Remember when Donald Trump insulted Ted Cruz's wife Heidi? Well… https://t.co/iISgqNEAYy
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) September 23, 2016
Principles! Character!… (craven careerism)…
Surprised to hear that Ted Cruz might sacrifice principle for political self-interest. https://t.co/wJuTbOju8p
— McKay Coppins (@mckaycoppins) September 23, 2016
Winds changed direction. That’s all. No reason to think there’s a change of principle from Cruz, given there’s so little evidence he has any
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) September 23, 2016
Complyin' Ted™
— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) September 23, 2016
The most cravenly ambitious person in politics must have seen his poll numbers in Texas and panicked https://t.co/qlWvtboBgG
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) September 23, 2016
He's been brutalized in the polls – fav/unfav is worse than Trump's because now some Rs hate him too https://t.co/KPvAMQvKzg https://t.co/zjqLPPAQwf
— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) September 23, 2016
Remember when? The good old days, four months ago?…
.@tedcruz on @realDonaldTrump: “The man is utterly amoral.” pic.twitter.com/Y2P1ajh92X
— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 3, 2016
You know who's going to be really, really sad about this Cruz endorsement? Glenn Beck.
— McKay Coppins (@mckaycoppins) September 23, 2016
@mckaycoppins Heidi Cruz probably not thrilled either TBH
— Adam Shaw (@AdamShawNY) September 23, 2016
Trump on a potential Cruz endorsement this summer:
"If he gives it, I will not accept it." pic.twitter.com/Jwg34kHFv8
— Joe Perticone (@JoePerticone) September 23, 2016
Cruz's former comms guy, @rickwtyler, to me just now: "It's mourning in America for conservatives. We lost our leader today."
— Hallie Jackson (@HallieJackson) September 23, 2016
Ted Cruz was with Trump when he could've beaten him & against him when he couldn't. Then he non-endorsed with max damage, & caved for 0 gain
— John Ziegler (@Zigmanfreud) September 23, 2016
It's almost as if "principled bedrock conservatives" don't believe in anything but winning. pic.twitter.com/hZvLedxp51
— Bob Schooley (@Rschooley) September 23, 2016
Everyone talks about Ted Cruz's political talent, but the way he handled the RNC followed by the surrender to Trump are pure amateur hour
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) September 23, 2016
Cruz's "Vote your Conscience" speech was most tweeted moment in Cleveland according to @Qorvis Delegate Tracker https://t.co/StlwMoGUir
— Wyeth Ruthven (@wyethwire) September 23, 2016
@jonfavs Friday news dump.
— Michael Salfino (@MichaelSalfino) September 23, 2016
Imagine if Ted Cruz were just 10 percent more charming. Or the Trump campaign were 10 percent more competent.
— Wyeth Ruthven (@wyethwire) July 21, 2016
Spoke with a couple Trump sources tonight. Their view: Cruz acted to stave off McCaul, Perry and other possible 2018 primary challengers…
— Robert Costa (@costareports) September 23, 2016
They also said the Mercer family played a part in encouraging Cruz to support Trump, called that relationship impt to the Texan…
— Robert Costa (@costareports) September 23, 2016
CRUZ: He'll pick from my list of judges. That's big.
CHRISTIE: You sad stupid bastard.
RYAN: He's picking James Woods.
CRUZ: The actor?— Owen Ellickson (@onlxn) September 24, 2016
A public service announcement for @tedcruz pic.twitter.com/d4WhJe4a4A
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) September 23, 2016
@jonfavs @NateSilver538 Hillary's not missing a step: pic.twitter.com/cGO0dyqpIB
— Pablo Garcia (@prgarc) September 23, 2016
Omnes Omnibus
Fuck Ted Cruz. Fuck him forever.
Major Major Major Major
@Omnes Omnibus: No thanks.
piratedan
waits for the GOP to pour gasoline over themselves… knows a good many folks that will provide the matches… The only problem is, that these fuckers are going to punk the know-nothings that support them. Wonder how long it will be before that sadly abused dog will finally turn on its master.
hilts
FUCK Ted Cruz and his fellow cowardly scumbags Rubio, Perry, et al
Has anyone heard from George Pataki, Jim Gilmore, or Carly Fiorina as to whether or not they plan to endorse Trump?
lollipopguild
That DEEP Bench just will not go away.
amk
The sheep bench.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@amk: Demon Sheep!
