Posted on 11/18/2015 1:18:28 PM PST by conservativejoy
Well, this just made my day a whole bunch brighter! I think this is terrific, but I'm not really surprised. I actually predicted this would happen last summer as I saw the two of them meeting and appearing together. It makes total sense. They are the two strongest opponents of Obama's out there, so why wouldn't they join forces and bring back the Reagan era? Polls are now showing Trump running away with the nomination , he has, depending on the poll, between 38% and 51% behind him now and it is growing. He's speaking out against the refugees that Obama is bringing in, along with ISIS. Trump is going after the mosques. He's pounding on the illegal immigration issue too. And don't forget jobs , an issue that Americans are clamoring for. Picking Cruz ensures that if Trump gets the nod, this will be a landslide victory. It will be historic.
From Allen West:
As GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump continues to lead in most polls , in some by rather large margins ,what might have once seemed like a longshot (remember back at the beginning of the summer) now increasingly is real possibility. So it's natural to start imagining who Trump might pick as his running mate, should he go all the way to receive the GOP nomination.
Today, Trump came as close as he's come yet to naming who that person might be. And I know some of you are going to be disappointed, while others of you will love it.
Donald Trump on Tuesday named Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) when asked about his possible running mate in 2016.
"Ted Cruz is now agreeing with me 100 percent," he said when asked about his vice presidential pick, according to Lifezette.
"Well, I like him," Trump told radio host Laura Ingraham during her broadcast. "He's backed everything I've said."
Unlike most of the Republican presidential hopefuls, Cruz has mostly refrained from attacking Trump, even appearing alongside him at a rally in September against the Iran nuclear deal.
The pair has also struck similar tones on topics such as border security and illegal immigration.
Still, Trump suggested late Monday that he will turn on Cruz if he becomes a threat to his front-runner status.
"If he catches on, I guess we'll have to go to war," he told host Joe Kernen on CNBC's "Squawk Box."
Cruz and Trump are also on the same page in opposing President Obama's plan to resettle 10,000 Syrian refugees in the U.S. Trump on Tuesday said Germany's decision to accept the refugees is going to "destroy" that country.
While Cruz currently holds office , and therefore can't be considered a complete "outsider" or "anti establishment," he's known for shaking up the establishment from the inside. Given that, it's easy to see how Cruz and Trump , the guy who largely set the anti establishment, no more business as usual tone for this election cycle , might mesh well together.
But though Cruz is still a distant third or fourth in most polls, there's no question he's been gaining lately , both in polls and general share of voice in the GOP race , so still has a chance to give the Donald a run for his money in this race. If that happens, I hope Trump doesn't go full on nasty on him if he indeed decides to "go to war"; either one of these candidates would be a refreshing show of strength compared to our wimp a** current president. As Trump aptly notes:
"He's supposed to be a cheerleader for this country," Trump said. Instead, "he just acts like a defeated man."
In any case, we've got quite an interesting number of months ahead to look forward to, folks!
I hope that Trump doesn't turn on Cruz if he gains on him. We need one of these guys or both to stop the Marxists. Here's what I think, I think they made a pact. Cruz would attack and eviscerate from within the political machine; Trump would smack the media and the politicos from without. It's a two pronged, brilliant strategy. And it's working like a charm. Americans love it. Trump and Cruz pretty much see eye to eye on every issue and they like each other. They both hate Obama, which works too. If Trump is naming Cruz now, he's pretty confident he's going all the way. You can bet these two have also quietly picked their cabinet. That's why Trevor Loudon and I formed the Cruz Coalition and both of these men have taken our advice. Reagan must be smiling somewhere, I know I am.
This is an extraordinarily misleading header.
Annoying.
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Trump is floating this for a reaction. I also don’t think he wants to attack Cruz. There is little for him to attack, for one thing, since it has been obvious from day one that they were together on the issues.
We don’t have a choice about the title. My eye surgery is giving me fits and I left the “s” off Reveals. Sorry.
Figured. No pressure on Cruz. :)
‘I believe in miracles’
WTP hope to see this is more than a pipe dream. Two pair of hands working together, two great minds, two great Americans.
GO TRUMP GO CRUZ ~ YOU WIN OR WE LOSE!!
Trump knows how to rosin up the bow and pull it across the strings. From just a couple months ago:
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Trump has openly praised Cruz and Carson, telling NH1 after he was asked about possible running mates,
‘I like Ted Cruz. I like Dr. Carson. They’ve been very supportive of me.’
He’s also said he’d like to have Oprah at his side.
‘I think Oprah would be great. I’d love to have Oprah,’ Trump said in a June appearance on
ABC News. ‘I think we’d win easily, actually.’
Trump said last week that he’d ‘consider’ sticking a woman on the ticket, as well.
‘I am all for the concept. It would have to be the right person, and I’m not going to go into
who that would be right now,’ he said told the Chicago Sun-Times. ‘But I have great respect for
women. I have great respect for women who are executives in my company. I have great respect for
women’s judgment.’
A Washington outsider like Trump, Carly Fiorina has been suggested as someone who fits that bill.
end snip
http://www.allenbwest.com/2015/08/look-who-trumps-eyeing-for-vice-president/#!
Yes!! agree whole-heart-edly.
Col. West is a great man and certainly one to be considered in a TRUMP/CRUZ administration. He walks the walk and has shown the world his true colors: red, white, and blue.
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Donald Trump continues his attack against Ben Carson in this announcement, targeting Iowa’s conservative Christians, whom Trump knows like Ted and Rafael Cruz ...
In the conclusion, it’ll be Ted Cruz (probably) asking Trump to be his VP, when Ted Cruz finishes with the most GOP convention delegates.
POTUS Ted Cruz’s assignments to VP Donald Trump:
1) build me a wall in three years
2) negotitate better deals
3) get the U.S. Senate straightened out (with Jess Sessions as Senate Majority Leader)
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My problem was not in your posting of the article it was at Right Wing News.
They put the misleading header on.
Crappy journalism.
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Humble apologies. Please correct the word “Reveal” to “Reveals” in my title. I have just had eye surgery. By the time I get through editing the article to keep out the extra symbols, I’m blind.
This keeps getting posted but it is untrue. I happened to be listening to the show and he said he was not ready to name although Laura pressed him.
Besides, to name a person campaigning against him would be outrageous, even for Trump.
Trump has pretty much ruled out Carson, Rubio and Fiorina with his comments on all three. He may appoint Sarah to a Cabinet post, most likely Energy. Oprah was always just humor on Trump’s part.
Have you ever dealt with Trump behind closed doors?
If you haven't, how would you know what Trump is like with his advisors?
Serious question, not trying to be snarky.
How about being practical. Cruz is 44 years old. Trump is 69.
What better scenario than to have Cruz at the top of the ticket for up to 16 years? Trump.will be the shock our government needs and then Cruz can be the awe. So call them the shock and awe team.
I also get a kick out of all the anti-Trump people here who don’t realize that maybe Trunp and Cruz had this planned out all along.
And Sarah Palin too! Another Trump booster who stands to play a valuable role in a Trump Administration.
I don’t think it is outrageous at all. Of course he can’t name Cruz or anyone else now due to the rules, but he wouldn’t do it anyway without Cruz’s knowledge. I do think he was floating the idea to gage reaction.
Yes as I said Trump knows how to rosin up the bow and pull it across the strings.
I personally think he may choose someone other than a candidate. But we’ve got a
few months to go before that decision is going to be made.
Bump your post!
Trump or Bust!
Well good. Now that we’ve got that settled can we please fix the Senate?
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