Krauthammer: Cruz's Speech 'Was the Longest Suicide Note in US Political History'

Fox News ^ | July 21, 2016 | Fox News

[VitacoreVision]

Charles Krauthammer said that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) "blew it" at the Republican National Convention with his address in which he did not endorse Donald Trump.

"What Cruz delivered was the longest suicide note in American political history and this morning he added an addendum," said Krauthammer.

Krauthammer weighed in on America's Newsroom this morning after Cruz spoke to Texas delegates (some of them angry), doubling down on his message from last night and going even further.

[Psalm 144]

“What DID Trump say about Heidi? He retweeted an ugly picture of her, that’s all I remember.”

The picture was accompanied with a vague threat that if Felito did not back off of trashing Melenia, that Trump would “spill the beans about Heidi”. That was it - nothing followed thereafter.

[FrankR]

I think Newt for Chief Of Staff. That would put him closer to Trump than even VP.

[LibFreeUSA]

Cruz can feel rightfully ‘wronged’ by ‘words’ TRUMP said about him and his family.

That being said....... If he’s acutely affected by that, to the point that he makes choices that affect all of our lives, then he has no business being in a position to represent the American people in public office.

[FreedomNotSafety]

I am not a Trumpnut (used affecionately in deference to numerous family members and friends) but he has my unbridled support.

But I was never much of a Cruz person. In theory he has the proper paperwork and positions but there was always a little something too manufactured about him.

Now we see. He is as every bit thin skinned as Obama. He is is forever done and over.

[RinaseaofDs]

I agree.

Newt would be a great NSA.

I think the retired Gen on Trump’s short list will come out of retirement to be Chairman of the JCS.

Sessions will be SecDef, or CIA.

CIA likely needs to be rebuilt from the ground up. Massively demoralized.

With luck, Trump will just decide to fold Education, Commerce, and Energy. He could do it elegantly by making it one dude, and letting that dude consolidate it all.

Too bad Chainsaw Al is dead. He’d have been awesome at getting that done. (Al Dunlap, I think that’s the spelling).

With the Secret Service as FU’d as it is, that might be a complete redo.

FDA is a mess. USDA is a mess.

Part of me wants to see Newt and Bolton nominated for SCOTUS. Or Tancredo. You need someone in there who are dedicated originalists.

Ginsburg, peace be upon her, will likely die in the saddle given her previous ranting.

The rainbow wing of the court - nearly all gay - nearly has the court. Roberts, Latina, Souter - and they vote with Ginsberg most of the time. Kennedy will retire soon, God willing.

Napolitano wouldn’t be a bad pick either. Laugh all you want, but he’d do very well in confirmation hearings.

[Rockpile]

Cruz does not seem to understand that our slavemasters
will knife in the back and discard him when he has expended any
usefulness to them.

They would NEVER allow him to be President.

[Williams]

Cruz has seen the list of fully vetted CONSERVATIVE Justices Trump would appoint, and prefers to saddle us with a liberal Supreme Court for at least 30 years under Hillary.

He has no principles and can go to hell.

[RummyChick]

I don’t think Trump will run again unless he is setting out to create a political dynasty legacy and he wants to make sure his kids have the chance.

. He can hand it off to Pence.

I predict this will be a time in history where the VP really does actual work
. It will be an unusual position.

[rjsimmon]

I guess Charlie never saw this thread...Man leaves behind 1905-page suicide note

Yeah, but if you get rid of "and, the, me, my, mine, and I" it boils down to a thin 2-pager...

[TomGuy]

Cruz needs to review the campaign of President Muskie.

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[CommerceComet]

Yup, Texans do not look kindly upon his type of antics. He'll be packing soon.

Sam Rayburn, LBJ, Ann Richards, Jim Wright, etc. suggest that Texans can tolerate sleazy politicians. I don't doubt that Cruz might have cooked his own goose but Texas doesn't have clean hands when it comes to politicians.

[TomGuy]

How can a person who has a history of being astute, articulate, with high ratings by conservative think tanks, and Constitutional advocate as high as the Supreme Court be so politically blind?

Whether it was the Beck influence or him being a snake all along, but disguising it well, Cruz's campaign did seem to turn while he was campaigning in Iowa just before the Iowa caucus.

The wife pix. The backstabbing of Carson. The flier accusing many of not voting for the right person. Cruz denied any 'direct' involvement in any of those.

It seems his campaign started sinking then and never fully recovered. His biggest shocker was the Trump win in Indiana. The results from Indiana signaled that his campaign was over, but he trudged on.

