Posted on 01/23/2016 12:15:11 PM PST by Marcus
Why are the Washington elites flocking to Donald Trump in preference to Ted Cruz? Trump, who has thus far been running as an outsider businessman who was going to upend the political order, even boasted about the phenomenon recently. Cruz may be an outsider who is interested in shaking things up, but at least he has been a Republican all of his adult life. Trump, not too long ago, was a liberal Democrat, who favored partial-birth abortion and high taxes.
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I started out thinking Cruz was the man.
Then, among many other things, I got to thinking about how little he has accomplished as a senator.
I understand that the people in power block him at every turn and I understand why. They have a playhouse and do not like Cruz rocking the boat.
But think about it. He is supposed to be the great debater. He is supposed to be a great lawyer. Both need to be persuasive to succeed.
He has not.
Now contrast him with Jesse Helms. Despised by liberals.
A very conservative republican when the political system was overwhelmingly democratic and a republican in the South was only one degree above a pedophile.
Yet he accomplished much and has been regarded as the power behind building the republican party in the South.
One of his greatest skills was said to be his ability to understand the rules of the senate and the traditional procedures that it must follow and he used them to the fullest. Had he been in the senate for the past eight years, I suspect he would have out maneuvered Reid at every turn.
Cruz as a great debater and a great lawyer should have been able to do the same, but he has not.
No matter how right he might be about his interpretation of our Constitution, it is worth nothing if he can not sell his ideas and he has demonstrated that he can not sell his ideas where it counts.
So I support Trump in the belief that he has the ability to get people to follow him.
Alls fair in love & war and party primaries! ;-)
The writer makes great points, all of them are why I am voting for Cruz all the through the general election. It is about right and wrong and conservative principles. No other candidate is a conservative.
These smug pinheads hate everyone except themselves. Preening degenerates. Malignant losers.
I find it hard to believe anyone needs to ask that question.
What I meant was that’s the mantra. Vote for a rino or stay home and let the democrat win. Personally, they’re going to have to get me real excited to waste my gas.
Personally I’ve been yelling for a third party for years.
Again, is it Cruz against Hillary? Or is it Trump against Hillary. Or Biden or Sanders. I really don’t think it makes much difference. With Dem lights running things, or allowing the dem minority to run things, the result is the same.
Like I said, working with Tip is not the same as being steamrolled by Pelosi with the help of the republican party.
Tip???
The only reason they think that is because Trumps been hammering that message from the get go....that it doesn’t matter what a candidate stands for he needs to just be a winner....
There’s every reason to believe Cruz could go up against any demorat there is.....he stood against the UN...the Supreme court and Congressional leaders......what in the world does old Hillary have?????
Oh sheesh...I thought you meant Trump..... we all know Cruz isn’t that. He may not be peoples favorite man of the hour...but he’s not that by any means.
Cruz is doing what Reagan did....he’s going to the people and why his ground campaign is what it is. Reagan didn’t look for support from Washington....they were trouncing him. So he went directly to the people...and that should not be overlooked as a powerful means to not only get votes, but retain them.
Reagan working with Tip O’Neal.
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