I hate to pop your bubble but what you saw, is the reality of politics and politicians. There are no white knights out there on a federal level, that I’ve ever been able to witness and if there were…not for long.
Milano met Cruz in his D.C. office along with Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter was killed in the 2018 Parkland shooting, and gun control activist Ben Jackson and live-streamed the conversation on Facebook, which lasted over an hour.
Yeah, that’s probably true. I am probably a bit harsher on the GOP in general at this point due to the level of involvement I had with them in years prior. I spent countless hours from probably 2000 - 20010 actually participating in the GOP primarily in the local and state arenas. I was actually the precinct chairman for my local GOP delegation a couple of years.
I began to back away sometime around that time frame, as I had been trying to work towards making the GOP more of an actual small government conservative party from within. It began to become apparent it wasn’t going to happen. I slowly began resigning from my activities within the party at that time. My final break was when it became apparent that Trump would be the nominee. I knew at that point that the GOP was lost.
Guess it hit me a bit harder than most, as heavily involved as I was. At any rate, I know it comes across pretty apparently how fed up I am with the whole GOP right now - and all of this is a big part of the reason.
So tell me, if Cruz burned the bridge with Trump over this, do you think his political career would have gone up…or down? Cruz knew the answer and his actions were the direct result. A federal politician’s priorities are not the same as…yours IMHO.
What you’re now going through, I went through decades ago. I’m now numb to politicians and mentally separated my world from it. As I’ve stated here, I’ve voted for Donald Duck more times than any human candidate. I know you don’t care for my stance towards Trump but ignoring his antics, he’s done more towards accomplishing the goals I want accomplished than any other President. At this point, I have very little respect for ANY federal politician, have come to terms that I really have NO say in any of it and just take what I can get. My efforts go into the local world I live and do the best I can to make it a better place for all. That’s how I maintain my sanity and keep my spirits positive.
I agree and that’s my point. He sold his soul, over his wife, to keep his political career alive…and that IMO is the standard for a federal politician.