Trump or Cruz? U.S. Republicans face tough choices as primary race churns forward

Trump has created one major conflict after another. Americans have criticized Government for creating pointless conflict and gridlock. At leaste the American voter knows The American Nazi Party, KKK and Holocaust Deniers are supporting Trump.

Republican donors, unhappy with Trump policies like his calls to deport 11 million illegal immigrants and temporarily bar all Muslims from entering the United States have poured millions of dollars into attack ads over the past week.

Cruz has self deported from the US Senate with his pointless antics and theologically bankrupt appeals.

Slater Bayliss, a Florida Republican who raised money for former Florida Governor Jeb Bush before he dropped out of the race, said: “From my perspective, Senator Cruz’s views are indicative of only a very small cohort in our party.”

The GOP/Tea Party has successfully alienated its most loyal voters and substituted racists, bigots, misogynists and religious nutballs. That resume hasn't been matched in American political history.

The GOP/Tea Party bigots and nuts, snack food for the mentally impaired.

Nutter or lunatic? Tough choice indeed.

Cruz is not a good choice for America. He is an adherent to the Dominionist theology and I do not want religion in my government, at all!

At leaste the American voter knows The American Nazi Party, KKK and Holocaust Deniers are supporting Trump.

The GOP/Tea Party has successfully alienated its most loyal voters and substituted racists, bigots, misogynists and religious nutballs. That resume hasn't been matched in American political history.

The GOP/Tea Party bigots and nuts, snack food for the mentally impaired.

GOOOO Trump!

I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.

He who knows best knows how little he knows.

Thomas Jefferson

Worst.

Trump has himself started administering loyalty oaths at his rallies.

Trump threatened his bigot tribe at Kentucky that "bad things happen to those who violate their oaths of allegiance".

One hopes Trump will ask his daughter what a Holocaust Denier is. Or David Duke, Grand Wizard, KKK, or The American Nazi Party.

Donald J. Trump is following the oaths of allegiance administered at George W. Bush rallies, and some can still remember how that worked out.

How one person can be so contemptuous of the history of these oaths, their real meanings and the wholly disgusting act of pledging allegiance to Trump himself, over home, nation and knowledge truly proves the racist and bigoted content of his appeal and followers. Disgusting.

Donald J. Trump ask your daughter what a Holocaust Denier is. Better yet, ask your biggest fan David Duke.

I wrote a new rumor on laser Cruz article as I did not know above detail

Rumor ... Romney want to become the candidate with Rubio as VP I thought CPAC loves CRUZ

Political scientists call this a 'realignment.'

I'm not so sure what the GOP can do to make up after it loses its racist, working class base.

It is becoming a distinct possibility that the Republican party is fracturing for good.

Which pleases me to no end.

FizzBit: That's a great quote by Thomas Jefferson, though I'm curious of how you think Trump supports the content of those words?

Cruz has run as an outsider bent on shaking up the Republican establishment in Washington. A favorite of evangelicals, he has called for the United States to “carpet bomb” the Islamic State militant group and has pledged to eliminate the tax-collecting Internal Revenue Service . . .

Cruz's faith hasn't informed him of the thousands of innocent men, women and CHILDREN his carpet bombing will slaughter.

Cruz's management skills haven't informed him of the inability of Government to function without means of Revenue.

Cruz, then, is simply demanding wholesale slaughter, just like Bush/Cheney, and dismantling the Federal Government, who he wants to slaughter the innocent men, women and CHILDREN of the Middle East.

Cruz should be deported or institutionalized.

Suppose if two GOP ousted vote getters align together against brokered candidate Romney ....

Trump or Cruz... which wall socket to stick the fork in, top or bottom?

Here's the catch, even if Trump reaches the 1237 delegate mark, the RNC can and likely will change the rules immediately prior to the convention just like they did in 2012 in order to prevent Ron Paul being on the ticket. It'll be the nuclear option, but they'll do it and assure a November loss to whoever becomes the Democrat candidate. What a mess.

kc... you explained why CPAC and GOP dislike him.

Hey wait a minute!?

I was always told that the Republican party only represented big business and racist billionaires. And that the Democratic party represented the American Worker.

