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Topic: Ted Cruz - his face makes him so punchable
Posted By: JLud
Subject: Ted Cruz - his face makes him so punchable
Date Posted: April/19/2016 at 20:50
His face and whiny voice drive me nuts...dont know how anyone can stand him.  Trump is a spoiled kid....but if Cruz wins ill vote for Bernie.....




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Posted By: Skunk
Date Posted: April/19/2016 at 21:33
well you could always vote for one of these two! They are about the same thing!

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Posted By: JLud
Date Posted: April/19/2016 at 21:35
I'd vote for his 3rd wife...

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Date Posted: April/19/2016 at 22:33








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Date Posted: April/20/2016 at 04:27
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Posted By: bugsNbows
Date Posted: April/20/2016 at 06:58
Originally posted by JLud JLud wrote:

His face and whiny voice drive me nuts...dont know how anyone can stand him.  Trump is a spoiled kid....but if Cruz wins ill vote for Bernie.....




So, you want to give Socialism a try? That's absurd. Loco


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Posted By: JLud
Date Posted: April/20/2016 at 07:37
His stuff will never happen and he's old enough he'll die pretty quick anyways. If this is the best our country can come up with for leaders of either party we are in a sad place. One common theme is the push away from political elite families that are above the law of the little people...do as we say not as we do leadership.

But to the original point Cruz is so whiny and sniveling...just don't like the guy at all based on his voice, facial expressions and perceived arrogance.


We're pretty much screwed no matter how this goes down, and the best I see out of this is the wild card of what someone like Trump would do to change things.



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Posted By: SVT_Tactical
Date Posted: April/20/2016 at 07:47
Originally posted by JLud JLud wrote:

His face and whiny voice drive me nuts...dont know how anyone can stand him.  Trump is a spoiled kid....but if Cruz wins ill vote for Bernie.....


And there lies the problem...... anyone with half a brain would never vote for anyone on the democratic ticket (at least this year) over anyone of the GOP picks..... if you do you're contributing to the problem.

I don't care if you don't like them, at least we know they aren't as bad as Clinton or Bernie.   If you vote for Bernie or Clinton because you don't like the GOP candidates (just as a person) as your sole reasoning, you don't deserve to vote.



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Posted By: Son of Ed
Date Posted: April/20/2016 at 10:03
Alan Dershowitz famously said that Ted Cruz is 'off-the-charts brilliant' about his time at Harvard Law School.  Cruz has argued before the Supreme Court of Texas and the Supreme Court of The United States...and won. 

He's a Constitutionalist.  He's a little stiff with his personality.  Sounds like you just don't like him. 

Bernie's a Communist.  Like Hillary and Obama...( AKA Democrats...) 




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Posted By: BeltFed
Date Posted: April/20/2016 at 10:16
Originally posted by JLud JLud wrote:

His stuff will never happen and he's old enough he'll die pretty quick anyways. If this is the best our country can come up with for leaders of either party we are in a sad place. One common theme is the push away from political elite families that are above the law of the little people...do as we say not as we do leadership.

But to the original point Cruz is so whiny and sniveling...just don't like the guy at all based on his voice, facial expressions and perceived arrogance.


We're pretty much screwed no matter how this goes down, and the best I see out of this is the wild card of what someone like Trump would do to change things.


This seems very shallow. If there had been TV or radio in 1860 Abraham Lincoln would never have been elected, but because there wasn't the people voted for the ideas and wisdom of the candidates and not how pretty they look or sound.
Cruz is my guy not because he's pretty, but because he's smart, knows and supports the Constitution, and has the values I have. He was not my first choice, but TV, and the big cow bird (Donald Trump) pushed my first choices out of the race. Now Ted Cruz is the last guy in the race that I most want as a U.S. President because he has the qualities that I want in a President and not a reality show host.
I find that Trump is as much of the establishment as anyone else on both sides of the the parties, and I have my own theory on why he is even running, BUT if he winds up being the nominee, I will fight my way to the polls to vote for him, because he has to be better than Hilary Clinton.
The question is: are you going to vote for the pretty guy, the smart guy, or the wicked witch of the west?


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Posted By: supertool73
Date Posted: April/20/2016 at 10:48
Cruz is my guy largely because he wants a 10% flat tax on everyone.  That is huge in my book. 


