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.
BUMP
Red State, huh? Only thing Red about them seems to be their support for the Red communists.
Because it's all he's got.
He's slow, and he's hot-headed.
IMO, Cruz leans more towards being a Dominionist vs being a Catholic. I think Trump brought Cuba up in the context of believing some folks (in Iowa) really do not like Catholics.
I think is was background noise and no one is paying attention to that bs at all. I agree the media want some sort of feud between Trump and Cruz to drum up ratings.
meh
Losing Iowa would dent Trump’s aura of invincibility.
“Trump Is So Scared of Losing Iowa to Cruz, He’s Wetting His Pants”
The opposite seems to be happening. Especially here on FR.
He’s not the one wetting his pants.
It’s the entire GOPe doing the pants wetting. Exception is Jeb, he’s wetting his diapers.
And when Trump gets the nomination, the GOPe will go from pants wetting to doing a full blown #2. Jeb will flee to Mexico.
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Cruz is not Catholic. He has been a Southern Baptist since he was 8 years old.
He's out of his league. He is used to buying influence -- he practically brags about it. And folks, he bought his celebrity status. He doesn't need to sink much into his campaign because he's already invested about 10 years of media "personal brand" imaging. He puts a value on that "personal brand" of many billion. That should tell you something.
I’m a Cruz backer, but I kinda doubt that headline!!!
Here is the article!!
Cruz actually does several points better against Hillary than Trump does. Cruz beats her handily in the latest polls. Trump is still behind her.
It’s too bad he’s not disabled so Trump could do his “mocking a disabled man” routine.
Read what I wrote ... no where did I say Cruz was Catholic. I wrote that Trump was implying Cruz was a Catholic.
Cruz is a Dominionist.
"Mother of Mercy...Is this the end of Trump?"
The Republican party has been so deserving lately. /eyeroll
In the first place, Dominionism is not a religion, but an intercessory prayer strategy. I don’t know why you don’t understand that Cruz is a Southern Baptist, since that is where his family has always attended church. I spoke with the Baptist pastor who prayed with and baptized Ted when Ted he was only eight years old, at a Cruz rally in Tennessee.
Red State is the loser.
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