Ted Cruz: 2020 election is a 'coin flip' for Trump

[corbe]

Gretchen Peters - "When All You Got Is A Hammer"


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    This Song always reminds me of @Frank Cannon

[EdJames]

Yay!!

Another episode in the ongoing "Trump vs. Cruz" drama....  I can't wait to see how this one turns out!!

 

[Applewood]

He was pissed because of the slight toward his wife...
 

Trump and his supporters tried to destroy Cruz and his family through phony stories and whacked-out conspiracy theories  It was far more than some slight.  You and your president should be grateful Ted put all that aside and supported him. 

But like I said, Trump supporters don't forgive or forget.  They will continue to beat on him and his supporters. 

It's been three years.  Isn't it time to let go?

[corbe]

Yay!!

Another episode in the ongoing "Trump vs. Cruz" drama....  I can't wait to see how this one turns out!!

 

   Stick around @EdJames this time I think the #Nevers will win, Major Trumpathon going on, as usual at TOS.

[DCPatriot]

Trump and his supporters tried to destroy Cruz and his family through phony stories and whacked-out conspiracy theories  It was far more than some slight.  You and your president should be grateful Ted put all that aside and supported him. 

But like I said, Trump supporters don't forgive or forget.  They will continue to beat on him and his supporters. 

It's been three years.  Isn't it time to let go?

Project, much??

It's been three years.  Isn't it time to let go of 'your' notion the world revolves around 'you'?

Isn't time to admit that, all-in-all, Donald Trump has proven to be an effective POTUS?

Or, are 'your' egos THAT overbearing?   

[jpsb]

??? Cruz told people to vote their conscience.

Cruz vowed to endorse the GOP nominee, twice. He broke that vow at the GOP convention, the next day the Texas delegation read him
the riot act and told him if the did not endorse Trump he was toast in Texas. He just barely won reelection because Texans know he is
a liar and a phony. Abbott won handily, Cruz is lucky he was up against "Beto" and really rotten candidate.

[Bill Cipher]

Yay!!

Another episode in the ongoing "Trump vs. Cruz" drama....  I can't wait to see how this one turns out!!

 

I know, right.  Got the popcorn.

[jpsb]

Well, I'm a huge Cruz supporter, vowed to not vote for Trump, yet I did vote my conscience as Ted suggested and cast my vote for Trump in order to stop Hillary.  I will likely vote Trump in 2020 to stop the radical leftists, so put that in your Rice Krispies.

I can't stand Cruz but I voted for him in 2018. Beto was unthinkable.

[corbe]

Cruz vowed to endorse the GOP nominee, twice. He broke that vow at the GOP convention, the next day the Texas delegation read him
the riot act and told him if the did not endorse Trump he was toast in Texas. He just barely won reelection because Texans know he is
a liar and a phony. Abbott won handily, Cruz is lucky he was up against "Beto" and really rotten candidate.

   BS, @jpsb @ the very first Debate, Trump was the only one that didn't raise his hand when Bret Bair asked who among you can not support the eventual nominee.  Go Fish.

[roamer_1]

The point is, some GOP regulars put their distaste for Trump’s personality, over the 2016 voters, and (in my opinion) against the good of the country.

It has not a bit to do with his personality (which is that of an ass crossed with a sophomoric buffoon), but rather, everything to do with his character... 

And yet, with political battle lines clearly drawn: socialism vs capitalism

swing and a miss.
You must mean socialism v. globalist crony-corporatism

political correctness and social justice vs traditional American values of faith, family and freedom

What traditional faith, family and freedom? You've got to be kidding me.

they still harbor tremendous animus towards Trump, because he upset the establishment—RNC and DNC, republicans and democrats—apple cart. He wasn’t supposed to catch on, but he damn well did!

He has upset nothing. Nothing at all. Trillions upon trillions still go to feed the beast. They all feign injury, and howl at the moon, to include Tump, but in fact they are fed now more than ever...
And the morons on both sides are fooled by all the masturbatory drama.

Foolishness at best, but incredibly sick.

[libertybele]

Yay!!

Another episode in the ongoing "Trump vs. Cruz" drama....  I can't wait to see how this one turns out!!

 

Everybody pile in at once!   

[Applewood]

Project, much??

It's been three years.  Isn't it time to let go of 'your' notion the world revolves around 'you'?

I don't know where you got that idea.  Never thought of myself as self-important.  For what it's worth, even though Trump was not my choice for president, I had hopes that maybe he would prove me wrong, fulfill his campaign promises and actually be a good president.

He proved me wrong all right.  Turned out he was far worse than I had ever imagined.

Isn't time to admit that, all-in-all, Donald Trump has proven to be an effective POTUS?

Effective how?  Effective at wasting time sending ignorant tweets, running around the country on his endless rock star tour to soak up the adulation of his adoring fans and hobnobbing with dictators, instead of working to fulfill his major campaign promises?    Ok, in those ways, he has been effective.

Or, are 'your' egos THAT overbearing?   

I don't have an ego.  You must be confusing me with Trump.

[roamer_1]

Isn't time to admit that, all-in-all, Donald Trump has proven to be an effective POTUS?

I don't know what planet you're on @DCPatriot , but no, he has not been effective. At all.

