Because as much as Ted rails against his own party he’s still part of the elected class. I agree Cruz is hands down the best candidate we have, and I was a Walker supporter, but don’t blame people for wanting to vote for a non-politician like Trump. We’ve had enough crap thrown on us by elected Republicans. You hardcore Cruzers need to keep that in mind before going off on fellow conservatives for not supporting your guy.
I’m not trying to “go off on anyone”, nor am I “Cruz, right or wrong”. I’m just saying that a LOT of people seem to be working themselves into an excited froth because Donald Trump happens to know how to shoot off his mouth in all our favorite directions.
I’ll be direct and blunt: I don’t trust the man, at all. I like what he says, and I enjoy him giving all the “right people” their comeuppance; but Trump is in it for Trump (and he admits that proudly). I don’t trust him to fight the unyielding fight against abortion, or forcing nuns to cover contraception in their health insurance, or the homosexual lobby, or any other “merely social evil”. If Trump sees an opportunity for Trump, then he may well fold—excuse me, “strategically reorganize”—on those issues.
Again: I don’t blame people for liking what Trump is saying and doing. What I *do* mind is their complete zeal for transferring that TV-watching enthusiasm into VOTES for him. Showmanship apparently rules the day, in those who want to vote for Trump (”hey, no one else is saying all the things that need to be said!”, etc.)... and some of the pro-Trump people on this thread alone have confirmed that, in spades. That doesn’t strike me as a solid foundation on which to choose a president.
Yeah, I know... after Obama, the American person’s standards of what qualifies for “better than what we have as president” is something below “dead, decaying sea slug”; but we really do need not to let our hearts run away with our heads, here.
I fully expect to applaud Trump and Carson when they say the right things, and when they tie the media in knots (we need people to do that!)... and then I’ll calmly vote for Ted Cruz, since I judge him to be the most qualified.