No endorsement. Trump stole his thunder when he walked in during cruz's final lines. Awesome.
Ted Cruz ridiculous
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Wait...so you don't like Trump and aren't voting for him, but you're pissed about a lack of endorsements for him?
Confusing to say the least.
Confusing to say the least.
I respect him for being honest...hell, this entire convention has been hotly contested with anti-Trump sentiment.
If he doesn't want to get behind that asswipe, more power to him!
If he doesn't want to get behind that asswipe, more power to him!
Never a doubt that the POS would suck the used Summer's Eve nozzle. What an arrogant, condescending POS; too bad he wasn't born a dog so he could lick his balls.
I just wanted to see him do what he said he would do. Lost a lot of my respect tonight.
Seems to me that Cruz did well enough in the primaries that he gets his turn on the podium to sway the direction of the RNC platform. Don't see any obligation to endorse Trump for that matter either.
The same is true for Bernie Sanders at the upcoming DNC. He's under no obligation to say nice things about Billery.
The same is true for Bernie Sanders at the upcoming DNC. He's under no obligation to say nice things about Billery.
The simple notion that he should, or even worse is obligated to, endorse Trump because they are both members of the same party is a perfect example of why the whole system is so screwed up.
I thought he signed a pledge to support the nominee? That's somewhat of an obligation. It takes a confident man to proof the speech and let him go on and do that.
Honestly, I always thought of the pledge as respecting the winner and not mounting a third party run and poaching votes. Never considered that it might imply that you had to endorse anyone.
Trump has repeatedly said he would not support the Republican candidate if it were not him. He doesn't deserve these guys' backing.
Trump's campaign has even been on record saying their VP is essentially in charge. How f'ed is that?
Trump's campaign has even been on record saying their VP is essentially in charge. How f'ed is that?
could be. I'd have to have sys read over it and give his legal opinion.
Better the vice president than Karl Rove or Valerie Jarrett who call all the shots from behind the scenes.
Making America great again is a full time job. Need a strong 2nd in command.
Think Will Riker.
Ps sys can you do it in that voice where you make fun of melania for being a foreigner? That was great.
So what was his speech about.....1. congratulates Donald Trump 2. draws a clear distinction between the repub and democrats 3. says vote your conscience. 4. Says support everyone up and down the ticket. 5. Says for those of you sitting at home get up and vote in November. 6. Just by being there and speaking he is indicating that he supports the party and Trump. People are being upset because he did not say i endorse. They are the ones that are being stupid IMO
If I was Ted Cruz, I would have stayed up there and done 10 minutes of Grandpa Munster quotes
True. However, the Hildebitch campaign won't let anyone on stage who doesn't toe the campaign's theme. That's the difference between the GOP and dems...the dems always unite around their candidate or issue regardless of their inner feelings.
I see what you're doing. Last night was such an epic monkeyf*#@ that you want to get ahead of it - call me out, try to mitigate it. I don't blame you. It's obvious what you're doing, but I can't blame you, I'd do the same thing.
The country is awestruck at the ugly, amateurish, whiskey tango pageant the conservatives are hosting. Boo's, breached pledges, screaming at wives, shattered careers, assault rifles, plagiarism, paranoia, academic fraud, soap opera stars, I haven't had this much fun since the tilt-a-whirl car flew into the crowd. The trashy spectacle last night will be talked about for years and years.
How could Cruz possibly endorse a man who attempted to link his father to the assassination of JFK?
She'll survive my attack. Nothing hurts her except garlic and crosses.
Speaking of her, where is she? Nobody's seen her since she recited the Obama speech.
Right? Watching the consequences play out of the Donald's total warfare campaign is heart warming. In a twisted way, I'm glad to see there are some conservatives that don't submit.
Cruz would have been better served to gracefully decline the invitation to speak. I agree with him ideologically, but he's not good at the art of politics.
If he had declined to speak, Trump supporters would be ripping him for that.
Still wouldn't be this bad. The pledge backfired on all of these guys.
Trump is abrasive and is a circus side show, but part of me thinks he's playing chess to everyone else's checkers.
What I have heard as the primary (really only) message from this circus.
Hillary is bad.....like dumpster fire overflowing with used Pampers and old tires bad.
Trump isn't Hillary.
I don't think it is conservatives hosting it though. It's Trumpites, and they are a whole different beast.
Trump attacked and insulted his family. I wouldn't endorse someone that attacked my family and if you are going to give me a pulpit then I am going to use it to specifically NOT endorse you. It was a brilliant marketing move by Trump to give him the prime time speaking spot and plant people in the audience to start the shouts and boos.
The thing that not many people talk about is that Cruz (thru his subordinates) attacked Trump's wife first.
I don't like it either way. Very slimy.
Obviously, Hillary is fair game.
It's funny. Conservatives are all the time complaining about GOP politicians not standing their ground for true conservative values. They are all the time bemoaning alleged conservative politicians for rolling over in order to preserve the "R" team. Then when someone actually does it, he gets blasted. Personally I like a guy, politically at least, whom John Boehner and Mitch McConnell can stand.
No disagreement on a man that stands his ground. He should have declined to speak at the event and picked a different forum though.
I understand why people want a unified front for appearance reasons, I just don't care. If someone wants to get up there and disagree with Trump his entire speech, I'm OK with that.
Me too. But I think Cruz - who I voted for - came off as a douche, and yet again got outplayed by Trump.
