Posted on 01/13/2016 1:23:05 PM PST by Isara
If they want to knock Trump as a private citizen, then it is only fair to point at the guys actually in office and find out what was their excuse.
"I watched Pam prior, and it looks like she's just taunting everybody," said Trump. "What is she doing? Drawing Muhammad and it looks like she's taunting people"..
-May 2015 Trump on Pamela Geller.
Things trumpees already know that don’t seem to matter to them.
Trying to lump Cruz in with the rest of the Senate is cognitive dissonance at its worst. That’s just silly.
Daniel Horowitz is great. Very thorough and very smart!
Certainly, I agree, it’s not fair to go after Trump when he was a citizen, but it’s unfair to go after Cruz when it’s been shown that McCain, et al have been constant roadblocks to actual progress.
“Trying to lump Cruz in with the rest of the Senate is cognitive dissonance at its worst. That’s just silly.”
Oh I forget. It’s inconvenient.
Cant let that pesky part of reality in the way of the narrative that Cruz apparently is the greatest outsider to ever run for office....yet knows the code to the Senate bathroom.
Could we stop with all the emotional, immature name calling? This forum is turning into the DU.
Trump and Cruz each have strengths and weaknesses. We need to calmly discuss, analyze and evaluate. We need to bring these issues up and either rationally refute them or rationally consider them.
Trump is a con man — not real. He is not a conservative, but he does play one on TV — at least until after he is elected.
Then all things are possible.
I think the point they are trying to make here is that with his billions Trump has admitted he can sway political view points. So where are Trump’s SuperPACs promoting conservative, or even Republican, causes? Where are his Americans first policies within his companies? Where’s his assertion that all of his companies will henceforth use e-verify? Why did he feel it necessary to use foreign labor in his hotels and casinos? Where’s his “Trump Foundation for Veterans”?
When we don’t have a record of public service to comb through, we have to rely on statements made by a candidate. When those stated positions are unclear or in constant flux, how are we to properly decide if the candidate in question is fit to serve?
It’s not a matter of inconvenience. I cannot think of any Senator in the last 100 years who took on the entire body repeatedly as a freshmen.
Your line about “greatest outsider” is a weak strawman attack. I merely pointed out to you that accusing Cruz of being an insider is inaccurate at best.
If you think that Cruz should have been able to somehow ram through bills in opposition to almost all the other members - well that’s kind of unreasonable don’t you think?
Who has ever before called the majority leader a flat out liar? Who else actually spent all night filibustering.... ug.
Until some other Republican stakes out a position against taking Syrian refugees, amnesty, and bad trade deals, Trump will continue to lead.
Trump has a documented lifelong history of flip-flopping on issues, principles and values dear to conservatives and yet Cruz’s prior positions make him worthy of your distrust?
Decent article.
Cruz has been very inconsistent on key issues since he announced his candidacy, and especially since Trump announced three months after Cruz and changed the dynamics of the race.
I go by what they've said since announcing, and Trump has been far more consistent than Cruz.
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