Posted on 01/13/2016 1:46:49 PM PST by Uncle Miltie
After months of responding to Donald Trump's attacks by deflecting them, joking about them or just plain ignoring them, Ted Cruz struck back late Tuesday with a stream of pointed criticism directed at the GOP front-runner.
At events in New Hampshire and in radio interviews, Cruz took direct aim at Trump on several fronts: tying the billionaire to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, questioning his ability to win a general election, casting doubt on his ability to serve as commander in chief and disputing his "New York values."
The swiftness and ferocity of the attacks is striking for Cruz, who said as recently as Monday that he didn't want to go to war with Trump. The two men are battling for the top spot in polls in Iowa, which host the first-in-the-nation caucuses Feb. 1. Cruz said Tuesday that Trump was clearly feeling the pressure.
Cruz took direct aim at Trump's competence. "Does a potential commander in chief know what the nuclear triad is, much less is he or she prepared and able to strengthen it and keep this country safe?" Cruz asked on "The Hugh Hewitt Show." In a Republican debate last month, Trump was asked about the nuclear triad and had trouble with the explanation.
And he jabbed Trump on the billionaire's cosmopolitan lifestyle. “I think he may shift in his new rallies to playing New York, New York, because Donald comes from New York and he embodies New York values,†Cruz told Carr.
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Hey its on the way directed by Reuters etc, the new Gold Standard in polling according to the biggest Trump supporters here.
Trump has set himself up also, because the pollsters determine who the masses vote for.
Hey its on the way directed by Reuters etc, the new Gold Standard in polling according to the biggest Trump supporters here.
Trump has set himself up also, because the pollsters determine who the masses vote for.
This is not hard to figure out. Rafael and his wife were both closely connected to and worked as legal GOPhers for the Bush dynasty. With the wife being a Wall Street banker for Goldman Sachs for petes sake.
No red flags here....LOL!
That is the DC Uni-Party’s objective. They are using their primary propaganda arm to foment a cage death match between the two more dangerous (To their agenda) candidates.
Cruz is attacking because he is fed up with constant attacks from Trump going back months and Trump’s crazy birtherism which he uses to attack Cruz several times a day. Trumpbots can’t have it both ways.
People who compare Trump to Reagan don't seem to understand that Reagan stood with Goldwater over 2 decades before he was elected president. Trump has been all over the map ideologically. It's not so much that nobody knows where Trump really stands. It's that maybe Trump doesn't even know where he stands. The shifting sands of Trump's personal convictions are a shaky foundation upon which to hand him the GOP nomination.
Ted Cruz blasts New York Values while taking money from Gay New Yorkers:
Hypocrite Cruz, says he won’t fight dirty then uses Push polls tested “New York” attack against Trump.
The scary thing is that you apparently think it doesn’t....
2016 is 2008 in reverse. There is already an 80% chance that whoever the Republicans nominate will be the next President. It is probably going to be a landslide.
Sorry, there is a 0% chance Cruz is going to win Ohio after campaigning for Obama’s TPA. He’s DOA there. No Ohio, no oval office for GOP.
The big buffoon from New York has been making deals with the mafia for DECADES.
The shifting sands of Trump’s personal convictions are a shaky foundation upon which to hand him the GOP nomination.
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Indeed. But no one is handing Trump a dang thing. He is TAKING things. Kicking butt if he needs to.
Cruz is my #1 choice, but if Trump beats Ted, then we have no other choice but to sit back and watch Trump win it all.
That was the first hint of any negative comment between Trump and Cruz. It was a pointless remark, except to be used by Cruz to end the truce with Trump and begin the barbs between the two.
Trump's only response was to say: "He has to say that." But it was used by Cruz to end the truce and begin his attempts to advance himself by criticizing Trump.
Cruz is the vote splitter the GOPe has been praying for, and he is about the only hope they have of preventing Trump from going to the convention with a majority of delegates.
Of course. Trump the plutocrat might hire them or put them on the board of directors. Cruz is just a competitor.
Cruz Loves God, Country, he is pro life, pro family, is right on all the issues, what`s not to like?
Trump is like the loose canon on deck. He may crush many things quite randomly before he is corralled.
However, the “deck” is Washington, D.C. How many thing in D.C. are so dear to you or me that we wouldn’t take our chances?
Trump and his wife have been contributing to corruption Democratic Party officials for decades, not to mention attending gay weddings.
ROTFL. A sort of pre-purge rally and celebration.
Cruz is such a meanie. Trump can't take the heat in the kitchen, yada yada yada.
I will vote for ANY R to defeat HRC..
But Mr Trump lost me as a supporter a while back
https://reason.com/blog/2015/10/06/donald-trump-thinks-kelo-style-eminent-d
Either he was unable to understand the kelo (unlikely) or he likes being able to use the .gov as his enforcers either way not a man I want to be in charge of selecting Judges.
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