INDIANAPOLIS — Sen. Ted Cruz is withdrawing from the Republican presidential primary, effectively ceding the GOP nomination to businessman and reality-TV star Donald Trump.
Cruz made that announcement in Indianapolis, after a crushing loss to Trump in the Indiana primary. Cruz had already been mathematically eliminated in the GOP race, but had remained in the hope that Trump could be denied a majority of delegates, and Cruz could win the nomination in a contested convention.
“I’ve said that I would continue on as long as there is a viable path to victory. Tonight, I’m sorry to say it appears that path has been foreclosed,” Cruz said late Tuesday. “We gave it everything we’ve got. But the voters chose another path. And so with a heavy heart – but with boundless optimism, for the long-term future of our nation – we are suspending our campaign.”
“No!” those in the crowd yelled.
That announcement ends Cruz’s own unlikely political journey: outside of Trump, few politicians have ever risen as fast in the recent history of the GOP. As recently as 2012, he was a long-shot challenger in a Texas senate race. Cruz won, and quickly became famous outside Washington – and loathed within it – for leading an ill-fated effort to stop President Obama’s health-care law, which led to a government shutdown in 2013. Cruz used his popularity among the GOP base to become a top challenger in this race – but his outsider candidacy was defeated by an even more famous, more transgressive Republican outsider: Donald Trump.
...and it came to pass that he succumbed to slumber, and dreamed of the Planet Arrakis:
shag carpeting:
and a favorite drink from his childhood:
And lo! He awoke with great trembling, and the Angel of Democracy appeared before him, and he confessed his troubling dreams and asked: "What do they mean, oh Angel of Democracy?"
And the Angel answered: "Have you considered buying property in Vancouver?"
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"The great problem of any civilization is how to rejuvenate itself without rebarbarization." - Will Durant "We've kept more promises than we've even made" - Donald Trump "Of what meaning is the world without mind? The question cannot exist." - Edwin Land
Cruz used his popularity among the GOP base to become a top challenger in this race – but his outsider candidacy was defeated by an even more famous, more transgressive Republican outsider: Donald Trump.
I liked both of these candidates and it honestly hurt me to see them going at each other. Kasich should have gotten out a long time ago.
It's time to unite and realize that not showing up to vote for Trump is the same thing as voting for Hillary Clinton.
And when the confederates saw Jackson standing fearless as a stone wall the army of Northern Virginia took courage and drove the federal army off their land.
Unfortunately for you many republicans may realize Trump is the worse of the two.
Too many Republicans are asking whether Trump, Cruz, or even Paul Ryan should be president rather than Trump or Clinton.
The Republican tent should be big enough to include all people seeking smaller government and lower taxes. Moderate republicans have gotten their candidate several times. I held my nose and voted for John McCain in 2008. I think anyone who calls himself a conservative should vote for the eventual nominee.
And when the confederates saw Jackson standing fearless as a stone wall the army of Northern Virginia took courage and drove the federal army off their land.
ajax18 wrote:It's time to unite and realize that not showing up to vote for Trump is the same thing as voting for Hillary Clinton.
So, I guess this means that not showing up to vote for Hillary Clinton is the same thing as voting for Trump?
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ajax18 wrote: The Republican tent should be big enough to include all people seeking smaller government and lower taxes. Moderate republicans have gotten their candidate several times. I held my nose and voted for John McCain in 2008. I think anyone who calls himself a conservative should vote for the eventual nominee.
The record, such as it is, suggests Trump isn't economically conservative. He certainly doesn't favor smaller government. Whether he'd support the tax base to actually fund a larger government is an open question. He's an unprincipled demagogue with strongman overtones that changes positions more often than he does clothes, so it's anyone's guess what he'd actually favor in office.
ajax18 wrote:It's time to unite and realize that not showing up to vote for Trump is the same thing as voting for Hillary Clinton.
I've wondered whether the group Birkenstocks for Bernie might now join forces with Dummies for the Donald. Hillary will not support the destruction of normality, so she must be stopped.
Mitt Romney will be at the ready should a bizarre opportunity present itself, plus his tweet thanking Side-winder Ted for his support of conservatism demonstrates that he would be willing to take on this slithering Texan as a running mate.
The record, such as it is, suggests Trump isn't economically conservative. He certainly doesn't favor smaller government. Whether he'd support the tax base to actually fund a larger government is an open question. He's an unprincipled demagogue with strongman overtones that changes positions more often than he does clothes, so it's anyone's guess what he'd actually favor in office.
You didn't think he was going to win. You thought he was the "Herman Caine moment" in the Republican party. I've heard Glenn Beck say Trump isn't a conservative every morning and I'm tired of it. Trump is certainly more conservative than Hillary. The fact that he is so hated by the left should be proof enough that he's serious about what he says on stopping illegal immigration and renegotiating some of our worst trade deals.
And when the confederates saw Jackson standing fearless as a stone wall the army of Northern Virginia took courage and drove the federal army off their land.
