Posted on 02/08/2016 8:55:45 PM PST by kiryandil
The GOP front-runners who did not melt down into an oleaginous puddle of self-pity - the winners of the compos mentis caucus - are more different than their similar policy views would indicate. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz are social and economic conservatives, and products of the tea party revolt. But they represent two entirely different approaches to the gathering and use of power.
Each had a defining moment in their rapid rise. For Rubio, it was the Gang of Eight's attempt to pass comprehensive immigration reform. Rubio now presents this as the ancient past, but I'm old enough to remember those days of yore in 2013 and 2014. Rubio was determined to make a mark by improving a broken immigration system and by helping the GOP move past a debate it was losing in a spectacularly damaging fashion. (Under the flag of "self- deportation," Mitt Romney had been recently crushed by 44 points among Latinos.)...
(Excerpt) Read more at thetimes-tribune.com ...
(Just as every cop is a criminal . . . )
At best the author of this article is GOPe, but is more likely to be a raging leftist spewing the idea that it is proper for conservatives to give the Dims everything they want.
Cruz didn’t hurt conservatives in ‘13 and shutting off the money is well within the power of the US Congress.
Today, Michael Gerson has kind words for Ted Cruz, too. :)
Is there any - I repeat ANY - person posting here on Free Republic that cares even a single whit what Michael Gerson, Washington Post shill, thinks about ANYTHING?
Grima Wormtongue wants to convince us that Marco’s sellout of America was a noble thing...
You’re funny.
I see you have finally discovered sarcasm.
Donald Trump's foul mouth is just a cover for his ignorance
Michael Gerson - The Washington Post
February 8, 2016
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3394645/posts
Hey, Gerson didn't forget Trump...
@ John Valentine: They apparently do on the thread that I linked. :)
“. . . Trump is the real conservative in this race.”
That is an interesting comment. Can you share your data?
Nobody should concern himself or herself with anything out of Michael Gerson. As far as I know he is a a complete GOPe sellout.
JoSixChip wrote: "Trumps actual accomplishments and the platform he is running on."
It was in JoSixChip's post, hidden at the end.
We're waiting with bated breath for you to post that thought to the original poster of the other Gerson thread that I linked. It shouldn't be hard to find - it was only posted an hour before this one. :)
Cruz is a certain kind of CONservative ...he’s an open-borders globalist
Look at poster’s record. he posts liberal slop all day long.
An hour ago he was running with an opinion from Chrissy Matthews against guess who.
Hey, that’s all the DONEald can find for his lemmings to spam us with.
Ah......sounds (and smells) like more libspew to me.
Cruz has been a narcissist since college, if you read anything from people who know him personally. No one ever sees a weak Cruz, because he masks weakness with a spew of words. Cruz will never tell you he made a mistake or changed his mind because he sees that as weakness (a trait he has in common with George W. Bush). He’s perfect—just ask him. He’s pure—just ask him. He’s brilliant -just ask him.
From my original posts: “Trumps actual accomplishments and the platform he is running on”.
Beyond that, a simple google search of Trumps accomplishments will keep you busy for weeks.
“Cruz is a certain kind of CONservative ...he’s an open-borders globalist”
Worse than Hillary? Compared to Bernie? Perhaps you are comparing Ted to Jeb Bush or John Kasich? Or are you saying Cruz is an open borders globalist compared to the NYT, WaPo or WSJ?
Or are you just bat crazy? Apparently Donald Trump is the only person in the freaking universe who isn’t an open-borders globalist, because Donald is pure as the driven snow - cough - ethanol - cough.
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