The importance of the Republican primary cannot be over stated. I say this as someone who came very close to running against Bernie Sanders when he first ran for the U.S. Senate in 2006. I have personally seen and battled against his ideas and influence in four elections, winning an underdog primary, followed by two terms in the Vermont Senate and then running against a national-GOP-backed candidate in a Congressional primary. It would be folly to underestimate Sanders or his message. Hillary is merely a power hungry crook. Bernie Sanders is on a mission, which now has a sizable following, many with deep pockets. If there is anything we should take away from the past decade it is that these folks are a force to be taken seriously. We either turn their ideas back this election or truly risk undoing everything that made America the envy of the world.
Neither a businessman with unlimited money, nor a politician with eloquent speeches will defeat Sanders. He took out the wealthy real-job-creating and charitable businessman 65% to 32% to win his Senate seat. Childish name calling – liar, liar, liar – to avoid addressing history or a record will only make the spread larger.
Sanders socialist movement will only be defeated by a candidate who has the ability and the will to piece-by-piece unpeel every half-truth that socialism is built upon. This task is a must even Hillary wins the Democrat primary.
While chaos reigned through much of the Greenville, SC debate, the candidates’ uninterrupted closing statements presented a noteworthy contrast between Trump, Rubio and Cruz:
Marco Rubio: “… If you elect me president … We are going to be a country that says that, life begins at conception and life is worthy of the protection of our laws. We’re going to be a country that says that marriage is between one man and one woman …”
Donald Trump: “… We are going to make our country great and we’re going to do the right thing. …”
Ted Cruz: “Do you want a conservative, a proven conservative that will stand and fight with you each and every day?” “Listen, repealing Obamacare is not going to be easy. Passing a simple flat tax that abolishes the IRS is not going to be easy but if we stand with the American people we can do it. And today, we saw just how great the stakes are, two branches of government hang in the balance. Not just the presidency but the Supreme Court. If we get this wrong, if we nominate the wrong candidates, the Second Amendment, life, marriage, religious, liberty – everyone of those hangs in the balance. …”
Marco Rubio’s and Donald Trump’s closing statements called on voters to simply elect them and things we have battled for decades will be accomplished. In stark contrast, Ted Cruz’s closing statement shows an understanding of the incredibly tough battle we are in.
Yes, Cruz has promised he would overturn all of Obama’s illegal executive orders on day one, which is something he can do as president, yet neither Rubio nor Trump will take such a stand. But Cruz also has a firm grasp of the battle we are in. Things will not simply go our way just by electing our candidate. The fight will be huge and relentless and that is why it is so important to elect a relentless fighter who does not live in a fantasy world, but rather understands and honestly expresses reality.
For the sake of winning the SC primary, Rubio and Trump are quick to promise things they cannot control, while staying far away from things they actually could do as president. Just read their closing statements again and imagine their responses when these are challenged in a debate in the general election. It will undo both of them because they will not be able to defend their own words as has been the pattern so far in this primary once the facts are sorted out: See here, here and here for video footage.
I am supporting Ted Cruz because I believe he is the only candidate running that has demonstrated he has the ability and determination to do the hard work required to unpeel the half-truths of socialism and thereby shift the thinking of millions of millennials who simply have not thought socialism through. We must have a candidate that thinks things through before he speaks. This is a battle of worldviews, not a speech contest nor an insult match.
Socialism is a caste system. The rich stay rich and then there are the rest. The millennials need every aspect unpeeled if we are to leave a strong, free and prosperous America to our children and grandchildren. Please look under the hood of every candidate. The engine matters.
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Mark Shepard, Jeanine Martin, and Steve Albertson. Instead of looking under the hood of Trump, why don’t you take a look at the entire used car sales lot? As Charles Murray pointed out so accurately in the Wall Street Journal last week, the white working class has good reason to be pissed off at the ruling class, to include their pet toys, the Democratic and Republican parties. http://www.thinkinghousewife.com/wp/2016/02/charles-murray-on-trumpism/#more-90006
Trump is a reaction to Obama’s elections in 2008 and 2012. People don’t trust anyone to do anything for them. I blame every single person who voted for O for the rise of Trump. However, I am starting to warm to him. Hopefully, he will start to project a more thoughtful, serious, more presidential demeanor soon. Really, a Trump/Cruz ticket is what we need at this point in American history.
The winning issue is illegal immigration, especially stopping muslim insurgency. Trumps the guy! Cruz? Ha! Whata joke!
Republicans say ; migrant farm workers , unskilled labor , undocumented illegal aliens working as unlicensed contractors in Virginia ;
http://watchdog.org/202012/subcontractors-shadow-economy- They are being documented daily by a Democrat Governor in Virginia today just as AG Ken Cuccinelli and Governor McDonnell knew they were back then .
The worst is Virginia Republicans are unspoken , they desire illegal commerce , illegal employment and call it
” Free Market “.
These complicit , corrupt Republicans I have branded ; “American’ts” { sorry I can’t you did not write a check }.
