Posted on 09/24/2015 5:16:23 AM PDT by Nextrush
A couple of things up front.
I am a Ted Cruz supporters in word and deed$$$$.
I have no animus towards Donald Trump as some posters (trolls?) have suggested Ted Cruz supporters have.
I have expressed concerns about Trump but Donald has earned his place by solidly outperforming the other candidates with a message that connects, connects solidly with working people like the "Reagan Democrats" of which my father is one.
Trump is 'sucking the air out of other candidates' with media attention focused on him and his poll leads demoralizing supporters of other candidates.
Back in my teenage years (the 1970's) as I listened to radio preachers and conservative commentators, read "Human Events" and "National Review", I came to realize slowly but surely that an intellectual nerdy message would not connect with a mass audience.
"Saturday Night Live" was in vogue back then and I slowly came to believe conservatism needed a more popular presentation of its ideas with comedy and satire.
In spite of the nerdy "beltway conservatives", conservatism would have a chance, a chance because a 'great communicator' with show biz experience was on the stage.
What also helped was the sudden rise of evangelical Christian involvement in politics that would mobilize millions in successive waves between 1980 and 1988 to strengthen the Republican Party.
We were also 'lucky' have a new 'great communicator' named Rush come along to help hold and expand the grassroots support for conservative ideas.
Unfortunately, it was all for nought as the Republican Establishment hijacked the show with fake conservatism originating with Jeb Bush's father who told us 'read my lips, no new taxes'.
Jeb's brother would play with us using his moniker "compassionate conservative" and mobilizing our love of country and our military to fight a vain Vietnam style limited war on terrorism after 9/11.
Jeb is almost certain to follow in his father and brother's footsteps with passionate speeches and even confrontations with liberal media that will be played up by the 'RINOstream media' to the hilt.
He has no other choice to fight Trump with emotionalized fake conservative imaging.
Jeb Bush made a statement the other day saying he doesn't want this country to be 'multicultural', a sure sign of his intention to create what Karl Rove calls 'emotional wedge issues' or in other words fake issues dripping with deceit to take the initiative away from Trump. These fake issues will be pumped up by the pimps at Fox News and other GOPe media outlets.
Now back to Ted Cruz. The air in the room is running out and Ted had better step up to the plate with a powerful message that reaches beyond the intellectuals and even the religious voters, who aren't as committed as they used to be for the Republican Party.
Play to the working people, the "Reagan Democrats", the little people.
On Planned Parenthood funding talk the moral angle, then go on say something like this.
"The rich people like Planned Parenthood. Michael Bloomberg offered to pick up the slack a few years ago when the Susan G. Komen Foundation planned to cut off funding. I understand folks like Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are into funding family planning. Our nation is 18 trillion dollars in debt. The taxpayers have given enough. Let the rich people out there that like Planned Parenthood pay for it, not the American people."
And onto religious freedom. How about a speech like this, Ted.
"Big corporations stepped in to shut down religious freedom laws earlier this year in Arkansas and Indiana. The CEO of Wal-Mart, Doug McMillon and the CEO of Apple, Tim Cook were among those trampling First Amendment freedom for those who disagree with gay marriage in this country.
Mr. McMillon cited Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton's notion of 'respect for the individual' in his opposition to a religious freedom. I think 'respect for the individual' should include respect for all individuals, Mr. McMillon, including those who have religious convictions about sexuality.
Another one of Sam Walton's basic beliefs was 'service to the customer' but if the customer wants to buy firearms, Wal-Mart decided recently that its not going to provide service if the customer wants certain firearms. Apparently Mr. McMillon not only has a problem with the First Amendment to our Constitution, but the Second Amendment as well"
Big corporations wanted Obamacare to cut their healthcare costs and the big company healthcare stocks soared because of Obamacare.
Big business also wants open borders to bring in cheap labor.
They need to be torn into.
Nigel Farage's description of the UK political system as 'corporatist' a collusion of 'big banks, big business and big government' needs to be on Ted Cruz's lips in discussing what the political system is like in this country.
Donald Trump tears into people, says controversial things, makes enemies and above all gets noticed.
