Posted on 07/21/2016 12:11:31 AM PDT by RatherBiased.com
Cruz thinks of himself as the second coming of Ronald Reagan but in truth, he’s probably more like Ted Kennedy.
It’s mostly forgotten nowadays but in 1980 Kennedy fought to the bitter end against President Jimmy Carter for the Democratic nomination but ultimately came up well short of victory.
There are so many similarities between the two men's races. Both were senators who carried their cause to the party convention, each trying to force “conscience clauses” to allow delegates to avoid casting their ballots according to primary results. (Kennedy at least had the decency to make this campaign openly whereas Cruz and his supporters have said they’re only anti-Trump.)
Just like Cruz, Kennedy gave an impassioned speech about the values he had campaigned on. Just like today, ideological co-partisans thrilled to the speech. Both senators also pointedly refused to endorse the victorious candidate as well.
While Kennedy eventually came to be regarded highly by his own party, his petty behavior in 1980 made it so that he never was regarded as a serious contender for the presidency ever again. Many party elders blamed his dead-ender campaign for the Reagan victory even if they agreed with his policy stances.
As harmful as Kennedy’s behavior following his bitter loss was to his career, he at least endorsed Carter by urging fellow Democrats to “reunite on the basis of Democratic principles, and […] march towards a Democratic victory in 1980.”
Ted Cruz couldn’t even do that. (snip)
Ted Cruz thought that by lighting himself on fire he could burn Donald Trump. Instead, he’s just blown himself up.
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Yup! Both Cruz and Kennedy are/were worthless turds, who have/had similar methods of operation, none of whch are exempliary.
47 years ago, July 18, 1969, Chappaquiddick happened.
That was a turning point for Ted. His best chances at becoming president sank with poor Mary Jo. Ted had a moment of inarticulation during a TV interview while preparing his presidential campaign in 1980. The reporter asked him, “Why do you want to become President of the United States?”.
That’s an appropriate question. Ted stumbled, and mumbled, but never did clearly answer it. Sometimes you don’t get muligans.
Comrade Ted K. kept his job in the Senate.
Lyin’ Ted C. won’t.
Not the right year, but Teddy Cruz just drove his car off the bridge with Donald Trump in the passanger seat.
Wow, two days later we landed on the moon. I had no idea they happened so close together.
Yep. While Apollo 11 was flying to the moon, Kennedy’s ‘67 Olds Delta 88 flew into a tidal channel.
Carter and Kennedy were both scumbuckets.
I hope he’s a better driver.
At least Cryin’ Ted abandoned his woman on the side of the road instead of underwater.
That’s harsh, but spot on.
You make me feel bad for typing it now!
No Kennedy lost his bid because even democrats couldn’t be part of allowing a guy who left a woman to drown become president. Being adored senator for life was fine with them. Hilary might wish she’d kept her seat in NY, though today’s democrat is fine with her having let those embassy people to die the way she did
Cruz will never be adored by the GOP or voters
And Carter lost....
This is the exact point I’ve been making on that awful device twitter - sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.
Telling them that teddy should have studied the man a bit better and perhaps he wouldn’t have gone done in flames tonight.
God his supporters are as smug and arrogant as he is - delusion runs deep.
“This is the exact point I’ve been making on that awful device twitter - sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.
Telling them that teddy should have studied the man a bit better and perhaps he wouldn’t have gone done in flames tonight.
God his supporters are as smug and arrogant as he is - delusion runs deep.”
It’s incredible how arrogant, smug, snobbish, vulgar and vile the Cruz worshippers are on Twitter. They are actually just as hateful and delusional as Hillary supporters are, if not more so. They really are a cultist bunch.
Cruz could butcher and kill a newborn baby on TV and his twitter worshippers would applaud and follow suit. It’s particularly funny to hear them proclaim themselves the “Best Christians EVAHH” while they’re cursing at Trump supporters or Trump himself.
I want to emphasize that I’m referring to Cruz’s Twitter supporters, not most of his supporters on FR. The twitter supporters are in a (low) class by themselves. Although there are still a handful on FR who would fall into that category.
>And Carter lost....
He did, and if Trump loses I know who I’ll blame. However Ted Kennedy was never allowed to run for a higher office again.
Edward “Ted” Kennedy really was a traitor to the United States. He secretly negotiated with the USSR for help to topple a Reagan presidency.
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