Posted on 03/04/2016 5:47:58 AM PST by Mr. K
Trump hasn’t saved us from Jeb, YET.
The people voting for Cruz, whether they know it or not, are voting to take the nomination process to the CONVENTION, where the GOPe will get to select THEIR CANDIDATE.
Hopefully it won’t be Jeb, but it could be Linda, Rubio, or Howard Baker for all we know. But it WILL NOT be Cruz or Trump - of that WE CAN BE SURE.
See post #1
No disagreement here. Trump will beat Hillary like a rented mule.
Cruz could barely break 9% because Carson was in the race. CARSON!!!
Without Trump, Scott Walker would still have been in, as well as Rick Perry. Jeb would have had his million upon millions, and no real threats. Walker would have won Iowa and NH would have been a sure thing for Bush.
From there, it would be a rerun of 2012, and Jeb would be ready for the sacrificial alter right about now.
The smartest thing any of them could do is a deal (if Trump needs the votes) for the VP slot. It would be the only way to keep the backstabbers from hand-picking the nominee. The other way is for enough of us to get mad as *ell and make sure any 'pubs we vote for (right down to local dog catcher) know that they will be defeated if the subscribe to any "stop Trump" scheme.
...now "Go Away!"
It’s appropriate that they are on a playground.
Please clap...
Yea, you’re right, sorry. I was just responding to the your claim of being saved from Jeb. We’re not quite there yet, as Jeb can be selected just as much as Rubio by the GOPe, unless Trump can get his delegate majority prior to the convention.
Yeb! is out for now, and for that we do owe Trump a big thanks.
I share your concerns that the RNC has more tricks up their sleeves.
They still owe The Cheap Labor Express an amnesty cndidate.
But its wrong to say Trump has suffered attacks while Cruz hasn't. They are just now starting on Trump.
We need to see their solicitation letters and emails to donors....b/c if the pol raised money for a certain initiative, then used the money elsewhere, that could constitute mail fraud....or bank fraud .
REFERENCES:
<><> Jebito spent $125 million and has nothing to show for it. What did he tell his donors he needed the money for?
<><> Cruz donors say he is frantically begging for more money contacting them by mail and email several times a day. What/s he telling them he/s using the money for?
Cruz blew through tens of millions to launch his southeren strategy---but lost badly in SC and on Super Tuesday in his home state of Texas he could not get 50% of the vote to win the huge pile of Texas delegates.
Cruz borrowed over a million from his Wall Street margin accounts for his Senate campaign...then told Mark Levin he used the money for ads. But this was never reported to the FEC as required.
<><>Karl Rove's PAC--American Crossroads---raised $350 million to flack Romney who lost badly. What incentive did Rove use to get so much money from his donors?
At the very least, that process would result in the ultimate destruction of the R party. Maybe that’s a good thing... Not sure where we go from there.
I don’t think that’s the case, yet. Cruz still has a viable path, but if he doesn’t get a major turn in his favor on March 15th and still decides to stay in, then I think you’re right. He could continue to split the vote and drag this into the convention. All the GOPe needs to do is keep Trump from winning the first ballot.
Think 1861 through 1865.
I would like to officially, totally, and unequivocally disavow the Establishment wing of the Republican Party and every one of its elitist members who are apparently either too arrogant or too stupid to realize their impending demise.
As if Trump voters would have voted for Jeb?
No.
That was my point- Jeb on the ticket would have guaranteed no one turned out to vote for him, so we would have hilLIARy
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