Posted on 04/30/2016 8:11:49 AM PDT by mandaladon
Ted Cruz is a conservative LBJ.
And he is hated on FR.
Freepers need to consider two VERY different criteria RE Trump’s VP:
1) The first is the issue of electability. The race against Hillary is likely to be very close in terms of electoral votes. The choice needs to add to the electability of the ticket, either in terms of specific states, or by enhancing a particular demographic. IMHO, this automatically and without question eliminates people like Sessions or Hunter or Gingrich.
2) The next issue is one of governance. The choice has to be able to do the job, and be able to step in in case of disaster. Trump will be the target of any of a number of very nasty and evil groups - drug cartel, Islamists, Uniparty Globalists, nonwhite racist groups, Asian hegemonists, etc. The VP choice needs to be able to run the country AND carry Trump’s torch.
She’s just not ready. It wasn’t easy to get thai Iowa Senate Seat. You want to put it back in play?
I do not believe in selecting a woman because she is a woman is any way to run this country. I am a woman, fought my battles in a man’s world and was always respected on an equal basis because of my knowledge and talents, not because I demanded equality simply because I was a woman. Sometimes I had to crack a few walls of resistance, but so what? That was part of the fun.
I am sick and tired of the weenies who believe in “Participation Trophies” and “Everybody is a Winner.” It will be the downfall of America if it isn’t stopped! There must be winners and losers. That is the only thing that inspires hard work and the struggle to EXCEL!
Not a seasoned choice.
Because he is NOT a Conservative. He is a Globalist!
First term Senator? Trump needs someone who knows the ins-and-outs of DC. He needs a conservative LBJ.
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Jeb said he would govern like LBJ, but probably not in the way you mean.
i like Hunter too. and he is young enough to learn from Trump and carry the torch the next 2 cycles after Trump’s 8 years...
4x8=32 years to make America DARN great again!
I like your choices better, and you are correct she did sell out.
(She has not as of yet spoken critically of any of the porkers at the trough, let alone castrated them.)
My gut tells me that she would be to Donald Trump what G.H.W. Bush was to Ronald Reagan.
Mr. niteowl77
The choice needs to add to the electability of the ticket, either in terms of specific states, or by enhancing a particular demographic. IMHO, this automatically and without question eliminates people like Sessions or Hunter or Gingrich.
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Please explain! Sessions, Hunter, and Gingrich are ALL highly qualified. What’s your problem? Maybe because they are all three white men you think they’re disqualified?
Ted Cruz is not eligible.
We are not a Conservative country. We have the left, the right, and the middle. If Hillary wins, the left vote is hers, and they'll believe the same of Hillary that you said of yourself. The right will not vote for her. That leaves the middle, at least half of whom are women, who do not hold Conservative or liberal values, and who are just as likely to vote for Hillary to be the first woman President as for any other reason.
That you don't see it that way is something I appreciate, but I'm not going to delude myself into thinking that others will see it that way. This may be our last chance, and I want every advantage I can get.
Rafael Edward Cruz was a Canadian citizen. What was Barack Hussein Obama ?
If Trump wanted a woman Senator, he could pick one with experience....like Lindsey Graham. Too bad Lindsey is a mealy mouth RINO.
I took a lot of time to write my post, please have the respect to read it. But AGAIN, the people you mention are qualified, but they add NOTHING to the electabilty of the ticket.
Bernie for VP !
Ya swipe votes from Hillary .... win win in landslide for Trump
Bernie gets impeached by Feb of 17 by a gop’e majority for trying to overthrow US in the 60’s.
Appoint Sarah Palin as VP.
How my fictional election script would play out. Alternate ending is Donald chokes to death on a potato chip an Bernie becomes POTUS with Moonbeam Brown as his VP...:o)
With all due consideration I personally do NOT see any GOOD VP choice on the horizon.
I like the way you think.... respect is earned. Stay Safe !
What specific states or specific demographics does Sessions, Hunter, Gingrich, or Demint add that Trump doesn’t already own.
Please be specific.
Matt Salmon of Arizona or Lee Zeldin of New York. Ted Yoho of Florida is a dork but a good guy, too.
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