Posted on 02/26/2016 6:47:14 AM PST by InvisibleChurch
I understand Trump is a candidate who has taken the election cycle by storm and I understand his allure. IIRC, I thought Ted Cruz was the favorite candidate here on Free Republic because of his conservative views. What has happened that Cruz is a figure of derision here? I understand Jeb! and Rubio and other mains stream Republicans being poo-poo'ed. Is Cruz getting slammed merely because he is running against Trump? Last night's thread was like stumbling into an alternate Freeperverse. Another question is: If you weren't supporting Trump, would you support Cruz?
Read the comments. People tend to react poorly when cetain Cruz posters sole contribution to the thread is emotional personal attack and infantile attack snarks instead of a rational thoughtful commentary.
Throw verbal punches, people punch back. It is human nature.
His supporters decided to go after Trump supporters last November when they realized that Trump was not going to implode, and his message was better than Cruz’s and was resonating.
They lost. It’s a simple as that. Now they are in the final meltdown.
Modern politics dictates that you trash every candidate you do not support, even if you once supported and liked the candidate you are now trashing. We live in the world of Obama and Trump now.
I’ve NEVER bashed him even though I am now for Trump and have already voted for the ST primary in my state. My only criticism of him was his embracing Glenn Beck.
In fact, he was my first choice up until a couple-three months ago. I saw exactly the opposite that you are describing, and that is the reason I switched.
Cruz is done, kaput, finished, washed up, three day old bread.....
/annoying “Europe” song stuck in head, now
In spite of any evidence the the contrary.
Wanting to be associated with a winner, when Trump says sic em, they go sic em.
You must not spend much time here lately or you wouldnt have to ask.
I don't know who I'd be supporting but it wouldn't be Cruz. I didn't support Ted Cruz from the get go because he is NOT electable. He appeals to the most conservative wing of the GOP and that's it. That's the extent of his appeal. He would get no support from blue collar democrats or from the middle of the road type independents. And you can't win with just one third of the GOP.
Cruz endorsing Rubio over Trump didn’t help matters.
The fact that some of his supporters wanted to prove they could be as big jerks as some of the Trump supporter certainly wrung the last bit of civility from the discussion. Neither side has helped their candidate. I almost voted for Elizabeth Gray but finally decided my vote might actually matter, and held my nose and voted for one of those two.
Revenge against the outlandish Cruzbots who are helping Hillary’s efforts against Trump.
Cruz isn’t evil, but he accepts evildoers on his team, as if he had no previous experience in management.
Give Cruz a few more years to mature and build some accomplishments, and Trumpsters might support him when it’s his turn.
Read some of the articles. You’ve been here since 2000.
How can you support a person who supposedly wants to stop the invasion of the US, but prefers Rubio over Trump?
Because Trump supporters emulate Trump.
Cruz has hired some shady characters and has used questionable tactics, this upsets a lot of people
Trump for President.
Haven’t you heard? Trump’s going to build a wall. And it’s going to be great.
That’s all FR needs.
The longer Cruz is in it the more his true colors are showing. Cruz is the GOPe conservative click bait. He talks a good game but actually accomplishes nothing except getting more conservatives to vote for and donate to the Republican party which then goes and does whatever it wants. Cruz might be sincere about his conservatism. He might be earnest. But he has absolutely no skills, personality or leadership to actually accomplish anything which is why they keep him around.
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