Ted Cruz’s Time Is Coming to Lead a Resurgent Right

[Sled Dog]

Most TEA groups I know were solidly behind Trump.

I expect there was some dithering between Trump and Cruz until the outcome of the primary process became clear.   

No real TEA party member would oppose a Donald Trump when the Rodents were running their Harridan.

[Sled Dog]

The ticket would have won in 2018 and 2020 if Trump had become a true student of Ron DeSantis.

The GOP DID win the House in 2018.  Look at the math.   

The President DID win re-election in 2020.   There's no doubt about this, either.  And probably won the House again.

But the Rodents have a long history of voter suppression (why they invented the KKK) and outright election theft (Al Franken, the House and Senate races of 2018, and the Big Lie of 2020).

[Sled Dog]

@Right_in_Virginia

Areas of 100% agreement. 

BTW, I'm fine with Trump winning back the presidency, but I do hope he learns to temper himself during this period of time that the Socialists are in charge. I'd realllllllly like to have an articulate president.

The last time the US had an articulate president was Ronald Reagan.

I'm happy when we have a president that fights for America.  The most recent was Trump.  Before that was Reagan.  Maybe Calvin Coolidge before that.

[Cyber Liberty]

Keyes wanted that Senate seat to be his platform for public attention that would build support for his next attempt at the GOP presidential nomination.

No, Keyes know he could not win the Senate seat.  it was an enormous publicity stunt.  I lost all respect for him then, and it wasn't a lot to start with.

He is very bright, I'll give him that. 

[Bigun]

No, Keyes know he could not win the Senate seat.  it was an enormous publicity stunt.  I lost all respect for him then, and it wasn't a lot to start with.

He is very bright, I'll give him that.

IIRC they came to him with hat in hand not the other way around.

[Cyber Liberty]

IIRC they came to him with hat in hand not the other way around.

I believe that.  The Rats really screwed over the Republican in that race, and hey only had to break a few laws to do it!

[jafo2010]

Trump will run in 2024, if he is alive.  That will be the only thing stopping him from running, being six foot down.  And I do not see that happening any time soon.

The big question is who is by his side?  I would like to see DeSantis, someone that is prepared for the 2028 election to carry on as opposed to window dressing.

Harris is window dressing.  She will never be POTUS unless Biden checks out or resigns.  Harris is an idiot, worse than the POTATOE VP.  What was his name? 

[HoustonSam]

Harris is an idiot, worse than the POTATOE VP.  What was his name?

Dan Quayle.

And while he was not a good choice by Bush Sr, he was nowhere near the idiot the media made him out to be.  He was simply victimized in the same way that anyone who advocates Conservative principles is victimized.  Some here might recall that he advocated "Family Values" and spoke out against Murphy Brown glorifying a distorted "children as accessories" feminist view of motherhood.

He wasn't quite up to the job but I always thought he was an honorable man, far better than the image that was created for him, and I don't recall him ever taking a position I didn't support.

[Hoodat]

No, Keyes know he could not win the Senate seat.  it was an enormous publicity stunt.  I lost all respect for him then, and it wasn't a lot to start with.

It is still preferable to handing the seat over to the Democrats unopposed.

[HoustonSam]

No, Keyes know he could not win the Senate seat.  it was an enormous publicity stunt.  I lost all respect for him then, and it wasn't a lot to start with.

He is very bright, I'll give him that.

So what?  Do the Ds turn their backs on publicity-seeking candidates?  What was Obama's Senate campaign other than a publicity stunt to move him closer to a WH run?

Maybe Keyes was an opportunist AND the Rs should have gotten fully behind him.  Perhaps the calculation was that he couldn't win, but if that was the calculation why do ANY R candidates ever run in NYC or Illinois or CA?

[corbe]

I expect there was some dithering between Trump and Cruz until the outcome of the primary process became clear.   

No real TEA party member would oppose a Donald Trump when the Rodents were running their Harridan.

   This is hilarious @dancer in 2008 when the TEA Party was forming Trump was probably running for President as an Independent and bad mouthing Republicans.

[sneakypete]

   This is hilarious @dancer in 2008 when the TEA Party was forming Trump was probably running for President as an Independent and bad mouthing Republicans.

@corbe

You say that just like it was a bad thing.

[corbe]

   @sneakypete I'm just trying to insinuate that Trump was always an opportunist (not unlike bill clinton) and with no discernable backbone, which makes him a great business man, possibly, but makes for a lousy politician.
 
   IMHO, he would have run as a democrat had hellary not blocked that path in 2008. 

   I've read his books like @Victoria33 though I skipped the niece Mary's book.