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Posted By: JLud
Date Posted: April/20/2016 at 10:59
Ted won't beat Hillary. Hate to say it, but charisma means a lot and gets many people to where they are in life. Call it shallow if you want, but you don't need to pass any tests to vote.





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Posted By: BeltFed
Date Posted: April/20/2016 at 11:56
And right or wrong Hilary will wipe the floor with Donald in a debate, because he can't argue with facts, and she can lie faster than a dead dog. Ted can argue his point with facts, and point out the lies.
Either way, if your picking a candidate based on charisma and not character, then the Constitution is nothing more than construction material for a paper airplane.


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Posted By: Son of Ed
Date Posted: April/20/2016 at 12:23
Forget charisma!!....it's AMERICA The Beautiful or the Soviet Union.  Get your head together.  











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Posted By: Son of Ed
Date Posted: April/20/2016 at 12:26
Originally posted by supertool73 supertool73 wrote:

Cruz is my guy largely because he wants a 10% flat tax on everyone.  That is huge in my book. 



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Posted By: JLud
Date Posted: April/24/2016 at 22:36
Well...that pretty much does it for me now that Cruz and Kasich have to team up now so they can beat one person, because back door rounding up of delegates isn't enough.

Guess I am now an independent. They just don't get it....Cruz would pull very few votes from middle or left and Trump supporters won't vote for him. He would get crushed

Trump will pull from left and middle.....not sure I care for him all that much but I honestly think he has the better chance.



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Posted By: Son of Ed
Date Posted: April/25/2016 at 01:13
Trump ain't pulling jack from anywhere except Hard Core Republicans.  Did you see the numbers in New York State?  Hillary got 1.4 MILLION votes....that's more than ALL THREE REPUBLICANS got in the whole freakin' state put together!  

Some morons are out there telling Americans that Trump is going to Cross Over and get Reagan Democrats and this one and that one, etc, etc....Bull-oney.     

I think that if another candidate gets chosen at the Convention, that a bunch of Trump supporters will just give up and not vote....and put Hillary on the throne.  

This Country is in Big Trouble.  



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Posted By: cheaptrick
Date Posted: April/25/2016 at 03:12
Originally posted by supertool73 supertool73 wrote:

Cruz is my guy largely because he wants a 10% flat tax on everyone.  That is huge in my book. 

GREAT idea....but can he really pull this off?? He also say's he'll abolish the IRS. 

Can you imagine the guttural screams from the ass sitters that actually have to PAY something/anything now? And he hands out pink slips to one of the most powerful agencies in Washington?     


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Posted By: JLud
Date Posted: April/25/2016 at 08:02
Part of it is the establishment though....even though Cruz isn't, he is now considered establishment because of their backing and as we see on the left and right people are fed up with professional elite politicians that are above the little people. I work a salaried job in a UAW shop and when the majority of them won't touch Hillary....enough said.

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Posted By: Son of Ed
Date Posted: April/25/2016 at 10:26
Years ago I worked for Union Pacific Railroad.  Those union guys would have voted for Satan if he was a Democrat.  

Those guys would have watched a house burn down and not grab a hose unless they had gotten a call two hours in advance and were guaranteed Triple Time....


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Posted By: Steelbenz
Date Posted: April/25/2016 at 10:37
I've tried to stay out of this but alas, Trump ran as a Republican only to help his gal pal Hildabeast out! Then got some numbers and decided to go for broke! He's a friggin' snake oil salesman! Hildabeast lite at best! He has received 37% of the vote yet had 47% of the delegates and whines about the system being rigged! The rules haven't changed in 126 years! We have one candidate we can vote for Ted Cruz or kiss the Constitution good bye! End of rant!

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Posted By: Son of Ed
Date Posted: April/25/2016 at 10:56

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Posted By: urbaneruralite
Date Posted: April/25/2016 at 14:10
These threads on forums always go about the same. As usual, though, OT makes a little more sense.

I wish I could understand why people are put off by Cruz on a personal level. I have been impressed by his ability to communicate given his intellectual capacity. I would also like an explanation of how anyone could ever vote for that combed-over carpetbagger.

Personally, I'll vote Cruz or Johnson. I know, I know. I'm supposed to vote how the GOP tells me or "they" will win. Sorry, it's my vote and I'm voting for someone who better represents my interests.

