Skip to 1:20 below for the key bit. If youve been waiting for Cruz to hammer the point that Trump is erratic and potentially dangerous as president, a fear that seemed to have resonance in Iowa, here it is in spades. Thats a smart way to appeal to undecideds, I think, even more so than attacking Trumps conservative heresies because unpredictability is a quality that most voters naturally disdain in someone running for the worlds most powerful job. Even if youre at peace with Trump deviating here and there from Reagan orthodoxy, chances are youre not thrilled at the thought of presidential tweetstorms whenever he doesnt get his way on something. Rich Lowry rightly praises Cruz here for deftly weaving mockery and substantive criticism of Trumps record together, which is true, but Im surprised that Cruz doesnt emphasize what Trumps loss in Iowa says about his managerial acumen. Thats the way to kill Trump not by calling him a RINO, which many of his fans dont care about, but by using Iowa as proof that the Great and Powerful Oz wasnt so great and powerful when it counted. If Americas going to do so much winning under Trump that we all get bored with winning, how come the winning didnt start in Iowa?
If you think the Trump/Cruz war is fun, wait until the Palin/Cruz war heats up. Theres probably no advantage to Cruz in engaging there, but Palins doing her best to bait him. Meanwhile, as Trump and his surrogates go kitchen-sink on Cruz and suck up all the available media oxygen, the Christie/Bush/Kasich triad thats trying to take down Rubio is gasping for air. Someones going to need to explain to me later why Trump is bombing Cruz this week instead of the guy whos piling up endorsements and donations and seems to be the biggest threat to Trump in New Hampshire. Exit question: How far up the Canadian chain of command does the great Iowa fraud go?
Update: More from Trump on his ground-game failure in Iowa:
Well, I think we could have used a ground game, a term I wasnt even familiar with, he said. You know, when you say ground game, I say what the hell is that? Now Im familiar with it. I think in retrospect we should have had a better ground game. I would have funded a better ground game, but you know, people told me that my ground game was fine, and by most standards it was.
Not true, says Politico. Trump was warned that he needed a better ground game but held off due to the expense.
Trump was warned that he needed a better ground game but held off due to the expense. Cheap bastard!
this is what you can expect from a Trump presidency? Don't spend any money unless it is on hats with slogans like "make america great" he could steal the Obama slogan "Yes we can!" or become really inventive such as "no muslims here!" or " No mexicans here!"
The days of austerity will be back again as you endlessly play the tune "happy days are here again" and he will launch his own reality TV show live from the Oval Office where he fires the Speakers of the House one after another
Trump didn't spend a few million to try to win Iowa with a real ground operation. Now he faces Rubio and Cruz and a long expensive race to the nomination.
Trump had the chance to shut out the entire field with wins in Iowa and New Hampshire. He blew it. And I think he now realizes that which is why he's running around like Carson's greatest defender.
Let's recall instead that Carson's real nosedive in the polls from 30% down to 10% came after Trump's direct attacks on him as "pathological", as incurable as a "child molester".
But Donaldo wants to pose as Carson's defender now, just to cover that he lost Iowa from his own cheap-ass campaigning.
I'll post more on this later. Trump's campaign was helpless because he wouldn't give them the money to organize the state properly. They couldn't even do a half-ass job on that budget.
An exaggeration. I am sure Denmark would be fine,as long as they continually spoke about how smart and handsome he is.
ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION!
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
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Update: More from Trump on his ground-game failure in Iowa:
Well, I think we could have used a ground game, a term I wasnt even familiar with, he said. You know, when you say ground game, I say what the hell is that? Now Im familiar with it. I think in retrospect we should have had a better ground game. I would have funded a better ground game, but you know, people told me that my ground game was fine, and by most standards it was.
How embarrassing.
That's akin to a General Officer saying "maybe I should have had better air cover...I didn't even know what that meant until I had my 4th point of contact handed to me."
For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:6-8)
I'm curious as to how many folks write a check and donate to the self-proclaimed billionaire's campaign.
I think that as of now they are all named Trump. Actually Dollar Donald doesn't contribute to his campaign, he lends money to it which the campaign can repay if/when others eventually contribute to it. I suspect that at the minimum he could write the loans off as bad debt if no-one else contributes and get a tax break for the amount.
BTW, do you know how Hillary's 2008 campaign got out of millions in debt after she lost? Look it up, you'll get a better idea on how this game is played.
For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:6-8)
At the same time, Trumps businesses have charged significant rent to the campaign. The campaign paid $144,000 for rent in the third quarter to Trump Tower Commercial LLC, Trump Restaurants LLC and the Trump Corp.
Cruz: Lets face it, Trump is losing it and might nuke Denmark on a whim as president
Politics in America, and indeed throughout the world, has become infantile, cheap, and trashy. The worst part is it is bent toward satisfying populations that are infantile, cheap, stupid, and trashy. There is no hope for the human race.
That's akin to a General Officer saying "maybe I should have had better air cover...I didn't even know what that meant until I had my 4th point of contact handed to me."
Astonishing, isn't it?
"Let me tell you, we have a fabulous ground game. A world-class ground game yet a very classy ground game. ... What's a ground game?"
Let me tell you, we have a fabulous ground game. A world-class ground game yet a very classy ground game. ... What's a ground game?"
You couldn't make this stuff up.
Trump blew his best chance at the inevidible . He may take NH . SC I think is up for grabs .Cruz still has the evangelical vote and I don't think the Blacks will vote for Trump ,although Trump thinks he'll do well with the Black vote.