Now I'm told that the Republican base is the working class. So who is the Democratic base? Rhetoric can be so confusing sometimes.

One thing that is clear is that neither of the two major political parties are doing a very good job of representing the interests of the people of the US as a whole and, more and more, they are even failing to advance the agendas of their own party faithful. Governance in the US has reached the point of impotence and a truly legitimate representative government has become a casualty of party politics and ideological zealotry.

We were warned about the dangers of an entrenched two party system, by the likes of George Washington and John Adams, but we ended up with one anyways. American voters now have the choice of one, or the other, side of the same coin but it's still the same coin and really isn't much of a choice.

There's always some people that will cast a protest ballot for guys like Nader or Perot, but that was always just throwing away the vote. But now, strangely enough, there are candidates rising up from within the parties who challenge the mainstream hierarchy and give voters at least an alternative.

Trump is a third party candidate running as a Republican and Sanders is the same thing on the Democratic side. Now those voters who are inclined to vote contrary to party dictates can cast a protest vote that has a little more bite.

As far as the Republicans are concerned they should spend less time on thinking of ways to derail Trump and more time thinking about why they have to.

anyone who wraps bacon around the muzzle of a machine gun

So if you're a muslim and are forbidden from consuming pork, you shouldn't be in the United States of America.

in spite of the gun crisis engulfing America

Yup. Those crips and bloods keep going at it. They're like the Energizer Bunny.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-compton-baby-fatally-shot-in-crib-authorities-seek-suspects-20160210-story.html

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-compton-fatal-party-shooting-20160306-story.html

So it's mumps or measles.

Funny. Same can be said about Clinton & Sanders. One is a socialist and the other is under investigation by the FBI. Lovely.

I'd prefer Trump over Cruz. I just don't trust someone who hears imaginary voices in his head and sincerely believes in magical gods flying around the sky and devotes his life to someone who doesn't exist

One thing that is clear is that neither of the two major political parties are doing a very good job of representing the interests of the people of the US as a whole - comments

This statement is incomplete. The GOP/Tea Party has vigorously damned the welfare, health and wealth of ordinary American Citizens. Their insistent attacks on education, medicine, liberty, truth and human values has resulted in the destruction of the Middle East, World Economy and the Military readiness of America.

Handed a five trillion dollar surplus from the Clinton Administration, the forged documents of Bush/Cheney led the country into a privatized war of mercenary and black ops, torture and war profiteering.

Before anyone make claim that the GOP/Tea Party is somehow interested in the ordinary Citizen of the States let them mark the corruption of Bush/Cheney and their destruction promoted and demanded on forged documents and a false religion of George W, Bush that proclaimed the world was either for or against America and that he, AWOL Bush, would rid the world of evil.

Faced now with another turning point, the election of November 6, 2016, look on the charade of false patriotism and deception the GOP/Tea has mounted in their absurd campaign of measuring each other's phallus as the running joke of their campaign, the intellectual pinnacle of their capacity.

It is impossible to answer for these criminals, as they have denied all knowledge of the wars they waged on loans from China and paid to Blackwater operatives who quickly fled the country at the conclusion of the Bush disaster, (see:Erik Dean Prince) to sell their secrets to the Chinese in the military occupations of Africa and elsewhere.

So, while it is easy to parrot the same mouthings of FOXNews, Trump's sponsor, or the racism of David Duke, the GOP/Tea Party has acted to destroy the lives of millions of Americans selling their sons, daughters, fathers and mothers into the deceptive and maiming wars created for profit.

As the election approaches, the claims of innocence from America's traitors will become more strident, convoluted and xenophobic because lies and profit have been the trade and tactic of the GOP/Tea Party.

Expect nothing more from these who still demand war for profit as they have already positioned their corporate masters for shielded wealth in their gated communities built by Donald J. Trump and protected by the paid gunmen he boasts of at his loyalty encampments where Lord Trump demands his followers repeat upon penalty allegiance to Trump above all others and above country.

And here, one poses both parties have led American's astray?

Look to history, recent history, and the obvious will astound in it's depravity and deceit. Ladies and Gentlemen, this is the GOP/Tea come to destroy in the name of private wealth the future of millions of Americans and as much of the world as they may make profit from.

