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
Jeff, Please let us know what Ted’s response to you is! Personally, I doubt he’s in a listening to reason mode.
If I had Ted’s, Trump’s or anyone like that’s money I would move to a remote area and let things sort themselves out.
My thoughts and words to Senator Cruz. Please feel free to ping to others. Please feel free to post to Face Hook and link back here to FR.
I generally agree, and recommend one alteration to your formulation:
Back off on the anti-Trump rhetoric, play nicely through the rest of the primaries, and show up with fewer delegates. Then ask Mr. Trump:
“What’s it worth to you to have a coronation today?”
And score as many points for conservatism as you can.
Supreme Court Justices pre-named.
0bamaCare dismantled.
Department Heads we like.
Then join hands on the podium and ask all your delegates to join Mr. Trump in beating Hillary.
Win / Win.
The art of the deal.
Cruz has known for some time that he wouldn’t win prior to the convention. He’s just a wrecking ball with some huge donors.
It was reported very early in the campaign that Cruz was well funded. He was a wrecking ball (though mostly ineffective) in the senate and that’s what he’s doing now.
Cruz inordinately sees himself as Reagan in 1976. He wants to repeat that even to the floor fight and the 1980 coronation and win.
However, the field of battle is different this time. Cruz is not fighting the Establishment Liberals (Ford). Trump is a different animal calling for a different strategy.
Trump may or may not beat Hillary. But Cruz cannot beat Trump without it being a pyric victory. So Ted needs to back off, let Trump win and the chips fall, score some points, and still be the guy all the TRUMP supporters want next time. The only way to do that is to JOIN HANDS.
We will still have Ted Cruz fighting for Texans in the Senate. It’s a win win.
The man is young enough. If he pulls out and throws his support behind the leading candidate, it will bode well for him.
If he does not, which I suspect he is leaning towards, he will destroy any chances of his future in public office.
I beleive Ted Cruz is a narcissist. He will destroy everything and everyone around him. He desires constant praise and attention. The GOPe will use that to their advantage.
They try and pull what it appears they are up to, we will see a civil war in this country. And not the shouting kind either.
You’re a good man, Jeff.
How exactly is Cruz “fighting for Texans?”
My thoughts and words to Senator Cruz. Please feel free to ping to others. Please feel free to post to Face Hook and link back here to FR.
NO NO NO
Keep Cruz in the race
Kasich too
With both of them in, opposition to Trump is divided, making it easier to get a clear 1237 to prevent any divided convention (and GOPe / Big Media desperately want their divided convention to get rid of Trump)
Great letter. Hope he reads it.
Brilliant summation. That is what he should do.
The GOPe is using him, and there is the problem. He just doesnt know it/can see it because he is blind to the fact.
Sounds good to me...this is the type of thing needed. If Cruz can find a way to ally with Trump and step back from the brink, the GOP and America wins in November.
IMHO, if there is an all out dog fight...we will lose in November.
Cruz can make the former happen.
Amen.
The art of the deal.
Gonna need to sanitize the WH after the likes of Al Sharpton.
God bless Trump.
Thank you Mr. Trump on behalf of the American People.
Let these final states vote.
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