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.
Cruz seems to have woken up MUCH FASTER than anyone else in the Republican Party. He’s now enjoying the ride, moving ahead, without the media searching through his anal cavity yet.
I have no doubt that Cruz will be perfectly happy being Trump’s VP for the next 8 (or 4) years, and then moving up. He’s young, why the hurry when Trump will do the dirty work for him regarding cleaning up the country?
Donald Trump is for bringing back jobs to America.
He is alone in saying that, and everyone agrees with him.
All of the other candidates, are sold out to the money they rely on, which is offered by donors who are selling out America.
Bring back jobs. That is why Trump is doing so well.
It is very simple.
“”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. “
There really is a huge audience hungry for conservative views and traditional messages. But the venues for reaching mass audiences are 90% sewn up by liberals. I stopped watching TV ages ago and don’t own one. I cancelled my satellite radio because the comedy, for which I’d subscribed, was 90% anti-conservative and 100% not funny. (The not-funny was evidenced by the “comedian” delivering a “joke” and hearing the audience applaud rather than laugh. The audience agreed with the view expressed, but it wasn’t actually funny.)
I see things differently. Cruz maybe doing just the right thing. Keep a low profile, let Trumps clear the board, the jump back in if Trump falters. I personally think (and hope) they have already teamed up. 8 years of Trump (maybe only 4) then 8 years of Cruz would be epic.
No candidate is being eviscerated.....torn apart.....daily....like Donald Trump......from Republicans and Democrats....and Fox News
Even here on FR the ugliest, vile words are used!
Why would any man put up with this UNLESS he truly loved his country and wanted to help turn her around.
This man could retire to his lovely town home and sit by a cozy fire, with the adulation of his wife and five outstanding children
...and yet, daily, he has to slug it out against those who hope for America’s downfall.
if you didn’t see the headline about what South Park does to him, which reduced me to tears ( and I don’t even watch South Park)
.....you need to.....and get an idea how insanely evil this is all getting
PLEASE PRAY FOR DONALD TRUMP!
.....for his stamina.....for his good will.....for his SOUL!
The ONLY guy, other than Trump, that does NOT have any fingerprints on anything happening, or has already happened in Washington, D.C., is Carson.
Jeb? Bush has shot his load with his ideas concerning the Second Amendment, illegal invasions of foreigners, and the healthcare debacle.
He has a record as a failed businessman.
He is the remnant of another stinking American dynasty that needs to fade into oblivion.
I think that you are missing the larger agenda, and I will ask a few questions to drive that home.
1) Cruz is quietly going about his business and garnering supporters and laying a solid campaign framework. Why would Cruz seek to enter the limelight now still 5 months from the first vote being cast?
2) Cruz has not attacked Trump nor even mentions Trump in his speeches. Why?
3) Trump doesn’t mention Cruz or any position taken by Cruz. Why?
The key here is that I believe that Trump and Cruz have a gentleman’s agreement to not work against each other. Not to poach campaign staff, or speak of the other. In this way they both benefit. The agreement: if not me...then you.
Trump can go out and be Trump. If he wins great. If for some reason he should falter, where are Trump’s supporters going to go? Straight to Cruz, that’s where. So don’t fret. These two guys have this worked out somehow.
Cruz has a solid staff, and a good organization, and he is neither rising nor falling in the polls.
In 1980, Reagan didn’t even announce until November. Cruz is keeping his powder dry, and is able to make no unnecessary enemies without veering from the conservative message.
There are no votes until February.
You might be surprised. These two could mature into being decent hosts for conservatives to have the opportunity to get their message to those viewers.
“Did you see Jimmy Fallon’s “Trump vs Trump” segment?”
No TV. I long ago decided that the easiest way to control my blood pressure was to read rather than watch. It was a lifestyle choice.
Mostly Trump has been tearing into the media and it’s attempt to enforce memes, narratives, and definitions upon the candidates.
It’s been very disappointing to watch other candidates like Cruz avoid this fight, this fight against their most powerful and implacable enemy.
A fight that would only do them good now and also later in the election.
But the time for that fight’s nearly coming to an end as primary voting approaches.
I’d guess Cruz should stick with whatever plan he is following.
Hopefully it includes showing more fire and personality soon.
Pray America wakes
Ted is building state campaign organizations at
a fast pace so it will serve him in good stead in
the long run.
While I could vote for Trump if he is the nominee
my choice is always with the Constitutional conservative,
and that choice is Ted Cruz.
Have just barely made it to the first turn in the horse race, needs to pick it up just a bit in October; October will thin the field more. November is the beginning of the back stretch
Trump isn’t sucking the life out of other candidates. He knows how to use media and takes advantage of it. It is a plus, not a minus.
It is up to the others to do the same.
This idea makes me think of LIttle League trophies for all where the losers get one too because everybody participating deserves one win or lose.
On the right hand side, there are two videos. The bottom one is the skit. I thought it showed some JohnnyCarson level potential from Jimmy Fallon, and would be interested in your opinion.
Don’t condition or link Cruz success or failure to Trump. Cruz has simply not caught on. He may be interesting to a small group of engaged people but for most people he is simply not compelling. He failed test to be transparent (amnesty), has made some bad decisions (supporting Obama on trade and Iran), and 500% increase in H1B. Trump didn’t make him do these.
Remember the meeting Cruz and Trump had in NYC about 6 weeks ago? They have both resisted tearing into each other since then and I suspect some sort of pact was made.
Cruz is steadily building state organizations while Trump’s short term popularity is killing donations to the other candidates which will pick them off (see Walker this week). Eventually the field will be thinned and when Trump implodes Cruz wild have the structure in place for success. Remember his fundraising to-date is better than Bush’s.
The notion of ‘sold out’ does touch me because that’s what the Uniparty of Republicans and Democrats seem to be about.
As to whether Trump will change things, mark me down as skeptical but I can deny his success at this point in attracting support....
Economic issues should be at the top and since 2008 this nation has been through something akin to a deep recession or depression, with statistics fudged and money electronically inflated and devalued to hide the situation.
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