[joanie-f]

I have debated, on other political websites, the merits of the charges being thrown at Cruz and his campaign regarding what happened after CNN's announcement that Carson was headed back to Florida, and I have vowed not to enter in any such debates anymore, simply because no minds seem open to changing their opinion on this matter. Timelines do not match up, interpretations do not come together for a meeting of the minds, and people are immovable regarding their opinion about it, simply because of the 'facts' as they see them. If you cannot accept the fact that I will no longer address that issue, because I have already spent countless hours doing so, then you probably will not want to read what follow (and I completely understand that).

Donald Trump has left behind him decades of broken promises, lies, vicious personal attacks on people who have done nothing more egregious than disagree with him, and monumental changes of heart/mind regarding his political allegiances. I referred to four (of many) such examples in my recent Patriot Post commentary, posted here just yesterday.

Yet, after being made aware of such characterless behaviors, spanning decades, rather than stepping back and analyzing such behaviors, many of his supporters instead either (1) choose to point to a single incident possibly committed by one of his political opponents, and/or (2) completely ignore, or denigrate without factual support, the evidence being presented against Trump's character.

I, and others, will be checking back here in late summer, once Trump has garnered the republican nomination, after which the media will be releasing a destructive version of the dogs of war such as we have never seen, 'conveniently' exposing the underside of every one of Trump's personal and business 'deals', after which the democrat nominee (whomever that will be, avowed socialist, or covert socialist/felon) will simply waltz into the White House and complete Mr. Obama's 'transformation of America'.

The most tragic aspect of that entirely choreographed scenario will be that there was a Reagan-esque leader who valiantly sought to prevent our republic's demise, and the American electorate turned their backs on him, according vocal and unyielding preference to a snake oil salesman who promised them what they wanted to hear, but whose promises were not worth the breath it took to utter them.

[xzins]

Do you mean Carson?

[betty boop]

CNN did not report that Dr. Carson had withdrawn from the race, suspended his campaign. They just reported that he went home to Florida, presumably en route to South Carolina. Anyone on the Cruz campaign could have picked up the phone to call the Carson campaign for a clarification, if there was any doubt about what CNN reported. It would have taken five seconds. No one did. Instead, they broke the story to some ~1500 caucus precincts that Dr. Carson had quit the race, in no time at all.

That is the fact.

But I do agree with you, dear Joanie, about one thing: It is probably pointless for us to continue going back and forth on this.

[Aquamarine]

You wrote a well thought out Post and it was reassuring for me to see that there are people out there that are seeing these candidates and their merits in the same light that I do. We could be witnessing a lost opportunity to turn this country around in a lawful way and agree with you that the dogs of war will soon be released on Trump who probably carries more baggage than we can even imagine.