Posted on 11/13/2013 4:18:59 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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Joe McCarthy or Father Coughlin? These people are so desperate to find a template for Ted Cruz they will grasp as the most slender of straws to try to portray him.
Ted Cruz is a genus unto himself, nearly unique in the contemporary scene, in ANY field. Articulate, with an air of charisma, and with a moral compass that shows a true bearing on logic and truth. Stretching back into American history, we must look to Thomas Paine or a foreigner looking upon the American scene, Alexis de Tocqueville.
Paine and Tocqueville were both critical of the old regimes with which they came of age, at a time in history when criticism was backed up with force of arms. The reign of King George of England and Louis XVI of France were both marked with a singular resistance to listening to the popular voice of the subjects, and resulted in almost simultaneous revolutions.
The American Revolution led to the establishment of a representative republic, the French Revolution was mainly concerned with decapitation of the royal family, but with no clear idea how to govern once they had overthrown the royal rule. That vacuum was finally filled by a strong military expedition by Napoleon Bonaparte into Paris that established as him the Emperor, and led to a series of some of the most brutal incursions into surrounding countries since the time of the Roman Empire.
And of course, the first Bonaparte clearly overreached, and this led to the Bourbon restoration, which was itself an overreaction. Until the French Republic was finally settled upon, it was a dangerous thing to live in France, as the authoritarian rule alternated with periods of chaos, until the last of the Bonaparte family was finally driven into exile.
Defensive are we?
My post #5 was aimed at MY post #4.
Get it?
Hear! Hear!
Thx, Gaffer. Well said.
I cannot imagine the courage, energy and commitment it must take to endure the relentless assaults upon he and his family.
I am supporting Sen Cruz with enthusiasm and optimism.
OK wiseguy. Even jerks sometimes read the American Spectator, as I have been doing for the past 43 years. You may read that any way you want to.
Was awesome on Leno, defining the problem as not “rich vs. poor” but entrenched politicians vs. those that would support the American People and a Constitutional form of government.
The more he speaks the more stupid Americans may wake up and realize that what they want is the same thing that conservatives want and have wanted all along.
I with you 100%!
Ted Cruz is ready for the country but is the country ready for Ted Cruz?
Ditto!
This is the spitting image of Obama in action and words... but to try to place Cruz under the same umbrella is itself Demagoguery...
The actual demagogues are Obama, his minions, & the pundits.
This is a snarky article from a publication that I thought was on our side. Near the end, the author says, “Cruz now leads the field of potential contenders for the Republican presidential nomination, up eight percentage points since July, according to Public Policy Polling.”
It’s kind of significant that Cruz is the leading contender for the Republican nomination for President. It would be nice if publications that pretend to be on our side were somewhat respectful toward our leader.
McCarthy was right about Communist infiltration.
Did you read the last paragraph?
I think that put a nice PERIOD! at the end of the piece.
Rare Film From 1932. Can It Happen Again?
“Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.”
Mark Twain
NEWS VIDEO: 1932 - young Patton, young Eisenhower, young MacArthur,Pres Hoover, Walter Winchell reporting.
Do you think the military, acting on orders from a broken federal government won’t march against
it’s own??
Bonus Army: US military attacks demonstrating American War Veterans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=sNOsIB5VMSQ
He certainly was.
I also remember the Soviet Union and how when their army was ordered to fire on the people that they turned their tanks on the politburo and demanded that the government step down. Are we any less than the Russians? I also spoke with four Marines two weeks ago and they told me that they swear allegiance to the US Constitution and no man and that they will not follow illegal orders. Most troops know the score. Some of the Military will act against civilians... but they will be facing their own in battle because many in the Military will stand against them.
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