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2. Trump is not a true conservative politically, at least not a “conservative movement” conservative.
1. Since immediately before the IA caucuses, Cruz has behaved abysmally. Shamefully. My first concern, prior to that time, was his hiring the slimeball Jeff Roe. As a result of that affiliation, Cruz has developed slimy tactics, he’s embellished and exaggerated and seems to have woven stories out of thin air.
Conservatives are, or I like to think they are, far more honorable than Sen. Cruz has been for the past several months. While I think it’s possible, however remotely, for Sen. Rubio to redeem himself and have a political future, I don’t think that holds true for Sen. Cruz. Sen. Rubio has at least acknowledged he’s acted abysmally, embarrassing his wife and daughters and supporters. I’m not sure Sen. Cruz is capable of that kind of objective self-assessment.
“Since immediately before the IA caucuses, Cruz has behaved abysmally. Shamefully. My first concern, prior to that time, was his hiring the slimeball Jeff Roe. As a result of that affiliation, Cruz has developed slimy tactics, he’s embellished and exaggerated and seems to have woven stories out of thin air.”
Please relieve me of your holier than thou platitudes.
You didn’t like Cruz before Iowa, and you don’t like him now. His “tactics” have had no impact on your opinion about him. And your assumptions about his tactics are erroneous.
Obviously, Trump can do no wrong, and he is Saint Donald to you. You have no problem with his character assassination of candidates though, do you? You also have no problem with his duplicitous views, which go from conservative to liberal to conservative again in the same conversation.
At least be honest about how you view things from your perception of “character”.