I was always told that the Republican party only represented big business and racist billionaires. And that the Democratic party represented the American Worker.

Now I'm told that the Republican base is the working class. So who is the Democratic base? Rhetoric can be so confusing sometimes.

One thing that is clear is that neither of the two major political parties are doing a very good job of representing the interests of the people of the US as a whole and, more and more, they are even failing to advance the agendas of their own party faithful. Governance in the US has reached the point of impotence and a truly legitimate representative government has become a casualty of party politics and ideological zealotry.

You completely hit the nail on the head. 100% agreed!

Wrapping bacon around the muzzle of a gun?

I wonder what the pacifist religious figure he claims to love would have thought of that. Oh, I forgot. The right have reinvented him as a capitalist, warmongering, big-game hunter. Silly me.

So if you're a muslim and are forbidden from consuming pork, you shouldn't be in the United States of America.

If that's what you think you should give up your American passport.

Simon, very coincidental that Sanders just spoke of pride in his Jewish ancestry. Last time I heard, they don't consume pork, either. One problem with targeted bigotry is the wide range of collateral damage.

The foolishness of Ted Cruz is exceeded by his ignorance.

From August of 2015, the bacon gun demo plays to the prejudice of Ted Cruz's religious convictions.

A meaningless display in any other context, a candidate for the Office of President has no business connecting faith with slaughter.

But, sadly again, this is Cruz's religion, destruction and fear over reason and compassion. Very GOP/Tea.

The right have reinvented him as a capitalist, warmongering, big-game hunter. Silly me.

Yeah, silly you. Obama likes to trap and skeet game-shooting (with Remington 870 shotguns). He ain't no warmonger though, right?

If that's what you think you should give up your American passport.

Japan is my post. America is my home, ny bread & butter. @Simon, you need us on that wall pall. Japanese people know this too.

There are turkey barons and turkey chops for people who don't want to become fat.

Well, Hilary Clinton is the one who's gonna be the next president, anyway, right?

Well, Hilary Clinton is the one who's gonna be the next president, anyway, right?

Yeah. She's going to make america "whole" again. America NEVER stopped being great. Go USA!

SenseNotSoCommonMAR. 08, 2016 - 07:59AM JST

Nutter or lunatic? Tough choice indeed.

You took it out my mouth Funny.

Tonight Trump said to the audience to raise hands if they are going to vote for him tomorrow. Believe or not, Hitler used to do that to his audience. What a jerk.

No one ever said anything about being a Muslim or being forbidden to eat pork.

(go back and check your post) & no one said anything about "machine guns." Those are banned in the US. They don't add inches to your manhood, they get you 10 yrs (rightfully so) in a Federal Prison.

Hillary will try to get auto industry back to Mich. Sanders do not believe necessity of investors to help industries.

Cruz would be worse than Trump. The only thing Cruz has going for him is that most people don't know enough about him to dislike him yet. The guy didn't get a single endorsement from any of his Senate mates, which should say something about his toxic personality.

Hmm. Word has it that Rubio may drop out if he does poorly tomorrow rather than pin his hopes on Florida, the reason being that being crushed in his home state would finish his political career permanently. Again, it's not for the nation nor for the party - it is for him. So much for Romney's call to divide the GOP vote so as to deny Trump a majority - Rubio dropping out would likely assure that.

Very well said Kuya.

There is no good option on that side it seems

I think Cruz would likely be a worse overall president, but Trump would be more of a disaster in certain areas. Cruz is a better Republican choice for the Democrats however, as either Democratic nominee would have a better chance at beating Cruz.

In either case, the U.S. in the eyes of the rest of the world would be doomed. Cruz is too conservative and Trump has already burned too many bridges with Latin, Asian, and Muslim nations with his racist rants and promises of death and destruction to all who oppose him. Even the leaders of European nations are turned off by him. That leaves only a handful of countries who would possibly engage him in any form of diplomacy, if elected as President.

In either case, the U.S. in the eyes of the rest of the world would be doomed.

But in the eyes of million of Americans where it really counts, we are and have been doomed for the last 7 years.

