Posted on 09/03/2015 12:43:44 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Well said.
Thank you, Trish.
Thank you, Bonfire.
I'd say the media is responsible for that...Cruz is out there campaigning every day...Just not getting the coverage...
While I share your sentiments per Cruz and Trump, I find it odd that Trump is getting the coverage he is...The media moguls want Trump to lose but yet they are promoting Trump just by constantly covering him...
Makes you wonder if it isn’t a DNCGOP psyop. Because it makes no sense at all.
“It’s just not going to happen this go-round. He simply isn’t catching fire with the electorate the way Donald Trump is. “
Which speaks to my entire point. Self fulfilling prophecy. We are again doing it to ourselves based on hopeandchange.
Wrong; immigration, both illegal and legal have almost done us in. It IS the issue of our time.
The Republicans ruined their brand, their front runner is on record sayin’ HE WANTS TO WIN WITHOUT THE CONSERVATIVE VOTE.
So this has become a fight to the death, yes Trump is indeed a pompous YANKEE blowhard and a populist. However he is the best liar I’ve ever seen OR he really means it when he says gloBULL warming is a hoax, America gets it ass handed to it on trade, illegals(invasion) are a blight on the country.
Well to their credit RINOs don’t lie; they will continue on the lesser Progressive trail if elected. With Trump I MAY get some really good things. We will get some really bad things too but is a gamble I am willing to take. I am not alone.
I could and probably will be disappointed but at least I got to stick it to the RINO establishment, and that is worth risking everything.
To Rush’s point, he saying that the RINO battle cry was for moderation, the Conservatives need to “grow up” and vote for them. So screw that, now we have an unPC jerk in Trump that will pee on their Rovian Parade.
Lead, follow or get the hell out of the way.
True Conservatives do not rant, we engage in well reasoned debate: Ted Cruz is a true Conservative, not a Donny come lately:
Climate change[edit]
In January 2015, Cruz voted in the U.S. Senate that global warming is real, but not man-made, rejecting an amendment stating that human activity significantly contributes to climate change.[99]
In a March 2015 Texas Tribune interview, Cruz questioned the credibility of environmental advocates concerned about the issue of global warming by saying, "On the global warming alarmists, anyone who actually points to the evidence that disproves their apocalyptical claims, they don’t engage in reasoned debate. What do they do? They scream, ‘You’re a denier.' They brand you a heretic. Today, the global warming alarmists are the equivalent of the flat-earthers".[100]
Cruz has stated that satellite data shows no global warming in the past 17 years, based on a range of data that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change views as indicative of a short term trend (1998 was a particularly warm year), to deny the longer term warming trend of 360 consecutive months above the 20th century average.[101][102][103][104]
Economy
Since being elected, Cruz has characterized the economic policies of the Obama Administration as being misguided.[105] Chiding the GOP over its 2012 electoral losses, he stated that "Republicans are and should be the party of the 47 percent"[106] and has also noted that the words "growth and opportunity" ought to be tattooed on every Republican's hand.[107]
In February 2014, Cruz opposed an unconditional increase in the debt limit.[108] He said that Republican politicians feared the truth and "they wanted to be able to tell what they view as their foolish, gullible constituents back home they didn’t do it."[109] Education
Cruz is a proponent of school choice.[110] Energy policy
At a Heritage Foundation policy summit in February 2014, Cruz said that energy policy should be a key issue, stating "As much as we need to approve the Keystone pipeline, we need to think far broader than that."[111] He pushed legislation to lift the 1970 ban on crude oil exports, and abolish the ethanol mandate.[112] Cruz received more than US$1 million in campaign donations from the oil and gas industry since 2011.[112]
Cruz was an original co-sponsor of the Keystone XL Pipeline Act, Senate Bill 1 of the 114th Congress,[113] and on January 29, 2015, voted for its passage.[114] It passed the Senate 62-36, the goal of the bill was to approve the construction of the transnational pipeline.[115] Cruz wants Congress to approve the exportation of U.S. natural gas to World Trade Organization countries.[116][117]
Environmental protection
Cruz advocates for "volunteer conservation", and criticized efforts by the federal government's Environmental Protection Agency to expand regulatory oversight on water use by attempting "to turn irrigation ditches into lakes and rivers and oceans".[118]
Foreign affairs
Cruz speaking at the May 2015 Citizens United Freedom Summit On foreign policy, Cruz has said that he is "somewhere in between" Rand Paul's "basically ... isolationist" position and John McCain's active interventionism.[119]
In April 2015, Cruz filed an amendment to a bill introduced by Tennessee Senator Bob Corker, the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015, which would require affirmative Congressional approval of any Iranian nuclear deal before sanctions relief can occur.[120]