It's hard to get worked up over an election in a country that would put Obama in the Whitehouse TWICE. And if that sounds stupid,consider we did the same with Lincoln. And he instigated a civil war that killed more than died in both World Wars, Korea, and Vietnam combined just so he'd have a country to preside over!


Posted By: Son of Ed
Date Posted: April/25/2016 at 20:56
Jefferson Davis and the Confederacy had no choice but to defend themselves.....against the president who wanted to take away their labor force....






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Posted By: JLud
Date Posted: April/27/2016 at 18:44
So now after an alliance that probably wont do much for him...Cruz names a running mate?  An attempt to get media coverage as a last ditch effort?

I listened to Trump's foreign policy speech today...he was a totally different person with a teleprompter and actually seemed professional.  His message will strike a chord with many that may dislike him, put simply put America first.  Im not saying its that simple, and that he delved into specifics...but in the way of winning elections and his perception I thought it went really well for him.




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Posted By: Son of Ed
Date Posted: April/27/2016 at 19:46
Trump sounded absolutely composed and professional.  He sounded like he was really on a platform, draped in bunting, with a pitcher of water next to him and a crowd of soldiers in front of him.  


The other day he was whining the delegate process was rigged and that Ted Cruz was stealing his delegates.  He was much better today.








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Posted By: bugsNbows
Date Posted: April/28/2016 at 07:16
I thought Trump's speech was mechanical and lifeless. He read what was written for him off the teleprompter. BFD. Still don't like Trump, but ain't no way I'd ever vote for Bern or Cankles. 

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Posted By: Son of Ed
Date Posted: April/28/2016 at 08:53
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Posted By: JLud
Date Posted: July/21/2016 at 07:43
I think Cruz doomed himself last night again by being the crying brat that he seems he would be. Goes back to punchable....good lesson in what not to do.

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Posted By: Son of Ed
Date Posted: July/21/2016 at 08:20
I, too, was mystified.  'VOTE YOUR Conscience'  !? 

Well, who the hell are we to decide between?  Trump or the Commies?  I am open-mouthed!   

I don't get it.  

Maybe if I went to Harvard Law School, Alan Dershowitz would say that I was off-the-charts Brilliant.....but, I doubt it....

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Date Posted: July/21/2016 at 08:21








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Posted By: BeltFed
Date Posted: July/21/2016 at 09:59
I liked Ted Cruz, but what he did last night was in my opinion politicalShoot Self I'm going to have real trouble supporting him in the future.


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Posted By: DCAMM94
Date Posted: July/21/2016 at 10:27
Sour grapes rarely play well.  At a minimum he could have said that he'd honor his pledge, despite their disagreements, because the alternative is unfathomable.  But no - he went with sour grapes.  Sad, spoiled little boy who didn't get his way and can't play well with others.

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Posted By: RifleDude
Date Posted: July/21/2016 at 11:18
I think Cruz made a mistake, sort of. Yes, if he had put their differences aside and given his endorsement, it would've been a classy move. Then again, I can't really blame him. Trump is the one who took things away from policy and made it personal. He accused Cruz of cheating on his wife, ridiculed Heidi Cruz's looks, and stated that Cruz's dad was involved in the Kennedy assassination. I have zero respect for anyone who resorts to that sort of childishness and classlessness. That is SOP for Donald Trump, however, and always has been. I wouldn't be in the mood to kiss the ring of someone who insulted my family in vile ways either. Cruz's response to the non-endorsement hoopla: 

"I am not in the habit of supporting people who attack my wife and who attack my father. And that pledge was not a blanket commitment that if you go and slander and attack Heidi, I'm going to nonetheless come like a servile puppy dog and say thank you very much for maligning my wife and my father."

I will be voting for Trump in November, only because he's the only viable option to Hillary, who is much worse than Trump. I have never and will never vote for any democrat. I will vote for Trump if only because of the ramifications to SCOTUS nominees and 2nd Amendment issues if Hillary is elected. I'd vote for a piece of cardboard over Hillary Clinton. Nevertheless, Trump still is a phony POS, and I don't believe a single word he says. He even said himself in his book "The Art of the Deal" that "I play to people's fantasies." Trump is a fraud, a con artist.

I guess going forward we should be keeping an eye at the Clinton donor list to get the jump on who our next great "conservative" leader will be.


