Posted on 03/19/2016 7:07:26 AM PDT by justlittleoleme
Is he chicken? Is he afraid?
His people will make excuses: it's the smart thing to do. What if he accidentally flubs and stops momentum? Why take the chance?
I don't buy it. He exited Fox's forthcoming debate, formerly scheduled for next week, because he fears that Cruz, who is in second place in the GOP presidential race, will beat him. That's the way it looks. In schoolyard terms, he's running from a one-on-one, a mano-a-mano. That's not the way to win respect – especially from the tough, politically incorrect base that seems to make up much of his support. I'm surprised they aren't making a fuss. If Trump is going to kick butt in Washington and make America great again, what's he doing backing down from mild-mannered Ted Cruz?
Cruz isn't Hulk Hogan. He isn't Albert Einstein.
The problem is, Cruz knows conservatism, has lived it, and has put his political life on the line for it. He's also a champion debater, a lawyer who has argued in front of the Supreme Court, and a man who speaks from the heart – because he believes what he's saying. Trump certainly speaks from the heart. But he doesn't know the issues like Cruz? At best, he's learning.
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If Donald Trump won't debate Cruz one-one, Republican voters should take the cue. He's afraid. He doesn't have the answers. He's not who his supporters think he is. On the other hand, if he does debate, it shows he thinks more of the country than just his own fate. That's what America deserves in a candidate. It has it in Cruz, who will debate Trump anywhere, any time. Does it have it in Trump. Does Trump care about the country? Or only himself?
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Nope just lying for Ted again today.
Of course, when their candiate sucks so bad all they can do is lie
I'm not sure Rosie O'Donnell would agree with you.
He’s chicken and he’s afraid.
There! What did that get you?
LMAO
It’s over.
Ted couldn’t pull it off. The end.
I'm not sure Rosie O'Donnell would agree with you. I'm also not sure that insulting Hillary would be a very effective way of convincing voters to vote for Trump instead of Hillary
Hillary deserves her own Alinksy rules.
The only ones who benefit are the networks that host the debates.
Here's a thought, how about "paid to attend" debates? That would change the whole debate scenario........
You’re spot on! Trump can articulate his entire foreign and domestic policy in 140 characters. (I guess the size is appropriate to his voters attention spans.)
Honestly there have been too many debates already. There should be no more then six at most.
Perhaps Trump’s handlers don’t want any more incomprehensible steaming piles of random gibberish like this to spill out of Mr. Trump’s mouth: (cringe warning)
HEWITT: Mr. Trump... Dr. Carson just referenced the single most important job of the president, the command, the control and the care of our nuclear forces. And he mentioned the triad. The B-52s are older than I am. The missiles are old. The submarines are aging out. It’s an executive order. It’s a commander-in-chief decision.
What’s your priority among our nuclear triad?
TRUMP: Well, first of all, I think we need somebody absolutely that we can trust, who is totally responsible; who really knows what he or she is doing. That is so powerful and so important. And one of the things that I’m frankly most proud of is that in 2003, 2004, I was totally against going into Iraq because you’re going to destabilize the Middle East. I called it. I called it very strongly. And it was very important.
But we have to be extremely vigilant and extremely careful when it comes to nuclear. Nuclear changes the whole ball game. Frankly, I would have said get out of Syria; get out – if we didn’t have the power of weaponry today. The power is so massive that we can’t just leave areas that 50 years ago or 75 years ago we wouldn’t care. It was hand-to-hand combat.
The biggest problem this world has today is not President Obama with global warming, which is inconceivable, this is what he’s saying. The biggest problem we have is nuclear – nuclear proliferation and having some maniac, having some madman go out and get a nuclear weapon. That’s in my opinion, that is the single biggest problem that our country faces right now.
(From Trump’s response, it’s clear that he either has no idea what the nuclear triad is, or that he had no idea what the question was and just decided to go with some sort of free-form jazz riff on the topic of “anything nuclear.” But even after Hewitt threw Trump another clue, he replied with total gibberish.)
HEWITT: Of the three legs of the triad, though, do you have a priority? I want to go to Senator Rubio after that and ask him.
TRUMP: I think – I think, for me, nuclear is just the power, the devastation is very important to me.
The 12 debates were run like a side show, most of them had no substance! Have a real debate on issues instead of about personal non-political crap!
Right on.
Cruz had his shot. Let him pound sand. It was so funny watching Cruz getting so frustrated because Trump would not take his nasty bait. Trump won that debate like the others. He's leading in the polls. He doesn't need to debate lyin' Ted. I hope he doesn't. Trump takes his campaign directly to the people.
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