Posted on 01/13/2016 1:46:49 PM PST by Uncle Miltie
After months of responding to Donald Trump's attacks by deflecting them, joking about them or just plain ignoring them, Ted Cruz struck back late Tuesday with a stream of pointed criticism directed at the GOP front-runner.
At events in New Hampshire and in radio interviews, Cruz took direct aim at Trump on several fronts: tying the billionaire to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, questioning his ability to win a general election, casting doubt on his ability to serve as commander in chief and disputing his "New York values."
The swiftness and ferocity of the attacks is striking for Cruz, who said as recently as Monday that he didn't want to go to war with Trump. The two men are battling for the top spot in polls in Iowa, which host the first-in-the-nation caucuses Feb. 1. Cruz said Tuesday that Trump was clearly feeling the pressure.
Cruz took direct aim at Trump's competence. "Does a potential commander in chief know what the nuclear triad is, much less is he or she prepared and able to strengthen it and keep this country safe?" Cruz asked on "The Hugh Hewitt Show." In a Republican debate last month, Trump was asked about the nuclear triad and had trouble with the explanation.
And he jabbed Trump on the billionaire's cosmopolitan lifestyle. “I think he may shift in his new rallies to playing New York, New York, because Donald comes from New York and he embodies New York values,†Cruz told Carr.
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He is a true conservative and that spells doom for the GOPe if conservatism wins. They felt the same fear in 80 and 84. Trump can be discounted as anomaly and they can conduct business as usual.
And there have been stories both ways but (source disclaimer) -
http://theresurgent.com/the-republican-establishment-is-rooting-for-donald-trump-over-ted-cruz/
http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/donald-trump-other-gop-members-target-ted-cruz/
Very, very well said.
SUPER BUMP
Every self-described conservative on Free Republican should mull Marcella's words above with sincere self-searching. She is absolutely correct in identifying reasons right-headed people support such a wrong-headed candidate.
I pray they wake up in time to dump Trump and choose Cruz.
Despite all the fainting fits provided by our own FR peanut gallery—and honestly, I think that they have fun doing it, and so more power to them—these ‘attacks’ between the two of them really are nothing. Every time I read them, they come across as, “I really respect the guy, but I think that I would do the better job, and here’s why.”
I, too, think this is a bad move.
‘Actually the GOPe had rather have Trump than Cruz in the WH.’
Nikki Haley, prime rep of the GOPe, didn’t go after Cruz in her SOTU ‘rebuttal.’ She attacked Trump.
Now she is after Rubio.
Link?
Look up facetious.
The GOPe singled out Trump, not Cruz, for attack
Your original statement was false. Subsequent stupid statements don’t make a false statement true.
Yes. Do you want to raise that issue? OK ...
Let’s look at what Trump did to protect himself - reorganization of assets and liabilities - as is allowed by federal and state bankruptcy laws ...
And contrast those actions with politicos willfully spending a nation into unsustainable debt - debt that is mathematically impossible to repay.
Let’s also compare motives: those of trying to revive a failing business with those of crating a national financial collapse - and doing so either for want of fiscal discipline, or else for reason of having an agenda to purposely destroy the nation ...
How do you wish to plead your case? I can hardly wait to cross swords!
“Yes. Do you want to raise that issue?”
I thought you raised the issue.
Yep - a lot of them have become seriously deranged and one gets the sense that they'd be trashing Reagan if he were to be on the ticket - all the while ignoring what the other side offers/promises if we lose the election.
‘A lot of people think that Trump is a super-villain.’
And the funny thing is, Trump’s stream-of-thought speeches are NOT the kind of controlled media-manipulation of a super-villain. It’s spontaneous, and anyone who knows anything about interrogation could tell you in a heartbeat that Trump has nothing to hide from We the People.
That makes him a rare treasure in politics.
Actually, Cruz might well be a stronger constitutionalist than Reagan, who got rolled with supreme court nominees.
But Trump has amazing qualities himself. So I’m happy if either of them becomes President.
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