Cruz didn't endorse Trump.

[Ironman]

I voted for Ted in the primary though I cringed when he first announced he would run. I didn't believe it was his time yet and our current resident of the WH was only a one term senator as well. We see how that has worked out. IMO he should have declined to speak at the convention if he had no plan to endorse the nominee regardless of his reason for not endorsing. I would have stayed in his corner but his performance showed his true colors IMO.

You are correct. It did show his true colors. Cruz bleeds red, while I still believe Trump bleeds blue.

[Artos]

on a roll...

You should protest to mods & have your tbh status automatically raised to Pope & Young.

[Joshua Flournoy]

Ya'll going to beat up on Ronald Reagan posthumously for not endorsing Gerald Ford? Get after it.

You Know Who Else Didn't Endorse the Republican Nominee? Ronald Reagan

http://www.mediaite.com/online/you-k...ronald-reagan/

[Joshua Flournoy]

I don't think anyone cares about his endorsement. It's the underhanded stunt he pulled to get on that stage, stroke his own ego, prove to everyone that he is a sore loser that takes politics personal, spent double the amount of time on the stage he was supposed to, then embarrassed himself, the Tx delegates, and people like myself who voted for and sent him to Washington. He would have been better served just staying away as Kasich has done. People could assume he was a lier and a sore loser. He did not need to prove it.

Sure, that's why the Trump campaign surrogates, and Trump backers like yourself just can't quit talking about it, huh?

There was nothing underhanded about what he did. Trump knew Cruz wasn't going to endorse. Trump had Cruz's speech ahead of time. What is underhanded about that? He went over his time by 2 or 3 minutes. You're really upset about that? Trump gave the longest acceptance speech since Bill Clinton in 1992.

You are either misinformed or being willfully dishonest.

[Joshua Flournoy]

Why spend money in Texas when you know it's going to vote for you? I would be wiling to bet he has a ton of ads in Ohio, Florida, etc.

I live in Ohio and I have yet to hear or see the first Trump ad of any sort on the radio or on TV. Not a single one.

[Joshua Flournoy]

Wasn't Malania attacked first by Cruz's wife or party?

I vaguely remember something just days before about naked photos or something.

The entity that produced that ad was not part of Cruz's campaign. At all.

[Joshua Flournoy]

How many post just in this thread have your read that previous Cruz supporters.... Are no longer Cruz supporters??? Not absurd at all.

You think he politically gained traction last night???? No wonder your predictions are always wrong.

Wait till November. Wait till next year. Wait till 2020. Sooooo many knee-jerk reactions with only a 24 hour perspective. In the age of twitter and multiple news cycles per day, I guess you would have slammed Reagan too for not endorsing Ford?

[Joshua Flournoy]

What if, and it's a big one because I don't think Trump has the ability to do it, Trump comes in tonight, says look, I said some things, and a sincerely apologize to Ted, Heidi, Kasich, Carson etc...and clearly states we need to unite. Trump then makes himself out to be the grown up in the room, true conservatives would say okay, we take you at your word (Like we always do), and move on.

Trump needs apologize for outright lying through-out the campaign, about everyone, and doing this puts all the political pressure on Cruz to support Trump, and makes Cruz out to look like a fool, which is what Trump wants.

Heck I would debate supporting Trump if he would just say he lied and he's sorry. But does he have the ability to be humble, sadly I think not.

Pigs will fly before Trump apologizes to Cruz. Heck, Trump can't even ask forgiveness to GOD, and has basically admitted he does not say he's sorry or ask forgiveness of people, either. Not going to happen.

[GarGuy]

Wait till November. Wait till next year. Wait till 2020. Sooooo many knee-jerk reactions with only a 24 hour perspective. In the age of twitter and multiple news cycles per day, I guess you would have slammed Reagan too for not endorsing Ford?

JF, we have had many conversations. I know you are smart and consider you a friend. that said, What do you propose folks do? I think Trump is a hack and started a thread saying so over a year ago. The problem I have now is that only Trump and hillary are on the ticket and we cannot afford her for four years.

I was an avid Cruz guy. He lost. I have at least a dozen close friends that were cruz fans as well. Every single one of them are disappointed by Cruz not supporting Trump. No doubt Cruz was hinting for folks to write in his name... if he got 15% of Texas republicans to do so or just not vote.... Hillary could WIN TEXAS! That has to be what cruz was wanting so he could run against her in 2020. Not the right thing for America. There would be at least three liberal justices retire while she was in office to insure a liberal replaced them.

