Gov. Andrew Cuomo took a huge chunk out of the Second Amendment with his so-called Safe Act, so NYers know what it's like to have the wrong person in office. But if we get another anti-Constitutional justice, we could literally lose the Second Amendment.
http://www.ontheissues.org/Donald_Trump.htm
Trump was wrong on guns 15 years ago, but he has been pro-gun for five years. That is good enough for me.
- Mass shootings are due to a huge mental health problem. (Jan 2016)
- No limits on guns; they save lives. (Jan 2016)
- Keep enemies of the state away from guns. (Nov 2015)
- Gun-free zones are target practice for sickos. (Oct 2015)
- Gun ownership makes US safer, not more dangerous. (Oct 2015)
- Mental health more important than gun control. (Oct 2015)
- Laws are ineffective in preventing gun violence. (Oct 2015)
- Gun violence is inevitable; regulations won’t help. (Oct 2015)
- Protect the Second Amendment, but address mental health. (Sep 2015)
- Take guns from good people & bad people have target practice. (Jul 2015)
- A very strong person on the Second Amendment. (Jun 2015)
- I am against gun control. (Feb 2011)
- Dems and Reps are both wrong on guns. (Jul 2000)
- For assault weapon ban, waiting period, & background check. (Jul 2000)
Full quotes here: http://www.ontheissues.org/2016/Donald_Trump_Gun_Control.htm
All liberals would make it a crime just to possess, even though it would lead to Civil War II. Go Ted!
Give it up. Don’t you know Cruz is the lowest form of scum to ever to be born? /s
Just a thought. Would trump ever stand up before the world for twenty four hours and denounce the cronyism of the federal government?
CanaCuban Ashley Goldman Cruz even be trusted?
Why did he help ObamaTRADE and then lie like a rat?
Why does he ask hookers to dress like rats?
Why did he ally, against the People, with Willard, the rat?
Why does he lie with false accusations, like a rat?
Why did he have his troops steal votes from the People,
like rats?
Why have his troops lied, sandbagging even Dr. Carson,
like rats?
As I’ve said, Ted Cruz would make an excellent SCOTUS pick. But not a good POTUS pick.
Give me a break.
(posted by Freeper Beautiful Gracious Skies)
“A prominent aide to George W. Bush’s 2000 campaign could barely contain himself when we asked him to discuss Cruz, who worked in the Bush campaign’s policy shop.
This person described Cruz as hyper-arrogant and widely despised, and he emphasized—over and over—that the pervasive dislike of Cruz within the Bush ranks had nothing to do with ideology.
(Cruz, he noted, never objected to Bush’s call for compassionate conservatism, immigration reform, and national education standards, and no one on the campaign regarded him as an ideologue.)
The problem was simple: Cruz’s personality.
“Ted thought he was an expert on everything,” says this campaign veteran, who asked not to be named. “He was a smart and talented guy, but completely taken with himself and his own ideas. He would offer up opinions on everything, even matters outside his portfolio. He was a policy guy, but he would push his ideas on campaign strategy. He would send memos on everything to everyone. He would come to meetings where he wasn’t invited—and wasn’t wanted.”
In fact, this Bush alum recalls, “the quickest way for a meeting to end would be for Ted to come in. People would want out of that meeting. People wouldn’t go to a meeting if they knew he would be there. It was his inability to be part of the team. That’s exactly what he was: a big a$$hole.”
“I don’t know anyone who had a decent relationship with Cruz.” And when Bush became president, his top campaign aides agreed Cruz should not be offered a job in the White House.
“No one wanted to work with him,” this source remembers. “George W. Bush couldn’t stand the guy.”
This person adds, “It’s a real quandary for Bush campaign people: Trump versus Cruz, who to vote for? And it would be a big quandary even if it’s Cruz versus Hillary Clinton. That’s how much they cannot stand him.”
by Tim Murphy & David Korn -MJ
http://www.ontheissues.org/Ted_Cruz.htm
Ted Cruz has been an articulate pro-gun leader his entire adult life. That is as good as it gets.
- Lack of individual right to guns leads to confiscation. (Jan 2016)
- Obama is coming for our guns. (Oct 2015)
- 2nd Amendment is ultimate check against government tyranny. (Jun 2015)
- Opposes unreasonable and burdensome gun restrictions. (Jul 2011)
- Voted NO on banning high-capacity magazines of over 10 bullets. (Apr 2013)
- Opposes restricting the Second Amendment. (Oct 2012)
- Oppose the United Nations’ Arms Trade Treaty. (Sep 2013)
Full quotes here: http://www.ontheissues.org/2016/Ted_Cruz_Gun_Control.htm
[There is a lot more Cruz material on guns out there, from the decades before he was Candidate Cruz, but I’m sticking to the same sources as my Trump post.]
Instead of a constitutional conservative who has appeared many times before the Supreme Court and advanced the Second Amendment against a whole array of forces, we will be told that we need a businessman, a winner, somebody who gets things done, I guy knows how to make a deal. We will not be told that Donald Trump has been all over the gun issue just as we are never told he has been all over the abortion issue, the NATO issue, the tax issue, and virtually every other issue which is dear to conservatives.
We will not be told that Donald Trump was financially supporting all the forces arrayed against the Second Amendment while Ted Cruz was in the trenches winning your rights to bear arms.
I forgot to add one more adjective: consistent. Ted Cruz is a consistent constitutional conservative
Bump.
I think some around here need a reminder of this “GOPe rube”’s record.
This is a good argument for a deal between Trump and Cruz, that would follow this outline:
1) Cruz throws his support behind the Trump nomination and election;
2) In return, Cruz becomes the Solicitor General (AG has likely been promised to Christie already - otherwise, give that to Ted);
3) Cruz gets to select ALL federal judges while he holds that position, present 2 or 3 recommendations for each position to President Trump, and Trump than rubber-stamps one of those people vetted by Cruz;
4) At some point of Cruz’ choosing, Trump nominates him to serve on the Supreme Court. Perhaps Trump and Cruz can convince (the apparently corrupt) Roberts to resign “for health reasons” or “to spend more time with his family” or some such figleaf of a reason, making Cruz the CJ for the next 35-40 years. Oh, and as a benefit, it is pretty much a given that the Senate will approve him - after all, it takes him out of direct involvement in politics, something that the jackasses like Lindsey Grahamnesty dearly want to accomplish.
Cruz’ impact on our legal system would be absolutely immense, something that no person could be ashamed of as the capstone to a lifetime of achievement.
The very purpose of the second amendment is to remove those who would try to “write it out” with extreme prejudice.
Those leftist justices have to sleep sometimes!
Justice Thomas is the prime mover protecting 2A.