They mean hopeless, classless, whining, creepy, and Lying Ted Cruz.
Uh Oh.
King comes out for Trump?
Peter King comes out for Trump?
Peter King of New York comes out for Trump?
I may have to reassess my thoughts on this.
There are a lot of liberal NY Republicans lining up for Trump in the face of Ted Cruz as the alternative.
But keep in mind that the liberal ‘silk stocking’ Wall Street Manhattan Republicans voted for John Kasich and if they could really have their way, it would be him.
But going into the convention many seem a bit pragmatic like King.
Slipping on the Peter King decoder ring, "Yes, my candidate is vulgar, reckless, and clueless on the issues, but he's instinctively liberal and that Cruz is so rigidly conservative ... I mean, for a good New Yorker, that's no choice at all!"
Peter King is generally pro gun control (he did vote against suing gun manufacturers), pro amnesty and overall fairly liberal. His stance on taxes is decent but not fantastic.
His big claim to fame is his rightward stance on National Security. That is pretty much it.
He is about the best one can hope for from a NY/NYC metro area Republican. In other words he stinks but a little bit less than his democrat counterpart.
He is a loudmouth and fairly obnoxious. living within the NYC media market, I have to suffer him on tv and radio a lot.
His hatred of Cruz should be a badge of honor for the Senator. Having Peter King like you generally says you are pretty squishy on Conservative issues.
I don’t know if his estimate of Trump is accurate or not (although I tend to think so since Mr. Trump is definitely not a Conservative ideologue) but King and others like him seem to think they could sway Mr Trump to their positions on a number of issues. That is alarming.
Cruz is so disliked by those that work with him that I doubt he could be an effective leader. He does a lot of grandstanding but has been mostly ineffective.
Also, if you think shutting the government down is truly a good idea, how about making sure you have a little support for it first? He never did that. He was ineffective in getting support. In fact, it turned out to be a political win for Obama.
New York “Republicans” like New York Values. What’s new>
Even some of them "liberal Republicans" know that the WH is the goal and that Hillary would be a real disaster after 8 years of Obama. Some of the "staunch Conservatives" seem OK with letting Hillary in because they opted to stick with their "principles" instead of going for the win. I can't wait for trump to go after Hillary when he has nothing left to do but take her down - he'll talk in our language instead of lecturing us like a PHD professor.
Cruz must have insulted the Peter one time.
good reason to vote for Cruz
Good Lord! What won’t this useless RINO just shut up? I’m no Cruz-bot but I AM sick of this jerk.
““phony,” “hopeless,” “irredeemable” Texas senator”
I couldn’t have said it better.
You will not destroy “cankles” by being more liberal and more liberal.
A great many on FreeRepublic seem to have been overcome with the idea if you run candidates as liberal as Hillary and the Dems, then you can beat them.
What do you have after it is over? A super liberal person in government.
“It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us — that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion — that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain — that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”
“government of the people, by the people, for the people” has already perished.
Peter King is a classic NE liberal republicrat.
Rep. Peter King is right on the money. Ted Cruz, like his dad and nutcase, Glenn Beck is not hitting on all eight cylinders....support & vote for, Donald j. Trump!!!
THE FORMERLY DESPICABLE PETER KING IS NOW ONE OF THE APOSTLES & NOW DESERVES RESPECT.
We are SOOOO screwed!
A backhanded, if factually accurate, compliment. After Cruz’s email yesterday where he claimed he was on the verge of claiming the Republican nomination, after being mathematically eliminated, I can only assume he’s had a break with reality