DeadRinger wrote:If Cruz hadn't gone scumbag on us, maybe he'd have a chance at the nomination. Instead, he played politics as usual and got Trump's shoe stuck up his ass. Now he's dead in the water.
Cruz is a lifelong politician. Groomed from childhood. Worked for pols before he became one himself. Plays the Washington game like his mama gave birth to him on the floor of the Senate.
He tried to fuck over both Carson and Rubio with misinformation. Then he started paying off Trump's delegates. Stood up there and declared a sweeping grass roots victory in a state where The People were never even allowed to vote.
Those were some serious campaign miscalculations given our current hatred of "politics as usual." Tone deaf. And now he's fucked.
Such is life.
Luckily, Trump is not actually pro big government, or pro abortion, or anything else you said. As far as pro-gun, to the best of my knowledge Sanders doesn't carry concealed, while Trump does. Every day. And Sanders isn't calling for a national CCW reciprocation law, while Trump is. So that argument doesn't hold even a little bit of water.
So none of what you said about Trump is true. So it's all good.
But I'm not going to argue this shit with you, because I've already argued it ad nauseum with too many people to count. So you stick with what floats your boat, I'll stick with what works for me.
Cruz didn't go scumbag and if any candidate went scumbag it is Trump by a wide mile. Attaching Heidi Cruz because of her looks, Carly Fiorina's face, etc. Cruz has spent his life fighting for the Constitution in court -- indeed he is a freshman Senator. MeNwhile, Trump has lined the pockets of Clinton, Pelosi, Reed, etc. for DECADES.
Smh, Trump's talking points are not facts. Fact was CNN first reported the story - not Cruz. Someone on his campaign then saw that on CNN and went to social media. Regarding Rubio, that's all on Rubio which really exposed his lack of character. Rubio, not Cruz, joined Gang of 8 for amnesty and Cruz, not Runbio, led the charge to defeat it. Cruz won, and Rubio and amnesty lost. Instead of being honest, Rubio lied and even copied Trump's lyin' Ted to hide the truth from voters. That's all on Rubio.
Actually, Trump is pro-big government -- he says Obamacare doesn't go far enough and people are not paying enough. Sound familiar? He wants to use the power of the government to try and punish businesses for leaving instead of cutting taxes and regulation for a better business environment. He wants to expand the power of eminent domain, etc. How is all this accomplished without big government? Yes, Trump is for big government.
You want to talk abortion? OK, Trump has supported even partial birth abortions - which even some pro-choice people do not support. Now that he's running, he says he is so pro-life you wouldn't believe it. He's right, I don't believe it -- especially after he tried to prove he's so pro-life that he actually used a pro-choice taking point. Remember the outrage about his comments regarding punishing women who have abortions? Yeah, that came from pro-choice talking points about about pro-lifers, not from the pro-life movement.
2nd Amendment? OK, Trump praised Obama's anti-gun speech after Newtown. He has said that there are too many guns in America. Heck, he has funded both Pelois and Hillary among others who hate the 2nd Amendment.
Unfortunately, I have experience trying to reason with Trump supporters and it's an almost impossible task. No matter the facts, they don't care. It's like a cult where Donald's lies are somehow gospel and actual history and facts are lies to keep the chosen orange one away from the nomination. In every way, Trump is a disaster.
Hillary vs. Trump -- Two liberals running in the general election .. A race likely decided by which party hates their dishonest candidate less.