Amir Khalid
I don’t feel at all sorry for Cruz. He’s just another grandstanding coward.
For months now, Trump has been force-feeding the Republican party big helpings of humble pie. He’s got the power now to bully people. But that power won’t last, i think. When he loses in November (touch wood) the spell will be broken. The party as a whole will awaken from his thrall as if from a bad dream. And then, let’s hope, Trump will sink as fast as he rose.
amk
All the thugs are now coalescing around the ultimate thug. If the left is smart (and not pouting), this is a golden opportunity to burn the whole lot along with donnie dick in Nov. But are they smart?
lollipopguild
@?BillinGlendaleCA: Paging Carly Florina. Please pick up the white courtesy phone. No the white one.
Ruckus
@Amir Khalid:
Thing is Trump has been a pathetic loser for decades. The spotlight was a 10w bulb and he needed more as not everyone could see the disaster. Well he has the spotlight now and it’s showing us just who he’s been the entire time. Some are just blinded by the light. Shinny bullshit will do that to his kind of people.
Aleta
Found this funny.
karen marie
@piratedan: They’re too stupid, or filled with enough hatred of the “other,” to ever turn on the GOP.
karen marie
@Amir Khalid: That’s what I kept telling myself through Bush Junior’s administration. They just double down. Cleek’s Law has fully taken effect, Godwin’s Law has been suspended, and I don’t think this will end until they finally do something so monstrous, it simply cannot be ignored. Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, et al killed hundreds of thousands, set fire to the Middle East, didn’t stop the biggest attack on US soil in history, giggled while New Orleans drowned, drove the economy into the biggest ditch since The Depression, yet that hasn’t stopped them from winning enough elections to be a major pain in everyone’s ass. This will not end well.
amk
@karen marie: Pretty depressing but accurate rundown of the dumbya regime and the murkan voters.
Oatler.
@karen marie: Just as it was “Obama’s Depression”, it will be “Obama’s Ragnarok” to them. Cheney chortles churlishly, choo choo!
Loudermilk died at 82 yesterday RIP
Villago Delenda Est
“The man is utterly amoral”.
Project much, Rafael?
NotMax
Cruz fizzle.
NotMax
Guess that whole anointed by God as a king gig didn’t quite pan out, huh?
Amir Khalid
@NotMax:
God seems to have told quite a few American politicians to run for President. None of them ever wins. I wonder what conclusion the called-by-God candidate cohort draws from this.
Betty Cracker
Gearing up for a tailgate party before the USF-FSU game at noon today. I’m bringing pimento cheese and PB&J sandwiches. There will also be mimosas! I’m driving since I have an enormous car with a cavernous trunk.
Villago Delenda Est
@Betty Cracker: Go Non-Seminoles!
raven
@Betty Cracker: Dawgs kickoff at noon in Oxford!
MJS
@karen marie: Absolutely. Republicans uber alles. To them, America is the GOP, and vice versa. Remember, when they lose elections, including likely this one, it’s because their candidate wasn’t 100% pure Republican. It’s never because the majority of voters disagree with them.
Betty Cracker
@raven: That should be a great game! Lots of good match-ups today, including Florida-Tennessee at 3:30 in Knoxville. I will make sure my phone is charged up so I can follow the action!
Bruce K
You know, when you boil it down, Cruz and Trump aren’t all that different. They’re both cruel, selfish, unprincipled opportunists; it’s just that Cruz has a few more skill points spent on intelligence instead of charisma.
ThresherK (GPad)
@Betty Cracker: Pimento cheese spread?
Being in New England, I have only heard of this, but nobody seems to carry it. Any brand suggestions?
raven
@Betty Cracker: My bride went to her HS reunion in Virginia so it’s me, the Dawgs and the Dawgs!
craigie
@Amir Khalid:
Drawing conclusions requires reflection. Why reflect on things when you are always right?
rikyrah
Good Morning ?, Everyone ?
Betty Cracker
@ThresherK (GPad): Making your own is best and not difficult. But if you have to get store bought, Palmetto Cheese is a good brand. Pimento cheese is great on crackers and bread and heavenly as the cheese in a grilled cheese sandwich!
