Posted on 03/03/2016 1:12:53 PM PST by Brices Crossroads
Generally speaking, your enemies' actions will tell you who or what they fear. Mitt Romney's windy tirade, on behalf of the Establishment and against Donald Trump, is no different. The Establishment fears Donald Trump and not because he might lose. The Establishment is very adept at losing, having lost the popular vote in five of the last six Presidential elections. No. They are afraid of Donald Trump because they not only believe he might win; the actually believe he WILL win. His victory would end their gravy train and suspend, as well as expose to scrutiny, the rackets they have been involved in for the last quarter century. From the GOP Establishment's point of view, a Hillary Clinton victory is infinitely preferable to that.
I have listened for months now as Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, among others, have repeatedly lumped Ted Cruz together with Donald Trump as the two threats for which, the Establishment has equal and unmitigated disdain. I think many of us knew that Ted Cruz was no threat to the Establishment but was a cog in its machinery. Willard Mitt Romney, the latest Establishment sacrificial lamb, has now revealed that Ted Cruz is, in fact, an Establishment operative in good standing. At his Trump bashing event, Romney said the following:
"If the other candidates can find common ground, I believe we can nominate a person who can win the general election and who will represent the values and policies of conservatism. Given the current delegate selection process, this means that I would vote for Marco Rubio in Florida, for John Kasich in Ohio, and for Ted Cruz or whichever one of the other two contenders has the best chance of beating Mr. Trump in a given state."
By giving Cruz his imprimatur, Romney provided a very valuable service to any voter who is torn between which of the two anti-Establishment candidates, Trump or Cruz, to support. The fact is there is, and always was, only one anti-Establishment candidate, and it was never Ted Cruz. Someone needs to let Rush and Sean know that they can now drop the line that Cruz is anti-Establishment. Unless, of course, Cruz wants to repudiate Romney's endorsement.
Come to think of it, since we are hearing many calls for repudiations of support/endorsements from this person or that group, perhaps it is not too bold to ask: Can we get a disavowal, Ted?
Didn't think so.
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Amen to that.
What I said from day one. Cruz is an “insider” even if he is shunted off to the coat closet (with Ben Carson). He’s still part of the Club.
The Donald is not.
The current establishment candidates, Rubio and Kasich, despite support from the MSM can't get it done. Romney wanted to endorse Rubio. I think that was his original plan. But they realized Rubio is too weak to win.
So Romney endorsed Rubio, Kasich and Cruz. The GOPe are desperate. They have finally allowed Cruz to be one of the three even though they hate him.
The plan is now for a brokered convention. The nominee will probably not be Rubio, Kasich or Cruz but someone else. Maybe Romney, maybe Paul Ryan.
If they only wanted to stop Trump the simple strategy would be to force Rubio and Kasich to support Cruz. But that is not what they want. They want Rubio, Cruz and Kasich to work together to stop Trump and cause a brokered convention.
The resources of the Republican establishment will be used to take down Trump.
“No, don’t you understand? Cruz is an “OUT-SI-DER.” Get it? Yah. All outsiders get endorsed by National Review, Jonah Goldberg, Guy Benson, and . . .
Mittens.”
My mistake. LOL
They're living on planet Trump. They can't remember what Trump said yesterday, because FR has been invaded by the same liberal disease that ate the minds of Obama supporters. Trump is just as liberal, dishonest and self-serving as Hillary Rodham Clinton.
I was referring to the contention in the article that chatizes Cruz for not disavowing Romneys positive statemnt abou thim.
What an imbecile you are.
If you are right, and I am not sure you are, what does Cruz’s willingness to be used in such a fetid endeavor say about his character and fitness to be President?
They will not allow Cruz to win either. If they would, they would have asked Rubio and Kasich to get out and support Cruz.
If one is anti-establishment, one needs to swallow the venom and decide how to support each other. Cruz and Trump need to talk.
The ‘movement’ that gave us Cruz also gave us the house and the senate. Guess what? They did nothing that they promised to do.
BTW, if Trump represents a third of GOP voters, Cruz represents a fifth.
I see reality, Trump wins this, Cruz not BUT, this fighting each other is nuts! This should be a team thing. Have some respect, Cruz is a good man!
Was the GOPe sending a signal by having Romney’s speech at the “Hinckley” forum????
Well, Trump did support Romney.
I don’t hold him accountable for that. Many people were stuck with him as the only choice remaining.
For the record, I voted for Mitt, but I was not happy about it.
Cruz is just the court jester in the Senate.
Thank about it.
Bullcrap, Romney endorsed Cruz, Rubio or Kasich.
Well most don’t act like Ted Cruz thankfully.
The Tea Party Movement was a very good thing. Many elected flipped once they got in but Cruz is NOT one of them.
Let see you go there and bat 1000%
Cruz has flipped now apparently, so your argument is specious.
I t’s probably safe to say the Florida primary is going to take care of Rubio.
Mitt is a magic underwearing piece of #$&^.
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