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Insider leaks real reason for GOP kingpins' anti-Cruz venom
WND ^ | 1/23/16 | Greg Corombos

Posted on 01/23/2016 5:33:17 PM PST by justlittleoleme

It's well known that many Republicans in Washington do not like Sen. Ted Cruz, but the full extent of that antipathy is coming to light this week as several current and former lawmakers say they prefer Donald Trump as the GOP nominee, although they have little regard for either man.

Some GOP consultants and strategists started the rumblings in recent days. Then Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad told Republicans in his state to oppose Cruz because of the senator's opposition to ethanol subsidies.

But the story broke wide open on Wednesday when former Senate Majority Leader and 1996 Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole said he would choose Trump over Cruz, going so far as to say a Cruz nomination would be "cataclysmic" for the Republican Party. Another former GOP Senate leader, Trent Lott, has said the same.

But Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, a Cruz supporter, is not swayed. While honoring Dole for his heroism in World War II, Gohmert told WND and Radio America many mainstream Republicans are worried about what a President Cruz would mean for them.

"You don't get any more establishment than Bob Dole and Trent Lott," Gohmert said. "So they're going to be an indication of where the establishment will go. They have more belief that Trump will make deals with them and that Ted Cruz will continue to stand on principle, as he has been."

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Gohmert believes the venom in the GOP is a result of Ted Cruz doing something most other politicians don't.

"If you're a person that's interested in lying or you're interested in twisting the truth or you're interested in breaking your promises that you made to get elected, then you're not going to care for Ted Cruz," Gohmert said.

(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...


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To: The Toll; Captain Peter Blood; Windflier; DoughtyOne
Some will never get it. It’s like your mother absolutely demanding you keep your hands at ten and two on the steering wheel. Yes mom, I know you are right but for the tenth time, THE FREAKIN CAR IS ON FIRE!!!!

That's a great analogy. It makes me wonder if there's some kind of positive correlation between the length of time spent here ranting against RINOs (higher frustration & anger level) and the incidence of Trump voters (drastic solution is needed; too late for "principled conservative").

81 posted on 01/23/2016 11:53:40 PM PST by Nita Nupress (RIP JRandomFreeper.)
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To: The Toll
"The vast majority of the public has no idea who Ted Cruz is. If he is the nominee that will be the last you see or hear of him in the media. He will be completely sidelined and the Witch will be the only thing you see for months."

Not only that, but this laughably insane kabuki by his campaign to make him look like an outsider "Mee toooo meee toooo I'm an outsider tooo" is just burning news cycles better spent raising his public profile.

Hokum that worked against Dewhurst doesn't scale - at all - and you can practically see the valedictory coming: "If we'd just had Jeb's money!" ...

82 posted on 01/24/2016 3:42:07 AM PST by StAnDeliver (Own it.)
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To: justlittleoleme
Cruz and Gohmert

Two Oaks fighting the establishment inside and outside the Beltway.

True Conservatives that deserve our support

83 posted on 01/24/2016 4:31:43 AM PST by eartick (Been to the line in the sand and liked it)
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To: justlittleoleme

Cruz/Trump, Trump/Cruz, you have the right enemies.


84 posted on 01/24/2016 5:07:46 AM PST by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarmed.)
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To: JSDude1

Louie Gohmert gets it when he says the GOPe hates Ted Cruz. Then Dole & Lott affirm what Louie has just said.

What’s not to understand?


85 posted on 01/24/2016 5:40:37 AM PST by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: Captain Peter Blood

You have to keep in mind this election is not about Conservatism it’s about America and it’s betrayal by all the elites in Washington including the so called Conservatives.


But the so-called conservatives are not conservatives. What we need is a real conservative.

If you just want to be about your country and its betrayal by the elites, any Lenin or Hitler will do.


86 posted on 01/24/2016 6:53:55 AM PST by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: Captain Peter Blood

You have to keep in mind this election is not about Conservatism it’s about America and it’s betrayal by all the elites in Washington including the so called Conservatives.


But the so-called conservatives are not conservatives. What we need is a real conservative.

If you just want to be about your country and its betrayal by the elites, any Lenin or Hitler will do.

What too many don’t understand is that revolution must be approached with extreme caution. You really can jump from the frying pan into the fire.


87 posted on 01/24/2016 6:55:13 AM PST by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: TerrisFriend

“I’ve not seen a discussion about how a Democrat brokered convention would work, but suddenly putting Biden up against Trump changes everything for the Democrats.”

I will go further. What happens if not only the brokered convention brings Biden to the forefront, but also brings up Elizabeth Warren as his VP choice? You replace both Hillary and Bernie and not lose a step in ideological purity.


88 posted on 01/24/2016 6:59:19 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (The Trump/Cruz war is a media generated war so the establishment can stay in power.)
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To: annieokie
"A PRINCIPALED Conservative IS exactly what we have be asking for many many year on FR. nothing less.

