I’m a Southerner. I go often to NYC. New Yorkers are on the whole a kind and generous people, not unlike many other people in this country. I don’t like the politicians they generally elect, but, I don’t like the politicians “conservative” republicans elect elsewhere either.
Cruz made a grave error by trying to attack “New York Values” in my opinion. To me “New York Values” are when you send your wife from Texas to work at Goldman Sachs, get them to loan you money, and then pretend that the problem is “New York”.
If Cruz wants to pretend that Goldman Sachs will not attempt to influence him, should he become President, through his wife. If we are meant to believe that the same influence that Goldman Sachs has in the Obama administration would not be painfully present in a Cruz administration as well, then I’m not that gullible.
I like Cruz’s articulated Constitutional positions. I’m not so sure he puts them all into practice. For instance, he voted for the precursor to the Iran deal - consumated here in the past few days. Why? It was an error, an egregious error that is not explainable from someone so gifted in battling for the Constitution.
New York Values indeed. I don’t want another Hillary. With this Goldman Sachs loan fiasco (I’m talking about GETTING the loan from them - not anything about disclosures) it’s clear that we are getting another behind the scenes power broker in Heidi Cruz. It’s exactly what we had in Hillary. No thank you.
New York Values seems to be sending your wife from Texas to Goldman Sachs in NYC and selling potential influence as a Senator (pre-election) in exchange for a loan.
I don’t like it. That’s not a New York value. That’s not a Texas value. That’s a Ted and Heidi Cruz value.
Well said, RFEngineer!
There really isn’t a big difference between NYC and the big Texas cities like Dallas and Houston.
From a Southerner who actually lives here full-time, I can say you’ve still got your blinders on. Yes, in a one-on-one situation many NYC’ers are nice people, but in terms of their political values, they suck.
If I don’t like it, you say, why don’t I move? Because I, too, prefer to relate to people one-on-one as they are, and as a result I married a really nice, beautiful, smart NY’er, and we have a wonderful child, so I’m not in a position to leave.