In oregon, where i was born and raised, strawberrys, green beans were grown abundantly. At 8 yrs old i could, chose to get on a bus to the fields. Picked strawberries for 75 cents a flat, green beans by the pound for a few weeks in the summer. 5-6 hrs per day, made 250-350 dollars for school clothes in early middle 60’s. Stupid dorks in government percieved this as slave labor. No one forced anyone to do anything. Lotsa kids did just screw around, but we all got paid by what we produced. Good for teaching work ethic, fair for labor and farmer. He needed more help, he raised the price he paid per flat or pound. It was the indivduals choice to go, work or not. Dumb basturd demcrats took that choice away and there are not vegtables grown there now and only couple of small u pick strawberry fields. These strawberries were nothing like the hard, tasteless in stores now! I destest, loathe, dispise all democrats, liberals and progressives for being such unlearning, ideological embeciles that they are. Stupid f ing sons a bitches! Everything they touch turns to crap!
Mr. Thompson , you nailed it ; taught work ethic. Many today do not know of the personal pleasure of achievement , today it must be given ,taken or exploitated from another , darn sad.
The hard working American heartbeat is very much alive and pounding today.
American Jobs
Defending the American Dream
Trump in 2016
This is BS – Trump has led the way with overturning all of Obama’s EO, Building the Wall, etc.. etc… Cruz is a follower and is making excuses right from the start why things won’t get done..
Rubytwothree. Hmm… Catchy name. Why does that sound like a military radio call sign from back in the day?
Cruz is open borders, free trade….not America but “North America”. No H1B visa explosion and hell to the NO on Rubio! A puppet for the establishment and now they are trying to paint him as non establishment. Bitch please!
Trump 2016. Without him, Dave Brat, and Jeff Sessions, the powers that be and the rest would be happy to ignore illegal immigration in these national elections. I visited family in Greenville/Greer, SC two weekends ago. Many evangelicals there believe Cruz to lay the holier-than-thou on bit too thickly. I am not the least bit surprised Trump won. Get used to it.
That illogical immigration was ignored until Trump go into the race was repeatedly rated as untrue.
Curious, the Evangelicals around here are turning against Trump. As a matter of fact, several are saying he’s the one candidate they absolutely won’t vote for in the primary.
I don’t know what congregation or where you hail from, but many in my Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians church are quite open to Trump. And this is in the West End of Richmond. This is Dave Brat Country.
Church of God, Anderson Indiana. That’s my denomination.
They aren’t open to Trump, at all. And I’m from a southern part of Virginia, which is full of working class Virginians.
I happen to have more than a few friends in Danville that are Southern Baptists eagerly ready to vote Trump. They’re also shooting range buddies from my VT undergrad days.
So do I. But, the majority of Christians I know? They won’t go near Trump.
For Republicans illegal immigration has not been ignored , it has been exploitated by Republicans for $ personal gains $ and $ campaign contributions $ at the expense of thier respective communities { betrayal }.
And as for any possible future claims of the Tea Party carring Trump it is a falsehood , Trumps Tea Party would be ;
Trump
Employing
America , now that is some mighty fine sweet Tea !!!!
American Jobs
Defending the American Dream
Illegal immigration has been exploited by some. Others, the good ones, the ones we work to elect, like Dave Brat, have fought tooth and nail against it. And paid for it, hence the Establishment screaming that Brat is a nativist all the time.
The Tea Party is split. The majority of Tea Partiers I know of are split between Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio.
Trump’s Tea Party already exists, it’s called Occupy Wall Street. It didn’t go over that well.
Dave Brat is knowledgable of the issues I have spoken of.
It was a glorious morning at Church today , the older ones very happy with the SC outcome.
Our hearts are just , our party is not.
Occupy Wall St , isn’t that Sanders territory?
You still have to earn it and get off your butt in a Trump economy.
Yes, Brat is. That’s why I like him so much.
It’s always a glorious morning at church, no matter what happens in politics.
Nope, Occupy is Trump’s team. Look at the number of Trump supporters yelling that Trump is noble because he’s not being backed by Wall Street, as well as Trump being flabbergasted to realize a reporter was describing Sanders and not him.
You’d have to earn it an economy run by practically anybody besides Kasich and a Democrat as well. Hard work is an American principle espoused by practically everybody not on the left, not a Trump talking point.
“Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public” – Menchen
I can’t believe Trump is doing so well. The only thing I can attribute it to is people ignoring what he is saying, and only paying attention to how he’s saying it. At this point the guy could call for a single world currency, abolishing the Senate, and mandatory morning exercises for every American and I think Republicans would keep supporting him.
why did cruz not respond to sessions questions? why do you want a globalist who is in favor of the america killing tpp? why do you support somebody that is owned by political interest groups, so you dont get the man you like, but the bank that bankrolled him… and last why would you support somebody of questionable ethics that is quite possibly not eligible because of the true status of his birth… which he just learned about himself?
no i dont like cruz as president, and now have misgivings about his ethics and his ability to make unencumbered interpretations of the law and constitution.
