KingSobieski
Veteran XX
All the losers are endorsing Cruz
Trump said so.
Trump said so.
So a party should just endorse anyone who's popular enough to win them the election and wants to be considered their representative? Even if he doesn't actually represent their values?
Honestly, not picking that guy is actually showing a bit of backbone, standing up for the principles of the party even at its own expense. That's actually kinda admirable. That's saying "We know this guy is popular, and we know we could win with him.. but doing so would be sacrificing what we stand for, and we'd rather take the risk on losing the election than doing that."
As much as I despise party politics, I find it vaguely noble that those 'in the biz' can actually show some principle when it comes down to it.
As someone who is part of that world stage: No. Bush was an embarassment for you guys. Trump is an embarassment for you guys. Obama is actually someone most of us out here kinda like.
Don't just take my word for it though, here's a Pew Research page asking the question all over:
http://www.pewglobal.org/database/indicator/6/survey/17/
Compare the Obama years to the Bush years. It's day and night.
Iran nuclear deal is terrible though, so that's a poor 'accomplishment'.
If anything, Obama gets props for not being George W Bush, and not going to war when he was pressured to overthrow Assad.
Other than that, he's really been a big nothing.
Why do you think the deal is terrible?
If Iran develops a nuclear weapon in the next 10 years it obviously will be a failure but that was a risk without a deal too.
The irony of these 2 comments being posted together is not realizing that Bush represents the principles of the Republican establishment. Therefore, the "core" of the Republican party is an embarrassment for the US. Hopefully now you see why such a large segment of registered Republican voters disagree with the party's current leadership. People aren't voting for Trump; they are voting against the establishment. If you look at the Democratic side, the establishment choice is given an absurd 500 delegate head start in the primary.
You are a right, though, in that Obama was a fine president; but it seems as if average Joes like you and LouCypher do not understand why. Obama was a fine president because of his ability to compromise, not just between the Left and Right, but also between the establishment and anti-establishment. Most notably, see the Iran Nuclear Deal. He did not bend over to AIPAC (i.e. establishment) and order the bombing of Iran.
Also people forget that the moment Iran comes close to building anything that would so much as make a loud bang, Israel will bomb the fuck out of them.
Plus how has toppling stable but shitty regimes worked over there so far?
Long term Iran even might be a better partner for peace and stability in the region than the Saudi's or Israel.