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ONETIME PRESIDENTIAL CHALLENGER Ted Cruz shocked the Republican convention yesterday by thumbing his nose at Donald Trump and urging Americans to “vote their conscience”, sending the 2016 nominee’s bid to unify the party careening off course.
Cruz received a standing ovation as he took the stage, but cheers turned to boos when it became clear the US senator from Texas did not come to Cleveland to endorse his former rival.
Trump himself tipped the drama needle into the red by striding into the arena shortly before Cruz finished speaking, giving a thumbs up to people in the arena and surveying the remarkable scene of delegates thrown into turmoil by the Texan’s remarks, and who hounded him off the stage.
“We deserve leaders who stand for principle, who unite us all behind shared values, who cast aside anger for love,” said Cruz, effectively listing criticisms levelled at Trump.
“If you love our country and love your children as much as I know that you do, stand and speak and vote your conscience,” he said as the crowd erupted into yells of anger and chants of “Trump! Trump!”.
The two men fought a bitter and at times deeply personal primary campaign, in which Trump mocked Cruz’s wife and tarred his rival with a nasty nickname: “Lyin’ Ted”.
Cruz dropped out of the race in early May, finishing second to Trump in the delegate count.
Cruz is widely expected to run in 2020 should Trump lose to Hillary Clinton.
His none-too-subtle message landed like a political hand grenade in a convention already marred by an opening day floor revolt from anti-Trump delegates and other missteps by the campaign.
“Wow, Ted Cruz got booed off the stage, didn’t honour the pledge!” Trump tweeted, referring to the pledge all 17 Republican candidates took to endorse the eventual nominee, whoever he or she would be.
I saw his speech two hours early but let him speak anyway. No big deal!
Steady the ship?
The political theatre stepped all over Indiana Governor Mike Pence’s moment in the Republican spotlight as he introduced himself to US voters as Trump’s running mate.
Pence accepted the vice presidential nomination, saying he was “deeply humbled by your confidence”. The delegates rose collectively for a standing ovation.
Pence, 57, said he “joined this campaign in a heartbeat” because Republicans nominated Trump, a man “who never quits, who never backs down”.
The conservative evangelical Christian and former congressman could serve to steady Trump’s heaving and swaying campaign ship and reassure voters alarmed by Trump’s rhetoric.
But his task may have been made harder by Cruz’s stunt.
‘Embarrassing’
The floor drama angered some delegates including Mary Balkema, who called Cruz’s speech “deplorable.”
“We were really waiting for him to show unity and really get behind the candidate, which he failed to do,” said the 49-year-old Michigan delegate.
I think it was the longest boo I have ever heard publicly, it was really embarrassing.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a Trump friend and supporter, minced no words about Cruz, calling the senator’s speech “awful” and “selfish” on CNN.
Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen was harsher, saying Cruz “committed political suicide”.
The upset came hours after Team Trump moved to draw a line under a damaging plagiarism row implicating his ex-model wife — that overshadowed the opening of the Cleveland gathering.
A Trump staffer admitted to lifting quotes from a Michelle Obama speech from 2008 and slotting them into remarks delivered Monday by Trump’s Slovenia-born wife, apologising and offering to resign.
“This was my mistake, and I feel terrible for the chaos I have caused,” said the staffer, Meredith McIver.
Flag burning
Trump’s roller-coaster campaign defeated 16 rivals and steamrolled stubborn party opposition after being written off as a joke, the real estate tycoon having never held elected office.
His campaign defied political norms — embracing racially inflammatory policies, offending key voting blocs, eschewing big-spending advertising campaigns and relying on saturated media coverage above campaign structure.
With the Trump ticket now seeking to unite Republicans, unrest flared briefly just one block from the convention site.
Eighteen people were arrested as protesters tried to set fire to American flags, police said. Two officers were “assaulted” and suffered minor injuries.
The tumult in Cleveland — both on and off the convention floor — was a reminder of the scale of the task before Trump if he is to quiet questions about his campaign’s professionalism and heal crippling party divisions, let alone win a national election.
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The screws should contain a reference or batch number so it should make it easier for them to identify him.
I was just thinking that ann..
If we can figure this out why can’t forensics ??
Forensics are a bunch of amateurs be it in accountancy or crime.
Ha, everyone’s an expert !!!!! Do ye think the Guards are eegits needing your advice on how to investigate these type of crimes.
Ah, Ye’re listening to too much of that Wilson/ Mc Cabe crap.
Leave it to the experts.
“Leave it to the experts.” lmao
the sophie tuscan du plantier et al experts i it?
Screws don’t have reference or batch numbers, only implants or prostheses, so it’s unlikely to be much help.