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Posted By: koshkin
Date Posted: July/21/2016 at 11:50
I think Cruz made a mistake.

All he had to do was simply say something along the lines of:

"Trump is a classless and loathsome asshole who believes in big government and authoritarian rule. However, he is still much better than Hillary. All you, morons in the audience, made him our nominee, so I am going to hold my nose and support him for the sake of keeping Clintons out of the White House. You should all do the same. Next election cycle, use your brains when you vote in the primary instead whatever organ you were listening to when you chose Trump over 16 other candidates who were actually qualified to do this job. Since all we got this year is Trump, aka "Clinton Lite", vote for him now and spend the next four years contemplating on what possessed you to commit this idiocy in the primary and make sure it does not happen again."

If he did that, I would volunteer to work on any and all of his future campaigns.

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Posted By: Son of Ed
Date Posted: July/21/2016 at 12:00
Exactly.  It's not like there's an alternative.  So, why be small?  






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Posted By: Son of Ed
Date Posted: July/21/2016 at 12:01
Anyway.....he's still Davy Crockett.....but he's showing his weenie side......

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Posted By: Sgt. D
Date Posted: July/21/2016 at 13:19
Cruz is a typical establishment moron. He had no business speaking at the convention other than to help the peoples pick keep the traitors out. It is common knowledge that Trump is not the ideal pick but he is what we have, so spit out the paci and grow some balls. Right now Cruz is clintons greatest ally. Idiot, jerk...........He is a prime example of why we are in this septic state. Won't look past his own agenda to salvage a sinking ship. He chose the low road, it will cost him and maybe us as well...................Idiot!!!!!!!!

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Posted By: bugsNbows
Date Posted: July/21/2016 at 15:55
Originally posted by koshkin koshkin wrote:

I think Cruz made a mistake.

All he had to do was simply say something along the lines of:

"Trump is a classless and loathsome asshole who believes in big government and authoritarian rule. However, he is still much better than Hillary. All you, morons in the audience, made him our nominee, so I am going to hold my nose and support him for the sake of keeping Clintons out of the White House. You should all do the same. Next election cycle, use your brains when you vote in the primary instead whatever organ you were listening to when you chose Trump over 16 other candidates who were actually qualified to do this job. Since all we got this year is Trump, aka "Clinton Lite", vote for him now and spend the next four years contemplating on what possessed you to commit this idiocy in the primary and make sure it does not happen again."

If he did that, I would volunteer to work on any and all of his future campaigns.

ILya

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Posted By: Son of Ed
Date Posted: July/21/2016 at 19:48

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks at Hansen Agriculture Student Learning Center at Iowa State University on January 19, 2016 in Ames, Iowa


Sarah Palin on Ted Cruz:   'Delete your career'!    Shocked


http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/07/20/exclusive-sarah-palin-ted-cruz-delete-career/ - http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/07/20/exclusive-sarah-palin-ted-cruz-delete-career/

http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/21/sarah-palin-blasts-ted-cruz-for-not-endorsing-trump/ - http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/21/sarah-palin-blasts-ted-cruz-for-not-endorsing-trump/




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Posted By: Son of Ed
Date Posted: July/21/2016 at 19:51

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Posted By: Sgt. D
Date Posted: July/21/2016 at 20:24
We can only hope !!!!!  Bad thing is now even Canada doesn't want em!

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Posted By: RifleDude
Date Posted: July/22/2016 at 10:10
Just a thought... whether or not Cruz made a mistake by not specifically saying he endorses Donald Trump in his speech, he's not the one responsible for healing the wounds and unifying the party. Donald Trump is. Trump is our nominee. Trump is the one most responsible for the bad blood. Trump is the one who chose to make everything personal because that is his character and that was his only move since so far, he lacks the speaking skills and knowledge to talk intelligently about actual policy. Or to even tie two sentences on the same topic together to form a coherent thought, for that matter. Trump lacks the humility to accept criticism, so he always feels he has to "one-up" his opponents and attack them and their families personally in the most vile and juvenile ways possible.

Read the text of Cruz's speech. Although he didn't actually say the words "vote for Trump," he did congratulate Trump, and he encouraged people not to vote for Hillary. He also didn't say anything negative and covered all the major positive themes of the conservative platform. 

