Posted on 02/28/2016 12:44:49 PM PST by Kaslin
When this election started in what seems like a lifetime ago, I was contacted by the Bush people. After all, I had been a supporter of Bush 43 and one of his appointees. I expressed my concern that I thought it was bad for the country to have another election between a Clinton and a Bush. The world has changed dramatically since then to say the least. We now are facing a presidential election between a congenital liar and an egomaniacal opportunist. The person who can stop that is Ted Cruz by getting out of the race now.
A Ted Cruz supporter will immediately react and say why not have Rubio get out of the race. That is because Cruz just came in third in two states (South Carolina and Nevada) where he should have done much better based on the composition of the electorate. He is facing down the primaries in the South where he could lose every state except Texas and have nowhere to go. If he does that he will have brought Donald Trump that much closer to being the Republican nominee and make it that much less likely that Rubio can overtake Trump.
Cruz supporters are not very favorable to Marco Rubio. They believe he is not conservative enough. They are upset with Rubio's attempt to settle our broken immigration system. That was certainly a mistake, and Rubio has admitted it. He now knows the two things that have to be done before anything else is secure our Southern border and establish a comprehensive system to track foreigners entering and over-staying their visas. Then the other aspects of the immigration system can be properly addressed.
As unsettled as Cruz and his supporters may be with Rubio, they are off the boards in their distaste for Trump. They may think Rubio is insufficiently conservative, but they know that Trump is barely a Republican and a wild card on most public policy issues. Cruz must shutter at the idea of Trump choosing the person to replace Cruz's favorite Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
Cruz must be quivering at the idea of a presidential debate between Clinton and Trump. The biggest activity that viewers will have is to keep a competitive count of how many times each candidate invokes the pronoun "I." It is hard to envision two politicians on one stage that are more self-centered than Clinton and Trump. They rarely invoke the word we (You know "We the People') in any commentaries they make. The only American politician that can compete with these two is our current president who thinks he owns the armed forces and the White House.
There are a couple things we know about Ted Cruz. He is a committed American. The idea of either Clinton or Trump becoming president must be totally abhorrent to him. Second, he is a conservative Republican. Envisioning either Clinton or Trump becoming president must drive him crazy. Neither is a conservative and, though Trump is running as a Republican, neither is a Republican. Cruz has to be fearing either of these people following in the footsteps of Obama.
Cruz needs to not only get out of the race; he must immediately endorse Marco Rubio. He should go out on the campaign trail and make sure that his legions of supporters vote for who would be the only remaining actual Republican in the race and the only one assured of winning in November against Hillary.
Yes, Trump can beat Clinton. I have said that for a long time. But he could just as easily lose. There are many Republicans who would never vote for Trump. Who among Cruz's supporters and Republicans of all stripes would not despair at the idea of the Congenital Liar becoming president? Imagine a continuation of another four or eight years of the dismal Obama era which Clinton promises.
Cruz would be much better suited as Attorney General or even imagine Cruz filling the gigantic shoes of Scalia on the High Court. None of that would happen with the Congenital Liar in the White House.
This race is not over despite the talking heads alluding to that. It is not over even if Trump wins big on Tuesday. It is over when someone secures a majority of the delegates to the convention that will nominate the candidate for president.
The fate of the Republic is in your hands, Mr. Cruz. Do the right thing. Save your country.
The fact stated is not in evidence:
TPA/TPP
Corker bill
Goldman Sachs
Loans? What loans?
'Poison pill' amnesty bill amendment
Knoteye. If Cruz wants Rubio for VP because it makes for good politics, that's like Reagan taking Bush41, but if Cruz were to endorse Rubio I would know it was a sellout, and I'm tired of selling out.
It already is ripped about apart, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama already did that
Donald Trump wants to put it back together
Cruz and Rubio want to extend the globalist establishment regime
I saw the Jimmy Carter threads. If you can point me to my post saddling Trump with that, I'll apologize.
As much as I despise the pro-Amnesty RINOs, I do not want either Rubio or Kasich to drop out because that makes it too easy for the establishment to settle on just one choice. I’m hoping Cruz will stay in to the end for two reasons. First, he’d be the best president of the remaining republicans, if Trump self-destructs. Second, his presence splits the anti-Trump vote, making it easier for the strongest candidate (Trump) to win the nomination. I’m okay with either Trump or Cruz.
May God have mercy on us.
Same.
Ted or trump, but no way the establishments pick of Rubio.
Time for Trump to Drop Out for the Good of The Country
There, fixed it.
I stand by that. I also would prefer Trump over Rubio.
Sorry for the offense. There are some Trump supporters here I completely respect and some that I just can't. I shouldn't have stereotyped.
Still, Cruz saying Rubio would be a better president that Trump is not an endorsement of Rubio.
My saying I'd prefer a kick in the ass to a bullet in the head is not an endorsement of a kick in the ass.
>>It is time for both Cruz and Rubio to drop out<<
Folks fail to realize, 60% + of the voters are NOT for Trump. This race gets down to two candidates and it’s very possible Trump may not get the nomination.
On Tuesday, only 16 states will have cast their votes. Carson, Cruz, Kasich drop out, where would you feel the remainder of the votes not for Trump will go?
Trump better hope they all stay in. lol
Notice that there is no mention of sending those presently here illegally home.
False. The majority of Republican voters so far have been voting AGAINST Trump. He has not won a majority yet in any primary.
Rubio was never supposed to be a serious candidate. He was intentionally positioned in the race to split off a portion of the (low info) conservative vote, in order to help assure Jeb's ultimate primary victory.
Now that Jeb is out, the RNC is stuck with him as a last gasp back-up, but he's too young, too robotic, too inexperienced, has no real following, terrible Senate record, and he's the very face of the Gang of 8.
In other words, he has no chance of beating the real Democrat in a head to head fight.
In terms of appealing to a larger audience, I’d say this is true. Cruz is good and I would have voted for him, but I think he made a fatal mistake by directing himself to Evangelicals, because unfortunately, that group is ceasing to exist. People still go to these churches (I’m Catholic but I have many Evangelical friends) but they’re not a unified political bloc anymore. And of course Catholics have been undermined by leftist Pope Francis.
Personally, I’d like to see Cruz in a powerful Cabinet position in some area that needs serious cleaning up.
As I said, I’d vote for him in the general election (but not in the primary), but I think he should leave and let Rubio and Trump compete.
And it’s very possible that this will end in a brokered convention, in which case they’ve got to be deciding on the candidate.
The assumption that 60% are against Trump is wrong.
Just because they support someone else does not mean they are anti Trump. If their candidate drops out, Trump still has a shot of picking up some of that support and will pick up some, how much, we don’t know
You can’t say that because Cruz drops out, that Rubio automatically picks up his supporters, sure he will get some. and so would Trump, Kasich and Carson as well.
If anything it would help Trump bump his numbers up and get a larger share of the delegates until he hits the magic 50% number.
I knew my post would be a dog whistle to all the Cruzies on here.
If the majority are voting AGAINST Trump, then who are they voting FOR? Your guy?
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