Posted on 02/04/2016 10:05:05 AM PST by conservativejoy
There's a truism amongst fighter pilots: you can't fake it at 500 knots and enemy fire all around. One's real character emerges.
That's what's happening as the presidential race has begun. Real results - not polls - are now being felt, and Donald Trump, who beat his chest as the inevitable victor in the polls, is revealing his true character - as is Ted Cruz, who surprisingly bested him in the first live battle, the Iowa caucuses.
As the caucuses commenced, Cruz was accused of maliciously reporting that candidate Ben Carson was dropping out of the race. That would help Cruz, it was theorized, since Carson voters presumably might go to Cruz.
What actually happened, is that Carson revealed he was going home after Iowa and not on to New Hampshire, where the next vote will be held and where most expected him to go. CNN reported this with hints that it was strange. Why wouldn't he be going to New Hampshire? Was he dropping out?
Unnamed (so far) elements of Cruz's campaign then, as the caucuses were being conducted and votes being tallied, tweeted basically the same. When Carson, after the election, found this out, he cried foul. Cruz, who all evidence so far indicates had no personal knowledge of his campaign's tactic, nevertheless immediately apologized. Carson eventually blamed CNN, although he was not happy with anyone involved. Details of the matter are still to be revealed.
But Trump, a smart man and certainly aware of these basics - and after a gracious acknowledgement of Cruz's victory - the next day reversed and charged that Cruz had lied to get votes. He is now demanding a new Iowa election.
Trump has been rude and blustery but not, at least in public during this race, a sore loser.
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Out of the ashes from sacrificing “principled” on the altar of winning rises the new Ted Cruz.
What *principle* was sacrificed?
He finally exposed the trumpster for the leftist he is...
” and after a gracious acknowledgement of Cruz’s victory”
I musta missed that.
Yes whst a fighter pilot. More like a bus driver getting stuck in the mud.
LoL... I think that was pretty evident from a while back.
Trump 32 - Cruz 14
Get over yourself.
Ted’s been billed as the only “principled” conservative in the race. Caucus night proved that “principled” was a sham.
Taking that one delegate lead and waving it around like a bloody shirt.
Cruz the “fighter pilot”? I guess that makes Rick Santorum the freaking Eddie Rickenbacker of 2012.
Are those Iowa polls...?
a leftist leading in a leftist state....duh....!
New Hampshire.
Lickspittle much?
We need a COMMANDER-IN-CHEIF, not a Twitter-in-cheif! GO CRUZ!
...polls could be wrong...but you already know that don’t u?
“What does that say ??”
IT SAYS THAT YOU’RE A LIAR .. AND YOUR PANTS ARE ON FIRE.
Get over yourself.
Perhaps but not by 20 points.
Well fine, but I am a novice compared to Cruz.
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