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Donald Trump and Ted Cruz: second coming of Barry Goldwater?
The Christian Science Monitor ^ | December 4, 2015 | Linda Feldmann

Posted on 12/04/2015 2:35:20 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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Abraham Lincoln would've lost to LBJ in 1964.
1 posted on 12/04/2015 2:35:20 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

No, more like Reagan.


2 posted on 12/04/2015 2:35:40 PM PST by TBP (Nous sommes tout Francais.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Once JFK was killed, LBJ was unbeatable.

Goldwater and JFK were planning a different kind of race. They even talked about doing a whistle-stop tour together. At one stop, President Kennedy would come out and talk about an issue and Senator Goldwater would rebut him. At the next stop, they’d reverse it.


3 posted on 12/04/2015 2:37:11 PM PST by TBP (Nous sommes tout Francais.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

No. Goldwater didn’t connect with the common man and he kept saying stupid things like “extremism...is no vice” actually acquiescing to the Loony Left’s depiction of him and handing over the debate on a silver platter. Trump’s smarter than that.


4 posted on 12/04/2015 2:39:29 PM PST by Jim W N
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Cruz is Goldwater, the modern day epitome of conservatism.

There may be someone better out there, but I don’t know who.

Cruz is a strong cup of conservative coffee.

Whether America can ever elect a conservative again is a good question. But if we cannot in 2016, we never will again. People hate 0bama. People do not trust Hillary.

At this moment in history, we should take our chance on the most conservative guy in the room: Cruz.


5 posted on 12/04/2015 2:41:30 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (Q: What do you call a Muslim who commits an act of terror? A: Devout.)
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http://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/historyculture/debates.htm

...In each debate either Douglas or Lincoln would open with an hour address. The other would then speak for an hour and a half. The first then had 30 minutes of rebuttal. In the seven debates, Douglas, as the incumbent, was allowed to go first four times...


6 posted on 12/04/2015 2:43:13 PM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Wanna see the Republican party crushed and destroyed? Force Jeb down our throats. Jeb is the next Dole, the next McCain and the next Romney, all crammed into a single RINO skin...

Warnin’ ya, GOPe. You do it, you’re toast.

Just sayin’...


7 posted on 12/04/2015 2:43:31 PM PST by DJ Frisat (Proudly providing the NSA with provocative textual content since 1995!)
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To: TBP

Ted Cruz is more of a combo of Coolidge and Reagan. (and will continue to be after he’s elected)


8 posted on 12/04/2015 2:50:36 PM PST by cripplecreek (Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice,” he said. “And…moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.”

I forgot that was his quote.


9 posted on 12/04/2015 2:52:24 PM PST by SWAMP-C1PHER (HOMO, OECONOMIA, ET CIVITAS.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

I agree! Cruz is my first pick also, but if Trump keeps polling high and wins the nomination, I hope he picks Cruz as a running mate - and I hope Cruz would accept it. I personally think we would win in a landslide with those two. Trump would so up the libertarians, the populists and the disaffected democrats that also hate Obama. Cruz would ensure the social conservatives and maybe any Jewish Republicans (thought Trump is not really helping in that area after his stupid statement to them). It’s not my first choice, but the way things seem to be trending it might wind up being the hated “lesser of two evils” for we conservatives. Not much longer till we see what happens in Iowa. If Cruz could win there it would really shake things up.


10 posted on 12/04/2015 2:52:56 PM PST by Lake Living
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

You got the GOPe crappin’ in their leftest panties....roll on Trump & Cruz


11 posted on 12/04/2015 2:58:41 PM PST by lgjhn23 (It's easy to be liberal when you're dumber than a box of rocks.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If the GOP nominee is NOT Trump or Cruz, the party will be crushed.

Into dust.


12 posted on 12/04/2015 2:58:44 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Islamophobia? It is not irrational to fear evil)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Agreed 100%. Pray that doesn’t happen.


13 posted on 12/04/2015 2:59:47 PM PST by SWAMP-C1PHER (HOMO, OECONOMIA, ET CIVITAS.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Jeb Bush: second coming of Bob Dole/John McCain/Mitt Romney?
Chris Christie: second coming of Bob Dole/John McCain/Mitt Romney?
Marco Rubio: second coming of Bob Dole/John McCain/Mitt Romney?
John Kasich: second coming of Bob Dole/John McCain/Mitt Romney?

Two can play at this game.
14 posted on 12/04/2015 3:09:42 PM PST by SunStar (Democrats piss me off!)
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... and his appeal is based more on his outsize persona rather than ideology.

Am calling BS on the author.

She apparently has no idea the most men and most clear thinking women understand there is a time, most certainly when faced with evil, that a man should "stand up".

The evil in this case is a political boa constrictor, appearing in the form of a liberal agenda and political correctness together with an effeminate non-responsive political opposition (GOP), that that is slowly extinguishing our traditional and constitutional freedoms.

Trumps appeal is based on the fact he appears willing to "stand up", while most of the others appear willing to compromise and remain seated to a large extent.

15 posted on 12/04/2015 3:10:14 PM PST by frog in a pot (What if a previously D liberal candidate promised most of the things we wanted to hear from the R's?)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

That’s true !


16 posted on 12/04/2015 3:10:29 PM PST by nopardons
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Abraham Lincoln only got 39% of the vote....,

Just saying.


17 posted on 12/04/2015 3:12:04 PM PST by wardaddy (Save western civilization and save the world....lose it & it's a dark ages unknown to human history)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Now, now, now, haven’t we discussed this before. The man who can WIN is TRUMP. It is too early for Cruz. He needs some seasoning. :>)


18 posted on 12/04/2015 3:16:34 PM PST by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: Mollypitcher1

We’ll see.

If Trump wins, I’ll support him.

I trust you can do the same for Cruz.


19 posted on 12/04/2015 3:19:16 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (Q: What do you call a Muslim who commits an act of terror? A: Devout.)
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To: frog in a pot

BRAVO. In other words, Trump is the only one MANNING UP!!!!
AND he’s very good at taking out the wussies!


20 posted on 12/04/2015 3:21:20 PM PST by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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