[Chew]

Hijacked....

http://www.tedcruz.com/

[Joshua Flournoy]

JF, we have had many conversations. I know you are smart and consider you a friend. that said, What do you propose folks do? I think Trump is a hack and started a thread saying so over a year ago. The problem I have now is that only Trump and hillary are on the ticket and we cannot afford her for four years.

GarGuy, I appreciate the honest question instead of just attacking me.

Probably the most important thing I would ask you is, is Trump less of a hack now than when you started that thread over a year ago? My second question would be, what evidence do you see that convinces you he would be a better President than Hillary? I'm talking about real, specific evidence, not all this campaign rhetoric crap he's spewed that is almost entirely different from everything and everyone he's supported his entire adult life.

I was an avid Cruz guy. He lost. I have at least a dozen close friends that were cruz fans as well. Every single one of them are disappointed by Cruz not supporting Trump. No doubt Cruz was hinting for folks to write in his name... if he got 15% of Texas republicans to do so or just not vote.... Hillary could WIN TEXAS! That has to be what cruz was wanting so he could run against her in 2020. Not the right thing for America. There would be at least three liberal justices retire while she was in office to insure a liberal replaced them.

If that's all you got from Cruz's speech, then you had a completely different takeaway from it than I did. I may well end up writing Cruz's name in on the ballot, but I've been considering that possibility for several months, it didn't have anything to do with his speech the other night, and the thought never even crossed my mind that that's what he wanted people to do. The funny thing is that people think when Cruz suggested people vote for someone who they believe would protect the Constitution, everyone automatically assumed he couldn't possibly be talking about Trump. Because Trump doesn't care about the Constitution. Doesn't it give you real, serious pause when that was the first thought in the minds of pretty much everyone except the most die-hard Trump supporters?

Some others here see what Cruz did as a selfish act, maybe you do too. Personally, I see it in just the opposite way. I think it was a selfless act. He took a big risk with that speech, standing on principle. He knew he was going to get booed. Some of his top aides have been quoted saying they KNEW the Trump campaign was choreographing a BOOING campaign on the Convention floor if Cruz didn't endorse Trump (and the Trump camp knew he wouldn't). And yet he still did it. He is standing up not just for the country but to try and save the Republican Party, when there are precious few others who are willing to do so because they can't stand to be among the few, they have to follow the crowd. If Donald Trump wins, not only is it very likely he will do serious damage to the country, it is very likely he will do serious, lasting damage to the Republican Party and to it's chances at the Presidency in the future.

I don't want Hillary as President. That is the last thing I wanted. That's why I have argued so vehemently against nominating Trump, dating all the way back to last Summer, because he would be the weakest candidate against her, being her benefactor and good friend, not to mention a documented Liberal. But I believe things have the potential to be all-around worse with Trump as President, should he win being the GOP nominee. Is our country really so fragile that we can endure 8 years of Bill Clinton and 8 years of Obama, but we can't endure 4 years of Hillary without self-destructing? If we can't, then we might as well give up the ghost, put a fork in her, America is done.

By the way, I remember, all the way back in 1992, people calling in to Rush and asking which country they should move to if Bill Clinton was elected. That was 24 years ago now, and we have MORE guns and MORE gun rights now than we did partway through his tenure in the White House.

[Neck]

Is our country really so fragile that we can endure 8 years of Bill Clinton and 8 years of Obama, but we can't endure 4 years of Hillary without self-destructing? If we can't, then we might as well give up the ghost, put a fork in her, America is done.

If it wasn't for the SCOTUS situation I'd say no it is not that fragile but.....

[Ironman]

If it wasn't for the SCOTUS situation I'd say no it is not that fragile but.....

Who appoints the Justices to the Supreme Court?

[Neck]

Who appoints the Justices to the Supreme Court?

We all know who nominates and who appoints them but my quick google search says that since 1789 only 12 nominees have ever been rejected. So 12 rejections in 227 years.

[Ironman]

We all know who nominates and who appoints them but my quick google search says that since 1789 only 12 nominees have ever been rejected. So 12 rejections in 227 years.

And the SCOTUS has not been lopsided too bad one way or the other. Listening to some here, you would think that over the next 4-8 years, that it will be filled completely full of liberal socialist.