What's Cruz? Chopped liver?
Yes - establishment bait, i.e. - chopped liver.
Well yeah...now that he has been exposed as in nec-con; insider; Goldman Sachs; Super Packs; Interest Groups; Wall Street; and other things...
These GOP establishment elite have no intention whatsoever of allowing Cruz or Trump to win the nomination. We the people are the chopped liver.
Must be.
http://www.knowyourphrase.com/phrase-meanings/What-Am-I-Chopped-Liver.html
What Am I, Chopped Liver?
A rhetorical question used by a person who feels they are being given less attention or consideration than someone else.
The origin of this phrase is not really clear. I have, however, heard of two theories that may indicate how this expression came to be. The first is that liver is not always viewed on the same level as others foods. For example, if a person is cooking a chicken, they’ll oftentimes throwaway the giblets, you know, like the liver or gizzard. Or instead of throwing the giblets away, the person will cook them, not for themselves, but for their pets to eat. Hence, since liver is not usually as desirable to eat as other foods, the expression might spring from such an idea.
Another explanation, as Wikipedia explains, is that “chopped liver was traditionally served as a side dish rather than a main course.” So the idea would be that sometimes, a person might feel like their thoughts or feelings are not being considered fully as they should, so they feel as though they are being treated like a side dish.
The phrase is used in a comic strip from the Ames Daily Tribune newspaper, 1971. The comic is called Winthrop, written by Dick Cavalli, who later discontinued it:
* Jake asked Chell and myself what we thought of his new hat, but he seemed to ignore my comments... what am I, chopped liver?
Note: The origins for many phrases are not really clear, so in such cases, what you’ll probably see me listing on a page are theories as to how a phrase may have come to be, but keep in mind that these are theories. As for the quotes, I try to find the oldest recordings that I can. The quotes I find usually come from old books, poems, or newspapers, and serve as an indicator for how far back in history a phrase goes.
Cruz is the one they are ALL scared of because he will do what he says he will do about restoring power to the people......which will mess up the elitist's little games.
The media and the "powers that be" have used this tactic of either ignoring Cruz like he doesn't exist, doing snarky interviews, or insulting him on air, as being "unworthy" of consideration, in the hopes of defeating him.
Both the left and right media have pushed Trump on the country, day in and day out, with free air time, discussions, etc. during the primary because they thought he would benefit their personal agendas.
The GOPe thought they could use Trump to "take Cruz out" as the "anti-establishment" candidate.....thinking they could easily defeat Trump later on in the primaries, which would leave "their guy" as the only option.
Liberals believe they can use Trump's rhetoric to fire up the base and push Hillary into the White House.
I don't particularly like Trump as a candidate compared to Cruz....but I take EXTREME pleasure in knowing that the GOPe plan has backfired.....and they can't "rein in" Trump.
I can’t see Cruz running third party.