"Say whaaaaat? Have you lost your mind?"
No. Bear with me. The supposed GOP constituency has latched onto Trump, when we really already had all we needed in Cruz. We sacrificed the familiar and eloquent, for the new and bombastic.
But at what price?
I explain further in this series of tweets I unloaded yesterday.
Cruz repeatedly bucked the system. He said things DC didn't want to hear. They tried to shut him up. He refused to be silenced. 1/— J.R. Holmsted (@JHolmsted) February 23, 2016
He kept FIGHTING. He went against GOPe like it was his job, b/c it was. He was beholden to his constituents, not big interests. 2/— J.R. Holmsted (@JHolmsted) February 23, 2016
Yet somehow, that was not enough. It is obvious that our instant gratification, Reality TV obsessed populace do not want a statesman. 3/— J.R. Holmsted (@JHolmsted) February 23, 2016
Cruz isn't loud enough or crass enough to satisfy the citizenry that would rather drown in entertainment news & reality TV competitions. 4/— J.R. Holmsted (@JHolmsted) February 23, 2016
Now we scoff a man who shut down the govt fighting for us. So we throw values out the window. Principles are "adjusted." Cruz abandoned. 5/— J.R. Holmsted (@JHolmsted) February 23, 2016
Because Donald Trump is larger than life. He gets away w/ abhorrent behavior. He lashes out at small criticisms or perceived slights. 6/— J.R. Holmsted (@JHolmsted) February 23, 2016
"But he's not a politician!!!"— J.R. Holmsted (@JHolmsted) February 23, 2016
If you buy that I've got a ski resort to sell you in San Antone.
"BUT HE'S NOT PC!!! HE FIGHTS!!!" 7/
Yet in order to support this "fighter," we've sacrificed the groundwork people like Cruz worked so hard to lay. 8/— J.R. Holmsted (@JHolmsted) February 23, 2016
Put us in the position to FINALLY win the presidency w/ the first true conservative in decades. A couple people could fit that bill. 9/— J.R. Holmsted (@JHolmsted) February 23, 2016
Cruz probably most of all. Still, we'll be left w/ a "fighter." Not the one who fought big government, Dems, GOPe, FOR us. 10/— J.R. Holmsted (@JHolmsted) February 23, 2016
No, the fighter we'll be left w/ is the one that fights for himself. Fought to reelect Democrats. Fights anyone that criticizes him.11/— J.R. Holmsted (@JHolmsted) February 23, 2016
We turned our backs on the real fighter of the establishment in favor of an exciting, entertaining show. We will reap what we sow. /endrant— J.R. Holmsted (@JHolmsted) February 23, 2016
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