Posted on 01/03/2016 11:38:24 AM PST by conservativejoy
Donald Trump was on Face the Nation, and had an epic tantrum. Right now he's so scared of losing to Ted Cruz, he's having to lash out in ridiculous ways. It's interesting seeing what Trump looks like when he's behind, he knows he's behind, and he's wetting-his-pants scared of being the big, fat loser.
Here's the key transcript:
DICKERSON: When you say about Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) 100%, "Not too many evangelicals come out of Cuba," what does that mean?
TRUMP: Well, it just means that Cuba generally speaking is a Catholic country. And you don't equate evangelicals with Cuba. I don't. I mean, I think of evangelicals, and i have, I guess I am. You know, I'm Presbyterian. I'm Protestant. But I don't see it coming out of Cuba.
DICKERSON: But you're not questioning whether - I mean, as far as you know, he could be more devout than you are.
TRUMP: It's possible. Certainly it's possible. I'm not questioning it. And I say it in a somewhat smiling manner. But there's a little truth to it.
What strikes me first about this is that Trump feels the need to attack Ted Cruz's Christianity as fake. Trump wants you to think that Cruz is a secret Catholic, only pretending to be a Baptist (SBC) in order to get votes in Iowa.
Does anyone actually believe this? If you've ever heard Ted Cruz speak in your life, you know that he's been going to and paying attention in church. His style of speaking is the tell. He gets in your face, he lectures you. He wants you to get right with government. He could sprinkle his speeches with "Can I get an amen?" and it would sound natural. You can't look into his heart and know what he truly believes, but it's obvious he's been going to church and paying attention to his pastors.
But next, it's obvious Trump is pretty out of touch with what's going on in Presbyterianism in America. He's so hot to try to tar Cruz as a secret Catholic, but when given the chance, he's not taking a stand in the great conflict right now in American Presbyterianism. Let me explain.
The biggest Presbyterian Church in our country is the Presbyterian Church (USA). PCUSA currently has about 1.7 million members. That's been dropping for decades, but it started dropping faster in 2012, after the 2011 ratification of Amendment 10-A to the Book of Order, which would allow ordination of non-chaste homosexuals.
The large drop represents entire local churches abandoning PCUSA in favor of the Presbyterian Church in America. PCA takes a much more traditional view on most social issues, and has grown to have about 350,000 members. PCA and PCUSA have had to go to court over the ownership of church buildings and property, of the local congregations who flipped from PCUSA to PCA.
For Trump to speak of himself being Presbyterian, without mentioning which kind of Presbyterian he is, tells me one thing: Trump likely attends church at a PCUSA congregation, which would mean he stuck with the group that permits abortion (it is deemed morally acceptable), homosexual priests, homosexual 'blessings' as pseudo-marriages, and free divorce.
Donald Trump is throwing stones, but the evidence suggests he's got a glass house on this issue. Not a smart tactic, and a mark of scared desperation on his part.
Food for thought.
I’m a Cruz backer, but I kinda doubt that headline.
Oh yeah, I bet, RINO State, mhmm, sure.
Hyperventilation of the day by the author.
I wish he’d stop this line of attack. However, to claim this is a sign that he is “wetting his pants” is absurd. This is actually a pretty muted attack for him.
OMG!!!!!!! WHAT AN ATTACK!!!
I MEAN HE WAS *LITERALLY* PEEING HIS PANTS ON TV AND IT WAS DRIPPING ALL OVER THE FLOOR!!
IT MUST BE REPEATED IT WAS SO VISCIOUS:
“Not too many evangelists come out of Cuba”
DID YOU HEAR THE QUAKING IN HIS VOICE??? COULD YOU ACTUALLY PICTURE THE POINT WHERE HE LOST CONTROL OF HIS SPHINCTER???
THATS IT TRUMP IS DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Trump will win in Iowa.
Why? His supporters will turn out in droves not only for the delight of casting a vote for Trump, but for the pure pleasure of b—ch slapping the Rinos and liberals.
hard core journalism at its finest
Red State could only get a urine headline and not a feces headline but they ran it anyway.
Maybe they’re trying to appeal to a more mature audience.
No one HAS to win Iowa.
That's the problem in a nutshell.
I don’t know if I agree so much with the hyperbole, but Trump is desperate to find something to attack Cruz with.
We have video of Cruz advocating for a wall in 2011, but Trump still trots out the lie that Cruz is copying him.
I wrote down every issue that Trump raised when he announced and every single one of them were the positions that Cruz laid out in his own announcement speech, months earlier. All that Trump left out was Protecting Religious Liberty and Abolishing the IRS.
There is nothing about Don Trump that would suggest he’s scared about anything.
Dumb.
Red State is still pissed that people turned on them when they hit Trump. So many of these media wannabes can’t pick themselves up off the floor.
Can't wait for the Trump response to this statement, it should be epic.
OMG...so ridiculous...so hyped and so little content..it reflects very poorly on Red State but they have already dragged themselves in the mud this political cycle and get no respect or traction.
Why not emulate the candidates who are doing a bit of gentle poking at each other and taking as many opportunities to support each other as good men who want what’s best for our country. Cruz & Trump after all are running against each other so there are going to be some digs; its part of the process.
Is it really necessary to be so hyperpartisan, certainly not acting for the good of the campaign when doing so. It blackens the person who authors the comments but also reflects undeservedly on the candidate they want to support by their attacks.
Preach it, brother. /s
The propaganda arm of the Establishment must be utterly destroyed. Whatever it takes. Our opponents ignore the Second Amendment. I think we need limits on the First Amendment. Telling lies and disguising them as opinion needs to stop.
Wow. Did not see the interview.
So Don really is a coscious WASP?
Fabulous. Like him even more now.
PS - I don’t thin Ted’s a fraud, love him too - but he has been known to, um, modify his position on occasion...just Trump
Trump/Cruz 2016. End Socialism in America.
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