Why Trump Should Apologize to Ted Cruz

[Longmire]

....the person that selects the screen grab out of a 10 second video?

Yeah, I don't think the guy who made that twitter meme went to that much trouble....but clearly Melania was posing in her photo.

[XenaLee]

Once again, dear.......nobody's "bullying" you to vote for him.

We say what we say to you because the only two left standing are an "A-Hole" and a Communist Bitch.

And yet, because your 'feelings' have been bruised.....you're essentially going with the Commie.

Gosh.....I could have sworn....

that that kind of accusation (if you're not for Trump then you're for Hillary) was now against the rules here.

No?  Did I imagine it?

[musiclady]

Gosh.....I could have sworn....

that that kind of accusation (if you're not for Trump then you're for Hillary) was now against the rules here.

No?  Did I imagine it?

 

[Longmire]

I *AM* a police chicken!

I believe you... 

[GtHawk]

That's part of the deceit.

What's really amusing is that Robert Taylor who plays Longmire, is an Australian pretending to be an American and still a more convincing as an American than Trump
@musiclady

[Idaho_Cowboy]

Trump implied that there was something heinous enough for him to use as a threat to 'spill the beans' about.   I call that slander.  Some call it an insult.  Either way, it is and was lower than the lowest low....albeit par for the course for a POS like Donald J. Trump.  Slander, lies, innuendo and blatant bullchit are all Trump tools.  And his supporters approve of it all.   Says a lot about them, too.

Let's not forget that the NE starting running their claim of 5 mistresses and dredged up an embarrassing episode from Heidi's past. Maybe it wasn't connected, but I don't think so. Trump supporters certainly lapped it up.

[Polly Ticks]

I agree, but if he did it Sen Cruz would have to accept it. Trump would gain the support of some of Sen Cruz's supporters. I'm sure some, like myself, would still not be interested in voting for Trump, but others would. I doubt Trump's personality disorder would let him actually apologize though.

Not necessarily.  A person should accept a sincere apology, but there is no obligation to accept an apology that is not meaningful.  And an apology without a corresponding change in behavior is not meaningful; it is just lip service and an attempt to manipulate.

[libertybele]

Not necessarily.  A person should accept a sincere apology, but there is no obligation to accept an apology that is not meaningful.  And an apology without a corresponding change in behavior is not meaningful; it is just lip service and an attempt to manipulate.

Trump will never apologize and certainly not with sincerity.  Remember; Trump feels he never does anything wrong; therefore he doesn't need forgiveness.  Trump has tried to mellow his behavior off an on but he resorts back to insulting and attacking people.

[Sighlass]

Trump will never apologize and certainly not with sincerity.  Remember; Trump feels he never does anything wrong; therefore he doesn't need forgiveness. 

Bingo... QFT @libertybele

There is an old obscure 80's song by Split Enz... song titled "I Got You"..

One line of their lyrics is ...."You can see my eyes, you can tell that I'm not lyin'"

Trump has the same look in his eyes, lying or not. There is no conscience in them, his character has hardened to not telling the truth for so long that he delivers the same lies about as well as Hillary does.


www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb-2gFO1uUc

[Cripplecreek]

If Trump makes a sincere apology to Cruz, he would have to admit that he's a manipulative, lying bleep.  That isn't going to get him many votes.

I can't speak for others, but an apology to Cruz would mean nothing to me as i am not withholding my vote for Trump over his behavior toward Cruz.  I am withholding it because I think he will be a disaster for the country.  He gets into scraps with anyone that he believes to have slighted him in the least.  He proudly proclaims he hits them back ten times harder as if this is a desirable trait.  He hasn't shown a propensity for controlling himself or deferring to others more knowledgeable than himself, much less allowing them any control.  I believe him to be mentally unstable. 

I should vote for such a person to have the ability to push the red button?  Isn't going to happen no matter the apologies he makes or doesn't make.

There was no way I was ever going to vote for Trump and that includes even if Cruz had endorsed him. The man has been a celebrity lowlife for better than 30 years.

[DCPatriot]

There was no way I was ever going to vote for Trump and that includes even if Cruz had endorsed him. The man has been a celebrity lowlife for better than 30 years.

How many times per day do we have to read your same BS screed?

We KNOW you're not ever voting for Trump.   I swear you guyz just talk to hear yourselves.

Nobody gives a crap who you're voting for.

[debrawiest]

The man has been a celebrity lowlife for better than 30 years.

Bingo!

[DCPatriot]

Really?  I believe the OP begs to differ.  We are merely stating that it doesn't matter if Trump does or does not apologize to Cruz.

I was addressing CC....not libertybele.

The soapbox act is tired and stale.

Vote for who you want....nobody here gives a damn.

[DCPatriot]

BTW, I did not type "bleep".  I typed "asshol3".  He IS an "asshol3" and should be called such.  Often.

"asshol3" = bad

"Trumpanzee" = obviously acceptable to TBR brass?

 

[musiclady]

There was no way I was ever going to vote for Trump and that includes even if Cruz had endorsed him. The man has been a celebrity lowlife for better than 30 years.

A liberal, corrupt, amoral celebrity lowlife for more than 30 years, and the first 3 for more than that.

Totally agree that even if he could muster a genuine apology (he can't.......that requires character) it wouldn't make me vote for him.

There are too many reasons not to, and Cruz or no Cruz, there's no way in all the world I could lower myself to help him into the White House.

[musiclady]

Entire posts being deleted tonight.

And I agree.  "Trumpanzee" should not be acceptable if "asshol3" is not.  Heck, I'd rather be called out for being an "asshol3" than being a "Trumpanzee"!

