Ted Cruz and the Trump Takeover - Pat Buchanan

[TomSea]

Maybe the parallel is to Rockerfeller 1964 not Ford Reagan 1976, oh, those comparisons:

Ted Cruz and the Trump Takeover

The self-righteousness and smugness of Ted Cruz in refusing to endorse Donald Trump, then walking off stage in Cleveland, smirking amidst the boos, takes the mind back in time.

At the Cow Palace in San Francisco in July of 1964, Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, having been defeated by Barry Goldwater, took the podium to introduce a platform plank denouncing “extremism.”

Implication: Goldwater’s campaign is saturated with extremists.

Purpose: Advertise Rocky’s superior morality.

Smug and self-righteous, Rocky brayed at the curses and insults, “It’s a free country, ladies and gentlemen.”

Rocky was finished. He would never win the nomination.

Richard Nixon took another road, endorsed Goldwater, spoke for him in San Francisco, campaigned for him across America. And in 1968, with Goldwater’s backing, Nixon would rout Govs. George Romney and Rockefeller, and win the presidency, twice.

Sometimes, loyalty pays off.

More At: http://buchanan.org/blog/ted-cruz-trump-takeover-125466

[geronl]

Imbeciles.

Ted Cruz is a rock-ribbed conservative without any squishy tendencies.

Trump is ALL squish

[Fishrrman]

Writes Pat:
"About Cruz, a prediction: He will not be the nominee in 2020. He will never be the nominee. If Trump wins, Cruz is cooked. If Trump loses, his people will not forget the Brutus who stuck the knife in his back.
To any who read Allen Drury’s “Advise and Consent” or saw the movie, Ted Cruz is the Senator Fred Van Ackerman of his generation."

Worked this image up earlier today:

[geronl]

We are right and you don't care.

You are living in fantasy land.