Some time ago, there was an article reportedly written by an elementary school teacher about her class having an election among the students of the class. One boy was running for class President who was a great student, had very supportive and involved parents and was popular. His opposition was a girl who had poor grades in almost all subjects and whose parents were not ever seen at the school. The teacher worried about her getting her fragile self esteem further damaged by a crushing defeat. However, she campaigned by promising free ice cream with school lunches, something she could not cause to happen while he campaigned on helping to meet school and PTA goals. In the election she crushed him by an overwhelming majority vote as the students only focused on free ice cream. folks, we are NOT elementary students and there will be no freebies from government that we do not pay for, far more than the cost due to general government overhead and inefficiency. Please remember the little story of the grade school election and remember if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
Want to know the real Ted Cruz:
8/8/15 dailykos.com “During Thursday’s debate Donald Trump said he buys politicians, including those on stage and none of them disagreed.” Trump:
“Most of the people on this stage, I have given to, just so you know. I will tell you that our system is broken. I give to every body. When they call, I give. And you know what, when I need something from them two years later, three years later, I call them, they are there for me. And that’s a broken system.”
[Cruz and all the rest stared straight ahead, silent. Why didn’t Cruz object: “Mr. Trump, if you don’t retract that slander immediately I’ll see in court!” Why was the smooth talk’n lawyer speechless? Because he knows this: “The best defense against a defamation law suit is the truth.”
Even Bernie and Billary conceded the corruption:
-8/17/15 bloomberg.com Bernie Sanders on Campaign Finance: It’s a Corrupt System
-1/17/15 During the debate Hillary said, “I know how much money influences the political decision-making…”
But Cruz thrives in the corruption:
-10/26/15 washingtonpost.com “When it comes to fundraising, I think one of the greatest surprises, from the perspective of the Washington chattering class, has been the incredible, astonishing fundraising that this campaign has benefited from,” Cruz said Monday in Houston, where he announced that six wealthy supporters of former Texas governor Rick Perry are now backing him.
-10/26/15 tedcruz.org “Sen. Ted Cruz on Monday announced Monday the backing of six-big money donors, including a Texas billionaire who previously poured $5 million into Rick Perry’s now-defunct presidential effort.” [On his own website he brags about rich donors!]
-1/3/16 wsj.com Wall Street is emerging as a particularly dominant funding source for Republicans and Democrats in the presidential election, early campaign-finance reports filed with the Federal Election Commission show.
Career politicians, especially liars — I mean lawyers — will follow the money in order to keep their jobs, which is why they’ve collaborated with democrats to change America into a politically correct, debt-ridden, borderless social welfare state for the past three decades.
2/15/16 breitbart.com Jeb, on the Super Bowl: “I was for Denver, not because of the Broncos, but because Peyton Manning wrote me a check.”
-Mark Twain: “The new political gospel: public office is private graft.”
The saddest thing is that these are the best candidates the GOP could come up with this season. There is little chance that any of them will attract those in the middle or slightly left. And the GOP needs those votes. The ultra right does not have the numbers to win as evident in the last two election cycles
A socialist and a criminal on the other team.
I don’t know what that means. I am neither. But I surprised by all the anti-socialist rhetoric from the lower and middle class who somehow believe Trump of an other the others will protect the wealth of these groups. In reality, the rich always get richer. And the only place for them to get money is from the middle and lower class. There is no magic spicket that creates wealth out of thin air so it has to come from someone.
so like any good capitalist, I am in favor of growing my own prosperity. Unfortunately, neither sides cares about me more than their corporate backers.
I look under the hood and I check out the total package. Trump has the best drive and the most power to get things done. Trump’s a fighter who will FIGHT FOR our country – against all enemies, both domestic (libs) and foreign!
Also Trump is the most electable in the general election, with the most broad-based appeal; he’s pulling in Democrats and Independents and non-politicals. Helping out with Trump’s campaign events, I’ve seen this numerous times for myself.
These are all my opinions, true. I respect others’ choice of Cruz – some of my good friends are in his camp – but for me, I’m solidly behind Trump! #MakeAmericaGreatAgain
Trump has given the GOP every single thing they claim they want, and yet they reject him. He will take away their power, goodies, and get a few things done, and that doesn’t fit into their agenda. Not voting GOP, or DNC, Trump is it.
The classic GOP voters are rejecting him. Evangelicals, Social Conservatives, military voters, those are the people having problems with Trump.
The RNC upheld it’s deal with Trump, and he’s STILL screaming that he will run third party if he loses primaries.
So, if the people reject him, he’ll make sure that we end with Clinton. That’s poisoning the well because he lost, not running because he thinks he can make difference.
Trump just won SC, so he hasn’t been rejected just yet.
Against the most divided field in decades. Not impressive until the field narrows to him against a single opponent.
Keep on dreaming and wishing.
You said you won’t reply point-to-point but you won’t reply to a single point either, instead you pivot to mockery which would’ve worked if you had actually replied to the point.
Bless your little heart Joseph. Some people aren’t worth my time to banter with.
And yet you still haven’t replied to what I’ve said.
God love ya, I don’t think you can.
amen, just wasted souls that are unable to perceive reality at all. this whole thing is not even close. trump is like a human in real time with several taped messages surrounding him during this entire time he has been in it.
the other things are not even human… just mimicbots, and puppets, and still they fool these morons into liking them???
Mockery is useful for those with nothing valid to say
You obviously can’t speak for all of those categories. I’m a veteran, lifelong Presbyterian, and full on supporter of the American Way. No one else left in the GOP field will garner the enthusiasm Trump will in the Presidential race.