[entropy12]

Despite Cruz's attacks on his party's donor class and establishment, the Texas senator Ted Cruz's GOP campaign has received $37 million from just four donors. The Wilks family of Cisco, Texas, New York hedge fund tycoon Bob Mercer, Texas energy investor Toby Neugebauer and Illinois manufacturing moguls Dick and Liz Uihlein.

Cruz pushing Path to Legal Status for ALL Illegals

Cheap Foreign Workers on H1-B visa

Pushing TPP

Pushing import of Syrian Refugees

Video's do not lie. Watch above 4 video's and Believe Your Lyin Eyes!

His BC:

Ted Cruz has close association with the Bushes. He worked on George W. Bush^s 2000 presidential campaign as a domestic policy adviser and served in the Bush administration as associate deputy attorney general in the Justice Department and director of policy planning in the Federal Trade Commission. Time magazine article:
Time magazine had one of many reports clarifying his immigration posturing:

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz declined to close the door to a potential pathway to legal status for the 11 million people in the U.S. illegally Friday, saying he wouldn"t elaborate on his plans for them until after the border is secure.

Seeking to carve out a space between real estate mogul Donald Trump, who is calling for the forcible deportation of those in the U.S. illegally, and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who co-authored the Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform bill that included a pathway to citizenship, Cruz would not explicitly rule out a pathway to legal status for the undocumented.

That, plus his previous support for a huge increase in H1B visas, stymied him as he tried to launch an attack on Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), who was a co-author and major mover on the Gang of 8 immigration bill that passed the Senate overwhelmingly. On one level, Rubio" team is simply pointing out that if anti-immigration types want the real deal, Cruz is not the one. Rubio, of course, benefits if Cruz cannot capture the anti-immigration segment of the electorate to whom Donald Trump panders. On another level, however, what is at stake is a larger argument about Cruz's character. Essentially. the argument goes: He is not a hard-liner; he's an opportunist whose positions are no different, and in some cases worse, than those of other Republicans.

On immigration, for example, the entire anti-"amnesty" crusade is a canard unless, like Trump, you want to round people up and kick them out. Otherwise, you are exactly where other candidates are fix the border, reform legal immigration and then regularize the 11 million here. Cruz spends his time excoriating other Republicans for squishiness, but when you get down to it, he's exactly where they are” unwilling to undertake a massive, expensive, intrusive deportation program. In other words, he's not an anti-immigration extremist; he's just posturing as one.

What do we know about Rafael Eduardo Cruz? He was born in a foreign country.

He was admitted to Harvard only because of Affirmative Action Admissions Policies. He was given good grades by Liberal professors because of his race, even though his work was substandard. He has kept his college transcripts secret for reasons he will not admit. He has had a shameful Senate record, accomplishing nothing, not voting, not showing up for work. Not a SINGLE US Senator from his 99 colleagues has endorsed Cruz for president. These are the people he works with. Senator Sessions & Governor Palin saw right through phony Cruz, and endorsed Trump!

Cruz never had a real job in the private sector. He has been cashing government checks all his adult life.

[Rebelbase]

I find it unsettling that given the grave state of affairs in this country that Cruz would let his personal feelings trump doing what is best for the party and nation.

And imagine if he was Pres in a very delicate security situation and he allowed his personal “feelings” to guide his actions.

[The_Media_never_lie]

Did Cruz hang out with Beck too long, or vice versa?

I am sad.

[Rebelbase]

After today anyone donating to Cruz’s future political ambitions is a delusional fool.

[Rusty0604]

Talk about thin skinned! Ted said today it was because Trump insulted his wife and dad. He should never have run in the first place if it’s all personal with him.

[KC_for_Freedom]

It is interesting that a person with supposed love for country would be this interested in putting a Clinton back in the WH. For personal feelings? This guy did everything he could to sabotage other candidates and even sucked up to Trump while others (JEB for instance) were being knocked off. Character in this case is right out there with Hillary.

If this guy thinks he will be heir to the establishment mantel and join JEB, Beck, Romney, and the rest in a comeback, he is not only a fool, he is also a very bad judge of political sentiment. This is his true swan song.

[cgbg]

There is a job waiting for Ted in the Trump administration—ambassador to Antarctica!

[PCPOET7]

I think you are right about him only being a four year president. I think he sees his job as cleaning up the mess of the last 30 years and then handing it off to someone else he is older then Regan when he took office. I believe his son last night when he said he would only run if he felt it got so bad he had no choice.