[LS]

Rose actually is on to something. I missed this.

Cruz was prophesied by his dad to win. This was made into a “word of God” thing, NOT just a failed campaign. If Cruz isn’t present, it’s akin to the Millerites’ “Great Disappointment.”

[Enchante]

True, but according to the theory of “cognitive dissonance” they will find a way to work out and adjust their beliefs without giving them up.

[HotHunt]

Ironically and coincidentally, I have two former high school classmates, the "Miller Twins", who are Cruz supporters and have gone on an extremely vociferous anti-Trump crusade because he beat their beloved Cruz so bad in the primaries, that Cruz was forced to drop out of the race. Their wrath is not limited to Trump, but extends to his supporters as well, of which I am one.

The twins are so angry and in a rage over Trump winning and their Cruz losing, that I told them both that they had experienced a modern day Millerites "Great Disappointment". They had to look it up but their heads exploded even more when they found out what the reference was to.

We are no longer friends after 50 years of being so. All over Cruz losing to Trump. Jumped the shark comes to mind.