Cruz is too conservative

What's the difference between Obama being too liberal and acceptable and Cruz being too conservative and that being unacceptable?

and Trump has already burned too many bridges with Latin, Asian, and Muslim nations with his racist rants

But Obama, Holder and Sharpton making racist rants towards Whites is acceptable? True, Trump may have alienated the minority vote, but he sure did wake up the White vote and more are flocking to him.

and promises of death and destruction to all who oppose him.

To our enemies if they scream death to America and threaten to destroy us, he should light their *sses up.

Even the leaders of European nations are turned off by him.

I think it's safe to say, I would rather have a president that people feared, especially our enemies over a president that cares too much about being popular.

That leaves only a handful of countries who would possibly engage him in any form of diplomacy, if elected as President.

In the end, they will bend and work with him, they always have and always will.

What's the difference between Obama being too liberal and acceptable and Cruz being too conservative and that being unacceptable?

Because Cruz is a fundementalist Christian nutjob. I mean, the man appeared on TV with a "Christian" preacher who supports stoning gays and went on to say that "if a man does not begin his day on his knees praying to the Lord, he is unfit for office. THAT is the difference.

To our enemies if they scream death to America and threaten to destroy us, he should light their *sses up.

Even their innocent wives and children?

Racist rants against whites? must have missed that one.....

and yes totally agreed on this

Because Cruz is a fundementalist Christian nutjob.

this doesn't mean I don't think Trump is equally frightening in different ways.. but as I said earlier all reason and intelligence seems to have gone out the window this time around.

I think more people should watch a certain movie based on a book and soundtrack written by a person of a newish faith and I also think members of other faiths would enjoy it :

https://youtu.be/8COt1n3jDqA

As well as a movie 'A man called Horse'

I think we can learn a lot from both

The Florida Sun Sentinel, which had previously endorsed Jeb!, had this to say about the remaining slate:

We cannot endorse businessman Donald Trump, hometown Sen. Marco Rubio or Texas Sen. Ted Cruz because they are unqualified to be president. ... Ohio Gov. John Kasich is the best of the bunch, but if you measure a candidate by the caliber of his campaign, Kasich's lack of traction and organization make a vote for him count for little.

Way to build up the enthusiasm, Sun! Still, all was not lost for lil' Rube as he won this endorsement from Romney, who called for:

a candidate who can defeat Hillary Clinton and who can make us proud... If we Republicans were to choose Donald Trump as our nominee, I believe that the prospects for a safe and prosperous future would be greatly diminished — and I’m convinced Donald Trump would lose to Hillary Clinton.

Okay, he still didn't call out Marco by name, but he did allude to him - and frankly, given Romney's reputation and the way things are going down, Marco needs his support like a hole in the head. (Jeb!'s would have been nice but does not seem forthcoming for some reason.)

As long as Republicans say they will support the eventual nominee no matter who that is, then they are giving approval to that candidate's actions. Meanwhile PACs and GOP spokespeople are spreading the message of how Trump isn't fit to be president.

What a mess.

Not a lot of enthusiastic comments about these 2 gentleman then. Wait till they have traded abuse for 3-4 more months before the Republican convention and really made us all dislike them properly

The juxtaposition of these two neighboring WaPo sentences was unintentionally funny:

“Despite the fact that the story right now is panic in the streets, throw the baby out the window and hope the firefighter catches her . . . hope springs eternal,” said Arthur C. Brooks, AEI’s president. “Nothing is inevitable.”

and

Trump could get a bounce Tuesday with the Michigan and Mississippi primaries...

Ah - the dead baby bounce. That's going to be a great help to nobody.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/seeing-trump-as-vulnerable-gop-elites-now-eye-a-contested-convention/2016/03/07/976d2c62-e487-11e5-a6f3-21ccdbc5f74e_story.html

Wc626

Japan is my post. America is my home, ny bread & butter. @Simon, you need us on that wall pall. Japanese people know this too.

Really not sure I'm following you there. If it's not a total non sequitur... if you were to give up your US citizenship you wouldn't be able to defend freedom and democracy or whatever with the US forces in Japan, right? Doesn't bother me in the least. I'm sure there are plenty of patriotic Americans who actually embody real American values they could find to take your place.