In 2004, Cruz criticized Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry for being "against defending American values, against standing up to our enemies, and, in effect, for appeasing totalitarian despots."[121] Cruz helped defeat efforts to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, arguing that the treaty infringed on US sovereignty.[50]
In 2013, Cruz stated that America had no "dog in the fight" during the Syrian civil war and stated that America's armed forces should not serve as "al-Qaeda's air force".[122] In 2014, Cruz criticized the Obama administration: "The president’s foreign policy team utterly missed the threat of ISIS, indeed, was working to arm Syrian rebels that were fighting side by side with ISIS", calling ISIS "the face of evil".[123] Cruz has called for bombing ISIS, but is doubtful that the United States "can tell the good guys from the bad guys" in a plan to arm "moderate" rebels, and the plan to defeat ISIS should not be "laden with impractical contingencies, such as resolving the Syrian civil war."[124]
In 2014, Cruz spoke at an event held by the group In Defense of Christians (IDC). He was booed by the group after making statements considered pro-Israel. Cruz left the stage after telling the audience, "Those who hate Israel hate America. Those who hate Jews hate Christians. If those in this room will not recognize that, then my heart weeps. If you hate the Jewish people you are not reflecting the teachings of Christ. And the very same people who persecute and murder Christians right now, who crucify Christians, who behead children, are the very same people who target Jews for their faith, for the same reason".[125] Some commentators believe there is a divide in the conservative movement between those who sided with Cruz and Israel, and those who sided with Middle Eastern Christians and some arguing that Cruz's comments were out-of-bounds.[126] Others who criticized Cruz included Mollie Hemingway and Ross Douthat.[127] Cruz apologized for questioning the motives of his critics and said that all should be united in speaking out against persecution of religious minorities.[128]
Gun rights
Cruz is a gun-rights supporter.[129] On March 25, 2013, an announcement was made by Cruz and U.S. Senators Rand Paul and Mike Lee threatening to filibuster any legislation that would entail gun control, such as the Manchin-Toomey Amendment, which would require additional background checks on sales at gun shows.[130] On April 17, 2013, Cruz voted against the Manchin-Toomey Amendment.[131] Republicans successfully filibustered the amendment by a vote of 54–46, as 60 votes were needed for cloture.[132]
In April 2015, Cruz stated "what I have been pressing is the Armed Services Committee" to hold hearings on whether service members should be allowed to carry concealed firearms on military bases.[133] He believes that service members should be better equipped to protect themselves from incidents like the Navy Yard and Fort Hood mass shootings.[133] He further added, "I think it's very important to have a public discussion about why we're denying our soldiers the ability to exercise their Second Amendment rights".[133]
Health care
Cruz is a strong critic of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which he usually refers to as "Obamacare". He has sponsored legislation that would repeal the health care reform law and its amendments in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.
After the launch of the HealthCare.gov website, with which there were significant implementation problems,[134] Cruz stated, "Obamacare is a disaster. You have the well-publicized problems with the website. It just isn't working."[134] He called for Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to resign.[134]
In 2014, some claim Cruz unintentionally gave majority leader Harry Reid the procedural opening he needed to allow a Senate vote to confirm Vivek Murthy, who had raised concerns about the health effects of gun ownership, to be United States Surgeon General,[135] though it has been reported Reid intended to push through the remaining confirmations of President Obama's nominees regardless.[136]
In the summer of 2013, Cruz started a "nationwide tour" sponsored by The Heritage Foundation to promote a congressional effort to defund the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, arguing that Republicans should unite in upcoming Continuing Resolution negotiations to defund Obamacare and with regard to a potential government shutdown Cruz downplayed worries of the political risk to Republicans by citing the results of the 1996 midterm elections.[137][138]
On September 24, 2013, Cruz began a speech on the floor of the Senate regarding the Affordable Care Act relative to a continuing resolution designed to fund the government and avert a government shutdown.[139][140] Cruz promised to keep speaking until he was "no longer able to stand".[141] Cruz yielded the floor at noon the following day for the start of the proceeding legislative session after twenty-one hours nineteen minutes.[142] His speech was the fourth-longest in United States Senate history.[143] Following Cruz's speech, the Senate voted 100–0 regarding a "procedural hurdle toward passing a stopgap funding bill to avert a government shutdown".[144] Cruz was joined by 18 Republican senators in his effort to prevent stripping out a clause that would have defunded the Affordable Care Act by voting against the cloture motion, leaving the effort 21 votes short of the required number to deny cloture.[145]
