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Donald Trump Goes Nuclear: Let's Face It, Ted Cruz 'Is a Bit of a Maniac'
PJ Media ^ | 12-13-2015 | Michael van der Galien

Posted on 12/13/2015 7:33:18 AM PST by Michael van der Galien

In what's more evidence that Donald Trump is becoming completely unhinged, he is now stooping so low as to label Tea Party favorite Ted Cruz "a bit of a maniac":

"I don’t think he’s qualified to be president… I don’t think he has the right temperament. I don’t think he’s got the right judgment… You look at the way he’s dealt with the Senate, where he goes in there like a — you know, frankly like a little bit of a maniac. You’re never going to get things done that way."

He added:

"Look, I built a phenomenal business. I’m worth many, many billions of dollars. I have some of the greatest assets anywhere in the world. You can’t walk into the Senate, and scream, and call people liars, and not be able to cajole and get along with people. He’ll never get anything done. And that’s the problem with Ted."

It's rather fascinating that this is coming from the most bombastic and maniacal presidential candidate in history. Almost every single one of his proposals are downright outlandish, and he calls everyone who dares disagree with him "a loser" and worse. See how he smeared Dr. Ben Carson by calling him "pathological."

What's more, Trump's latest jabs at Cruz prove that he has no idea what real conservatives want. Cruz promised them to stand up for their values in Washington D.C., even if the establishment would hate him for it. That's exactly what he's done, and it's one of the main reasons that he's now so popular among Evangelicals, very conservative voters, and those who identify themselves with the Party.

If I was Cruz, I'd politely ask The Donald to attack me even more. After all, this will only end up helping, rather than hurting him.

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To: nikos1121

Cruz is great. His respect for and knowledge of the Constitution is unquestionable but, yes, he could definitely lose to Hillary

Plus he’ll be obligated to his donors.


301 posted on 12/13/2015 10:43:02 AM PST by stanne
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans
Would it bother you to discover that when Cruz and his team declares Rubio to be lying, that Cruz is, in fact, lying his ass off to you and to all his supporters?

Post links.

302 posted on 12/13/2015 10:43:14 AM PST by cowboyway (Returning the federal government to its constitutional limits is a Lost Cause.)
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To: Michael van der Galien

Straight out of the democrat playbook. Sad.


303 posted on 12/13/2015 10:43:41 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: odawg

Tell us what Cruz said. Quote him.


304 posted on 12/13/2015 10:44:22 AM PST by Theo (May Christ be exalted above all.)
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To: Pikachu_Dad

Donald Trump was not in the House or Senate or in the White House when those things came out for a vote, now was he???

Did he ‘vote’ on them? What State was Trump a Senator or Representative in when those votes were taken???

Better read it again....

And I’m sure who ever you supported in 2001 to 2010 won didn’t they???


305 posted on 12/13/2015 10:47:08 AM PST by HarleyLady27 (TRUMP SUPPORTER 100% from day ONE!!!)
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March
If Cruz can defend Scalia in a timely manner, a HUGE feather in his cap.

If you watched the Town Hall meeting yesterday in Aiken, S.C. you would have heard Trump say that Roberts was an embarrassment and a big disappointment and that Thomas was his favorite and that Scalia was also very high on his list of respected SC Justices.

Move the slider to 14 minutes in which is the beginning of the entire event. His comments regarding the Justices are much later in.

Donald Trump Holds Town Hall Meeting in Aiken, SC (12-12-15)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWSVmgaJt_s#t=2256

306 posted on 12/13/2015 10:49:05 AM PST by VideoDoctor
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To: JediJones

At the time these things were ‘voted’ on, what State was Trump elected to? These were House and Senate votes, what State was he elected to???

Has Trump ever been elected by a State to represent either in the House or Senate at any time of his life???

These are votes that were taken...where was Trump when these votes were cast????


307 posted on 12/13/2015 10:49:38 AM PST by HarleyLady27 (TRUMP SUPPORTER 100% from day ONE!!!)
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To: stanne

USSR generals are on record as saying they thought it was not possible to keep up with the Star Wars spending that we were doing.

Reagan should have told the establishment to go to hell when they pushed Bush down his throat.

I didn’t know until recently that Bush coined “voodoo economics”


308 posted on 12/13/2015 10:50:37 AM PST by dp0622 (..)
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To: Michael van der Galien

Cruz may be a maniac, but he’s OUR maniac.

I like Trump. I am very glad he is in the race. I think he and Cruz share a lot of common ground. Trump should follow Cruzs lead here and be respectful to the only other conservative in the race. No attacks. Either one winning is. Victory for the USA.


309 posted on 12/13/2015 10:56:37 AM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: Michael van der Galien

Maniac? Hilarious coming from the “Don Rickles” of the 2016 campaign.


310 posted on 12/13/2015 10:58:21 AM PST by catfish1957 (I display the Confederate Battle Flag with pride in honor of my brave ancestors who fought w/ valor)
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To: GrouchoTex

Trump has the luxury of not being in an elected position, and can hide behind that fact.


311 posted on 12/13/2015 10:59:33 AM PST by catfish1957 (I display the Confederate Battle Flag with pride in honor of my brave ancestors who fought w/ valor)
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To: nikos1121

Cruz is a good man. He is Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, but Trump is right, he won’t get anything done as president, he has too many people in his own party who hate him.


