Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, a Republican. A candidate who finished
with 1,000 less delegates than Donald Trump, just proved why he was not the man
to be the nominee of the Republican party.
Cruz, the son of a Cuban immigrant who is also a Pastor could not
bring himself to back the Republican nominee for President, thus stealing the
spotlight from Governor Mike Pence, Trumps VP choice.
After talking about forgiveness, freedom, and limited government
he refused to say anything more than “vote your conscience”. Senator Cruz
proved exactly why he was not Presidential material.
Fortunately for Ted Cruz, he was followed by Newt Gingrich who
countered Cruz’s comments and paraphrased the meaning of them. Newt Gingrich
said, “I think you misunderstood one paragraph of what Ted Cruz said. Ted Cruz
said vote your conscience for anyone that will uphold the constitution.” Newt
said, “there is only one candidate that will uphold the Constitution. So to paraphrase
Ted Cruz, if you want to protect the
Constitution of the United States, the only possible candidate this fall is the
Trump/Pence Republican Ticket!”
Most did not see this because the networks all went to their
talking heads rather than show Gingrich’s speech. I urge you to look it up on
You Tube. There is another that the networks didn’t cover that was really good,
but there was a part that called on the press to do their jobs, so naturally
the networks wouldn’t play that. Laura Ingraham gave the best speech up to that
point just before Cruz. She admonished the other Republican candidates to honor
their pledge to support the Republican ticket. You can watch that here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqNhDVcvrsg
Ted Cruz could have made the Republican Convention worse had it not been for
Ingraham before him and Gingrich after him. When the booing started and it was
clear that the people wanted him to endorse Trump, he chose to ignore them.
Cruz would have come off much better had he endorsed, as he promised in
writing, but he chose to think of himself rather than the country. He was in
direct contrast to the theme of the convention. Country. All he had to do when
he saw the reaction from the people, was to adjust his speech. We all know it
can be done. Gingrich did it to cover Cruz’s backside. Cruz certainly could
have adlibbed to take the higher ground, but he chose the low rode.
If he has future aspirations in the Republican party, he probably just
quashed them tonight.
You’re welcome to comment.
Brett
