You definitely have support from me on your posts, ngat, and you actually know something about the situation.
Others here seem to be willing to buy an outsider’s recommendation with no facts attached.
And, sadly enough, the usual suspects resort to personal attacks and being hateful.
I asked a Cruz supporter, in all sincerity, what in particular recommended Cruz. She replied something like, “he’s not an establishment rino.” (only she used rather more nasty words to express this)
Just brilliant. The runoff is yet to come and I am a Texas voter. You’d think Cruz supporters would want to give me a reason to vote for him, but they don’t seem to have one.
I’m glad someone is willing to listen to reason.
The Texas media has hated on the Texas statewide elected officials for so long, because these officials are conservative, and have been beating their democrat favorites like a rented mule for so long, that the Texas media just wants the scalp of any of the current officials they can get.
They hate that Hutchison is going to be replaced by a more conservative senator, too, and they sense the likelihood that Cruz would be less conservative than Dewhurst, so they report the nonsense that Dewhurst was booed at the convention. Yes, there were some rowdy Cruz people yelling “CROOOZ” and maybe even a few saying boo, but so what? Are we so sensitive that we are shocked and afraid of a little boorish, rude, or juvenile behavior at a political convention? Perry and Dewhurst both took the interruptions in good humor, and with the feeling it was good to have a spirited convention. The media reported it as if the CROOOZ or BOOOZE shouts were some sort of terrible unanticipated, unprecendented breach of decorum and as if the Cruz peoples enthusiastic reactions were the general reaction of the delegates to Perry and Dewhurst, but I can assure you, it was not - the CROOOZ shouters were but a small fraction of the delegates.
There is a distinct possibility that in the process of at least attempting to TRY and take our country back, someone out there will realize that the GOPE has GOT to GO, and includes those coming up behind them from their various farm teams in important states, for years now being groomed to continue the RINO reign in DC!
It is even possible that voters will understand that the Establishment is responsible for fascilitating Marxist movement into our government for their own sake, for entrenchment, power, committee favors, and money.
If ONE mediocre Republican gets swept out in a purge of those sorts then so be it. Many of us are willing to vote for a newcomer to the US Senate, who is beholding to conservative activists for his candidacy, and took him to a run off against a guy (DEWHURST) who has failed utterly to even court conservative interest groups or the Tea Party.
I’d say most of the danged cantankery going on around here comes from those in a huff in general, over some other reasons, who are on permanent pout and willing to play footsie with the Establishment, just cuz, and willing to enable the same old RINO FINDER process.
Go vote for DEW. I’m sure you will. All two of you, but the Tea Party is looking to clean house.
Cruz may not even make it. It’s up hill all the way. If your DEWboy throws in the Democrat money that’s coming his way and then some of his own 250 million fortune, it will be tough enough. So cheer up, but the criticism of those of us in actual resistance mode and rebellion is a little the pot calling the kettle black.
Just a little weary here of the whining.
Cruz for US Senate, 2012