Trump: Cruz, Kasich Shouldn't Speak at Convention Unless They Endorse Me! Waaaaa, boo hoo....sniff sniff
Any questions about the psychology of trump?
Any questions about what kind of president he might be, what kind of America we'll live in under this guy?
Don't know about you but it seems that everytime I begin to give this guy a break...he says something really stupid or potentially destructive.
Any questions about what kind of president he might be, what kind of America we'll live in under this guy?
Don't know about you but it seems that everytime I begin to give this guy a break...he says something really stupid or potentially destructive.
I kjnow give me the same tired old do nothing say nothing cites No thank you. What's his stance on bringing military pay and social security pay up to par with true COLA?
That's number one.
Or is his penchant for Pelosillynist politics good ewnough for the rest of you. Vote First Find Out Later.
Time for something besides boo hoos and sand box antics.
I have very little use for politicians and even less for those who make a show og unity until the rubber meets the rod.
I at one time supported Cruz and even look at Kasich. Not now. They could help keep Hillary out of the Presidency but would rather see her there than Trump win.
Real solid people there. For the Dumbacrats.
Pure speculation. You're attributing Trump's narcissism and thin skin to others.
One thing I think many are overlooking is that the convention is not only to vote on a nominee, but also to craft the party platform. Cruz still holds a Senate seat and the second largest block of Republican voters to Trump. Whether or not Trump likes it, he needs those votes to win. He only risks alienating more Republicans by rejecting Cruz and Kasich from speaking to their respective contingencies. Many people are justifiably concerned with Trump's historical support for Democratic values, including gun control (the Brady Bill), marriage, etc. Trump could do much to offer the olive branch.
The other thing to consider is that no candidate is obligated to endorse another candidate - even from their own party. Given Trump's over-the-top personal attacks against Cruz' family, that's a bridge burned by Trump's own actions. I don't fault Cruz one bit for refusing to endorse Trump. But one should not confuse a missing endorsement with open opposition. I don't see Cruz speaking at the convention about anything other than the values he campaigned on all along and the need to get American on the right track through fewer regulations, lower taxes, and more opportunities. If Donald Trump is smart, he'll echo that call.
As far as narcissism goes, anybody that runs for political office, especially the presidency has to be somewhat narcissistic, or at least something of an egoist (yes I meant egoist not egotist). You don’t get to the positions of power held by these “gentlemen” without being that way, you have to believe in yourself and be willing to fight for what you think right even if no one else does.
Anyway, enough junior psychologist crap. Enjoyed the exchange, keeps me thinking and reasoning. Keep up the “agent provocateur” role.
The freaking parties have the only power by law to run their selection of candidates during the priamary season which isn't over until the last delegate vote is counted and confirmed.
Duuuuhhhhh.
They can have the President of France, the First Lord of the Admiralty of the British Navy and the designer of the Kilo sub in to chat from behind the lectern on top the podium of those conventions. They can have a 12 year old martian? They can have me! If they pay my price. What do you mean. hell The others are at least candidates. Maybe they are all going to fall on their swords and we can watch the blood run.
Next time we hear this level of question will be when a non lawyer gets nominated for Supreme Court.
get a life and get an education.
Given a choice of Seig Heil I'm a dumb ass joke or Comrades we serve the party who do you think will get the still useless popular vote.
One more good manufactured crisis and the Witch is home free to claim the china and retaltiate. I'm staying in FNA.
So if Trump is a petulant ass, what is Obama or Hillary? I am so tired of people knocking Trump all the time. It smacks of ignorance and hatred.
This Vet says **ck this country if this is best representation we have to offer ourselves. We deserve to fall apart and take a place in history's dust bin if we can't conserve the Constitution and pass on its appropriate legacy to our children.
You should want this stuff fixed, and like it or not Trumps supporters are mainly people who want this to happen.
If HC is what this country chooses it gets what it deserves.If I didn't have kids I wouldn't care at all.
Cruz talked a good game, but he was hated by the congress and would have gotten nowhere IF he even got elected.
As I said, the American people crafted their own coffin and if they want to nail it shut they are more than welcome. Me and mine will survive.
http://www.redstate.com/streiff/2016/...
I'm not emotional frozen at all, I've reasoned this out.
Sorry American people, you get no voice unless you agree with Trump.
What a jackass.
You want a dictatorship? Vote for Trump or Hillary.
If you aren't going play the part that fate has assigned you, you don't get to be in the show.
He can say anything he wants in a public forum -- the convention floor isn't one.
And, I like Cruz. Other than Ron Paul, I think his positions are more aligned with mine. My concern with him is that he is really good at making principled stands but not particularly good at getting others to do what he wants. I don't want a dictator I agree with, I want someone who can build a consensus.
I think Trump will do better at getting things done -- and I like most of his positions. No one is going to give me everything I want. Anyone trying to cut into the crony capitalism is going to face a firestorm. I think Trump can withstand it better.
If Hildebeast herself said the same thing about Sanders coming to their convention and talking bad about her, I would stick up for her on that point. If he is going to go, he has to either support the democratic candidate OR go independent.
