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Saving the GOP Might Mean Backing the Guy You Don’t Love (and I’m Not Talking about Kasich)
National Review ^
| March 11, 2016
| Jonah Goldberg
Posted on 03/11/2016 9:37:20 AM PST by detective
The so-called Republican establishment is coming to the painful realization that Texas senator Ted Cruz may be its only hope to block Donald Trump from winning the nomination and Hillary Clinton from winning the White House. It’s not assured, of course. There are as many theories on how to emerge from this year’s Republican convention with an acceptable nominee as there are interpretations of what was going on in the TV show Lost.
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TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister
KEYWORDS: amnestyplan; bushcruz2016; cruz; cruzbush2016; desperate4moreislam
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The National review is backing Cruz but they say they don't really like him. They admit they only support Cruz as a way to weaken Trump.
From the article:
(Cruz is) arrogant and condescending, a terrible listener and completely uninterested in actually getting anything done that doesn’t further his own interests. They see him as a right-wing Arlen Specter — a notoriously difficult and self-absorbed senator.
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posted on
03/11/2016 9:37:20 AM PST
by
detective
To: detective
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posted on
03/11/2016 9:38:06 AM PST
by
Sybeck1
(Only they can beat Hillary, but for some reason they can't beat him)
To: detective
The enemy of my enemy... tangle web.. Cliches stick around for a reason.
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posted on
03/11/2016 9:38:43 AM PST
by
proust
(Texans for Trump! The Art Of The Comeback!)
To: detective
With friends like National Review, who needs enemies?
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posted on
03/11/2016 9:40:31 AM PST
by
LS
("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
To: detective
Pathetic Jonah Goldbrick and thanks for posting. No, I will not click through to the National Review to read more of this drivel. I get the idea from the first paragraph.
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posted on
03/11/2016 9:40:47 AM PST
by
dennisw
(The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
To: detective
Who needs to save the GOP? What good are they? The GOP as we know it needs to go.
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posted on
03/11/2016 9:41:09 AM PST
by
Jim W N
To: LS
With friends like National Review, who needs enemies?Like the Glenn Beck kiss of death for Cruz
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posted on
03/11/2016 9:41:46 AM PST
by
dennisw
(The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
To: detective
They forced McCain and Romney on us, and they tried for force Jeb on us...
They don’t like it when it happens to them.
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posted on
03/11/2016 9:42:37 AM PST
by
Mr. K
(Trump/Cruz 2016)
To: detective
Being back by the Republican Establishment is the kiss of death
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posted on
03/11/2016 9:42:38 AM PST
by
joshua c
(Please dont feed the liberals)
To: detective
Oh the darling son of the Huffing Post mother, how cute!!!
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posted on
03/11/2016 9:43:29 AM PST
by
HarleyLady27
('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump; Trump; Trump; Trump; 100%)
To: dennisw
I wonder how much Beck cost Cruz? It will be interesting when all this is done to see how much he and MINION have done to hurt Cruz.
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posted on
03/11/2016 9:44:09 AM PST
by
LS
("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
To: detective
Republican Establishment desperately wants Hillary to win.
To: detective
Backing Cruz, Rubio and Kasich while sniping at Trump. ======================================================== So think of it, you too can be a water carrying member of the GOPe, just like National Review!
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posted on
03/11/2016 9:45:08 AM PST
by
stocksthatgoup
(GOPe/MSM - "When we want your opinion, we will give it to you.")
To: detective
It’s a good thing that Goldberg specified in the title that he wasn’t talking about Kasich. That is exactly, totally, precisely who I would have thought he was talking about, if he hadn’t clarified. /sarc
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posted on
03/11/2016 9:46:42 AM PST
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20yearsofinternet
(Border: Close it. Illegals: Deport. Muslims: Ban 'em. Economy: Liberate it. PC: Kill it. Trump 2016)
To: detective
Don’t care about saving the GOP.
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posted on
03/11/2016 9:46:43 AM PST
by
bigbob
("Victorious warriors win first and then go to war" Sun Tzu.)
To: detective
Let’s See, last week the RNC establishment was saying they were prepared to either sit out the General or in some instances vote for Hillary CLinton if Trump wins the nomination. Now they are saying, Cruz is there guy to beat Trump and keep Hillary from winning the General. But, last week they were saying they were prepared to directly or indirectly help Hillary win if Trump was the nominee.
Ok???????????? Irony here?
To: detective
Always post this when you post an article from the
National e- Spew:
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posted on
03/11/2016 9:47:26 AM PST
by
kiryandil
("Our Muslim-In-Chief, Barack Obama - the Quislaming in the White House")
To: detective
I think it’s clear the so-called Republican establishment is divided. Some of them think Cruz is worse, some of them think Trump is worse.
To: detective
If saving the GOP is the goal? Then let the whole blasted thing burn to the ground.
To: detective
arrogant and condescending, a terrible listener and completely uninterested in actually getting anything done that doesn’t further his own interests. Is this projection? Didn't they just describe the GOPe?
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