[GrouchoTex]

Short of HB1 passing and the filibuster being removed, the democrats will not hold the house, and will likely lose the senate.
These 2 things do need to be stopped before the mid-terms.
Yes, the media will always go out of their way to demonize the right, regardless of who runs, other than a handful of those who run as R's but vote with the D's.
Most states are moving to strengthen their election integrity laws, which is scaring the hell out of the left.
Trump, Cruz, Paul, DeSantis, all seem to be good choices to run in 2024, especially if we can stop the D's agenda before 2022.
The D's have no one in line that would can articulate a vision most voters would want.
All they have is fear.

[Smokin Joe]

Short of HB1 passing and the filibuster being removed, the democrats will not hold the house, and will likely lose the senate.
These 2 things do need to be stopped before the mid-terms.
Yes, the media will always go out of their way to demonize the right, regardless of who runs, other than a handful of those who run as R's but vote with the D's.
Most states are moving to strengthen their election integrity laws, which is scaring the hell out of the left.
Trump, Cruz, Paul, DeSantis, all seem to be good choices to run in 2024, especially if we can stop the D's agenda before 2022.
The D's have no one in line that would can articulate a vision most voters would want.
All they have is fear.

And after fear, I think voters have had a belly full of being scared. They are tired of being afraid, and at some point they aren't going to respond to the panic button any more. They are just going to get pissed off.

[GrouchoTex]

And after fear, I think voters have had a belly full of being scared. They are tired of being afraid, and at some point they aren't going to respond to the panic button any more. They are just going to get pissed off.

I agree, and the the Media will then get to portray us as "the straight white religious male angry vote", even though that won't be accurate.
Seen this movie before....

[Smokin Joe]

I agree, and the the Media will then get to portray us as "the straight white religious male angry vote", even though that won't be accurate.
Seen this movie before....

The media doesn't get it. Nothing more ferocious than that angry white female who has had enough.

(Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned).

[txradioguy]

And after fear, I think voters have had a belly full of being scared. They are tired of being afraid, and at some point they aren't going to respond to the panic button any more. They are just going to get pissed off.

Most have, but there is also a contingent in the country who have used fear to gain power and control tha they aren't going to give back.

Also IMHO there are a group of Americans too that wouldn't know how to function daily if they weren't living in fear of something.

[WhatWouldReaganDo]

No, Keyes know he could not win the Senate seat.  it was an enormous publicity stunt.  I lost all respect for him then, and it wasn't a lot to start with.

He is very bright, I'll give him that.

Keyes was a late replacement when Jack Ryan dropped out of the race, after some lurid allegations from ex-wife Jeri Ryan, made during a custody dispute, somehow become public.
https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/23/us/illinois-senate-campaign-thrown-into-prurient-turmoil.html

[Cyber Liberty]

Keyes was a late replacement when Jack Ryan dropped out of the race, after some lurid allegations from ex-wife Jeri Ryan, made during a custody dispute, somehow become public.
https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/23/us/illinois-senate-campaign-thrown-into-prurient-turmoil.html

Too bad nobody mentioned that on this thread....

[txradioguy]

Keyes was a late replacement when Jack Ryan dropped out of the race, after some lurid allegations from ex-wife Jeri Ryan, made during a custody dispute, somehow become public.
https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/23/us/illinois-senate-campaign-thrown-into-prurient-turmoil.html

That was a David Axelrod move if I remember correctly.  They got a federal judge to unseal the divorce document for the express purpose of using them against Mr. Ryan.

IIRC they repeated something like that when Obama ran for President in 2008.

[Hoodat]

That was a David Axelrod move if I remember correctly.  They got a federal judge to unseal the divorce document for the express purpose of using them against Mr. Ryan.

It wasn't the divorce records, but the custody records.  The divorce records had already been made public at the time.  But the custody records had been sealed in the best interest of their young child.  It is these records that Axelrod got released.

The order of the California judge went against the direct request of both parties.  It overturned the previous courts decision to keep the records sealed to protect the interests of their child.

Democrats are pure evil.  Their child will forever be exposed to the sordid details which were recorded only under the judicial promise that they would be kept sealed forever.

[txradioguy]

It wasn't the divorce records, but the custody records.  The divorce records had already been made public at the time.  But the custody records had been sealed in the best interest of their young child.  It is these records that Axelrod got released.

The order of the California judge went against the direct request of both parties.  It overturned the previous courts decision to keep the records sealed to protect the interests of their child.

Democrats are pure evil.  Their child will forever be exposed to the sordid details which were recorded only under the judicial promise that they would be kept sealed forever.

Yeah that's right!

That's why I never believe the Dems when they talk about doing things "for the children".

[sneakypete]

   @sneakypete I'm just trying to insinuate that Trump was always an opportunist

@corbe 

Which is also true of everyone that is successful in life. Sometimes/usually,it is a positive thing,but not always. Depends on context. After all,we ain't electing best friends or guys that will give us rides home when we are drunk,we are electing people to run and protect our country and our way of life. Or at least,we should be. Not much evidence of that lately,is there?

[Hoodat]

Just to make sure no rules are being ignored, here is Jeri Ryan:

( for @corbe )