Jimmy Carter: "I'd Choose Trump Over Cruz as 'He's Completely MALLEABLE."
Posted on 02/05/2016 4:41:53 AM PST by Marcus
You will be told how this is best for Trump soon enough...
PRESIDENT LIZZY BORDEN WARREN (D) MA.
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She is waiting in the wings....and getting ready.
UNIPARTY alumni don’t take kindly to outsiders. It’s a BIG PARTY, and we’re not in it.
If true?
Trump himself says he will be making deals with democrats.
There is no “if” about it when Trump says it himself.
Do you believe he funded Democrats ...Yes. I am supposed to believe that it was in support of crony capitalism.
and helped them win the 2006 election cycle? ...no
Do you believe he said he was a Clinton supporter? ...at one time, yes
Do you believe he defended Bill Clinton? ...not anymore. Trump alone has removed Bill Clinton as a factor in this election - a major accomplishment.
Do you believe he said Hillary’d make a great president? ...YES. Trump has a record of being a very poor judge of character, including statements that Obama will make a great president..
Do you believe he said he identified more as Democrat? ...Trump has flip flopped between parties. It is very unsettling.
Do you believe he supported partial birth abortion and would not ban it? ...at one time. Not anymore. Again, unsettling, but I’ll consider his change of heart.
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Is Donald Trump “malleable”.....NO.
Why do you think he’s not?
Cruz did not vote for cloture on TPA before he voted against it? Cruz did not vote for the Corker bill and then trash the Iran nuke deal that came from it? Cruz did not support a 500%’increase in H1B visas for years until he was pressured to change that unpopular position in November 2015, at least partly because Trump was beating him on this with his more correct position on the issue? Those issues are all from just the last year. Seems to me that Cruz changes his mind on big issues quite often also.
But like all effective lies and propaganda this has an element of truth.
Senator Cruz is a principled conservative. He is a true patriot with strong values.
Carter said Trump is malleable. Many people talk about Trump giving money to and saying nice things about liberal politicians. Everyone trying to run a business in the United States must allow himself to be pushed around and extorted by politicians and must be nice to them while they do it. That is the sad state of America today. That is the real world.
Trump's strength has been that he has taken positions that support America. He has been strong in the face of pressure.
Carter was a very weak and incompetent president. He may have been told to say what he said. He is in his 90’s and has recently struggled with cancer that reached his brain.
Carter is dishonest and despicable. His endorsement of Trump is meant to hurt Trump. It is clear that Carter and whoever told him to say what he said do not want Trump to be the Republican candidate.
All you need to know. McConnell, Dole, Lott, Hatch think the same thing.
I agree. That senility is what is causing him to show his cards.
The fact that you can't see what all of the Democrats, Moderates, Independents, CNN, MSNBC, GOPe, Conservatives, etc... can see - that Trump is a wishy washy fip flopper with a liberal instinct, shows that maybe you are suffering from a bit of dementia/senility/psychosis.
The man is a liberal. He has been his whole life. He is talking about Muslims and Mexicans and the border because he thinks that will win him the Republican nomination. Go read his books. He knows that you say whatever it takes and play on emotions to close a sale. That is what he is doing. Once he has the nomination he will go back to being a liberal.
Carter knows it and gives interviews about it. The Democrats know this and some are supporting him (crossovers). Moderates know this and some are supporting him (formerly non-political). The GOPe know this and are supporting him over Cruz. The liberal media networks know this and cover him positively. Conservatives know this and are supporting Cruz over him.
For some reason, you don't know this.
Reagan himself said politics is the art of the possible. Making deals with the opposition is NECESSARY to move ANYTHING. Reagan caught hell from conservatives all through his presidency for “giving away” too much to democrats. Back then he wasn’t quite the saint he is now in the conservative hall of fame.
Jimmy Carter: "I'd Choose Trump Over Cruz as 'He's Completely MALLEABLE."
Of course Jimmy is trying to help Trump be the nominee and hurt Cruz—not. Any time a Dem tells you the GOP nominee they fear or dislike the most, this is the one they want to run against.
Every time Trump has flip-flopped was because it was to the benefit of his business or his candidacy. But it was HIS choice to flip flop.
Is he a true conservative?..no way
supporter of crony capitalism?...oh yes.
Is he malleable? ...No. I cannot think of anything Jimmy Carter (or any democrat) could say or do that would make Trump change his position unless it helped him gain an advantage to his vision of America.
Rubio is malleable. Trump is not.
Cruz is also not malleable, but he is also a conservative.
Reagan didn’t have a majority in the house and senate so he had to work with democrats, but that probably went right over the top of your pointy little head.
Trump is a master of making deals. He can run circles around Dems. Current repubrat elites fold fast, give away the store and throw in their first-born.
Corker and the Iranian deal are different things. It is not inconsistent to vote for one and against the other. His vote in favor of Corker was predicated on the belief that the Republicans would hold firm and not ultimately vote to approve a bad deal. He understood that no Corker bill meant that Obama could do anything he wanted with no recourse from Congress. With the Corker bill, Obama's deal had to fall within certain parameters and THEN be approved by Congress. He misjudged the capacity of the leadership. They caved. The deal did not fall within the parameters AND leadership refused to do anything about it. Despite leadership's failure, Cruz STILL had a plan to defeat the deal but he couldn't garner enough support.
On the surface, the H1B Visa idea seemed good. Let's crack down on poor 3rd world immigrants and ship them out and replace them with middle to upperclass 2nd world immigrants. In the end, after all of the H1B scandals and the realization that we weren't going to get all of the 3rd worlders out, he abandoned it. I am glad he did.
Giving trade promotion authority to a president does not go against conservative/free market orthodoxy. Giving it to THIS President is not a good idea.
Engaging in a political maneuver to try and have some say in an international agreement does not go against conservative/free market orthodoxy. Having faith in the Republican leadership was not a good idea.
A change in the immigration rules to favor a higher class group over a lower class group does not go against conservative/ free market othodoxy.
These are differences in policy not ideology.
You want to know what does go against conservative/ free market orthodoxy?
Endorsing Democrats
Single payer healthcare
Partial birth abortion
Donating money to Democrats
Restrictions on guns
Eminent domain being used to seize a home for the benefit of one business
Marrying nude models
Paying bribes to elected officials
Cruz is not perfect but he is a conservative.
Trump is not now and never has been a conservative.
I’m a Cruz supporter and I’m not going to let a failure and a democrat like Carter influence my choice.
I do not believe that Trump is “malleableâ€. Trump may change his position to get the best outcome, but HE is changing his position, not someone else.
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The funny thing here is that Bob Dole another establishment dinosaur both have the same opinion of Trump versus Cruz.
The don’t have much of a filter left they are saying what the rest of the establishment believes but doesn’t say. Great endorsement for Cruz.
Rubio is silly-putty.
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