Posted on 12/09/2015 7:48:15 AM PST by Isara
That’s a good thing!
If Evangelicals are for Cruz, all I can say is his con job is working. Trial Lawyers and Wall Street are probably all having a good laugh.
IN BEFORE THE POLKA DOTS!
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With all due respect . . I don’t believe the results at all. Go Trump 2016
“Trial Lawyers and Wall Street ...”
You’re a tired, old, broken record, Old Guy. We get it: You hate Ted Cruz. Hate hate hate hate the man. Cruz is a fraud, a liar, a demon, a wolf, a sell-out, a jerk, nobody likes him, he’s evil, he’s the great deceiver. And his first name isn’t even “Ted.” Right. We got it.
The truth is, lots of well-informed grass-roots people are pro-Ted Cruz, not just attorneys and businessmen. Lots of people have done a lot of research, and have chosen Ted Cruz because he’s the best man for the job at this time.
I know, you’d rather see a wealthy hamhanded billionaire vulture capitalist become president ...
He’ll zoom all the way up and take South Carolina, right? PLEEEEEEEEEEEEZE!!!
Aiiiiiieee! The polka dots!
Trump's Record on Free-market Issue: (from the Conservative Review)
Trump has a terrible record on free market issues. The only bright spot is the Federal Reserve's quantitative easing, but this glimmer is countermanded by his repeated support for bailing out Wall Street and the auto industry, and increased stimulus spending. Of particular concern is Trump's belief that the government can use eminent domain powers to seize private property in the name of private economic development. This comes as no surprise, given his support for using eminent domain to profit his own company.
Trump supported the Supreme Court’s 2005 decision in Kelo v. City of London, allowing public authorities to seize private land for economic development by private investors; Trump said, “I happen to agree with [the decision] 100 percent.” (National Review) This is no surprise given Trump’s attempt to use eminent domain in his own line of work. (Institute for Justice)
Trump supported President Obama’s 2009 stimulus, saying: “The word stimulus is probably not used in its fullest…you know, certain of the things that were given weren't really stimulus. They were pork, as we call it, or they were gifts to certain people. But overall, I think he's [President Obama] doing very well. You do need stimulus and you do have to keep the banks alive.” (CNN)
Trump supported TARP, saying, "You had to do something to shore up the banks, because ... you would have had a run on every bank." (CNN)
Trump supported the 2008 auto bailout, saying, “I think the government should stand behind them 100 percent. You cannot lose the auto companies. They’re great. They make wonderful products.” He also said that the federal government could “easily save the companies.” (Daily Caller)
Trump criticized the Federal Reserve’s intervention in the debt market, saying quantitative easing creates “phony numbers” that mislead the marketplace and “will not ultimately benefit the economy. The dollar will go down in value and inflation will start rearing its ugly head.” (CNBC)
Donald Trump has a history of using eminent domain to complete business deals. Multiple times Trump has supported the use of government agencies to take possession of homes and businesses for use in his private business plans. Eminent domain seizures are reserved only for public use of property rather than abuse by the government taking property from one individual and giving to another. (Washington Post)
Donald Trump has sought and received crony capitalist tax breaks for his commercial properties in New York. These tax breaks, and even an abatement, force the property taxes of other property owners to rise at the expense of the connected. Special treatment for one business or industry over another with the tax code conflicts with free market principles. (National Review)
In 2009, Trump supported Barack Obama's call for limits on the pay of executives. (CNN)
Bulls in china shops are sometimes very useful. There is a TIME for everything and the bible tells us so.
What a shock!
“He’s locking down pastors in every county”
Why the hell is this a priority? These people couldn’t keep Graham out of the Senate, but we keep seeing them as some spectacular voting bloc.
IN the meantime, Cruz has comfortably not-evolved. In anything, it seems... trouble is, yesteryear’s policies don’t always address today’s needs very well.
My guess is leverage over church congregations, though again the question of why this didn’t do anything about Graham comes up. Maybe because he and Billy Graham share the same name and they really don’t care to learn a lot about the guy, it is a good ole boy system even when the good ole boys turn bad? (Just surmising, might be quite wrong here.)
Holy crap Batman! This guy is obviously off his meds.
He attacks a conservative really well - I wonder if he actually supports any conservatives...or conservative entities.
Now for a short public service announcement to all on FR:
We need to ensure we don't get another Obama-like America Hater as the next President.
The best way to ensure that is to actively support a candidate as the next President.
I prefer Cruz and my money goes to his campaign, hence the Cruz link. If you like someone else, donate to him/her (find your own link to do it) and if you use FR and don't donate, then please don't complain about the welfare leeches or those who have Obama Phones because, functionally, you are no different than any other FReeloader
PS - If you are one of those who cannot afford even a small donation to FR or a candidate, God Bless and happy FReeping!.....
GO CRUZ!! Keep it up Trump!!
Cruz really needs to stump for those donations. Trump is getting mongo voluntarism. So we understand...
I think we erred the moment we tried to freeze and polarize everything into “conservative” and “liberal” camps. That’s like Windows with 16 colors. There are powerful tendencies, yes. There aren’t infallible rules, no. In particular with respect to the “trumpeted” godliness side of conservatism, God is a master of techniques that look a lot like liberalism except it’s in the private sphere.
I understand what you say but I don't require a conservative to jump through hoops before I contribute - if he ends up as out choice, he will have over a $Billion in Hillary's war chest to fight against. He's been building his campaign and ground game in a straightforward and steady mode - I'd guess we'll get more stumping as the current Caucuses head for Primaries - he's biding his time and making his plans. I believe Cruz is the real deal and consider his stated devotion to Christ as a very big bonus but not a full-bore prerequisite - I's accept a "lukewarm" Christian with his attributes over most of what we've had to deal with.
Polka dots?
And all this time I thought it was a new version of Twister.
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