Ted Cruz drops out of presidential race

[sinkspur]

He's not running for the Nice Guy of the Year Award. I believe him to be a strong leader, determined to do the things he's campaigned on. Many of you do not, but that does not make those of us who disagree with you either deluded or immoral. It simply means that, having seen all of the same evidence you have, we've reached a very different conclusion.

Gonna leave you to gloat tonight.  Will be your last chance so enjoy it.

#Never Trump.

[Fantom]

@Silver Pines
No, Trump is literally crazy and I will not vote for him.
If Bernie Sanders is the Dem. candidate, I will vote for him as he is not crazy.

Actually, after Ted Cruz...Bernie is the most honest candidate left.

[jmyrlefuller]

The next President will be Hillary Clinton or Not Hillary Clinton. Your vote will be part of what decides that.

I must have missed the constitutional amendment where they changed it to a Yes or No vote.

Honestly, that would be nice. But the fact is, we have more than two choices. The only thing holding the parties together is unified opposition. But when both candidates are reprehensible, it's time to break that dynamic.

[musiclady]

And yet we must try.

It is always darker before the dawn. The next four years are seeming to be very dark.

I appreciate your encouragement.  The temptation in this darkness is to just give up.

This is exactly how I felt both in 2008 and 2012.  I may have been a hopeless optimist, but I never thought the Republican party would nominate someone as openly leftist and utterly corrupt as Donald Trump.

I can't help the feeling that there just aren't enough of us left to turn things around....

[WAC]

Feel kind of sad, he gave it the good fight.  Maybe sometime in the future, who knows.

Cruz had another goal in his run and that was to 'inform the people of this nation'......he did just that every day for months now and prior....in that he was successful .....so now no voter can say they didn't know the truth about this government and this country and what's going on  he did the job and did that well.....But they chose to follow "all that glitters" and what "tickled their itchy ears"......so be it.

Will be interesting to see what happens now at convention.......??????.....

[NavyCanDo]

I appreciate your encouragement.  The temptation in this darkness is to just give up.

This is exactly how I felt both in 2008 and 2012.  I may have been a hopeless optimist, but I never thought the Republican party would nominate someone as openly leftist and utterly corrupt as Donald Trump.

I can't help the feeling that there just aren't enough of us left to turn things around....

I have absolutely no faith, in the American voter.   You can’t stop a nation from burning to the ground, when its people are determined, to light it on fire.

[Victoria33]

We had a chance to turn the tide on Progressivism with Cruz, and instead we embraced a true Progressive in Donald Trump.
The left has won.  The country is over.

Agree.  Unless God intervenes and stops Trump, the country is dead.  Really, if Sanders were to beat Hillary, I will vote for him because he is not a crazy idiot as Trump is.

[Mesaclone]

I must have missed the constitutional amendment where they changed it to a Yes or No vote.

Honestly, that would be nice. But the fact is, we have more than two choices. The only thing holding the parties together is unified opposition. But when both candidates are reprehensible, it's time to break that dynamic.

Sometimes all you need is common sense. That's not in the constitution either, but is true nonetheless. Voting as your asserting doesn't break any dynamic...it reinforces it by putting the Dem nominee in the White House.

[TomSea]

Well, I thought Mitt was okay and didn't appreciate those who spoke him down at every turn and was indifferent to McCain.  I will vote my conscience, I thought Trump was not too bad at one time but am not as enthused any longer.

[kjam22]

He's not running for the Nice Guy of the Year Award. I believe him to be a strong leader, determined to do the things he's campaigned on. Many of you do not, but that does not make those of us who disagree with you either deluded or immoral. It simply means that, having seen all of the same evidence you have, we've reached a very different conclusion.

Here is the other thing King Trumpy will do if elected..... he will tell the public that it costs way to much to deport all of the illegals and then just let the good ones come back legal.   There is no reason to deport them.... we'll just make "the good ones" legal.   You can bet the house on that..... everything you have.

[Mechanicos]

Ann Coulter revealed all today, when she said "I don't care about conservatism".  Neither do Republican voters anymore. I can no longer call it the GOP, The Grand Old Party. It is now just the Old Party. Replaced by The Populist Party, which Donald Trump will forever be called the founder. It's a damn shame.  What must Lincoln be thinking?

I am a Constitutional conservative and a Christian I supported Trump over Cruz because of that. yes hes not 100 percent ideological. Howver the things hes getting beat up on are not areas the President has any Constitutional authority. As far as social issues the 3 areas the Cultural Marxists used to destroy our culture was the Courts, Education and elimination of Christianity from the pubic venue. To reverse this attack we need a president that addresses these government issues. Trump was first in this campaign to list conservative judges he would nominate. He was the first to push for making education local control, He was the first to promise to protect religious liberty. He may not be the most conservative, or Christian, but his agenda as shown fits what we need.

He has been decades consistent on the trade problems, he came out against BLM, he wants to break up the MSM, close the border, stop the muslim invasion, etc. in all he was the first to make them issues this election. If we get any of them we will be better off then with somebody who could do nothing because of debt to large donors.

here is a couple videos and stuff to counter the denials and disbelief:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmHwLaOloh4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuDT42wNa18
http://dennismichaellynch.com/must-see-donald-trumps-position-on-the-blm/
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3421722/posts?page=722#722

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzjiW4U4V9g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEPs17_AkTI
https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions
many more.