@raven: So 12 hours of non-stop football viewing! Woohoo!
Botsplainer
@Betty Cracker:
Watched the Louisville episode of “A Season With FSU”. There was a defeatist vibe in the team meetings prior to the game. Facial expressions and body language didn’t look like a winning combo.
Botsplainer
@ThresherK (GPad):
Shred some Colby, buy some pimentos in a jar, and add in a bit of lemon and some mayo. No brand necessary…
Betty Cracker
@Botsplainer: It would be huge if USF beats them. Lord knows Louisville exposed the ‘Noles as the poseurs they are. I can’t believe they’re still in the top 25.
SRW1
@NotMax:
Whaddayameen? Did God not test Abraham? Ever heard of the Tribulation? Ted’s just gotta pray harder!
Chris T.
That’s not quite fair. There are two, count ’em TWO!, conservative principles: “always be against whatever Democrats are for” and “win at all costs, including destroying anything we claimed to hold dear just a moment ago.”
Epicurus
Craven Political Opportunist Endorses Man Who Slandered His Wife and Family; film at 11.
gf120581
All about approval ratings. It’s why a loathed prick like Cruz who’s facing reelection in two years folded like paper while Kasich (popular and term limited) openly tells Trump to fuck off.
Prufrock
@Betty Cracker: It’s gonna be so much fun when the Gates lose to FSU…again.
Raven
@SRW1: That way on Highway 61. . .
Splitting Image
@Bruce K:
Ted Cruz is a walking demonstration of why you should not use Charisma as a dump stat, tempting though it might be.
NotMax
@Amir Khalid
The rubes don’t draw conclusions. It’s “god works in mysterious ways” and then flock to the next shiny object.
Betty Cracker
@Prufrock: Says you. I think the Gators are gonna beat the ‘Noles like a rented mule! ETA: Was that beat-down last weekend the worst whuppin’ the ‘Noles have received since the Gators thrashed them 52-20 in the ’96 Championship game? I think so.
Mary G
Republicans are like the abused spouse who always goes back to the abused. I’m still gobsmacked by how many people want an authoritarian in charge in America.
SFAW
@karen marie:
Good one!
Have you ever seen ANY evidence, EVER, that something like that exists? Their base is so much more concerned with power than with maintaining a civilization, that it would take … I don’t know what. I often refer to Spader’s speech in Boston Legal (I think) where he’s delivering the closing for the woman who refused to pay her taxes because of Iraq, abu Ghraib, etc.
You know how we say Peak Wingnut does not exist? This is part of it — it will never be reached, unless they all die. And then we won’t know it until long after.
SFAW
@Betty Cracker:
And Northwestern and MIT will kick both their butts.
NorthLeft12
This by Bob Schooley boils down the modern conservative credo elegantly.
They don’t care about country, ordinary people, principles, morals, honour, or integrity. In fact they would betray their party, and humiliate/jettison family and friends if they felt it would secure some kind of personal advantage or opportunity. Shameful.
Tokyokie
@SRW1: God might have called Teddy Boy to run, but he didn’t guarantee him victory. He needs to listen better to the voices in his head.
BC in Illinois
@Tokyokie: As I remember it, the late night theologian Johnny Carson once observed that “Pat Robertson said that God told him to run for President.”
“And when God tells me to vote for him, then I will.”
debit
@rikyrah: Good morning, sunshine! :)
Groucho48
@Splitting Image:
Especially if you want to pretend you are a paladin.
Kay
Good piece on a lie Trump told at a GOP debate.
Knowing Trump, this might explain why Trump went after Bush so viciously. Trump lobbied Bush personally for casino gambling in Florida and Bush wouldn’t give Trump what he wanted. We know Trump’s a psycho who seeks revenge so the intensity of the Trump/Bush fight makes more sense. They had a history.
What’s amazing about this exchange between Trump and Bush at the GOP debate is Trump literally sounds like a mobster. It sounds like the transcript of a wire tap or something. Trump speaks like a criminal.
Ian
@hilts:
No one cared what they thought before. No one cares now. Now, Powell, Bush Sr., Brent Stowcraft, Bob Dole, and Tom Ridge? No one cares about them now because Democratic voters still do not like them, and Rethuglicans despise them because they did the ‘right’ thing and endorsed the Hill-dog.
catclub
@hilts:
I would guess she has endorsed and no one has noticed.
