Is this the best rational candidate?
>>56737200
The best Hollywood actor
All his good qualities are negated by the fact that he is an ardent Israel-Firster.
Ted Cruz blocking diplomatic nominees over FAA's Israel flight ban
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ted-cruz-blocking-diplomatic-nominees-over-faas-israel-flight-ban/
he's running for the supreme court and he knows it
climate change denier, /trash/ ->
>>56737470
what's the point of that, no republican can win national office
>>56737200
He's a Sephardic crypto-Jew.
He's the best state's rights candidate.
Also he's a great debater so he always seems a little smarter than he actually is.
>>56737383
This.
Netanyahu goes balls deep down his throat and cruz apologizes for gagging.
>Sleepy Gonzalez
>>56737200
Would make for a killer Vp
>>56737470
He would be an excellent president, but a Constitutionalist belongs on the Supreme Court, you're right.
However, with things are going with public and political opinion, no way he gets nominated. Remember, he has very few friends even on the right.
President is his best route, and Rubio/Cruz (or vice versa) will be the 2016 ticket.
>>56738151
He appeals to christians though which means he could do very well in Iowa and if he does, it could create a lanslide for other states.
>>56738151
rubio and cruz aren't on friendly terms either.
>>56737588
>what's the point of that, no republican can win national office
This. GWB blew it for all of them.
fuck this slimy fuck
as a matter of fact, fuck every electable rep candidate. theyre all terrible
>>56738446
Reagan and HW were doing a shit ton of mudslinging in 1979. Like, a lot.
So far, Rubio and Cruz have been perfectly civil, attacking only each other's policies. Of course that may change when Trump is out of the race, but there's no sign so far.
The problem with nominating Cruz to the SC, is you might not even be able to get half of senate republicans to endorse him. And no way would a democrat EVER vote for him on the Court, especially considering how young he is. That would be conservative vote every year for a solid 40-50 years.
Would honestly be better for the supreme court or Trump's VP since he gives Trump advantages like:
>Being a politician longer than Trump has so he can give advice to Trump on issues Trump is not that familiar with
>Agrees with Trump 100%
>Gives Trump the evangelical vote
>Can elaborate on Trump's points
>Is a great debator so he can blow O'Malley or Warren out of the table
He's mentally retarded.
>>56738639
>Cruz
>Electable
Nigger, in many ways he's more of an outsider than Trump or Fiorina. He's a junior senator who's made an enemy out of just about every single politician in Washington, rather than cozying up to them with handouts and donations.
>>56737200
It appears you put the wrong picture in.
>>56739018
Wouldn't that actually play into his advantage if he is VP because everyone in Washington will just elect who he is the VP to just so they don't have to deal with his shit in the senate
As a Canadian and not directly invested I never once thought of Cruz, esp with Carson and Trump taking all the limelight.
But then I saw him on at a friend's place and right away thought that he has a certain gravitas. I think he could be the one, if Carson isn't.
(Love Trump but some of the stuff he says just shows he's awesome but maybe not for Prez. Although, CARSON/Trump would be great - Trump is an ideal VP, he can kick people in the balls and Carson could just shrug and say, "Well, you know Trump, what can I do? Anyway..." He'd be like Biden on steroids, but not a creep.
>>56739664
trump or war.
>>56738621
Seems like America has been pretty sick of dems.
He's got some pretty eyelashes he must spend hours prepping, but he ain't presidential.
Would be an okay veep.
>>56739409
I'm not sure I'm reading your post right, but if you want to get someone out of the senate, making them the one who presides over it and casts a tiebreaker isn't really the best way to go about that. I know it's incredibly rare, but still.
>>56737200
Literally only Ron Paul could save us at this point.
Its over. It already happened, and we all just sat by distracted by internet porn and paying off the mortgage.
>>56739897
Yeah but VP does ceremonial stuff as well and can't weigh in on a matter unless its a tie which is a 10% chance
>>56737296
>The best Hollywood actor
So you're saying Ted Cruz is going to be the next Ronald Reagan? That I can live with.
>>56737200
> canacucK spic
Best of both worlds, pham
>>56739018
>He's a junior senator who's made an enemy out of just about every single politician in Washington, rather than cozying up to them with handouts and donations.
This should be made into a bumper sticker sold on Ted Cruz's website.
>>56741458
Shame that will likely never happen again but the liberal butthurt from it would be legendary.
>>56741144
They do cermonial stuff, sure. But it is probably the absolutely most underrated position in government. He has a tremendous influence on the President, and it goes the other way around too.
The thing with Cruz is that, with the exception of Rubio, no one will take him as their VP. And even then, it would be with some reluctance, mainly to secure the Tea Party vote, and the Hispanic vote (somewhat ironic, when you think about it).
