Yup.
And *this* does really bother me about Cruz.
If it were Trump in those photos, I’d be fine. He lives with and works with the NY set and has for decades. He strives to get along with everyone to clear the way for his personal goals. He’s said as much a hundred times.
But Ted is trying to say that he’s the super conservative, religious, righteous man who’s going to save our nation with the power of RIGHT. He’s promising to never bend on conservative principles and that he’ll happily alienate everyone in the process, if that’s what it’ll take.
This story proves that he bends, too.
Trump is HONEST with us about it.
Cruz is NOT.
My husband is a soldier and I’ve been the wife of that soldier for 25 years.
They’re rough. They tell off-color jokes. They use F*** like a comma. They’re hilariously sexist. But they have a strong moral code that they’re married to by blood.
You know exactly where you stand with them and you know that they’re deeply moral because they have no shame - therefore, no reason to lie. They’ll flat-out tell you their limitations.
I like that kind of man. I ‘get’ them.
I’m getting closer and closer to the ‘I’ll hold my nose for Ted if it comes to that’ attitude.
I despise people who’re just as human as the rest of us, but who pretend to be so much better.
On one hand, you have cruz the chameleon.
On the other, you have brutally honest Trump who is as rough yet transparent as the soldiers and husband you praise.
No contest: Vote Trump.
As for Cruz if he were the nominee in the general, I could vote for him, but it would be a terribly uninspired vote.
You see, statements like that are what make my head spin. You have Trump openly stating that if and when he ever sins he'll think about asking God for forgiveness, and you see that as being like the rest of us.
I get the fascination of watching Trump whip the media like a rented mule and crap on the GOP elites, hell its impossible not to like the guy for it. But I know that Trump never for a second thinks of me as anything but a sucker.
Let's take Trump's disposition to immediately attack people who have left his camp or he has just failed to get on board. You know where I've seen that before? High power salesman. You are the most fantastic, smartest person in the world, while they attempting the sale, but once they determine that you are not buying, you become an idiot that they don't have the time of day for. Its a self-defense mechanism to prevent them from ever losing their confidence. You see it in salesman who don't believe in the product they are selling. Salesman who truly believe that you need what they are selling don't get mad when they can't make the sale, they have a sense of loss for you. Their confidence is fine, because they are motivated by the virtue of the product itself.