Posted on 01/20/2016 1:09:18 PM PST by xzins
We’ve been waiting for someone to KICK SOME HASS, and then after they’ve kicked SOME HASS, then REALLY KICK THE SHIITE OUT OF THEM for good measure. Yeah, we’ve been waiting for someone like that.
Can you imagine GWB or ‘jeb’ doing something like that???...LOL
Once again the stupid party snatches defeat from the jaws of victory. Planned Parenthood’s favorite RINO is our candidate.
PP won’t be happy.
He’s closing down the abortion part of their operation.
Are you sure your response was for me, because it surely does not reflect whatI wrote, nor a reasonable conclusion for what I wrote.
I’m not saying a conservative can’t win. I’m saying CRUZ can’t win!
He simply does not possess the skill set needed to win the beauty contest that is an American presidential election circa 2016.
Right. Uh huh.
That’s what he said.
And wiping up the tears of the "Conservatives" right here on FR who wetting themselves over Trump's success. The same ones who, had Palin endorsed Cruz, would be dancing in the streets.
Agreed - expecially now that the GOPe is closing ranks around him.
The French article in a strange way says that the GOPe has overestimated the power of conservatives in the base. I still can't figure out what Rush is talking about here---for years he's been the chief voice claiming conservatives were undercounted. As best I can tell, French claims that the GOPe sees conservatives as only Bible-thumping social conservatives, but that there were more "wings" to conservatism than just that group. Well, he's right, but that seems to destroy his thesis---maybe someone can explain it to me.
The flip side is that Rush, while edging closer, refuses to get into why conservatives are not flocking to Cruz. I have said here, and continue to argue, that this involves four main points (and I do NOT agree with all/any of them necessarily, but I am trying to explain a phenomenon):
1) Cruz is a part of the establishment that has screwed things up. True, he's cordoned off in the outer cloakroom, but he's still "inside the club," and Trump isn't.
2) Cruz has ties to PACs/Goldman Sachs and the lobbyists that are a big, big problem. I personally think his level of "obligation" to such donors is the smallest of any outside of Trump . . . but it's still an issue.
3) Cruz's overt religiousity turns off a lot of conservatives who aren't "puritanesque" Christians. It's just too much. George Washington NEVER would have allowed someone to say of him that he's "ordained" to be a "king" and "reign over" the United States as Rafael Cruz did of Ted.
4) This is I think the really big one: People don't trust that Cruz can actually get something done, can actually fix things. I think most people think he'd try. But you know your Yoda: "Do, or do not. There is no try." By his own definitions, Trump has held himself to a different standard. He's the "business guy" who "gets things done" and who "makes deals" that are "good for America." There's no "I'm gonna try to do x, y, z." There's, "I'll build the wall."
Now, I don't know if Rush is having trouble with these points because it's Cruz and he IS a conservative candidate, or because he just hasn't "gotten it" yet. But the conservative litmus test of items that most Trump supporters look at has a 200-font first item, STOP THE FLOW OF ILLEGALS AND MUSLIMS. I think any or all other conservative issues are written in 12-point font, much further down the page. Another major Trump litmus test item is, "Make America Great Again." That's not a slogan. That's a deeply held desire on the part of people for a VICTORIOUS America, an America that is #1 in the world in everything again. And his unabashed nationalism, I think, more than anything else is what has the GOPe terrified, because most of them are globalists. I'm not a conspiracy nut, but there is something to the fact that they are all members of the Trilateral Commission, the CFR, and every other freak-show internationalist cabal you can name. Americans are sick of that.
Love to hear your insights if you've heard Rush struggling with this idea this week.
Yep, she’d be queen of the ball, if she’d endorsed Cruz, and they would have said, “I always LOVED her, loved her, loved her..”
But, with that kind of love, a valentine’s kiss candy will cover about 95% of their loyalty.
Cruzers Flame Away!
Colorado, I have no idea of the polls here, but I do know we vote fairly late..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wgxlp2UJI5I
Trump does not apologize for his business successes; he emphasizes them.
Trump (and the other candidates if they have the intestinal fortitude to do so) should watch and listen closely to Whittle's remarks. They might learn something useful.
Nope. I tried convincing Dems to vote for Romney, they were vehement in their support of Obama over Romney. This time around, lots of Dems are supporting Trump, and giggling about how they'd rather have Trump clean up the mess Obama made, than go with Hillary and risk a third term of Obama messes. This time around, not much convincing needs be done to have Dems cross over party lines. All Obama's fault.
Lately they've become somewhat less incredulous.
Yes, trumps quest is just beginning and not one vote has been cast. I have come to the conclusion trumpettes loyalty to him is so very similar to the dems to Obama. No matter what the truth is they will support him.
Good place. I really enjoyed my one visit near Colorado Springs at an Army National Guard installation. One of the evenings we drove up into these red rock mountains (that sticks in my mind) and found the most awesome restaurant serving game...elk, deer, trout, etc. Absolutely awesome.
Beautiful state. Stunning really.
Primary Caucus is March 1st!
I keep asking Cruz supporters why is Cruz qualified to be president? Being correct on the ideology does not indicate the ability to be an executive. All Cruz's life he has worked for the govt - even when in private practice it was related to govt cases.
I ask Cruz supporters - has he ever made payroll? Cruz is a brilliant lawyer so he should stay in the Senate and make laws. Trump is conservative enough in that he loves America and her traditions enough to preserve them (conservative) and he has a track record of being a star executive. Was he always successful in business? No. Neither was Apple and Steve Jobs.
Americans want stuff done and are tired of a candidate who is ideologically driven but has zero skills in getting stuff done.
OK.
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