Cl poll last night indicate T will win MI. It seems that we will be free from Rubio.so TV ads very soon.

Not a fan of either one ... but, Cruz would not be able to serve as POTUS as he was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Doesn't bother me in the least. I'm sure there are plenty of patriotic Americans who actually embody real American values they could find to take your place.

There aren't any left (unless they're Republicans) patriotic Americans. They're too busy bad mouthing the USA . . but they're the same idiots who voted for, "change."

Its time for the to take their medicine. What a mess. And some people say the GOP are lost. ( . . sheesh)

There aren't any left (unless they're Republicans) patriotic Americans. They're too busy bad mouthing the USA . . but they're the same idiots who voted for, "change."

Yeah, because burying your head in the sand and pretending that racial and socio-economic inequality does not exist makes you a real patriot!

Ridiculous. How do you honestly think you are a patriot when you belittle people for expressing their opinion?

Sorry, but being a patriot is about more than accepting everything the US does as just and above reproach.

A disturbing pattern. We read one post:

Wc626Mar. 01, 2016 - 10:32AM JST

Oh so I'm supposed to feel "guilty" about children casualties? Those children were probably cheering in the streets on 9/11 when terrorists slammed airplanes into the twin towers, NYC. . . . just like the palestinian children and their families were cheering in the streets too.

And here another:

Wc626Mar. 08, 2016 - 11:39AM JST

Japan is my post. America is my home, ny bread & butter. @Simon, you need us on that wall pall. Japanese people know this too.

This poster may well be trying his hand at deception, not unlike the GOP/Tea Party, Trump, and Cruz, but on closer examination a question is prompted.

How low will the GOP/Tea Party go to recruit the bigot? More importantly, if this is actually an American poster, he might ask if his comrades would offer a comment on his insights published in regard to the slaughter of children.

The conclusion, based on thin proof, except by the poster's own claims, pairs military service with a revolting insensitivity to the suffering of innocent children based on religious identity. That's well over the top even for the GOP/Tea but, still, unsurprising and likely has no place here or in the military service code of any nation.

Ridiculous. How do you honestly think you are a patriot when you belittle people for expressing their opinion?

In Tom Brady's opinion (& he's a True NE Patriot btw), he's supporting Trump. Tom Brady and others like him don't belittle people.

Trump didn't belittle women, muslims and mexico. Bill Clinton dogged women. Radical Islam tarnished muslims worldwide and the violent drug-cartels / illegals blighted mexico's image.

Sorry, but being an american patriot is to prevent the USA from becoming like other countries and NOT accepting "everything" they do.

Nice mr. Noidall, that's the establishment Rep/Dem leadership for you. War is a bad business decision, so you can be sure trump will stop this.

Furthermore, why are Romney and the Rep establishment spending 10 million in Florida and Illinois, yes, that's 10 million dollars, for the soul reason of stopping trump?

I think it's safe to stop lumping Trump in with the rest of the Reps.

In Tom Brady's opinion (& he's a True NE Patriot btw), he's supporting Trump.

When I am sick, I see a doctor. When I need legal advice, I see a lawyer. When I have questions about taxes, I see an accountant. When considering who to vote for, I do not ask some random athlete for advice, and I'd hope you wouldn't either.

Tom Brady and others like him don't belittle people.

What does this have to do with anything? I haven't belittled anyone, but you do on a faily basis.

Trump didn't belittle women, muslims and mexico. Bill Clinton dogged women.

Really? Trump didn't belittle Megyn Kelly? He didn't suggest ids for Muslims? I do not care about Bill Clinton, not a Clinton supporter.

violent drug-cartels /illegals blighted mexico's image.

And if Americans did not consume illicit narcotics, there would be no problem. But, we both know how fond you fundementalists are of the war on drugs. Of course unless the drugs are alcohol or pharmaceuticals, then it is open season.

Of course unless the drugs are alcohol or pharmaceuticals, then it is open season.

When was the last time there was a drive-bye over a kegger?

When considering who to vote for, I do not ask some random athlete for advice, and I'd hope you wouldn't either.

