Posted on 10/01/2015 7:55:17 PM PDT by PingPongChampion
Donald Trump's number one qualification is that he is not a politician. He reminds us everyday and it's true. People may not like what he has to say or how he says it, but America needs Donald Trump. He and Ted Cruz have a similar plan to simplify the tax code, secure the border and make America an economic engine of the world. The two can unite the Tea Party movement and Trump alone can appeal to Democrat voters to beat Hillary Clinton. Recent polls have shown Trump appealing to voters of all stripes. Trump also has a tough foreign policy that establishment Republicans could learn to appreciate.
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True dat, but I think having Cruz as a running mate will hurt him with crossover Dems. The left absolutely hates Cruz with a burning passion (for reasons best left to God or Einstein).
Still, I think Trump/Cruz is the best possible combination of those standing for the office at this time, though Cruz might serve better as AG, Senate Majority Leader, or Supreme Court Justice.
You might just as well post, Cruz/GOPe Toady.
Same difference, and a terrible insult to Ted.
What some folks on our side don't get is, if you take Trump out of the equation, Cruz gets demolished by the establishment GOP machine.
Much as we bitter clingers love him, he doesn't yet have the kind of political weight, momentum, and inertia it takes to defeat the institutionalized gubmint cabal.
Cripes - he's only 44. My baby sis, who's ten years my junior, is eight years older than he is! The man has a long future ahead of him in Washington, and will have many other opportunities to vie for the top job.
What color is the sky in your universe? That ticket will never happen, and for good reason.
Trump (love him or hate him) is on the level of a Patton. The man has what's called 'command presence', which comes across to one and all.
He's never going to be anyone's #2 at this stage of his life, and at this moment in history. He'll go back to building skyscrapers before stooping to the VP level.
Cruz, on the other hand, will be VP, or he'll have to find some other position in a Trump administration. There is no path forward for him to win the nomination at this time. Perhaps in future, after the American public has become comfortable with him as VP for eight years, but not now. The polling numbers consistently show this to be the truth.
I think Cruz being suggested as a second banana for a reality tv star is the real insult.
“I think Cruz being suggested as a second banana for a reality tv star is the real insult.”
Because Cruz as first banana can’t win. No star power and too wooden in presentation. As second banana or elected to the SCOTUS, he would be great.
What you said.
Some of these true-blue conservatives should be thanking him, not constantly backbitng. He’s ripping Demo-RINO buttocks. No one else was doing that except Cruz,and he wasn’t getting any traction.
So yeah, the outrage is getting, is tedious. Give it a rest, those of you so much more virtuous than ourselves.
Gratitude and patience are not only conservative traits, one is a cardinal virtue.
Patience= prudence
Check it out.....Ted Cruz was my first choice for prez in 2016, and he's the ONLY candidate I've ever donated money to.
That said, I had to separate my emotional attachment to him from my intellectual processes, to come to the place where I am now.
Frankly, we're facing something bigger than ideological purity right now. Under 'normal' circumstances, Cruz is the obvious choice, but the country is facing a crisis of existential proportions in this race.
If a Dem or a RINO is elected, the country's gone forever. They'll import and and rubber stamp so many millions of illegals, that a true conservative will never be elected again in this country. Ever. Heck, we'll probably never even see a RINO elected president again, it'll be that concrete of an electoral lock for the Dems.
The Uniparty is all in on this -- both sides. The red side of that party has gone full-tilt traitor to the people, and now has more allegiance to the U.S. Chamber of Crony Commerce, than it does to the Constitution or the people. They WANT "Hope & Change", because it's good for their bottom line - future of the country and the culture be damned.
Stop and look at Ted's numbers over the last three months. Turn off the emotional and turn on the intellectual. Examine his performance with the cold eye of a true conservative, and what do you see? You see a guy who's performing fair to middling at best, despite his exemplary qualifications.
Now, what does that tell you about the state of our world, and the dire situation we're actually in?
It tells you that millions of minds have processed all the available data, and have simultaneously come to the conclusion that we need a different kind of individual in the White House for the next four to eight years.
Someone who others will follow, as they put their boot up the ass of those who are destroying this country. Someone who already possesses the sort of command presence that the enemies of the republic fear and loathe. Someone who will begin tearing down the commie lib constructs from Day One in office.
My friend, the people have already deduced that that person is Donald Trump, and I agree.
According to the RCP average, 23% of "the people" have concluded that, Ben Carson is running 2nd at 16%. 4 months before the first vote is cast, the voice of the plurality means little to me. I don't trust him.
Turn off the emotional and turn on the intellectual.
I would advise Trump boosters to do just that. I see a lot of "F the GOPE bastards" emotion and positive reaction to Trump's pretty speeches and not a lot of thoughtfulness.
As to electibity, we're still in a pre-season. I ain't so certain that Trump's style is oh so electable and that Cruz's is not.
I could end up backing Trump if I feel he's the best choice that could win my state when the time comes. But case NOT closed because 23% say so in October.
>>>Trump is a clown programmed by people to say whatever he thinks will rile up the base<<<
Just who are these “people” you speak of? Sounds like an Opinion, but it isn’t a Fact without proof to back it up.
If you simply dislike Trump just say why and let people here either embrace or dismiss your concerns. Bringing some sort of Conspiracy Theory into this convinces nobody on FR.
I’m a Cruz Supporter BTW and I am hoping he will gain some traction after the 0% to 3% Candidates bite the dust. It’s a long process and I hope he can hang on.
Unfortunately, even though Cruz was the first one in, his numbers aren’t increasing and with that his Primary Electability will be in doubt. Remember, he is that Evil Right Winger that shut down the Compassionate Federal Government all by himself. Then he said Green Eggs and Ham on the Floor of the Deliberate Body, the U.S. Senate. LOL
The fact that both he and Trump are considered persona non grata by the GOPe Leadership, Democrat Leadership, Liberals and the Media makes both of them appealing Candidates to me.
That being said, at this point in time I would not hesitate to pull the lever for a Trump / Cruz Ticket. I think many Trump detractors underestimate Trump’s Leadership abilities.
He is far from the Clown that you think he is IMHO.
7 points ahead of Carson is a “lightyear”? That’s some weird math.
Is that the same Sarah Palin who supported John McCain in the 2010 Senate primary and liberal democrat endorsed Bill Walker for Governor of Alaska last year?
As for your tagline, because like I said, I don’t trust him. Nothing in his past makes me believe him that he’s a conservative.
Carson is nothing but the GOPe flavor of the month and his numbers are soft and (IMHO) not sustainable.
So based upon Sarah Palin’s admittedly misguided loyalty to McCain (which I didn’t agree with either), that makes her a ‘Chump for Trump’ (to quote another Trump-hating poster who can’t see the forest for the trees)? As for Bill Walker in Alaska, that election had minimal impact on the rest of our 49 States.
As for not trusting Trump, had you been at the Cow Palace in ‘64 when Ronald Reagan gave his ‘A Time for Choosing’ speech, would you have been applauding (and trusting) or would you have been jeering ‘you used to be a liberal ‘Rat, get outta here!!’?
Just some food for thought.
Trump/Cruz........
See I told you our Canadian neighbors to the north get it, too bad many here in American can’t see the light, at least not yet.
The UniParty must die.
Trump/Cruz is the weapon needed to accomplish that.
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