After that ;it's the SEC primaries and that is where Cruz separates himself from the pack.
BTW 60% of White Republican voters in Iowa voted for the 2 Hispanic-American candidates and the Black candidate .
"If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools." Plato
Someones going to need to explain to me later why Trump is bombing Cruz this week instead of the guy whos piling up endorsements and donations and seems to be the biggest threat to Trump in New Hampshire.
Because Trump is a petulant 10 year old child in a 70 year old body,and Cruz recently beat him. His ego is as incapable of accepting that as it is of seeing future defeat from Rubio. He sees himself being cast in the role of a "loser",and it's all Cruz's fault because nothing is ever his own fault.
Also,I still believe he is running for two purposes. One is to pump up an ego already the size of the known universe,and the other is to emerge as the top alleged Republican candidate so he can drop out late in the race for cash and future considerations (Perot,part 2) so the Dim candidate can win because it will be too late for any other candidate to put together a good campaign. He will then spend the rest of his life bragging about how "I COULD have been the president of the US if I wanted,but I decided the job was beneath me."
ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION!
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
This could backfire and the "shoot first, ask questions later" neocons might head over to Trump.
Are you kidding? They are his voting base. They have been there since Day One.
ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION!
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
Trump was warned that he needed a better ground game but held off due to the expense.
Cheap bastid!
It be bidnez,Fred. The more he spends in the campaign,the smaller his profit when he subtracts his expenses from the pay-off he will get when he drops out.
His business model is bankruptcy. He comes in and artificially inflates the value of the product,then sells out and strips all the assets from the company and bankrupts it.
Apply those tactics to politics,and you have the answer.
ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION!
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
Don't spend any money unless it is on hats with slogans like "make america great"
If you have the ability to check into it,I'd almost be willing to bet he bought control of the hat company and agreed to pay $15.95 for the $5.95 hats in order to boost quarterly sales figures to pump up the price of the stock. When it reaches a certain level,he will dump his stock for big profits that will bankrupt the company.
His business and his political strategy are geared to operate the same way. It's all about Trump,all the time. Don't forget,he is also charging his own campaign for the use of his private jet to fly him around in (already up to 700 grand last month),as well as the expenses for his bodyguards,his personal assistants,his limo,etc,etc,etc. I wouldn't be a bit surprised to learn after taxes are filed next year that he even charged his campaign for his personal appearances and his speeches. In short, his presidential campaign is paying the day to day expenses of Trump Industries,or whatever he calls his mother ship.
ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION!
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
I'm curious as to how many folks write a check and donate to the self-proclaimed billionaire's campaign.
I think that as of now they are all named Trump.
I do know the name of one BIG one.
Uncle Sam. Uncle Sam is paying the day to day expenses of the Trump empire these days because Trump is billing it all to his campaign.
Trumps business model is bankruptcy,and his one Golden Rule is to "Never spend my own money."
ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION!
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
Actually Dollar Donald doesn't contribute to his campaign, he lends money to it which the campaign can repay if/when others eventually contribute to it. I suspect that at the minimum he could write the loans off as bad debt if no-one else contributes and get a tax break for the amount.
As of last month he had already charged his campaign 700 grand for the use of his private jet to fly him around.
And that's just the one that we know about at this point.
ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION!
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
"Let me tell you, we have a fabulous ground game. A world-class ground game yet a very classy ground game. ... What's a ground game?"
You couldn't make this stuff up.
Or the fact that his supporters seem to have missed that little brain fart.
Proof that most people just believe what they want to believe.
ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION!
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
If you're right, then that's where the Democrats win the election.
Spoken by a man that believes in ghosts and magic.
ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION!
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
Because Trump is a petulant 10 year old child in a 70 year old body,and Cruz recently beat him.
I can't imagine what makes you say that!
His ego is as incapable of accepting that as it is of seeing future defeat from Rubio. He sees himself being cast in the role of a "loser",and it's all Cruz's fault because nothing is ever his own fault.
Poor Donaldo, surrounded by underhanded Cuban/Canucki anchor babies plotting against his effort to Make America Great Again.
Trump got a lot of credit for pretending to be humble in his Iowa concession speech. But only hours later in NH, we see him not just as a loser but as a sore loser. Trump stepped on his own positive press from what was being called a gracious concession speech in Iowa. And now he's crapped himself again.
Trump got a lot of credit for pretending to be humble in his Iowa concession speech. But only hours later in NH, we see him not just as a loser but as a sore loser. Trump stepped on his own positive press from what was being called a gracious concession speech in Iowa. And now he's crapped himself again.
He is and always will be the spoiled Trust Fund Mama's Boy he has always been,and that is all he will ever be.
ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION!
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
Spoken by a man that believes in ghosts and magic.
Vic doesn't believe in magic.
You're the flat earth who believes that some magic process brings about life and they change into this then that. Then something else. Then eventually into a peter sneaker.
BTW 60% of White Republican voters in Iowa voted for the 2 Hispanic-American candidates and the Black candidate .
Interesting.
For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:6-8)
In an Oct '15 article, the number I recollect was $144,000.00.
He's milking the campaign for whatever he can get.
Of course he is. He is a scam artist.
ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION!
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
Obama has played at being a president while enjoying the perks … golf, insanely expensive vacations at tax-payer expense. He has ignored the responsibilities of the job; no plans, no budgets, no alternatives … just finger pointing; making him a complete failure as a president
Look at the scam Ross Perot pulled. He ended up making a billion or more out of it when Clinton awarded his company the contract to digitalis all the SS records,and he sold the company.
ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION!
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.