[ConstitutionRose]

We had a chance to turn the tide on Progressivism with Cruz, and instead we embraced a true Progressive in Donald Trump.

I was so optimistic at the beginning of the primaries.  I thought we had an excellent chance to elect a conservative, principled President and add to the numbers of true conservatives in the House and Senate. 

[TomSea]

I have absolutely no faith, in the American voter.   You can’t stop a nation from burning to the ground, when its people are determined, to light it on fire.

Exactly,  what was I saying yesterday? UK and maybe even France have better leaders.

[TomSea]

I was so optimistic at the beginning of the primaries.  I thought we had an excellent chance to elect a conservative, principled President and add to the numbers of true conservatives in the House and Senate.

Well, what are the spinmeisters and talking heads saying? We still have a convention to go through.

[libertybele]

I'm not optimistic about that, Fantom.  After eight years of leftist Obama, the two parties are nominating two who share his ideology.

There doesn't seem to be much hope that Americans will wake up by 2020.

Tonight is a very sad night.  I feel America has lost their only hope with Cruz dropping out of the race.  I commend him, admire him and he gave it his all.  He should be extremely proud of himself.  He showed tremendous tenacity, class, and integrity and he never wavered from his core principles.  I found it interesting that Trump stated that Cruz was one hell of a competitor and has an amazing future ahead of him.  I know I am dreaming, but if Trump does become our president, I hope that he does the right thing and appoints Cruz as a Supreme Court justice.

As for the hope that Americans wake up by 2020...I'm hoping this country makes it that long.  Things look very bleak right now.

[jmyrlefuller]

Sometimes all you need is common sense. That's not in the constitution either, but is true nonetheless. Voting as your asserting doesn't break any dynamic...it reinforces it by putting the Dem nominee in the White House.

So are you trying to tell me the Democrat automatically gets the White House unless explicitly stated otherwise?

[Chosen Daughter]

@Silver Pines
No, Trump is literally crazy and I will not vote for him.
If Bernie Sanders is the Dem. candidate, I will vote for him as he is not crazy.

Can't believe I would say this but it couldn't be worse.

[Victoria33]

Don't worry about us.  We're only a few, insignificant voters, and Trump will bring you the world. 

You are correct, that you won't be able to find us.

Or, Who is John Galt?
#NeverTrump
Victoria33

[musiclady]

I was so optimistic at the beginning of the primaries.  I thought we had an excellent chance to elect a conservative, principled President and add to the numbers of true conservatives in the House and Senate.

This was our year.  Our chance to turn things around, with so many good candidates who were conservative.

But a minority of non-conservative Republicans threw our chance away by voting for a leftist buffoon without a single principled bone in his body.

What a waste.

[PROCON]

Well, what are the spinmeisters and talking heads saying? We still have a convention to go through.

The Electoral map doesn't favor Trump, it'll be a miracle if Hitlery isn't elected.

[libertybele]

Well, what are the spinmeisters and talking heads saying? We still have a convention to go through.

Trump is only 200 or so delegates away from reaching the magic number of 1237.  He will be our nominee.  There won't be a contested or brokered convention.

[Luis Gonzalez]

This was our year.  Our chance to turn things around, with so many good candidates who were conservative.

But a minority of non-conservative Republicans threw our chance away by voting for a leftist buffoon without a single principled bone in his body.

What a waste.

[musiclady]

Tonight is a very sad night.  I feel America has lost their only hope with Cruz dropping out of the race.  I commend him, admire him and he gave it his all.  He should be extremely proud of himself.  He showed tremendous tenacity, class, and integrity and he never wavered from his core principles.  I found it interesting that Trump stated that Cruz was one hell of a competitor and has an amazing future ahead of him.  I know I am dreaming, but if Trump does become our president, I hope that he does the right thing and appoints Cruz as a Supreme Court justice.

As for the hope that Americans wake up by 2020...I'm hoping this country makes it that long.  Things look very bleak right now.

Agree.

Think about what our public schools are pumping out.......... a bunch of mind-numbed robots who have completely swallowed the leftist line.  (Some of whom probably voted for leftist Trump).

There are fewer and fewer thinking people out there (again, as evidenced by this disastrous primary), and the idea that we will be a smarter more conservative country by 2020 just doesn't seem possible.

[libertybele]

This was our year.  Our chance to turn things around, with so many good candidates who were conservative.

But a minority of non-conservative Republicans threw our chance away by voting for a leftist buffoon without a single principled bone in his body.

What a waste.

Exactly ... it is sickening.  We came very, very close.

#NeverTrump

[Fantom]

I appreciate your encouragement.  The temptation in this darkness is to just give up.

This is exactly how I felt both in 2008 and 2012.  I may have been a hopeless optimist, but I never thought the Republican party would nominate someone as openly leftist and utterly corrupt as Donald Trump.

I can't help the feeling that there just aren't enough of us left to turn things around....

Strangely, I am at peace.  We did what we could, so did Ted.

Now, a tempest of Statism rolls down upon us.. no matter who wins. All we can do is resist and prepare for the storm. Take care of our People..our loved ones and ..most importantly..Not lie down.

Obviously it is going to get worse....resist. But stay happy.