I think Jeb Bush is now trying to do his own Trump imitation presenting a fake conservative image.
Ted Cruz needs to do the kind of speaking I presented earlier to stand a chance in the room that's running out of oxygen.
I await Ted's decision and am withholding any further financial support until he stands up and fights to steal the ball from Donald Trump.
I also believe there is some kind of meeting of the minds between Trump and Cruz. I think each benefits the other, really. Trump’s biggest value is in snuffing out the also-rans AND to do everything in his power to make sure that Jeb Bush does not get the nomination.
In this regard, Trump has performed the most valuable service of reinvigorating the debate about illegals and whatever form of amnesty/citizenship the other also-rans are talking about. In essence, it’s okay now to say the word illegal when speaking on the campaign trail.
I am a Cruz supporter, first and foremost - always have been, and my opinion is that if Cruz is okay with Trump running, then I am too. Until such time as that changes, then I’ll reevaluate.
There is one thing that bugs the snot out of me when Cruz speaks and it has to do with delivery, not the message. He raises his eyebrows in a big frown and appears to be pleading instead of commanding the stage. Almost like ‘honest honey, that picture is not me with that stripper!’
He needs a speech coach concerning his physical presence at the lectern. His ‘Jobs’ technique of walking around should have limits also. I just cannot imaging Palin doing that at the Republican convention when she gave one of the most outstanding speeches I have ever heard.
Trump is for Trump. He says what he knows will get you to vote for him.
I think there’s a ‘rump’ of intellectual and religious conservatives who support Ted Cruz, but he needs to reach out beyond that base with a powerful Trump like performance.
Yeah, none of the do that. /sarc
IF God is for him......Donald Trump.. ( & in my heart I believe He is)
....then who can stand against him
Disrespectfully referring the the candidates by their first name is irritating.
What is the anonymous writer trying to infer by doing so?
Trump said Obama is waging a ‘war on Christians’.
A great generality with no specifics and plenty of room for people to interpret it in their heads different ways.
Some might say Obama ‘supports Muslim terrorists who murder Christians’ others say Obama ‘supports the gay agenda’ and so on.
A generality like that gets a lot of different people to think Trump is on their side.
Maybe I’d like to be in the room talking to someone on a first name basis.
That post makes no sense.
Obama is waging a war on Christians. What more can be said?
You have a point there. Cruz’s primary support comes from intellectual conservatives and some religious conservatives.
He needs to branch out to the “Reagan Democrats” that Trump has been hooking onto.
Otherwise his support will not get beyond single digits.
What happens when Trump does not implode, which is most likely. Cruz will be still standing around, like waiting for the blind date that never shows up. Almost fitting end to his lackluster campaign. Again, he has zero traction or recognition outside core supporters and many, like me, an early supporter, moved over to Trump.
“and would be interested in your opinion. “
I found it difficult to watch because Trump was lampooning himself, which is fine, but I didn’t like it. When he says, In effect, “I’ll make jobs happen, they just will,” I was truly annoyed.
I’m probably a tough audience. I haven’t made it to the end of a movie or TV show (on the internet) in decades. The author has the actors do or say something so stupid I can’t watch further. I recall a buddy cop movie where the two playfully point their guns at each other. I couldn’t turn it off fast enough. Another is when, in a tense situation the main character says, “just trust me,” but he hasn’t yet earned that trust. (Click.)
When Trump says jobs will just happen, I had to sit on my hands to stop from turning it off. It’s the same as a character who hasn’t earned trust saying, “just trust me.”
I would agree that Obama is an anti-Christian supporter of LGBT agenda, others would see Obama as an anti-Christian Muslim.
Others would see Obama as anti-Christian on both counts.
I’m not disagreeing with Trump’s statement, I’m just saying its vague and open to different interpretations of what ‘war on Christians’ means.
Cruz is in great position
Agree.
What I'm wondering is if you're impressed with the potential of Jimmy Fallon as a late-night host.
Barely better than Walker was. Go Trump
H1B’s are a terrible blow to US citizens with degrees in Computer sciences.
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