Well, he would if the only choice were between Trump and Cruz. His rationale for his choice is revealing:
Go here to read the rest. In other words, Trump is a complete fake saying whatever is necessary to get elected, while Cruz is a man of conviction who says what he believes and who will fight for what he believes. The view of Carter is shared I think by Republican elites who can tolerate Trump as standard bearer, a man who is not a Republican or a conservative, while gagging at Cruz who is both.
The brilliant Rhodes Scholar and enabler of dying Venezuela and Islamist terror-state Iran has spoken.
Another reason to vote for Cruz!
My (Carson supporting) husband listened to me read the part about liking Trump because Cruz is not “malleable” and throw his hands in the air– “That’s what I’ve been saying the whole time!”
Even my not-much-time-for-news mom, who listens to NPR most of the time, knows Trump is fake.
Jimmy nit wit Carter never ceases to plum the depths of asininity and stupidity. He is Admiral Hyman G Rickover’s one mistake for selection as a Naval Nuclear Propulsion Officer – a mistake he learned to regret when the incompetent jerk underneath him became as President the incompetent jerk above him. I was aboard the USS Jacksonville SSN-699 as a reactor operator when Ronald Reagan won the election against Jimmy the peanut Carter. Every enlisted man aboard cheered. The officers smiled. By protocol they were not allowed to show their political leanings. But nonetheless they smiled. That was a good day to be a nuclear submariner – when we finally got a President worthy of the high office he would take instead of a ding bat.
He actually said something accurate for change. Wow, Lucifer must be plugging in the space heater as we type.
As for Jimmy Carter endorsing Trump – I guess the Democrats really are out to destroy Trump!
Carter’s still alive? Only the good die young.
Paul, I don’t think it really mattered to Rickover who was president. He would get what he wanted regardless. He was that necessary. Rickover had more power than tne CNO. I take it you were a nuke MM (that’s Machinsts Mate to all you civilians and land lubbers).
Trump is not a conservative. He is a populist. Be Not Led into Trumptation. ~;-)~
Hi, Greg. Maybe you are right. Nevertheless, Carter was and is a mistake.
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BTW, I was an ET (Electronics Tech) and an RO (Reactor Operator), not a Machinist Mate, I did however qualify as Throttleman (an MM position) and an EO (Electrical Operator normally filled by EMs or Electrician’s Mate). In fact, I qualified on all major watchstations back aft.
I remember MM, EM (Electricians Mate) and ET were the three nuke eligible rates. I was a BT (boiler technician, a rate that was folded into the MM rate about twenty years ago). I was I the Navy from Feb. 85 to March 93. Obviously, I was a skimmer (surface sailor). I was on the USS Dubuque (LPD-8) an amphibious dock landing ship home ported in Sasebo, Japan from September of 85 to May of 88. Then I was on an Adams class guided missile destroyer USS Robison (DDG-12) from July of 88 to Jan. of 91. Both ships have since been decommissioned.
Greg- Oh, cool, you were there when “Friendship Park” was getting a new batch of trees!
Foxfier, you talking about that park where you could cross the Albuquerque Bridge to Sailor Town? I think we called it MacArthur Park.
It’s now the Friendship Bridge, and most of Sailor Town is now The Strip. Did the guy have an Elvis Shrine bar when you were there? If so, it’s now on the far end of sailor town nearest the bridge, and that’s the only “block” of bars left.
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I am oddly reassured that the horribly lame names are not that old. 😀
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The bridge was originally called the Albuquerque Bridge because Albuquerque and Sasebo were named sister cities. I don’t remember an Elvis bar when I was stationed there in the Eighties. Nor do I remember seeing it when I took a Pilgrimage to the Past trip back there in 2005.
When were you there Foxfier, what ship were you on?
I agree with Jimmy.
1). Trump–malleable, i.e., flexible, practical, without principle and an egomaniac. Conclusion: Just the guy we need to bring peace and prosperity.
2). Crux–rigid, inflexible, impractical, ideological. Just the guy to keep the country from coming together and maybe get us in a war.
Rubio is a much better alternative to Trump than Cruz. The Buckley rule needs to be applied here.
I am rethinking the Cruz sticker for the same reason, the Buckley Rule. Does anyone recall whether Buckley pronounced his rule before or after the Goldwater campaign? Now don’t be shy various of you younger than I, a knowledge of history requires no gray hairs.
I think Buckley regretted the Buckley rule with Nixon. Buckley vigorously supported Reagan in 1976 and 1980 when the same arguments as to electability that are being made against Cruz were made against Reagan. In the haze of Reagan hagiography since his Presidency, we forget what a despised figure Reagan was among the “mainstream Republicans” of his day. Back in 1980 Bob Dole got a whole one percent running against Reagan in the New Hampshire primary. He then urged former President Gerald Ford to jump into the primaries to save the party from the disaster of a Reagan nomination. RINOs never honor conservatives until they are safely dead.
About 20 years after you were, on the Essex.
Too bad you didn’t get to see it– I loved that when I was doing shore patrol because it was like walking into the 50s or something, and the guy manning the bar would actually smile. It was like walking into a holodeck program. (I guess if I got to LARP every day, I might smile, too.)
Malleable preferred to Rigid – really depends upon about what one is malleable or rigid.
It’s kind of like being pro-choice. I may be pro-choice or not, depending entirely upon what is being chosen.
Many RHINOS in NH, the least religious state. The problem facing the country is a moral crisis most of all.
Foxfire and Greg. I was in Sasebo (Boiler Tender on the Lake Champlain CVA 39, Essex class)…..for a one-night liberty back in 1953 (Korea) and at my tender age, and a very long awaited liberty as a combo, I can only ask, “What park?”
Donald, at your recommendation, “The Devil’s Pleasure Palace” by Mike Walsh arrived the other day. I cannot put it down. It should be required reading before the election. It seems to capture well our national dilemma. His reference to Wagner’s “Tristan Chord” is intriguing. F-B-D#-G# seems demonic on the guitar. can anyone tell me, is it an Ab minor sixth? I may have to fill my guitar case humidifier with Holy Water.
William, my chordfinder says you’re right on that chord.
Thanks Donald. Are you a player of stringed instruments?
“I think Buckley regretted the Buckley rule with Nixon. Buckley vigorously supported Reagan in 1976 and 1980 when the same arguments as to electability that are being made against Cruz were made against Reagan. In the haze of Reagan hagiography since his Presidency, we forget what a despised figure Reagan was Amon the ‘mainstream republicans’ of his day.”
True enough. However, Reagan had one going for him Cruz doesn’t: a very likeable personality. Reagan didn’t come as thin skinned when being unjustly attacked. The way Ted went about accusing the moderators of trying to get the other candidates to attack him during the last debate made him look like a whineabus. Abd as good a debater as Cruz is, I am surprised he hasn’t done a better job of going after Rubio regarding the Gang of Eight. He needs to force Rubio to answer the question of whether or not the country would better of if G8 would have signed into law and if a President Rubio would veto a Gang of Eight-like Bill should it reach his desk. Rubio can’t answer that question without looking like being stuck on stupid at best and two-faced political sellout at worst. I have thought for a long time Rubio is the latter.