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
>>>You’re a good man, Jeff.<<<
yes, Jeff and Jim Robinson have a lot in common..... rare , good, patriotic men... God bless them and the work of their labor.
I think most people can agree with me that this rancorous phase of the election cycle should now come to an end.
Not only can Ted Cruz not get a majority of delegates, but it's also painfully obvious that he also doesn't have what's needed to win a floor fight at the convention.
For Ted Cruz, the only logical thing to do is to suspend his campaign and help unite the party behind the presumptive nominee. In addition to being logical it would also be the right thing to do.
If Ted Cruz were to set aside his ego and ambitions and do that, he would instantly rehabilitate his image and be remembered for his statesmanship, and would have a very bright future in the GOP.
I sincerely hope your words reach the Senator and have the desired impact.
I, for one, am weary of this phase, and given the inevitability of Donald Trump's nomination, the course you recommend is certainly the only one which promises to unite the party.
Any other course threatens to splinter the GOP and hand the election to Hillary Clinton.
The Revolution is ON!
Vote Trump
What a crock. It is customary to bow out once the ominee becomes apparent.
The whole point is that a contested convention doesn't server the interests of the party, the country, or even Ted Cruz.
The only result of Ted Cruz stealing the nomination from Trump would be to hopelessly splinter the party, destroy voter enthusiasm, and put Hillary in the White House with a certainty.
Sure Ted Cruz and his followers can see that this is the ONLY scenario that can unfold from a contested convention which steals the nomination from Donald Trump.
It takes willful blindness to imagine that anything could could come from that.
Cruz would wind up with the nomination and absolutely no chance of winning the general election.
Any realistic review of the states that Cruz has lost, and lost big, makes it clear that he is not a viable national candidate at this time.
Ted Cruz is 2.4 million votes behind Donald Trump this far. The People have spoken, and they have rejected Ted Cruz.
Were the convention to be contested and Trump denied the nomination, the only logical choice would be for the GOPe to go "off the board" and select a candidate that is neither Trump or Cruz.
All of these scenarios result inevitably in Hillary winning the White House. Surely Ted Cruz does not want that. Surely his ambition has not blinded him to that degree.
Ted Cruz will not be the 2016 GOP nominee under any circumstances. For God's sake, he isn't even going to have 750 delegates when he arrives at the convention. That is not a position of strength.
I once though that Ted Cruz was possessed of some wisdom, but he has repeatedly shown over this primary cycle that, however intelligent he may be, he is not yet ready to lead this country.
Do the right thing, Ted. Spare this country a splintered GOP, and let us go into the general election unified behind a strong candidate who has more than earned his right to represent the GOP.
You have been a dupe of the GOPe, Ted. As they abandon you one by one or in droves, you will see this fact. You have been exploited. You and the GOPe tried to destroy Donald Trump, but you have failed, and have been beaten soundly in a fair fight.
It's time to throw in the towel, because your only future is to be KO'd, or else to lose a unanimous decision.
The Revolution is ON!. Please stop being a Tory and join the winning side.
Vote Trump
Trump can't beat Hillary.
Still intent on parroting Establishment propaganda?
I can smell the desperation.
Congratulations on being a water carrier for the Clinton campaign, which clearly fears Donald Trump more than any other GOP candidate.
Not only will Trump beat Hillary, he will do so in a landslide of Reagan-esque proportions.
Donald Trump can make demographic inroads that Ted Cruz could only dream of.
Ted Cruz has performed abysmally in every single swing state. He is not a viable national candidate.
Please, for everyone's sake, get that through your thick skull, and stop with your laughable, impotent Left/Media/GOPe/Cruz fanboy spin.
The Revolution is ON!
Vote Trump
No. Such a suggestion obviously doesn't apply to the delegate leader.
I'm sure you know your question is asinine in the extreme. But you just had to ask it still, didn't you?
Your seriousness and sincerity have been duly noted.
The Revolution is ON!
Vote Trump
That’s not counting all of the unbound delegates. There are over 100 of them I think, mostly from 3 states. All of them will have to pick someone to back on the first ballot. I’m not totally sure if the delegate counts that are out there have factored in any of them who might’ve verbally pledged, but I think not with most.
The idea that someone should drop out if they can’t win on the first ballot is a backdoor way of changing the rules of the convention. Why are there rules about how a 2nd ballot is handled if the candidates are all going to agree to never allow it to happen by dropping out?
No one is truly mathematically eliminated until one candidate gets 1237 bound delegates or other convention rules preclude them from entering their name into nomination.
There is no convention rule that says the “delegate leader” gets the nomination. Only that the candidate with a majority of delegates voting for them gets the nomination. The word “obvious” cannot be applied to a rule you made up yourself.
By this standard of “mathematical elimination,” all candidates could be eliminated on June 7th, because voting will end and no one might have earned 1237 bound delegates.
So true.
And the Ted Cruz fanboys want to act like that never happened.
A contested convention in which anyone besides Donald Trump is nominated, means a hopelessly splintered party, destroys voter enthusiasm, and hands the White House to Hillary.
And yet the delusional Cruz supporters want to travel that road, even though Ted Cruz has ZERO chance of being nominated on any ballot.
Now, even though Ted Cruz has been eliminated both mathematically, practically, and realistically, they're bargaining about "Why not just let the process continue", as if the GOPe hasn't meddled with it enough already.
