Monday, March 30, 2015

Ted Cruz, darling of the right-wing radio hosts

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/03/30/1374313/-Ted-Cruz-darling-of-the-right-wing-radio-hosts

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) smiles as he confirms his candidacy in the 2016 U.S. presidential election race during a speech at Liberty College in Lynchburg, Virginia March 23, 2015. Cruz, a conservative firebrand who frequently clashes with leaders of hi

Stop the presses! Politico has a scoop: right-wing radio talk show hosts like right-wing presidential candidate Ted Cruz:
Glenn Beck wants listeners to pray for him. Mark Levin says Fox News is out to get him. Hugh Hewitt calls him an “intellectual leader.” Rush Limbaugh thinks his campaign launch was “masterful.” Laura Ingraham hails him as “Reaganesque.” Erick Erickson considers him a “good friend.”
They might as well just call off the Republican presidential primary and hand the nomination to Ted Cruz. Although ... praise doesn't always translate into endorsements. Erickson and Hewitt aren't endorsing yet, Limbaugh is currently most actively praising Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, and, oh, Michael Savage has called Cruz a "warmonger" and a "lunatic." Then there's this:
No question — in past elections, conservative radio hosts have struggled to translate their enthusiasm for a candidate into a winning presidential campaign. But the frequent encomiums to Cruz will provide him with a reliable supply of free media and powerful, sustained validation from some of the most important gatekeepers in the Republican sphere.
all this might be true but right wing media tends to cater to the one's with the red meat stuck in their teeth, that does not translate into general election wins evidenced by their incessant attacks and losses 2008 and 12.  also as republican politics shift with the win so does the support of the right wing money and media.  the fault in that dynamic is they have to become extreme radicals to get top billing on their media sources than for the rest of us Americans they have to take on a "oop's, i didn't mean none of that hateful bigoted stuff i said last month" in order to try and attract votes of those they spent the whole cycle alienating.

so no matter what we hear it does mean as much as gnat crap remember Romney was a shoe in and McCain with Palin was a take it to the bank deal?  well we know that story was a sad ending for those who were blowing whistles and dancing in the street and throwing darts a Pres. dressed in African dress with a bone through his nose.  2014 the teaching time get yup get out and get the party you nedd stray home and get republicans who hate you.

Glenn Beck well his people are from Ork, he said,

Beck: 'If you take what I say as gospel, you're an idiot'

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2009/03/30/37168/beck-idiot/