You are the exception to the rule. Most of the Evangelicals I know personally(including my church members) and professionally are disgusted with Trump.
And my home city is a military rich location, and they don’t like people who bash the Iraq war. At all.
Given how badly Trump is disliked? That enthusiasm is coming from his enemies and his supporters, not from the rest of the Conservative movement. Which, if you combine the results of the people voting for other candidates, is not for Trump.
Trump is loved.. Cruz is back stabbing liar.
Trump has unfavorable ratings at 60 percent. That’s not love.
The only times I’m reminded that there are Evangelicals are during presidential election years. Where do they all go the rest of the time?
They tend to lie low and live their lives peacefully. It’s only during election time that they flex their political muscles.
Evangelicals have formidable numbers, but they aren’t as demanding as other political groups. That’s why you don’t hear from them as much until the bigger elections.
Amen
In New Hampshire and SC, Trump has led in all demographics. Trumps lead on the vets is higher than the rest of the candidates combined. He captured over 43% of the evangelicals and cruz got 17%.
Trump leads in split votes. Tally the voters against him and he doesn’t lead.
i wonder if you can apply rejecting trump label to any group en mass. he seems to pull votes from all walks of life, kind of a barrier breaker, which is due to people recognizing that trump is a man among midget puppets.
very clear for me to see, i expect others see the same thing. the others dont hold a pilot light to his sun. worse is that the evil establishment, and they are very very evil is trying to deny this hot glowing sun from getting elected, despite his clear reverence for all the american people. and the establishments clear desire to stay on path for progressive globalistic destruction. die establshment die, you represent nobody,
they are protecting their little empire and the true colors of lying and cheating are beaming out from the horrid ugly wicked witch establishment… drop a house on them already
Yes, I can. Given that Trump can’t seem to break 30%? His support isn’t that deep, it’s just fanatical.
“Glowing sun?” That’s… a little too worshipful.
I’d agree that the Establishment is a poor group of people, bad politicians clinging to power. But that’s as far as I’d take it.
put 10 guys in a race amd nobody gets over 30.
not even a contest though as far as character and experience.
consider u owned a business and wanted to hire a person to run the business for you.
these guys all apply. who do u choose to take control of your business?
the liars? the ones that are career politicos? the ones the media tells u to pick? the one the media relentlessly and savagely attacks attacks? the several the media bows to and lobs softballs and clear leading questions to?
The issue is that Trump’s support is static, The support for the other candidates goes up and down, Trump can’t seem to move the needle up.
Character? I don’t trust Trump’s character after he came out for PP. Experience? As a businessman or a leader? He’s got one, but not the other. His tactics aren’t those of a leader, eminent domain is a key point on that.
Career politicos? Rubio, Cruz, and Carson got blasted for their LACK of political experience.
And the media loves Trump, look at the amount of time they are spending on him versus other candidates. He’s their guy on the Republican field, the one they cover the most and have on the most. He’s on Morning Joe practically everyday and Sean Hannity just give him another glowing segment.
Don’t even get started on softball questions. Bill O’reilly tried asking Trump a hard question and Trump spent several minutes griping about it and didn’t answer. Morning Joe tiptoed around all the hard issues, several times in a row!
zzzzz, climb back into your submarine and slam the screen door behind you before you submerge into your shallow opaque perception of reality.
You didn’t answer a single point, that’s because you can’t. The truth silences those who would seek to silence it, leaving them only empty words to reply with, just as you’ve replied with here.
a rock serves purpose some time. speaking of time i will non longer spend any on you. i will recommend nobody here bother with it. go get in your sub and sink into your own silliness.
You’re still not answering any points.
That is simply not true. Evangelicals, Military and Social Conservatives are supporting Trump. I know many of them.
Not where I live. Blue collar workers, Evangelicals, Social Conservatives, they don’t like him.
yep
Let’s face it, in a year when a Republican win should be assured, we do not have a single candidate that embodies all of the attributes we seek. After listening to all of the candidates, Dr. Ben Carson is the only one that I trust and admire. While he certainly lacks the forceful delivery that I would prefer, his quiet wisdom is welcome and reassuring.
I wish we lived in a word where I felt Dr. Carson’s personality could win against what will hit him if he won the primary. He will be drowned out and we will end up with Hillary or Bernie as our next president. He is on a great trajectory and has demonstrated a solid ability to get his head around the issues, but in my opinion he needs more time and unfortunately needs a tougher presentation to combat the left.
When the collective conservative electorate has been driving lemons for over 25 years, many of its members will take a risk on the spiffy new import. So will I. Trump 2016.
And just how do you imaging that Trump, who has capped off in the 20% range among Republicans will get enough votes to win a general election? Trump has been in the lead for months, yet his numbers really have not risen and are in fact dropping as he becomes better known. If he was acceptable at all, his numbers would be skyrocketing by now. The fact is his very liberal history, his support for government controlled healthcare, his support for taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood, his centralized power view of the presidency and his habit of name-calling to avoid addressing issues all make him unacceptable to many Republicans, even in a match up against Bernie or Hillary. McCain and Romney were bad enough in not getting much of the Republican-leaning electorate out to vote for them, Trump is even in a worse position in that regard and his appeal to independents just is not there. I see no path for him winning a general election. A vote for Trump is a vote for continued Democrat/Socialist power in the Oval Office. Please show me where my rationale is wrong on this before your vote for Trump thinking he can actually win.