[libertybele]

Cruz vowed to endorse the GOP nominee, twice. He broke that vow at the GOP convention, the next day the Texas delegation read him
the riot act and told him if the did not endorse Trump he was toast in Texas. He just barely won reelection because Texans know he is
a liar and a phony. Abbott won handily, Cruz is lucky he was up against "Beto" and really rotten candidate.

Poppycock!  Cruz vowed to support the GOP nominee, which he did.  He voted for Trump and announced that he did so, which pizzed off his supporters.  He also has been very supportive of Trump as President. 

[jpsb]

Have you forgotten the Cruz campaign first calling Melania Trump morally unfit to he first lady? After that Trump hit back.

[edpc]

FTA

No worries, Ted.  Principled conservatives are already dusting off their soap boxes to use to out sit the election.

From the person that’s told us conservatism is an outdated term and tainted ideology. Give us a conservative to vote for, instead of a populist windsock. If this f-stick loses Kansas in 2020, it won’t be due to my non-participation.

[jpsb]

BS, @jpsb @ the very first Debate, Trump was the only one that didn't raise his hand when Bret Bair asked who among you can not support the eventual nominee.  Go Fish.

Ted Cruz vows to support the GOP nominee.


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[libertybele]

I don;t know what planet you're on @DCPatriot , but no, he has not been effective. At all.

   He has been an absolute FAILURE at the border. He has NOT kept his promise to build a wall, nor secure the border. Last time I checked, that was the issue that launched his campaign and landed him in the oval office. It's also become the norm when he says something he doesn't follow through.  His showdown with Pelosi and Chuckie was a complete disaster.

Yes, he has done some good and in all fairness he still has another year to make good on his promises and become more effective.

[libertybele]

Well heck since we're taking a ride down memory lane; IMAGINE!  Imagine Ted Cruz as President!!!


www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzCzCYeMJ3k

[jpsb]

Poppycock!  Cruz vowed to support the GOP nominee, which he did.  He voted for Trump and announced that he did so, which pizzed off his supporters.  He also has been very supportive of Trump as President.

Look it up, the day after Cruz's convention speech the Texas delegation demanded a meeting with Senator Cruz. Shortly after that Ted
endorsed Trump. 2+2=4.

https://matzav.com/cruzs-convention-gambit-backfiring-badly/

[HoustonSam]

The "jump the shark" moment for Ted Cruz was, as we all know, at the convention.  No one forced him not to endorse Donald Trump, he decided this all on his own.  Cruz was given a spotlight to be the "bigger man" and earn a badge of honor that would have swept him back into office in 2018.  Ted Cruz chose otherwise.

Instead of putting the good of the country ahead of his hurt feelings, with those infamous three words Cruz asked his devotees to stand with him and support his tantrum.  In that moment Cruz told Republicans that a President Hillary Clinton was acceptable.  It cost donors and voter support he would have to fight to get back, and it's evident he did a poor job of this.  Ted Cruz, not Donald Trump, etched in stone "Lyin' Ted".

And here's the piece de resistance --- Donald Trump, always accused of being a lesser man, put the country ahead of his displeasure with Ted Cruz and personally dragged Ted's ass across the finish line in 2018.  After Ted's backstabbing at the convention, I imagine Ted's loss would have brought a private smile to Donald Trump.  But the President did what was right for the party and the country.  This is the glaring difference between the two men.

Abbott winning by a 13 point margin to Cruz's 3 point margin proves Ted Cruz is being disingenuous when he claims his razor thin victory was about turnout. It also proves Ted has learned nothing. No one can fault the President for this.

@Sanguine

Complete, unmitigated nonsense from the first word to the last.  The only possible argument one can make against a "vote your conscience" position is that one should vote *against* conscience; the only reason for being offended by that position is that one *in fact* voted against conscience.

Cruz actually *helps* Trump in claiming his thin margin was about turnout, rather than calling out the real reason - the character assassination Trump practiced.

http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,338855.msg1840026.html#msg1840026

[libertybele]

Actually, I like Cruz's speech at the Convention must better.  Love Ted!!  Vote your conscience!!  Keep in mind that comment was made after his vivid depiction and verbal disdain for Clinton and Obama.


www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDhqM9ZnVmI

[roamer_1]

  He has been an absolute FAILURE at the border. He has NOT kept his promise to build a wall, nor secure the border. Last time I checked, that was the issue that launched his campaign and landed him in the oval office. It's also become the norm when he says something he doesn't follow through.  His showdown with Pelosi and Chuckie was a complete disaster.

Yes, he has done some good and in all fairness he still has another year to make good on his promises and become more effective.

I don't see how. He has eviscerated conservatives. He has elevated the globalist moderates. He has pissed off nearly everyone he could have used to form a coalition...

If he wins again, I will predict a whole lot more of the same. Governance by the smoky wisp of EO's and a butt-ton more grandstanding over nothing, and victory laps aplenty - them too, over nothing.

What a colossal waste of time. 

[corbe]

   One night  in 2016, I dreamed I was walking all alone, on a steep cliff, at night, I was scared $hitless.  Then Trump won and I was at peace with myself again.  I woke up and my ol lady looked worried.  I discovered that it was because the empty bottle of Devil's River Bourbon was in the trash can. 
   I think I've moved on but progress seems slow when your an old f*ck.

[corbe]

    IOW, My cheeks are stained with my Tears, another opportunity lost.