He is so creepy he has the highest net likeability of all the GOP candidates, better liked than Trump by a massive 21%.
Gallop poll :
new-gallup-poll-shows-ted-cruz-highest-gop-favorable-rating
Net favorability
Ted Cruz 45.
Donald Trump 24
Posted on 01/12/2016 2:18:31 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz sought on Tuesday to link his rival Donald Trump to Democrat Hillary Clinton, saying it would make her supporters happy if the real estate mogul were to win the Republican nomination.
Trump had cited constitutional law professor Laurence Tribe in arguing that because Cruz, the U.S. senator from Texas, was born in Canada, he might not be eligible to be U.S. president.
"It is more than a little strange to see Donald relying on as authoritative a liberal left-wing judicial activist Harvard law professor who is a huge Hillary supporter," Cruz told reporters after a rally at a gun range in New Hampshire.
He said in the last couple of presidential elections, Democrats were able to run against the Republican of their choice, leading to two victories for President Barack Obama.
"It starts to make you think, gosh, why are Hillary's strongest supporters backing Donald Trump?" Cruz said.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
But, But, But....
Stop moving the goalposts.
You are being petulant in your campaign, and are somewhat projecting, IMO.
The primary insults I have seen are originating from the “I dislike Mr. Trump” side, although I also see it coming from those who like Mr. Trump.
I personally would love for Mr. Cruz to win, but I don’t see that happening, and I see the best shot at winning in November as having Mr. Trump as the nominee.
You can continue to sling poo at the wall to see what sticks (and I have no doubt you will continue), but it will become more and more difficult for you to continue your tirade if Mr. Trump starts picking up wins in the first several primaries.
I’m would like to ask you what your expected cutoff date is for this anti-Trump campaign?
Trump has said his views were more in line with Democrats.
That was really stupid of Rush to say.
Jesus, Cruz needs so many people to “protect” him,
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Jeez, you say “Cruz needs so many people to protect him” immediately after YOU are trying to protect Trump in the preceding sentence? Does cognitive dissonance have any meaning to you?
By the way, I suspect Trump will revel in the McCain treatment he receives.
I’m just about there too. Also Cruz needs speech lessons. His voice has a weasel quality to it.
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Boardwalks squeak like a weasel when the are walked upon.
“Trump has said his views were more in line with Democrats.”
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This is what he said...12 years ago.
Trump in ‘04: ‘I probably identify more as Democrat’
http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/21/politics/donald-trump-election-democrat/
C’mon! When presented with new information/evidence, I usually change my mind....what do you do? I don’t blame ANYONE for not identifying with GEORGE BUSH who was pushing AMNESTY, spending $$ like my kids and getting the National guard killed on tour after tour for WHAT??
Not liking George Bush and his regime is one of the BEST things about Trump.
My Daddy used to say, “only a fool never changes his mind”.
Whatever you have decided Trump is, no one can say he is a ‘fool’. ANY one of us would trade places with that ‘fool’!
So, Trump changed his mind on abortion...so did Reagan and George HW BUSH....for Bush it was several times! Any one of us who says we think the same way we did when we were younger is, excuse me...a LIAR or a damn fool. Who, but the braindead don’t change and learn in 69 years?
Winston Churchill said:
“If you’re not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you’re not a conservative at forty you have no brain.”
Now, Churchill wasn’t talking about being 20 or 40, but the difference between being young or mature, with EXPERIENCE under your belt.
GHANDI said:
........I am not at all concerned with appearing to be consistent.......
In my search after Truth I have discarded many ideas and learnt many new things........
When anybody finds any inconsistency between any two writings of mine,
if he has still faith in my sanity, he would do well to choose the later of the two on the same subject.
MOHAN-MALA A Gandhian Rosary
Navajivan Publishing House
Don’t quit your day job.
this is disappointing. Sounds like he's hiding something.
Agree.
Linking Trump to Clinton is not attacking from the LEFT, but from the RIGHT!
