Posted on 04/20/2016 8:29:04 AM PDT by Jeff Head
Senator Cruz,
April 20, 2016
I wanted to write this letter to you in the hopes that you will get it and be able to read it.
I have been, and am, a supporter and admirer of yours.
You have been a staunch supporter of the constitution, conservative values, and stood (many times alone) against a GOP Establishment that has not kept faith with the conservative base of the party who electe them.
I have supported you from afar as you won offices in TExas, including your stinning victory for the US SEnate. I have supported you through these Presidential primaries and worked in my own area to help yo win Idaho. I have sent money into your campaign.
Now we have reached a stage where things are coming into focus.
I know, as an individual with the will and the stamina and dedication to run for President that you are absolutely convinced of your need to win this race.
However, reality is now showing that mathematically that victory is out of reach through the primaries.
I know you can, and that you seem willing to try and do all in your power to take the fight to the convention and somehow stop Donald Trump from getting the delegates he needs so you can fight him on the convention floor and win the nomination.
As a devout Christian, as an American who loves this nation and the Constitution, I urge you not to do so.
I believe the single worst thing that we could do, that would almost assuredly lead to a Hillary Clinton victory, is to have an ugly convention fight that ends up taking the nomination away from a man who will have earned the lfar largest share of the vote, and who will have also probably come within a hair's breatdth of winning the necessary delegates. Quite frankly, after his New York victory and depending on what happens on April 26th, I believe it very possible, perhaps even likely, that he will get to the delegates necessary before the convention in any case.
I know the GOPe and many who have had the most vile things to say about you are now hoping to use you to stop Donald Trump. Their support fo you is feigned and they will throw you to the curb the instant they can in order to retain their own power...and, in my pwn estimation, they do not care if it means Hillary Clinton being elected to do so.
I have studied your positions and your speeches and I agree with them and support them whole heartidly. But I have also studied the positions that Trump has now put out and the detail. They are very similar to your own senator. I guess the big question is whetrher we believe Donald Trump will actually follow through and implement them.
If he has the right people around him, helping him, showing him how...I believe he will.
Senator Cruz, a raucus, ugly fight at the convention will almost ensure that one or the other large segmnent of the people who voted in the GOP primaries will be very angry and we will lose many of thiir votes in the general, or worse, they will try a 3rd party run.
Either of those scenarios hands the election to Hillary Clinton or the DNC.
As a nation we absolutely CANNOT afford a 3rd Obama term or worse. The impact to the Supreme Court, to foreigh policy, to our financnes, to a continued erosion of moral values, and almost every other ccritical national interest would all be catastophic.
I plead with you sentor, be the voice of reason. Be the uniter.
You are in a unique position (and God has placed you there) to be able to do this at this time. I know it is not the way you or I envisioned you being able to do it. But it is the truth nonetheless.
Should Trump do well on April 26th and then in Indiana, I urge you to meet with Mr. Trump and be willing to set aside pride, war hatchets, and whatever is necessary to come to an accomodation between the two of you that unites the party behind what will be his candidancy.
I know this is a hard thing to consider...but in the interest of this nation I ask that you prayerfully consider this and stnad up and unite the party so we can win in November.
And then work with Mr. Trump to implement all of those good things that both of your candidacies represent, and then trust in God to turn the tide. I know He will...I know that if the policies set forth are impleneted, he will help us turn this nation around, and there is the very strong possibility that we will have 16 years of strong American leadership to do so.
Sincerely, and as a fellow American and brother in Christ,
Jeff Head
Idaho, USA
That is an error filled statement. Even though we are told free trade is a conservative value - it is not. The Founding Fathers were for tariffs and the Republican party was for tariffs as well - the Southern Democrats wanted free trade.
I can not and will not stand by and allow conservative to include the policy of internationalist free trade. That to me is a deal breaker.
If you’re not from Texas, you wouldn’t understand.
I suspect you will get your wish. I suspect Cruz will drop out before the convention and will allow Trump a clear path to November.
Where he will lose againt Hillary.
Trump is just our current RINO. Just like McCain and Romney - he is just the latest loser to send up against the Democrats.
I suspect you will get your wish. I suspect Cruz will drop out before the convention and will allow Trump a clear path to November.
Where he will lose againt Hillary.
Trump is just our current RINO. Just like McCain and Romney - he is just the latest loser to send up against the Democrats.
I suspect you will get your wish. I suspect Cruz will drop out before the convention and will allow Trump a clear path to November.
Where he will lose againt Hillary.
Trump is just our current RINO. Just like McCain and Romney - he is just the latest loser to send up against the Democrats.
The trump people are always calling for everybody to drop out so their guy can win. Why don’t we just let the process work? Are you afraid you can’t win a fair fight?
why is this in Breaking News?
Why didn’t Senator Cruz challenge Mitch McConnell for the Senate Leadership two years ago? If he’s so good at fighting the GOPe?
I am not a TRUMP fan. I have been...and still am...a Cruz supporter.
But my first allegiance and concern is the nation. A raucus, ugly convention fight will split the party and lead to a defeat we can ill afford.
Senator Cruz for the SCOTUS!
My open letter to Ted:
Ted, I never liked you. I’ve always seen you as someone who is scripted, rehearsed and inauthentic. Like an actor in a play in which you play the part of a christian conservative.
But none of this matters now. You lost. It’s over. Get out. The scheme you are running to swindle delegates will destroy your political career and might put you in jail. Just go, Ted. Get a real job and try again in 8 years.
Sincerely,
I put it under Freeper Editorial when I wrote it.
I say let it play itself out. That's what the delegates are there for. The premise that a convention fight would automatically result in a Clinton victory in November is asinine.
When Trump chooses a non-conservative VP soon, all the swooners on FR will again find a way to support their hunky bad boy’s pick. Look forward to watching the gyrations.
That’s a weird image. My 2D monitor makes it nearly 3D!
Apparently more than 50% of the Republican voters in the Texas primary didn’t understand, either.
Reagan had to choose Bush.
Cruz may have to choose Trump. So what.
Then you've got nothing to worry about with Cruz continuing his campaign.
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