He's an amazing guy.
I had to wince at a few miss-steps of late though... The bromance with the detestable Glenn Beck and the ridiculous vote-shamming mailer... what was he thinking!?
Posted on 01/30/2016 11:01:13 PM PST by justlittleoleme
You know, the emerging conservative leader in the US Senate- same one the GOP old-guard spent million$ trying to defeat- that one:
Solicitor General of Texas from 2003 - May 2008, Cruz was the first Hispanic Solicitor General in Texas, the youngest Solicitor General in the entire country, and had the longest tenure in Texas history.
Partner at the law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, where he led the firm's U.S. Supreme Court and national appellate litigation practice.
Cruz has authored 80+ SCOTUS briefs and presented 40+ oral arguments before The Court
Cruz served as a law clerk to Chief Justice William Rehnquist. Cruz was the first Hispanic ever to clerk for a Chief Justice of the United States
Described as a 'superb' constitutional lawyer, the man's considerable skills and laser-like focus were on display for all last week when he took oily reptile Eric Holder by the neck and made him answer the frickin question.
In the landmark case of District of Columbia v. Heller, Cruz assembled a coalition of 31 states in defense of the principle that the 2nd Amendment guarantees an individual right to keep and bear arms.
Cruz presented oral argument for the amici states in the companion case to Heller before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
In addition to his victory in Heller, Cruz has successfully defended the Ten Commandments monument on the Texas State Capitol grounds, the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools and the majority of the 2003 Texas redistricting plan. Cruz also successfully defended, in Medellin v. Texas, the State of Texas against an attempt by the International Court of Justice to re-open the criminal convictions of 51 murderers on death row throughout the United States.
Director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission
Domestic Policy Advisor to U.S. President George W. Bush on the 2000 Bush-Cheney campaign.
Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Texas School of Law in Austin, where he taught U.S. Supreme Court litigation Ted Cruz is currently junior US Senator from Texas. In order to win the 2012 Republican nomination for the Senate seat vacated by Kay Bailey Hutchison, Cruz had to defeat Texas Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst -heavily favored/backed by the DC old-guard GOP- in the Republican primary runoff. In the event, TEA Party favorite Cruz crushed Dewhurst, 57-43%... he then beat Democrat Paul Sadler in the general election by a similar margin, 56-41. Cruz is also endorsed by the Tea Party Movement and the Republican Liberty Caucus.
AWARDS: "America's Leading Lawyers for Business," Chambers USA (2009 & 2010) "50 Most Influential Minority Lawyers in America," National Law Journal (2008) "25 Greatest Texas Lawyers of the Past Quarter Century," Texas Lawyer (2010) "20 Young Hispanic Americans on the Rise," Newsweek (1999) Traphagen Distinguished Alumnus, Harvard Law School
On November 14, 2012, Cruz was appointed vice-chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. He is now spearheading efforts in the Senate to have Obamacare repealed root-and-branch...
Like The Great One Mark Levin says, re. this new wave of stand-straight-up patriots -TC, Rand Paul, Mike Lee, et. al: 'They're not perfect, nobody is- but they're damn good'.
VOTE TED CRUZ!!
If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. - Romans 12:18
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. - Romans 12:21
Sounds like a Washington insider to me.
They forgot to list that he did most of that while he was a Canadian citizen until 2014.
BTTT
He's an amazing guy.
I had to wince at a few miss-steps of late though... The bromance with the detestable Glenn Beck and the ridiculous vote-shamming mailer... what was he thinking!?
Ted Cruz has a resume testifying to his brilliance as a lawyer and a politician, yet he somehow wasn’t bright enough to know that he was a lifelong Canadian citizen with millions of dollars of campaign loans he forgot to report to the proper authorities...yeah like that story is going to fly at election time.
Where in that impressive resume is there any indication that Ted Cruz can take on the entrenched Federal Bureaucracy and win? There is absolutely no executive experience there.
This is exactly the same situation we had with Barack Obama. A young, clean, articulate first-term Senator with absolutely no executive experience. With Ted we get the added bonus points because we know he wanted to be President since High School. Just like Bill Clinton did.
So, folks, do you really want to try this again? Or do you want to take a wild ride on the the Trump Train to make America great again?
Wait... I just saw you yesterday saying that you had switched your vote from Kasich to Cruz. What gives?
I never said that! And I don’t care if you have video of me saying it, I’ll just take the Cruz on that! ;-)
LOL
Let's see......
Someone who has principles and actually stands for some things or someone who gets off on the masturbatory deal making process.......
How long would Trump stay a "republican", if he were to get into office? He has already switched a few times. Hell, just who would be "First Lady" come inauguration? He dumps wives often enough, too.
***** “ Sounds like a Washington insider to me. “ *****
He is My Senator, he is doing exactly what he said he would do.
Unlike my Congress Critter that joined the Uni-Party 5 minutes before the wheels touched down on his first flight to DC.
Ted did NOT join the Uni-Party
it does? which part and can you say why that part makes you think “washington insider”?
i notice that people throw euphemisms around like pennies during primary season without much to back what they say and it’s very disconcerting
I do not base my vote on “opinion.”
Cruz has walked the walk and I will vote for him.
With a resume like that, it sounds like he should do something he is qualified for, like ...being a lawyer.
He is not an executive of any kind. No discernible managerial skills.
[Cruz has walked the walk and I will vote for him.]
I’m voting for TED CRUZ.
I don't understand anyone making an issue about Cruz saying he wants to be president as a teenager.
What bright kid with a well-deserved oversized ego would not say that as a teenager?
If a teen is an exceptional athlete are you going to fault him for wanting to be a pro-athlete?
If you don't have bigger than life ambition as a teen you very likely will never amount to much.
So he’s a lawyer.
A good lawyer, but a lawyer just the same.
What has he produced? What has he built in his lifetime? How many jobs has he produced? How many people does he have on payroll who depend on him to live?
I’m sick of lawyers. I want a man that can build. I want a man who’s actually lived the consequences of his actions.
Incidentally, one of Trump’s ‘bankruptcies’ was done just to keep the entire staff employed. He took the hit for the people... that’s not mentioned much.
NO MORE FREAKING LAWYERS AND NO MORE POLITICIANS.
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