I third it. Cruz is despised by his fellow Senate members and he never gets one of them to second anything he proposes. Crickets.
Did you say the same thing when Trump attacked Cruz? Nope.
Funny, criticism on Cruz’s speech patterns? Anita Trump can’t put two sentences together in a speech without doing his weird ADHD stream on consciousness rants.
Yet Trump never, ever has a weasel sound to his voice. If Cruz worked on a more appealing voice, maybe his fellow Senate associates would listen to him. Cruz sounds, in a word, creepy.
Churchill had a strange voice too. No one would confuse Churchill’s speeches with Anita Trump’s.
Cruz’s voice isn’t his biggest problem. Oh Canada! Sing it with me!
Yes it is an attack from the right. If Cruz attacked Trump for associating with Jeff Sessions for example, that would be an attack from the left. Get it?
“Anita Trump can’t put two sentences...”
As my very observant cousin once told me, it is funny to watch how people behave when think they have it but don’t.
“Jeez, you say “Cruz needs so many people to protect him—
I’m talking about bloggers, and talk radio hosts.
Trump isnt depending on my posts on FR. He manages to take care of himself on the campaign trail.
He is so creepy he has the highest net likeability of all the GOP candidates, better liked than Trump by a massive 21%.
Gallop poll :
new-gallup-poll-shows-ted-cruz-highest-gop-favorable-rating
Net favorability
Ted Cruz 45.
Donald Trump 24
Nice. Three years ago, when he was a mere senator. Before you fell in mad love with Trump. Fine.
As eloquently stated by GraceG, they are:
1. Elect More Republicans - Failed due to RINO/Uni-party confluence.
2. Article V Convention of States to propose Amendments - Needed to try to take power from the federal government back to the states and reel in the federal leviathan.
3. State Nullification - Last ditch effort to try to take power back from the federal monster, though by this point it may be too late.
4. State Secession - Could either end up peaceably like the breakup of the Czechoslovakia in 1993 or a brutal:
5. Civil War II like the first one.... The longer we wait on #2, the more likely #3, then #4 and finally #5. .
So, do we do nothing and just wait for # 5?
The following links affected my thinking on the Article V process and I am now a champion for pursuing a Convention of States. Please review them and tell me what you think.
My main 'checks and balances' re the Article V process are First, it takes 34 states to even call a convention. Second, it takes 38 states to ratify any proposed amendments from an amendments convention. Third, there are very strict parameters and associated penalties for violations by state convention delegates. See the following link re Indiana Duties of State Delegates to a Convention of States.
Also, calling it a Con-Con is a misnomer. No one wants a Constitutional Convention. The Convention of States is only to propose amendments to the constitution. Period. Anything that veers from that will be a treasonous act.
The links that turned it around for me:
Responses To Convention Of States Opposition A number of good articles that address Con-Con and 'runaway' concerns.
Can We Trust the Constitution? Answering the "Runaway Convention" Myth
Indiana Duties of a Delegate to a Convention of States A model for other states.
An Article V Convention Can Be Limited Addresses the "runaway convention" concerns.
A Single-Subject Convention Another article that addresses the "runaway convention" fear.
And finally, an article by Sarah Palin: Sarah Palin: Debunking the myths of a Convention of States From the article:
"There are four reasons why a Convention is safe."
"Number 1 - The applications that the State legislatures are passing right now, define the topics to be addressed at the Convention. Anything beyond that scope is 'out of order'."
"Number 2 - State legislators send Convention Commissioners who are subject to instructions given by their State."
"Number 3 - Lets just say for the sake of argument that reasons number one and number two failed. If they did, the Courts could declare their actions void."
"Number 4 - Whatever amendments the Convention proposes will not take effect until three-fourths of the States ratify them."
"That's 38 States. By definition, if 38 States agree on an amendment it's not runaway. It's a mandate!"
"Here's the bottom line."
"We already have a runaway Congress and a runaway President."
"The founders gave us Article V of the Constitution to stop them."
"It's time to use it!"
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