Finally one shows up and he is rejected...I remember another man who was also rejected by the masses and was crucified......a Principled man who did no wrong. "

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FUFR

89 posted on 01/24/2016 7:03:07 AM PST by Manic_Episode (GOP = The Whig Party)
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To: David

“Trump is not likely to be the pushover much of the establishment believes he is either.”

No but he could quite possibly be the typical RINO saying
whatever it takes to get elected and then:

“I like Obama, he means well and now that I’m in office I
see why we need single payer health. And to be frank, selling
aborted baby parts is good business and could help pay for
Planed Parenthood of which I now totally support.”
Donald Trump January 20, 2017

I like Trump I don’t trust Trump.
I like Cruz I trust Cruz.


90 posted on 01/24/2016 7:54:31 AM PST by Slambat
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To: Slambat; LucyT
To your No. 90:

I like Trump I don’t trust Trump. I like Cruz I trust Cruz.

My general lean is in the same direction--if forced to vote today, I would probably vote for Cruz. But we need to recognize that there are a lot of people who have similar views of the Senator for reasons that are not completely unfounded.

I don't think either one has clearly expressed a complete public agenda that either one of us would think was perfect.

In Cruz's case, the Natural Born Citizen Constitutional problem is an issue--I think it is poor judgement on his part not to have addressed the issue when he had time and leverage to get it resolved.

In Trump's case, many of his prior views have not been consistent with a policy direction consistent with a Constitutionally limited national government.

But the point here is that both of them are far better choices from the perspective of a Constitutional Conservative than any of the other candidates on either side of the aisle or somewhere out in left field (like Bloomberg).

I do assume that if both of them get to the Convention without enough votes to get the nomination on the first ballot but with more than 50% of the voting power combined, a deal likely gets made and whatever it is, those of us who might be dissenters as to the individual at the top of the ticket need to be prepared to adjust.

I don't know who the Dems are going to nominate. If I were forced to bet today, I would bet on Joe Biden because whoever the Republicans settle on, Joe is the only possible nominee who would have any kind of reasonable chance to win.

But Joe, and the risk that dissatisfaction with either Cruz or Trump might result in a significant part of the Core Constituency staying home could present the most serious challenge to our effort to take the country back.

91 posted on 01/24/2016 8:44:17 AM PST by David
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To: chris37

Don’t forget that Cruz also voted for cloture to give Obama TPA before he voted against the actual bill, which is a typical GOP weasel move. Cruz is my Senator and that teed me off almost as badly as his Corker bill vote did. I used to expect that sort of thing from Cornyn but not Cruz. I do not know what Cruz was thinking but at least Trump has not voted a couple of times to further empower Obama as far as I know.


92 posted on 01/24/2016 9:41:57 AM PST by jospehm20
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To: jospehm20

I know. I know pretty much everything about Cruz’s national political career so far, as I have very much liked and respected him since he was elected.

And there have been a number of SNAFU’s that all seem to have weak explanations and seem to all follow a similar pattern.

In the end it boils down to he talks a good game and votes government agenda just like all the rest.

he’s very similar to Trey Gowdy, lots of bark and no bite.


93 posted on 01/24/2016 9:47:56 AM PST by chris37 (heartless)
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To: Manic_Episode; Jim Robinson

Just Curious, is your reply directed at Free Republic?


94 posted on 01/24/2016 10:46:46 AM PST by annieokie
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To: annieokie

Yes, opuslike.


95 posted on 01/24/2016 10:49:24 AM PST by Manic_Episode (GOP = The Whig Party)
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To: Lucky9teen

That anti-Cruz, NY blowhard Peter King gets 34%. That’s generous.


96 posted on 01/24/2016 10:51:24 AM PST by littleharbour
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To: Manic_Episode

??????


97 posted on 01/24/2016 11:06:00 AM PST by annieokie
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To: Nita Nupress
Trump voters (drastic solution is needed; too late for "principled conservative").

That's it, in a nutshell, Nita.

The country is on the verge of real failure. Politicians and politics got us into this mess. Why, at this dire hour, why would (or should) we trust in that institution to save us?

As Ronaldus Magnus once opined, "Washington isn't the solution - it's the problem."

Therein lies the appeal of Donald Trump. The people recognize competence, courage, leadership, daring, and a track record of real world accomplishment when they see it. They're choosing honest substance, over the crowd of 'Me too!' talkers, posers, and pontificators.

I've said it before. The country is in a pre-revolutionary frame of mind, and the elites are too nearsighted to see it.

98 posted on 01/24/2016 12:09:40 PM PST by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: justlittleoleme

I forgot to mention - I do like the idea of a small small door...


99 posted on 01/24/2016 12:42:22 PM PST by GOPJ (It's more important to have a gun in your hand than a cop on the phone- Florida Sheriff Grady Judd)
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To: dynoman
Have you checked to see if it is true? He is pretty aggressive in developing things and viewing the poor as scum. Especially country people.

Have you ever read anything about local hero (Scottish Redneck) Michael Forbes and his 90 year old mother?
Michael Forbes news

Here is their story...

Fighting Trump



100 posted on 01/24/2016 3:57:37 PM PST by huldah1776
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