[Hoot Gibson]

Nope, you're not hanging that one on me. Crude religious bigotry is what everybody who pursues the lie is guilty of. Telling the truth is never out of season. How did Sherrilyn Kenyon put it again, "The bitterest truth was always better than the sweetest lie?" And, I'll not waste anymore time trying to substantiate why telling the truth is preferable to egging one on who's on the road leading to damnation.

I've noticed a few things about you too lately. Like your propensity for completely sidestepping relative information which might not bolster your position on things. Such as the fact that the words which gave birth to this whole ordeal were initially out of the mouth of a Cruz supporter. And BTW, can anybody on here truthfully say they had heard of Andrea McWilliams before I posted her comments? Or are we supposed to take at face value, that she just sort of popped up in timely fashion out of the woodwork to paint Trump's wife as some kind of trollop? I don't blame Trump one bit for taking a swing at Cruz. Cruz's team started the whole deal. How likely would you suppose, that it was his organization which dug for the dirt in the first place, and it was one of his dutiful zombies who fell on their sword in order to bring it out in the open, and on FOX News no less? I'll tell ya, Jerry Springer ain't got one thing on Neil Cavuto.

I've had enough misdirection to last a lifetime. The quintessential micro-managing chief executive, that's according to Leon Panetta, has set the dogs of liberalism loose upon this land. And whenever the inevitable repercussions for which have come home to roost, we first get a couple prescribed years worth of stonewalling. And then if for some reason the media still have not let things die down somebody gets reassigned, not fired. After all, our President is truly a man of the 'people', because he finds things out he same way we all do, reading the newspaper. So, if Cruz is going to use the Obama playbook he needs a little more polish. And then there is that pesky thing the medial calls video tape.

No wonder Trump calls him lying Ted. I mean, it's so obvious, who would bite on all this baloney?

You're sounding like Donald Trump's parrot, TRT. You can say what you want, but nothing in the Bible commands us to ridicule people who are Mormons or ridicule an entire state because the majority of its residents are Mormons. Christians and Jews are slaughtered throughout the Muslim world everyday because radical Muslims look down on them as subhumans. Ridicule, such as Donald Trump engages in every day is just the first step down the road toward violence toward religious minorities.

Ridicule is no way to demonstrate concern for another human being's eternal soul or to lead them down the path to salvation. And when Donald Trump questions the religious beliefs of Cruz, Rubio, and Carson based on their position in the polls - for political gain, I cannot understand why every religious person and even every committed atheist has not universally held him accountable. Trump's exploitation of religion and religious stereotypes will not end with his campaign. The prospect of Trump, Sanders, or Clinton being responsible for protecting our constitutional rights, including the First Amendment is surreal.

As for Cruz's supposed lies, you ignore Trump's lies, a few of which I have documented in great detail, yet when Trump accuses Cruz of lying, you repeat the charges as fact. Take a deep look at the polls' internal numbers. Poll after poll shows that Trump's juvenile behavior is driving up his negatives. Trump's claim that "most" polls show him beating Hillary is a flat out lie that can easily be verified on the Real Clear Politics web site. Hillary is crushing Trump in the polls and the gap has been steadily widening.

Trump has received an estimated $1.8 billion in "earned" media coverage - far more than all other Republican candidates combined. Yet he whines about how unfair the media is to him, and again, you repeat Trump's complaints as if they have a factual basis. I have watched Fox News' Eric Bolling, Jeanine Pirro, Bill O'Reilly and other Fox News employees give Trump softball interviews and openly campaign for him. I finally resorted to turning to CNN for more balanced coverage of both campaigns.

I had actually begun to accept the likelihood that Trump would win the majority of delegates and become the GOP nominee. However, it seems that the idiot cannot stop insulting women long enough to close the deal. I now believe that it is somewhat unlikely that Trump will win enough delegates to claim the nomination on the first ballot. If that happens, it will be unlikely that he can win at all, IMO.

Your charge that Cruz is using the Obama playbook is one of the more ridiculous things that you have ever posted. If you were paying attention, you might have noticed that Trump pulls stunts like attacking Heidi Cruz to distract from the fact that he is about to lose another primary. It is no coincidence that the allegations about five(!) Cruz affairs were published in a magazine owned by Trump's close personal friend, David Pecker. Pecker also smeared Ben Carson when he was riding high in the polls.

I know that there are many die hard Trump fans in this country who are not bothered by all of his flip-flops, attacks on women, personal insults, or any of Trump's many other character flaws, but the fact that Sanders, Clinton, and Trump are leading contenders for presidential nominations should deeply concern every American.

I am not trying to change your mind about Trump. It was obviously made up long ago, and as for the general election, it would be hypocritical of me to criticize anybody for settling for Trump as the lesser of two evils. This is the first election since Ross Perot ran against George H. W. Bush that I have not decided to do settle myself.

I just hope that Trump supporters do not riot if he loses the nomination because a majority of Republicans are still opposed to his nomination.

As for the National Enquirer smear of Ted Cruz, even if they are proven true, why would it make any difference when Trump has boasted of a long series of affairs through three marriages? Trump even took his first wife and one of his mistresses on the same ski vacation, which is where the Ivana Trump found out about Marla Maples. Still, I was willing to consider supporting Trump, knowing of his sordid past.

I know many will eagerly apply a double standard to Cruz if the alleged affairs are substantiated but I would not. My disgust at the thought of voting for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton is independent of my support for Ted Cruz. Smears like the one being perpetrated by Trump's campaign against Cruz reminds me of how Obama won his first two elections in Illinois.