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.
If Cruz drops, Im going Trump.
“Cruz would be much better suited as Attorney General or even imagine Cruz filling the gigantic shoes of Scalia on the High Court.”
That I’d love to see!
Cruz has his issues but man would he be a terror on the court!
You guys keep peddling this crap as some sort of what? A declaration of how scared you are of Hillary and the press?
Oooooh the press is gonna say mean stuff!
Grow a pair or find a new subject because Rubio nor Cruz would be facing anything different.
And in Trump’s case, he’s demonstrated he can fight back.
Another stinking 'concern troll'.
It's (still, nominally) a free country.
I would not fill in the blank the same way the writer does, were I to write such an article.
“Rubio needs to become Cruz’s VP pick, now”
Correct. It cannot be Rubio/Cruz because of Rubio’s gang of eight betrayal and today’s NY Times article that Rubio worked a deal with the media to go easy on amnesty plans. Too many Cruz supporters would go to Trump.
But a Cruz/Rubio ticket would keep those people and also keep the GOPe people. It’s the only way.
Absolutely. My main point is that the race becomes much tougher. The dynamics change quite substantially.
Trump needs 1236 +1. Trump currently holds 80 or 81 delegates. Cruz//Rubio around 17 each.
Cruz will win the lions share of Texas delegates. Texas has 155 last I read. The race is just getting started.
Exciting stuff.
LOL... Go look at Drudge. Sen Sessions is going to endorse TRUMP tonight.
Have a nice day. ;>)
” If you can point me to my post saddling Trump with that, I’ll apologize. “
So in other words:
“Damn, you got me, but watch me demand that you show me where I said it personally, so I can wiggle out of getting caught.”
The point is that while you were running your mouth about Trump people, you have a clear example that you acknowledge seeing, of Cruz/Rubio people doing the same thing.
So what did you think about it when they were doing it?
If Cruz wins TX and has more delegates than Rubio after Tuesday, then Rubio needs to drop out and become Cruz’ VP. Rubio is not going to win FL anyway, with Cruz still in the race. But a Cruz/Rubio ticket might beat Trump in FL.
ABT. Anybody But Trump.
This country is already ripped apart.
So the guy who has actually won a state and is poised to win at least one more should give way to a guy who has yet to win anything, is leading in only one state, is poised to lose his home state, and who has a lower finishing average...
Ridiculousness.
When one, such as YOU, has NO argument then baffle them with BULL$HIT.. which, I see, you're doing well.
“ABT. Anybody But Trump”
Your reasoning isn’t just faulty, it’s infused with petulance.
It’s alright. I suppose you have to express your anger and frustration about your candidate’s dismal performance some way.
That would be a terrible decision. He will come out of super Tuesday in 2d place. It makes him an automatic player for Veep
Clueless. Most Cruz supporters have Trump as a second choice.
wow, the GOPe has really screwed up this election. 2016 should have been a slam dunk after 8 years of economic depression and wanton disregard for our Constitution by the kenyan usurper.
and yet... somehow... the stupid party has managed to make Trump look like the only shot for republicans to gain back the white house and the GOPe is pulling out every stop to prevent that.
i’m a Cruz supporter on the issues, but he doesn’t have any charisma. i’m not sure he could win the general election against either of those morons running for the democRAT nomination.
Really? Carson?
His four supporters won’t make much difference.
Trump needs to sweep the primaries and go to the convention. In the climax of his speech he needs to say FUGOPE and quit the party. Then run as an independent and beat the GOP again.
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Time for Cruz to hang in there tight, for the good of the world.
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