Posted on 03/07/2016 5:13:42 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
A Donald Trump supporter told me she likes Ted Cruz but doesn't believe he is tough enough to handle the powerful forces he'd face in the general election and asked me to convince her otherwise.
Here is a summary of what I told her.
I think you overestimate the power of those forces - a crippled Hillary Clinton team and weakened Democrats. And I gather you mistake Trump's toughness in business for the muscular resolve he'd need in public office - while underestimating Cruz's steel backbone.
The only way to reverse the statism and autocratic lawlessness beleaguering America is through conservative principles. Trump has no conservative core, so no matter how tough he is, I see nothing to convince me he would fight for principles he barely believes in.
We need to start having confidence in our own ideas and quit being so scared of the media and establishment powers you seem to fear. We empower them through this weakness. Cruz has already been tested and passed. Trump, while reputed to be a brass-knuckles brawler, has already waffled on several positions during the campaign, including his signature issue of immigration.
Just as you implored me to respond to your email, I implore you to listen to your own heart. You've conceded that Cruz would be the best candidate in two decades. Why compromise yourself based on abstract fears about a media boogeyman or other forces that surely will oppose him? Cruz's strength and resolve are among his finest attributes. Look at what he has done against all odds already....
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Oh, go get the hook for this goofball!
Tougher because he knows what’s he’s talking about and can speak intelligently about issues.
Who has been in the MSM fire since June?
It wasn’t Cruz
And do you think Hillary and the MSM is going to treat Cruz with kid’s gloves like they had since June?
John Q Public does not care about lawyer wonky talk
Yes. More academic, less street fighter, but equally tough.
I’m good with them both.
Wish they would find a way to team up to wreck the GOPe (and incidentally the donks).
Well, he ain’t near as mean and nasty, so yeah I guess prolly not.
+1,000
Trump is a tougher guy. You can’t smirk at the end of every tough question or retort.
Cruz was a Bush guy then he took the Ayotte, Rubio, Rob Portman route and became a conservative to adjust with the times.
Trump has the same rhetoric since Oprah and Morton Downey.
Cruz - Lawyer - Politician. I will never vote for one! So it looks like Berni
Nah
Cruz is too cordial and talks legal tough talk but does not want to get his suit dirty.
Donald is willing get into the mud and fight back with no holds bar.
Cruz is a CAREER-POLITICIAN, who stays in the race by servicing his ultra-rich donors, such as...
Just 4 donors, The Wilks family of Cisco, Texas, New York hedge fund tycoon Bob Mercer, Texas energy investor Toby Neugebauer and Illinois manufacturing moguls Dick and Liz Uihlein, have contributed $37 million to Cruz campaign.
No, not even close.
Ultimately Cruz would be dependent on the big GOPe donors to finance his campaign.
Which is why Cruz was travelling around reciting the Constitution in junior high school, right?
Last I heard was that Ted Cruz is a p&ssy.
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