Posted on 09/23/2016 12:39:12 PM PDT by glasseye
I knew it would come.
I think it helps a little. The Cruz supporters are die hards. If this gives Trump another 1% or even 2%, that’s great. He needs enough to overcome the voter fraud that will take place. We can worry about Cruz’ motive later. Hopefully, he will help Trump’s agenda in the Senate.
It really doesn’t cost us a thing to rise to our better natures.
My posting history should show exactly what my thoughts of Sen. Cruz have been. He’s willing to swallow his pride, then the least I can do is be polite and say thanks.
Thank you Sen. Cruz.
Not so sure it’s too late but certainly so to make the difference he could have at Convention. Had Cruz done so then Trump would not only be leading but the two could have pushed him way ahead of Hillary had they been together. Now it’s too late and there’s nothing he could do to change the fact Trumps doing well himself without him....though it’s till good he endorsed him.
“Don’t be a sore winner. :)”
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Yeah, he almost missed the boat, but it’s good to have all hands on deck.
He says he “struggled”...
I say, he saw a young Texan Bush size up the situation, and made the only smart call he could to politically survive....endorse Trump, keep his ‘nose under the tent’ and save his political future.
Cruz looked at young Bush’s astute move and decided he better not get left behind. Remember this is the man who submitted one Convention speech to the Trump Team, but DISHONORABLY changed it to the extent that the very next speaker, sharp Newt played “clean up”.
Political survival. That’s all this is. But, we’ll take it, keeping in mind Reagan’s words: “Trust but verify”.
“Personally, I know three never-trumpers that remained loyal to Cruz and will now vote for Trump.”
That’s good news. I wasn’t being smarmy in my question - I honestly didn’t know if there were still people out there who would rather sit, do nothing, and let Hillary win than vote for Trump.
If Cruz’s endorsement gets more votes to Trump, then I’m all for it.
Twitter and Facebook are buzzing on this . . . the Friday before the FIRST Debate.
What a tantrum. LOL. I’m sure Cruz is loving the attention regardless of their opinions of him at the moment.
It’s like Diamond & Silk say:
If someone shows you their character, believe them.
This is the speech Ted should have given at the convention. It would have done a tremendous amount of good at that time.
Coming so late in the season, it’s more about Ted, and less about the party, our nominee, the voters, and our beloved country.
It’s a very good message, and I’m glad he gave it, but it hardly makes up for all the destructive division he’s fomented for all these months.
I acknowledge, but do not applaud.
Trump really is a great unifier.
I don’t think it is too late by any means. In fact, it may have more impact coming now rather than at the convention, IMO.
“I’ll take it, but I see that he still can’t say Trump’s name.”
I’ll take it too and I noticed that too. Good old Tead!
As someone on another thread noted, it was about as “flaccid” an endorsement as you can imagine.
I’ll expand—it was an uncharacteristically flaccid endorsement from playuh Ted `Elmer Gantry’ Cruz.
Now, is `Hamlet’ going to take his conscience back to his tent on the beach, turn back into Achilles and agonize until election day about doing anything more than just vote?
He’s a piece of work. We really dodged a bullet with Ted Cruz.
Ted finally woke up to reality: barring the cheating Democrat party stealing the election (in which case all H E double el will break loose all over America) Donald Trump will become the next POTUS and TC will be relegated to the political dust bin of history.
While TC's support is much more than "a day late and a dollar short", it is better late than never.
That said the overwhelming, self-inflicted damage to Ted's political career cannot be undone. He has revealed himself for the unprincipled, oath breaking, back stabbing GOPe establishment political hack that he really is. His own constituents in TX now loathe him and his former conservative financial backers have utterly rejected him.
In all likelihood he is going to loose his reelection bid as a direct result of his own statements and actions. As for DT nominating him to the Supreme Court, that's questionable. Donald Trump has a long memory when it comes to people who intentionally treat him as badly as Ted Cruz has. However, DT is the premier "negotiator" and if he believes, after a thorough vetting process that Ted Cruz's nomination to the Supreme Courthe would ultimately be in the country's best interest I believe he is the big enough man to put his personal feelings aside and nominate him.
He had like 12 paragraphs worth of reasons he is voting for Trump and at the end encouraged everyone to vote for him....that is an endorsement.
Previous,
Did you mean “were there people not going to vote, that will now vote for Trump, because Cruz has endorsed Trump” ?
“Cruz needs the support of Trumpers in the future. His hardcore types will stay on the plantation. Where else are they going to go? But he sure left the Never Trumpers HIGH and dry today. LOL”
I don’t see a path back for Cruz politically. The neoconservative neverTrumpers are with Hillary anyway. If Trump wins, I suspect some of the more prominent ones will bolt to the Democrats.
Excellent post
>>What’s the shtick on Mike Lee?
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Cut nose. Spite face. Crazy Man.
...she's beholden to dangerous despots and bad guys who paid her mega millions for access and favors.
Pickles is running for her life.
Ted is pretty conservative.....probably disagrees with Trump on things like fed.gov mandating paid time off (unemployment insurance) for having babies as opposed to letting pruvate businesses and state and local governments decide that issue.
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