Comments on: Ted Cruz Speech Ruins The Trump Party

By: Random White Guy

Random White Guy — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 22:45:48 +0000

YEAH TED! Anybody who can stick it to that asshat Trump is ok in my book.

By: Mr. BD

Mr. BD — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 18:09:48 +0000

I had to take a late lunch today but couldn't wait to get here and see what everybody is talking about all day long. I have been trying to watch as much of the Repub convention as I can stand. I like to know what the enemy is plotting, so I did see Cruz. Yes a lot of people booed him and are calling him a traitor, but he did the right thing. No way he could let Trump bully him after he talk about his family but still endorse him. If Trump had talked about my mama like that it would have come to blows. So Cruz wasn't going out a chump like Chris Christie. Plus Cruz is holding on to his conservative roots. That is the problem with Repubs now. They are all blind followers but at least Cruz stood up for what he believes.

By: Truthiz1

Truthiz1 — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 16:17:34 +0000

….and in response to Christie's criticism of Cruz…

Cruz Campaign Manager: Christie “Turned Over His Political Testicles Long Ago”

Ted Cruz’s campaign manager responded on Thursday to Chris Christie’s criticism of Cruz’s convention speech, saying that the New Jersey governor had “turned over his political testicles long ago.”

After Cruz declined to endorse Republican nominee Donald Trump in his speech on Wednesday, which was met with boos, Christie called Cruz’s speech “selfish.”

“That guy turned over his political testicles long ago,” Jeff Roe said on the Chris Stigall Show on Philadelphia radio. “So I don’t take what he has to say with any meaning. You know, he embarrassed himself pretty quickly in this." BuzzFeed

H/T: HotAir

BF Reader:
I don't like Cruz, I think he is a right extreme con man but I need to admit that he did the right thing last night after all that Trump said about his wife and father. […]

HA Reader:
I said before that there would be no savior rushing in, but I was wrong. Ted Cruz is the real anti establishment guy. He took that cheap veneer of party unity and threw it in the trash where it belonged, like one of those fake diamond rings that Trump used to give his friends. […]

By: Truthiz1

Truthiz1 — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 15:06:41 +0000

TAC Reader:
I cannot see how any sober minded person could watch what is going on at this convention and not see that Trump has brought out something very very ugly and frightening about this country. I get a mob mentality – which is what one sees at this convention – but that people who are elected officials stoked that mob – that is the real issue here.

Is Christie, Carson the rest of the deplorable cast so hungry for power they would do this – guess so.

I was thinking about sitting this election out but watching this – I think even voting for Hillary is preferable to allowing this to go on. […]

TAC Reader:
Well, reading about this has convinced me to vote for Clinton. Not that I’m enthusiastic about her policies, but compare her treatment of Sanders – willingness to compromise to bring him into her fold – with the Trump campaign’s treatment of Cruz – physical violence against him and his wife.

If Trump and his supporters behave like this at the Republican convention, what will happen if they see themselves as validated by a win at the polls in November? The thought is almost too frightening to bear. I don’t want to live in a country that thinks violence is the only way to solve problems. […]

By: Truthiz1

Truthiz1 — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 14:59:09 +0000

NR Reader:
i'm gonna write a $1,000 donation check and send it to Ted Cruz…. it will be signed "my conscience" […]

NR Readers:
Moreover Cruz told Trump when he accepted the speaking invite that he would not endorse. This was widely reported, and no push back from the Trump campaign at the time saying those reports weren't true.

…let's first frame the issue correctly. Trump did not find out when the speech was made or submitted to his people earlier in the day that Cruz wouldn't endorse. Cruz told him that upfront. […]

NR Reader:
Agreed. They both gambled. If Trump wins, he is rid of Cruz. If Trump loses, Cruz will be vindicated. […]