K, fair enough. But he's a tough American guy, a role model. An old skool patriot. Multiply his Trump vote x's 10. Besides I've been voting (R) since the Reagan era. (RIP Nancy R.)

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Really? Trump didn't belittle Megyn Kelly? He didn't suggest ids for Muslims?

Yeah, he did. Imo, Obama said something a little worse, in reference to Sara Palin, said, "You can put lipstick on a pig, but its still a pig." Why did those remarks fly? But when Trump say something -he's a racist. He's a sexist. Its not fair.

If you do not agree with Trump. Simply don't vote for him. But watch how he gains momentum.

If you do not agree with Trump. Simply don't vote for him. But watch how he gains momentum. - comments

Momentum among racists and bigots?

What a shameful opinion of American voters.

'American voters are comprised of the worst of the vile hatred Trump promotes?'

Foolish and unpatriotic. Another piece of the puzzle falls in place.

Trump or Cruz?

Lindsay Graham (a Republican!) summed it up best by saying that the choice between these two loonies is like choosing between being shot or poisoned!

When was the last time there was a drive-bye over a kegger?

Irrelevant. My point is that you support the Republican led war on drugs and 1) substances such as alcohol, ritalin, and opiate pain killers are legally accessible and just as harmful as what the Mexicans are bringing here and 2) Perhaps more to the point, American demand (drug users) are the reason for drug violence in Mexico. The demand side (American users) has largely been ignored, all the while demonizing Mexicans. Bottom line, we cannot criticize Mexico without criticizing US drug policy.

Yeah, he did. Imo, Obama said something a little worse, in reference to Sara Palin, said, "You can put lipstick on a pig, but its still a pig." Why did those remarks fly? But when Trump say something -he's a racist. He's a sexist. Its not fair.

Both parties used the same quote. Hell, its not even unique to the US, it has been used for generations, varients as far back as the bible. Even if it Obama did say such a thing, do you really want to compare yourself to Obama? Do you really want to compare yourself to him? And just assuming you are correct (I do not think so), saying sexist things about one person, that in no way compares to suggesting Muslims wear special ids. You are aware of the connotations, aren't you?

I wil not vote for him, Cruz, or Clinton, but mark my words: if the Republicans put up Cruz or Trump, game over. Might as well wrap it up and give it to the Dems.

Might as well wrap it up and give it to the Dems.

The Dems must go out and vote for it, win it on their own. I ain't giving up nothing.

But win or lose, for better or worse -hats off to the winner. (Even when obama won, I still had to "deal with it.") Didn't know it was for the two-term longrun though. Sheesh . . what a purgatory for some.

Many people are expecting Trump will win Mich and Dump Trump campaign is not working

On that same coin . . . nobody thought Trump would even get this far. Its okay though. America never stopped being great. There is ample opportunity still. Sadly not like a couple generations ago though. In my home state, for example, the mex-americans didn't really do much these last "couple of generations."

But within the last couple decades, the Chinese have bought everything like as if they're playing a board game of monopoly. Its all there, just go out and get it. Quit complaining about Trump and his fat wad of cash. The business of America is "Business."

Wc, you really have a thing against blacks and Mexicans, huh? Every time you express an opinion or give an example for these groups it's overwhelmingly negative.

GOP elders never forgot Cruz defied their wish not to close gov't and Cruz worked diligently to close gov't Result US was closed for seven days and laughed by other countries for quite a while.

Mich. Bail out of auto industry H pushed S opposed So figure who will win

Dump Drumpf !

I cant imagine Cruz can be a president!I dont see him even worth being a front runner,same as other shapeless,worthless,nameless republican front runners.Only Trump is an exception,he is different and makes big difference,but silly stupid jealousy heavyweight republicans wanna destroy his chances,in a big favor to Hillary.Still worthless,nameless,and shapeless republican losers front runner insist on keep competing for nomination just to stop and affect Trump chances.Trump is still there turning up down all rules whether they like it or not,who cares.

Many people are begging for donation Dump Trump funds Romney wants Rubio as R can create like better than Cruz. He expected contested convention nominate him as the candidate.