Posted on 03/09/2016 7:18:57 PM PST by crusher
Dear Trump Supporters
Although I am not particularly enamored with Donald Trump (the ideas Cruz espouses are closer to my own), I absolutely understand and appreciate the dynamic behind Trump's meteoric rise and probable victories in the GOP nomination and the November election. I have posted before on FR about the importance of eradicating the Republican Party, so perhaps Trump is the vehicle for that necessary Schumpeterian creative destruction.
What does fascinate me is the hostility towards Cruz from ostensibly conservative folks who happen to be supporting Trump. I do not really care about the specifics of the animus but note that it approaches a quality that genuinely befuddles me. Having been at FR since the Xlintoon regime I am pretty confident that the hostility heaped on Hellary and Bubba pales in comparison to that currently aimed at Cruz. (I went back and read some random threads from back in the day.)
So here is my genuine question for Trump supporters: what was your attitude towards Cruz a year ago, before the entry of Trump into the race? I recall Cruz being lionized on FR and throughout the conservatosphere for being one of the two or three Senators willing to stand in the way of the Uniparty agenda.
False.
That premise is built upon hours and hours and hours of observing threads like this.
If Trump proves to be functionally conservative, its primarily going to be the result of debating other conservatives on stage for hours and hours.
Apart from that, I think there is little hope Trump will be conservative.
True. As shown by the dirty tricks his campaign keeps putting out.
No dirty tricks- just misrepresentations against conservative candidates— as is the national and cultural norms.
Whereas New York values, you’re a pussy, candidates get not just a pass but a pedestal.
Here is a Cruzbot thread stating that Christians won’t vote for Trump...
QED
http://freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3407912/posts?page=1
Posting lies that other candidates are dropping out are dirty tricks.
And the difference is that Trump is not running as the “true Christian” candidate, Cruz is which means Cruz MUST be above reproach. He is not.
It’s hard running against a candidate who has never needed forgiveness
“What does fascinate me is the hostility towards Cruz from ostensibly conservative folks who happen to be supporting Trump.”
I’ve been here as long as you have. I, too, am puzzled by the anti-Cruz vitriol on FR.
He did not post lies about Carson.
He did apologize to Carson which is more than we will ever get from trump.
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