Trump is strong because Hillary and Bernie are weaker. Against a conventional candidate, Trump would be a long shot…but you talk about Trump’s shady deals while Hilary actually put TOP SECRET CODEWORD material on her private server. She is disqualified and that will come out. And, I will take a shady, marginally ethical capitalist any day over a socialist….and I think most Americans will to.
Not according to the polls. The national polls, by far more accurate then the local ones, show Trump getting his head handed to him in the general. He’s the only candidate that has that distinction.
The repubs have given the commie in chief everything he wants and now it’s all on us?
Go to this link and meet the real Donald Trump.
http://danaloeschradio.com/how-i-came-to-my-opinion-on-donald-trump
Dana Loesch provides link after link to a slew of Trump’s shady deals, his liberal beliefs, and his close connection to organized crime. This is all information that is in the public domain, and it is proof of what I have said to you earlier about how the media is treating Trump with kid gloves. They have all of this stuff already. They don’t need to look for it. It is all ready to be cued up for “special report” after “special report” just as soon as he wins the nomination.
You may want to take a risk on the spiffy new import, but you have been told by half a dozen mechanics that if you put your family in that new import and turn the key it will explode, and they have shown you schematics and x-rays showing the c4 explosives attached to the ignition switch. If you still decide to put your family in the car after that, you have nobody to blame but yourself, but it’s worse because you are trying to shove all of us into the car with you,
See my comments below about Trump’s competition. Any way, I will support the any GOP nominee over the Democrat. They are all exponentially better (except Bush, who is only marginally better) than Hillary or the Socialist. Will you support Trump over Hillary or Bernie?
You are asking me if I will vote for a Democrat (Trump) over a Democrat (Clinton or Sanders), while I am trying to get you not to vote for a Democrat (Trump) over a Republican (anyone else in the GOP Primary).
This is not an apples to apples comparison.
Ballot for Bernie. Then Stump for Trump. If Trump isn’t the final nomination, then you win. Leaving Hillery in the mix is a mistake. It’s not like you have to sign a pledge or anything.
Hillary is more vulnerable than Bernie. She is despised by young white millennials and she will NEVER get the necessary turnout in the black cities that Obama got. Never. She is old and lacks vigor.
You, like others, don’t get it. It isn’t about Trump, it could be most anyone, it is about the lies and betrayals of the GOP.
Great article. too bad so many are lured by the false promises of socialism. Unfortunately, Common Core is brainwashing our kids into thinking this is a viable system. One thing everyone needs to understand is that “free college” means people will be chosen to have “free college” – it definitely won’t be everyone, but everyone will be paying for it for their entire lives.
I love Ted Cruz! The one thing I dislike about Trump the most is giving him false labels. He will do anything to win, and that is offensive to me. Can’t compete on ideas like Cruz can.
Disagree.. it is Cruz who is back stabbing and running deceitful ads and flyers to people to try and win votes.. it’s not working even Rubio is ahead of him..
you will find that it’s Rubio’s people who are behind a lot of this. Stuff is starting to come out about him. He wouldn’t even vote on the omnibus because his pocket is lined with people who wanted it to pass. Trump will win when the truth is revealed.
Cruz and Rubio’s senate votes and record are very easy to look up. Cruz is NOT for citizenship or amnesty. Rubio is very much so. Just because Trump calls someone a liar, doesn’t make it so. Trump, very much so needs to get over himself. If nominated and elected, he will face a lot worse criticism then what he is getting now. If someone wants to be the POTUS, one better have thicker skin and be able to rise up the rhetoric.
To say “Make America Great Again” is not a policy. And for Trump to not touch entitlements, is for subsidies and likes the Obamacare mandate are very much liberal policy. Remember…the same ignorant mentality of not caring what someone has said or done. Nor caring what company they keep is what got Barry elected twice. How well is that working out for us? Voting with emotions and not your head, will be another disaster for America.
Very well said!
Cruz is a wall street crook.
that would be Trump- he is the one that has stolen money from people 4 times
No he’s not!
Love this piece. Cruz all day. I’d support Rubio as our nominee as well, but Trump is a charlatan and a demagogue. Shameful that so many folks are taken in by him.
Rubio is a lying POS pro amnesty slime…I could never support him over cruz or trump.
Trump will build the wall that I do trust. Americans first. The Mexicans are not needed anymore since robots are here. Though the big titted ones can stay.
Why yes, it is indeed very important to look under the hood. Fool me ONCE, fool me TWICE,
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/12/18/congress-votes-fund-nearly-300000-visas-muslim-migrants-one-year/
No more lawyers, no more career politicians. Trump 2016.
Anyone that scares the MSM and GOP the way Trump has gets my vote. Status Quo is over for me.
