And speaking of fear, there's the will-he-or-won't-he go to CPAC for Rubio to decide, along with Trump bowing out of another Megyn Kelly forum. Really, guys? If it's that hard to make a decision or face some publicized resistance, how ya gonna handle the White House job?CR: At first, you’d think very little. One is a crony capitalist who has added conservative vocab words to his big government nationalist rhetoric; the other is a senator who came to power as part of the Tea Party wave, but chose to join the establishment upon his arrival in Washington. One wears the mantel of rage, the other purports to be an electable, “nice” conservative.
But an unlikely alliance between two candidates has formed: both Trump and Rubio have joined forces in personal attacks on Ted Cruz’s character.
The voters have clearly framed the race in terms of who can best stand up to the Washington Cartel — a term that rightly describes how our political system has been rigged in favor of the politically correct and connected, but contrary to the Constitution. Because the record shows Trump and Rubio have both worked with, not against, the political corruption in both parties, any distinctions either could draw with Senator Cruz on policy wouldn’t help them with the primary electorate. This leaves one dangerously desperate weapon at their disposal: character attacks.
Bizarrely, Trump has threatened to sue Cruz over advertising that shows Trump’s own public words supporting partial birth abortion, his sister, a Clinton-appointed judge who struck down New Jersey’s partial birth abortion bill as irrational who Trump has spoken of as a good judge, and Trump’s massive monetary contributions to Democrats. The allegation? That showing Trump’s past positions and record, instead of his present (and constantly moving) positions, is defamatory.
Trump thus resorts to name-calling: “nasty,” “unlikable,” “unhinged” and “dishonest,” he hurls at Cruz, all while threatening to use his inherited wealth to bully and sue — just as he has his entire life.
For Rubio’s part, he has taken to accusing Ted Cruz of “doing anything it takes to win,” including lying. He has ceased even trying to engage Cruz on policy, let alone making an effort to correct the record about his support of the Gang of Eight bill, his statement following Obergefel that same-sex marriage was the law of the land, or his refusal to support Cruz’s attempt to meaningfully strip funding from Planned Parenthood by sending Obama a budget without it.
You can almost see the weariness in Rubio’s soul as he resorts to calling his friend and fellow son of Cuban immigrants a liar — all because Cruz has brought attention to the words and deeds and policy contrasts between himself and the Floridian. While Cruz was fighting against the Rubio-Schumer Gang of Eight immigration bill, including with amendments that would eliminate citizenship-granting provisions, Rubio was a sponsor of the bill. Now Rubio refuses to list that bill — which passed the Senate with a few Republicans and overwhelming support from Democrats — among his sparse list of accomplishments.
Like Trump, Rubio hurls insults; but he does not naturally wear the mantel of Trump-esque insult hurling.
But both the media and other Republican leaders have refused to ref the two-on-one hit job on Cruz’s character. That’s because ultimately, it is the Washington Cartel that has been and remains willing to use any tactic to protect its power. Cruz represents the most successful, well-organized, well-funded, inspiring, disciplined, and savvy assault on its power since the Reagan revolution, and so they step back and wash their hands because they know Ted Cruz is the greatest threat to the Washington status quo they’ve ever faced.
But they step back in fear. Every time they see 5,000 conservative activists gather to listen to Cruz and cheer, they are afraid. The continued gathering of movement conservatives and liberty-minded Republicans to Ted Cruz is a mortal threat to both Trump and Rubio, and so they attack. But because they cannot go toe-to-toe with Ted on issues, they make personal attacks. It’s the oldest trick in the book. This is what doing Washington’s dirty work looks like folks, and we must overcome it for the sake of America.
Moreover, it's quite ironic that the guys attempting to assassinate the character of Cruz are about to be embroiled in a finance scandal (Rubio) and a fraud trial (Trump)! What jewels.
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