:P

There's an automatic bleeper here.  Once I was talking about a pinprick, and the second syllable got bleeped. LOL!

I'll see if it happens again.

No discernment with that automatic thing.   ^-^

[Cripplecreek]

A liberal, corrupt, amoral celebrity lowlife for more than 30 years, and the first 3 for more than that.

Totally agree that even if he could muster a genuine apology (he can't.......that requires character) it wouldn't make me vote for him.

There are too many reasons not to, and Cruz or no Cruz, there's no way in all the world I could lower myself to help him into the White House.

Those who are blaming Ted Cruz are fooling themselves. Trump himself is the fountainhead of the problem.

[musiclady]

Those who are blaming Ted Cruz are fooling themselves. Trump himself is the fountainhead of the problem.

Clearly.

Cruz just became the whipping boy because the Trump zealots couldn't come up with a single reason to vote for their beloved.

So they lashed out at Cruz, at anyone who supported Cruz, and even at people who they know supported other candidates calling us all 'sore losers' and other idiotic names.

They have nothing to offer with their corrupt liberal candidate, so they become an attack force against conservatives and conservatism.

It's like a bad movie script.......... SO obvious.  SO infantile.

[txradioguy]

Truth squad 

Would you hide behind the "truth squad" if Trump was insulting and taking pot shots at YOUR wife?

[musiclady]

I also agree that it has grown old.  I'm sick of reading it myself.  If the mean girls would stop having hissies about our not voting for Trump, then much of the "No way. No how!" would stop as well.  I too would like to see something discussed other than "Trump is the devil!" or "Trump is greater than Jesus" ad infinitum.  It's done.  It's over.  Get on with the show.

Maybe you should have a chat with the mean girls.  ;)

I've recently had a 'close encounter' with the TBR mean girl Jr High clique, (2 girls and a wannabe boy who hangs out with them), and it's taken me back more than 50 years to when the mean little prepubescent girls mocked the kids who got better grades in English than they did, and called them the name of their 'spinster' teacher........ thinking it would hurt their feelings.

Dumbest thing I've ever seen from "adults."  Made me laugh.  Made me cry.

But mostly made me feel sorry for all three of them.

Trump has taken fully grown adults and turned them into pathetic children.

[musiclady]

Well, bleep my finger!  LOL  Too funny!  A pinprick is bad, but a dick isn't.  Dang.  I'd rather be called a pinprick than a dick!

I thought about running a test to see what all is there, but I'll refrain.  For now.

LOL!  It's funny, ain't it??   

[musiclady]

Agreed.  I was shocked to recently discover that one of the mean girls is supposedly a guy.  I kept rereading and scratching my head over that one.  It was a stunner.

I guess when you're mean and infantile, it doesn't really matter what gender you are.

The behaviors just meld together into one childish blob.

[musiclady]

I'm hopeful that after Trump loses and an appropriate bereavement period for them, their adult selves will return.  I've read that at least one of them was at one time a nice person.  I blame Trump for their devolving into mean girls.  They are simply emulating him.  I don't understand why they would want to do so, but then there is much I don't understand about his supporters.

I made a post on another thread about an RV park I once frequented to fish and party years ago.  After a period of time, the new wore off and we moved on as they became irksome after a time.  I still hear from them via email asking us to come visit.  They are all Trump supporters.  I am not surprised.

What I don't understand is, though it's clear that they love Trump because he's mean, and that his meanness rubs off on them, why are they all so stinking sensitive about when others say mean things to them?

The inconsistency has been one of the strangest things I've ever seen.  And yes, a couple of the mean girls (both genders) really did seem to be nice.

Although, I've mentioned that at least one used to be a decent person, and no one believes that someone so nasty could have ever been nice in the first place.

Maybe it is true what Bigun said....... the masks are being torn off.  Maybe we're just seeing the nasty that was under the surface in the first place.

I still feel sorry for all of them.  It's got to be a miserable existence they're living in now.

And it's going to get worse when their idol comes crashing down even more than he is now.

[musiclady]

Far be it from me to understand.  I feel mean too, but I think it's more of being irritable from the realization that after 8 years of Obama, we are going to get more of the same except worse.

On one hand I feel sorry for them because it is going to be a bitter disappointment for them regardless of who wins the election, but on the other I do not because they foisted this entire mess on the rest of the country.  It's not like they weren't warned and given facts and information.  They simply chose to believe what they wanted to be true. 

How can I feel sorry for them when their folly was of their own making?  With that said, I know I will feel sorry for them November 4.  Many tears will be shed and I am sure I will be shedding a few as well.  I swore years ago to do everything in my power to keep that beast out of office.  How was I to know that she would trump us all?

Well said.

It's true that they were warned, and are still being warned, and refuse to acknowledge their culpability in the impending disaster.

The responsibility for Hillary lies squarely in their laps......but you know they're not going to ever admit what they did.  They've become too much like their leader, and you know he'll never apologize for anything ever (much less to Ted Cruz, whom he despises for his integrity).

Trump's followers aren't going to apologize either.  It's no longer in them.

[Gov Bean Counter]

Well said.

It's true that they were warned, and are still being warned, and refuse to acknowledge their culpability in the impending disaster.

The responsibility for Hillary lies squarely in their laps......but you know they're not going to ever admit what they did.  They've become too much like their leader, and you know he'll never apologize for anything ever (much less to Ted Cruz, whom he despises for his integrity).

Trump's followers aren't going to apologize either.  It's no longer in them.

Forget Trump.

Jeff Sessions needs to apologize to America, then resign from the Senate.