Trump may surely get your vote, but there are millions of Republicans who embrace ideas rooted in limited government, life, and liberty that will never cast a vote for Donald Trump. He just has not even remotely proved he shares these values and if he should win the nomination the Democrats will make sure that is abundantly clear. His most used tactic of disparaging his opponent will not win these votes, nor the voted of independent voters. Even if he did not have such a liberal past, did not still embraced government control of healthcare, did not still support taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood, and was not so rude, he is still an ideal candidate for a candidate with a socialist message. That is what Rich Tarrent was for Bernie Sanders in 2006, which is a point I tried to make to Rich soon after he announced he was going to run for against Bernie for U.S. Senate. Please click the link in paragraph 2. Rich did not have all the prior mentioned negatives that Donald Trump has and he still got slaughters in that election. I can understand the appreciation of Trump’s attacks on the do nothing go along politicians in Washington and wanting to see America great again, but I see no path for Trump to win the general election. He has to many negatives for far too many people. And sadly his business success will be used against him, just like Rich Tarrent’s was in 2006. Stirring up envy is the tool of the socialist and sadly it is very effective. So please think hard about where your vote will land us. Do you want Bernie or Hillary? Because that is what Trump will give us and by a margin that will shock you. And if he is the face of the Republican Party, you can bet there will be heavy Republican losses in Congress as well, giving Hillary or Bernie even greater opportunity to take our nation over the cliff.
You, and your GOP are full of crap, lies, and betrayals. You are correct I will vote for Trump because I am sick of the UNIPARTY. Our country was lost long ago, so keep on believing GOP is in it for America.
So tell us why the D’s are attacking trump so vehemently if they’re convinced Killary or Socialist Bernie would handily defeat him in November? Your talking points don’t meet.
The Democrats go after people they want us to vote for. It’s negative reinforcement to get them the enemy they know they can defeat.
It’s as common an attack as them endorsing a RINO they want us to face. Alternatively, they can endorse a man we want so that we won’t go for him.
It all depends on the tactics and the candidate in question.
In this case, Trump has such an awful record with women that he’s the only candidate that can ensure that Clinton, who has been losing female support, will be able to overload the female vote against.
Trump has not scared the MSM. They LOVE him!! He is their ticket to electing Hillary Clinton. They have warehouses full of negative stories and stupid quotes just waiting to be run as soon as he wins the nomination.
We complained in 2008 and 2012 that the media helped pick our nominees of McCain and Romney, well guess what? They are DOING IT AGAIN! This time the media selected candidate is Trump.
Disagree, they can pull out all the sound bites they want, and real Americans that care about this country won’t care, they just want change, it doesn’t matter if Trump will be great, or horrible, they just want to end the UNIPARTY. It is called Cold Anger, and Payback is a Bitch.
It’s called a tantrum.
Nope, it is called Cold Anger.
That doesn’t stack up when the actions, reactions, and results are the same as a tantrum.
They are. Look at Trump’s actions and the “tactics” being employed by his team and his supporters. Swearing, cursing, insulting of opponents, and one sentence arguments in place of actual points.
Cold anger is planned, strategic, logical, and has long term critical thinking that goes along with it.
None of that applies to what’s happening with Trump.
Umm, reports are Trump has won SC, guess those tantrums are working for people.
You didn’t reply to anything I said, but you did acknowledge that this is just a tantrum.
As I said, Trump wins against a dozen opponents. Narrow the field to one? He loses. Count the number of votes cast for other candidates versus the votes cast for Trump.
Nothing you can say will get me to vote for Cruz. You are the one hung up on tantrums, not me. I see no need to reply point to point to you.
You see no need to reply because you can’t refute any of the points.
An example would be this conversation, you instead that the anger exhibited by Trump supporters is cold and planned, not hot and short-term.
The other comments in this thread quickly disproved that.
So, you won’t vote for Cruz? Does that include if he is the nominee? Why then, hypothetically, should Cruz, Rubio, or Carson, supporters vote for Trump if he is the nominee?
So are you going to vote for Trump?
For the primary? No.
For the general will you vote for Cruz or Rubio if either of them is the nominee?
I am so bored w/you, Foxtrot Oscar Joseph.
You didn’t answer a simple question. Will you vote for anybody else in the general?
P.S Insults in code are still treated as open insults, did you know that?
I guess emotional incontinence and megalomania in a candidate is not a concern for you.
Nope, compared to the other choices we have it is not.
If 65% of Republicans and 100% of democrats don’t want Trump, tell me again how he wins the general election.
Trump has plenty of democrats voting for him, and I know plenty of Republicans that have said they are going to vote for him they just won’t admit to it openly because they don’t want to hear the B.S.
Cruz is a CANADIAN.
Excellent piece. http://puzo1.blogspot.com/2016/02/ted-cruz-misrepresents-law-and-his.html
Cruz was born in Canada to an American mother. According to many Constitutional scholars, that makes him a Natural Born Citizen.
Guess you didn’t read the article. Mantra bandwagon.
And a Board of Election examined the data and confirmed that he was and is an America and is eligible to be President.
A judge in IL also ruled that way.
