Posted on 03/23/2016 7:19:21 PM PDT by jazusamo
>>> it’s my contention that Cruz was always the establishment’s “anti-establishment” candidate
I just recently heard that he is hated in the Senate not because he is anti-establishment, but because he is ruthless in his ambition and he jumped for the prize out of turn.
I'm going to make a really wild guess: I'm betting you're a Trump supporter.
Here are the real facts: Two people can win the GOP nomination. The current favorite is Trump. He is ahead and seems to be pulling away from the pack. The second is Ted Cruz.
Trump, IMHO, has one and only one way to win: Collect the 1237 delegates and win this thing outright.
Cruz, IMHO, has two ways to win. The first way is to get the 1237 delegates (a highly unlikely but nevertheless a theoretical possibility.) The second way is to pull delegate votes from Trump, Rubio, Kasich and Carson on a second and subsequent ballots assuming neither Trump or Cruz collect the necessary 1237 delegates.
But couldn't Trump do the same thing? He could but I don't think the delegates that are actually going to show up for this convention would agree. They are much more likely to have an anti-Trump bias than a pro-Trump bias.
Could I be wrong about that? it's possible. Frogs do fall from the sky I'm told. So apparently anything can happen.
Ted Cruz is going to be a great President.
Someone take a look at what the media is doing to Ted Cruz today. Even Fox is portraying the poor Muslims he wants to discriminate against.
There is zero reason to believe Cruz will save the GOP from something Trump causes. This is the most ridiculous behavior by a party I have ever seen.
The world is a shambles does anyone notice the republicans are saying nothing about it?
We are watching a Titanic sinking and the passengers and crew are all selfish narcissists.
>>Well perhaps Trump was wrong...
Perhaps. Maybe we should ask Christie and Newt...Probably not McConnell, McCain or Boehner though lol...
Thanks for the post, that’s a genuine uniparty rogues gallery.
“Bush is just the latest establishment figure to throw support to Cruz”
Some of the Cruz people are denying the that the GOPe are coalescing around Cruz. I have to ask who the face of the GOPe is. Lindsey Graham? Jeb Bush? The list can go on and on.
Cruz has always been part of the establishment, it’s just that the rest despise him. But establishment he indeed is and always has been. He’d be an ambulance chaser if not for GW Bush.
Cruz cannot get the votes to secure the nomination.
Of course they will back him to get to a contested convention.
Let them. I will never be a party of the politburo of the USA.
Here you can see Cruz saying that he wants illegals to come out of the shadows. Anyone think this Cruz is going to build a wall with Jeb, Grahamnesty and the amnesty crowd endorsing and funding Cruz , then anyone thinking that has got to be insane. If we don’t build the wall now the USA is done . ONLY Trump will do that . It’s the issue of population which affects all other issues as Ann Coulter pointed out. Here is Cruz flip flopping, lying, and saying he wants the illegals to come out of the shadows:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VckRA4tYFo
Here you can see Cruz saying that he wants illegals to come out of the shadows. Anyone think this Cruz is going to build a wall with Jeb, Grahamnesty and the amnesty crowd endorsing and funding Cruz , then anyone thinking that has got to be insane. If we don’t build the wall now the USA is done . ONLY Trump will do that . It’s the issue of population which affects all other issues as Ann Coulter pointed out. Here is Cruz flip flopping, lying, and saying he wants the illegals to come out of the shadows:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VckRA4tYFo
Missouri update -
There are 1700 votes (0.18%) separating these two and the final winner gets 12 more Delegates. The GOP wants to deny Trump the nomination and the SOS of MO wants to run for national office. There is a formula brewing that says they find enough votes lying around that Cruz wins this by a few hundred votes. Worked for Bush in FL in 2000. I took a little shot at .04 for a potential big payout.
He won’t be Prez...we will not vote for him ...even if we did , he would still lose, but that’s what the GOPe wants ...have fun with it !
Don’t forget Senator Sessions or Sheriff Arpaio.
Trump has forced a line that the elected are crossing.
Be Smart.
In an age of lawlessness, one man stands alone...
Cruz just copies what Trump says to remain in the news and get free advertising .This cruz will say anything to , any lie to win. Cruz said he wanted illegals to come out of the shadows. Then when Trump came on the scene now he wants to build a wall too? give me a break this Cruz is a fraud. The Amnesty Crowd is funding Canadian Cruz ,Jeb , Ghramensty etc.
I wouldn’t mind Cruz if he took GOP-e money and then stabbed them in the back, but he’s decided to go full cuck and abandon conservative principles in favor of the GOP-e’s demands.
This election has proven that GOP-e money and endorsements are irrelevant, anyways.
I don't let the media brainwashing, nor the brainwashing from the billions in ads from the world Establishment affect me. I know the truth. It's out there.
I was a Cruz supporter but his angle with the GOPe to stop Trump doesn’t sit well.
The DC Politburo is in panic. They should be because I will never support it.
That is exactly what it is ..I always had that feeling and also had the feeling that McConnell bit his tongue and indulged slimy Teddy as not to upset the Tea Party too much ...
But the uni-party is for gope Canadian Rafael “Ted” Cruz of a Cuban dad who is dominionist preacher who fought alongside Castro.
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