Since what Cruz said is manifestly true, his remarks didn't change my support on principle, but it also seemed to me that the emphasis should have been on condemning the Move On thugs, and that Trump would have soon provided another opportunity to call him out on his own actions, and so, I expected to find myself a defacto Trump supporter since he appeared to be on the virge of clinching the nomination, due largely to Ted's unforced error.
But today, Trump's more rabid supporters are giving me pause. One cannot have a rational conversation about the man, or even policy matters. Many Trumpists appear to have transformed themselves into Social Justice Warriors -- people who disagree with even one element of their party line are not just wrong, but evil. Dissent is not to be met with reason, but is to be silenced. You can even see a diluted version of that tendency here on FR.
After all of that, I find myself ever more solidly in the Cruz camp.
Great post.
I will still take either Cruz or Trump.
If trump is so bad, why cant Cruz /Kaisch and Rubio unite to do strategic voting—
Florida to Rubio, Ohio to Kaisch and the rest to Ted.
This situation is a mess.
Interesting analysis. Steve Deace has taken to calling Trump’s supporters a full-on cult. I wouldn’t go that far, but there is Trump-mania just the same as there was Obama-mania. Again, the problem with Trump though is that at least Obama supporters knew what Obama stood for. Obama just lied to the MSM and independents about it (not supporting same-sex marriage). When you uncover Obama’s old statements, he was extremely liberal. But when you uncover Trump’s old statements, you see he was often very liberal as well.
I want a candidate whose entire history shows he was conservative, and who can pull off lying to the independents to make them think he’s a moderate when necessary. I know Cruz is the true conservative and I certainly hope he’s a good enough liar to trick the moderates into voting for him in the general election.