Mark, I appreciate Cruz and his positions, but in “looking under the hood” of his campaign tactics, I’ve been very disappointed by the sleazy way his campaign tried to convince voters in Iowa that Carson was dropping out, and they should change their votes to him. Every candidate that drops out has a conference or formal statement that they are. The Cruz campaign ran with this inference, without confirming with the Carson campaign. And, we are hearing that in SC, people are getting robocalls essentially telling Carson supporters they are wasting their votes on him and should switch. In my case, “looking under the hood” has given me a very different flavor for Ted Cruz, who seems to be playing the dirty politicians’ game. He could make this right by disavowing the tactic, and not just apologizing. Look up the modus operandi of Jeff Roe, his campaign manager. Ted may be the eventual nominee, but if he continues these ways, it is a deep flaw as far as I’m concerned, and one that will hurt him long term. My husband works closely with the Carson campaign, and these kinds of tricks have been verified.
Not to mention Cruz’s latest stunt featuring a photo of Rubio and Obama shaking hands.. Photo-shopped! Roe will hesitate to go to any depth to win… and Cruz hired him for that task.
who cares. every political ad I’ve ever seen has photos like that and EVERY congressman and senator has shaken hands with the president at some point.
THe issue annin is that the complete photo is fake and Cruz camp tried to paint Rubio as a Obama supporter.
in many ways he is. so, fair enough.
he supports Obama’s amnesty plan and still supports Obama’s TPP- maybe they should have done a pic of them hugging and kissing
I fail to see a problem with using Photoshop to make a point. The image was so obviously Photoshopped that it is abundantly clear the Cruz campaign was not pretending the image was real. They were clearly making a point. The crying about the Photoshop is merely a tactic to avoid having to address the issue. Was the imagery accurate is certainly debatable. Most certainly Rubio is not Obama and should he win the nomination, I would have no problem voting for him, unlike Trump. But there are a number of times where his positions have aligned with Obama’s position, which the Cruz campaign is pointing out: 1. Rubio’s words on the Supreme Court decision support the notion that the Court is supreme, even if they make a bad decision. That is Obama’s position on that decision anyway. I disagree with that position. The constitution does not put the court above the constitution. 2. Rubio did use the exact same talking points to sell the Gang of 8 immigration bill. 3. He did side with Obama on other items, including the trade pact which the image portrays. If these are not factual, then make that case or if you agree with Rubio’s position make that case, but having a problem with a campaign using Photoshop to make a point is nothing but a diversion from having to make the real case. It is like Trump’s habit of name-calling instead of addressing the real points being made.
Mark, you have to admit, a ton of folks that AREN’T political wonks would be fooled by the photo… proof of that is 2 terms of Obama! It was put out there targeting those voters…. Yet another example of dirty politics. No argument on Rubio’s stances… and changes with ya.. But just highlighting Cruz’s camps tactics… Jeff Roe.. known as the lowlife in political campaigns… Campaign director for Cruz.
Please. If the Rubio campaign’s strategy is to complain about a photo-shopped picture then they have already lost. They went and found a real picture of Rubio and Obama shaking hands if that makes you feel better.
How about Rubio explain his immigration positions, and his lies about his Univision appearance where he promised he would not rescind Obama’s executive orders on amnesty? It is one thing to lie about doing something, but it is far worse to call someone a liar for pointing out what you’ve done, especially when it is on camera.
I admit- I am wavering on Cruz- and I let them know via their facebook page- I told them it is time for someone to get a grip on the sleaze coming out of campaign HQ. If I wanted that- I would vote Hillary
You can’t blame his campaign for that. One of the major networks mistakenly said Carson was dropping out and Cruz’s campaign acted on the news.
Nope.. wrong again Misss… CNN did NOT state he was dropping out!
I have watched the entire clip- and the insinuation was there. In addition- if you are serious about your campaign- you do not put out a statement like this 20 minutes before the caucus voting starts, nor do you go home for almost an entire week and ignore the next primary
Thanks for your comment and I truly appreciate them in regard to Carson. Even though the information initially came from the media, the Cruz campaign should have verified them before running with them and should have retracted them once they knew the information was not correct. In apologizing, Cruz admitted his campaign had crossed a line that was wrong. I very much appreciate his apology and feel it was deserved. However, if we are going to win the presidency we need a candidate and campaign willing to push extremely hard in every ethical way possible. Because they understand the high stakes and their own human weakness they will at times cross a line they should not. No matter who we vote for they are going to make mistakes. They will at times disappoint us. They are human. I really like Carson, and his trajectory of grasping the issues is exceptional, but I do not believe he is yet seasoned enough in the political arena to go the distance and win the general election. If the Iowa incident bothers as much as it seems to have, and it seems clear few if any votes were effected, how is he going to deal with going up against Hillary or Bernie? They will never apologize. They will just keep pushing and pushing while his complaining is drowned out. Most voters are looking at what is in it for them, not was a candidate offended. Complaining is a wrong message. Moving on and making a real case for why you are the best candidate is the path to winning.
