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
I have absolutely no idea what the heck you’re talking about. Jeez!
Tag made me laugh.
Stating it three times in no way enhances the aura of BS in the statement.
Yes they are afraid because Trumps even letting Pa. slide......He’s not making a push to lock down supporters in my state from what the delegates are saying... and they are unbound..... so it looks like Trumps not bothering with the delegates, rather he’s counting on reaching the golden number and thus no convention. He knows well he could very well loose if this goes to convention.
Here’s what a couple of his people stated....
His backers say they wish he were doing more to reach out to the people running for those slots ............. 71 delegates are on the line April 26 ..with 17 bound, at least on the first ballot, to support whoever wins the popular vote in the state..... But the rest of the delegates are directly elected by name, three from each of the state’s 18 congressional districts.
Another Trump activist said he sought the campaign’s help but got nothing — not even a “Make America Great Again” hat.
Cody Knotts, a Trump supporter who is running to be a delegate from the 9th Congressional District. ...“They are advising people how to set up websites, promote themselves, but they are not putting any money into it.”...Mr. Knotts, who has decades of political experience under his belt, described the approach as “spontaneous” and “haphazard” and said his impression is that the Cruz campaign is “more focused
“The campaign has not been effective in engaging the delegates,” said Gabriel Keller, a candidate for delegate in the 12th Congressional District. “
Trump is not mathematically eliminated. He has a challenge, but there are still enough delegates available that he can win.
If Cruz wins every single delegate from here on out - 100% of them - he still comes up short of 1237. There is no way he can win.
Trump can still win - Cruz cannot.
Did Jim really say people who support Cruz will be zotted????
Not yet. But should he be mathematically eliminated, should he then withdraw from the race?
The story died for lack of evidence and confirmation.
Dontcha think the Lib media would have gleefully outed all of them if they existed?
No, I think they would sit on the story so that if he became the nominee they could completely destroy him - when it was too late to have an alternative to Hillary.
Let the enemy fully commit their forces to your trap before springing it.
He started zotting people left and right. Then he seems to have relented and even unzotted some. I’m on my phone now and can’t provide links. It’s his latest thread over 650 replies.
If Cruz was Trump's V.P and Trump became incapacitated for some reason, the nation would be in good hands with Cruz. Conversely, if Hillary became incapacitated, the nation would not be in good hands with Bernie......a popular and qualified running mate is imperative for Trump!
But we don’t have a nominee yet.......Trump hasn’t yet reached the number required and I’ve learned long ago that this close to the finish line things can and do shift to many peoples surprise......then there’s the convention....so it’s not time yet to decide about supporting Trump...and I’m not ready to get in lock step until we have a declared nominee , which we don’t have!
The surest way to elect Hillary this November is to run a divisive phony like Trump.Word.
(I've been saying it for months. And even if Donaldus Minimus might win, God help us, what a race we're going to get. Donaldus Minimus versus Hilarious Rodent Clinton. A crank versus a crook.)
I've been censored.
So true.
But; in doing that; he makes some claims about himself.
I suppose folks could chase down other things he's posted on FR over the years; if they were so inclined.
Sad but true. I’m still supporting Ted Until 1237.
It was a thread where he called Trump the presumed nominee, congratulating him. He asked for unity to move on and beat hillary. He zotted those who came on the thread to say that under no circumstances would they vote for Trump. Only those. No Cruz supporter was zotted for just preferring him over Trump.
I don't see he could be mathematically eliminated.
If NO one withdraws; and releases their delegates; we get a big slugfest at the convention.
I'm stocking up on my popcorn supplies just in case.
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