My friends in DC think Cruz is toxic. These are pretty conservative people but now stuck in beltway bubble. I can’t figure out how to convince them otherwise.
Constant, but kindly, sharing of information concerning Ted’s Policy position, YouTube articles showing what kind of man he is, etc.
They can be turned, it just takes patience.
You can’t. The beltway sucks IQ points the minute you cross the Potomac.
That's kinda what I drew from a talk by a Republican inside-the-beltway "expert" this week. I don't think he's "toxic" and I hope that he has a long career in Republican party politics -- but I'm not convinced he's electable in 2016.
Speaking of "toxic", one poll (Republican) http://www.conservativeintel.com/1030-conservative-intel-poll-of-scsen-and-fits-primary-2016/# has Christie leading.
Among Republican primary voters. In South Carolina. Amazing.
You “DC” friends are nothing more than “Pod People(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pod_People_(Invasion_of_the_Body_Snatchers)";, get new friends.
I grew up around DC. I can tell you that we could solve the riddle of Unified Field Theory before convincing the glob of government minded people that inhabit the Beltway region to listen to reality.
DC has been one area, about the only area that the country has consistently grown economically over the years that Obama has been in office. DC-Northern VA-nearly All of Maryland have effectively only one industry and that is government.
Your friends are likely to be in government or one step removed but dependent on government in some way either contractually or dependent on the those that are.
Cruz to them reflects a danger to their way of life. And that is a good thing.
Rather than try and convince them, try smiling at them and letting them know that you are there for them when the Sh*t hits the fan, and it will.
Ted Cruz is the only available antibiotic that can cure America of its infections which will prove terminal if they are not cleared up.
They will have to be.....eliminated..... (politically)