He is however, taking a roll of the dice. Because in the process of delivering that message…he just pissed in the wheaties of the majority of the GOP primary voters. And while I think the chances are extremely good that while they will disown any support of Trump by December, they will carry a grudge against Cruz for what he did to their wheaties at the convention.
Its like if you have ever had a friend that has “fallen in love” with someone you know to be a complete disaster. You can’t tell them that, because they will only resent you for it…so you have to stay quiet and let things run their course and be there to help them pick up the pieces afterwards.
I almost feel sorry for Trump and almost respect Ted Cruz…I’ve got to check my meds. But, no matter, Trump was played and played beautifully as the most hated man in the Senate showed America how he did it. I wonder if Trump’s butt hurts? Who knew Canadians could be so devious???
But its not credible to say Cruz changed his speech at the last minute and the Trump campaign had no idea. The transcripts were already out there before he gave it.
No, this was the Trump campaign rising to and exceeding their new levels of incompetence. We still have one more night to go, but this convention has been far and away the biggest disaster in modern political times. It surpasses Chicago '68 if only because nearly every issue has been a self inflicted wound by the campaign itself.
Yeah, I was thinking the same last night watching the immediate fallout of the Cruz non endorsement. This convention may have been doing a pretty good job solidifying the already small “intensely loyal” mob that doesn’t need further solidifying, but it has been doing a pretty good job alienating anyone else as well – including even their own.
It must be feeling good for like-minded whacks to validate each other (“I feel like I am living a dream”). It makes them feel good about themselves. And for people like the Trump, feel good about themselves is everything.
Like father like son. The kids are replicas of the same cold-blooded reptile. Have you ever seen Don Jr. angry like when he referenced the exiled Lewandowsky versus Mantafort story over his stepmother’s unrepentant ripoff of Michelle Obama? He looked like a shark. “Remarkable children,” my foot. They use the same tactics they learned from their father.
I’ve started thinking that maybe I was wrong about Ivanka. She may be no better than the boys – probably still the sanest in the family, but the sanest in that family is not exceedingly a high bar to clear.
I know this is incredibly superficial and base of me, but…
Despite how physically attractive she is, there is something about Ivanka that just creeps me out. And I am 99% sure that the “it” is her increasingly weird sounding relationship with her father. I have dated “Daddy’s girls” before…I even married one. Ivanka though takes it to just new, really icky, scary, places.
Yeah I know. And though we usually like to think rational and talk facts (and try our best to do so), I think people often say “trust your instinct” for reason…
I agree. I looked at her Instagram site and it does not match up with her father’s behavior. It looks inspiring, but the more I see her, the more I realize she is deeply ingrained in her father’s love and image. Will she ever be brave enough to share the anti-semitism she has heard since she converted to Judaism? Is she going to start off her speech tonight like Pence did, but with, “I am a Jew, a conservative, a Republican?” This is the perversity of the entire Trump party. I will never forget that Sadaam had his son-in-laws wiped from the face of the earth. Shakespearian tragedy, comedy of errors, and Oedipus complex are all drama of this Trump family. It will play out in history and serve as NYT bestsellers for years to come. The whole abnormal psychology of the family is fascinating. The dysfunctional secrets have yet to be revealed. And here’s my last dig–for any of the children’s sense of decency: you can attribute it to the love and care taking of each of their mothers and their grandparents, not the father.
