“…if the GOP-e stabs him in the back like that…”
Here is what Cruz said to Steponallofus yesterday in an interview:
“If we unify, head-to-head, [i.e. Rubio, Kasich, Carson] our campaign beats Donald soundly. And for everyone concerned about the best interest of the Republican Party, if Donald is the nominee, in all likelihood, your former boss Hillary Clinton becomes the president.”
It would seem that Cruz lets a little bit out of the bag here. He has been co-opted by “The Party.” He is looking out for what he perceives as the “best interest of the Republican Party,” not the best interest of the American people.
Since you are seeing that “the Republican Party” is plotting to stab Trump in the back, maybe you can well imagine that “the bosses” will stab Cruz in the back once Trump is out of the way.
I think that is exactly what will happen.
Posters on FreeRepublic have been saying this for weeks. National Review writers (and other establishment types) were only pushing Cruz to try to take out Trump. They have been planning all along to take out Cruz once Trump is gone.
I will be clear here. We who have been supporting Trump are not cultists, we’re not idiots, we’re not liberals, we’re not racists, we’re not KKK members, we’re not fascists, we’re not “Trumpanzees.” We are simply patriotic Americans who understand how the “uni-party” has stacked the deck and we perceive Trump as the best means to take out the GOP-e segment of the uni-party.
If, by some chance Cruz is in fact nominated I might be persuaded to vote for him, but with each passing day I think it less likely that he would survive “the Party” process, and with each passing day I wonder where the loyalties of Cruz really lie.
It would seem that Cruz lets a little bit out of the bag here. He has been co-opted by “The Party.” He is looking out for what he perceives as the “best interest of the Republican Party,” not the best interest of the American people.
Should be no surprise at all that a career politician and former Bush admin official is playing for GOPe. Sad to see so many good FReepers duped by Cruz.
Expressing a concern about the electability of Trump and wanting to go one-on-one doesn’t imply some kind of conspiracy. It implies Ted wants to defeat Trump. I’m not buying he’s been “co-opted by ‘the party.’”
But it still stands... if anyone — GOP-e or other — tries to sabotage the rightful nominee, it should be vigorously opposed.
I am a CRUZ guy; but if your quote as to what he said to Stepencrapulos is correct ( I didn’t see or hear it, don’t have TV) he just came off my list of acceptable candidates.
I am an AMERICAN; registered Republican for 48 years but AMERICAN, first last and always.
I only owe, and have allegiance to the CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Political parties come in very low on my list of who and what I should have loyalty to.
Party loyalty means nothing to me.
Loyalty to my country and the CONSTITUTION means everything to me.