{"id":4756,"date":"2016-09-25T07:36:22","date_gmt":"2016-09-25T11:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/?p=4756"},"modified":"2016-09-25T07:38:30","modified_gmt":"2016-09-25T11:38:30","slug":"family-values-wins-cruz-embraces-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/?p=4756","title":{"rendered":"‘Family Values’ wins: Cruz embraces Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

I speculated a few months back<\/a> that maybe Ted Cruz isn’t an empty, self-absorbed sewage-being after all.<\/p>\n

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Ted Cruz explains<\/a> his decision not to endorse The Donald.<\/p>\n

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A day after being booed off the Republican National Convention stage, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz stubbornly defended his refusal to endorse Donald Trump, insisting he is not a “servile puppy dog” who would back anyone who personally attacks his family<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The blatant sign of GOP disunity angered some GOP delegates …<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well.<\/p>\n

The question is, Is Cruz sincere? If he is, then I find myself unexpectedly wanting to applaud him. Family should stick together …<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, what do you know? Christian ‘family values’ have prevailed: Ted Cruz has stuck a knife in his father’s back and endorsed<\/a> the man who accused his father of complicity in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.<\/p>\n

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Ted Cruz endorsed Donald Trump for the presidency Friday afternoon, a stunning turn of events after a contentious primary filled with nasty personal attacks and a dramatic snub at the Republican National Convention.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Don’t forget this. Don’t forget George P. Bush endorsing Trump after cataracts of insults<\/a> directed at Jeb and Columba Bush. Don’t forget the serial lies. And next time you read some ‘think piece’ puzzling over evangelicals’ support of Trump, you’ll know what the explanation is: Donald Trump is the truth about Christianity, and what a Christian Nation will look like.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I speculated a few months back that maybe Ted Cruz isn’t an empty, self-absorbed sewage-being after all. Ted Cruz explains his decision not to endorse The Donald. A day after being booed off the Republican National Convention stage, Texas Sen. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4756"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4756"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4762,"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4756\/revisions\/4762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}