The memekids on /pol/ love shouting Trump/Cruz, yet don't realize they are completely incompatible. Their similarities begin and end with a tough stance on immigration. A Trump/Cruz ticket is about as likely as a Trump/Paul ticket.
There is absolutely no way an "establishment" candidate won't be on that GOP ticket in some way. Same way that a Trump/Carson ticket won't happen. It is simply not electable.
>>56742505
Well Trump actually did namedrop Cruz when he was asked who is VP will be but if Cruz surges like Carson than Trump will attack Cruz and it will work
>>56742482
>Hillary Clinton's indictment is handed down in October 2016.
Seriously, though, it's getting more likely all the time.
>>56737383
He is a jew. That is a given.
>>56742505
Would prefer cruz to do his thing in the senate for four years and then in 2020 get in there with a solid president run with somebody like Jim Jordan VP
I think the senate needs him
His chin looks like old man balls.
>>56737684
He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law...
>>56737200
he's pretty cool
i like trump better. Although trump talks about israel, he is not an israel firster. He just has to talk about saving israel for the christ-fags and mormons
he has ardently claimed america's interests first
>>56742659
Trump will namedrop anybody when it's convenient. He ad-libs. It's what makes him so successful. "You don't attack me, I won't attack you. Hell, I may throw you a bone," has been his MO. He did the same with Carson until he was overtaken in IA.
Cruz is in a pretty good spot right now. He is able to outperform people like Santorum or Huckabee with the evangelicals (a crucial demographic in the primaries). He's coasting, because elections are marathons, not sprints.
But when you really dig deep, Cruz and Trump are completely antithetical. Trump is almost like an evolution of the Neocon. Which is NOT necessarily a bad thing. Were Hillary not running, and had the Democratic Party not hijacked the puritanical style of governing thought and action, he'd be the perfect Democrat (which he used to be). And I'd definitely still considering voting Trump in that case.
Regarding the Tea Party, Tea Partiers like Trump because of his Nativist sentiments. But that's where it ends, Can it carry the election? We'll see.
>>56737746
>apologizes for gagging.
That's hot 2bh
>>56737200
He wants to remove taco so I'm alright with him.
>>56739092
But I don't want flat taxes, dumbass.
>>56737200
The world is irrational.
We have ascended beyond the need for rationality. We need a president as irrational, emotional, violent and hateful as the real world.
Ted Cruz, is not that president,.
>>56739018
Hi Ellen
>>56738866
>Agrees with trump
He adopted his positions after he started doing well.
>>56743782
Agreed.
>>56742505
>mainly to secure the Tea Party vote, and the Hispanic vote (somewhat ironic, when you think about it).
There's nothing ironic at all about it, unless a person was spoonfed only on mainstream media.
>>56742505
>The memekids on /pol/ love shouting Trump/Cruz, yet don't realize they are completely incompatible.
Back in the day tickets were a compromise between the top polling candidates under the assumption that they who brought in the most votes were by definition the most electable, for they were who the party's base voters became energized over. I don't know how or when this changed in the minds of certain people. Probably somewhat before they came up with strategies as Jeb Bush did that he was gong to win the general election by losing the base. Which is batshit insane.
Thus the "establishment," and the belief that a wing which cannot through their various candidates rally to them more than single digits are somehow entitled to 1/2 of the national ticket.
>Their similarities begin and end with a tough stance on immigration
Immigration is an important point on which to unify, and policy differences a means of broadening appeal. The amount of differences compared to similarities were the determining factor as to how active a president's VP would be in the following administration.
>>56744565
>unless a person was spoonfed only on mainstream media.
Well, unfortunately, this is a significant population. The Tea Party has been branded as racist, so, to many, the two should be incompatible. Never mind that many Hispanics share countless conservative values. Hell, look at who the loudest opponents to the Cuban embargo repeal were (Cuban-Americans).
>Back in the day tickets were a compromise between the top polling candidates under the assumption that they who brought in the most votes were by definition the most electable
When was this? Gore didn't even seek the nomination in 92. In 2000, Bush eschewed McCain in favor of Cheney. I think you'd have to go back to 1980 when HW was the last to withdraw and be Reagan's VP.
> the "establishment,"
The "establishment" has been a thing since Jackson. The two-party system was created in large part to encourage moderation between the "two" (obviously it's more nuanced than that) wings. I think it's become a disaster, but you gotta play ball.
>Immigration is an important point on which to unify
I agree, and I'd add it should be one of the most important pieces. A nation simply does not exist without borders. But, truly, that's where the common ground between Trump and Cruz ends. And that's simply not good enough.
Honestly looking back the best VP for Trump would be Allen West or Jim Webb
