Posted on 03/18/2016 3:30:33 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Nominee Romney will select Cruz as his running mate. That way they get him out the senate and into a nothing position. Cruz will be utilized for attending funerals.
Cruz is blowing his chances for the VP slot now and a future presidential run by not stepping down now.
Good point.
I'm voting for Cruz because he has a consistent record of standing for conservative principles.
While he would be 1000 times better than Hillary-Trump has a consistent record of making deals, and backing both sides of an issue. I would expect him to do much of the same in office.
It's not that deals are bad in certain circumstances, but, it brings up the question of what will be lost in these deals?
Trump not being particularly conservative says to me-that conservative stances on issues will be on the bargaining table- to potentially be lost.
So how much more can we afford to lose?
When all is said and done-IMO- There is a much better chance that Cruz will do exactly what he has promised to do-uphold conservative principles-while in office, as opposed to Trump, who makes deals, and may bargain them away.
Listen to yourself and think. Ted Cruz will never be elected to the Presidency in the United States of 2016. His supporters are kidding themselves. He can't even win a plurality of most states in Republican primaries.
It will even be worse if he or someone else steals the nomination at the convention. I and many people I know will vote straight Democrat to finally kill this useless Republican party.
Under the GOP, we've had nothing but campaign rhetoric and talk and promises.
Followed by utter caving once they get to DC.
If Trump deals, that's good: we may get as much as 40%-50% of what we want, as opposed to 0% while giving up mindshare and allowing the Democrats to set up their next moves (they think and act strategically instead of reacting purely defensively, in the moment, as the GOP does).
Cruz is an insider, and was designed to be the Pied Piper to soak up conservative votes and keep them safely sequestered.
Look at any left wing site and see the reaction to Cruz.
Whereas, the attacks on Trump are designed solely at *shouting him down*: the tired tropes of "racist bigot Nazi" show the left knows, they've already lost against him, and their only hope is naked physical aggression against his supporters.
Exactly the type of response I've come to expecyrt from Trumpets.
expecyrt=expect
Whoops. I guess that kinda ruined the effect, eh?
Don't worry about it. Typos happen to *all* of us.
And if typos don't get you, spellcheck *will*.
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