Rick Santorum: Ted Cruz Is Losing Because He’s Not 'A Huckabee Or Santorum'

The Huffington Post's Huffpost Queer Voices ^ | March 4, 2016 | Michelangelo Signorile, Editor-at-Large, HuffPost Queer Voices

[2ndDivisionVet]

Here's why Santorum thinks Cruz is falling behind in the race.

In an interview with me on SiriusXM Progress at the Conservative Political Action Conference, former senator Rick Santorum said he believes that Sen. Ted Cruz isn't doing better in the GOP presidential primary and caucus races because Cruz "is not the kind of conservative that Mike Huckabee and I were."

Santorum says he believes Cruz isn't conservative enough when it comes to social issues. This, even though Cruz has loudly promoted anti-LGBT religious liberty laws, spoken at a virulently anti-gay conference last fall (which Rachel Maddow dubbed a "'kill the gays' call to arms") and has promised to overturn marriage equality through Supreme Court justice appointments.

"The early states have clearly favored Cruz," Santorum said. "I mean [the early states have] been in the Deep South. They've been in areas where Cruz should be racking up votes. And he's not. I think Cruz has show his weakness in not being able to take advantage of a heavily tilted playing field in his favor, of having a lot of Deep South and evangelically-heavy states early, and he hasn't done very well in them."

Both Huckabee, in 2008, and Santorum, in 2012, had won more states in the South on Super Tuesday than Cruz did this year, taking only his home of state Texas, as well as Oklahoma and Alaska.

"He's not following on in the path that either Mike Huckabee or I had followed on," Santorum said....

[saywhatagain]

Ahem . . . well am thinking 1 million 200 thousand Texans are morally casual conservatives according to your logic.

Or were they ignorant and decieved also when they voted for Cruz in the recent Republican primary election.

[pollywog]

LOLOLOL.. right Rick! There was a day I really looked up to you. What happened?

[JoSixChip]

Ahem . . . well am thinking 1 million 200 thousand Texans are morally casual conservatives according to your logic. Or were they ignorant and decieved also when they voted for Cruz in the recent Republican primary election.

The fact is, cruz lied about his citizenship because he would not have been elected if he told the truth. If you don't mind being deceived, good for you, ignorance is bliss. Or so I'm told.

[saywhatagain]

"The fact is, cruz lied about his citizenship because he would not have been elected if he told the truth.

That is not a fact. That is your opinion. Cruz won the Texas Republican primary after the facts were known. So no, you are statistically probably wrong.

Secondly . . . outside of bloggers, pundits and OPINION . . . showme anywhere Ted Cruz by design and purpose chose to decieve the folks of Texas. Even the newspapers of Austin, Texas do NOT accuse Teddy boy of decieving them. Of course you would have to have an understanding of Austin to get that.

Yes ignorance is bliss, but Teddy Cruz decieving the folks of Texas is much ado about nothing! Politics as usual . . . as we say . . . you can hang your hat on that!

[JoSixChip]

That is not a fact. That is your opinion. Cruz won the Texas Republican primary after the facts were known. So no, you are statistically probably wrong.

Pure garbage. He did not win the Texas primary with enough votes to win the Senate. Truth is he lied to Texas voters about his true citizenship when he ran for the senate. I don't believe Texas would have elected the first Canadian United States Senator if they had known the truth.

[JoSixChip]

. showme anywhere Ted Cruz by design and purpose chose to decieve the folks of Texas.

Are you saying that cruz did not deceive Texas voters when he ran for the Senate without the voters knowing his true citizenship? Is that what you are saying?

[saywhatagain]

whatever. have a good day

[JoSixChip]

but Teddy Cruz decieving the folks of Texas is much ado about nothing!

Maybe that is true for you. But some of us actual think it is a big deal that Texas elected the first Canadian United States Senator without knowing the truth about his citizenship. It reminds us of the first Kenyan president that was elected without the voters knowing his citizenship.

[saywhatagain]

'Are you saying that cruz did not deceive Texas voters when he ran for the Senate without the voters knowing his true citizenship?

I am not the one saying that . . . I am saying the newspapers of 2013 in Austin, Texas and I can include Dallas, Texas to not conclude NOR suggest Ted Cruz by "design and purpose" chose to decieve the folks of Texas.

In fact, reading the stories of 2013, I found it rather interesting and of human interest. A comedy of errors for sure, but outright purpose of deception. NO!

[JoSixChip]

A comedy of errors for sure, but outright purpose of deception. NO!

Seriously? Getting elected by misrepresenting who you are is a "Comedy of Errors"? cruz knew damn well he was a Canadian citezen, and he knew damn well the voters did not know it. He did not tell them because he believed Texas would not elect the first Canadian United States Senator if they knew the truth.

[saywhatagain]

whatever! opinion not facts. again . . . have a wonderful day.

[JoSixChip]

whatever!

Funny how you keep ending conversations like that. And never saying even once that voters in Texas had a right to know cruz's true citizenship before electing him. It's almost like you don't think they should know the truth, I mean what do you care as long as the guy you want to win wins, right?

[Gysmo]

Doesn’t matter what I think. Reality is reality. He’s already losing his bluster.

[JoSixChip]

Doesn’t matter what I think. Reality is reality. He’s already losing his bluster.

In other words you don't what the hell you posted or what the response said. Your posting habits match your voting habits. <--- LIV

[Gysmo]

How do you know what you know? You think you know but you don’t know. I guess you know. I don’t think you know but then I know. Can you figure it out?

[JoSixChip]

How do you know what you know? You think you know but you don’t know. I guess you know. I don’t think you know but then I know. Can you figure it out?

The sad thing is, that's the most intelligent thing you've ever posted on FR. Know what I mean? And yes, I know I left out a "know".