I understand that while there is an outside chance that Cruz or Carson could get elected, neither is capable of actually changing anything. Carson is just too strange, and Cruz is still beholden to donors and is still confined by the GOP establishment. Only Trump, with his financial and party independence, stands a chance of stopping what is going on.
It’s going to be hard to get through to someone who is simply enamored of how much he knows, until circumstances force him to admit inadequacy in that department.
Confusion!
Trump stands zero chance of getting the GOP nomination, thus he would have to go turd party to get on the general ballot. Even if he got elected, his agenda is liberal Democrat lite.
That places him in the shoes of Ross Perot.
Trump, on the other hand can easily get the GOP nomination as things are shaping up, and he is beholden to people of his own political stripe only. IOW, all he has to do is what he set out to do in the first place.
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That's about 70% reasonable, and about 30% total bullsh-t. The reasonable part? Cruz and Carson being outside shots now, and Trump being the most able to shake things up good. No problem with that.
But to characterize Cruz as "beholden to donors" and "confined by the GOP establishment" is just nonsense that you cannot support. And I know how you're going to try, and I ask you for your own embarrassment not to even go there. It's just a ridiculous assertion, and weakens your entire post, which has some validity.