“We don’t need a lot of Jim DeMint disciples.”
“As soon as they get here, we need to co-opt them.”
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Uh, this doesn’t make any sense. The NR could have posted 22 hate Cruz screeds to stop him.
But they didn’t and now the Cruz camp is trying to pretend what is and was, isn’t and wasn’t. LOL. nobodyn was buying it anyway, so this is not necessary.
Gohmert is an awful liar. He does better at the truth.
That’s about what I figured: Cruz is too principled for the establishment republicans.
They’re not worried about principles with Trump.
Exactly!
“We don’t need a lot of Jim DeMint disciples.”
“As soon as they get here, we need to co-opt them.”
Cruz is more likely to pursue an absolutist agenda similar to that pursued in the opposition direction by Barry--take no prisoners; scorched earth. Replace squishy quasi Republicans with office holders who will stand firmly on Constitutional and democratic principals.
On the other hand, Trump is not likely to be the pushover much of the establishment believes he is either. The McConnell who is committed to hanging on to his office whatever he has to do to accomplish that objective is likely to give more in a trade than an office holder who owes no one and is acting on principle.
So you take your choice. Maybe Trump's way is better. Maybe not. Maybe Cruz's way is not practical and cannot be done within the confines of four or eight years without taking steps even Senator Cruz would recognize as infringing on the constitutional rights and privileges of the citizens.
It is a close call--both men are committed to restoration of the American Republic. Neither one of them are in a position where they need to pursue personal enrichment at the expense of the public good.
I have no difficulty with Trump's prior history of policy directions inconsistent with his current stated objectives--he has been in a business dominated by establishment political interests and had done what he needed to do to adapt.
Neither do I have a problem with the fact that the establishment prostitutes don't like Cruz. I think the reason why is pretty clear.
Personally, I have no difficulty voting for either one of them. My current hope is that the current rock throwing does not lead to imbedded resistance to either one.
Bob and Trent Lott
Just two of MANY reasons many of us are fed up with the Grand Old Party.
If you take Trump’s words as a candidate as him just being a negotiator staking out his starting positions, it’s a little easier to make sense of Trump. The problem is that no one knows how much he’ll give up to get what’s minimally acceptable to him or even what is minimally acceptable to him. I think even his morals will be negotiable. I hope his supporters understand that. If they do and support him with eyes wide open, then well, they’re just voting for who they want. And that’s how our system works.
Even with my own reservations about Trump, I think he will almost certainly be better than the Democrat alternative.
"Adexposing how Trump has used eminent domain to bulldoze an elderly woman's home to create a limo parking lot" https://t.co/zK7wI1QQUC— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) January 22, 2016
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Let's see now:
1. Trump WILL make deals, yes he said so and even more so today he is proud to tell you that.
2. Cruz..will stand on Principles, yes he said so.
Now which of the two have FREEPERS been harping for 8 years now?
Well lookie here this is what has been harped on all these years: "we need someone who will stand on principles and work for us"..Ted CRuz has proven it many times on the Senate floor, he is not afraid of anyone.
Answer #2. Ted Cruz is the one we have been waiting on.....
I think most Trumpsters will agree with this Cruzer that we detest the lying GOPe leaders with every fiber of our beings.
I think most Trumpsters will agree with this Cruzer that we detest the lying GOPe leaders with every fiber of our beings.
Bingo!
Trump insisted he would not sign the pledge regarding a party switch if he didn't get the nomination. What did he do to pander to the establishment? He signed.
Trump sang all the praises of Ben Carson until he started closing in the polls, then attacked him over his autobiography, diverting attention away from issues that exposed Trump's weaknesses.
Trump praised Ted Cruz over and again, and now bragged that the warrantless attacks on Cruz were because of closing the gap in the polls.
Everyone should recognize that Trump has done the same to all his Democrat "friends" like the Clintons, Obama, and others he has stated were "great" or "outstanding".
If he is willing to turn on a dime to pander to special interest groups or the latest polling, how can you take his word that he won't turn on you as well once in power?
Cruz makes many of the GOPe look like Democrats. That is why they hate him so much.
If these same establishment hacks attacked the Democrats the way they attack Cruz, there would be no problem with Cruz.
[[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.]]
That’s what we’re hoping for bobby boy- Get all you stinkin good fer nuthin rinos out of there! You and your ilk have ruined the party!
And under the bus he goes!
When Trump’s President he needs to put Cruz on the Supreme Court...