Posted on 01/29/2016 8:17:58 AM PST by conservativejoy
I keep hearing from supporters of other GOP candidates that Ted Cruz can’t win the general election because he is too conservative and too preachy. These same people criticize him for not being authentically conservative and also support others who are preachy.
I have long lamented the conventional wisdom, swallowed whole by many nominally conservative Republicans, that a true-blue consistent conservative can’t win a general presidential election because he can't attract moderates, centrists, independents, Perotistas, Trumpsters, disaffected Democrats and certainly not women or minorities.
Why is that the accepted thinking, when Ronald Reagan won in two landslides and the moderate GOP presidential candidates from George H.W. Bush to John McCain to Mitt Romney lost? George W. Bush's compassionate conservatism barely won in 2000.
Would someone please have the guts to tell me in what ways Ted Cruz is too conservative? What does that even mean?
Is your objection that he is socially conservative as well as an economic and foreign policy conservative? Hallelujah! So was Ronald Reagan. Remember his three-legged stool?
We hear from Trump supporters that Ted Cruz is not likable or electable and that he's an opportunistic follower of Donald Trump on the immigration issue. Thus they'll support the more likable, electable, real-deal immigration hawk.
But polls say otherwise. They indicate that both Cruz and Rubio could beat Hillary Clinton but that Trump would have more difficulty, probably because of his astronomical unfavorability ratings. The charge that Cruz is in the Trump slipstream on immigration is bunk as well. Cruz was fighting in the trenches on immigration before Trump brought his megaphone to the issue - a megaphone we nevertheless appreciate - and Cruz remains a more reliable bet on the borders and amnesty.
I repeat the question: How is Ted Cruz too conservative? Don't you really mean that Cruz is too committed to his principles, that he will actually fight against the establishment and thus he is a thorn in their side?
The establishment claims to be just as conservative as we are yet they have an unmistakable, visceral contempt for Ted Cruz, who is one person who has actually refused to "grow" after being elected. This should thrill true conservatives endlessly.
Can you imagine what Cruz could get done if he were elected with a mandate to implement conservative ideas - the only antidote to the destructive path Obama has set us on? We've seen what we get with conservative lite, and it doesn’t work.
We need an unprecedented reversal to get us out of this mess, but we mustn't - forgive me the cliche - throw the baby out with the bathwater. We must elect someone who not only will radically reverse our course but also has demonstrated his commitment to conservative principles, understands the United States Constitution and intends to honor its prescription for limited government.
I don't support Ted Cruz because he is by far the most learned constitutional scholar of all the candidates, though I am grateful for that bonus. It can't be solely a matter of head knowledge, but one also of the heart. Ted Cruz, in his heart, soul and mind, and with every fiber of his being, loves the Constitution and the system of ordered liberty it establishes.
Cruz intends to reverse the ravages of the Obama wrecking ball not through extra-constitutional means, but precisely within the constraints of the Constitution. That's because as a constitutional conservative he understands that the end - even the noble goal of reversing Obama's destruction - does not justify any means. We can't blow up the Constitution in the name of saving it. We can't issue lawless executive orders, pass overreaching legislation and implement unconstitutional regulations in furtherance of our agenda. We have to take special care to reverse Obamism through lawful means, lest we just kick the can down the road until the next lawless progressive comes to power to hammer the final nail into this republic's coffin.
There is nothing extreme about Ted Cruz except for his commitment to the American idea, to free enterprise, to ordered liberty, to limited government, to national solvency, to America's national security and sovereignty and to policies designed to unleash robust economic growth to benefit all sectors of society.
Trump should send Meggie flowers and candy for deep sixing Cruz for him last night. :-)
Well seemed like all but 2 of the Luntz group were not happy about The One showing up.
townhall and rightwingnews are two different sources and is permitted.
Trump, with liberal deal making with Pelosi brass balls!
... I disagree. We have the best selection of candidates in years. There are as many as 7 that would make great Presidents all of which are more conservative than either McCain or Romney. Focusing on just one is a grave mistake, in my opinion.
Iowans vote in 3 days and apparently a ton of them have not decided. It will set the tone for the rest of the race. That is who he is talking to.
CRUZ (THE ONE TRUE SAVIOR OF CANADA!) supporters seem so bitter this morning, even for them.
It’s pretty funny to see.
Must not have been a good night for them.
It is easy to have brass balls in front of psychophants, much harder when fighting an entire Congress from the inside - which Cruz has done consistently.
Because Trump can appeal to the basest emotions, many “conservatives” choose to forget what Ted Cruz has gone up against while maintaining his character and conservative ideals.
If s wolf in sheep's clothing (Trump) gets elected with the help of the conservative base, we would truly deserve what we will get - another Obama.
Since there was no plausible spin they could spam FR with, they default to “swipe at everyone” mode.
Trump supporters are well known for pointing to the polls as evidence that Trump will win the primaries going away!!! Fine, but the polls have also consistently shown that Trump performs the worst of all GOP candidates against Hillary or Bernie, losing to both of them by significant margins. Why do the Trump supporters believe the primary polls, but ignore the general election polls? Or ignore the polls that show Trump with almost a 70% unfavorable rating among independents and Democrats, or the ones that show Trump having the highest percentage of all voters who say they will never vote for him?
Despite those polls, they continue to insist that somehow Trump is the ONLY ONE WHO CAN BEAT HILLARY! Actually, if we are going to give as much credence to the polls that the Trump supporters do, Trump seems to be the only GOP candidate that CANNOT beat Hillary.
Wrong again, Limbaugh.
Yep.
They are miserable, and they are trying their bestest to spread it around.
“much harder when fighting an entire Congress from the inside - which Cruz has done consistently.”
And losing consistently.
“Because Trump can appeal to the basest emotions, many “conservatives†choose to forget what Ted Cruz has gone up against while maintaining his character and conservative ideals.”
And getting nothing. through. Zip, zero, nada.
Reposting real bothers you doesn’t it.
Limbaugh was pimping for Romney as well.
Just proof that he's a quack.
The “cult of personality” line is a prepared talking point for Cruz supporters/Trump bashers. I’ve heard numerous talk radio callers use the exact phrase. It’s prepared and poll tested and served up to the minions for them to spread.
Never mind that virtually every real issue brought up in last night’s Trumpless debate was popularized and driven by Trump in the last 8 months. But somehow anyone supporting him is a TMZ fan of an idol. Childish and vapid.
So Obama is for building a wall? I did not know that.
Yo the other, lawyer Limbaugh!
Cruz, Rubio are not eligible - not Natural Born Citizens.
IRREFUTABLE AUTHORITY HAS SPOKEN
(Oct. 18, 2009) The Post & Email has in several articles mentioned that the Supreme Court of the United States has given the definition of what a “natural born citizen” is. Since being a natural born citizen is an objective qualification and requirement of office for the U.S. President (and VP), it is important for all U.S. Citizens to understand what this term means.
http://www.thepostemail.com/2009/10/18/4-supreme-court-cases-define-natural-born-citizen/
It was nice that Fox apologized for their mistake and he had nothing but gracious things to say about Fox. He will do the same thing with Pelosi after her spanking.
I like Cruz, but he is just not ready yet.
You mean the polls that have shown a 15% bias to Dems for the last two elections or the ones that showed Reagan losing to McGovern by 40 pts.
Cruz had his chance last night and got Trumped.
Maybe not. The entire congress - GOPe and democrats fight against this ONE conservative. Yet, Ted Cruz stands firm and keeps the promises that he made to those who voted him in office.
And what has Donald done? put the “media” in its place? wow! what balls.....
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