $6 million.
 
Lewandowski said he did not "know the exact number" off the top of his head and would confirm the number in coming days. He explained the discrepancy by saying at the time of the rally, Trump believed he had raised $6 million but more money had been pledged than was actually donated. 
 
I believe everyones scorn should be directed at those who welshed on their pledges.

That would take a application of logic upon Condie's part.  He's too far along on the dead end progressive trail to use logic or commonsense. Why, Trump's name is mentioned, it must be Trump's fault, not those who refused to keep their word.

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It would have taken an application of common sense on Trump's part not to count his chicken$ before they hatched.  It is virtually  a standard outcome of money-raising efforts of this kind that some significant fraction of pledges called  in don't get sent  in. Trump was not content to await the confirmed outcome because he needed to TRUMPet his success on the campaign trail. 

Most fund raisers do the same. Either, tightwad Condie is unfamiliar with charities, or unwound Condie is flying on his left wing only.

Contendahh posted:
direstraits posted:
Stanky posted:

I believe that the amount of pledges was about $6 million, but the actual amount received was much less:

http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/20/...-million-not-raised/

(CNN)When Donald Trump skipped a GOP debate in January to host a fundraiser for veterans, he touted its success by citing the $6 million raised for veterans groups. One problem -- that figure is inaccurate.

Following the rally in Des Moines, Iowa, the Trump campaign said the event raised $5 million and Trump personally contributed an additional $1 million. But campaign manager Corey Lewandowski told CNN Friday the amount raised was actually less than $6 million.
 
Lewandowski said he did not "know the exact number" off the top of his head and would confirm the number in coming days. He explained the discrepancy by saying at the time of the rally, Trump believed he had raised $6 million but more money had been pledged than was actually donated. 
 
I believe everyones scorn should be directed at those who welshed on their pledges.

That would take a application of logic upon Condie's part.  He's too far along on the dead end progressive trail to use logic or commonsense. Why, Trump's name is mentioned, it must be Trump's fault, not those who refused to keep their word.

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It would have taken an application of common sense on Trump's part not to count his chicken$ before they hatched.  It is virtually  a standard outcome of money-raising efforts of this kind that some significant fraction of pledges called  in don't get sent  in. Trump was not content to await the confirmed outcome because he needed to TRUMPet his success on the campaign trail. 

An application of common sense like you didn't have when you needed to TRUMPET your post about Trump that was proven false? You couldn't bother then to have the content confirmed. Ah, but you're special, aren't you? Democrats are allowed to do what they please, and run around talking about others.

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Contendahh posted:
giftedamateur posted:

Contendahh, it took you an awfully long time to come up with that lame reply. You lied, you were caught. You don't have the decency to man up and admit your deception.

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Contendahh:

The reply is not lame; it is factual.  One does not commit a "lie" when one makes an erroneous statement relying on incorrect information.  The "lie card" is all too often erroneously payed on this forum.  

 

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