Posted on 08/08/2016 7:26:22 PM PDT by M. Thatcher
The Texas senator’s decision to not endorse the GOP nominee is looking pretty good right now.
WASHINGTON Immediately after Sen. Ted Cruz walked offstage at the GOP convention in Cleveland last month without endorsing Donald Trump, the Texas conservative and former presidential primary rival appeared to have made a grave miscalculation. (snip)
But after a week of Trump repeatedly setting himself on fire (declining even to wait for the previous fire to go out), politicians who endorsed Trump, such as House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), have found themselves feeling the heat, while Cruz’s decision is starting to look like the better long-term bet. The panic within the party spread so much last week that several high-profile Trump supporters reportedly began contemplating staging an “intervention” with the candidate.
And Cruz, in rare fashion, has let the fire rage without adding his own gasoline. “He’s doing a remarkable job staying quiet and letting people come to that conclusion on their own,” said Amanda Carpenter, a longtime adviser to Cruz.
While those close to Cruz were confident the decision not to endorse would be the right one in the end, the quickness with which it’s panning out has been a bit of a surprise. “Trump blew his own convention. While predictable, it still boggles the mind it happened,” Carpenter said. “Trump is like a tornado. You know it’s going to be devastating when it rips through your house but the aftermath is still shocking.”
Cruz is well-positioned for a 2020 presidential bid should he succeed in resuscitating his image — he took home nearly 600 delegates this cycle with the aid of an impressive grassroots organization. (snip)
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Anyone who refuses to endorse Trump is endorsing Hildabeast. This country can't withstand another 4 to 8 years of commie rule. I'm not sure we can recover from the last 8 years. I vastly overrated Cruz's intelligence. He could've gotten by by saying that we all need to unite and vote against the Hildabeast instead of that vote your conscious cr*p he spouted. We can't wait until 2020. The SCOTUS will be hopelessly lost by then and that will be the final nail in the coffin of our country.
Trump is not gonna implode. What nonsense. I don’t expect perfect people to run for office. I expect honest real people to run for office. Nothing more nothing less.
That photo is from a smut site...
Twitter is a smut site?
[He would be lucky if he remained a senator.]
Pride comes before the fall.
Grim and Igor from the Huffy and Puffy Post? The jokes write themselves.
All cruzers need to vote Trump. This election is not about Cruz it’s about saving our freedom and saving America. What will you do without freedom in the Communist states of Hillary? Vote Trump the stakes couldn’t be higher
Substitute your own source if you prefer: you recognized who it was.
I did a bit of research on where they “Conscious” jig started....and it wasn’t with Cruz...it was some gal activist which he apparently picked up and ran with. She was heavily into getting Cruz elected....
If I see her photo out there again and the info. I had found I’ll bring it here. Well...maybe not.... since it’s a waste of time...Cruz isn’t running. I agree with others that he really did himself in at the RNC....and he was on thin ice even before then for many....I can’t tell you how any times I said out loud “What are you doing!”....before he dropped out.
...”you recognized who it was”....
No I actually didn’t nor the name.....I didn’t follow that stuff when it came out, and generally don’t....I simply checked the source of the photo.
The photo is accurate. And that’s a cheatin’ photo.....
Ted Cruz won’t even make it to 2018. The GOPe and Trump supports will primary him. A lot of these Cruzlims think that if they can just beat Trump then everyone will love Ted and the nevertrumpers. In reality we’ll hate you for losing us the election and do everything possible to defeat you.
Have it as you will....it’s a non story.
>Stick it up yours. I’m a Trumpist. It’s Amanda Carpenter who’s doing the pooping, and we should know about it.
No you’re a Hillary Clinton Correct the Record paid shill.
Man, that is just an outright lie as he is very anti-Hillary. Shows a lot about your integrity or lack thereof.
But it sounds like you'd rather put your Cruz butthurt ahead of what's good for this country so that speaks volumes.
Cruz turned out to be a douchebag, get over it.
CGato
Never Trumpers aren’t even in the game....spectators at best and not even good ones at that because they’re “lost” in the wilderness with nobody to vote for.
I know I was one of them for a short while after my candidate lost. But if you believe that the election does matter you face reality, and if you want to be a participant in this historical election then you look closer at what Trumps platform is and the issues he takes....when you do that you see quite easily he’s not far from where Cruz was at...and actually in a ‘better’ position on immigration, finance, and a hosts of others.
Then the way is clear what to do....
#DumpRyan
They are pushing Evan McMullin:
Chief Policy Director @ House Republican Conference
Former CIA, Goldman Sachs, United Nations, Wharton
#MormonGlobalist
This is not in the slightest way about Cruz. He has done and said nothing since the convention.
Its about the false Trump supporters that are deliberately trying to alienate as many votes as possible.
They are pulling for Hillary, without question. They want Trump to fail.
They are fooling no one.
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Cruz with his new bff, the Ready for Hillary groupies:
https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/hillary-and-cruz.jpg?w=584
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