Tokyokie
@Kay: I disagree with the Newsweek reporter who said Trump either lied during the debate or committed perjury. I think he did both, lied during the debate to avoid admitting failure, and lied during his sworn testimony to blame his failure on an underling.
Kay
@Tokyokie:
Trump threatens people. That’s how he operates. What hasn’t been covered, at all, is the fact that Trump has a history with some of these people in both media and politics. They know him. They have had dealings with him.
I think it hasn’t been covered because it pulls the curtain back a little. It reveals that this is really a small group of famous people and they have long histories with one another. Everyone knows that’s true with Clinton. People DON’T know it’s also true with Trump. It bothers me because of how opaque it is with Trump. HOW does Donald Trump know the hosts on MSNBC and Fox? How deep are those relationships and interactions?
low-tech cyclist
And what better way to say ‘I love you” to your wife, than by endorsing the man who crapped all over her?
Yep, Cruz fits comfortably in that basket, in so many ways.
Kay
Jake Tapper still hot on the trail of Clinton’s emails The same media celebrity who almost single-handedly pushed the Benghazi bullshit. Remember- they found nothing in Benghazi. Nothing. Yet they pushed it for years to the point where most people believe they found something. They actively misled people.
Meanwhile, CNN still has a Trump operative on the payroll.
CNN wins ‘worst’ this election. There’s no contest.
Lizzy L
@Kay: And the people who will vote for him in November don’t care. No, it’s worse. They like it. It’s Cleek’s Law, it’s the politics of resentment, it’s stick it to the liberals even if we cut our own throats doing it, it’s party over principle, it’s demented. //rant
It’s too early for this shit.
You should know better...
Indeed, indeed…
And apparently a powerful wind is breaking around Ted Cruz in the moment…
sinnedbackward
@amk: It’s not the dems who need to be smart now, but the rest of the American electorate. Sorry about that.
NorthLeft12
@Kay: CNN = Worst media this election? It ain’t over ’til the Grey Lady sings.
Gelfling 545
@Amir Khalid: God has a weird sense of humor? If I believed in divine intervention, I’d guess that the Supreme Being looked upon them and found they were getting above themselves and decided to give them a lesson in humility. It has always amused me to see how “God’s will” exactly coincided exactly with what they always intended to do anyway.
The Ancient Randonnuer
Spartacus is no fan of Combover Caligula:
sukabi
@NotMax: read that as shitty object, but that works too
sukabi
@Tokyokie: I think it’s a pretty safe bet to assume anything/everything drumpf says is a lie.
sukabi
@Kay: there was a tiny blurb earlier this spring about msnbc talk / news folks talking wondering if drumpf would bring them some goodies… it sounded like they were actually asking for designer this or that and he’d send it over and then do his free promo.
Between actually buying favorable access and press I think he also, so so some people say, might gather and use unfavorable info against them to get favorable coverage.
ChrisGrrr
@NorthLeft12: Say dat. NBC is trying hard to, uh, win the “worst” title. They’re not alone, either.
Jeffro
@Betty Cracker:
That’s two varieties of sandwiches there, right Betty? Not one really gross recipe?
No One You Know
Is anyone else thinking Trump is America’s Brexit?
Two colleagues were talking about the outcome of a Clinton-Trump debate yesterday. I was appalled to find myself wondering if they were right: Hillary would show up with actual data and facts, and Trump would just interrupt, shout louder, and lie faster. And “win.”
Jeffro
I think the Cruz thing had entirely to do with Rebekah Mercer (daughter of Robert) telling him, endorse or we’ll fund Rick Perry for your seat in the TX-Senate primary.
karen marie
@SFAW: That was my point. In order for them to crushed into oblivion, the outrage they commit would have to be on the order of dropping a nuclear bomb on an American city, and even that might not bring them down.
karen marie
@No One You Know: That was both Bush v Gore and Bush v Kerry. Ahh, memories. The media laughed themselves silly for weeks over Kerry’s debate assertion that the Iraq misadventure was going to cost upwards of a trillion dollars. We all know how that worked out.
TriassicSands
Ted Cruz — my principles? What’s in it for me? Stop.
RaflW
Loved this new social media name for him:
(Castra)Ted