That Moment When Ted Cruz Doused Himself With Gasoline and Lit the Match On Stage
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It’s
called self immolation. July 20th 2016 will go down in Cruz family
history as that moment when Ted Cruz detonated his career suicide belt
and created the #NeverCruz movement.
Forget
the non endorsement, that’s not the issue. Senator Cruz had a
remarkable opportunity, he blew it. Cruz accepted an invitation to
speak to the GOP convention then insulted the audience. Cruz couldn’t
rise above his own brutal ego and petty selfishness. The arrogance
simply went too far, he humiliated himself in front of millions.
It happened just like we predicted it would. Donald Trump gave Senator Ted Cruz the rope, and Ted hung himself -diminished himself- on national TV.
Don’t
be too angry... The backlash Cruz is going to get from his prideful
and arrogant display will be written in the annals of political history
and shared with political science classes for generations.
Trump plays Cruz like a fiddle – probably finishes Cruz’s career
| by bunkerville |
Trump played Cruz like a fiddle?
Fellow B-ville comrades were texting back and forth.
Would or wouldn't Cruz come out and support Trump?
NO. He didn't.
Finis we said.
Now with the light of day, my hunch?
Trump trumped him.
You don't come to someone's party and not support the candidate.
Turns
out the organization knew that Cruz would not support him and there was
Newt, waiting in the wings to soothe the breech of decorum.
A Deeper Look into Ted Cruz’s RNC Convention Speech...
Before
Ted Cruz walked onto the convention stage in Cleveland, Donald Trump
had a very good idea what was about to happen. Without pre-planning, or
staged set-ups, Trump knew what to expect because Donald Trump has an
exceptional political sense; he knows how to read his adversaries.
Throughout
his life, Ted Cruz has exhibited a character of division; entirely
tone-deaf to the people he encounters and leaves in his wake. Those who
knew Cruz in grade school and college have talked about how Cruz’s
abrasive personality made him a lonely person despite his intellect.
Toxic
abrasiveness is the same reason why President George W Bush would not
elevate Ted Cruz in the White House 2001-2005. Attorney Cruz was
30-years-old and arrogantly thought he should have been a candidate for
Attorney General; unfortunately, no-one else did.
Years
later it was toxic abrasiveness that drove candidate Ted Cruz to run
for Senate in 2011 – to show those same political voices he carried a
stronger political tool box than he was ever given credit for.
That
same toxic abrasiveness in 2013 is what created a lonely, divisive and
ineffective Senator -with zero legislative accomplishment- who announced
a presidential bid only 2 years after election to the Senate. And
it’s that same personality issue that creates a need for a disguise to
be successful.
Ted Cruz is the political equivalent of Ty Cobb. Despite skills, no teammate could get along with either S.O.B.
Donald
Trump can sense these things the way most of us can sense the same
given enough time around similar characters. As a consequence when
Trump invited Ted Cruz to speak at the RNC Convention, he knew what was
most likely going to happen. After all, it was entirely predictable.
The
only risk to Donald Trump was if Cruz broke character and came to
Cleveland to deliver a unity speech. That would have elevated Cruz.
However, by mid-afternoon yesterday any doubts about what direction Cruz
was going to take were easily dispatched by looking at his actual
engagements.
Senator
Ted Cruz returned to the national political scene exactly where he left
off after losing Indiana. A review of Cruz twitter feed merely
confirmed the same cast of characters, the same tone, the same delivery
and the same predictable approach heading into the evening.
The
only thing that remained last night was for Trump to see how far Cruz
was willing to expose himself, to display his toxic abrasiveness on a
national stage.
One
can only imagine candidate Trump standing out of sight at the back of
the auditorium listening to the delivery. Trump listening as Cruz began
to describe how divided we are as a nation. Listening to Cruz explain
how the values of each state have no commonality.
Yep,
exactly as anticipated – After the proselytizing introduction about the
police officer’s families killed in Dallas and Baton Rouge, Senator Ted
Cruz was delivering a self-absorbed disunity speech at a Republican
National Convention and referencing his own campaign: “our campaign”.
The
building division was only moderately interrupted when Cruz looked
directly into the 12 o’clock camera nineteen minutes later and said:
[19:00] ...”and to those listening, please, don’t stay home in November”...
APPLAUSE (audience thinks he’s messaging the #NeverTrumpers to not sit out) – But, wait for it....
APPLAUSE CONTINUES (audience still thinking he’s messaging the #NeverTrump)... But, wait for it.....
Boom, there it is:
....”if you love our country, and you love our children as much as I know that you do, stand and speak and vote your conscience – vote for candidates up and down the ticket, who you trust to defend our freedom and to defend the constitution”....
Wait, wut?