Ask yourself this... if someone had accused you of cheating on your wife, poked fun of your wife's appearance, AND accused your father of being involved in the assassination of a US president, would you give that person your endorsement for anything? Personally, I was raised in a world where that kind of behavior in a supposed "adult" is to be despised. 

I realize we need to all band together to defeat Hillary, but I think a reasonable person who puts themselves in his shoes can understand why Cruz wouldn't be thrilled to grovel at the feet of a "man" who insulted his family members in unbelievably unacceptable fashion. Yeah, Cruz pledged to support the eventual nominee. However, all bets are off when you personally attack a man's family. 

Endorsements are over-rated. This will blow over and be forgotten in a few months. Trump is our candidate, not Cruz. Trump is the one most responsible for the divide in our party as a direct result of his own behavior, so it is HIS responsibility to fix it. Trump needs to be more disciplined and reign in his mouth. You reap what you sow.


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Posted By: bugsNbows
Date Posted: July/22/2016 at 10:24
True Ted but.... politics is a dirty game. Ted Cruz / Cruz loyalists slid out a lot of junk too. That aside, I'll vote for Trump even though I don't much like him. 

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Posted By: RifleDude
Date Posted: July/22/2016 at 11:23
Agree that politics is dirty. However, there's always been an unspoken rule that you don't attack someone's family members who are unable to defend themselves. The difference here is that Trump personally attacked Cruz's wife and father, whereas it was Cruz supporters who criticized Melania Trump for the nude photos; Cruz had nothing to do with that. And, it was Trump who started the personal and family attacks, not Cruz. Remember, Trump also compared Ben Carson to a child molester. 

The whole "support pledge" was raised to begin with because Trump initially refused to say he would support the nominee if it wasn't him AND he also wouldn't endorse the nominee the last time he ran for POTUS. Trump routinely gets a pass for doing the exact same things multiple times over what Cruz gets his azz handed to him over. It's a major double standard.

I'm gonna vote for the SOB just like I voted for McLame and Romney only because the only viable alternative sucks even worse. I'm tired of being pissed off about my options every damn election cycle. Mark my words, Trump will not fulfill the majority of his campaign promises because he's a congenital liar and a fraud. I will happily eat my words if that proves false, but I honestly don't think so given his well-documented past of not living up to his hyperbole. It sucks having to vote for a person who donated $100K to the Clinton Foundation as our alternative to voting for Clinton her/himself. 


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Posted By: mike650
Date Posted: July/22/2016 at 11:43
Originally posted by BeltFed BeltFed wrote:

I liked Ted Cruz, but what he did last night was in my opinion politicalShoot Self I'm going to have real trouble supporting him in the future.


He basically signaled to his staunch supporters to not vote for Trump (or not to vote at all) which is a vote for Hillary, which F's us all.


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Posted By: koshkin
Date Posted: July/22/2016 at 11:45
Ted we agree on everything except that I actually have some respect for Cruz and so I hold him to a higher standard than I do Trump.

He made a promise, for whatever reason, and he should keep that promise.  There is a plethora of ways for him to word it in such a way that noone make a mistake of thinking this is anything other than keeping a promise.

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Posted By: koshkin
Date Posted: July/22/2016 at 11:46
Oh, and I forgot to add, for everyone who thinks that Trump is not "establishment", you are on crack.  He has been deeply embroiled in New York and Washington politics except on the lobbying side.  He knows what he is doing and he is playing all of you like a fine violin.

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Posted By: Son of Ed
Date Posted: July/22/2016 at 11:51
The whole thing is a little foolish, in my opinion.  Just because he didn't endorse Trump, doesn't mean that he will be voting Democratic, or that he's encouraging anyone else to do so.  The whole thing was just 'surprising'.  

However, all of his enemies are making a big deal out of it....and I do think it was a  very petulant thing to do.  


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Posted By: RifleDude
Date Posted: July/22/2016 at 12:43
Originally posted by mike650 mike650 wrote:

Originally posted by BeltFed BeltFed wrote:

I liked Ted Cruz, but what he did last night was in my opinion politicalShoot Self I'm going to have real trouble supporting him in the future.


He basically signaled to his staunch supporters to not vote for Trump (or not to vote at all) which is a vote for Hillary, which F's us all.

