20 posted on 5/12/2010, 3:03:41 PM by 2ndDivisionVet (Don’t care if he was born in a manger on July 4th! A “Natural Born” citizen requires two US parents!)
Posted on 04/15/2016 6:22:51 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Why are the Trumpists so angry at Cruz? In fact, doesn’t it seem like they are always angry at something or someone? It’s true. It’s either “lyin’ Ted,” the Washington insiders, the press, which is bit surprising considering how much free air time he is given, or whatever. It almost appears Svengali Trump has figured out that he must continually invent new villains to keep his followers amped up. This reminds me a bit of the leaders of the hard left, who must keep some form of “The Man” in perpetuity, holding down the oppressed democrat faithful, who are then told they must “struggle” against.
After Ted’s sweep of Colorado, Trump and his drones began screeching that Cruz has cheated and stole the state’s delegates. Now he is not just lyin’ Ted, but also cheatin’ Ted. As if Cruz and his people snuck in under cover of darkness, swung a gold pocket watch in front of the delegates and told them, “when I snap my fingers you will all commit to me.”
The Trump campaign, such that it is, may not like how Colorado set things up – heck I think it is stupid too, but it’s not the state – it’s the Republican State Committee who set it up and they are perfectly within their rights to do so.
Yet the Colorado rules were set up and publicly available in August, 2015 – 7 months ago – before the Trump campaign took off. In other words, Colorado could not have set up their delegate system as some sort of anti-Trump offensive.
Both the Trump and Cruz campaigns have had 7 months to understand the rules and plan accordingly. The Cruz people, with their demonstrably superior ground game, were obviously prepared – showing forethought, planning and execution, which sure seem like good traits for a president. But it was like The Donald and his rag-tag bunch were blindsided. This should be a lesson to us all. Is this the man we want running the country – one who appears, at least in this arena, to not possess these same traits.
Trump brags about how he’s been intelligent enough to use the country’s bankruptcy laws to his advantage. He also boasts about how he takes advantage of the political system of donations to various candidates in order to purchase influence. He says it’s all perfectly legal, which it is. He understands these systems others have devised and is able to work within them to get things done. Is this not what he claims to have been doing for years? Yet he and his people appear utterly lost regarding the eccentricities of individual State rules.
To me, this is a potentially ominous red flag regarding how Trump may govern. The Constitution is clear as a bell regarding the power of the federal government. Its power is limited to that which is expressed in the document. All other authority is extended to the States and the people. If Trump has ever read the Constitution or the Declaration, which I doubt, he would surely know this. Like elections, 50 States could mean 50 different sets of rules, for virtually everything.
This concept may not sit well with president Trump and his Cabinet full of Lewandowskis. President Trump may not like all that inconsistent individuality. As CEO of Trump Inc., he has probably gotten used to being the end-all decision maker – a top-down authoritarian, if you will. In business, this can work fine, but it is anathema to our nationalist/federalist system of governance, where the president is supposed follow the rules, not make them. It would be a rather radical departure from what he has known and how he has run his company.
This is but one reason a president Trump may be at least as dangerous as a president Clinton.
You are tireless at posting these articles equivocating for the Cruz campaign’s sleazy tactics. This article gets it all backwards. I am not angry at Ted for any of it. It is exactly what I expect from his campaign. It really doesn’t matter a great deal what I think because I already evolved into a Trump supporter after months of witnessing the Cruz campaign in action.
The problem is that a lot of people still supporting Cruz find it very distasteful that all of Trumps Arizona delegates are actually Cruz operatives. They find that Cruz celebrating a million Republican voters being disenfranchised by the GOPe very distasteful. They find the fact that Cruz’s goal is no longer to win a majority before the convention, but to steal it from the front runner through insider games. All the equivocating only reminds many that their favored nominee is a sleazy lawyer that would do absolutely anything to win. And a lot of them are losing their enthusiasm because of it.
I understand where you are coming from. I hope you keep it up. But I don’t think that you are getting the results you are hoping for.
The state primaries are basically controlled by, of, and for GOP party establishment insiders. Trump is an outsider.
Are you questioning ME??? Just kidding.
Mine was merely a question.
Like I keep saying. If Hillary isn’t in a pumpkin suit by the general she will be the next POTUS.
Trump’s “Seeming comprehension.”
Why should they should get away with cheating, lying, and stealing? That doesn’t make for good government.
Btw, Cruz was once an outsider too. But now that the GOPe has decided to use him in an attempt to block Trump, Cruz has let their phony support go to his head and he now thinks he can walk on water. It’s going to be a helluva shock to him when they use him up and dump him for an establishment player.
A lot more people read these threads than the handful or hundreds that normally respond to them. Back when there was a counter for the number of visits to each thread we got a better idea of it, except for non-registered lurkers.
2DV... This is your theory:
But for the fact that the RNC is working against Trump day and night he would have already won.
Trump will win 2DV, and despite your efforts to stop him he will make America great again.
Like it or not, President Trump would have to deal with the GOP. If he is unable or unwilling to do so, he will get very little done.
You’ll get an extra $50 for the FReepathon the day Ted wins the nomination. I’m that sure of it.
This is the plan... Divide, and conquer at the convention. Cruz is stupidly allowing this to happen. He can’t win, but he can keep the establishment in business.
I’m glad you and other rabid LyinTed supporters are constantly posting articles that reinforce the reasons I got so disgusted with Ted Cruz and consequently, my decision to do everything i can to prevent him from being reelected as my state Senator when he moves back to his adopted state with his tail between his legs.
Keep ‘em coming. You’re one of Trump’s best promoters.
THANK you for helping to destroy Cruz’s election chances.
The Tone Deaf Cruz supporters defending the most abusive disenfranchisement in US history are helping to tank Cruz anyplace people are still permitted to vote.
Not only is Cruz running out of Bush’s money, hes tanking.
Thank
Jim you couldn’t be more CORRECT about this, but Cruz will get the KARMA he so deserves!!!
Not all of us are effeminate.
Many of us are voting for some kick ass.
TRUMP’s got it, and Cruz has got you, 2D and that sophomoric echo resonating in a now empty debate hall.
Cruz = toast, mostly
More crazy stuff. Disappointed in you, buddy.
Would you have supported the Colorado GOP if they pulled their “rules” to give Trump all of the delegates - and then tweeted to brag about it afterward?
It’s immoral and anti democratic and all the crap we’ve despised about the opposition in the past.
You and Cruz shame yourselves by embracing this episode.
Only for shady rich people who invest in candidates. Trump's working for the voters, not a handful of investors.
Easy. He promised that he was going to end the Washington "cartel". And then he joined the cartel and is letting the cartel use him and cartel tactics to stop the will of the people.
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