Cruz Is a Safer General-Election Bet than Trump

The National Review ^ | April 12, 2016 | Jim Geraghty

[Secret Agent Man]

For the uniparty, totally correct.

[Dstorm]

So PM him and ask, maybe he doesn’t consider you a friend anymore, because you are badgering him, and doesn’t care what you want.

[kiryandil]

[JoSixChip]

Don’t listen to the haters. They cannot imagine why you would spend time on something you truly believe in.

posted on 5/12/2010, 3:03:41 PM by 2ndDivisionVet (Don’t care if he was born in a manger on July 4th! A “Natural Born” citizen requires two US parents!)

[cba123]

I don’t know that. That is what I am attempting to find out.

Seems like a very simple question to me.

I for example have been a very enthused FReeper for over 10 years. I have NEVER accepted one single dime, for anything I have posted here. I am for Trump, and I have posted a number of pro-Trump articles, but there is zero financial benefit to me, from doing so.

That is what I am trying to determine from 2ndDivisionVet.

We have had a very good relationship. Emailing back and forth, and he used to send me a number of links to articles, I really appreciate that. And I appreciate 2ndDivisionVet’s participation in this news forum.

Big time.

But all I am asking is, is he receiving financial benefit for posting here?

I have yet to receive an answer to that very simple question.

[kiryandil]

Just ignore the fact that Trump beat Cruz in Ohio by 460,000 votes. Cruz came in third with 13% of the vote.

Yeah, but Cruz beat the stuffing out of Trump in Florida!

Oh, wait...

[Slyfox]

Please check your freepmail.

[Veracious Poet]

[jimpick]

And Kasich got 46.8%. If Kasich was pulled out who knows where his votes would go. Well according to the polls linked in the article more went to Cruz than Trump.

So even though Trump received more votes in the primary he could still lose to Cruz.

[jimpick]

89 post and only one Trump supporter posted to refute the article. The rest put out a bunch of drivel that had nothing to do with the article.

Do you think maybe that is why 2nd is not responding? That is my guess. Why respond to a bunch of negativity with out substance?

[JoSixChip]

You still have not posted anything to refute what 2nd posted.

We are way beyond that, it would make no difference to anyone to refute the drivel with facts. That would mean absolutely nothing to your ilk. Besides, any group that can condone and defend what the gopE has been doing is not worth a second of my time anyway.

[Dstorm]

Can you point to the Superpacs that have the National Review on their payroll? or is this just more hearsay?

[JoSixChip]

Sorry, I didn’t mean to steal your Thunder by plagiarizing your post on another thread. But yours is much better done anyway.

[kabar]

Pure speculation. Trump has won battleground states like FL, NH, NC, NV, MO, and MI. Cruz has little crossover appeal. He and Kasich could not win their home states with 50% or more of the vote. Trump will win NY with more than 50% of the vote.

[Sun]

You pro-lifers out there (hope it’s all of you) might be interested in this from Life News, which I received in my email:

‘”Planned Parenthood Bashes Ted Cruz: “He is the Biggest Threat We Face”’

What’s that they say about judging a person by their enemies. :)

It will be great to have a president - TED CRUZ - who is truly 100% pro-life, which is why National Right-to-Life endorsed him.

[musicman]

Go Joe Go!!!

[jimpick]

This is one of the reason you Trump supporters lost me. Some Trump supporters attack and back nothing up with facts. It is real put off.

Up until recently I could have very well voted for Trump. I was on the fence as to whether he was a conservative or not but was willing to give him a shot. After being attacked because I had a different view point that changed.

Go ahead and keep attacking you are just turning people away.

[jimpick]

So now that the race is down to basically 2 candidates you think because Trump can get a higher percentage that is some how a achievement? Trump still has only gotten about a third of the vote.

You may see it as speculation but the polls noted in the article prove that it is not. Where are the poles proving otherwise?

[jarwulf]

Cruzers may be a bit optimistic but they have nothing on Trumpfans. I’m constantly amazed how they can spin any news. Its GOOD news that Trump is losing to Hillary in a landslide in almost every major poll, because the polls are inaccurate except for the primary polls which are 100% accurate when it comes to the general. Its GOOD news that Trump has historically low levels of support at this point from Republicans because all the previous recent Republican losers had higher levels of support (all the recent winners did too but we’ll ignore that for the moment.) so that must mean he’ll win. Its GOOD news that Trump gave the MSM a treasure trove of stumbling abortion soundbites they can play ad naseum to scare squishy lowinfo general election voters because I personally don’t like abortion.

[JoSixChip]

This is one of the reason you Trump supporters lost me. Some Trump supporters attack and back nothing up with facts.

You are full of carp. I spent the first six months of this campaign posting solid, well sourced information on cruz's deceptions on TPA, the corker bill, spending and his blatant lies. But you cruz supporters only responded with the most vile and nasty posts I have ever seen in my 11 years on FR. And when you started condoning and defending the gopE and cruz for disenfranchising voters, that was the final straw for me. So now I treat you the same way you treat people, with complete contempt. In other words, I consider you and all cruz supporters to be POS and not worth the time it took me to write this posts.