{"id":31618,"date":"2018-08-08T00:57:53","date_gmt":"2018-08-08T00:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=31618"},"modified":"2018-08-08T00:57:53","modified_gmt":"2018-08-08T00:57:53","slug":"please-mr-potus-campaign-for-ted-cruz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=31618","title":{"rendered":"Please, Mr. POTUS, campaign for Ted Cruz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I have just heard that U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has asked Donald J. Trump to campaign for him as he seeks re-election to his Senate seat in Texas.<\/p>\n

Do you know what that means … for me? It means that there’s a decent chance I’ll be within easy driving distance of a Trump rally if he agrees to campaign in Texas for the Cruz Missile — who once called Trump an “amoral … pathological liar.”<\/p>\n

We live just north of Dallas these days. We’ll be on the road for most of August, but we’ll have a lot of time on our hands after we return from our trip out west.<\/p>\n

Oh, how I want the president to come here. I would actually attend a campaign rally for Cruz if it takes place anywhere near Collin County, where we live.<\/p>\n

Hey, we live in a gigantic metro area comprising roughly 7.5 million residents. That means that if Trump agrees, he well might come, say, to Dallas or Fort Worth to speak on behalf of Cruz.<\/p>\n

I want to attend one of those dog-and-pony shows.<\/p>\n

I’m a political junkie. I love campaign rallies. I’ve covered two national presidential nominating conventions — the 1988 GOP convention in New Orleans and the 1992 GOP event in Houston. I attended the 2012 Democratic convention in Charlotte; I had planned to cover it for the Amarillo Globe-News, but I quit that job suddenly just before the start of the convention. I went there with press credentials, but sat in the cheap seats as a spectator.<\/p>\n

All of them were a serious blast and I learned so much getting to watch these events up close.<\/p>\n

Donald Trump speaking in Texas on behalf of the state’s junior U.S. senator would be a worthwhile event, too.<\/p>\n

Do not expect me to flip, to become a Trumpster listening to the president’s ranting and railing, his insult-hurling rhetoric.<\/p>\n

As the Houston Chronicle has reported: Cruz is facing a tougher re-election campaign than many first expected. Polls from the last week have shown Cruz holding onto a single-digit lead over (Beto) O\u2019Rourke, a congressman from El Paso who has set records for Democrats fundraising in Texas.<\/em><\/p>\n

Let me be clear: I do not want Cruz to be re-elected. I am going to support the Democratic challenger, O’Rourke. But I do want the president to come here to give Texans an up-close look at what a buffoon he can be when he launches into one of those unscripted riffs in front of adoring fans.<\/p>\n

Please, Mr. President. Come to Texas! Hey, the Metroplex ought to be a big lure.<\/p>\n\n

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