Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Why has FR turned on Cruz?
vanity | today | me

Posted on 05/02/2016 2:30:43 PM PDT by bassmaner

I'll keep this vanity short ... Mods: please feel free to pull it if it's inappropriate.

Why have so many here on FR turned on Ted Cruz in such a vicious way?

We cheered when we first heard about Ted taking on the establishment in TX to win the primary in the race to fill Kay Bailey Hutchison's vacated Senate seat, in a bad year for the GOP

We cheered again when Ted exhorted us to 'Stand With Rand' when he offered public support for Rand Paul's filibuster over the NDAA

Once more, we cheered when he stood on the Senate floor and urged his colleagues to join him and use the power of the purse to kill Obamacare

We nodded our collective heads in approval when he openly and correctly called Mitch McConnell a liar

And we jumped for joy when he became the first GOPer to announce a presidential run!

So ... what happened? Yes, Trump announced. But at first, not too many people took him seriously. For the longest time, there seemed to be an unspoken pact between Trump and Cruz, where they occasionally said nice things about each other while bashing the other candidates.

But ever since the voting began and Trump turned on Cruz (starting with the Ben Carson imbroglio in Iowa), a large contingent of FReepers did the same and seem to be echoing RINOs like John Boehner and Peter King in their absolute abhorrence of Cruz.

Yes, we need to choose sides, but for God's sake, can't we send that kind of vitriol in the direction that it belongs, ie. Hildabeast and the 'Rat Party, and knock off the circular firing squad?


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: 2016rncconvention; 2manytrolls; astroturf; circularfiringsquad; cruz; hypocrite; ibtz; ntsa; trump; trumprepublic; vanity
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 261-280281-300301-320 ... 401-419 next last
To: bassmaner

CYA. If it turns out we were wrong about Trump, we’ll be able to say we really didn’t have any other choice.


281 posted on 05/02/2016 4:38:51 PM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: katnip
"The night he blamed the Chicago near riots at a Trump rally on Trump, he became dead to me."

So Cruz did once, what Trump made/makes a habit of doing ? Jeez It started with the CNN report about Carson, and continued from there. At least you cited one specific incident that turned you, opposed to several posters upstream who can not be specific. It is hero worship for Trump just like Obama. If Trump follows through on 1/2 of the promises supporters insist he will accomplish, we'll be OK. I'll vote for Trump, but Cruz is clearly a better candidate. I now suspect Donald will bury Hillary, more so than Cruz.

282 posted on 05/02/2016 4:41:33 PM PDT by chiller (One from the Right - One for the Fight)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 23 | View Replies]

To: nopardons

Of course I’m delusional! I spent 30 years making movies in Hollywood! What do you expect?!


283 posted on 05/02/2016 4:44:17 PM PDT by karnage
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 123 | View Replies]

To: nickcarraway
Because he is the most evil person in the history of the universe? There is no bad thing that he has not done.

So Richard Hauptmann didn't kidnap the Lindbergh baby?

284 posted on 05/02/2016 4:44:47 PM PDT by Stentor ("Hiding behind 'conservative' while America goes down the toilet is not acceptable anymore." LS)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]

To: rbbeachkid
What's far more counter-productive, is that Cruzites now demand the we beg them to vote for Trump, make all nice-nicey, tell them how wonderful they a twee Teddy is, and whatever else all of you now have in mind.

If you all care SO little about this nation and her future, then stay home, vote for Hillary or Bernie, or the latest imbecile in the Libertarian Party; just don't call yourselves CONSERVATIVES and don't come back her and moan.

285 posted on 05/02/2016 4:45:32 PM PDT by nopardons
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 206 | View Replies]

To: nickcarraway

http://birthers.org/USC/Vattel.html


286 posted on 05/02/2016 4:48:18 PM PDT by upsdriver (I support Sarah Palin.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 271 | View Replies]

To: bassmaner
I was always skeptical of first term Senators running for the ultimate management/leadership role on this planet. That put Senators Cruz and Rubio both on the list I would not be enthusiastic about.

I would have preferred an experienced governor, which is why my first choice was Scott Walker. I don't agree with everything he said and did, but I live in northern Illinois and got a lot of news coverage about the heat and pressure Walker was under and thought, "this guy will get what he believes in in place."

When Walker dropped out of the primary race, it was time to stand back and let the herd thin itself out. When it got to 4 or 5, Donald Trump was the one who I agreed with the most, and his experience and success in the private sector is going to be better for this country than a MOTS (More Of The Same) career politician can provide. So who I support going forward is Donald Trump. Do I expect him to deliver on every campaign statement? No, but I do expect him to hit the important stuff out of the park. The rest of it people here can argue about.

I do agree that we all need to stop trashing each other based on who our favorite candidate is. It will get a little easier as the delegate count continues to pile up for Trump. If nothing else, I am much more comfortable with Trump as the candidate than I was with Romney or McCain. Let's work toward victory in November and hope for the best.

