Donald Trump Goes Nuclear: Let's Face It, Ted Cruz 'Is a Bit of a Maniac'

PJ Media ^ | 12-13-2015 | Michael van der Galien

[Nita Nupress]

Thanks. I like brietbart (pro-Cruz) and the conservative treehouse site (pro-trump) and read both to get well-balanced info. If anyone out there knows how the conservative websites fall ideologically in this election cycle, feel free to speak up.

[okie01]

But you are not challenging that Ted is the 4th largest recipient of Wall Street money? How do you think he gets it? Why do you think he voted for TPA and the Coker Bill?

I'm not challenging the report. If that's what it is, it is what it is. It takes money to run for President and it has to come from somewhere.

However, it is apparent to me that his donors either a.) aren't influencing his positions or b.) already agree with his positions. As evidence, Cruz remains firmly against ethanol subsidies and mandates -- which are milk and honey to Wall Street.

Yes, I'm disappointed in the two votes. But, to a degree, doesn't that fall under the heading of Monday morning quarterbacking? After all, giving presidents fast-track trade authority has been routine since the Nixon administration. The only reason to question TPA is who the president currently happens to be -- a concern that probably won't apply to the next president.

The Corker bill was a bad idea. It intent, however, was not necessarily so bad. It was supposed to insure that Congress had a voice on any agreement with Iran -- to keep the president from styling it as an "executive agreement", which wouldn't require any approval by Congress. Only Jeff Sessions voted against it (confirming his credentials as the best Senator in the nation).

As it turned out, this president ignored Congress anyway -- so the Corker bill never came into play. It was a dead letter.

So, while Cruz's votes on these two issues might be disappointing, one was routine, the other academic in terms of effect.

In other words, no big deal.

[familyop]

"That didn’t work so well when that was done in 2008! (Wasn’t that Rush Limbaugh’s idea to promote some unknown punk named obama?)"

The idea from many Republicans and Democrats (with Limbaugh following them) was their desperate effort to elect Hillary in order to keep their government-derived incomes and pensions increasing while continuing to erase the private sector. Obama, not being the first choice of the bipartisan socialists, was only the consequence of that error.

OpenSecrets.org
American Fedn of St/Cnty/Munic Employees [State/County/Municipal Employees]
[Total Contributions:] $94,708,977
[To Dems & liberals:] $93,739,954
[To Repubs & Conservs:] $671,755
[Pct to Dems & liberals:] 99%
[Pct to Repubs & Conservs:] 1%

Leviathan (Uncle Sam employs more people than you think)
National Review ^ | 02/03/2011 | Iain Murray
"...nearly 40 million Americans employed in some way by government."

The solution probably lies at the end of the default process and forced shrinkage of government spending.

[Georgia Girl 2]

“So, while Cruz’s votes on these two issues might be disappointing, one was routine, the other academic in terms of effect.”

So you don’t think that calls Cruz’s judgment into question?

I find it disturbing that any Republican senator would vote to give Barack Obama fastrack authority on anything. For any reason. Especially on a trade deal that is supposed to be so bad. It just does not make sense. I listened to Ted’s tortured rationale for his vote and it still didn’t make sense.

Corker Bill same deal. Ted Cruz is supposed to be a Constitutional expert. What the Congress essentially did was water down their own power to ratify treaties. What Ted Cruz as a Consitutional conservative should have done was continue to assert that the Iran deal was a treaty not an Executive Agreement and demand that it be submitted as a treaty for ratification.

These two dubious votes and Ted Cruz’s seeming inability to articulate what he will do with the 11-20 million illegals currently in the US are what cooled me off on him.

I like Cruz and he would be a kickazz Attorney General but he’s not ready to be President. He will likely win Iowa although don’t count Carson out and then Trump is going to run the table. The sooner its over the happier I will be.

[okie01]

So you don’t think that calls Cruz’s judgment into question?

If I agree with him on virtually everything else, why should I dismiss him for what amounts to two minor transgressions?

Hell, I've made mistakes, too. More than two of them, in fact.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Well me too but our lapses in judgment didn’t affect the safety or prosperity of the country. In the Senate you are supposed to make the right choice. I frankly don’t see how Ted Cruz a constitutional scholar could have made those missteps. Especially the Corker Bill. Plus what was he thinking to give any leeway to Barack Obama on anything? It does not compute.

[okie01]

Yeah, I really wish that Ted Cruz was perfect. But he's not.

On the other hand, he's got a higher batting average than any other senator -- with the possible exception of Jeff Sessions.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

I’m not certain who I like better now, Trump or Cruz. But what would be awsome is if Cruz wins in Iowa even though he’s opposed to ethanol subsidies!