Washington Post and New York Times: Ted Cruz is the next Barry Goldwater

Red State ^ | November 27th, 2015 | slheis

[okie01]

Goldwater was defeated only because Johnson and his crew successfully painted him as a warmonger. Nobody will be able to get away with that with Ted Cruz.

There was a second reason: The RNC and the Rockefeller wing of the party sat on their hands (and wallets). Goldwater got no help, save from his own voters (like me).

There is a definite risk that the GOPe and the RINO wing will do the same thing to Cruz -- leaving it up to his voters (like me) again.

[This_far]

Reagan was the result.

Not in 64.

[bestintxas]

The lib media is scared to death.

[InterceptPoint]

Reagan was the New Barry Goldwater. Cruz is the New Ronald Reagan.

All three are/were winners. Two will go down in history as Presidents of the United States.

[Politicalkiddo]

The dude’s a master. Not in a bombastic way, of course. But in a classy, subdued way. I prefer substance over appearance.

[cripplecreek]

Actually I think Ted Cruz is even better than Reagan in some respects.

He’s more along the lines of Coolidge who was Reagan’s favorite president.

[Paladin2]

Well, Reagan turned out to be the “we begin bombing in 5 minutes” guy.

[DJ Taylor]

"Goldwater was defeated only because Johnson and his crew successfully painted him as a warmonger.'

Lyndon Johnson ran as a peace candidate in 1964, saying, "I won't send American boys to do the fighting for Asian troops," and we all know how that turned out.

[a fool in paradise]

Will Mitt Romney do as his father did and smear the conservative nominee?

[SmokingJoe]

He's been in the Senate for less than three years, he's never written a significant law, let alone one that meaningfully advanced conservative goals, he has no foreign policy experience or executive experience, and he's a singularly unpleasant person,

That description fits Obama to a “t” back in 2007, not Ted Cruz. Ted Cruz has plenty of executive experience as Solicitor General of Texas and has argued(and won) more cases before the US Supreme Court at a younger age than anyone alive.

[mkjessup]

Just to remind you, our Esteemed Founder himself said "It's Trump or Cruz, all the others are amnesty pimps" so if you really support Ted Cruz, check out my tagline, ok Sparky?

[John Valentine]

I agree with your recollections. But today I think those GOPe Eastern Wing RINOs are no longer the only go-to funders. I am convinced that should Cruz be the nominee he will attract the wherewithal to fund a fully competitive campaign.

[cripplecreek]

Substance produces long lasting results.

[EvilCapitalist]

If Cruz gets the nomination, I will do my best to give the maximum($2700).

[John Valentine]

I don't think they can do it to Trump.

Nope, they couldn't. And they won't be able to do it to Cruz, either.

[EvilCapitalist]

You won’t be alone. There are a lot of Cruz supporters like us who will dig deep to give the most we can, if Cruz gets the nomination.

[SmokingJoe]

And they will do their best (or worst) to make sure that is what happens

They don't have the power to do that. 2016 is not 1964. We have the Internet, Twitter, Facebook etc, plus Talk Radio, Drudge etc.
Plus Goldwater was in some ways running against an assassinated charismatic, young president(JFK). This time it's the Democrats who will have a frumpy, highly disliked, super corrupt old woman, and it's the Republicans who will have the super smart, young, charismatic candidate in Ted Cruz. He will CRUSH Hilary.

[John Valentine]

I agree with your tagline in principle, but it has to cut both ways. You know as well as I do that there are a slug of extremely obnoxious Cruz bashers on this forum who make no bones about their allegiance to Donald Trump. Take my word for it, they are not helping.

[EvilCapitalist]

I’m not responding specifically to you, but Trump supporters could follow the same advice you are giving to Isara. I’m a Cruz supporter who could vote for Trump if he gets the nomination, but a LOT of Trump supporters troll Cruz threads, and are ready to give Cruz the consolation prize. For example... Cruz will make a great V.P. under President Trump. I do like Trump, but a lot of his supporters(not specifically you) are making themselves look like the back end of a horse. You need US, just as much as we need YOU. If Trump wins the nomination, I will happily vote for him. Could the same be said for Trump supporters if Cruz wins the nomination?
I get it. Trump supporters want their man to win, and Cruz supporters want their man to win. We are on the same side. We both want a candidate who is in favor of smaller government, will protect our constitutional rights, will enforce our laws(deport illegal aliens), and unite us as a country. But if we keep fighting like this, it will never happen. So I hope other Trump supporters read this, and realize that we are both alienating each other, and to cut it out.

[Dr. Sivana]

Ted Cruz is the next Barry Goldwater

I think someone at the Washington Post is obliged to turn over the information that leads to the conclusion that Obama will be assassinated and that President Biden will engineer a landslide victory as the country mourns.