Like Trump did in his last run for POTUS, in addition to continually threatening to go 3rd party if he didn't get the treatment he felt he deserved? If Cruz had won, I honestly don't believe Trump would've endorsed him either, just as he hasn't endorsed previous R nominees.

Ted emphasized in his speech that nobody should stay home on election day and to NOT vote for Hillary. He did everything except specifically endorse Trump, only because of personal animosity, and he did not bring up the personal animosity at all. He did not discourage anyone to vote for Trump, he simply didn't praise Trump. I think it would've been better if he'd not spoken at the convention at all; just show up and wave to people. Or he could've simply said something like "As everyone knows, Donald and I have had profound differences, but now is time for us all to rally behind our nominee and keep Hillary out of the White House." That would've accomplished the same thing and still not have been a specific endorsement. I do think he made a mistake, but he doesn't owe Trump any praise after the despicable way Trump behaved, promise or not. A pledge presumes everyone involved is honorable, and Trump conducted his campaign dishonorably.

If I promised to donate to a charity, for example, and later found out that charity was fraudulently using donations, it isn't dishonorable of me to rescind my support because my good faith trust was betrayed.


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Posted By: 3_tens
Date Posted: July/22/2016 at 12:52
I do not trust Trump. I love what he is saying. I am also wise enough to see that over the past 50 years seldom has whats been said has been followed by the same action. Trump is alienating both parties. He will need both parties to accomplish anything at all, other than to help incite a civil war that will destroy it all..


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Posted By: Son of Ed
Date Posted: July/22/2016 at 13:08
It is such a shame to go through all of this every four years believing things will better, only to have the whole hurdy-gurdy come grinding to a halt a week after the Inauguration as soon as the new Congress begins their new session of Business As Usual.....

....and WE THE PEOPLE are screwed, and suckered, again. 


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Posted By: bugsNbows
Date Posted: July/22/2016 at 16:35
All DJT wants is to be treated fairly. LOL. Give me a break. 

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Posted By: Son of Ed
Date Posted: July/22/2016 at 17:49

" Wouldn't it be nice if this time it really was for real, and Trump actually won and actually changed everything around? " 

























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Posted By: mike650
Date Posted: July/22/2016 at 18:36
Originally posted by RifleDude RifleDude wrote:


Like Trump did in his last run for POTUS, in addition to continually threatening to go 3rd party if he didn't get the treatment he felt he deserved? If Cruz had won, I honestly don't believe Trump would've endorsed him either, just as he hasn't endorsed previous R nominees.

Ted emphasized in his speech that nobody should stay home on election day and to NOT vote for Hillary. He did everything except specifically endorse Trump, only because of personal animosity, and he did not bring up the personal animosity at all. He did not discourage anyone to vote for Trump, he simply didn't praise Trump. I think it would've been better if he'd not spoken at the convention at all; just show up and wave to people. Or he could've simply said something like "As everyone knows, Donald and I have had profound differences, but now is time for us all to rally behind our nominee and keep Hillary out of the White House." That would've accomplished the same thing and still not have been a specific endorsement. I do think he made a mistake, but he doesn't owe Trump any praise after the despicable way Trump behaved, promise or not. A pledge presumes everyone involved is honorable, and Trump conducted his campaign dishonorably.

If I promised to donate to a charity, for example, and later found out that charity was fraudulently using donations, it isn't dishonorable of me to rescind my support because my good faith trust was betrayed.


Thanks for clearing that up Ted, I jumped the gun, not happy right now with everything going on in Kali.


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Posted By: BeltFed
Date Posted: July/25/2016 at 08:51
To sum up the Republican National Convention last week; there seemed to be some little gaff everyday that the media made a big deal out of. In truth there just wasn't really that much of a fiasco in any of it. I didn't know until Friday afternoon that Marco Rubio made a video endorsement of Trump just before Cruz was on stage. To me that is a bigger deal than what Ted Cruz didn't say. Ted is also right that while Cruz didn't say "I endorse", he also didn't say "don't vote for". If anything, at worse, it was a back handed endorsement over the Hildabeast.
Now, lets see if the media reports any drama at the DNC that may hurt them.


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Posted By: Son of Ed
Date Posted: July/25/2016 at 09:42
THIS JUST IN!!!  

Bernie supporters wearing LOCK HER UP shirts!!   Excellent


They'll probably cut to a commercial!   Roll on Floor Laughing


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