Posted on 03/24/2015 2:05:32 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
You will eat those words.
Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin
Ted is beating the bee hive.
Jerry Rivers...
Oh, Lord, let their laughter be turned into mourning and their confidence into shame.
He wants the country to be something it’s not and hasn’t been for 20 or 30 years.
THAT is part of his appeal!
The Democrat and RINO attack dogs are after Cruz out of fear that independents will like the Cruz message. After 6+ years of Ozero, Cruz will look pretty good to those seeking a less intrusive and more responsible government.
It sounds like Dems know we’ve cracked their code.
Then they’ll be grinning like idiots if we can help him along until the end.....
Yeah right.
The probally actually beleive this as they have little understanding of what is really going on in America.
Cool graphics!
A whole lot of Freepers, so otherwise inebriated with their hatred of Hillary, were cheering for Obama against her.
Being somewhat in touch with the talk in DC, I knew the dangers of Obama, and warned in a couple of posts, but no one really listened.
Rush Limbaugh was the biggest obama supporter in an effort to poison the field for Hillary. He called it Operation Chaos and boy did it screw the pooch.
I couldn’t give a flying fig for what the Democrats think of Cruz. It’s not like helping Republicans is something they’d actually want to do, so anything they say is simply a lame attempt at some sort of mind game.
No, it’s the anti-Cruz reaction from the GOP establishment and even from some non-establishment types that’s more bothersome. The whole canard of “he can’t win” is the part that particularly sticks in my craw.
I mean, why not? Why can’t he? When you dig down further and eliminate the ones who are basically just carrying water for another preferred (potential) candidate, it basically boils down to: “he hasn’t shown me that he can”.
Well, duh. None of the potential candidates have. The only to prove you can win is to actually do it. And without an incumbent, there isn’t anyone out there who can claim they have.
This is what the primary season is for. It’s not a “beauty contest” to line up behind whoever serves up the most palatable set of policy positions. It’s to see who can put together the organization and message to win elections*. Find out who can handle the constant strain and scrutiny. Decide who can take a shot, survive it, and come out the stronger for it.
Will that person be Ted Cruz? I have no idea. No one does. And frankly, it’s far too early in the process to even project meaningful odds.
But CAN it be Ted Cruz? Of course it can.
* This goes back to my point from four years ago about tweaking the Buckley rule - vote for the candidate most likely to advance the conservative agenda. This means more than just having the right policies, but also about getting elected and being able to work with a potentially hostile legislature to make things happen.
To liberal activists, anyone to the right of Bernie Sanders is "much too far to the right."
“The launch of Sen. Ted Cruz’s presidential bid Monday has prompted an outpouring of excitement and delight — from Democrats.”
This is going to be the biggest case of unintended consequences ever. Bigger than the lefts obsessive promotion of Jeb Bush after destroying the Bush family name.
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