Were you a big fan of Cruz trying to manage the delegate selection so that he got his people as delegates irrespective of how the voters had voted?
Trump fits in there almost as well as he does with the Dems.
Voting for the GOP is giving consent to serfdom.
I just did and my mind's eye is looking at craven Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, who Obama thanked "for $$$making$$$ government work."
It was talk big for votes and then to cower for Obama RINO behavior that opened the door for someone like "bad hair day loose cannon Trump" as I like to call him.
Trump gets support from the people who bear the brunt of the cronyism through taxes to support wars that benefit the rich, federal reserve actions that benefit the rich and make everyday people pay for it, etc. etc. etc.
In a way, Trump hijacked the republican party right out from under the bosses. They were so complacent they didnt see it coming. Now they are pissed off. Same with BREXIT. The people spoke in the quiet of the voting booth and threw off their chains of oppression.
Brexit was a simple choice: serfdom to a foreign power or a certain degree of self determination.
Voting for Hillary or Trump is choosing between slavery by the torture of socialist looting or serfdom by the torture of monarchial dictatorship.
Brexit is choosing neither.
Joke would do except it isn't.
Since you asked about Obama, my opinion of him is that he should have been impaled on the White House lawn for treason several years ago alongside Hillary.
What supporters have concluded is based on faith, not on reason. Supporters are eing conned by Trump, just as GOP voters have been conned in the past.
other, such as Cruz, could somehow be legitimately
nominated. But since Trump apparently got the
majority of primary votes (although not mine), I do not see how that can be. I heard in my childhood "You don't change the rules in the middle of the game."
As I have said previously, it looks like letting
Clinton and her supporters shoot you in the head
with a gun you know to be fully loaded, or play-
ing Russian roulette.
We'll gladly suffer the warming effects!
Laughing my unplugged butt off!
So its not a stupid comment at all. Do these guys want Hillary to win? If not, Trump is the only other candidate that has a chance to resist her campaign.
Trump would be incredibly foolish to throw a fit about Cruz and Kasich speaking. If he does, it will only emphasize in many Republicans' minds the #NeverTrump mentality because it will emphasize Trump's own narcissism. If Trump is the great deal-maker he proclaims himself to be, this is a prime opportunity to prove it!
As to the party platform, parties seem to talk and promise a lot and then when their nominees are elected, all bets are off.
A good party platform would be to oppose cronyism at all levels in government. Unfortunately, the only one who even hints at that is Trump and to an extent Cruz and Sanders.
Hillary IS the posterchild for cronyism
"The republicans should listen TO Trump actually and tap into that anti-establishment sentiment."
I agree that the establishment Republicans are a major problem for the Party and that they should take notes from this election cycle. 100% agree. But to disagree with how things are being done is pointless without a plan for what should be done. That starts with values, and what I question is whether or not Trump actually stands by any of those values on his website. He never talks about them in interviews - doesn't even point people there. I'll wait 'til the debates for a final weigh-in, but those are the issues which matter to that vital bloc of Republican voters Trump absolutely must have to win the election.
A very interesting youtube video link I am putting in there which showed CNN grilling Trumps with his family present and joining in. I say the apples dont fall far from the tree. It was a great interview. Its about 40 minutes long, but there is a very revealing interview with the CNN asshole Anderson Cooper and Trump’s family. YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWCJ1...
He asks unbiased questions no one will ask...he doesn't come from any point of view but seeks truth.
I've seen countless interviews of him and that is my impression of him...he is self made and had no help getting to where he is.
no help? his mother is gloria vanderbilt with connections.
Trump cannot be THAT bad to deserve that kind of treatment. I just turn off Anderson Cooper now when he starts in on Trump.
If he cant, thats ok, but he should either shut up or quit the party.
It just has no class to do that. If Cruz was the candidate, I really doubt Trump would even go to the convention and drag Cruz down, but if he did, I wouldnt think it was a good idea. All it would do is help elect Hillary.
Second, I wouldn't be a Trump supporter criticizing another political candidate of a potential breach of class. That's a foot just begging for ingestion and subsequent indigestion. That was the hypocrisy I was referring to, which started with the whole "Lyin' Ted" mantra. Go back to the first debate and you'll see Cruz being begged to dis on Donald Trump and instead respond "I'm wearing a Donald trump tie." That's class.
I have really tried to give trumpet a break but he continually has caused me to regret it.
No reflection on you jhagen...just saying...
In my opinion, supreme court appointments are the most critical thing our next president will do. Trump might not do any better, but there is at least a chance that he will.
Considering BOTH of them have reniged on their pledge, that makes them documented LIARS.
Why should documented proven LIARS be permitted to speak at a convention that is supposed to usher in the nominee?
I agree with Trump based on the actions of both Cruz and Kasich, they should not be allowed to speak. In fact were it me I would have them banned form the convention period.
I too, on that basis, would of withdrawn my support.
I also would intend to speak on a platform we should adopt for a successful campaign for the restoration of America.
They can speak without saying whether they support anyone or not and I think that's exactly the way Cruz will treat that situation...there is no need to race to FOX and endorse trumpet and his childish behaviors.