What they're doing is placing their loyalty to their failed candidate above the interests of both the party and the country.
In essence, they're being as foolish, un-statesmanlike, and unprincipled as their candidate has proven to be.
But no matter, the Revolution will proceed apace with or without them.
But it's still tragic to see someone place their own personal ambition ahead of what's best for the country, all in a suicidal gambit that, if successful, would guarantee a Hillary Presidency in their best case scenario.
It's both shameful and pathetic.
If only more Ted Cruz supporters had the wisdom and grace of FReeper Jeff Head, we'd already be on the road to healing.
Instead, Ted Cruz's blind ambition and profound narcissism makes Donald Trump's pale in comparison.
I guess it'll have to be the hard way for both the party and the country. How shortsighted, foolish, and perilous, with absolutely no upside.
Vote Trump
Feel free to write me an open letter. I can't wait for your wisdom to shine on me.
Gasp! T**** has tons more liberal connections than Cruz. T**** supported gay marriage and until recently loved to promote abortions. No thanks, I’ll take Ted.
“Lyin’ Ted! Lyin’ Ted! Lyin’ Ted!”
It’ll be a miracle if Ted Cruz listens to you. At best, he’ll simply drop out. I wouldn’t join hands with Trump, either.
I’ll vote for Trump if I have to, but you might want to wait on cleaning the White House. I’m guessing Al Sharpton will still be an invited guest.
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/423337/trumps-pal-al-sharpton
excerpt:
“I know [Sharpton] very well, and I’ve always gotten along with him, to be honest with you,” Trump said at the time. “There are those who say [Sharpton] likes Trump a lot. . . . Al’s a con man. He knows it. I know it. Don King knows it, his friend, who I go to with fights with — with Al. And they all know it.”
As has your double-standard.
Just like Ted Cruz, the Trump-haters are totally unhinged at this point.
Shame on you for your ridiculous arguments and putting blind ambition ahead of both the party and what's best for the country.
There is NO scenario in which Ted Cruz gets the nomination, that doesn't hopelessly splinter the party and hand the Presidency to Hillary Clinton. That is not an assertion, it's a fact. If you honestly believe otherwise, then, please, either elaborate or STFU.
Ted Cruz as a successful nominee requires willful disregard of reality. To wit:
To what end?
Are you suicidal? Are you delusional?
There is no scenario in which Ted Cruz can win in November, even if he somehow got the nomination. None.
Don't you see that? A blind man could see it with a cane.
That is the only scenario which Ted Cruz faces, even if he succeeds in forcing a contested convention.
There is no other possibility.
Such a strategy is both shameful and un-American.
In a scenario where the party didn't end up splintered, things would be different. But that is totally impossible.
Ted Cruz supporters are in total denial of this patently obvious fact.
Hence the wisdom of Jeff Head's open letter to Senator Cruz, and hence the abject foolishness of clinging to a failed candidate who under no circumstances can unite the party.
Vote Trump
Congratulations to our presumptive nominee, Donald Trump!
April 20, 2016 | by Jim Robinson
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3422979/posts
Congratulations to our presumptive nominee, Donald Trump!
April 20, 2016 | by Jim Robinson
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3422979/posts
Every problem Trump is having was created by Trump.
A third grader running for class president would know better than to make some of the blunders Trump has made, that have resulted in 65% negative against him.
You call for Cruz to contact Trump- when it is Trump who needs to contact Cruz, and make a deal, if he wants him to drop out and support him.
But that's easier said than done considering the bridge burning Trump has engaged in against Cruz.
Trump will need Cruz and his voters to even have a shot at winning the general election, should he get the nomination.
Any Republican who ran in this primary can beat Hillary Clinton (other than Gilmore and Pataki). Any argument premised on her being an unstoppable candidate is preposterous.
No senior citizen white male Republican will make “demographic inroads.” That’s the same kind of demographic we always run. Any victory strategy based on that idea is destined to fail. Republicans win by ratcheting up the turnout among the demographics that already favor them, just like Obama did. Running a candidate who’s younger than the Democrat, however, would help with the youth vote. Just as a black candidate would help with the black vote, etc. Identity politics is what it is.
Almost nothing that happens in the primary has any effect on the general election. When voters are faced with the choice of Hillary vs. the Republican and what that means for their future, that is the only consideration they will be making in November.
I am #NeverDemocrat. I am voting for the Republican nominee in November. I don’t understand any thinking that could get a registered Republican to ever vote Democrat.
Ted has seen stuff from here before.
Ted won’t listen to Jeff. He should though.
Jeff knows something about standing the fedzilla down.
Ted is so full of himself, and such that he is deaf to advice from anyone but the talking bank roll clients that have by now purchased him.
Jeff gives Cruz far more honor than he deserves... but I am quite sure that unless Jeff or Jim hear from Ted in the next couple of days via channels... those superior efforts are going to be for naught, as far as Ted is concerned.
But it DOES have some real benefit for showing some harmony and concord between warring factions here.
I think Ted will drop out after he loses the rest of the North East. I think he will negotiate terms, when his money is in the red. The GOPe will let him twist. But I hope he will turn his mouth around and get out of the way, head back to Texas and live out his term for Senator... until his next gig... somewhere.
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