If you think feminist entitlements haven't invaded the evangelical church, you haven't volunteered in a church lately. Are you aware that the divorce rate among evangelicals is as high as in the unchurched population?
Chavez and Hussein wrecked their own countries and died. Not exactly beating us to a pulp.
I said, "beating us to a pulp economically", and was specifically referring to Trump's main points of how China, Mexico and the Middle Eastern dictatorships are beating us on trade deals and oil prices and sending their illegals over here and devaluing currency as well. Let's not forget his other points about the TPP and the Iran nuclear deal. Every other thug has his hand in our pocket, and he is the only one experienced at tough negotiations with people quite outside our Constitutional frame of courtly behavior.
Trump thinks we need to put better people in charge of government when what we really need to do is cut government and give control back to the people. Giving up power is not the natural instinct of the alpha male strongman. Cruz is... strong, firm and uncompromising without being a bully who goes into an uncontrolled rage against anyone who offends him. Cruz is not power mad or power hungry. He is ready to shrink government and give power to the people rather than just try to "run it better."
Your post reveals that you don't know what you're talking about regarding how Trump would run things or how a great organization is run and the difference between a national economy and a global economy that runs by different rules; so I'll chalk it up to a lack of executive experience on your part. There is a vast, vast gulf between putting better people in charge of government and cutting government -- there have to be some government leaders, even if their job is to incrementally dismantle their huge bureaucracies under Trump's guidelines, so that we don't descend into anarchy. We can't expect even Cruz to just shut it all down and throw all functions people are now engaged with into chaos without any transitional planning.
Secondly, where is the "uncontrolled rage" of which you write? I saw a well-aimed, if crudely expressed, series of statements in a conversational tone of voice about the dubious claims of a rival in the race whom pollsters and the media has set up, it appears falsely, as a neck-and-neck contender.
If I were you, I wouldn't bet too much on your political instincts in this race.
You must have incredible instincts if you can detect that Trump is planning to hire a bunch of people to shrink the government, because he’s never said that, other 1 or 2 agencies he doesn’t like. Trump hasn’t talked much about cutting government beyond cutting the waste and abuse, a.k.a. “running it better.” Trump belittles anyone who says they want to get the government out of entitlements like Medicare and Social Security. Cruz, on the other hand, has a dramatic plan to close and shrink government agencies. He regularly talks about the virtues of smaller government.
Mexico doesn’t have a dictator, so AFAIK there is no dictator sending illegals into our country, with the possible exception of Iranian sleeper agents.
Cruz has long been out-in-front on opposing the Iranian deal, so there’s no daylight there between the two.
“Trade deals” have a minimal impact on our economy. Trump’s been railing against them since the Reagan administration but absolutely no cause and effect has been shown between a trade deal to any kind of downturn in our economy. On the contrary, we’ve seen incredible technological booms that have improved all our lives dramatically, with technology produced by us, other countries and joint efforts between us and them. This is a huge sign that free trade is doing very well for us. I don’t want to be forced to buy an American product if the Koreans or Japanese are making something better. The American company should be forced to compete with them. The benefit of competition is a bedrock conservative principle.
Trade barriers destroy economic growth and standard of living. Just imagine having to pay a tariff on every package you receive from overseas, which is what happens in many other countries. We have the freedom to buy most goods from anywhere in the world without paying an import tax. Trump threatens to take that away from us. I’ve never spoken to one foreign national who brags about how happy they are that they have to pay a customs fee to receive a foreign package.
Trump has posted a tweet bashing Iowa voters, then deleted it and said a “young intern” did it. Last night he referred to some voters as “stupid.” He threatened Megyn Kelly in the first debate and then publically bullied her online for weeks. He’s used profanity in his campaign speeches. He feels the need to verbally attack pretty much anyone who he thinks has slighted him and these grudges can last for weeks if not forever. Trump’s tone of voice may be controlled, but his language, statements and easily bruised ego are not.