The operation that the guy had was a major one. the exact procedure is in a database somewhere along with his personal details. It’s not rocket science.
No such database exists outside HIPE, it would be in breach of the data protection act. He had craniotomy so performed which is about the most frequent op the Neurosurgeons do. They’d probably have to do a chart trawl unless the characteristics of the case ring some bells locally. They’ve probably asked in Beaumont and Cork.
Not rocket science , biology :)
So, do you have some expert advice on this one ??? Whose right or wrong ? Maybe we’re all gobdaws on this one too, or, you have other really really valuable evidence to suggest that the GARDAI are totally off the wall, or maybe you’re just the average Mail reader !! Get with the programme.
the daily mail is the the daily garda
Screws do have reference numbers every last one of them from ones for your fingers to ones for your head and reference/batch numbers are recorded in medical charts and can be used to identify.
No, they do not.
Looks like a job for Gil Grissom
Elaine if they can they will.
They should have his identity already. A search of the neurological databases in Irish and european hospitals will do it.
Can i bypass templemore and go straight to interpol?
No cause you sent your vetting form to the Phoenix park , and a monkey ate it….
i didn’t send it, the desk sargeant did:-)
No database I’m afraid. Every patient registry in Ireland needs an individual act of the Oireachteas, that was established when the national cancer registry was created. The could do an individual chart check but it would take forever. More sensible to release details to the general public and see what turns up.
sorry that doesn’t wash,
There are less than ten neurologists in this country, of them only a couple would do an operation like this guy had and they would remember doing an op like the one this guy had.
Sorry, they probably do a craniotomy on the majority of cases they see, it’s just a hole in the skull. I’m sure they’ve checked with Beaumont. There are actually closer to 25 neurologists in the country, but they don’t do craniotomies, Neurosurgeons do. There are 7 or 8 of them in Beaumont but I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t remember an individual case they did a few years ago.
i’m pretty sure a neurologist would remember the names of all his patients who had teir skulls opened by him.
Shouldn’t you be doing something constructive in the barracks, like paperwork.
*sergeant
You wouldn’t be able for it. Best your type stay safe behind the keyboard .
No seeking you wouldn’t be able for it. Your type are better staying safe behind the keyboard. Mind yourself now x
And the possibility that this work could have been done in another country, (very likely ) hasn’t crossed your mind.
Nidge is after getting Tommy clipped and chopped up!
A good lead so, won’t need to go out on a limb to solve this one.
I’m pretty sure the Gards do actually know how to do their job! Love all the Sharky and George style comments though!
1998 Hide & Seek champion..
Hi Paul, thanks for your input but lets not confuse a scandal of the 50′s with what is most probably the discovery of a criminal found in a rubbish dump. Even you should realise that its a bloody stupid comparison.
Heard you the first time, Tony.
Mark was not a criminal
Looks like the work of Tony Soprano
Maybe its Enda Kenny – hes got a few screws loose
Tony
An appalling murder that ended the life of a young man provides you with a platform to make a sick joke about the body being that of the Taoiseach. At first I just thought you suffered from a complete absence of any social filter but now I’m convinced your intellectual development suffered an irreversible collapse some time ago!
As did your humour development Richard.
Richard
Common sense would suggest that somebody who is found in a rubbish dump was no pillar of society by any stretch of the imagination. My social filter and intellectual development however remain intact although one must add that the Taoiseach and his army of baboons are presently working hard to change that.
Richard is correct about it being an appalling murder, and the deceased deserves more respect than Tony’s comment indicates. Of course Richard ignored earlier disrespectful comments that made light of this murder, choosing only to comment on a wry observation that Kenny has a few screws loose, which leads me to think Richards moral compass only points to Enda.
Tony, you should reflect on what you said in light of the mother and baby home scandal where innocents were interred in cess pits.
Sick puppy.
Hi Paul, thanks for your input but lets not confuse a scandal of the 50′s with what is most probably the discovery of a criminal found in a rubbish dump. Even you should realise that its a bloody stupid comparison.
I’m pretty sure the Guards do actually know how to their jobs! Love all the Sharky and George style comments though!
I’d say the cops have a fair idea who this could be….I think they do a very good job the majority of the time…there’s twits/bad apples in every large organisation!
Frankenstein?
Screws either side of his head?? Holy shit, I know who it is!!! http://finnishfoodgirl.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/frankenstein.jpg
Job done
Well I hope, at least, that the female sargeant that admitted she didn’t know how to read a map on the Tynan case in portarlington a couple of weeks ago was not allowed near this. Or any other upcoming case for that matter. There’s an excuse for cutbacks but there’s no excuse for incompetency.
Garda are down in the dumps over this!
It’s Frankenstein’s monster. There should be a pair of nuts and bolts lying around there too.
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