The voter rebellion is on! Who should lead: Cruz or Trump? Both?

February 3, 2016 | Jim Robinson

[Jim Robinson]

Q: Why are the voters rebelling?

A: The leftist progressives have been treading on our constitution and our liberty for at least the last 100 years and consequently we've suffered a long train of abuses and usurpations: The income tax (16th amendment), ending state sovereignty/concentrating power at the federal level (the 17th amendment), the Fed, heavy-handed/unconstitutional regulations, socialized retirement, socialized health care, restrictions on religious liberty, legalized abortion, federal mandated homosexual marriage with the heavy hand of the federal government enforcing it over the objections of the states and small business operators, the illegal alien invasion, the subversive Muslim invasion, the last 8 years of lawlessness under a Marxist/Islamofascist usurper, and a totally ineffective Republican opposition party that caves in or actually goes along with much of the above.

The tea party rebellion rose up several years ago to try to fight off the most recent Marxist assaults on our liberty and was quite effective at electing Republican majorities in the House and the Senate and in the majority of the states, but all to no avail.

The professional political elites entrenched within the Republican establishment co-opted our newly elected tea party representatives and or otherwise blunted their efforts and continued allowing the Marxist democrats to have their way over us. Even a rebellion against the Speaker of the House did no good. The new Speaker is as weak as the old Speaker.

And so the situation is ripe for rebellion. And we had a great Christian constitutional conservative tea party leader poised to lead it, Ted Cruz. And we were happy to jump on this young lion's bandwagon and push him through to triumph over the Marxist Democrats.

But the entrenched GOP establishment would have none of it and they (the GOPe and related Super PACS and their allies at FOX News and the cheap labor/open borders lobby) lined up behind the malleable open-borders Jeb Bush whom they could control and amassed a vast 100 million dollar plus warchest with promises of millions more to come. With the help of the "free" press, their anointed one was all but nominated. No way would a first term upstart and senate outcast like Ted Cruz overtake their anointed prince.

But then jumped in an older, long-maned alpha lion who's been around the block a couple times, roaring his way to the top of the hill. Trump's hard-nosed, no-nonsense, non-politically-correct, take no prisoners approach quickly grabbed the attention of the masses of fed-up voters. Trump single handedly slew the establishment's Prince Jeb, the media and the establishment itself and completely rewrote the rules of engagement.

His bold pronouncements that he would build a wall, enforce the law and deport them all was the exact right message at the exact right time and immediately vaulted him to front-runner status. And he added to that that he would end sanctuary cities, end anchor babies and even slap a moratorium on Muslim immigration. Again, exactly what the masses wanted to hear.

Now, many of us feel that these twin invasions (illegal aliens and Muslim infiltrators) were and are existential threats to our national sovereignty and were thrilled to have a mighty warrior like Trump who takes no guff from the media or the establishment to lead the charge.

The media, the establishment and even many so-called conservatives immediately objected with "you can't do that." It's unconstitutional and un-American. It's not who we are as Republicans.

That last one was especially telling. "It's not who we are as Republicans."

Ain't that the truth. And that's our entire problem in a nutshell.

Trump's huge rallies attracted thousands and thousands and his polling numbers soared for months. He was leading in most of the national polls and in most states.

But there was a growing counter-insurgency rumbling beneath the rebellion. Trump's history is strewn with contradictory and potentially fatal landmines. Too many of his past pronouncements and activities were on the NY liberal side and some are too much for Christian constitutional conservatives to bear or forgive. He swears that he's now a pro-life, pro-family Christian, but he has also stated that he's never asked for forgiveness. That's mighty hard for Christians to accept, but who are we to judge what's in a man's heart.

So here we are. The rebellion is roaring. The people are massing. Torches and pitchforks at the ready, but we are divided on who should lead it. And not just divided, we're scratching each others eyes out fighting about it. And as we do, the establishment's second choice (Gang of Eight traitor Rubio) is making inroads.

Personally, I'm all in for the Rebellion no matter who leads it. And I've often stated that Cruz is my favorite because of his constitutional conservative stance, but if Trump wins the nomination I'll enthusiastically support him in the general. Why? Because we cannot possibly allow yet another American-hating communist to follow Obama into the White House to complete the job of totally destroying our free Republic. End of that story. It's a no-brainer and my picture is in the dictionary under that term.

I absolutely love Trump's bold stand against illegal aliens and his call for a moratorium on Muslim immigration and believe it's even stronger than Cruz's past positions. I also love Trump's Reagan-like tax plan. Cruz's flat tax proposal is also interesting. I believe they both want to cut regulations, cut spending, cut government, return education to the states, etc, build a powerful military and fight against terrorism and make America great again.

Cruz is stronger on life and marriage and probably on choosing judges, but Trump says he's a pro-life, pro-family Christian but that's always a gamble anyway. Even Reagan and GWB blew a few judicial nominations.

The important thing here (IMHO) is that we save our nation. I'm not ready to rule out either of these candidates. Cruz is off to a great start and is up by one delegate over Trump and together they're double the GOPe's second choice. But it's a long hard grind ahead.

I say we should let the candidates fight it out and not be so eager to trash either one of our leading candidates. Digging up and publishing dirt and rumors on either is not doing our side any good and is potentially destructive in the long run.

And trashing our fellow FReepers is something that should never be done. This is going to be a long fight and we do not want to lose too many of our friends.

Meanwhile, let the rebellion gain strength. We're all in it together to save our nation. Please save your ammunition and your venom for the true enemy on the left.

