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A vote for Ted Cruz or, Marco Rubio is a wasted vote.

Posted on 02/26/2016 4:20:03 AM PST by JLAGRAYFOX

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To: Arm_Bears

An outsider who both he and his wife were in the Bush administration.


101 posted on 02/26/2016 6:07:42 AM PST by bray (Trump/Palin 2016)
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To: eartick

You do realize insulting his supporters may make you feel superior like Saint Cruz, but it is exactly why nobody likes him.

Trump does very well with high IQ people like himself.


102 posted on 02/26/2016 6:10:24 AM PST by bray (Trump/Palin 2016)
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To: Rapunzel
Remember we are attempting to break the one party strangle hold on our country.

Maybe that's your goal, but I don't think there is a "one party stranglehold", no matter how much that phrase may be accepted by some others. Frankly, I think that whole theme is a pretty juvenile, facile analysis. Probably doesn't even qualify as analysis at all.

The real problem is a divided government and lack of national consensus as to how to proceed. Not a "uniparty". You have conservatives who want to go one direction, progressives who want to go another, and the squishy moderates who believe in "fixers", not in principle. And as long as that divide exists, all that's really going to happen is a bunch of compromises to keep things running that are going to piss off everybody.

Breaking that gridlock by destroying one of those parties does nothing but hand victory to the other. That's what you guys are advocating, and it is insanity. This election presented a chance for Republicans to win control of both Congress and the White House, and finally be able to actually reverse some of the damage Obama has done. All the stuff Republicans have been complaining about that wasn't happening because Obama controlled the White House, might have finally happened.

Instead, we get a populist temper tantrum to "destroy the GOP-E". Great timing, guys. But guess what? Nominating The Donald isn't going to make Maine or Illinois any more likely to elect non-moderate Republicans. And there is no party, structure or slate of candidates that The Donald is bringing to replace them -- it's just a cult of personality personal to him. That's just the electoral reality of the country.

So you guys can scream all you want about getting the RINO's out of Congress and destroying the Uniparty, but the net effect of that is going to be to give more power to Democrats. While you're tearing down the only organized opposition to the Democrats, they'll inevitably rally around their crummy candidate and Senate hopefuls, and kick our butts. Well, the rest of us apparently have failed to stop the lemmings from jumping off the cliff after their leader. Just don't expect the rest of us to follow.

103 posted on 02/26/2016 6:10:28 AM PST by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: Daveinyork

I’d prefer a Caesar to a Caligula, which is what Clinton & Huma would be a combo of.


104 posted on 02/26/2016 6:13:07 AM PST by Roman_War_Criminal (What to do? Vote for a Dominionist or an Atheist?)
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To: don-o

I know—it is hard to accept.

But Cruz is not who you think he is. It is a great ruse.

And the evidence mounts daily.


105 posted on 02/26/2016 6:13:40 AM PST by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: exit82

I know - it’s hard to accept.

tRump is not who you think he is. It’s a great ruse.

And the evidence mounts daily.


106 posted on 02/26/2016 6:19:40 AM PST by beandog (TrumperTantrum)
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To: bray

Cruz’s SuperPacs forced him to campaign with Glenn Beck and pretty soon they’re going to cut him off from the money very soon. You could see the panic in Cruz’s eyes last night.


107 posted on 02/26/2016 6:20:52 AM PST by jimbo123
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To: JLAGRAYFOX

Yes. If the GOPe fave candidate had a Trump’s results the field would have been cleared already!


108 posted on 02/26/2016 6:27:42 AM PST by Lopeover (2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States)
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To: novemberslady

Cruz promised his SuperPac donors that he would win South Carolina and Super Tuesday and it’s clear from the panic last night, his donors have told him that they are preparing to cut him off soon and get behind Rubio.


109 posted on 02/26/2016 6:28:07 AM PST by jimbo123
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To: Daveinyork

Is that a NYTs joke you’re spinning -> ET TU BRUTE?


110 posted on 02/26/2016 6:36:37 AM PST by Harpotoo
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To: Longdriver69

I’m sure you would prefer the man who saved Rome, but destroyed the republic, which is exactly what Trump would do to America.


111 posted on 02/26/2016 6:37:34 AM PST by Daveinyork
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Just don’t conjure up the Dunwich Horror :)


112 posted on 02/26/2016 6:37:35 AM PST by TheStickman (If we don't elect a PRO-America president in 2016 we lose the country!)
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To: Helicondelta
...The rabid chihuahuas lost big last night.

Yes, the Chihuahuas were indeed frisky!  LOL. Here's the pretty boy and "lightweight choker".


113 posted on 02/26/2016 6:48:52 AM PST by poconopundit (When the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government. Franklin, Const. Conv.)
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To: JLAGRAYFOX

Reading the forums is like watching a fight over a guy at Del Boca Vista because he can drive at night, and gets all the chicks.


114 posted on 02/26/2016 6:50:00 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: JLAGRAYFOX

Reports out this morning that Ted Cruz & Marco Rubio are in cahoots to undo the Trump POTUS run!!! These two gents will stop at nothing....but they will never undo Donald J. Trump!!! This game is over...either on next Tuesday evening or, if not then, certainly on March 15th!!! Anyone that believes otherwise is only fooling thmselves. The Republican Establishment Party is dying on the vine and, Trump will do exactly the same to Hillary Clinton and the Democrat Establishment Party.

The new “Trump” victorious political party and machine will include millions of Republicans, Conservatives, Independents, Reagan Democrats, Industrial Labor Union Members, First Responders, Hispanic Americans, African-Americans, Other Minorities, NRA Members, Small business Owners, and more Americans of all political stripes that are fed up with the totally failed American political system!!

As a loyal lifelong Republican Conservative since Barry Goldwater, my party has deserted & failed me one too many times. I now only have digust for most of them including John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Mitt Romney. Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Paul Ryan, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, etc.

The only one I have respect for is John Kasich....who has done a standout job as Governor & Executive Officer of Ohio, who by the way, would make an excellent VP candidate for Donald J. Trump, IMHO!!! A massive political sea change is afoot in th USA, but sadly Rubio & Cruz are not part of it. They lie & our media lies!!! But....the vast numbers of the American voters are no longer hoodwinked by these phoney “would be leaders”...that only serve their own purposes!!! GO DONALD TRUMP!!!


115 posted on 02/26/2016 6:57:09 AM PST by JLAGRAYFOX (Defeat both the Republican (e) & Democrat (e) political parties....Forever!!!)
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To: JLAGRAYFOX

As a Trump supporter, I find this distasteful. People should always cast a principled vote for the candidate of their choice in the primary.

That said, I don’t see a lot of correlation between FR principles and Rubio or Kasich, but there are many Cruz or Carson fans who prefer those approaches.


116 posted on 02/26/2016 7:05:10 AM PST by No.6
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To: JLAGRAYFOX

This thread is yet another of yours that makes me think you must be a paid campaign operative—for Cruz. You certainly do Trump no favors.


117 posted on 02/26/2016 7:09:00 AM PST by TXBlair (We will not forget Benghazi.)
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To: jimbo123

I am voting for Cruz. If he is not the nominee in the general election I will do a write in for Cruz.


118 posted on 02/26/2016 7:26:48 AM PST by katiedidit1
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To: Helicondelta

Rubio tore Trump to shreds. Google went wild with searches for Trump’s Polish
Immigrant workers. Trump should be ashamed


119 posted on 02/26/2016 7:29:48 AM PST by katiedidit1
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To: major-pelham

This sounds like an Old Bennie Hill Show episode.


120 posted on 02/26/2016 7:32:13 AM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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