287 posted on 05/02/2016 4:48:25 PM PDT by Bernard (The Road To Hell Is Not Paved With Good Results)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Stentor

Cruz framed him. There are threads here that prove Cruz is the Zodiac Killer.


288 posted on 05/02/2016 4:49:18 PM PDT by nickcarraway
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 284 | View Replies]

To: bassmaner

To start with, I don’t like being talked down to, I got tired of the spamming by Cruz supporters, especially the several Cruz bundlers that even today still defend and promote Cruz, while practically never disclosing they work for the campaign. I didn’t realize early on the Cruz lied about his citizenship, now conveniently ignores the very Constitution that he claims to hold so dear. Like his preaching, when it suits him, he wraps himself in it. Worse, on FR, hypocrite Cruz bundlers say Canadian-born, Cuban-fathered Cruz is okay when Obama wasn’t. If the Constitution, if our integrity means anything, we should be consistent and honest. Cruz loses. So pathetic that he doesn’t realize his 15 minutes are way past over.


289 posted on 05/02/2016 4:51:39 PM PDT by Reno89519 (American Lives Matter! US Citizen, Veteran, Conservative, Republican. I vote. Trump 2016.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: bassmaner

This is politics and it makes the wise moon bats.

To the freepers amped up on politics, attack ones preferred candidate you are an evil lyin scumbag.


290 posted on 05/02/2016 4:52:00 PM PDT by reviled downesdad (Some of the blind will never believe the Truth.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: bassmaner

Cruz lacks so many principles he himself lauded. He’s like a two-bit used car salesman, and people are now seeing what Trump has been saying all along. Adios Ted!


291 posted on 05/02/2016 4:54:47 PM PDT by Ranger Warrior
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: karnage

LOL....well THAT, right there, explains it. :-)


292 posted on 05/02/2016 5:00:56 PM PDT by nopardons
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 283 | View Replies]

To: bassmaner

Imho, its when someone you trusted and believed in turns out to be virtually nothing you thought he was....
I feel like I was duped, lied to , you name it. Cruz’s own words and actions turned me. Not the media, not FR, not anyone else. He is pathetic.


293 posted on 05/02/2016 5:01:17 PM PDT by Donnafrflorida (Thru Him all things are possible.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: bassmaner

The Cruzers are no angels. The “never trump” mob was here loud and clear. I was threatened by one who said he was keeping track of the Trump supporters. LOL Stop playing the victim.

There is no “safe place” in politics. Join a garden club web-site for sweetness and helpfulness.


294 posted on 05/02/2016 5:02:57 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: AnotherUnixGeek

“Why has FR turned on Cruz?”

I don’t like him.


295 posted on 05/02/2016 5:06:25 PM PDT by flaglady47 (TRUMP ROCKS !!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 41 | View Replies]

To: biff

Yet if you actually read the postings of people on this forum who used to be for Cruz and dumped him, you find that the singe biggest turning point was when Muslims, #Blacklivesmatter thugs and American communist party agitators trashed Donald Trump’s rally in Chicago and Cruz then blamed their rioting on Donald.

You make it clear that you personally agree.

The rest of us do not see opposing violent rioters and standing up for free speech as socialism. So right off the bat Biff has a different definition of socialism than other people here. Including the site owner.


296 posted on 05/02/2016 5:06:30 PM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 265 | View Replies]

To: Fresh Wind

Speculation on CNN...”Carson is going home. Is he dropping out”.

Cruz and Rubio campaigns: ‘vote for us, Carson is dropping out’ with link to CNN article. That’s basic campaigning.


297 posted on 05/02/2016 5:08:17 PM PDT by ilgipper
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 195 | View Replies]

To: slslady1

With no examples. A list of thousands of left-wing positions and hundreds of thousands of Democrat donations by Trump, but he’s a solid advocate for us. We live in the twilight zone.

Again, if one prefers Trump, I hold no ill feelings. This argument falls flat on the surface.


298 posted on 05/02/2016 5:10:14 PM PDT by ilgipper
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 235 | View Replies]

To: AlienandStranger

“I hardly visit FR much anymore.”

Not surprising from an alien and a stranger.


299 posted on 05/02/2016 5:12:11 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 73 | View Replies]

To: bassmaner

Goldman Sachs
Integrity issues
Using Jesus for gain and profit
Glenn Beck
Constitutional questions
Adoption by the establishment followed by poor campaign management

30 posted on May 2, 2016 at 4:39:48 PM CDT by PAR35
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

All the above and more

Dealing dirty in Iowa with Ben Carson
pick Carly Rino Fiorina as VP
Neil Bush working his finance committee
Made deals with Kung Fu Kasich
Heidi found on side of highway picked up by highway patrol

You wants us to keep going ?


300 posted on 05/02/2016 5:13:40 PM PDT by Cats Pajamas
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 261-280281-300301-320 ... 401-419 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson