Posted on 04/14/2016 8:16:22 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Watched it last night. Very nice.
“What is a foreign name?
Ivanka
I have, after getting called stupid I have up. I’ve joined in a few times out of frustration.
It's no secret, it's the influence of Donald Trump that has driven deep divides in the GOP primary, web communities, families, friendships. Heck, I think he has even managed to break apart bonds between radio hosts that were once close and unified in the fight against leftism.
Trump is the common denominator for all of this. The man is a bully, and accomplishes his goals by hurling insults, trashing people, etc. The fish rots from the head, so his minions follow his lead. Add to that Trump is a cult of personality and way too many people are deeply emotionally connected to him and you've got the situation we are in now.
I don't see any way to bridge the divide. People who like Trump do so on a gut level first and foremost. Everything for them flows from that. They will support and defend Donald no matter what he says - regardless of how silly, stupid, dishonest, fake, etc. Nothing matters to most Trump supporters, they will never change their minds. The Cruz and anti-Trump people see "the Donald" as a clown, a spray tanned, orange faced, raccoon eyed buffoon with goofy hair to complete the clownish appearance. They view Trump as a fake, a fraud, a con man. There just seems to be no way, at least at the moment, to reconcile these differences in a friendly manner. Hopefully after one of Trump or Cruz is nominated we can all agree to at least back the nominee against Hillary.
Melania, Sasha, Malia, Barak
He said: 'Donald and his team, it's almost like they're subjects in a course in clinical psychology. The conduct they do, literally, they accuse others of doing.'
So with his family sitting next to him, Ted Cruz was still unable to focus on anything but his bizarre fixation on Donald J.Trump?
“And what gave you the impression that he does not have a personality?”
The utter emptiness behind the shifting facades.
So delightful to see Freepers turn to vicious vitriolic comments and personal attacks (naturally) at the sight of some cute little girls and their proud dad and Mom talking about dolls and hugs.
nobody gives a shat about these two little canaban creatures
“It’s no secret, it’s the influence of Donald Trump that has driven deep divides in the GOP primary, web communities, families, friendships.”
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With all due respect, what you fail to mention is that Trump and Cruz are a reflection of widespread, deep discontent and anger at GOP failures and backstabbing for far too many years. That is what gave rise to the success of these two candidates in the first place. They rightfully tapped into the vein of anger and distrust at the party.
Had the GOP been an effective party in representing conservative interests instead of being concerned only with the exclusive and unresponsive club that it is, Trump and Cruz would not have gotten the traction they did.
Whatever divides there are within the GOP voting base are directly attributable to the many failures of the GOP. They brought this discord upon themselves. Unfortunately, frustration with their complete failure has spread across the country like wildfire. Feelings of betrayal engender a high emotional response.
The inept GOPe has made matters even worse with their clumsy handling of the delegate situation and unnecessary meddling in the process. That has only served to further infuriate the base. The GOP could help to reconcile the divisions in the party by becoming a more responsible organization, but that seems unlikely at this point. It remains as confused, directionless, and unprincipled as always.
Shouldn’t be putting your young children out there for votes. Just my opinion.
Think Trumps name was brought up in the interview. I would prefer that Cruz would ignore Trump but when asked he does have to answer.
“Please, its morning, let my stomach get settled first.”
I’d need a general anesthetic.
This from Ted and his team who backstabbed Ben Carson in a viscous way. No hypocrisy there. /sarc
I would prefer that Cruz would ignore Trump but when asked he does have to answer.
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An interview with Anderson Cooper pretty much guaranteed he would be asked about Trump. And Ted well knew that. To think otherwise is just naïve.
Cruz has a nice Family.
Trump has a nice Family.
Obama has Moochelle, but his Kids seem fine.
It’s the Trump effect. Boorishness is now cool.
You are missing the point though, Cruz is an outsider candidate but most of his support is based on logic and intellectual conclusions. Cruz’s supporters are 2 camps really - 1) Those who have looked at his clear record of conservatism pretty much all of his life and decided he is the true conservative in the race, and 2) those who support him mostly because they don’t like Trump (these types were typically supporting a different candidate prior to switching their support to Cruz as something of a last resort). There is much, much less of an emotional connection between Cruz and his followers than you see with Trump and his supporters.
Trump supporters are fanatical about the man, the policies seem to come 2nd to supporting the man himself. It almost doesn’t matter what his policies are as seen by the fact he has no track record of being a conservative and many of his positions aren’t conservative at all. Trump supporters will defend virtually anything Donald says or does, because they are emotionally invested in Trump himself far more than the policies he advocates (which often change depending on the day).
Most Cruz supporters I know don’t have much problem discussing his faults. Most backing Cruz know he has likability issues, is regarded as willing to charge into fights without an endgame in mind (though many/most may consider that being principled), etc. I mean the support for Cruz is, for the most part, not based on the man himself - rather it is mostly his clear ideological record of being a conservative (obviously this isn’t counting those who are just throwing in with the last option they see who can stop Trump).
Trump support is just a different animal altogether. It seems to be more on a gut/emotional level. Sure, they may support whatever policies he is advocating today, but if Trump changes his mind and advocates something different tomorrow they will still support him.
This is the biggest part of your divide. You don’t have 2 camps who are just backing different candidates for ideological reasons, you have 1 camp who is emotionally invested in a candidate that they deeply connect with, and another camp who support their candidate for logical/intellectual reasons and see the 1st camp’s candidate as a clown, buffoon, bully, etc.
Sure, the establishment can be held ultimately responsible for the outsiders rise, but that doesn’t change the place we are at now in terms of the Trump and Cruz camps completely looking past one another on almost every aspect of the campaign.
Sure... Are you whining?
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