"These people need to learn there is no such thing as lukewarm hell.
Modern-day Democrats are not willing to compromise on anything. As such, the only way to move forward and restore our republic is with brute force, "
Posted on 02/10/2016 11:19:31 AM PST by conservativejoy
Donald Trump is unelectable because he is disliked by a large majority of the American population. In contrast, The biggest attack on Ted Cruz lodged by his detractors is that he is loathed inside Washington, especially in the Senate. We know why Trump is disliked by the American public: he is a shallow, unprincipled, insincere, obnoxious, egomaniacal jackass.
Here is an example of why Cruz is disliked by Beltway pols: Despite being embroiled in the heat of the most important weeks of this presidential campaign, Cruz sent word to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that he was placing a hold on all State Department nominees until Obama comes clean on the Iran deal. Consequently, McConnell was obliged to block the unanimous consent request from Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) to confirm Obama's choices for ambassadorships to Norway and Sweden.
Cruz has placed a blockade on all State Department nominees and has been enforcing it throughout the past few months. Can you expect Klobuchar and colleagues to like Cruz? Anyone can spout campaign rhetoric about having discovered a position in favor of life, marriage, border security, limited government, not giving nukes to Iran, et cetera... But with a belligerent Democrat Party that will fight to the death in defense of their positions on those issues, what good is it to "align" with the conservative side if you will not do what it takes to advance the cause? Most alleged conservatives in the Beltway merely posture. Cruz has enemies because he actually fights.
In the case of the Iran deal, Republicans passed the Corker-Cardin bill signing off on it and then declined to defund it in the budget bill. The only tool left in the Article I arsenal of Congress is to hold up confirmation of executive and judicial nominees. Unfortunately, the other senators refused to join Cruz in enforcing the blockade and extracting concessions from Obama after he violated the conditions of his own deal. And that's the way they like it. Unlike Cruz, they want to be respected, smart, serious, and productive conservatives. "Productive" in the sense that their principles are never actually converted into action - at least not enough to derail liberal policies in a meaningful way.
Moderates like Rubio and Kasich would rub fewer people the wrong way on Capitol Hill. That's the main problem with them. There are those in the conservative intelligentsia who say they personally like Ted Cruz but desire a nominee who will push conservatism in a way that does not elicit such hatred from others in Washington. These people need to learn there is no such thing as lukewarm hell.
Modern-day Democrats are not willing to compromise on anything. As such, the only way to move forward and restore our republic is with brute force, harnessing the power of the outside against the inside, not working with the insiders who got us into this mess in the first place. That is to say, to roll back progressivism the president will have to advance his principles rather than make deals.
Two out of three New Hampshire Republican voters did not vote for Donald Trump.
EXACTLY- Does anyone really think the Beltway Boys want a President speaking directly to the people of what is going on in Washington??
I would have no problem pulling the lever for Ted Cruz. The guy is solid on the issues, but I do not believe in self delusion. Let’s be honest, Cruz’s personality stinks. The reason he is disliked is that he is what the common folk call an a*****e. I’m not talking politics here, just person to person interaction. I would vote for him in a second, but if he lived next door, I would avoid him like the plague.
Aside from the obligatory swipe at Trump, the article actually provides some salient points. Specifically, Cruz is disliked in Washington DC because he doesn’t “go along to get along”. Instead, he does his best to actually do things in line with his convictions, and those of his constituents.
To put it another way, in New Hampshire, Two out of Three Republicans voted against Donald Trump, so he “won”
In Iowa, Three out of Four Republicans voted against Donald Trump, so he “lost”.
He has to get a lot more than one-in-three Republicans to win in November.
Trump has the highest negatives EVER in the entire history of Gallup polling. Now THAT is his problem.
Put another way 9 out of 10 Republican voters in New Hampshire voted against Ted Cruz so he lost. He has no momentum coming out of New Hampshire. He can’t win anything anywhere going forward with support from 1 in 10 Republicans. Ted’s big problem is that the more people gets to know him... the more they tend to dislike him. He is nothing but blind ambition with no leadership abilities what-so-ever. That is why not even one Republican Senator endorsed him... not even one. Not even my favorite, Senator Inhofe from Oklahoma can stand him. But I guess that none of them are “true conservatives”.
"These people need to learn there is no such thing as lukewarm hell.
Modern-day Democrats are not willing to compromise on anything. As such, the only way to move forward and restore our republic is with brute force, "
It is interesting that you put up a bunch of pictures of military men with strong leadership qualities. Cruz was never in the military. Unfortunately Cruz has not demonstrated any leadership qualities other than blind ambition. He may be a decent lawyer, but who followed him in the Senate? Who has followed him in any endeavor other than trying to get him elected to an office that he is not qualified to hold?
Interesting graph; it demonstrates that Cruz has less name recognition than Trump does among independents and Democrats.
And that's a big PLUS!
Maybe it's not about being loved or hated but about how much staying power a politician has with people.
Of course, candidates people really don't want to put up with have been elected simply because people hated their opponents even more.
Ping!
Best to read the original—GGG
Unlike most of the detractors, I’ve met Cruz and found him sincere, amicable, and well liked by everyone I saw speak with him. That is a non-issue meant to distract from Donnie’s lifelong LIEberalism in favor of the tin veneer of his newly-minted conservatism.
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