I think there is probably a lot more going on behind the scenes that we don't know. After all we know how quickly the GOPe will work to screw the American people over.
In this case I suspect there is a hostage situation with us being the hostages. Ted Cruz has been virtually alone in his fight to save the internet from Obama giving it away. Barely a peep has come out of the Trump camp till yesterday when his surrogates started chattering about what a great patriot Ted Cruz has been in fighting to save the internet. I don't doubt for a second that the GOPe would threaten to allow the internet giveaway if Trump didn't get a Cruz endorsement. If so, we'll find out sooner or later. If Cruz took a bullet for our Freedoms, he'll get a political purple heart for it eventually. Ted Cruz is still a 95%+ conservative by all legitimate standards. What are we supposed to do, replace him with a 50%er like McCaul?
As far as the "endorsement" is concerned, I'm disappointed but hardly suicidal about it. For us to be suicidal or enraged at Cruz is exactly what the Trump crowd wants. As you can see here, Trumpers are behind their usual cowering rock attacking Cruz and those of us who supported him with glee. http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,226513.0.html
At the end of the day they've managed to force Ted Cruz to absolve himself from blame when Trump loses. I'm looking forward to watching them figure out that NeverTrump had nothing to do with Ted Cruz. And second, it will become clear that the rage against Cruz was never about an endorsement. As you can see from the above link that they've only doubled down.
@Cripplecreek You make good points. I saw them earlier on your twitter timeline, and I think they're worth considering. From what I've read today, Cruz was under enormous pressure to cave. But I'm not ready to absolve him yet.
I'm not angry today. I have a temper, I flare up, and I get over it--that's me, and I'm never going to change. I'd be lying if I say I was okay with the situation, though. At this point, I don't know what to think, really. I'm willing to wait and see what kind of information comes along before making an instant judgment. Right now, I wouldn't donate again to Ted or spend time defending him to family and friends like I did before. His only condition to Trump was that Mike Lee be put on the list of judges, and that was for nothing...Lee says he doesn't want it and it isn't going to happen. He didn't even get an apology--and it should be a
public one---for Trump's attacks on his wife and father.
If we find out later that he really had no choice, that raises another question---if they can get to Ted, who can't they get to? I can't spin this other than to say it sucks all the way around. But, yeah, it's probably better to give it some time and see what leaks out.
Cruz is going to be on Beck's show on Monday.