The purpose of the primary/caucus process is to do just what this thread suggests, “look under the hood”. If a candidate shows poor judgement in who they hire to run the public face of their campaign, and if that candidate hires a man who maintains a questionable (and that’s being kind) history, who has been accused of orchestrating nearly an identical “drop out” scheme in a 2010 Missouri race as the one that befell Dr. Carson in Iowa (see recent FoxNews article) and if the candidate continues to keep such a man on his staff, then this goes to much more than Dr, Carson’s viability. Mark, you have deflected from my original answer and framed it just as the Cruz campaign would like us to believe by minimizing the importance of what I suggested. The crux of the matter is that my concern goes to the character of a front runner and potential nominee. After 7 years of deceit, I submit that the question of the types of people our nominee chooses as advisors and the tactics he is willing to employ to achieve success are of utmost relevance. Looking “under the hood” I have come to realize that in these areas Ted Cruz has lost my trust.
The only way I see for a candidate in this situation to restore trust would be to exhibit verifiable accountability, make staff changes to reflect this, and assure the voters this type of campaigning will never again be tolerated within his campaign or future administration. This has not occured. Ted Cruz gave a quick apology and took no other action to show accountability. The crisis of leadership lingers and simmers. More incidents of suspected “dirty tricks” have arisen and blocks are stacking up damaging the Cruz campaign. In such a tight race where Sen.Cruz squeaked in 3rd in South Carolina every vote counts. A noted failure of judgment is bad, but the failure to correct and stand accountable for such a mistake is worse. For those that who feel integrity matters, because without it we cannot be assured of anything the candidate says, it becomes the main reason why a man with a good message is not their choice. For this reason, if Dr. Carson was no longer running and I was forced to choose a different candidate, I would be hard pressed to choose Ted Cruz upon my examination “under the hood”. Honestly, I would be hard pressed to choose any other candidate and that is precisely why I sincerely hope Dr. Carson remains in the race for those of us who do not see another viable choice at this time and rely on him to represent our voice.
I understand that Sen Cruz might have made the decision to employ such tactics believing himself to be the best candidate to carry the conservative message forward. I also understand many good folks are wiling to turn a blind eye to this in order to “win”. I submit that this is dangerous thinking and it makes us no better than those we seek to defeat. Shame on all who want to blame CNN or even Dr. Carson when the problem originated and remains with a candidate who chose to rely on less than scrupulous counsel. In reality, we are talking about a cancer within a campaign that will not improve until it’s dealt with and removed. Dr. Carson did not complain. He diagnosed the cancer and tried to get Sen Cruz to take the necessary action promptly to avoid allowing the root problem’s growth. Sadly,Dr. Carson’s counsel was not heeded.
K Schu, I do truly appreciate your points. And I do not challenge that the Cruz campaign crossed a line they should not have. They should have verified. But any campaign that is going to push hard enough to defeat the Democrat nominee is going to push as hard as the can for every vote and they will make mistakes. Some of them unknowingly and some unfortunately intentionally.
What I do appreciate about Cruz is that he came clean and said they should have verified the information and he apologized. This core issue you are dealing with is a human nature issue and no matter who we support or who we elect, we have to help be a check because power corrupts. It does so in government, the corporate world, religious organizations and in campaigns. That is why Rubio’s campaign talk does not match his record. And so one of my main considerations in a candidate is what are his or her plans to push power away from Washington and back to the states and the people. And as president what are his or her plans to push law-making responsibilities away from the executive and back to Congress. And last, but certainly not least, what is the candidate’s record for doing what he or she campaigns on.
For me Cruz wins hands down. Trump has no political record, other than supporting a number of left-wing democrats and many of his positions support using the force of centralized federal power. Rubio has some big inconsistencies, that not only make me wonder if he will live out his words, but also make him a weaker candidate for the general, not unlike Romney was with Romneycare. Carson has no record and the way he has run his campaign, including hanging on to the Iowa spat, does not make him look plausible at all. Cruz has an incredible record of upholding what he campaigned on, even though it has not made him a lot of friends in the senate and he has laid out an agenda to move power out of D.C.
I wonder whether Trump’s ego would allow him to apologize in similar circumstances
Cruz sent out the flyers…. they were lies to the people of IOWA ..
Then the commercials he made about Trump.. pure lies and he knew it.
That is not a Christian.. that is outright deceit
Ben Carson is a brilliant surgeon who has no business trying to be President. He is simply unprepared for the responsibility and would drown under its weight. The proof of that is how he has run his campaign. No serious candidate would announce that, after the Iowa Caucus, instead of going on to New Hampshire, he’s heading back home to Florida, and then to DC.
Carson had to expect the media’s reaction to that kind of statement. It was the same kind of reaction the media had when Christie announced he was heading back to NJ after the New Hampshire primary. Christie claimed he wasn’t dropping out yet. but we all know he did. For the media to leap to the conclusion that Carson was calling it quits was perfectly reasonable, especially after seeing how his campaign had cratered.
You say you are angry with the Cruz campaign for leaping on the story, but you should really be angry with Carson for allowing it to become a story in the first place. Furthermore, after Cruz found out about it and personally apologized to Dr. Carson (three times publicly), Ben claimed he forgives him, but then still demanded people be fired. What kind of Christian places conditions on forgiveness?
Cruz has had more mud slung at him than any other candidate in the race. Cruz hits Trump and Rubio on their records, and all Trump and Rubio do in return is savage Cruz’ character, call him a liar, and say nobody likes him. That is the definition of negative campaigning.