Trump v GOP

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FollowChrist34 said:
Agreed - and I do think the problem is that Rubio doesn’t have the clout (the votes, wins) to get Cruz to agree to drop out; why should Cruz? I think everyone believes in the party that Rubio seriously has a much better shot at winning the general than Cruz. That is surely the point of contention, why no agreement has happened. Perhaps this can go on for a while, if they have agreed to share delegates down the road. It will depend on percentages; if they can cut into the Trump vote by exposing him for what he is. Or keep it at 30-40ish percent. Could be some long term strategy.
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They are likely thinking ahead to a brokered convention. Cruz will win more than Rubio Tuesday, which supports your view.
 
GEddie said:
How can they join hands? They are competing for the same slot.

Neither can agree to run as the other’s #2. A Presidential ticket with **2 **Spanish names on it will never fly in this country.

ICXC NIKA
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They can, behind the scenes, make an agreement if they felt there was no way to win the nomination with both men still in.
 
Darryl1958 said:
It is disturbing that Trump is able to sweep a third of the electorate away.

However, it is no more disturbing than the amount of people who still chose to support Hillary Clinton, or even Bernie Sanders.

American foreign policy has already been damaged, even beyond repair in the short term. Eight years of Obama has left nothing much left to be damaged.
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very true. and we are not sure Trump will be the one nominated yet!
 
GEddie said:
How can they join hands? They are competing for the same slot.

Neither can agree to run as the other’s #2. A Presidential ticket with **2 **Spanish names on it will never fly in this country.

ICXC NIKA
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I remember thinking Barack Hussein Obama would never fly. It is 2016. They would get the Hispanic vote I bet. 😉 Besides, what a great advertisement for what America is about. Cruz was born in Canada anyway, right. To me it is a GOOD immigration story.

Seriously I think that would have been an issue 20 years ago, but not today. But maybe you are right, who knows. David Duke would hate it, for sure.
 
FollowChrist34 said:
I remember thinking Barack Hussein Obama would never fly. It is 2016. They would get the Hispanic vote I bet. 😉 Besides, what a great advertisement for what America is about. Cruz was born in Canada anyway, right. To me it is a GOOD immigration story.

Seriously I think that would have been an issue 20 years ago, but not today. But maybe you are right, who knows. David Duke would hate it, for sure.
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You may have a point.

The double Spanish ticket would not have been an issue in 1996 because it would never have been considered. Of course, we don’t know that it’s being considered now.

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GEddie said:
You may have a point.

The double Spanish ticket would not have been an issue in 1996 because it would never have been considered. Of course, we don’t know that it’s being considered now.

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Yeah, I could just be dreaming. But it is a good idea - and the GOP does not have a lot of those these days.
 
FollowChrist34 said:
Yeah, I could just be dreaming. But it is a good idea - and the GOP does not have a lot of those these days.
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I really do believe we need to pray that the Lord’s will be done and release our concerns. Anger has consumed the nation, which, imo, is the fruit of so many years of sin. I just hope more people avail themselves of this year of Mercy.
 
irishpatrick said:
I really do believe we need to pray that the Lord’s will be done and release our concerns. Anger has consumed the nation, which, imo, is the fruit of so many years of sin. I just hope more people avail themselves of this year of Mercy.
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Indeed but by the time everybody repents, the election will be over…
 
GEddie said:
Indeed but by the time everybody repents, the election will be over…
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It is, in a very real way, already down to two choices – Trump or Hillary. I believe the people of the USA, in large measure, do not yet believe they have a reason to repent.

I have said this before, I find no accident in Saint PJPII instituting Divine Mercy Sunday just 16 years ago, and now Pope Francis has declared this a year of Mercy–coupling those two major realities with the Lord’s command to Saint Faustina that she must prepare the world for His Second Coming, and that we are living in the time of Mercy, which will be followed the Day of Justice.

Shortly after the year of Mercy ends, Hillary of Trump will take office.
 
bekalc said:
People’s positions matter and the language matters too. Trump is using divisive language that is appealing to the white supremacists. He talks about punching protesters and makes fun of the disabled?

And we think this is someone who should be President. I have no words.

I have basically decided that I will most likely vote for Hilary over Trump. And I am absolutely FURIOUS that it is getting to this point. All because so many Republicans (and Catholics) seem to be very deceived about the type of man Trump is.

As much as I hate the idea of Hilary at the very least she does not use the kind of divisive language Trump uses and has some real world understanding of how the world works.

As for protecting religious freedom a man who openly talks about targeting one religion is not going to protect religious freedom. Precedents like banning Muslims will and could be used against us.

I refuse to let Donald Trump and his hatred be the voice of the Conservative movement for a temporary win. I refuse. Enough is enough.
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👍 Your whole post is wonderful but I especially like the part I’ve quoted above. It reminded me of “this guy”:
 
Sounds like desperation to me but who knows? Some of these attempts might be likened to throwing the long ball hoping at the end of a football game.
Ted Cruz Speculates Donald Trump’s Taxes Could Show Mafia Ties
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Texas Sen. Ted Cruz speculated Donald Trump doesn’t want to disclose his tax filings because he may have business ties to the mafia and donated to left-leaning organizations like Planned Parenthood.
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“There have been multiple media reports about Donald’s business dealings with the mob, with the mafia,” Cruz said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.” “Maybe his tax returns show that those business dealings are a lot more extensive than reported. We don’t know.”
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Cruz and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio released summary pages of their recent tax filings Saturday. Trump has said he will release the filings once the IRS finishes auditing his returns.
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Cruz pointed to S&A Concrete, which built Trump Tower, and other media reports linking the billionaire businessman to the mafia.
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Read more at: abcnews.go.com/Politics/ted-cruz-speculates-donald-trumps-taxes-show-mafia/story?id=37242130
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Path_Finder said:
Sounds like desperation to me but who knows? Some of these attempts might be likened to throwing the long ball hoping at the end of a football game.
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It worked for Aaron Rodgers. He pulled it off once during the regular season and almost pulled it off in the playoffs.
 
It’s funny all of a sudden mitt Romney knows what trump has in his tax return and cruz is in on trumps intimate relations with the mafia.

I thought women were bad gossips. (Sarc)
 
It sounds here like Cruz took a page out of Trump’s own playbook. This is yet another ridiculous distraction in this somewhat odd campaign season.
 
meltzerboy said:
It sounds here like Cruz took a page out of Trump’s own playbook. This is yet another ridiculous distraction in this somewhat odd campaign season.
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When did trump say something out of thin air about an opponent?
 
It gets old with all of these guys and the tactics they are using. How about focusing on the issues? I realize certain personal issues are relevant but more often than not it is becoming seemingly more important to discredit each other than to talk about things that are affecting this country.
 
Trump was talking about Rubio buying a house and selling it to someone? Sounded like it could have political types of connections. These things happen. In 2008 of course, the first ones to question President Obama’s citizenship and birth-right apparently was the Clinton campaign.

Better things are vetted now than later, that’s what I say about all of them.
 
It’s a pity that the “Mob” seems possibly connected to Casinos, in NJ too besides Nevada.

Also, the Mob apparently has been involved in Unions in NJ/NY within the last 10 years, of course, that’s a completely different thing.

But maybe it’s a process of throwing things out and seeing if anything sticks, Mitt Romney of course, about 2 days ago, opined that perhaps there was a bombshell in the tax returns.

I believe Cruz and Rubio have released their tax returns of the last several years or plan on doing such.
 
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