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Re: I used to be disgusted, and now I try to be amused.
It should surprise no one that I quite liked Cruz's speech. It was the only part I watched last night. Of course Trump leaked to friendly delegations that an endorsement would not be coming, and the jeering was planned, not spontaneous.
The establishment hates Cruz far more than Trump, mainly because Cruz actually wants people to be committed to the principles that the party supposedly stands for. There is far more money to be made in the consultant class with Trump. That's why you have the official RNC spokesman, Sean Spicer (of Twilight Sparkle defense fame) go out and call Cruz an asshole. And lie that he did not give the remarks that had been submitted and approved (until people show you what he said matched the advance copy you gave to journalists, idiot).
Branch Trumpidians are incensed at the failure to endorse, but if a man says, "Vote your conscience and uphold the Constitution" and you take that to mean "Don't vote Trump", perhaps the problem isn't really Cruz.
I would not be surprised if there is some booing tonight during Trump's speech. Or some walkouts. But some anti-Trump delegates have been stripped of their credentials, because, you know, unity.
Cruz's maneuver only works if Trump loses big. If he wins, traditional Republicanism is dead. If he loses by a narrow margin, the same smarmy grifters remain in charge of the RNC. But if the GOP faces total annihilation at the hands of Trump, it is really the only scenario in which conservatives will have a role in rebuilding.
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