Ted Cruz's vision turns ugly

Washington Post ^ | 12/16/15 | Jennifer Rubin

[Eddie01]

[SharpRightTurn]

“I’ve always thought of Jennifer Rubin as among the most shrill and loathsome GOP establishment talking heads”

If anything, you’re being generous.

[JEDI4S]

:-).... Pukes alright.

[Rockpile]

North Korea is isolationist.

America is not now and never has been “isolationist”. Anyone that claims the nation was is either a cloddish fool or an outright liar.

[ek_hornbeck]

The second you use “phobia” to describe the opposition

One of the Left's great victories is to make its own reflexes, instincts, and vocabulary mainstream. The twisting of the word "phobia" to mean "expression of disapproval or dislike of anything that I like and approve of" is an example of this mentality - it allows the Left to win arguments by painting the opposing views as some kind of psychiatric disorder rather than a point of view to be discussed and debated.

[ek_hornbeck]

Calling someone a xenophobe for opposing illegal immigration is like calling a man a bigot for not appreciating squatters trespassing on his property.

Calling someone an isolationist for not wanting to get involved in other countries' civil wars is like calling a man a recluse for not getting involved in strangers' drunken barfights.

[lonestar67]

Cruz picks up the Rubin endorsement.

Nicely done.

[Ohioan]

Yes, the article is a shabby attempt to smear by long employed academic tactics, used since the 1940s, to brainwash American College kids into a non-patriotic attitude on world affairs.

For the clear superiority of the Washington/Jefferson foreign policy--which was never "isolationist"--over the fallacious policy that Cruz & Trump have now correctly denounced, see the internet staged "debate," on foreign policy, between Jeb's brother & the clearer vision of George Washington, framed in the precise words of both: George Washington/George W. Bush Debate.

[Smokin' Joe]

In her view we should topple dictators because they are dictators, and ENFORCE Democracy in it's stead.

I guess these people just don't see the cognitive disconnect of forcing people to have a democracy, whether they want it or not.

Can you imagine that? Replace a perfectly good dictator with chaos and civil war?

If democracy traditionally worked in such areas, it would be there, rather than what amounts to competing tribal factions. The dictators have provided some measure of stability. Removing them starts a free-for-all for power (chaos).

[Idaho_Cowboy]

Good Jennifer Good. Let the Stupid flow through you!

[Buckeye McFrog]

Ted must have gotten under their skin, because the ENTIRE MSM is dumping on him today.

Obviously over the target.

[McGruff]

First it was Darth Trump now it's Darth Cruz.

[Boogieman]

Good observations. Just because someone doesn’t want to intervene in some situations doesn’t make them an “isolationist”. Even the most interventionist neocons don’t want to intervene EVERYWHERE at all times. So why doesn’t Rubin call them isolationists?

A true isolationist would never want to intervene abroad. Most people fall somewhere in between those two extremes, and want to intervene when they think the cause meets some reasonable standard, or is in pursuit of a worthy goal.

[Boogieman]

Come on, this is politics, not patty cake. That’s not going to happen.

[Yosemitest]

They can't stop CRUZ.
Source:

... Cruz even indicated he would back deporting those who came here illegally -- another proposal he has usually rebuffed.

"I would enforce the law," Cruz said, explaining that he would first deport criminals without proper papers.
"Federal immigration law provides that
if someone is here illegally and is apprehended,
that they should be sent back to their home country."

Cruz has recently begun stressing that he believes the number of undocumented immigrants would decrease with strict border enforcement.
...

"The only people I'm under fire from are reporters who want to throw rocks," Cruz said in Harlan.
"Once we've demonstrated that we can solve the problem, then we can have a conversation about what to do about whatever people remain illegally."

The Rubio campaign ...
"He has attempted to muddy the waters," Cruz said on the stage. "Where there was a battle over amnesty
and some chose, like Sen. Rubio to stand with Barack Obama and Chuck Schemer
and support a massive amnesty plan.
Others chose to stand with Jeff Sessions and Steve King and the American people
and secure the border."

Let's get VERY CLEAR on TED CRUZ and Immigration:

Immigration

As the son of a Cuban immigrant, Sen. Cruz celebrates LEGAL immigration.
He has championed measures
to secure the border,
reform the LEGAL immigration system,
and uphold the rule of law.

Americans, and particularly Texans, have witnessed the harmful effects of an unsecure border,
endangering the lives both of citizens and those who enter illegally.
President Obama's policies have encouraged drug smugglers, child abusers, murderers, and other dangerous criminals to traffick immigrant children into our nation under life-threatening conditions.
In the summer of 2013 we witnessed a humanitarian crisis at our Southern Border, propelled by PROMISES OF AMNESTY FROM THE WHITE HOUSE .
Immigrants deserve a better system in which they will be welcomed to the United States safely and with dignity.

As a critical step to protecting families and inviting more people to enter LEGALLY, in 2014, Sen. Cruz proposed legislation TO PREVENT OBAMA FROM ILLEGALLY EXPANDING AMNESTY .
The House acted to solve the ongoing crisis and passed bills that closely mirrored Sen. Cruz's proposals,
but regrettably the Senate DemocRATS REFUSED TO ALLOW A VOTE on the measures.