Cruz is cited in the press as having been a major force behind the U.S. government shutdown in 2013.[146][147] Cruz delivered a message on October 11, 2013 to fellow Republicans against accepting Obamacare and, describing it as a "train wreck", claimed the American people remain "energized" around the goal of gutting the law.[148] Cruz stated Obamacare is causing "enormous harm" to the economy.[148] Republican strategist Mike Murphy stated: "Cruz is trying to start a wave of Salem witch trials in the G.O.P. on the shutdown and Obamacare, and that fear is impacting some people’s calculations on 2016."[147] Cruz said that he "didn't threaten to shut down the government" and blamed the shutdown on President Barack Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid.[149]
The Houston Chronicle, which had endorsed Cruz in the general election, regretted that he had not lived up to the standard set by the previous U.S. Senator from Texas, Kay Bailey Hutchison.[150][151] After a deal was made to end the shutdown and extend the debt-ceiling deadline, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell called Cruz's actions "not a smart play" and a "tactical error",[152] and Cruz stated: "I would do anything, and I will continue to do anything I can, to stop the train wreck that is Obamacare. The test that matters... is are we doing anything for all the people that are getting hurt from Obamacare?"[153] In March 2015, Cruz announced his wife would be taking an unpaid leave of absence and would no longer have access to health insurance through her employer, so they purchased private insurance rather than enter the health care exchange.[154]
Internet regulation
Cruz opposes net neutrality arguing that the Internet economy has flourished in the United States simply because it has remained largely free from government regulation.[155] He believes regulating the Internet will stifle online innovation and create monopolies.[156] He has expressed support for stripping the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of its power under Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996,[155] and opposes reclassifying internet service providers as common carriers under Title II of the Communications Act of 1934.[157]
Minimum wage
In 2015, Cruz opposed President Obama's plan to raise the federal minimum wage to $10.10 per hour, stating that he believes it would cause large scale job loss.[158] When discussing whether or not to have a minimum wage in general, Cruz stated "I think the minimum wage consistently hurts the most vulnerable."[158]
National Security Agency
Cruz has raised concerns that the National Security Agency has not been effective in its surveillance of potential terrorists while intruding needlessly into the lives of ordinary Americans.[159]
Social issues
Cruz is pro-life. The only exception to his pro-life views is "when a pregnancy endangers the mother's life".[160][161]
Cruz supports legally defined marriage as only "between one man and one woman,"[162] but believes that the legality of same-sex marriage should be left to each state to decide.[163] On February 10, 2015, Cruz re-introduced the State Marriage Defense Act.[164] Cruz opposes participation in gay pride marches, criticizing Dallas' Republican mayor Tom Leppert, stating "When a mayor of a city chooses twice to march in a parade celebrating gay pride that's a statement and it's not a statement I agree with."[165] He voted against reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act, which included provisions to extend protection to lesbians, gays, immigrants, and Native Americans.[165] In a speech in Waukee, Iowa, Cruz said that "[t]here is a liberal fascism that is dedicated to going after believing Christians who follow the biblical teaching on marriage."[166]
Cruz opposes the legalization of marijuana, but believes it should be decided at the state level.[167]
Taxes
Cruz advocates the abolition of the IRS, and implementing a flat tax "where the average American can fill out taxes on a postcard".[168] He opposes the Marketplace Fairness Act, saying that it imposes a burdensome tax that will hurt competition by creating additional costs for internet-based businesses.[169] As U.S. Senator from Texas, Cruz has received a grade of A in 2013 from the National Taxpayers Union, a conservative taxpayers advocacy organization.[170]
Water
Cruz voted against the Water Resources Development Act of 2013, that would have created the National Endowment for the Oceans and authorize more than $26 billion in projects to be built by the Army Corps of Engineers, at least $16 billion of which would have come from federal taxpayers.[171][172] Cruz voted against the bill because it neglected "to reduce a substantial backlog of projects, to the detriment of projects with national implications, such as the Sabine-Neches Waterway".[173] Cruz stated that the Corps' responsibilities were expanded without providing adequate measures for state participation.[173] Proponents of the bill argued that it would provide steady funding to support research and restoration projects, funded primarily by dedicating 12.5% of revenues from offshore energy development, including oil, gas, and renewable energy, through offshore lease sales and production based royalty payments, distributed through a competitive grant program.[174]
11+ million illegal immigrants does not beat 57,762,169 Abortions in America Since Roe vs. Wade in 1973.
