Dear Boss and SJ,
as amusing as your banter is take it from a long time Conservative; you are BOTH Conservatives!!!!! Interesting how at the flick of a switch from the Dems you suddenly are at each other. Disunity is DEATH in Politics. I say get over any petty differences and concentrate on the real problem.
Well, if we are both conservatives, one of us (SJ) is not adhering to our conservative principles. Big government programs and solutions are not conservative principles. Statism and progressive social policies are not conservative. No Democrat flicked THIS switch, it was flicked by SJ when I wouldn't "fall in line" behind Trump. The disunity is due to Cruz and Constitutional Conservatives being continuously kicked in the groin and denigrated. These are not "petty differences" they are major differences and no sir, I will not get over them.
I understand Democrats are the real problem which is why I can't understand why people like SJ have such a hard on about attacking true Conservatives. He has spent this entire campaign besmirching ME and attacking MY views and opinions because Cruz didn't jump at the chance to endorse Trump.
I think Don was making a joke of the stereotype of rich blokes getting the sheilas by wealth and power aka Bill. It might take a bit of patience to work it out but there it is.
All I have said is that Trump's comments were inappropriate and wrong. Why can't people just accept that and admit it? Even Trump admitted it! For some reason, all of his supporters want to run around trying to pretend it's no big deal and there wasn't anything wrong with it because Hillary has done worse. Pointing to the bad behavior of others does not excuse your own bad behavior. But I am called "Benedict Arnold" because I point this out and condemn what he said.
Now look.... it's no coincidence this comes rolling out a month before the election and not during the primaries. Obviously, the Democrats had this information all along and were waiting for just the right time to release it... and there's going to be MORE. Some of us tried to warn people about this a long time ago when we still had the chance of nominating a decent candidate. We were hooted down then just as we're being hooted down now and ironically, we'll end up being blamed for Trump's loss.
Boss; you are correct on so many points but I do take issue with how bad those comments were. There is NO moral equivalence with Trump and the Clinton Follies. Trump is very much a conservative though not one I would warm to under normal circumstances. Hell; I find his TV shows GRATING and just DUMB!! Cruz I put before Trump by a wide margin but he didn't get the numbers. But between Hillary and Trump is a chasm as big as any in Politics. As I said his comments were (to me) what we call here a "send up" of the stereotype of the Wealthy slimeball; I don't and didn't get any impression at all that it was something to which he acted upon. As for these women coming out of the woodwork with his supposed "indescretions"?? Sounds like crap to me.
As for the Cruz daddy and Lee HO thing? Anyone know where that came from?? The National Enquirer!!
The 50-year-old mystery behind that photo of Lee Harvey Oswald
Definitely an unreliable source. True: Trump should not have even passing mentioned it but it would have been a major bit of Clinton slime. Better to get it out there for the nonsense it was. The "thingy" at the end of my comment was meant to convey that the pac supported Cruz but wasn't his own or under his direct control. My bad for being Lazy.
Let's hope that, whatever the outcome, Hillary is not it!!!
Greg
I do take issue with how bad those comments were.
"I did try and fuck her. She was married... I moved on her like a bitch. But I couldn’t get there. And she was married."
"I better use some Tic Tacs just in case I start kissing her. You know, I’m automatically attracted to beautiful — I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything.... Grab ’em by the pussy. You can do anything."
So you, as a man, don't find anything inappropriate or wrong about those comments? Forget about Hillary for a moment and focus on the quotes above.,.. you think that was okay and acceptable?
Trump is very much a conservative though not one I would warm to under normal circumstances.
No, Trump is not a conservative. He claimed he was but his viewpoints are not rooted in conservative principles... so either, conservative principles mean something or they don't mean anything. He is a Big Government Republican progressive.... not a Conservative.
Trump should not have even passing mentioned it but it would have been a major bit of Clinton slime. Better to get it out there for the nonsense it was.
Uhm... Trump did not put it out there as a bunch of nonsense, he smeared Cruz with it. I'm not complaining that it damaged Cruz's campaign because I don't think it had any effect but it was a personal smear on Cruz's family and very good justifiable reason for Cruz to not endorse Trump. You just don't endorse people who attack your family that way. Cruz has never signed any pledge to endorse Hillary so it doesn't matter if Hillary slimed him with it, that's not the issue!
The "thingy" at the end of my comment was meant to convey that the pac supported Cruz but wasn't his own or under his direct control. My bad for being Lazy.
Let's get a few things clear....
EVERY Political Action Committee (PAC)
must register with the Federal Election Commission. They have to publicly state if they are affiliated with a particular candidate's campaign or not. This
must be a matter of public record.. it is required by law.
Make America Awesome (MAA), is a
"non-affiliated" PAC according to their own sworn filings with the FEC. They do not endorse or support
ANY candidate in particular. They are an
Anti-Trump PAC.
NO PAC is under Cruz's control! There ARE some Cruz PACs, but PACs are specifically designed to insulate campaign funding from the candidates. It's the whole entire purpose of their existence. It is a federal offense punishable by up to 2 years in prison for
ANY candidate to conspire with a PAC... whether it is their own PAC or not. So the PAC, even it were a Cruz PAC, is
NOT under his direct (or indirect) control unless he is flagrantly violating campaign finance laws.
Furthermore.... if you explore this MAA PAC, you will find the principals of the organization have never had
ANY affiliation with Cruz. The treasurer helped work on Carson's campaign at one time. The president had worked on Rick Perry's campaign. There wasn't even any association with Cruz by anyone heading the organization. Yet, Trump
accused Cruz of violating federal law, buying the rights to the photos and giving them to this PAC. The owner of the rights to the photos (the photographer) said this was not true and no one from the Cruz campaign ever contacted him. But for some reason, because Trump claimed it, his little bulldogs assumed it was true and now they throw it out there as if it's some kind of FACT. It's a baseless
LIE!