In 2013, Sen. Cruz proposed amendments to the "Gang of 8" bill that would
strengthen border security,
expand green card opportunities,
increase high-skilled “H1B” visas, PREVENT ILLEGAL ALIENS FROM RECEIVING WELFARE BENEFITS ,
and enforce the rule of law.

ALSO from On The Issues :

Ted Cruz on Immigration

End Obama's illegal amnesty via Congress' checks & balances
Q: How to respond to the split within your party on immigration?
What you're saying is
that the Republicans should vote to fund the governments for all departments except one:
no funding for the Department of Homeland Security,
which handles immigration, rescinding President Obama's executive action,
and if he vetoes that, he's responsible for shutting down the department.
The problem is
that's almost exactly what you did with the government shutdown across the entire government in 2013 with ObamaCare,
and it backfired badly on your party.

CRUZ: All across this country, Republicans campaigned, saying:
if you elect a Republican Senate, we will stop President Obama's illegal amnesty.
We need to HONOR WHAT WE SAID .
We should use the constitutional checks and balances that we have TO REIN IN THE ABUSE OF POWER OF THE EXECUTIVE.
Step #1 is IF the president implements this LAWLESS AMNESTY, that THE SENATE WILL NOT CONFIRM ANY executive or judicial nominees.


Defund amnesty; and refuse any nominees until rescinded

Q: How would you rescind President Obama's executive action on immigration?

CRUZ: We should use the constitutional checks and balances that we have TO REIN IN THE ABUSE OF POWER OF THE EXECUTIVE .
Step #1 that I have called for is the incoming majority leader should announce IF the president implements this LAWLESS AMNESTY, that THE SENATE WILL NOT CONFIRM ANY executive or judicial nominees,
other than VITALl national security positions,
for the next two years,
UNLESS AND UNTIL the president ENDS THIS LAWLESS AMNESTY .
That is AN EXPLICIT AUTHORITY given TO the Senate.

Q: Are you saying the Senate should REFUSE TO CONFIRM the president's new nominee for attorney general?

CRUZ: We have to REIN IN the executive.
And step #2, we've got is THE POWER OF THE PURSE,
and we should FUND ONE AT A TIME the CRITICAL PRIORITIES of the federal government,
but ALSO USE THE POWER OF THE PURSE TO ATTACH RIDERS .


No path to citizenship for 1.65 million illegals in Texas

When discussing what to do about the 1.65 million ILLEGAL immigrants living in Texas, . . . CRUZ again said
HE DID NOT SUPPORT A PATH TO CITIZENSHIP FOR ILLEGAL immigrants living in America, . . .

Give police more power to ask about immigration status

Cruz accused Dewhurst of using his position as head of the Texas Senate to KILL A BILL last year that would have given police more power to ask anyone they detain about their citizenship status--a charge Dewhurst denied.
Both agreed that the US has FAILED TO SECURE ITS BORDER with Mexico,
and said they OPPOSE AMNESTY for ILLEGAL immigrants and the Obama administration's new directive
allowing many young illegal immigrants brought to the US as children to be exempted from deportation.


Boots on the ground, plus a wall

Border wall: James and Leppert OPPOSE A WALL,
Dewhurst and CRUZ tout "boots on the ground" AND A WALL IN SOME PLACES .


Triple the size of the Border Patrol

CRUZ on immigration: Wants to TRIPLE [the]SIZE of Border Patrol.
Says Dewhurst supported in-state tuition for kids of ILLEGAL immigrants.
Dewhurst: I have always been against an amnesty program.
"If they want to be a citizen, they ought to go home and reapply."
Dewhurst says he was against tuition for children of illegal immigrants.


Strengthen border security and increase enforcement

Ted Cruz has worked to STRENGTHEN BORDER SECURITY and help ensure that America remains a nation of laws.
Among other efforts, he has worked on efforts to INCREASE PENALTIES for felons WHO ENTER THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY .
Ted authored a U.S. Supreme Court amicus brief on behalf of 10 states in Lopez v. Gonzales,ILLEGALLY .

[publius911]

more than a few Republicans have gotten distracted from the central focus of keeping this country safe.Cruz is an Ivy League-educated man and knows full well the history of the isolationist America First policy:

Who is this mouse-brained person?
I never heard of it.

Must be a real MENSA graduate to conflate illegal diseased illiterate invaders with "isolationism!"

[publius911]

Well, this article is evidence that Cruz and Trump carried the night in the debate. The WP writers, no doubt, had little sleep last night with their nightmares of a Trump or Cruz presidency.

Or their even worse nightmare...
A Trump/Cruz presidency!

[publius911]

Cruz has also navigated Washington and knows exactly what to do. He’d be a solid VP pick and a solid Supreme Court pick.

Absolutely!
As far as I know, no vice-president has successfully ever been recruited for the Supreme Court.

[publius911]

OK you get the job...
Official Free Republic poet...

[mrsmith]

"Trumpkin"

Using this is the universal signal for 'Ignore me I'm an idiot with nothing of substance to say!".
Nice of idiots to do that and save intelligent people's time!