In all honesty, I don’t want much done in Washington so much as I want things undone. That is one problem with the majority of the electorate and the information they are fed by the media. Time and again we are told that the American people are fed up with the dysfunction in DC and want both sides to work together to move things forward. That is the last thing any conservative should ever want. Reaching across the aisle to get things done is what the GOPe does. Think McCain and his ilk. That is the last thing any conservative should ever want. It is nothing more than slowly advancing the progressive cause.

Trump is doing a fantastic job highlighting the unfettered immigration chaos this country is facing and throwing the PC religion of restrained speech out the window. He is the leader in the polls largely due to this. He has relegated the GOPe candidates to bottom tier status by dominating news coverage on these fronts alone. Good for him! It is about time someone did this.

Trump will tell you he is the guy that can get things done. He is the guy that can work with both sides of the aisle in Congress. Unfortunately, I believe him. This paradoxical statement is the problem. I don’t want things done. I want them undone. I want paralysis in DC the other 99% of the time.

Ronald Reagan’s famous quip that the most terrifying words in the English language are “I am from the government and I am here to help,” are even more true today than ever before.

Trump thinks he can move things forward. Cruz cannot. Good! We need a President that follows Buckley’s words and “stands athwart history yelling ‘Stop!’” The constitutionalist Ted Cruz certainly fits the bill for this most vital role. His use of executive power to enforce existing law, his primary functional duty as President, while being restrained from expanding executive power by fiat as we have been subjected to is paramount to the very survival of the Constitution.

Trump would get things done, certainly. He comes from a lifetime of ruling as an absolute monarch over his empire. The switch to being subordinate to the will of the people through the Congress does not suit his temperament. He has big ideas and comes from a liberal ideology that is too ingrained, espousing big government solutions. Trump may very well have discarded his liberal ideology (doubtful, but possible).He is no Obama and does not seek the destruction of the United States. He is, unabashedly, a patriot. He does not, however, come from a life-long ideological background of paying homage to constitutional principles and limited government. His history of statements is evidence, the only thing we as voters have to go on, of seeking solutions through government intervention.

I sincerely hope that Trump bangs the warning drum over the threat this country faces due to its immigration problems. If it were at all possible, I would want him to bang it louder. It is an existential threat. So to is the long-term destruction of the Constitution and idea of limited government. This is not Trump’s beat on the drum. It is the one that Ted Cruz has banged since he entered pubic life.


312 posted on 12/13/2015 11:01:52 AM PST by FerociousRabbit
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To: dschapin

When your private session with strategists include dissing Trump for his judgement and putting it out there about finger on the button, it’s a prelude to where Cruz will be.

Just doing it in private first so he’s not seen as poking the bear.


313 posted on 12/13/2015 11:05:06 AM PST by Kenny (RED)
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To: Rodamala

Trumpanzees
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That will really help your cause.


314 posted on 12/13/2015 11:06:07 AM PST by Amntn
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To: cookcounty

>> Cruz is maniacal, Carson is pathological, Fiorina is ugly <<

Don’t forget that Rubio sweats too much.


315 posted on 12/13/2015 11:15:09 AM PST by Hawthorn
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To: TimPatriot
It's not about ego, it's about winning.

Doesn't fit with his threatening to go independent if treated "unfairly" by the GOP.
316 posted on 12/13/2015 11:18:52 AM PST by caveat emptor
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To: Michael van der Galien
All part of the dance of politics. What most miss here is that the real effect of a Trump-Cruz "feud" will be to suck the life out of all other campaigns as 2016 and the real primary season begins.

Think anyone will get any airtime when the press can go bonkers over this supposed "feud", breathlessly focusing on how it develops. The presstitutes can't help themselves and the result will be that the also-rans trying to crawl out of the ratings cellar will find the door has been nailed shut.

This is a shut-out strategy, pure and simple. None of the other candidates will be able to get on the field, let alone score here. This is how the "brokered convention" dreams of the GOPe get stymied. Trump/Cruz will run the table on the primaries and whether or not they trade off a few states the larger goal is to ensure that by the time the Spring rolls around the nomination is already sewn up.

Come July the Trump/Cruz ticket will simply be formally confirmed.

317 posted on 12/13/2015 11:19:48 AM PST by AustinBill (consequence is what makes our choices real)
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To: Michael van der Galien

This is how Trump shoots himself in the foot. If he and Cruz got together now, defined a platform and spelled it out, they would be an unbeatable team. Instead, they will tear each other down according to the “rules” of modern campaigning, and ego.


318 posted on 12/13/2015 11:23:10 AM PST by spodefly (This is my tag line. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
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To: JediJones

And how might you reverse it? Without working across the aisle, Executive Orders is all that is left.


319 posted on 12/13/2015 11:25:27 AM PST by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: EvilCapitalist
Pay close attention, he gives all the talking points, secure border, deport criminals WITH MULTIPLE OFFENSES as they already broke the law to get in. And the money quotes:

And then once we have finally demonstrated to the American people that we have secured the border, the problem’s solved, it’s not a promise from a politician, it’s not empty words, it’s been done, then and only then, I think we should have a conversation with the American people about what we should do about whatever smaller population remains.

Reporter asks Ted Cruz four times: “How do you define amnesty?”

He has never said he will deport the 11 million illegal, he talks about green cards, H1b visas,

A path to legal status, but not to citizenship. A green card with no right to naturalization.

Cruz Tries to Claim the Middle Ground on Immigration

Legal immigrants will take more jobs, eligible for more entitlements. Cruz's only objection is the one word citizenship.

320 posted on 12/13/2015 11:26:11 AM PST by Kenny (RED)
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