For a candidate who spent a lot of time screaming that he wanted to go one-on-one with Trump, he sure knows how to make every possible excuse for losing. I guess this is his campaign to stay relevant .. I have no doubt that Cruz will try to primary Trump in 2020. The more he goes down this road, the worse for his career.
He still doesn’t get the one clear message the voters gave him...the more people saw him, the more they disliked him.
He could have been a contender!
Apparently cruz thinks we care and apparently he still thinks he’s relevant.
They FAIL to admit that their candidate is NOT telegenic and talks in a way that sounds "preachy" at best and is severely condescending at worst.
They didn't lose because of their message. They lost because of their messenger and "messenging". No humor, lousy timing, and typical Jeff Roe dirty tricks always "outsmarting" the next guy.
Good Riddance!
Cruz / Ryan
You don’t messs with Daddy Trump.
Cruz will never wake up from his delusions. The more folks saw of his tactics and superiority complex, the more likely they are to agree with Boehner and McCain on their assessments of him.
Look what Cruz did. He threw Fiorina, Rubio, Kasich, and Carson under the bus. Interestingly, he doesn't seem to have been much involved in destroying Jeb's campaign.
Months ago, Roger Stone said Cruz was hitting up Rubio for a veep spot. Stone took a lot of crap on this forum because “Cruz would NEVER do that.”
And here it is, from the horse’s mouth.
Anybody who still doubts the fundamental incompetence of Cruz and his cronies should probably stop paying attention to politics and get a hobby like fishing or minecraft. Because you just don’t get politics and probably never will.
Sociopaths are never responsible for their own failures.
And if a frog had wings he wouldn't bump his ass when he hops.
The GOP Strawman’s Lament
Oh I’d while away the hours
Conferrin’ with the flowers
Consultin’ with the rain
And my head, I’d be scratchin’
While my thoughts were busy hatchin’
I’d unravel every riddle
For any individual
In trouble or in pain
With the thoughts you’ll be thinkin’
You could be another Lincoln
If you only had a brain
One thing about it, the two candidates would have been in sync 100 percent on these issues as they are both open-borders, globalist candidates.
I wonder how Carly feels about this? Cruz is a back stabbing loser.
Rubio was right to stay away from Cruz. He's deranged. Beck proved that. The oath of office thing was beyond embarassing. The establishment was using him, but didn't support him. He didn't care, he pressed on, to no good end. He lost all perspective, something a Reagan never would do.
Were I Trump, I would give a speech specifically directed at Cruz. I would tell him this:
"You can hate me, I don't care. You can pout and whine and play games in the shadows for the rest of this campaign, or you can decide if you truly are an anti-establishment figure determined to overthrow the legacy of failure of the globalists who have formed a party that is more comfortable with Hillary than with an America First agenda.
You can do that by continuing to fight against illegal immigration. Join me in calling for the wall and support me when I take the steps to enforce our existing laws. Work to prevent a runaway lame duck Congress that would pass TPP and other laws that they know President Trump would never sign.
Work to improve our judiciary. Provide constructive comments on the list of potential justices I will provide, and if you know of others who should be listed, feel free to suggest them. Go to the Senate and continue arguing for the Freedom Caucus and its positions. Assist the House Republicans to expose the agenda of House leadership and prevent them from thwarting the will of the people.
In all those things, do them on your own account, not for mine. Show that you meant all that you said on the campaign trail. Do those things, and you will play a part in remaking the Republican party into a truly representative conservative party. Refuse, and you will show petulance and an allegiance to something other than principle."
Shame him into either following his professed principles or showing his true colors. His followers may see the wisdom in such a speech, whatever Cruz does.
Nah, Linda Graham was the way.
I don’t trust Cruz yet. When he dropped out of the race he said that he was suspending his campaign. The word “suspending” means something that is temporarily stopped, not permanently stopped. He left the door open a little. Scary!
Cruz, you lost. Please shut up now.
Cruz/Rubio
Two people born to foreign nationals and therefore ineligible to run for president but I guess the US Constitution doesn’t matter anymore. I hope we get this eligibility issue settled once and for all before the next election.
http://birthers.org/USC/Vattel.html
Yeah, sure, double down on ineligibility, that’s the ticket!!