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Pied Piper GOP Establishment Cons Gullible Ted Cruz

Posted on 04/02/2016 4:57:06 AM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX

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To: Defiant
When I render an opinion I am condescended to as being "better than that." When published writers in the field confirm, they are demeaned as "propagandists."

As I said in my next preceding post, the people are beginning to catch on to this kill the messenger approach designed to divert attention from the gaping flaws in the politics and character of Donald Trump.

Here is a "propagandist" who makes very cogent arguments that the nomination of Donald Trump will lead only to disaster:

This Is Not 1980, And Donald Trump Is Not Ronald Reagan


81 posted on 04/02/2016 12:08:31 PM PDT by nathanbedford ("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
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To: central_va

no, hes not, that is trump


82 posted on 04/02/2016 12:26:08 PM PDT by RaceBannon (Rom 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for)
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To: nathanbedford
I truly think you are better than that. I'm not trying to be condescending. You are one of the best here. As for whether "published writers in the field" are to be believed, there are as many published writers in the field who believe otherwise. That is not an argument. I note that the argument that I did make was not addressed.

This is not 1980, but look at it the other way around. If this was Ronald Reagan running against a field of 17 in 2016 (he'd have to be a governor from Arizona or Texas instead of California this time), the press, the democrats and the Republican establishment would likely have done the same to him, and at this point, I question whether he would even still be in the race. That Trump has weathered this array of forces against him, and even has a substantial lead is a testament to his ability to connect and also to the ability of his supporters to see through the BS to the heart of what he offers.

You have offered links to anti-Trump opinion pieces. I have read a number of very well-written pieces lately on the subject of why a conservative should support Trump over the ostensibly more pristine conservative Rafael Eduardo Cruz. I agree with those pieces. You don't. It's a a shame. I don't mind when a shill I don't respect, like so many that post here non-stop, don't agree with me. They behave like cultists, and some post so much it seems like they are paid. But when I disagree with someone like you on such a fundamental topic, then it gives me pause, and I make sure to reexamine my reasoning. I hope you occasionally do the same.

83 posted on 04/02/2016 12:43:36 PM PDT by Defiant (After 8 years of Chump Change, it's time for Trump Change!!)
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To: Defiant
I take you at your word and I thank you for the compliment.


84 posted on 04/02/2016 12:59:57 PM PDT by nathanbedford ("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
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To: exDemMom

,,,,, hang on for the ride .


85 posted on 04/02/2016 4:02:49 PM PDT by Lionheartusa1 ()-: ISIS is Islam without the lipstick :-()
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To: JLAGRAYFOX

Realistic Thought of the Day: Following the Wisconsin thrashing, Trump will go bonkers and will offend even die-hard Trump supporters.


86 posted on 04/02/2016 4:22:00 PM PDT by X-spurt (William of Ockham endorses Ted Cruz. 'the one with the fewest assumptions should be selected')
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To: Pollster1

Seriously. The RNC can see what is going on. Contrary to the popular storyline, they are not totally stupid enough to try to rig in someone other than Trump or Cruz.

Of course the GOPe wants to maintain their status quo, that’s human nature, but for them to turn their gun from point at their foot to pointing at their head is too far fetched.

If Trump can get 1237 even Cruz has made it clear he will stand up to anyone who the GOPe to insure Trump gets what is rightfully his, the nomination.

On the otherhand, it is Cruz’s duty to try his best to beat Trump, legally and ethically. Outsmarting Trump on the delegates is part of the process. It was Trump’s responsibility to know how this works.

If Cruz can prevent Trump from getting 1237 and can force a 2nd or subsequent delegate ballot, that is the way Conventions and politics work. It was Trump responsibility to be informed or=f the process and plan accordingly.

I will vote for either Cruz or Trump in the General. Even as an unknown quantity, Trump beats the hell out of a for certain disaster hitlery will bring.

My thinking is that Cruz brings the most honor, intelligence, thought and understanding to the hard job of running for President. Regardless of how Trump supporters have felt it “the thing to do” to run him down, Cruz has never been guilty of being the type of person he is so unfairly slandered.

Cruz is a true consistent conservative who will lovingly abide by the Constitution and offer the best chance to reverse the liberal damage we have suffered for many years.

His only sin in this campaign is to be the one candidate most likely to prevent Trump from attaining his political ambitions.


87 posted on 04/02/2016 4:52:57 PM PDT by X-spurt (William of Ockham endorses Ted Cruz. 'the one with the fewest assumptions should be selected')
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To: X-spurt
Seriously. The RNC can see what is going on. Contrary to the popular storyline, they are not totally stupid enough to try to rig in someone other than Trump or Cruz.

I wouldn't go that far. They are sending up trial balloons already to see just how much harm that would do. They want to nominate someone else, but they want to make sure it won't hurt them too much.

88 posted on 04/02/2016 5:38:49 PM PDT by Pollster1 (Somebody who agrees with me 80% of the time is a friend and ally, not a 20% traitor. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Pollster1

I have little use for the twirps at RNC and am not defending them in the least.

Those “trial balloons” are coming from folks not in the RNC hierarchy. My source was none other than Newt, now a Trump ‘advisor’. Newt says he looked at the list of the ones touting slipping in an insider going around Trump or Cruz, and none were GOP big shots. Would not doubt Rove, who seems to be a perpetual “RNC non-big shot” and is not above cooking up coups.

Me and a huge number of Republicans will protest loudly if Trump comes with 1237 and is sabatouged, same if they try to undercut Cruz. This line in the sand has been drawn and the GOPe knows it will not get away with any funny business.

Conversely, Trump needs to understand that if he tries to blackmail his way to the nomination without getting 1237 we will not stand for that either. Majority of delegates has always been the rule. Rule 40 is democratic and common sense.

He gets the nomination fair and square, fine, he’s our guy. Try some thugery and he’ll regret it.


89 posted on 04/02/2016 9:24:12 PM PDT by X-spurt (William of Ockham endorses Ted Cruz. 'the one with the fewest assumptions should be selected')
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To: JLAGRAYFOX

You didn’t mention Mitch McConnell, who is Coulter’s biggest screwup. I am beginning to believe that her being seduced by liberals and then being jilted by them is something pathological. She went on the attack for him like nothing I have never seen, despite every pronouncement Mitch (Harry’s Bitch) made about how he would eliminate Obamacare, etc.

Except for choice of men (she loves Chief Justice John Roberts, whom she clerked for, and who hung the albatross of Obamacare around our necks by re writing the Constitution), she is brilliant. I have read almost everything Coulter has ever written; her defense of Sen. Joe McCarthy, where she used declassified data from Russia/Soviet Union to prove that all of Those People were communists, is classic scholarship. I absolutely worship the caustic way she uses words of Democrats to flay them alive. I just wish she would quit falling for every male airhead who says he is conservative, but has never proved it.


90 posted on 04/08/2016 6:31:17 AM PDT by Nucluside (ready)
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