[Isara]

Your handy, dandy Trump vs. Cruz comparison chart!

Simply click each policy or issue to read the back-story.

Policy or Issue	Trump	Cruz
In 2013, supported Amnesty for all 20 million illegal aliens in the U.S.	Yes	No
In 2000, supported an Assault Weapons Ban	Yes	No
In 2015, supported "touchback" Amnesty for every illegal alien in the U.S.	Yes	No
In 2000, supported Partial-Birth Abortion	Yes	No
In 2015, lied to gun media about his past support for an Assault Weapons Ban	Yes	No
Supports seizure of private property by the government using Eminent Domain (Kelo)	Yes	No
Supports Mitch McConnell's habitual lies to constituents and fellow GOP Senators	Yes	No
Currently courting and being courted by GOP establishment	Yes	No
Currently supports crony capitalism: billions in taxpayer ethanol subsidies	Yes	No
In 2000, supported Extended Waiting Periods to Acquire Firearms	Yes	No
Amount of debt owed to bankers	Many billions	$1 million
Amount donated to the bogus Clinton "Foundation"	$100,000	0
Endorsed by GOPe icon Bob Dole, who thought Ronald Reagan was "too fringe"	Yes	No
Number of bankruptcies declared by firms he led	4	0
Amount of debt defaulted on	$4.7 billion	$0.00
Number of times married	3	1
Number of "birther" conspiracy theories circulated	2	0
Praised/endorsed Communist for Mayor of New York	Yes	No
Spends virtually every waking moment on social media	Yes	No
Appears to shift his position on important issues literally overnight	?	No
A guy so stable, sober and poised that you want his finger on the button	?	Yep

[Isara]

Presidential Candidates Comparison (Cruz vs. Trump)

Please click on the dots for more details on the ratings of the candidates.

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Taxes, Economy & Trade

More at Conservative Review: https://www.conservativereview.com/2016-presidential-candidates

[jwalsh07]

Trump knows that his road to victory is the divide and conquer one. You will notice that he has ceased calling for 2% people to drop out. Trump is smart, I won’t deny that.

[Jewbacca]

I believe he gave $250k to Clinton. Five times what was given to vets.
He also owns strip clubs. Very moral

[mrsmith]

“This lawyer always loses but I hired him because I liked him best.” said my cellmate.

[catnipman]

I agree, the ideal GOP candidate would be one who takes no positions on anything, that way they couldn’t “offend” anyone nor would they be “polarizing”.

[BlueNgold]

Anyone else find it interesting that the Weekly Standard and NRO are alternatively vilified as establishment GOPe tools and then quoted as on the spot depending on what they say about the candidates people prefer?

Of course the same can be said about Time, WaPo, NYT, etc...

[Oklahoma]

What if it wasn’t the Clintons that persuaded Trump to run but the moderate wing of the Republican party? The idea being to split the conservative vote.

Trump wasn’t supposed to do as well as he is doing and Jeb is doing worse. Sometimes the plans of mice and men......

[txnativegop]

nicely done

[Aria]

A moot point. Cruz in eligible. Even Obama managed to sort of produce an American birth certificate.

[EDINVA]

Maybe voters no longer care about “popularity” and the BS about “who would you rather have a beer with?”

Maybe they just want someone they know will get the job done, someone who has a track record of accomplishment. After all, who ever really sits down for a beer with POTUS anyway?

[Cicero]

"It makes you scratch your head," J. Ann Selzer, the pollster who conducted the Des Moines Register survey, tells me.

All the libs have itchy heads.

Scratch, baby, scratch!

[DoughtyOne]

[5thGenTexan]

As the field thins, would you expect the supporters of the candidate(s) dropping out to gravitate towards the more or less popular remaining candidates? I would think more popular.

[piytar]

They really don’t get it.

We don’t really like Trump. After all, he’s not real likable.

But we think he can break the status quo, and that HAS to be broken!

[LS]

If the facts never confirm to your theory, then the theory is wrong (unless it’s the utter morons at National Review).

Fact: Trump now leads in every recent IA poll, sometimes by 7-9 points. (According to CNN poll tonight, not yet posted, his lead is growing!).

Theory: Trump is “unpopular.” (Corrolary: Cruz and even Yeb must be “popular” because they trail).

These don’t jibe. The theory is obviously wrong but the UTMOs (utter morons) can’t accept that. (I have explained in detail plenty of times why Trump’s “unfavorables” are show biz unfavorables like JR Ewing is “unpopular,” or Richard Petty, or “the Undertaker” in WWF). Some people go “boooo!” Then they buy the action figure or the Petty jacket.

[deweyfrank]

Is that you, Libbylu??

[JPG]

[mtrott]

Look, folks, people are scared, maybe even terrified at what appears to be the impending devolution of our country into a quasi-socialist mediocrity. And they are looking for a heroic champion who will destroy those people and institutions which are taking the country down.

The problem is, they are latching onto Trump because he presents this image of being tough and a consistent winner who will be their champion. The problem is, they are projecting onto Trump that he represents their values and beliefs and will stay true to what he is now saying. I say this is a huge and childish confidence and that I will be astonished if he does that. I’ll stick with someone who has lived his whole life fighting for Constitutional principles, limited government, and our individual liberties.

[Company Man]

The story of a flawed anti-hero saving the day only goes back Twenty-five hundred years or so.

[glenduh]

“Simply click each policy or issue to read the back-story.”

FYI...Tried a couple. Social media goes to a de blasio link. Last one goes to bad blue home page.