The divisive, too-cute-by-half “vote your conscience, up and down the ticket” commentary came out exactly as Trump thought it would three weeks earlier when he offered the speaking engagement.
That’s the moment toxic Cruz lost the audience, and abrasive Ted self-detonated.
The audience chants: “we want Trump, we want Trump, we want Trump”!
But it wasn’t until Cruz gave the snarky response..:
“I appreciate the enthusiasm of the New York delegation”
..that visible loud BOOS commenced.
And
they grew louder, and louder, and louder. As the entire audience began
to recognize the arrogance of slighting the home-team delegation for the
Republican Nominee for President, at his own convention.
From
that moment, Cruz lost the entire convention floor. Chaos began as the
pontificating abrasiveness continued with few paying attention.
It was the snarky slight to the New York delegation that affirmed everything Trump thought would possibly happen.
It
was also the arrogant poke in the eye to the audience that finally
brought Spartacus Trump into visibility within the auditorium.
Toxic
Ted Cruz left the stage amid a thunderous chorus of boos, having
diminished himself spectacularly on the grandest political stage of them
all. The entire audience, and millions of people around the world saw
first hand the toxic and abrasive nature that is Ted Cruz unmasked.The
rest, as they say, IS HISTORY.
Only Cruz sycophants are left believing Ted Cruz has any political viability left at all.
Much like the White House in 2001, the republican party won’t forget the sheer audacity and arrogance. Worse yet, donors will never trust a candidate willing to expose his own conceited nature on such a large scale.
Senator Ted Cruz ended his political career the same way he came into it, all alone.
Cruz Defends Speech, Spars With Trump Supporters in Explosive Meeting With Texas Delegation
In
a very tense meeting with the Texas delegation Thursday morning at the
Republican National Convention, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) was asked
repeatedly to explain his behavior the previous night.
Cruz gave a speech in which he laid out a conservative vision for the future, but the message was overshadowed by what wasn’t in
his speech – a Donald Trump endorsement. Instead of telling voters to
support the GOP nominee, he told them to “vote their conscience” – a
seeming nod to the “Never Trump” movement, who used the same word on Monday when they tried to prevent a Trump nomination.
Just like Wednesday night’s speech, Cruz was met with applause, yet dismissed with boos on Thursday.
Cruz
defended his speech to the Texas delegates by insisting he never said
one bad word about Donald Trump, and he doesn’t intend to in the
future.
“I won’t be talking negative about Trump going forward,” he promised.
It wasn’t so much about Donald Trump, Cruz argued, but about the need to defend the United States of America.
“This is about standing for what we believe in,” he said.
“They
knew exactly what I was going to say,” Cruz said, convincing him that
they believed his delivering that message would encourage people to get
out to vote.
“I asked Americans – do not stay home in November.”
Cruz also insisted his remarks were intended to help Trump defeat Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
His speech, he said, was an “outline to Trump and his campaign on how to win.
The dominant message has to be freedom, Cruz urged. If “email server” is last word, “we’re going to lose.”
Yet, Cruz then appeared to throw some shade at Trump supporters who booed him off stage last night.
It
was somewhat dismaying, he said, that apparently some of Donald’s
biggest partisan supporters, when they heard him say people should vote
for someone they trust and they know will defend the Constitution, they
immediately began booing.
“What
does it say when you stand up and say vote your conscience and rabid
supporters of our party say ‘what a horrible thing to say?’” he asked.
During
the question and answer section, Cruz sparred with a few Trump
supporters, one of whom (loudly) reminded the Texas senator he was
supposed to honor his pledge and support the party.
Cruz
said he’s happy to talk to the gentleman, but will “not get in a
screaming match” with him. “I believe in treating people with civility,”
he said.
“I’m
going to defend your rights even to insult me,” he said to another
combative attendee demanding to know why Cruz won’t endorse Trump.
Cruz then proved this was still a personal issue, referencing Trump’s attacks on both his wife Heidi and his father Rafael.
Cruz
spoke at the convention, “despite the fact” that the Trump campaign has
never taken back what they said about his family, he said.
“I am not in the habit of supporting people who attack my wife and attack my father," he said.
When asked if Cruz will be voting for Trump, he deferred, only noting who he will not be voting for.
“I can tell you, I’m not voting for Hillary.”
Between Wednesday’s night’s speech and Thursday
morning’s combative meeting, it begs the question whether Cruz is being
sincere, or just trying to incite trouble and prepare himself for a
2020 presidential run.
I’ll let another Texas delegate have the last word.
“I have to say, it’s not about Trump or Cruz, it’s about the United States of America.”
FOXNews telecasted most of this meeting live. I am looking for a video of the broadcast. Laura
Laura J Alcorn
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