Posted on 04/06/2016 2:50:23 PM PDT by Kaslin
On Tuesday night, Senator Ted Cruz, R-TX, won a sweeping victory over 2016 Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump in Wisconsin. Cruz won virtually every demographic, nearly 50 percent of the vote and the vast bulk of the delegates. It's becoming increasingly clear that Trump could fail to reach the necessary 1,237 delegates in order to win the nomination outright on the first ballot at the convention. If so, there's no way he wins the nomination at all.
That's because Trump has made himself radioactive.
If Trump had disappeared from the American political scene after his big win in Arizona, he'd have wrapped up the nomination by now. Instead, he defended his lying campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, after Lewandowski was charged with battery for allegedly grabbing, yanking and bruising a reporter; tweeted nastily about Heidi Cruz's looks; repeatedly suggested that Cruz had violated federal law without evidence; trotted out surrogates to slander anti-Trump women as Cruz's adulteresses; flipped his abortion position four times in less than three days; found himself on the short end of the interview stick with a Wisconsin radio host; labeled health care, housing and education as key functions of the federal government; accused the Republican National Committee and state delegations of attempting to "steal" the nomination from him by engaging in traditional delegate politics; and stated that he would likely select Supreme Court justices who would investigate Hillary Clinton's email server, for starters.
The more Trump talks, the worse he sounds.
Now, Trump's supporters keep saying he's just learning the ropes. After all, he's never run for political office before, so a few hiccups are to be expected. But Trump continues to demonstrate a complete inability to learn. After losing Wisconsin, did Trump turn down his "Spinal Tap" speakers from volume 11 to 8? Of course not. He turned the volume up to 12 with a campaign statement that bragged that Trump's 13-point blowout at Cruz's hands was actually a big win in which he "withstood the onslaught of the establishment yet again." The statement also stated openly, and without evidence, that Cruz had illegally coordinated with his super PACs, and slammed Cruz as being "worse than a puppet -- he is a Trojan horse, being used by the party bosses attempting to steal the nomination from Mr. Trump."
Trump's campaign is flailing because it's not a campaign; it's a self-produced vanity reality TV special. Trump didn't bother to learn the delegate rules because he couldn't be bothered to do so. He doesn't bother to learn the ins and outs of his own policies because, hey, why bother when people flock to you for shouting slogans about building walls? Last month, he fired his data team manager and elevated the second in command. But the second in command apparently doesn't know politics, or even how to access the data itself.
But don't worry: Trump has a very good brain and hires all the best people.
By the time of the Republican National Convention, Trump will be 70-years-old. Sadly, he has significantly less self-control than my 2-year-old daughter. He's spent his entire life being handed things: money, fame, female companionship. Now he can't understand why he's not being handed the nomination. So, like Veruca Salt in "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," he'll scream.
It won't work. Trump joked months ago that his strategy was to "keep whining and whining until I win." But now he's beginning to lose. And the whining won't stop anytime soon.
I found this:
“It’s not big secret that Senator Cruz thought the questions in the CNBC debate were written by poopy heads,” one Cruz aide told reporters this morning, “and it’s also no big secret that the 14 campaigns still in it are trying to take control of the debates away from the Republican National Committee, but only Senator Cruz is taking the time to personally draft his own debate questions.” The aide said his boss “feels that’s a great way to show the American people his dedication to the job, but also to his demagoguery and verbal chicanery.” SOURCEAnd this:
Political operative Grover “pledge your allegiance to me or I will crush you” Norquist has announced that the reason Barack Obama was re-elected was because the President called Mitt Romney a “poopy head.” SOURCE...but nothing from Cruz - as you implied. Do you mind helping me out with this? Thanks.
He does say, "I'm glad you asked that..." Maybe he is glad... or maybe he's just buying time while he organizes his thoughts. Organized thoughts are good, right?!
Its ok ... I understand you Cruzer's don't do math. In 13 days your pain will be over ... till then ...
Go back to sleep ...
It’s amazing what these ignorant idiots believe
They sure act like it too.
No source. It just seems that bashing Trump is the first thing that comes out of Teds mouth in response to any and every debate or interview question.
I’m waiting to see if Ted just goes ahead and changes his name to “I’m Not Trump Cruz”
The state Supreme Court order Thursday upheld a lower-court judge's decision to dismiss the case.
A Pittsburgh resident and registered Republican voter, Carmon Elliott, had argued that Cruz isn't eligible to run for president or to appear on Pennsylvania's April 26 primary ballot because he was born in Canada.
Commonwealth Court Judge Dan Pellegrini ruled March 11 that common law precedent and statutory history maintain that an eligible candidate includes any person born to an American citizen, regardless of where.
Elliott had acknowledged that Cruz's mother was born in the United States and has been a U.S. citizen her whole life.
“It’s amazing what these ignorant idiots believe”
Bizarre. So strange.
Yeah, he boasts that he is so smart, but is he really?
It looks that way.
Total amen to that, beandog.
Just when I think I’ve seen the absolute low in childish, nasty posting unworthy of a six-year-old, I come to this thread and see even lower stuff.
I’ve got to wonder what these people are like in real life?
Do they kick stray dogs, are they rude to the grocery clerk, do they feud with their neighbors?
Could they be normal human beings who turn into something different when they become trumpers of FR.
I used to call abuse on some of the more disgusting, nauseating posts but what’s the use.
This is what they are like when Trump has a setback. A significant setback.
So, what will they be like when he loses a few more states and it becomes more and more obvious that he cannot win.
Can they go any lower?
Is it even possible.
I find that disturbing for some reason.
I usually default to telling the truth. That seems normal somehow. I don't need ask permission to tell the truth - as if it is an exception that requires special consideration and audience approval. Liars use the phrase because they know deep down that they are prone to lie or at least obfuscate the truth.
Another one I've noticed from Trump: "Believe me." I've concluded that he is "telling" a lie. It's similar to a poker "tell." Check it out: he often uses the phrase immediately after making some fantastic or grandiose pronouncement of superlative quality. He really likes superlatives... uses them all the time! (I meant that, btw)
Both of these observations have one thing in common and it goes to another flaw that Trump demonstrates. Trump is EVERYTHING HE HAS ACCUSED OTHERS OF BEING. That's a trait that is common with immature people.
I think his effort to paint Cruz as a liar has largely failed. Only the most devout Trump supporters stick with it. People who know Cruz consistently say that he is an honest man. Trump seized on the Iowa event - knowing full well that the story was originally a CNN tweet, it was distributed, and local precinct captains (I think two) added "misinformation" about Carson's intent to drop out.
Flame on!
So, what you wrote was just crap?
OIC
Sorry you don’t listen to anything Cruz says. Not my fault.
While Heidi was Phi Beta Kappa at Claremont, under Dr. P. Edward Haley, we only have Donald’s word that, “I went to the Wharton School of Business.
“I’m, like, a really smart person.” He also claims that he was a top student there.
But as the New York Times disclosed in 1984, Trump merely took classes at Wharton, but did not achieve an MBA.
Furthermore, Trump was not on the Dean’s list, which he would have been, if he’d exhibited any academic excellence, and there were no mentions of his name in the graduation program of attaining any honors, in any category – curricular or otherwise.
But ... he’s really, really smart. Just ask him
Write when you start making sense.
respond after you have actually watched Ted at the last 4 debates and when you go rent yourself a sense of humor for the evening.
I have NEVER seen such a whiny Bull
So Ann is back in our graces?
I can’t keep up with the cliques.
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