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/01/21/57762169-abortions-in-america-since-roe-vs-wade-in-1973/
Hopeandchange? No, it's millions of individuals choosing between the candidates, based upon the combination of a host of factors, not the least of which is; which one of the candidates can actually beat our perceived enemies, both foreign and domestic?
Please don't insult your fellow conservatives and patriots by comparing them to democrat parasites. The exact reverse is true. It's the RINOs who are offering our people the same old platitudes and worn out cliches, wrapped in establishment lies and deceit. That's the real hopeandchange you're talking about, and it's precisely what our folks are REJECTING this time around.
Trump is soaring in the polls because he offers a real break from the betrayals we're suffering at the hands of both parties. He aims to wreck the Washington Cartel, and give America back to its rightful owners. He intends to throw the invaders out, cut off the gubmint teat, and build a fortification to keep them from wandering back in again.
Norm, this is Life or Death. If we don't elect a blood and guts commander to go in there and start putting heads on pikes, we're gonna guarantee our sons and daughters wind up fighting a real war for the survival of this nation.
Many sense that Trump is the one candidate who not only sees the existential threat we face, but who's also the best equipped to do what's necessary to eliminate that threat.
SPOT ON!
How do we really know what anyone will do when they get there?
If they’re beholden to the money men, then they’ll damn well do what they’re told to do. Isn’t that how the game is played?
>> California, Texas, New Mexico, New York and New Jersey are definitely in one column or another <<
Virginia, Florida, Nevada and Colorado all have substantial Hispanic and/or Asian voting populations. I don’t see a path to victory for the GOP if those states go for the Dhimmis.
>> I’m always wary of “populists” who come out of nowhere in a time of crisis and are adored by the angry crowds. That usually doesn’t end well <<
Agreed. But as opposed to calling DT a “populist,” maybe it might be more accurate to call him “a man on a white horse.” And Don’s political philosophy might be closer to “caesarism” than it is to populism. But now is just too early to say for sure. Only time will tell.
>> These things prove that he is just one of us regular conservatives <<
Yep, I guess the three wives, the bragging, the ad hominem insults, the general vulgarity, etc. are all good reasons for us evangelicals and other conservatives to think Don is an ideal role model for our children.
>> Limbaugh has abandoned conservatism <<
I kinda began to be suspicious about that possibility when wife number four persuaded Rush to have Elton John perform at their wedding reception.
>> I find it odd that Trump is getting the coverage he is...The media moguls want Trump to lose but yet they are promoting Trump just by constantly covering him <<
We always gotta be cynical about the media in such matters. They love to build a candidate up to almost stratospheric heights, and then tear him down. I first saw the process with the McGovern-Eagleton fiasco in 1972. It can be like a Greek tragedy, hubris to ruination. Makes for great drama, pulls in scads of viewers and readers. It’s the kind of narrative that novelists and other fiction writers strive to achieve. So of course the media will temporarily give Trump all the free publicity he wants. Even ultra-left MSNBC will take his phone calls and put him on the air anytime he decides to ring them up.
Will the Trump-centered narrative eventually follow the classic media pattern of build-up-and-tear-down? Dunno. Beats me. The media may have helped to create a Trump juggernaut that they can’t control. But anyway, once they collectively estimate that a Trump crash-and-burn scenario will gain them more viewers and readers than will the current “friendly” coverage, we might see a yuge flood of negative stories. Maybe DT will go down in flames, maybe not. Either way, the process could be a near-hypnotic spectacle for us political junkies. Get your popcorn ready!
Besides that, Trump is the ONLY ONE offering to lead us in that direction...Lead us out of the mess...How could we possibly say no???
I'd say the media is responsible for that...Cruz is out there campaigning every day...Just not getting the coverage.
The media is like a moth to a flame. They're attracted to the shiniest objects in view. Cruz is simply being out-shined by Trump. That's why he doesn't get the same level of media coverage.
It's why all of the other candidates are seemingly invisible at this time. They're all standing in the glare of Trump's 1,000 candlepower spotlight.
If Cruz, or for that matter, any of the other candidates want to get noticed, they need to first understand that this election has little to do with political ideology, or the purity of anyone's conservative bona fides. It's about our nation's continued existence, and whether or not we'll even be a country, going forward.
Trump gets this. It underlies everything about his campaign, and why he's even running for president. And it's why the American people are responding to him in a way that we've hardly seen in our lifetimes.
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