Oh, I almost forgot. If you haven't already done so, please get your donation in. We're gonna need it to survive this fight.

[be-baw]

“I say we should let the candidates fight it out and not be so eager to trash either one of our leading candidates. “

To goldstategop: do you have a problem with Jim’s plea?

[Truthsearcher]

I’m with you on this. But Trump’s behavior lately of focusing his attack on Cruz instead of Rubio has made me wonder if he’s fit to lead.

[JSDude1]

I’m with ya, prett much my thoughts exactly: Prefer Cruz, but would take Trump reluctantly.

[Heartlander]

And let’s hope we won’t be fooled again.

[SueRae]

*****APPLAUSE****

Beautifully stated, Jim. Every bit of it!!

[drewh]

Numerous national media outlets are pursuing multiple allegations of infidelity involving U.S. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida – all in the aftermath of the “mistress bomb” report we published earlier this week.

Specifically, three mainstream media outlets have independently supplied us with the names of two additional women said to be romantically linked to the GOP establishment’s candidate of choice. These names are in addition to the woman we referenced earlier this week – a lobbyist whose alleged proximity to Rubio was discovered during a deep dive into the candidate’s disastrous personal finances.

Meanwhile, a national operative familiar with the opposition research on Rubio described his extramarital dalliances as “serial.”

“He is going down,” the operative told us point blank. I’ll have more to reveal on Rubio as we get closer to the material being relevant. Why publish now? It’s not like he’s rising in the polls. Why not wait until the debates or until the January caucus? Let’s be clear here: I have the names of the women, I have the addresses, and I have the evidence. It is a little funny that people who can’t do the work always seem to say it can’t be done. But seriously why not wait until all the Establishment people come out in favor of Rubio so that it’s that much easier to screen would be candidates in a Cruz administration?

[Rashputin]

The nation is ripe for rebellion because people are fed up and angry.

Someone who is by education and experience trained to work through the system, game the system, make compromises with the system, is presently a member of a very small and elite component of the system, now seeking the highest position within the system, will be inclined to make symbolic moves that the system may not like, but can without a doubt live with knowing that tomorrow is another day, and another chance to revisit any issue. That leads to a higher probability of rebellion, not a peaceful rebellion that defuses the anger and frustration.

Someone from outside the system will by virtue of that fact alone need to focus the anger and the fact that people are fed up to tear down nonfunctional portions of the system and eliminate the most bothersome parts of the system. Otherwise an outsider has no leverage and he knows it. Relying on the people to support him is the card he can play and play it by putting before the system exactly what he promises and daring them to refuse to do it, not by working through the system and tinkering around the edges.

JMHo, and everyone has one.

[Uncle Miltie]

Amen!

BTTT.

Like a shot of coke ..... a cola.

My thoughts, exactly.

Thank you, kind sir, for the leadership and venue!

[Eddie01]

I forgot the question mark.

Take is easy Mariner.

LOL

[windsorknot]

Bash candidates, not Freepers.

A very simple rule to follow that will save a lot of grief. With rare exceptions, other than opinions, we know next to nothing about our fellow FReepers.

[SaraJohnson]

Trump, then Cruz.

I think Cruz is, at heart, a globalist; open borders, foreign workers and anti-constitutional trade agreements and all. For me, Cruz’s attachment to globalism puts into question his loyalty to the constitution and the American people.

I support Trump because of his position on illegal immigration, Muslim importing and building the wall. I think he knows a snake and a bad deal when he sees one. But I think he’s a liberal in other ways that I won’t like.

Actually, I think both have their drawbacks and who knows what they will do in office. Both are far better than anything else we have in choice. The Rinos hate ‘em both. That is good.

[dragnet2]

Cruz is the principled adult in the race.

The adult law clerk lawyers turned politicians are in the race? After many decades of this, yet another one is the trick!

Just perfect.

[Theophilus]

The question we have to ask ourselves is - can our preferred “perfect candidate” get elected? If not, can anything done to clean up the mess we are in?

Even if the perfect candidate (Cruz) wins, the mess we are in is so deep, dark and ingrained that I'm not very optimistic. Whoever wins is going to get crushed under the strain of a collapsing civilization.

2 Samuel 22:7
In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.

[Sans-Culotte]

I say we should let the candidates fight it out and not be so eager to trash either one of our leading candidates. Digging up and publishing dirt and rumors on either is not doing our side any good and is potentially destructive in the long run.

Well said! Cruz is my #1 pick, but Trump is my second pick. I don't know why so many Freepers have gone all or nothing for one guy.

[drewh]

I agree with your scenario, but after the Rubio takedown its gonna be Paul Ryan by GOPe acclimation at the convention. (according to the little birdies in the media)

[Theophilus]

Article V. This!

[Billthedrill]

I'm all in for the Rebellion no matter who leads it.

Speaks for me. One lonely thing about being a leader is that inevitably some of your followers are going to embarrass you. Lots of that going on around here, way too much of it.

[SharpRightTurn]

“I say we should let the candidates fight it out and not be so eager to trash either one of our leading candidates. Digging up and publishing dirt and rumors on either is not doing our side any good and is potentially destructive in the long run. And trashing our fellow FReepers is something that should never be done. This is going to be a long fight and we do not want to lose too many of our friends.”

Thanks.

[OLDCU]

Thank you, Jim.

[Timmy]

Trump would certainly lose in the general. Besides, who wants an election between two angry, narcissistic liberals?